Compromise On Wetback Bill Is Due Today
Washington action on a new compromise to halt Mexican entry is expected today. Conferees' plan makes transportation harboring or concealment of an alien a felony with up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine. The measure allows searches near the border with warrants by immigration authorities or courts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Border Patrol
Immigration Service
Rio Grande
U. S
Wildcat Tops Canyon Reef In Scurry County
McAlester Fuel Corp No. 1 T. P. Allen in Southwest Scurry County tops Canyon lime reef at 7,335 feet with a 120 foot gas cut mud drillstem test. no oil shows or formation water, break on tested zone. Mitchell Well James P. George trustee No. 1 Mary E Johnson and others North Mitchell County tops Clear Fork porosity at 3,400 feet, no shows yet. No. 1 Johnson aims for 4,000 feet. Gamine Reports Superior Oil Co No. 6597 swabs 14.85 barrels oil, 18 percent water with 500 feet fluid in hole. Crown Central No. 1 drilling below 6,850 feet. Husky No. 1 Nance drilling below 5,605 feet. Jordan No. 13-587 rigging rotary near Flu vanna. Texaco No. 198 swabs 141 barrels oil at 7,088-7,098 feet Strawn with 700 gallons acid. swabbing continues with 4,600 feet of fluid in hole.
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McAlester Fuel Corp
T. P. Allen
Scurry County
Wildcat
Canyon Lime Reef
Mitchell
James P. George
Mary E. Johnson
Mitchell County
Clear Fork
Hunt Oil Co
Gamine
Superior Oil Co
C. D. Jones
Borden Wildcat
Jor
Crown Central Petroleum No
Joe B. York
Borden
Husky Oil Co
Nance
Justiceburg
Superior
Jones
Jordan
Scurry Wildcat
Fluvanna
Texaco
P. L. Fuller
Strawn
Allies Halt Major Red Assault Along Korean Front
American and Turkish forces repelled a heavy Soviet backed assault near Heartbreak Ridge in the Eastern mountains. About 200 of 750 attackers were killed or wounded as U N lines held after a two hour battle with Allied artillery and air power.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. 25Th Division
U. S. 35Th Regiment
Heartbreak Ridge
U.N
Fight Begins For Approval Of Foreign Aid
Washington Republicans and Democrats clash over a new seven point nine million dollar foreign aid program. Hearings involve Secretary Acheson Defense Lovett Harriman and General Bradley as Eisenhower testifies looms. Congress weighs trimming or rebranding funds for Europe aid.
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Washington
State Acheson
Defense Lovett
Averell Harriman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Crop Prospects In East Texas Brighten With Weekend Rains
The U S Department of Agriculture reported improved prospects for Texas crops as light weekend rains covered much of the state. Eastern areas show brighter outlook while bottom lands remain too wet. Wheat and oats respond to moisture. cotton planting advances in southern and coastal Bend regions. corn moves northward on better drained fields.
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Austin
Texas Farmers
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
High Plains
Last Of Holdout Rail Strikers Return To Their Jobs Today
Elkhart Indiana reports the final holdouts in the New York Central Railroad strike return to work after voting 136 to 72 to end the walkout. Toledo crews followed with 220 to 214, ending a 24 hour resistance against federal orders. The nationwide strike involved 6000 engi neers conductors and firemen, tied to pay and rule changes.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Toledo
D. W. Tucker
Toledo and Elkhart
NYC Lines
Buffalo
St. Louis
Cleveland
Crash of Two B-29 Bombers Kills 15 In South Texas
Eye witnesses describe two B 29 Superfortresses on training flights from Randolph Air Force Base colliding in instrument conditions over South Texas. One crashed on Gus Krause ranch, the other exploded near J W Heard ranch as crews tried to maintain altitude.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Randolph Air Force Base
Bill Adams
Air Force Base
Gus Krause
J. W. Heard
D. C. McDonald
Heard Ranch
Names Of Eight Victims In B-29 Collision Near San Antonio
Air Force released the identities and addresses of eight men among the 15 killed when two B 29 bombers collided during training near San Antonio. The list includes Capt Donald L Rottier 36 instructor pilot and 1st Lt Robert D Neu 30 student plane commander, with other identified and some to be announced as next of kin were notified.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Here
Donald L. Rottier
Ormond Drive
Robert D. Neu
San Pedro Ave
Ward W. Hovis
Tex
Harwell B. Meyers
Randolph Afb
Arthur L. Hall
Shertz
Lester H. Johnson
New Braunfels
Dale Scott
Perry Court
C- L. Arnold
Italian Salami Maker Forbids Criticism With Run of Factory
Mantova Italy March 13 A salami producer Dante Villani says he will run his factory for a year to punish a leftist columnist Cesare Bonetto and editor Attilio Zanchi for mocking his income Villani reported earning 6890000 lire last year from a business that employs about 100 people and offered them jobs at the factory.
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Mantova
Italy
Dante Villani
Cesare Bonetto
Progresso
Villani
Attilio Zanchi
Bonetto
Zanchi
Vote Today on Reorganization of Tax Agency
President Truman’s Internal Revenue Bureau reorganization plan faces a Senate vote with Sen. Humphrey predicting a close result. Opponents count on GOP and Southern Democrats to defeat it, while three Republicans voiced support. The House already approved the measure and action must conclude by tomorrow midnight.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
McClellan
D-Ark
George
D-Ga
Margaret Chase Smith
Dirksen
Aiken
Congress
House
Reuther Takes Steps Over Ford Local 600 Union Crisis
CIO UAW leadership moved to oust Ford Local 600 officers amid charges of lax anti Communist enforcement. An administrator could take control after a Friday hearing. top officers Pat Rice and William Hood resisted answering on communism while Carl Stellato and others faced scrutiny.
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UAW International Executive Board
Walter P. Reuther
Un-American Activities Committee
Executive Board
Auto Union
International
Local 600
Pat Rice
William R. Hood
Carl Stellato
Bosom Union
Reuther
William G. Grant
Quartette
Cooperative
Ranchers and officials meet over Mexican labor use in Texas
Undersecretary of Labor Michael J. Galvin hosted Texas ranchers and their congressmen to discuss easing immigration rules and allowing blacklist exempt aliens. San Angelo rancher Penrose Metcalfe cited 30 to 40 cattlemen barred for employing aliens despite Bracero program changes. Representatives Fisher and Regan urged treaty renewal talks and oversight to secure experienced help, criticizing Labor Dept disruption of border economy.
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Washington
Michael J. Galvin
Texas
Labor Department
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Texas Sheep and At Raisers Association
Fisher
Regan
Mexico
Mexico City
Southwest
Dust storms ease as rain drought looms in Texas
Winds die down across West Texas and the Plains as dust masks skies from Dallas to Houston. Rain remains absent with heat rising and counties weighing cloud seeding and water rights actions along the Rio Grande and Colorado River basin.
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Dallas
Tyler
Texarkana
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Longview
Wichita Falls
Houston
Rio Grande
Texas
Denver
Colorado River
L-County
Lamesa
West Texas
Colorado
Blanco and Burnet
Borden
Scurry
Blanco
Brown
Martin
Terry
Midland
Lynn
Yoakum
Andrews
Mitchell
Kent
Stonewall
Brownsville
Matamoros
Mexico
Upper Valley
el Jardin
Germans Demand Allied Aid for Illegitimate Babies
West Germany's parliament urged the government to open talks with the Allied High Commission to seek financial support from American British and French occupation forces for roughly 94000 illegitimate children fathered by allied soldiers, aiming to cover these dependents' upkeep.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
High Commission
Six Workers Die as Textile Factory Floor Collapses
In Fullingen Germany a top floor packed with raw material collapsed onto the floor below killing six of roughly 200 workers. Authorities reported the incident occurred yesterday at the textile plant and a detailed cause was not yet released.
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Fullingen
Germany
Death Cause of Bowie High Player Inconclusive
Darwin Watts a 17 year old Bowie High School football star was found dead in the Colorado River near the Congress Avenue bridge. An autopsy will determine if he was alive when he entered the water and whether any poison or knockout drops were involved.
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Austin
Darwin Watts
Bowie
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBee
Watts
Colorado River
Congress Avenue
Co. L. Watts
Harold M. Williams
Travis County
Wayne Waggonfeller
Stoneburg
Justice McBee
Department of Public Safety
Crime Laboratory
Texas
Truman Stone
Stone
Truman Attacks Enemies Of Federal Power Project
President Truman denounced opposition to the federal power program as vicious and cynical in a message to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Secretary of the Interior Chapman articulated support, pledging to continue public power policies and water power development for public benefit.
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Chicago
Truman
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Chapman
Valley Authority
Governor Shivers favors a presidential preferential vote in Texas
Gov. Shivers said he is considering recommending a New Hampshire style presidential preferential system to Texas legislature to let people express themselves in candidate selection. He noted the New Hampshire results strengthen arguments for uninstructed delegates to the Democratic National Convention and called for grass roots awakening. He plans to study procedures in states with the system before acting.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
New Hampshire
Kefauver
Truman
Crime Committee
Carl L. Estes
Russell
Weather notes record near freezing temperatures
Weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn reported a low of 33 degrees last night and 35 degrees at 7 30 this morning. Yesterday's high reached 65 degrees.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Weather outlook across Texas regions
West Texas sees fair conditions this afternoon and night with clear Friday. East and South Central Texas forecast mostly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with a bit warmer Friday. North Central Texas mostly fair today tonight and Friday with a slight cool down this afternoon and tonight. Moderate northwest winds on the coast.
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West
Texas
Morris Blasts Senators in Senate Hearing Testimony
Newbold Morris, the government cleanup man, testifies before the Senate investigations subcommittee in Washington. He denies wrongdoing in ship deals and oil shipments to Red China and accuses lawmakers of character destruction and diseased minds in the chamber.
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Newbold Morris
Washington
Senate
Morris
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