Quake in El Salvador Kills At Least 200 in Jucuapa and Chinameca
An earthquake Sunday in Ju cuapa and Chinameca, El Salvador, killed about 200 people and left many buried in ruins. Cities 90 to 92 miles from San Salvador reported widespread damage as Red Cross doctors and public works crews aided victims and cleared blocked roads.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jucuapa
Chinameca
Nueva Guadalupe
Santiago de Maria
Usulutan
Caserios
Lempa
Red Cross
Public Works Ministry
San Miguel
Dawson County well completes a flowing discovery in Siluro Devonian
Amerada Petroleum Corp reports No 1 Adcock in Central Dawson County flowing 662.14 barrels of 41 gravity oil in 18 hours through a 1/8 inch choke with gas oil ratio 422 to 1. The well sits 14 miles northeast of Lamesa and four miles southeast of O'Donnell after reaching 10,888 feet in the Ellenburger. Howard County Skelly Oil No 9 Frances Gunn completes southwest extension of East Wellmoor field with 174 barrels daily from Pennsylvanian perforations. Scurry test No 1 Templeton in Snyder area drills to 6,902 feet in Pennsylvanian sand with air blow at surface. drillstem test continues.
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Amerada Petroleum Corp
Dawson County
D&se Survey
Lamesa
O'Donnell
Wildcat
Ellenburger
Howard County Skelly Oil Co
Frances Gunn
East Wealmoor
Howard County
H&tc
Scurry Test
R. Olsen Oil Co
Oklahoma City
Templeton
Snyder
Hermleigh Ellenburger Field
No Rain Seen In West Texas
Strong winds faded as a cool front moved through West Texas. Rain covered most of the state by mid morning with .01 inch in Abilene and Texarkana. High temperatures reached 98 in Cotulla. Dalhart and Marfa dropped to 43. Scattered showers were forecast for East Texas south portion tonight.
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Associated Press
West Texas
East Texas
Cotulla
Dalhart
Marfa
Abilene
Texarkana
Attempt Made To Save Negro Due For Chair
A federal suit to halt the 12:01 a m Tuesday execution of Willie McGee was filed in U S District Court hours before the condemned black man faced the portable electric chair in Laurel Mississippi. Gov Fielding Wright considered a clemency plea as protests spread in Washington and Jackson with arrests and demonstrations surrounding the case.
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Jackson
Miss
Willie McGee
Fielding Wright
McGee
Mississippi
Laurel
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Civil Suit Filed Against Sheriff Merritt In District Court
A $20,000 damage suit was filed by H. D. Griffin, city policeman, against Lloyd Merritt, sheriff, and Lawyer's Surety Corp. in 132nd District Court this morning. Griffin seeks $10,000 for injuries and humiliation from an alleged May 2 face strike plus $10,000 exemplary damages for willful acts. The suit was filed by the Thomas and Thomas law firm of Big Spring.
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H. D. Griffin
Lloyd Merritt
Surety Corp
132Nd District Court
Griffin
Merritt
Thomas and Thomas
Big Spring
Measles Cases Reported Alongside Other Illness
Twenty one measles cases were reported by physicians to the City County Health unit last week. Officials said the figure is a seasonal peak, not alarming, with additional reports of three mumps five chicken pox and three pneumonia cases.
Senate Drops Commercial Rent Controls For Now
The Senate Banking Committee halted consideration of Truman’s bid for two year Defense Production Act extension to cover commercial rents. No testimony on rents will be heard. briefs may be filed and the issue kept for later hearings. Maybank opposed beef price rollback and any tampering with parity provisions.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
Maybank
Office of Price Stabilization
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Violent Deaths At Lowest Toll In Texas Weekend
At least six people died in Texas during a weekend of low violence, including a Denver girl killed in a Plainview auto crash, a Austin toddler hit by a car, Snyder man in a highway crash near Post, two Air Force officers in a T-6 trainer crash near Ozona, and a Sweetwater man shot Friday night.
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Associated Press
Texas
Teresa Hernandez
Denver
Colo
Plainview
Lee Cooper
Austin
J. A. Hunt
Snyder
Wilbert H. Hill
Odessa
Richard M Buck
Philadelphia
Ozona
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Leon Esparaza
Sweetwater
Twenty three die in B-36 crash at New Mexico airfield
A B-36 bomber crashed while attempting to land at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque killing 23 airmen. The disaster, the fifth and worst B-36 crash since 1946, left flames and debris across the field and injured survivors in critical condition at Sandia Special Weapons Base Hospital.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Kirtland Air Force Base
Air Force
Perry G. Griffith
Kirtland
William S. Knipple
Knipple
188Th
Sandia Special Weapons Base Hospital
Sandia
UN Troops Advance On Retreating Reds
South Korean infantry pushed north toward Inje and advances pressed along the front as U.N. forces probed for retreating Reds. Tanks moved through Chunchon and a surrounding central front “no man’s land” saw continued armored patrols amid reports of Red propaganda and air raids.
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Inje
Korea
Seoul
Chunchon
U. S. Eighth Army
Uijongbu
Pyongyang
Sumchon
U.N
Red Propagaeada
Red
Manchuria
Far Easter
Far Eastern Air Forces
Pukhan
Han
Munsan
Release Names Of Airmen In B-36 Crash
Carswell Air Force Base released the names of 23 men killed in a B 36 bomber crash near Albuquerque New Mexico on Sunday Two survivors were reported Texan casualties included Fort Worth crew members Major Edward L Warner Jr aircraft commander Capt Grant H Fenn co pilot Capt Albert J Gregg Jr navigator Capt George W Lee radar observer Ist Lt Mitchell J Buckalew flight engineer Sgt Kenneth R Cota radio operator Staff Sgt Arthur I Batten gunner Ist Lt John L Corley flight engineer Weatherford gunner Passengers all Fort Worth crew members Capt Fred M Mitchem Staff Sgt Dale F Curtis Master Sgt John Fritz Tech Sgt John T Thompson Staff Sgt James Marcocee and Sgt Loyd L Goolsby Spanish Fort Tex
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Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Albuquerque
N. M
Edward L. Warner Jr
Grant H. Fenn
Albert J. Gregg Jr
George W. Lee
Mitchell J. Buckalew
Kenneth R. Cota
Iran splits with fanatical Fedayeen Islam threatens Mossadegh
In Tehran on May 7 the new government faced a rift as Fedayeen Islam distributed leaflets accusing Premier Mossadegh of crimes against Islam amid a government crisis. Mossadegh had just won overwhelming support in parliament with 99 of 103 deputies backing him. The secret Moslem order had helped trigger the nationalization drive that brought Mossadegh to power.
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Tehran
Iran
Fedayan Islam
F. Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Fedayam Islam
Anti Slot Bill To Governor Passed By Legislature
A bill to criminalize possession of coin operated slot machines passed the House with Senate amendments 102 to 14 and heads to the governor. Rep. Jimmy Adams of Mexia said Senate changes clarified search warrant procedures in slot machine cases.
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Austin
House
Senate
Jimmy Adams
Mexia
Syrian Troops Fire On Israeli Town At Front
Syrian forces opened fire on an Israeli settlement near the frontier with rifles and machine guns. An Israeli spokesman said several houses were hit including a children's home but there were no casualties. Nearby fighting around Tel El Muteila and the Huleh area was quiet.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Tel el Muteila
Huleh
United Nations
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Security Council
Troops Arrive in Iceland for Defense Pact Support
A U S contingent of about 200 troops arrived by air in Reykjavik to aid Iceland's defense under the North Atlantic Alliance. The move follows wartime precedent and aims to survey possible air bases as Western defenses discuss a shared security role.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Washington
Edward John McGaw
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Russia
Secret portions of Marshall testimony debated in closed session
Senators who attended the closed hearing on Defense Secretary Marshall said much of his testimony was secret and classified. Senator Ellender noted the material involved top secret content and questioned why such documents were introduced, while Senator Kem also said much of the testimony remained highly classified.
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Washington
Defense
Marshall
Ellender
D-La
MacArthur
Pentagon
Kem
Rm-Mo
Escapee Lyday Returned to Snyder by Sheriff
Horace Edward Lyday 21, one of five county jail escapees from March 26, was captured in Santa Paula, California and returned to Snyder by Sheriff Lloyd Merritt. Lyday, charged with robbery by assault, was the fourth captured after he waived extradition papers. Charles Gardner, 18, also charged with robbery by assault, remains at large.
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Horace Edward Lyday
Santa Paula
Calif
Snyder
Lloyd Merritt
Lyday
Texas
Sheriff's Department
Charles Gardner
Administration Will Not Let Formosa Fall
Defense Secretary Marshall testified before Senators that General MacArthur’s Korea plans risked a world war with the Soviet Union. He cited four of 16 JCS options, said MacArthur favored attacking mainland China and extending war beyond Korea, and that MacArthur was fired for basic differences with the President and Chiefs of Staff.
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MacArthur
Soviet Union
Marshall
Truman
Formosa
United Nations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Korea
Chiefs of Staff
Free Peoples
Red China
Western
Europe
Defense Secretary
United States
Lamesa Man Injured In Wreck Near Hermleigh Sunday
John W. Woodard forty of Lamesa was injured when his pickup overturned six miles southeast of Hermleigh around 5 p m yesterday He was taken to Snyder Hospital Clinic with possible internal injuries and bruises A hitchhiker named Troy Fox fled the scene leaving a handbag in the wrecked pickup
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John W. Woodard
Lamesa
Hermleigh
E. W. Green
Homer Whisnarul
Woodard
Snyder Hospital
Bolger- Barnes
Troy Fox
Highway Patrol
Fox
Green
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Weather outlook for West Texas and Panhandle Plains
Considerable cloudiness not quite as warm this afternoon from Pecos Valley eastward. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures in Panhandle and South Plains. In West Texas scattered showers this afternoon and tonight in the south portion. cooler tonight in the southeast portion.
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Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandlé
South Plaines
South Portion
Southeast Portion
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