Eisenhower to Meet Delegates Before Nomination At Conventio
General Eisenhower plans formal talks with Republican convention delegates in Abilene New York and Denver ahead of the nomination process. He will answer questions at sessions while stepping away from active campaigning and not traveling widely. He remains NATO head and will return to Abilene for a hometown address next week.
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Washington
Dwight Eibenhower
Covention
Abilene
Kan
New York
Denver
Eisenhower
Matthew Ridgway
Paris
Europe
Columbia University
Columbia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dawson Floyd Upton and Scurry County oil well activity report
The report covers Dawson County No. 1A Bodine plugged after drilling 11 073 feet in the Ellenburger with salt water shows. Floyd County No. 1 Minnie Adams flows crude oil from an unidentified zone after 3 700 feet of pipe remaining. Southeast Upton County No. 2 University shows a Strawn discovery with 250 25 barrels potential and Ellenburger abandonment at 11 260 feet. Scurry County No. 1A Howell yields 165 feet oil and gas mud with gas surfacing and open hole tests.
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Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Dawson County
Wildcat
Ellenburger
T&p
Floyd County
Standard Oil No
Minnie Adams
Floydada
Adams
P. D. Adams
Upton County
Oscar Bourg Drilling Co
No. 2 University
Bourg
Scurry County
American Trading & Production No
Howell
Taft Backers Open Fire On Ike's Record
Taft forces in South Dakota run newspaper ads attacking Dwight Eisenhower on issues including universal military training and wartime draft of women. The ads link Eisenhower to the Democratic administration's foreign aid and spending.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
South Dakota
Ohio
Eisenhower
Washington
Europe
Taft
Odessa Brews Tragedy After Cafe Shooting
Two died and a third was critically injured in a downtown Odessa cafe shooting. Owner Elsie Sanders, 34, died on arrival. Roy A. Ray, 41, died at a hospital. Marian Ace Gilcrease, 43, was in critical condition. Police cited jealousy as a possible motive.
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Odessa
Elsie Sanders
Roy A. Ray
Marion
Ace) Gilcrease
Santa Fe
N. M
J. J. Heaton
Ray
Laura Singler
Gilcrease
Big Effort To Overcome Veto On Tidelands Bill
Texas and Louisiana officials pledged to press Congress to override President Truman's veto of the tidelands bill. Senators Long and Connally voiced hopes for a veto override, with House members predicting a large margin against the President. Three Texas officials criticized the veto as overreach by a federal government claiming state lands.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Truman
Sen
Long
D-La
Senate
Tom Connally
D-Tex
House
Tidelands
Sen. Connally
Sen. Nixon
Calif
Sen. Long
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Bascom Giles
State School Land Board
Shivers
America
Shall we dance ends with disappearance and theft in San Antonio
In San Antonio on May 30 a man asked Shall we dance and his partner replied yes. They danced in a tavern last night and soon after the number ended the boyfriend disappeared with $20 he had taken from her pocket during the dance.
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San Antonio
Campaign clash pulls Texas Senate race into heavy bid
Two U S Senate hopefuls Daniel and Beckworth spar over tidelands and federal authority as they tour Texas with rapid schedules. Daniel warns of a constitutional crisis from Truman era seizures while Beckworth campaigns across the Hill Country and Rio Grande, both touting state ownership and bold reforms. Yarborough cites a grand jury report alleging corruption, while denying the implication with a rebuttal from the foreman.
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Associated Press
U. S. Senate
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Senate
Price Daniel
Liberty
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
Tom Connally
Marlin
Daniel
Corsicana Kerens
Athens
Trinidad
Tyler
Waco
Beckworth
Sonora
Junction
Menard
Eden
Ballinger
Corsicana
Kerens
Smith County Bar Association
Coleman Brady
Mason
Fredericksburg
Llano
Danel
Lindale
Anderson County
Palestine
Herschel Hunt
Rio Grande Valley
San Augustine
Tidelands
Truman
Deputy Sheriff Shot and Killed in New Mexico
In Las Cruces a red mustache gunman killed Deputy Ralph Higginbotham and wounded Marshal Guy Dunivan as officers approached a speeding vehicle near Hatch. A suspect, arrested after fleeing a bullet punctured auto near Caballo Dam, refused to answer questions. A 45 caliber pistol linked to the crime was found in the vehicle.
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Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
Caballo Dam
Hatch
Little Farm
Here
Ralph Higginbotham
Guy Dunivan
Dunivan
Jerry Brunk
Fleld
Oliver Max Morgan
el Paso
Higginbotham
Pan American Pipeline Strike Ends After Three Weeks
Pan American Pipeline workers resume regular schedule at midnight signaling the end of a three week strike. Company officials report pay credit for today and double pay for those required to work. Refineries were returning to operations as employees were notified.
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Pan American Pipeline
Houston
Pan American
Texan journalist injured by acid bomb in Tokyo riot
AP reporter William C. Barnard, a Corpus Christi native and Dallas bureau veteran, was struck on the neck by a sulphuric acid bomb during clashes between Communist demonstrators and police near Shinjuku Station. Two killed and several injured nationwide amid protests on Martyr's Day in Tokyo and other spots across Japan.
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Tokyo
Itabashi
Japan
Shinjuku Station
Station
Shinjuku
CST
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
Barnard
W. C. Barnard
Corpus Christi
Far East
Dallas
Corpus Christ Caller Times
San Antonio Express
Fat Sighne
Mic ” Barnard
AP Tokyo
Max Desfor
Memorial Day Observed Across Nation Amid War Remembrance
Memorial Day ceremonies marked the holiday as American forces fought in Korea and Europe honored fallen comrades. At Arlington, wreaths lay at the Unknown Soldier tomb while Gen Clark and Gen Handy urged renewed devotion to wartime ideals. Shops and offices stood empty as veterans and families paid tribute nationwide.
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Washington
Korea
U. S
Europe
Japan
Itabashi
Tokyo
Orient
Mark Clark
Far East
Thomas H. Handy
U. S. European Command
Green Hills
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac
Truman
Weather update for Texas north central and west areas
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers mainly in the Panhandle and South Plains Friday through Saturday. Cooler Saturday in north central Texas. South Central Texas sees warmer Friday with scattered showers in the north portion Saturday and coastal winds increasing from gentle to moderate to fresh southerly by Saturday.
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North Central
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
South Central
North Portion
Three-Year-Old Still Missing After 26 Days
John Wade, three, son of former Snyder couple the Rev and Mrs Anthem Wade, remains missing twenty six days after vanishing from the front porch of his Aztec New Mexico home on May 4. Uncles Clarence Wade Nathan Wade and aunt Mrs Dale Rains have helped search the area around Aztec since the disappearance.
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John Wade
Snyder
Anthem Wade
Clarence Wade
Aztec
N.M
Wade
Nathan Wade
Dale Rains
Chambers Meets Chenault at Senate Hearing in Washington
Whittaker Chambers and Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault shake hands before a Senate Internal Security subcommittee hearing in Washington Elizabeth Bentley also testifies on the Institute of Pacific Relations influence on U S Far East policy with Chambers and Chennault present.
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Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Claire Chennault
China
Senate
Internal Security
Washington
Elizabeth Bentley
Institute of Pacific Relations
U. S. Far East
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Jack Palmer
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Monte Carlo
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Ike
Koje Island
United Nations Prisoner of War
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U. N
Koje
Yongchon
The
Aniather
Donald D. Dunn
Moses Lake
Wash
Dunn
Columbia River Basin
Giles
Congress
McLennan County Court House
Dantel
Department of Justice
Austin
Grand Jury
Yarborough
George C. Quinn
Chambers
Chennault
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