Round Trip Through Fog and Smoke From Ato Izzard
New York dispatch describes a quick Washington to New York trip via LaGuardia and a hotel stay at the Waldorf as the writer covers Texas political chatter in Washington. Texas gubernatorial talk centers on Price Daniel and Ben Ramsey with questions about veterans land scandal impact.
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Ato Izzardeatin
New York
Washington
Seaboard
LaGuardia
New East River Drive
United Nations
The
Waldorf
Mr. Hilton
Ben Ramsey
Veterans Land
New Weather Instrument Aims to Track Rain
The weather bureau operates a tele psychrometer nicknamed gidget to record temperature, precipitation, sunshine minutes and wind miles. Forecaster Larry Mayne notes it saves trips to the instrument cage and predicts warm temperatures with scattered clouds for today. Reports from Section Line Club members note moisture with hail and rainfall amounts in Wellington Groom Kelton and Kelton areas.
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Weather Bureau
Larry Mayne
Mayne
Troy Godbey
Wellington
A. W. Knorpp
Groom
Charlie Lang
Kelton
House Approves Funds for Giant Shipbuilding Plan
The House voted 372 to 3 to authorize $1.317 billion for a four year shipbuilding program. The plan includes a fifth supercarrier three more atomic powered submarines and conversion of 28 vessels. Thirty four new warships would be built and six aircraft carriers would be modernized. A light cruiser and a destroyer would be converted to guided missile ships.
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Washington
Baseball results from Texas New Mexico League and more
In the Texas New Mexico League Clovis beat Amarillo 11 to 10 while Albuquerque won 7 to 6 over El Paso. Plainview defeated Pampa 11 to 6 and Abilene prevailed 18 to 6 over Lubbock. In the National League Brooklyn crushed Philadelphia 14 to 4 and New York at Pittsburgh games were postponed on wet grounds. American League Chicago tied Detroit 1 1 and Washington tied Boston 0 0 with New York 2 2 at Baltimore.
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Clovis
Amarillo
Albuquerque
el Paso
Plainview
Pampa
Abilene
Lubbock
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Boston
Baltimore
Senator Jenner and aide Corsi clash at hearing
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the 1953 refugee relief program erupts as Senator Jenner accuses Edward Corsi of unfairness and language unbecoming a senator while Corsi rebukes Jenner for smearing and big hat remarks. McLeod, security officer for the State Department, sits nearby during the tense exchange.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Senate
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Edward Corsi
Corsi
Judiciary Subcommittee
State Dulles
R. W. Scott McLeod
State Department
McLeod
No Hope for Six Aboard Yacht Crushed By Freighter
A six man crewed racing yacht the Suomi sank after being struck by the Swedish ship Parramatta two miles offshore near Point Arguello during a rain squall. One unclad body was recovered the coast guard said none of the others survived indicating the wreckage scattered like meat over the water.
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Long Beach
Calif
Point Arguello
W. S. Yeargain
Coast Guard
Yeargain
Parramatta
Weather Outlook for Plains and Central Regions
Fr i day afternoon to Saturday remain mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Lows around mid to upper 40s and highs near the mid 50s. The forecast covers the plains area with light winds and periods of cloudiness through the day and into the weekend.
Weather Update From Amarillo Area 1955 Report
Weather data shows Amarillo had 16 mph winds and 0.15 vis, with partly cloudy skies. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. yesterday listed Houston Dallas Okla City and Amarillo with readings for wind and visibility.
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Houston
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Benson to Visit Dust Stricken Plains Next Week
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson will tour Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico to inspect dust and drought damage. More than 5 million acres were damaged by wind storms in March with 10 million acres harmed since last November and 20 million at risk. Benson will fly to Denver then visit Simon Kit Carson Lamar Springfield Guymon Stratford Amarillo Tucumcari before returning to Washington. He also formed a department committee to draft a new action program addressing the causes of the dust and drought conditions.
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Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Ezra T. Benson
Department
Benson
Great Plains
Nebraska
Wyoming
Denver
Colo
Simon
Kit Carson
Lamar
Springfield
Johnson
Ulysses
Kaw
Guymon
Okla
Stratfore
Amarillo
Tex
Tucumcari
N.M
Irrigation Gas Bill Revised in Texas House Committee
The Texas House Committee on Oil, Gas and Mining approved a revised irrigation gas bill. Sponsors Hazlett and Wohlford criticized the new version but called it workable. The substitute by Rep. Carpenter changed the bill’s aims toward supplying farmers with natural gas as irrigation fuel.
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Daily News
Austin
House Committee On Oil, Gas and Mining
Guy Hazlett
Borger
Sam Wohlford
Stratford
Hutchins Proposes Independent Agency to Monitor Press
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins urged the American Society of Newspaper Editors to back a nongovernment agency that would annually report on press performance. He criticized editors for complacency on liberty erosion and called for an independent audit of fairness during next year’s political campaign.
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Washington
Robert M. Hutchins
American Society of Newspaper Editors Today
University of Chicago
Fund For the Republic
ASNE
Hutchins
The
Commission On the Freedom of the Press
James S. Pope
Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
Sen. McCarthy
Absentee Voting Deadline Today in City Election
Today is the last day for absentee voting in the city election. Ballots may be cast at the City Secretary's office in the municipal auditorium north wing. The office closes at 5 p.m.
Sperry Gyroscope halts production amid CIO strike
Sperry Gyroscope Co. shuts its mile long plant and two nearby facilities on Long Island for an indefinite period as a three day CIO strike idles 16,000 workers including 9,000 CIO electrical staff. Two injured in clashes with pickets as workers stay inside to guard operations.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Sperry Gyroscope Co
CIO
Sperry
Long Island
Associated Press
CIO Electrical
Defensive plant siege as pickets clash again
For the second day amid labor strife at the Vital Defense plant, stones shattered car windows and pickets blocked non strikers. Five Lake Success police failed to quell the disorder as nearly 500 pickets stood outside the plant and a man died of a heart attack with two others injured. Sperry lawyers sought court action to halt mass picketing, prompting shutdowns across Mineola and Lake Ronkonkama plants with about 125 workers inside.
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