Europe Reacts To Spy Trial After 10 Year Sentence
European reactions to the Powers spy trial varied from relief to condemnation. London stations interrupted programming to report the verdict while editors debated its meaning. Copenhagen and Paris offered contrasting views on justice and propaganda, with Moscow noting a chilling effect and Bonn speculating on brainwashing.
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Powers
Europe
Bang
London
Vienna
Die Presse
Non-Op Rail Unions Get Pay Increase
Chicago August 19 The railroads and 11 non operating unions reached a 4 percent pay and fringe benefits package for 550 000 employees ending a 15 month dispute The open end contract runs at least one year and adds 17 cents an hour cost of living factor into basic rates plus a $4 000 life insurance paid by the employer Dependents receive hospital medical and surgical benefits and furloughed workers retain benefits for three months after separation Two weeks vacation becomes available after three years of service
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Presidential Fact - Finding Board
Clarendon Banker Fred Chamberlain Dies at 74
Fred FE Chamberlain 74 longtime Clarendon banker cattleman died today in a Dallas hospital after months of ill health. Funeral at 4 p.m. Saturday in Clarendon First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Baldwin J. Stribling officiating. Burial in Citizens Cemetery. Surviving: four sons Kelly Fred E Jr Lewis and George. daughter Mary Joe Payne. sister Mrs Josephine Browder. Born November 5, 1885 a life long Clarendon resident. He chaired the Donley County State Bank board for 50 years and was a Mason with Khiva Temple Amarillo. Married Mona Sue Kelly June 23 1907. Mrs Chamberlain died April 20, 1952.
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Dallas
First Presbyterian Church
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Donley County State Bank
Mona Sue Kelly
Sherman
Tex
Chamberlain
First Presbyterian Church of
Khiva Temple
Amarillo
Kelly
Fred E. Jr
Lewis
George
Mary Joe Payne
Plainview
Josephine Browder
New Mexico
Federalizing Education Sparks Local Debate
In Crossroads Report D. E. Scott notes new party platforms push federal aid to education. A New Frontiersman neighbor backs full federalization, proposing abolition of P T A s and local taxes, bringing football teams into Civil Service and national Baby Bank style funding for surplus children. Wellington.
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Civil Service
Guessing the Echo 1 Satellite Pass Over Amarillo
Amarillo Daily News room debates Echo 1 satellite timing after missed schedule. Weather Bureau and KGNC TV cite newspapers for timetables. Past sighting trends suggest the balloon satellite crosses Amarillo around 8 to 8:15 p.m. first pass and 10:10 to 10:25 p.m. second pass, tracking southwest to northeast low on the eastern horizon.
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Amarillo Daily News
United States
Echo 1
Dallas
Kgnc-Tv
U.S
U.S. Weather Bureau At Amarillo Air Terminal
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Congo Aid Boost Raises Senate Plan to 4 Billion
The Senate Appropriations Committee restored most House cuts in foreign aid, adding 100 million for The Congo and another 100 million for the emergency fund to aid Congo and other African nations. The panel kept 1.8 billion in military aid and set total aid at 3.981 billion for the fiscal year.
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UPI
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Congress
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Brief
Weather notes show mostly fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with rising clouds Sunday. Highs near 89 Saturday, 88 to 95 in northwest Texas. New Mexico fairs with afternoon cloudiness and thundershowers. highs 85 to 95. Yesterday’s hourly temps listed from 7am to 4pm with sunrise at 7:30 pm.
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New Mexico
Congo Forces Halt Attempted UN Messengers Execution
In Leopoldville a Congolese army unit arrested and robbed two UN messengers sent to Premier Lumumba with an official UN message. A Ghanaian UN soldier intervened to prevent their execution. Dr. Ralph Bunche disclosed the incident as Lumumba accused the UN of seeking power amid rising tensions and other confrontations with Belgian and Moroccan personnel.
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the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
U.N
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Lumumba
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Beligian
Rrifle
Bunche
Storms Hit Texas Drench Communities. Roof Collapses in Colorado City
Torrential rain battered West Central Texas with 4 to 5 inches near Cisco and Abilene reporting over 2 inches. The Hunter Merket Motors showroom roof collapsed under the weight in Colorado City, damaging the building and cars but with no word on injuries. Eastland and Eula recorded several inches in a short span, while most of the state saw scattered showers and higher rainfall in north and central areas.
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Abilene
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Eula
Baird
Rainfall totals across Abilene region and beyond
Rain gauges in the area report Blackwell two inches Baird 1.65 Hawley 1.50 and Cisco 1.20 in the 24 hours up to 6 p m Friday. Other sections record Houston 1.60 inches Killeen 1.47 Tyler .71 Lufkin .47 Corpus Christi .35 Waco .27 Mineral Wells 11 Alain .10 Beeville .09 in the same period.
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Baseball Scores From Texas and National Leagues
In the Texas League Amarillo defeated Austin 11 to 5 and Tulsa beat Rilo Grande Valley 4 to 0 while San Antonio won 6 to 1 against Victoria. In the National League Philadelphia edged Milwaukee 3 to 2 and St Louis beat Los Angeles 1 to 0 as Cincinnati won 4 to 3 over Pittsburgh and San Francisco defeated Chicago 2 to 1. American League saw Washington prevail 4 to 2 over New York with Chicago 10, Kansas City 0. Det 5, Cleveland 3. Basting 2 at Boston, postponed.
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Lodge Quits UN Job for Campaign
Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as ambassador to the United Nations to devote full time to running for vice president. President Eisenhower accepts the resignation with mixed remarks of regret and support. James J. Wadsworth named as Lodge’s successor. resignation effective Sept. 3. In a separate note, Navy and air force recovery teams report successful capsule retrieval under favorable weather over a Hawaii area.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Vice
Eisenhower
Cabot
Lodge
James C. Hagerty
James J. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
U. S
U.N
Senate Approves Mining Subsidy Bill for Lead and Zinc
The Senate passed a subsidy bill backing lead and zinc miners with annual payments up to 4.84 million dollars for five years. The measure triggers subsidies when world prices fall below 17 cents per pound for lead and 14.5 cents per pound for zinc, targeting producers under 2000 tons yearly. The vote was 59 to 28, with support from Sens. Kennedy Johnson and Jackson. Lausche warned of costly precedent while Allott led the floor fight. The bill now goes to the White House for approval.
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UPI
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White House
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Henry M. Jackson
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
Ken
Richard M. Nixon
America
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Airplane Attains Space Capsule Interception At Sea
An Air Force cargo plane caught the Discoverer XIV space capsule in midair over the Pacific, after it descended by parachute from 10 000 feet about 300 miles south-southwest of Oahu. The satellite had orbited 116 to 502 miles above Earth since launch from Van Denberg AFB California, on its 17th orbit.
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Hickam Field
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Oahu
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