Wheat Freight Derails on Rock Island Line in City
A 45 car Rock Island freight derailed on city tracks at 3 45 p m spilling wheat from three cars. No injuries reported. Fire crews extinguished hot boxes and crews searched for possible buried riders after a bicycle was found. four cars damaged but main line to reopen by 8 a m.
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Daily News
Lester Williams
Henry Bramblett
N.E
Rock Island
Gary Corbitt
Austin
Bramblett
No. 3
Naval Reserve Training Center
George Cox
U S Proposes 53 47 Split of H Bomb Materials
U S delegate Harold E. Stassen urged the U N Disarmament Subcommittee to begin dismantling hydrogen bombs for peaceful use after an agreement to halt new weapon production. He proposed a 53 47 ratio of fissionable material to international control with the U S providing 53 pounds for every 47 pounds Russia would hand over.
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U. N. Disarmament
United States
U. S
Russia
Valerian Zorin
Two Boys Die From Tank Explosion Near Pampa
In Pampa Texas the second fatality from an explosion of two distillate tanks occurred when Truman Frank Newman aged 14 died at Highland General Hospital after burns covering about 80 percent of his body. His 12 year old cousin Dennil Lemont Newman died at the scene. A double funeral is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bible Baptist Church. Witnesses said the brothers were shooting fireworks near the tanks at the Groninger and King Construction Co. plant east of Pampa on Highway 60 moments before the blast.
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Pampa
Highland General Hospital
Truman Frank Newman
Truman Frank
Dennil Lemont Newman
Bible Baptist
Newman
Groninger and King Construction Co
Highway 60
NEA Defeats Move To Back Integration
Philadelphia July 5 Delegates at the National Education Assn centennial convention defeated a move to back a stronger integration resolution. The NEA representing about 700000 public school teachers adopted by voice vote a resolution urging that integration problems be solved at state and local levels by citizens working for national unity and common good.
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the National Education Assn
U. S
Voice Vote
NEA
Kefauver Seeks Full Facts On Idaho Power Tax Break
Senator Estes Kefauver pressed President Eisenhower for cooperation to uncover the full facts about a rapid tax write off to Idaho Power Co. He said the President may have been kept in the dark on certain aspects and asked for information for Senate investigators.
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Kefauver
Eves
Idaho
Washington
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Idaho Power Co
Senate
Guard reports lion roar near soap box derby cars
Red Thompson, 20, hired to guard 8% soap box racers for a local derby, slept in an old hangar at Municipal Airport. He says he heard a lion roaring all night, though he didn’t know the nearby Texas Zoological Society Zoo lay 200 yards away.
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Waco
Red Thompson
Municipal
Thompson
Texas Zoological Society
Red army accuses four anti party leaders of treachery
Red Star condemns four ousted Kremlin figures as treacherous occupants threatening Soviet defenses amid a nationwide purge. Saburov is out from the Presidium, Pervukhin kept as a candidate member, while Molotov and Kaganovich face escalating official pressure.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kremlin
Saburov
Russia
Stalin
Pervukhin
Lazar Kaganovich
Kaganovich
V. M
Molo
Tov
Georgi Malensky
Dmitri Shepilov
Molotov
Malenkov
Soviet Union
China backs Khrushchev moves signaling alliance with USSR
See other story note on Page 9 indicates Communist China after two days of silence declared support for Khrushchev directed moves. Peiping pledged to intensify the great fraternal alliance with the Soviet Union as economic experts Maxim Saburov and Mikhal G Pervukhin were dismissed from their posts.
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Communist China
Nikita Khrushchev
Peiping
U.S.S
Formby Rules Out Fence on Highway 66 Route
Marshall Formby of Plainview chairman of the Texas Highway Commission says if the Highway 66 route runs near Wolflin and 9th avenues there will be no wall to bar city traffic. The plan features frontal roads many crossings and multiple on and off ramps.
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Wolflin
9Th Avenues
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Texas Highway Commission
Smith
Wolflin Route Favored For Amarillo Bypass Amid Traffic Projections
City and district highway officials weigh three routes for a new road through Amarillo. The Wolflin option shows higher right of way costs but similar construction costs and a shorter distance, with projected 65 000 vehicles per day by 1975. Public hearings will clarify routing before a final decision.
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Claris High Poli
S. 58Th
Chili Smith
Wolflin
N. 24Th
Western League Scores and National League Results
Western League games feature Opeka five for Lincoln two, Colorado Springs eight to Albuquerque four, Sioux City six to Des Moines four three, and Sioux City winning 6-5 in a 4-3 finish. National League results show St Louis four Cincinnati three in 11 innings, Brooklyn six Philadelphia five, New York one Pittsburgh six, Chicago seven Milwaukee four. American League highlights include New York five Washington three in 10 innings, and Chicago 14 Cleveland four.
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St. Louis
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Washington
Cleveland
Ston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Julius La Rosa Show Colorcast at KGNC TV
The Julius La Rosa show aired on KGNC TV at 6 p.m. viewers could expect a music and entertainment program featuring the popular singer. The telecast marked a prime time schedule highlight for local television audiences.
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Kgnc-Tv
Julius la Rosa
Biggest A Bomb Explosion Rocks Troops in Trenches
At the Atomic Test Site the most powerful U S atomic burst yet shook earth and sky as Marines entrenched 5700 yards from ground zero advanced through a dust cloud. Test director Dr G M Johnson said the yield was well over the 1955 record of about 60 kilotons. The blast compared to the 20 kiloton wartime bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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United States
G. M. Johnson
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Nevada Test Organization
Ousted Reds Confess Plot Sparked by Moscow Power Struggle
Warsaw sources say Soviet leaders Molotov and three others confessed a plot to oust Nikita Khrushchev during a 35 hour Central Committee debate starting June 22 in Moscow. Khrushchev reportedly dispatched envoys to Red China Poland and the Georgian Soviet Republic amid secret moves.
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Warsaw
V. M. Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev
Munist
Khrushchev
Red China
Poland
Soviet Republic of Georgia
Warsaw Long
Holiday Trattice Death Toll Falls From Early Peak
The Independence Day travel period saw traffic fatalities rise then ease, with the National Safety Council calling the dropoff encouraging. Early counts pegged fatalities well below the holiday forecast, but drownings and other accidents kept the toll high as hot weather drew crowds to lakes and streams. Kenneth McPhails, 29, of Lemon Grove, Calif., died from a fireworks fragment, while traffic crashes remained the leading cause of death.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Kenneth McPhails
Lemon Grove
Calif
Weather Log for Amarillo and Nearby Cities in 1957
Sunlit days recorded in Amarillo reach 160 of 187 for 1957 with interpretive readings noting wind, visibility, and sky conditions. Data includes entries for Houston, Oklahoma City, and Dallas areas with times and terms like clear and fair.
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Amarillo
Houston
Fair Okla
Amarillo Wis
Fair
Amarillo Panhandle Sun Weather Outlook
Five day forecast for Panhandle and South Plains projects warmer conditions with temperatures about two degrees above normal. Expect light to moderate precipitation in showers and possible thunder activity mainly in the southern and western portions with fair and hot days ahead.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
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