Republicans Plan Quickie Platform Draft in San Francisco
Sen H Alexander Smith said Republicans will bring a complete rough draft of their platform to San Francisco days before the August 20 nominating convention. He will draft the foreign policy plank with Secretary of State Dulles while Sen Bush leads the platform committee. Democrats choose Rep McCormack to head their platform panel for 1956 with Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver and Averell Harriman as leading contenders.
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H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
San Francisco
Smith
Sen. Bush
R-Conn
State Dulles
Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
Paul M. Butler
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Butler
Dulles
Air conditioned rostrum to cool Democratic convention
Chicago July 15 The Democratic national convention will use an air conditioned rostrum at the International Amphitheatre to offset heat from lights. The platform on Aug 18 will rise like a miniature elevator, bringing speakers to a uniform height to face microphones and cameras.
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Chicago
International Amphitheatre
J. Leonard Reinsch
Track Star Opris Defects During AAA Championships
Ion Opris, Romania’s Olympic hurdler, fled Communist Romania minutes before the 120 yard hurdles at White City. He crossed the line fourth as fans cheered winner P B Hildreth, then vanished with help from Free Romanian Press Agency officials to seek freedom in London. He cited unbearable conditions and worried for his family in Bucharest.
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London
Ion Opris
Romania
White City Stadium
Ion
Free Romanian Press Agency
Ian
Britain
P. B. Hildreth
Ooris
Ton
Romanian Interior Ministry
Bucharest
Retail Beer Permit Hearing To Open Under New Plan
A first hearing on issuing a retail beer license under a new county city and state plan is set for this morning in county court before Judge Adams. Protest comes from Jimmy Dale of the Texas Liquor Control department regarding the site leased from Walter Shaller two miles north of town on Western. The plan requires fingerprints and character reports. protests from law enforcement will be presented before renewal hearings are held. licenses expiring within 30 days will be screened for police records and any infractions prior to renewal.
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Adams
W. J. Jennings
Jen
Walter Shaller
Hackney Club
Western
Jimmy Dale
Texas Liquor Control Department
Dale
Potter County
Amarillo
City
County and Liquor Control Board
Sergeant Scott Drowns in Lake at Clarendon
Sergeant Scott of Fort Hood drowned when his boat overturned during a fishing trip at Lake Clarendon. An unidentified companion was hospitalized. His body was recovered early today. He recently returned from overseas duty in May and is survived by his wife Jean and three sons along with his mother siblings and extended Amarillo relatives. Funeral arrangements await, with burial planned beside his brother who died in World War II.
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Clarendon
Scott
Sgt
Ft. Hood
Jean
Ricky
Donnie
Ronnie
Velma Hodges
W. A. Scott
Woodland
Amarillo
Ava Nell Sullivan
Dortha Fowler
N. Polk
Lance
Orville
Weather Summary for Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma 1956
Amarillo reported 188 sunny days in 196 days during 1956. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Sunday show clear skies in Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with Amarillo partly cloudy conditions and visibility around 12 to 15 miles.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
New Mexico Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Tstorms
The U S Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies with widely scattered local thundershowers today and tonight in New Mexico. Generally fair elsewhere through Monday night with little temp change. highs 85 to 95 in the northwest and 90 to 105 in the south.
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New
Mexico
O.M. Cevsceces
Amarillo
High
Panhandle
South Plains
Britain May Cut Defense Forces
London reports indicate sharp cuts planned in Britain's defense budget with potential reductions up to a third. Prime Minister Eden faces pressure from his Conservative government and Liberal Leader Clement Davies to shrink armed forces and expenditures, arguing Russia is waging an economic war and NATO unity is essential to guard against poverty driven by inflation.
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London
Britain
France
Clement Davies
Davies
Eden
Democratic candidates widen focus with Dallas Fort Worth swing
Four Democratic hopefuls for governor press campaigns in the Dallas Fort Worth area as the primary nears. Price Daniel Ralph Yarborough J Evetts Haley and W Lee O Daniel plan events and telecasts in Dallas and surrounding counties while other contenders promote regional tours and water policy.
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Associated Press
Dallas-Fort Worth
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
J. Evetts Haley
Dallas
U.S
W. Lee O'Daniel
Graham Speaks on Desegregation in Church Leadership
Rev. Billy Graham urged Southern churches to lead in racial harmony and ministers to teach unity. He said integration will not happen overnight even in churches, and his crusades practice no segregation, noting integrated meetings in New Orleans Nashville Richmond and Oklahoma City with no problems.
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Washington
Billy Graham
South
NBCTV
Graham
New Orleans
Nashville
Richmond
Oklahoma City
Cotton Growers Seek Reserve Cut in Texas
A West Texas cotton growers spokesman said the group will propose reducing the state acreage reserve to 20 percent of the allotment. The current Texas reserve stands at 10 percent. The proposal will be presented at the Agricultural Stabilization Committee meeting in College Station on Monday and Tuesday.
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Will Wilson
Belton
Temple
Waco
Austin
Corpus Christi
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Sherman
Denison
Gainesville
Denton
Lamesa
West Texas
Texas
State Agricultural Stabilization Committee
College Station
Long undecided on veto of interracial sports ban
Gov Earl Long presses public to voice views as he weighs signing a bill banning interracial sports in Louisiana. The measure would outlaw interracial dancing and sports and require segregated seating and facilities, with a Oct 15 effective date if signed.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
Winnfield Farm
Long
Midwinter Sports Assn
New Orleans
Texas League
Twining Promises to Spend Extra Air Force Funds
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, says he is preparing recommendations on the 900 million dollars Congress approved for the Air Force. He favors using much for research and development and for speeding up tanker planes to refuel B52s, while not urging all funds for more B52 production.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Congress
Wilson
Twining
There Was No Future in Communist Hungary
An interview recounts a group’s failed airliner escape from Hungary in 1956. Leaders describe anti communist exile, the plan to flee by air, and the tense flight detail with a hidden pistol as they prepared for an emergency landing. The narrative frames life under Soviet influence and the risks of dissent.
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Hungary
Szekesfehervar
Yugoslavia
Air Force
Budapest
Komarom
Ferenc Iszak
Joseph Balla
Iszak
Balla
Karoly Pinter
Joseph Jakoby
Gabor Kiss
Gyor
Szombathely
Eisenhower Returns to White House After Five Weeks
President Eisenhower arrives at the White House from Gettysburg five weeks after abdominal surgery. He travels with his White House physician Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder and is described as enthusiastic about resuming duties. Hagerty says the president will be back at his desk tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Executive
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Heatons
Eisenhowers
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Panama City
Walter Reed Hospital
Isidor Ravdin
Radio Hams Aid 2 Year Old in Belgian Congo Crisis
On July 15 radio amateurs across continents joined to aid Pol Jean Luc a hemophiliac boy in Leopoldville. Harry Fendt on Staten Island coordinated with an American distributor to obtain the needed drug and Pan American Airways flew it to Leopoldville with a stewardess delivering the medicine to local authorities.
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New York
Hamsradio
Belgian Congo
Harry Fendt
Staten Island
Leopoldville
Pol Jean Luc
U.S
Europe
Africa
Fend
Teuch
Pan American World Airways
Baseball Scores From The Western And American Leagues
Western League results show Topeka 7 Albuquerque 6 with others rained out or postponed including Amarillo at Lincoln and Pueblo at Des Moines. American League scores include New York 2 Chicago 1 and Cleveland 10 Boston 7 among others. National League games show Cincinnati 44 New York 34 and St Louis 5 Brooklyn 10 with Chicago Milwaukee 34 Pittsburgh 2 1.
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Amarillo
Lincoln
Pueblo
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Sioux City
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
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GOP
Demosa
United States
Yalta
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Opris
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Russia
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NATO
Bill Elkins
Martin
Elkins
C.T. Johnson
Granger
American Legion
Ben Ramsey
A.M. Aikin
Paris
Johnson
Senator Daniel
Royce City
Yarborough
Haley
Texas Citizens Council
W. Lee O’daniel
O'Daniel
Paul F. DeBlanc
Joint Legislative Committee On
Sen. W. M. Rainach
Joint Legislative Committee
Louisiana State University
Wisconsin
LSU
Hebert
D-La
WDSU
Iron Curtain
Ingolstadt
Germany
Officers’ Academy
Zalaegerszeg
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