Fort Worth Couple Elected to Veterans of WWI Posts
At the third annual Texas Veterans of World War I convention in the Herring Hotel Fort Worth a Fort Worth man and his wife were elected to major posts. Lucille Conley was installed as auxiliary president and her husband as quartermaster. Other state officers include C. W. Nevins Fort Worth commander and J. R. Jameson Fort Worth senior vice commander. Over 200 attendees marked the two day event with a sunrise memorial service and officer installations.
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Department of Texas Veterans of
Fort
H. F
Lucille) Conley
C. W. Nevins
Fort Worth
J. R. Jameson
A. W. Nelson
Wichita Falls
E. P. Williams
Bridgeport
G. Gaddis
Sherman
Etta M. Ladd
N. Fillmore
Margaret Cooper
Pearl Williams
Ester Walker
Ola Alexander
Zella Bruce
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Two Killed Three Hurt In Headon Crash Near Clarendon
A Hedley couple died and three others were injured in a headon collision at the junction of Highway 287 and 70 a quarter mile west of Clarendon at 10 30 pm. Leon Reeves 49 and Alice Reeves 48 perished from head and chest injuries and multiple fractures. The injured were Buddy Reeves 15 Orville Mclilvanie 16 and Ella Corinne Riech 22. Mclilvanie drove a car with Virginia plates. all were taken to Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo. The Reeves were returning to Hedley from Amarillo.
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Clarendon
Hedley
Here
Leon Reeves
Reeves
Alice Reeves
Murphy Funeral
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Mclilvanie
Virginia
Miss Riech
Highway 287
Japan seeks permission to recover war dead in the Philippines
Tokyo asks Manila for approval to collect about 490000 Japanese servicemen and civilians killed in the Philippines during World War II. Ground for the request hinges on consent from the Philippine government, with anticipation of approval.
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Tokyo
Japan
Philippines
Manila
Texas Gubernatorial Campaign Enters Final Week
The Texas gubernatorial race narrows to a final week as Sen. Price Daniel, J. Evetts Haley, and W. Lee O'Daniel campaign across the state. Haley accuses Daniel of Parr favors, while Daniel promotes farm relief and discusses his statewide tour and telecast plans. O'Daniel stage-manages a large caravan and delays schedules, with his campaign focusing on a mild yet assertive finish.
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Associated Press
Price Daniel
Texas
J. Evetts Haley
Daniel
George Parr
W. Lee O’daniel
Houston
Amarillo Weather Watch Brief
Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies with no major temperature changes today and tomorrow. Widely scattered afternoon and nighttime thunder showers likely. low around 67 and high near 92. Also covers Panhandle and South Plains with similar outlook and hourly temperature notes.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Reds May Nix Egyptian Dam
Washington reports Moscow shows reluctance to finance the $1.3 billion Aswan Dam, signaling pressure on Egypt and diminishing Soviet involvement. Officials cite Russia’s interest in industrializing Egypt and caution over Moscow’s influence in the Middle East. Nasser seeks options as Western withdrawal prompts a political squeeze.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
London
Egypt
Aswan Dam
Dulles
Russia
Nile River
Nasser
Middle East
United States
Britain
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Cairo
Aswan
A Kiss in Traffic Ruled Out of Place
Moorhead police arrest Kenneth D Hoff for careless driving after he kisses in a traffic lane and ignores signals at a busy intersection. Officer Donald O Day notes timing and place unsuitable for smooching leading to a 325 fine from Justice Roscoe Brown.
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Moorhead
Minn
Donald O'Day
Kenneth D. Hoff
Roscoe Brown
Brown
Daniel Cites Farm Crisis in Texas Governor Bid
Fort Worth July 22 Sen Price Daniel urged a state program to aid family size farms facing drought and mortgage foreclosures. He proposed a rotating bond funded rural homestead protection loan, with second mortgages as needed, and called for faster disaster relief beyond federal aid. He warned many farms could lose homes if action stalled.
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Haley
Sen. Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Fort Worth
Price Daniel
Tne
Dras
Farmers Home Administration
State Department
Department of Agriculture
GOP Keeps four day GOP Retains four day convention plan
GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall announced the party will keep a four day national convention with streamlined hours. The schedule calls for a single daily session from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. PDT, except the first day with two sessions. Former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Herbert Hoover are listed as speakers as plans progress.
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Washington
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Herbert Hoover
Arthur B. Langlie
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Hoover
Baseball Scores From Western and American Leagues
Des Moines defeated Amarillo 6 to 2 while Sioux City crushed Albuquerque 15 to 0 and Lincoln beat Pueblo 3 to 2. Topeka toppled Colorado Springs 5 to 1. In the American League Kansas City won 7 to 4 as New York fell 4 to 13 and Boston and Detroit both won. The National League saw Brooklyn 5 to 4 over an opponent, St. Louis 3 to 3, and Cincinnati 6 to 9 with Milwaukee 8 to 16. Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4 and New York 1 1 ended in ties.
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Des Moines
Amarillo
Sioux City
Albuquerque
Lincoln
Pueblo
Topeka
Colorado Springs
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Baltimore
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Chief Derails Santa Fe Train Wreck Injures Fifteen
In Carrollton Missouri a Santa Fe Chief bound for San Francisco derailed after striking an object on the tracks. Fifteen people were reported injured and one unnamed baggageman remained missing. Ambu lances treated the injured as fire crews stopped a fire in the engine.
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Carrollton
Santa Fe
San Francisco
G. M. Miller
Marceline
Kansas City
Miller
George M. Seebree
Seebree
Lubbock
Earthquake Devastates Anjar Killing 117. 800 Missing
A powerful quake struck the Anjar area of Kutch in northwest India killing at least 117 and leaving about 800 missing. The disaster affected a wide coastal region from Bombay to the Pakistan border, with panic reported in Kathiawar. Colaba Observatory attributed most deaths to Anjar, near Bhuj, as Prime Minister Nehru arrived in Jamnagar en route from abroad.
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Bombay
India
Anjar
Ahmedabad
Pakistan
Kutch
Colaba Meteorological Observatory
Bhuj
Kathiawar
Madhya Bharat
Nehru
London
Europe
Middle East
Jamnagar
Cheyenne to Honor Youth at Frontier Days Rodeo
Tommy Simon a 13 year old Riverton Wyoming rancher is chosen as honorary mayor of Cheyenne. He and about 40 Amarillo businessmen travel on a Burlington train to lead the parade with Gov Simpson and ride in the governor’s box during Frontier Days events in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Tommy Simon
Riverton
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Gov. Simpson
Denver Post
Simon
Burlington
W. S. Christensen
Amarillo
Art Jordan
Denver
Colo
Fort Worth
Showers lash Wheeler area with hail and wind
A line of thunderheads swept the Golden Spread bringing heavy hail to Wheeler and surrounding Panhandle farms. The Louis Rogers farm three miles north of Wheeler took hail from 630 to 730 pm, crops knocked down, while the Louis McWhorter place three miles east suffered hail wind and rain. Wheeler town had only a trace of moisture and Shamrock reported light sprinkles and a 7 pm thunderstorm.
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Golden Spread
Wheeler Area
Panhandle
Wheeler
Louis Rogers
Louis McWhorter
Eisenhower urges a Pan American Human Relations Commission
President Eisenhower proposes forming a Commission of Human Relations with a representative from each of the 21 American republics to share practical ideas in economics finance social and technical fields. Milton Eisenhower is named as the U S representative. The move accompanies signatures on the Panama Declaration affirming Western Hemisphere unity against totalitarian threats and commemorating the 1826 Pan American Congress.
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Muman Proprems
Eisenhower
Milton
U.S
Dulles
Panama
Americas
Simon Bolivar
Organization of American States
OAS
Presidents Sign 1956 Declaration in Panama
In Panama on July 22 1956 the presidents-elect of 19 American republics signed the Declaration of Panama. Leaders present included Eisenhower and Aramburu plus Kubitschek Ibanez Figueroa Trujillo Velasco Tharra Arias Cortines Somoza Stroessner Zubiria Perez Jimenez Lozano Diaz not present were Siles Zuazo Lemus Prado Pinilla Lozano Diaz.
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Panama
Pedro F. Aramburu
Argentina
Juscelino Kubitschek
Brazil
Carlos Ibanez
Chile
Jose Figueres
Costa Rica
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Hector Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Jose Maria Velasco Tharra
Ecuador
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Carlos Armas
Guatemala
Paul F. Magliore
Haiti
Remarkable signing ceremony underscoring world brotherhood
The article describes a historic signing event featuring a renowned international community living project. Due to the President's medical convalescence, Eisenhower was the last to arrive and first to depart. The ceremony occurred at St. Augustine Catholic School near the U S Embassy where he stayed, in the same room as the declaration signing.
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Eisenhower
St. Augustine Catholic School
U. S
Amarillo Youth Drowns in Lake McClellan
An Amarillo youth died after a fishing boat swamped in Lake McClellan, 12 miles south of Pampa, at 3 15 p.m. Johnny Cruz, 1405 Cleveland, was the victim. Three other Amarillo teens swam to shore. Cruz disappeared and was recovered at 4 30 p.m. He was a 1956 Amarillo High graduate and a former regional Golden Gloves champion. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Boxwell Bros Funeral Home.
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Pampa
Amarillo
Lake McClellan
Here
Johnny Cruz
Aiius Cruz
Cleveland
Tom McCullah
H. D. McCullah
Parker
Frank McNeil
Don Amaidon
Cruz
Young Cruz
Amarillo High School
Sandies
Boxwell Bros. Funeral Home
Huge Carcass Mystery Baffles Alaska Coast
A colossal carcass about 100 feet long washed ashore 60 miles southeast of Yakutat Alaska at Dry Harbor. Experts deem it unknown and not fitting any known prehistoric species. Hair and flesh show rapid decomposition as officials seek to preserve bones or hide for identification.
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Yakutat
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
Dry Harbor
Akwe River
Earl Flemming
Dan
Clint Mortenson
Akwe
Seattle
Trevor Kincaid
University of Washington
Loren Horn
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Cary Cass
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Lee O’daniel
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