Adlai Stevenson Wins Early California Primary Returns
Early returns show Adlai Stevenson leading in California 2-1 from about 2,000 precincts as Lt. Gov. Stevenson edges through alongside Nye Harriman in New York delegates. Other states point to Democratic and Republican delegations shaping the convention slate with Kefauver and Eisenhower gaining noted support. A fatal crash near San Antonio claims Katherine Bailey and injures two airmen.
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Thomas H. Kuchel
California
San Francisco Chronicle
Stevenson
South Dakota
Ken Holum
Francis Case
New York
Syracuse
Rochester
Dem
Montana
Enone
Eisenhower
Averell
Harriman
Kefauver
Associated Press
Reese
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Area Obituaries List Highlights Local Drownings and Services
Obituaries from Amarillo area papers report multiple deaths from drowning heart attack and illness. Names include John Enix 16 of Green Forest Ark, Martha Ann Glass 69 of Amarillo, Peter J Hoare 59 Newark NJ, Edna Jean Holmes, Mattie Bell Robison, Dora Lee Ivey, Lee Poteet 66 Olton and more with funeral rites held or planned across Llano Memorial Park City of Amarillo and surrounding communities. Survivors span siblings spouses and children in several states with churches and funeral homes named.
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Amarillo
Shirley Brazil
New York
N.Y
Carlton Mask
Burial Memorial Park Cemetery
Gilroy Glass
James D. Glass
Tulsa
Ray Self
Paramount
Calif
R. O. Slater
Carl Perkins
Sweetwater
Ala
Ella Etheridge
Dessa Walker
Nora Davis
Holmes
Edna Jean
Las Vegas
Church of God In Christ
J. L. Langston
Llano Cemetery
Austin Funeral Home
Lula Brown
Eisenhower Berlin decision defended by Gen Smith
Gen Smith defends Eisenhower's choice not to push to Berlin after Normandy. He argues Berlin lacked military significance and that occupying zones and avoiding a conflict with the Russians moved swiftly to end the war. Churchill urged Berlin but Smith cites military reality and strategic aims.
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Germany
Gen
Smith
Eisenhower
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Soviet Union
Texas Supreme Court to rule on Santa Fe union case
Hearing notes say the case, in litigation since prior, began in Amarillo where non union workers won a district court round but lost on appeal. The union seeks broad membership and an oath of allegiance, prompting Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd to file a supplemental brief. The Han son Nebraska decision cited constitutional issues potential.
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Santa Fe
Amarillo
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Austin
Union
Nebraska
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Texas
U.S
Hanson
Shepperd
Texas Supreme Court
Senate Approves Record Health Research Funding
The Senate approved a record 184,437,000 for National Institutes of Health research, part of a 2,372,523,281 funding bill for Health Education Welfare and Labor, surpassing Eisenhower's request. The measure moves to conference with the House as the Interior Department grants rise by 19 million for state hospital grants and park and forest projects.
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Senate
National Institute of Health
Eisenhower
Health Education-Welfare and
Labor Departments
House
Interior Department
Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Morse
D-Ore
National Institutes
Sen. Thye
R-Minn
Office of Education
Hayden
D-Ariz
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Park Service
White House
Rec Building to Rise at Tucumcari Stadium Park
Work on a $15,000 recreational building for Tucumcari Stadium Park begins Monday after the city commission authorized funds. The 80 by 40 foot brick center park structure will feature a lobby game room two showers a reading and crafts room and a kitchen. Financing comes from bonds totaling $25,000 marketed by the city. City engineer J B Ridling supervises the project with city employees handling construction.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Stadium Park
U. S. Highway 66
City Commission
J. B. Ridling
Old Americans Live on Small Incomes, Study Finds
A Washington study shows about 85 percent of Americans aged 65 and older have annual incomes under 2000 dollars. The finding highlights the financial fragility of seniors in retirement.
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Washington
Cairo Leads As City Hits Population And Entertainment Milestones
A Cairo census records 2,090,654 residents and a vibrant scene with 14,950 cafes and bars. It lists 8,270 women hairdressers and 500 night clubs reflecting the city’s bustling urban life, including 200 monkey grinders and 126 devil-chasers noted in the enumeration.
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Cairo
Lawmakers fear dire effects of NATO aid cuts in wartime policy
House leaders remain divided over reducing a military aid bill with NATO seen as essential to Western defense against a Communist threat in Europe. Speaker Rayburn warns a deep cut could be disastrous while Eisenhower plans a news conference to clarify his stance.
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Rayburn
Texas
House Committee
Eisenhower
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Group
Congress
U.S
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
Stalin
United State
Three Indicted in Brink's Case in Boston
A Boston grand jury indicted Edward Ben peat John Buccelli and Jordan Perry Jr on 66 counts as accessories after the fact in the 1950 Brink's robbery. Bail set at 50,000 each. Perry held in Baltimore with 4635 in loot. FBI and police recovered most funds hidden in a beer cooler. More indictments expected for possession and receiving stolen money.
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Edward (Wimpy- Benpeat
John F. Buccelli
Jordan Perry Jr
Bennett
Buccelli
Frank J Donahue
Perry
Baltimore
Brink
FBI
Garrett Byrne
Canterbury
N.H
Joseph F. McGinnis
Brink's Counting House
Wreck Victim Velma Sessum Rites Pending
Funeral services await for Velma Vada Sessum 47 of Rt 4 Hereford who died at 6 30 am today from injuries in a Saturday night auto crash. She and husband Elmer were en route to Friona when their car entered US 60 from a farm to market road colliding with Darrell Thompson 18 of Friona. Thompson survived. Sessum’s husband injured. She born Wise County June 30 1908. Survived by husband two sons Bobby and Richard and daughter Marie Moore plus sisters and brothers. Funeral home Marcum Claborn to set arrangements.
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Lee
Olton
Olton High School
Olton Cemetery
Lemmons Funeral Home
Plainview
Ray Damron
Tulsa
Friona
Velma Vada Sessum
Rt. 4
Hereford
Mrs. Sessum
Wise County
Richard Sessum
Charleston
W. Va
Bobby Sessum
Marie Moore
Oklahoma City
James Parnell
Mansville
Okla
Johnny White
Cecil Damron
Arlington, Tex
al Damron
Oregon
Dusty business? Kansas tops US ash production record
Volcanic ash production ranks Kansas first in the nation, surprising given the state has no known volcanoes. The piece also notes the alligator as the largest U. S. reptile.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States
U. S
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