Solons Hope To Adjourn By Monday
Congress pressed a bill passage spree Saturday as the House backed about 275 measures and planned adjournment Monday. Senate leaders signaled readiness to join, while tension flared between Rep. Cannon and Rep. Jensen over the Southwestern Power Administration. Most actions occurred by unanimous consent with minimal debate.
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Weather Notes From 1955 Readings Across Cities
Weather summary lists 1955 readings for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo. Entries show cloud cover visibility and wind speed with conditions noted as cloudy or partly cloudy.
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Johnson Narrowly Escapes Death Sees Rapid Recovery
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, after a severe heart attack four weeks ago, is said to be recovering rapidly and could go home Sunday. He plans to remain at Bethesda Naval Hospital for another week to try for a return to Texas for his 47th birthday on August 27. Vice President Nixon predicts Johnson will be back in the Senate when Congress convenes, continuing as majority leader.
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Death claims Canyon cowboy Fred Sorgee at Palo Duro Club
The body of 73 year old Randall County pioneer Fred Sorgee was found in the Palo Duro Club creek around 10 am. An autopsy cited a heart attack as the cause. Sorgee disappeared while fishing with friend Jake Jarnigan of Canyon, who last saw him noon Friday. They had worked as grounds keepers at summer homes 15 miles south of Amarillo.
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Red China signals possible release of 40 U S civilians
Chou En-lai in Peiping says China wants no war with the United States and that the release of 40 U S civilians held behind the Bamboo Curtain could be settled at Geneva talks. He rules out a Formosa cease-fire and urges end to saboteurs in China while keeping a free hand to liberate from Nationalists.
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Envoy Off to Geneva in Prisoner Release Talks
Ambassador A. Alexis Johnson left for Geneva to test Chou En lai’s offer to negotiate on prisoner releases. He will meet Wang Ping Nan for the first ambassador level talks since last year’s Geneva Far East conference. Johnson aims to secure the release of 51 Americans held in China and said he will do everything possible to secure their freedom.
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Riots erupt in Morocco killing 21 across cities
Anti-French demonstrations in Casablanca Marrakech and Moulay Idriss turn deadly as police clash with mobs during a major Muslim holiday. Twenty one killed and scores wounded, including police, with curfews and reinforced troops deployed.
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Britain and Russia Ready for Space Race
Soviet sources say Russia plans a satellite mission similar to the American artificial planet with no launch date. British aviation firms De Haviland Fairey Bristol and English Electric join space research, with Farnborough’s guided weapons dept preparing rocket plans to test at Woomera. France also competes with secret Sahara projects.
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United Community Campaign gains with Red Cross link
The United Community Campaign expands as the Red Cross joins voluntary health and welfare groups in a federated fund raising effort. Details of the drive appear on page 5. Moscow reports a Soviet move to withdraw 44 000 occupation troops from Austria by October 1, ahead of the 90 day deadline.
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Baseball Scores and World Events Highlight Weekend Sports and Space
Amarillo over Pampa 2010 to 2-8 as Clovis tops El Paso 6 to 4. Abilene defeats Albuquerque 11 to 8. Plainview beats Lubbock 7 to 6. In the American League Washington edges Chicago 1 to 0 as Kansas City stomps New York 12 to 2. Detroit upsets Boston 5 to 2. National League Milwaukee 5 New York 3. Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia 3 Chicago 0. Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 0. In Austria Soviet troop withdrawals noted. Editorial by Willy Ley on satellite launch era beginning with first unmanned craft and future manned missions.
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Teleportation May Be Next
Grand Rapids, July 30 William P. Lear, chair man of Lear Inc., predicted man will travel by breaking up into vibrations and relaying electronically. He said matter is made of vibrations and could be transmitted by wires or waves to revibrate at the destination. Lear spoke in a telephone interview from Santa Monica.
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Trio Denies Guilt as Army Lists Charges
Three American ex soldiers denied to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter today that they were guilty of Army charges leveled after their 18 months in Red China. At Fort Baker they said they could not have aided the enemy or helped prepare propaganda.
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U S Demands Bulgaria Pay for Plane Incident
Washington demanded Bulgaria provide prompt and adequate compensation to the families of 12 Americans killed when an Israeli airliner was shot down last Wednesday. It urged Bulgaria to report steps taken against those responsible and to prevent a repeat. France and Britain joined protests. Fifty eight people died in the London to Tel Aviv flight attack.
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Man to reach the Moon by 2000, says aviation chief
COPEN HAGEN July 30 Frederick C Durant president of the International Aeronautical Federation said man will reach the moon before the year 2000. He noted artificial satellites were possible but required development of large liquid fuel rockets. The basic problem, he said, is to achieve velocity beyond earth’s atmosphere.
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Odessa selects June Prichard Miss Texas 1955
Odessa girl June Prichard was chosen Miss Texas 1955 with runners up Cynthia Davis of Fort Worth and Judy Moon of Dallas. Prichard will represent Texas in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. The event featured three divisions bathing suit talent and evening gowns with 24 entrants.
Night rider protests slow service with pony express relay
In Portland Oregon veteran engineer Claude Bridenstine of the Southern Pacific leads a pony express relay planned between Eugene and Roseburg to protest what riders call slow rail service. Seventy five riders will follow US 99 while Bridenstine runs the 75 mile rail route in about 2 hours 54 minutes with deputies escorting the route. He plans no special effort to beat the riders and dismisses the stunt as foolish.
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