Soviet MIG Attack Hits Belgian Freighter Over Austrian Border
An unidentified jet attacked a Belgian Sabena freight plane near Austria, Yugoslavia, and Red Hungary. One Belgian crewman was killed and two wounded. a British crew member was injured, and another killed is Austrian officials say. The attack occurred near Murska Sobota, nine miles from Red Hungary, eleven miles from the Soviet zone in Austria.
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Graz
Austria
Sabena
Yugoslavia
Red Hungary
Hungary
Vienna
Murska-Sobota
Houston Negroes Golf Opened on City Courses
More than 25 Negroes have used the new Houston city ordinance to access municipal golf courses at Memorial Park Hermann Park and Glennbrook. Officials report peaceful play with facilities open to all. one minor trouble noted. The city council enacted an emergency measure ending segregation on the courses.
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Houston
Houston City Ordnance
Jack Speer
City Golf Courses
Speer
A. W. Beal
Milton A. Pruitt
N. J. Green
J. H. Jennison
Hermann’ Park
Memorial Park
Hermann Park
Glennbrook
Oklahoma A and M graduates 1,212 conferred at 59th commencement
Baytown notes Oklahoma A and M College awarded degrees to 1,212 students at the 59th commencement led by President Dri Oliver S. Will iam. Also reported are Silas Monroe Main of Highlands recovering from injuries after a truck backed over him near Houston, and ED Ney of G.C. Falmer Inc. Houston dies after heart attack. KIT hosts Kolach sale Friday for St Joseph’s building fund.
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Oklahoma
Angie Arlyn A. Oak of
Baytown
Oklahoma, A and M College
Dri Oliver’ S. William
A and M
Silas Monroe Main
Highlands
Suries
Houston
Main
ED Ney
GC. Falmer, Inc
Houston Wholesale Paper Company
Ney
Raytown
Bob Malhorne
KIT
St. Joseph's
St. Joseph's Building Fund
Around Town and Local Notes
Dorathy Michalsky offers six six week old puppies and four Easter born kittens at 1605 Missouri. contact via 2191 and Roseland park number 32718 for details. Hardy Eugene Case, a Robert E. Lee graduate, joined the Navy and departed for San Diego. Jess Hambrick and others noted for minor health and travel life. Gostinn trip excited by Carel Dickerson and friends. La Porte Measles nurse and finger injury updates. vacationing people and fishing plans listed.
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Dorothy Michalsky
Missouri
W. W. Brown
Roseland Park
Hardy Eugene Case
Robert FE
Lee
Communists Hit 10 Miles From Saigon Battlefront Update
Communists struck near Saigon with three battalions wiping out about 500 French Union troops in an ambush ten miles from the capital. French high command said explosions at an ammunition dump and a military watch tower were seized by enemy forces. Sniping was reported in outer suburbs as fighting shifted toward central Viet Nam. French planes and artillery supported ground units. 200 rebels were killed or wounded along the An Hai coast. U.S. discussions in Geneva touched on a possible 70‑fighter response if Soviet or Red Chinese air attacks occur.
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Hanoi
Viet Nam
Tast
Saigon
Indo-China
Anhai
Annam
Song-Cau
Nor Ti
Red
High Command
Red River
Req
Dien Bien Phu
U.S
China
Geneva
France
Ladies Golf Play Opens in Baytown Tournament
About 100 women golfers from the Gulf Coast tee off at noon to begin the second round of the annual 18 hole medal tournament. The event is sponsored by the Women's Golf Association at Baytown Country Club. Play was to resume at 2 p.m. for the first group to finish the full 18 holes.
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Gulf Coast Area
Baytown Country
Women’s Golf Association
Academy site options narrowed for Air Force academy
Washington reports the Air Force Academy may be located at one of three sites Alton Illinois Colorado Springs Colorado or Lake Geneva Wisconsin as part of a site selection process. The IRS maintains Facts Forum remains tax free as an educational organization after review. In St Louis detectives cite hints about the Greenlease ransom, and in New York Robert Young wins another round in a stock dispute at the New York Central Railroad court.
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Washington
Air Force “Academy
Alton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lake Geneva
Wis
Internal Revenue Service
Forum
New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Court 4
Masked youths rob Decker Drive-in manager in tense hold up
Police hunt a blond bearded youth and his dark haired companion after a drive in theater stickup at Decker Drive in. Manager F O Bengtson was slugged and threatened as the teens tried to crack the safe with a revolver and pistol. They fled in a light colored car with receipts totaling about 100 to 800 dollars. The incident unfolded around 10 80 p m Wednesday night.
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Rosalie
Myers
Decker Drive-in
F. O. Bengtson
Bengtson
Jet
Rnigdd
Theaeter
Brek
Bungtson Waa Marchad
Dawkstairs
Ho-Gald
Ay Bengtson
Bangtson
Bangt
McCarthy Angers Senate as Telephones Are Read
Senate investigators read transcripts of three Stevens calls with Everett Dirksen amid McCarthy dispute. Stevens says McCarthy “got very mad” after a report to subcommittee members. Hearing marks 26th day as McCarthy seeks new witnesses and records on Hensel.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Stevens
Sen
Everett Me Dirksen
Dirksen
Joseph N. Welch
Joseph FR
McCarthy
Subcommittee
McCarthy Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Emergency Corps Drag Ship Channel For Youth's Body
Milton Thomas a 17 year old Houston boy drowned near Morgan's Point after wading into deep water. Bay town Emergency Corps recovered the body at 9340 wn on Thursday and took it to the Art Simpson funeral home. Searchers had been dragging the water for the missing youth since late Wednesday afternoon.
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Milton
Thoman
Baytown Emergency Corps
Murphy
Milligan
Roy EB
Cook
Jurtien
Pones
Kewing
Art Simpson
Bayshore Emergency Corps
Morgan’s Point
Houston
Milton Thomas
Bailey
Hattston
Morgan's Point
Fouston Gulp
King’s 33 Humble Years End as Baytown Utilities Chief
T. S. King known as Tom King retires after 33 years with Humble, ending a long Baytown utility career begun in the electrical department. He, alongside Harry B. Snider, helped shape operations from Humble’s early Baytown days through wartime and postwar expansion. King’s work spanned Army service, Victoria upbringing, Texas A&M training, and a life intertwined with Humble’s growth in the region.
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Tom King
Aggie
Fred Hartman
T. S. King
Red Giants
Neb
Humble
Baytown
Tommy
Farflung
Tammy King
T. 8
King
Tom
Snider
Nebraska
Louisiana
Crowley
Hettier
Kings
Victoria
Teka A and M
Ada Stoner
Ullity
del Rio
al Rieberg
Dorothy
A.D. Tarete
Cornus Ehmen
King—l'age
McCarthy Moves to Force CIA Inquiry Clash Over Powers
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy breaks with the Eisenhower administration as he seeks to probe CIA activity. Dulles rejects charges of Communist infiltration while Capitol Hill weighs limiting McCarthy's investigative powers and shifting control to a subcommittee. A prior CIA probe last July stalled after opposition from Dulles and the FBI.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Ican Eisenhower
Senate
McCarthy
CIA
Dulles
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Owly
Summer School Opens At Lee High With 120 Enrolled
Robert E. Lee High School started its summer term on Wednesday with 120 students. Principal R B Sparks says the program serves three needs: make up failed work, allow more electives, and give seniors time for extracurricular activities while meeting graduation requirements. Eight week session runs to July 23 with teachers Miss Mary Evelyn Barrett Childress Miss Jane Mitcham and R M Wedgeworth.
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Robert FE. Lee Hign School
R. B. Sparks
Eigbt
Muriier School
Mary Evelyn Bartrett
Sw, Childres
Jane Mitcham
R. M. Wedgeworth
Millionaire Renounces Business to Aid Adventists
Clyde Hargis a Pendleton Oregon millionaire told at the San Francisco Adventist general conference how he and his wife will give away a family business valued at more than 15 million dollars. He built a pine mill and furniture plant empire with operations in Pendleton Tex and Virginia and intends to transfer timber wheat cattle and other holdings to the church once capable managers are trained.
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San Francisco
Clyde Hargis
Pendleton
Ore
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Harris
Cline Auditorium
Harrisey
Furniture Sinainers
America
Cleburne
Tex
Alexandria
Pine Mills
Church
Hee
Huffman School Seeks Transfer of Students to Humble
Huffman School asks Harris County Board to transfer 18 sixth grade and upper grade students to Humble for next year. Crosby historically served these students. Special county board meeting set for June to consider transfers, protests, and funding requests for Crosby Negro school repairs and equipment.
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Harris County
Huffman
Upper Graces
Humble
Crosby
County
Atascoalta
O. Duseck
Board Inc
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Texarkana
Jime
W. P
Akin
Dunbar
Texas’ Public School System
J. W. Edgar
Texas
Goslins
Kolach Sale
LA Porte
Co. W. Waybright
Mery
C. H. Gent
R. G. Mar- Tan
St, Louis
Carl Austin
Hull
Bonnie Brown
St Louis Gisbe- Democrat
Joe. Lloyd
Sepulveda
Calif
International
Anna Coker
Philadelphia
New Zealand
Coker
John Edgetombe
Tecame
Gaiker
G. David Sehing
Cohn
Dnvestigating
Defense
Mel Carthy
Hensel
Karl E. Mundt
GOP
Od McCarthy
Drogen
Atomic
Allen
Cag
Fale
Ato Energy Committee
Sid
Harry B. Snider
McArthy
Lee High
Millionaire
Seventh Day Adventists
Huffman School
Rule County Board
Ken Reynolda
Dee
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