Shivers Builds Big Lead In Texas Governor Runoff
Gov Allan Shivers led Ralph Yarborough in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial runoff by about 50 thousand votes at 9 30 p m with 400 909 to 350 375 from 62 counties reported and 155 tabulated. Final totals showed Shivers ahead by over 90 thousand as 213 of 254 counties reported.
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Dallas
Texas
INS
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Texas Election Bureau
Shivers
Yarborough
Eisenhower
Robert L. Johnson
Election Bureau
Texas Democrats
College Township Parents Protest Pupil Transfers
About 26 residents of College Township plan a Monday 8 a.m. protest at College Community School with their children over sixth graders being transferred to Ely or Fairfax schools. The move follows the merger of Fairfax Ely and College township schools into the new College Community School opening that day. Lou Dolezal and Sam Wiley are cited in confirming details.
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Gazette
Ely
College Township
College Community School
Lou Dolezal
Fairfax
Fairfax School
Sam Wiley
College Schools
Three French Leaders Fight To Save EDC From Defeat
Paris authorities report a tense assembly debated the European Defence Community treaty as Premier Mendes-France faced calls to delay ratification. Former premiers Paul Reynaud Antoine Pinay and Robert Schuman drafted a postponement proposal while EDC supporters pressed for new talks with five allied nations.
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EDC
Paris
INS
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
Assembly
Brussels
Paul, Reynaud
Antoine Pinay
Robert Schuman
Boy Rescued After Father Pads Lock In Truck Box
CHICAGO INS An eight year old boy locked in a truck toolbox for punishment was freed by firefighters. Police say the boy James Atwood Tate faced death if left another 30 minutes in 80 degree heat. Stepfather Robert Boyd 28 was arrested for questioning after neighbors heard screams.
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Chicago
INS
James Atwood Tate
Robert Boyd
Boyd
James
Tokyo Quake Shakes City With No Major Damage
A strong earthquake struck Tokyo at 7 05 p m Saturday shaking downtown buildings and rattling windows. The Central Observatory put the epicenter 150 miles northeast of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean at 32 miles depth and said the quake was felt within about 250 miles.
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Tokyo
Central Observatory
Pacific Ocean
World Council urges living together to curb arms race
The World Council of Churches urged Communist and capitalist nations to live together and ban hydrogen bombs. Its assembly approved reports on international affairs and a responsible society, praising the UN and defensive alliances like NATO only when clearly subordinate to UN aims.
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Evanston, Ill
World Council of Churches
World Council
Council
Josef Stalin
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Legion Urges Push for Universal Military Training
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey urged American Legion leaders to press Congress to enact Universal Military Training. He noted Congress backed UMT in 1951 but has yet to pass peacetime training legislation, and urged the Legion to advocate reserve forces. Warren Atherton urged acting without waiting for Eisenhower’s decision and to present the demand to Congress next January.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
American Legion
Selective Service
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National Security Commission
Congress
Hershey
Warren Atherton
Stockton
Calif
Eisenhower
Atherton
Whittier Gazette Reader Memorials and Local Fund Totals
A Whittier Community Gazette page lists memorials from readers for local figures and nonprofits. The sheet notes a fundraiser goal of 925 dollars and presents several donations and pledges totaling 6,862.31 and 7,788.00 with a remaining balance of 925.69.
Federal housing moves to recover windfall profits
Washington officials target Linwood Park Inc of Fort Lee New Jersey as they seek to claw back millions in windfall profits from FHA backed housing projects. The action, led by Albert Cole, centers on alleged charter violations and inflated project costs with windfalls of about 2.43 million dollars. Sidney Larner faces questions at the senate banking committee while FHA plans further actions against similar firms.
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Washington
INS
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Linwood Park, Inc
Fort Lee
FHA
HHFA
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Larner
William F. McKenna
Cole
Linwood Park
Lake Divers Fail To Find Sheppard Death Instrument
Five skin divers searched 500 feet into Lake Erie behind Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard’s Bay Village home but found no weapon in Marilyn Sheppard’s skull case. The instrument remains a key issue as Dr. Sheppard’s first degree murder trial date is set after Labor Day.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Samuel H. Sheppard
Jay Gorham
Bay Village
Marilyn Sheppard
Dr. Sheppard
Tax Scandal Breakthrough Ties New York Experts to Fixers
Washington sources say three New York tax specialists are giving federal investigators a blow by blow account of conspiracies linking them to former high ranking revenue officials and Washington tax fixers. The disclosures mark a major development in the drive to pin down corruption revealed by congressional probes.
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Washington
INS
New York
Truman
Justice Department
Atomic vault storage offered near Hudson New York
The Railway Express Agency announced public access to Iron Mountain storage vaults near Hudson New York offering safekeeping for birth certificates wills marriage certificates titles and other papers for as little as ten dollars a year. The vaults promise absolute protection against fire flood radiation bombs or any destructive force with 24 hour armed guards and a 28 ton master door noted as heavier than Fort Knox.
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New York
INS
Railway Express
Iron Mountain
Hudson
N. Y
Fort Knox
Storage Corporation
Hayes Named to National Security Commission
President Eisenhower appointed Albert J. Hayes president of the AFL International Association of Machinists to the national security commission in a recess appointment. Hayes, 54, will be replaced by the senate later. The president also named G. Joseph Minetti as Democratic member of the Federal Maritime Board and announced retirement for Harrie B. Chase from the U S circuit bench and Josh H. Lesh as U S attorney for northern Indiana to join the attorney general staff.
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Denver
INS
Eisenhower
Albert J. Hayes
AFL International Association of Machinists
National Security Commission
Hayes
Karl T. Compton
Senate
White House
New York
G. Joseph Minetti
Federal Maritime Board
U. S
Harrie B. Chase
Battleboro
Josh H. Lesh
U.S
Indiana
Benson Predicts Farm Bill Benefits
Secretary of Agriculture Benson said the farm bill signed by President Eisenhower will bring greater freedom and prosperity to farmers. Flexible price supports will minimize the need for controls over production and marketing. He hopes flexible supports will provide all production adjustments necessary in the farm economy.
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Washington
Benson
Eisenhower
Hail Triggers Million-Dollar Insurance Toll in Cedar Rapids
A June 26 hailstorm in Cedar Rapids caused about 1.156 million dollars in property and auto damage across the city and surrounding area. Some 10 300 claims were filed with 4 adjusting firms and 6 insurers, with roofs and windshields among the hardest hit and downtown cars most vulnerable.
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Cedar Rapids
Russ Wiley
Gazette
Jail Break In Boston Frees Elmer Burke From Charles Street Jail
Masked gunmen freed Elmer Trigger Burke from Charles street jail as a woman drove the get away car across the West Boston bridge toward Cambridge. Five hours later police detained a former inmate while authorities issued alerts for another. Burke faces New York charges for six waterfront murders and submachine gun possession.
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Boston
INS
Charles Street
Elmer
Trigger” Burke
New York
West Boston
Charles River
Cambridge
Burke
Deer Island
Mystery Man in Holland May Be Missing Brother
New Jersey woman Genevieve Kellsmere believes a wandering man found in Holland two weeks ago is her brother, Sgt Walter Kells of Brooklyn, an airman listed as lost in action in 1944. She identified his likeness from a photograph published by the World Telegram Sun. The Air Force seeks fingerprint copies by Monday for verification.
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New Jersey
Holland
Walter Kells
Brooklyn
Genevieve Kellsmere
Basking Ridge
N.J
Associated Press
New York World-Telegram & Sun
Air Force
Washington
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