Texas Roasts Under Record Hot Sunday
North Central Texas posted the nation’s hottest readings with Dallas at 109 degrees tying for first while Beaumont reached 82. The long-range outlook remains above normal with only light rain expected in isolated spots. Minimal temps ranged from 64 in Lubbock to 81 in Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Texas
Dallas
Tulsa
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Pecos Valley
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Childress
Graham Execution Postponed Today
The scheduled execution of John Gilbert Graham for the United Air Lines Mainliner disaster near Longmont Colorado was postponed as defense attorneys filed four volume trial records with the Colorado Supreme Court. They have 20 days to file a direct appeal of Graham's first degree murder conviction in the death of his mother Daisie King, 54, among 44 victims.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Colorado State Supreme Court
Graham
Supreme Court
George Trout
L. Paul Weadick
Colorado
Trout
Weadick
Charles Vigli
Daisie King
Ging
United Air Lines
Longmont
Colo
Pony League Playoff Games Cancelled Tonight
The Elks Club Yankees vs Mash burn Transfer Tigers playoff series is cancelled with no announced reschedule. Wiley Shires announced the change at noon. The Veterans Club Phillies vs Quarterback Club Giants game at 6 p.m. also cancelled, while a softball game proceeds as planned.
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Yankees
Mashburn Transfer Tigers
Wiley Shires
Veterans Club Phillies
Quarterback Club
Giants
GOP Congressman Carl Hinshaw Dies at 62
Veteran California Republican Rep. Carl Hinshaw died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was 62 and had been admitted July 27, with his death reported Sunday night.
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Washington
Carl Hinshaw
California
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Convicts Escape Jail via Ventilator Shaft in Santa Ana
Police search for four convicts who escaped from the Orange County jail by soaping their bodies and crawling up a four story ventilator shaft as part of a group of 11 prisoners.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Orange County
Weekend Traffic Toll Reaches New High in Texas Non-Holiday Period
A Texas weekend traffic toll of 24 deaths and over 24 injuries marked the worst non-holiday period in years. Fatal crashes occurred near Woodville and Avinger in northeast and southeast Texas, plus a Dalhart Panhandle collision. Names include Earl Edward Hamilton, Bennie Cole, Shirley and Patricia Hargrove, and multiple others. San Antonio recorded its 26th annual fatality with pedestrian Julian Garza killed.
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Woodville
Avinger
Dalhart
Dallas
Lone Star Steel Co
Highway Patrol
Earl Edward Hamilton
Bennie Lynn Cole
Shirley Hargrove
Patricia Ann Hargrove
John Wayne Davis
San Antonio
Amarillo
Michael Wayne Lawrence
Two Men Jailed Here Saturday
Two men were arrested Saturday night by the sheriff on separate charges. Andrew Simmon, 45, a Negro, was held on a window peeping count and to stand trial this afternoon. A. L. Bonner, 51, held for authorities in Odessa on forgery after passing hot checks in Childress and Vernon. charges not filed locally.
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Sheriff's Department
Andrew Simmon
A. L. Bonner
Odessa
Bonner
Childress
Vernon
Volunteer Firemen Will Meet Tuesday
The Childress Volunteer Fire Department changes its meeting from Monday to Tuesday night. Important business concerns all personnel will be discussed. All members are urged to attend the seven o clock session.
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Childress
Bees raid watermelon parties in Tyler amid drought
East Texas bees raid watermelon parties in Tyler as drought withers flowers in the rose capital of the world, driving bees to seek nectar from ripening fruit amid hot dry conditions.
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas
Stassen Accused by McCarthy in Nixon Campaign Claim
Senator McCarthy charged Harold E. Stassen with starting his Nixon campaign to position himself as heir apparent to President Eisenhower and to lead the GOP left wing.
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Joe Wants
ACT
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Harold E. Stassen
Dump Nixon
Eisenhower
Ed Sullivan Injured In Auto Crash And Wreckage Found
Civil Air Patrol crews recovered the Bonanza wreckage of four Houston men missing since February after a drought exposed Laguna Atascosa. A separate two car collision near Seymour, Connecticut left Ed Sullivan with rib injuries and several others hurt but stable.
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Harlingen
Civil Air Patrol
Fort Worth
Houston
CAP
Jerry R. Fitzgerald
Harlingen Civil Air Patrol
Robert L. Keller
Henry J. West
Monterrey
Mexico
King Ranch
Leroy Ross
Joseph Shiver
Shamrock Electric Co
Eugene A. Mills
C. M. Ebersole
George Simon
Southwestern Building Co
Texas
Seymour, Conn
Sullivan
Derby Hospital
Edward Harvey
Harvey
TV Star
New York
CBS Network
Violent Storms Leave Nine Dead Across Midwest and East
Weekend storms killed at least nine people from Ohio to Maryland and caused over 1 million dollars in damage. Fatalities included a four month old boy and his parents near Fayette City Pennsylvania, and Mary A Helmick in Arbutus Maryland. Residents faced flooding, electrocutions, and extensive power outages as storms toppled houses, downed lines, and forced evacuations.
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United Press
Midwest
East
Cleveland
Ohio
Fayette City
Mary A Helmick
Arbutus
Carmichaels
Right Health Not Issue in Campaign Says Mansfield
Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana urged Republicans and Democrats to end debate over President Eisenhower health. He called the health topic not the issue in the campaign and said public discussion has become degrading and morbid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
City Council to Meet Tonight in City Hall
City officials report a 7:30 p m council meeting at City Hall. The session will address local budget items and routine civic matters.
Daniel and Yarborough Hit Campaign Trail for Votes
Sen. Price Daniel and attorney Ralph Yarborough campaign across Texas for votes in a gubernatorial runoff. Daniel visits southeast Texas towns including Kountze Silsbee Kirbyville Newton Jasper Woodville and Lufkin with a Longview rally planned. Yarborough covers Austin Round Rock Georgetown Copperas Cove Killeen Gatesville Hamilton Hico ending with an 8 p m rally in Stephenville. Both claim support from O Daniel backers as they seek to broaden turnout of about 900 000 uncast July voters amid two remaining statewide races in the Aug 25 runoff.
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Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Texas
Kountze
Silsbee
Kirbyville
Newton
Jasper
Woodville
Lufkin
Longview
Yarborough
Austin
Round Rock
Georgetown
Copperas Cove
Killeen
Gatesville
Hamilton
Hico
O’daniel
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Will Wilson
Dallas
Tom Moore Jr
Waco
Britain Sends Second Aircraft Carrier To Troubled Suez Zone
Britain dispatches the 22,000 ton carrier Bulwark with jet fighters to the Mediterranean as US Sixth Fleet ships, led by carrier Randolph, sail from Naples for several days of routine exercises amid Iraq's support for Egypt's Suez actions. London backs Egypt's dignity sovereignty and independence while noting Iraq's stance.
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Suez Zone
London
Mediterranean
Iraq
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Sixth Fleet
Naples
Toulon
Bulwark
Portsmouth
Randolph
Rome
Suez
Foreign Office
McKeon Case Triggers Indignation Over Naval Trial
Marine private Matthew C. McKeon 31 faces a nine month hard labor sentence and bad conduct discharge for negligent homicide and drinking in non‑combat barracks. The court at Parkins Island set the sentence with rank reduction and $30 forfeiture. review by Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas could alter or suspend it.
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Parkrns Island
Matthew C. McKeon
Charles P. Sevier
Marine
Charles Thomas
McKeon
Portsmouth
Thomas
Adlai Nears Nomination as Convention Opens
At the Democratic convention headquarters in Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois leads with the most delegates almost enough for a first ballot nomination. Averell Harriman of New York pushes a moderate platform while Truman allies push to deadlock the convention to crown Harriman. Kefauver steps aside for Stevenson, eyeing the vice presidency, while Truman eyes kingmaker leverage.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Paul M. Butler
Truman
Harriman
Fdr
Sen Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Harry
Independence
New Hampshire
United States
Key Chicago figure vital to press committee
A key member of the committee in Chicago appears in headlines as the story continues on page two. The note signals ongoing developments and possible actions within the local leadership. Authorities have yet to release full details.
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Chicago
Katyn Massacre Blame Sought On Soviet Secret Police
Six congressmen who investigated the Katyn Forest massacre urged Khrushchev to tell Russians the NKVD under Lavrenti Beria ordered the killings. The petition disclosed a July 26 letter from the American Committee for the Investigation of the Katyn Massacre seeking official admission of Soviet responsibility.
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Red Party
Nikita Khrushchev
American Committee For
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Inc
Communist Party
Khrushchev
NKVD
Lavrenti Beria
Beria
Beria, Who Once Headed the Secret Police
Doctors
Josef Stalin
Childress Men Attend Laymen's Retreat at Ceta Canyon
Four Childress men attended the Laymen's Retreat for Methodist men over the weekend at Ceta Canyon. Doyle McKinney Cecil Flynn H. A. Rogers and Tom Rogers were among the Childress attendees. More than 500 participated from Northwest Texas at the affair.
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Ceta Canyon
Doyle McKinney
Cecil Flynn
H. A
Tom Rogers
Texas
Defense Grants Delay In Sheffield Forgery Trial
In Lubbock the trial of B R K Sheffield of Brady on two counts of forgery linked to veterans land transactions opened but with a delay granted to the defense until this afternoon. Everett Looney of Austin leads the defense as about 60 of more than 200 subpoened witnesses were sworn in. Sam McCollum III, injured by a bomb planted in his Brady home station wagon, is hospitalized and unavailable.
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B. RK. Sheffield
Brady
Everett Looney
Austin
72Nd District Court
Sam McCollum III
McCollum
Sheffield
Veterans Land
Les Procter
Extortion Plot Unfolds In Houston Store Scheme
The FBI disclosed a 50000 extortion plot involving a dummy bomb at Foley's, a major Houston department store. Arrests were made in the case of brothers Donald R. Quinn, 23, and Kenneth W. Quinn, 18. Extortion charges were filed with US Commissioner Billy Costa.
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FBI
Foley's
Ing
George Burton
Burton
Donald R. Quinn
Kenneth W. Quinn
Billy Costa
Abilene Girl and Eunice Boy Win National High School Rodeo Titles
Reno Nev March results show Judy Ford a sixteen year old from Abilene Texas and Jim Miller nineteen from Eunice Louisiana winning the all around cow girl and cowboy titles after four days of competition at the eight annual national championship high school rodeo.
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Reno
Nev
Judy Ford
Abilene
Tex
Jim Miller
Eunice
Polio Crisis Deepens as Chicago Hits 516 Cases
Chicago reports 516 polio cases with 11 deaths as health officials prepare a second round of Salk vaccinations in the crash inoculation program. The interval between shots has been shortened to speed protection, with about half the victims aged six months to five years who largely missed the first round.
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Chicago
Americans Deposit Record Amount In Savings and Loans
The Federal Home Loan Bank board said Americans deposited a record sum in federal savings and loan associations in the first half of the year. Withdrawals rose as mortgage lending slowed by 9 percent from a year ago, mainly in VA guaranteed home loans, yet overall activity remained the second best period on record.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan
Veterans’ Administration
Crozier Joins Yarborough Campaign For Governor
Harry Benge Crozier ally of former Gov Coke Stevenson announces he will join Ralph Yarborough’s campaign for governor. Crozier, who spent 11 years on the Texas Employment Commission as member and chairman, aligns with the Yarborough slate.
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Austin
Harry Benge Crozier
Coke Stevenson
Ralph Yarborough
Camepaign
Crozier
Texts Umployment Commission
Believed Dallas Narcotics Hoodlum Ray Tyler Slain Near Roanoke
Ray Tyler 47 a Dallas hoodlum was found dead with two gunshot wounds near Roanoke Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth. Authorities suspect narcotics activity personal investigation into his girlfriend Patty Harmon’s death or a broader gangland purge as possible motives. Police note he may have met his killer at a previously unidentified rendezvous.
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Fort Worth
Iic
Olin Ray Tyler
Dallas
Tyler
Roanoke
Tex
Otic
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Frank Cates
Cates
Patty Harmon
Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Cecil Green
Edell Evans
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Henry Rhone
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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