Airmen Torture Allegations May Reach United Nations Probe
Tachikawa Air Base Japan reports say eleven American airmen tortured in Red China may be presented to the United Nations for inquiry. Sources say the aim is to assess treatment used to extract confessions and its possible impact on China’s UN admission. One officer, Col John Knox Arnold, described brutal abuse and admitted sharing information under duress.
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Tachikawa Afb
Japan
United Nations
Red
Rayburn and Hall clash over last Congress road work
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Republican national chairman Leonard Hall exchanged blame over Congress past performance. Rayburn credited Democratic majorities for blocking highway reforms and urged Eisenhower to win GOP support, while Hall labeled the session a roadblock and predicted GOP control would have advanced highway and related bills.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Leonard W. Hall
Congress
Rayburn
Hall
Eisenhower
House
Senate
GOP
South Koreans Stage Violent Anti-US Demonstrations
In four cities including Pusan and Taegu, thousands protested against U S troops. Police used tear gas and water hoses as crowds toppled gates, hurled bottles, and a grenade was tossed at Taegu. Several Americans were injured. the Army denied bayonet accusations.
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Seoul
Pusan
U. S. Army
Hialeah
Inchon
Eighth Army
Greenbelt Bow Preseason Practices In Fair Park
The 1955 Greenbelt Bow football squads began formal preparations at Fair Park Stadium with 48 all star players, West Texas State College mentors, Abilene Christian College trainers, and a community welcome. A Chuck Wagon Dinner honored players and parents as Mayor Preslar spoke. Coaches and local hosts set the scene for four days of practice and events including a ballroom dance at Childress Country Club.
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Fair Park Stadium
Frank Kimbrough
Clark Jarnagin
West Texas State College
Garvin Beauchamp
Oliver Jackson
Abilene Christian College
Elmer
Delmer Brown
Childress
Greenbelt
Fair Park
H. C. Preslar
Buddy Wilcoxson
Paducah
Hal Sandufer
Jack Powell
Sadufer
Shivers Declines to Back Stevenson for 1956
Texas Governor Allen Shivers said he would not support Adlai Stevenson for president in 1956 and would oppose a Stevenson nomination. He spoke at the 47th annual governors conference in Chicago and defended Eisenhower’s 1952 leadership. He dismissed charges he and Louisiana’s Robert Kennon were traitors to the Democratic Party.
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Chicago
Allen Shivers
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Shivers
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Mitchell
USDA Estimates Seven Per Cent Decrease In 1955 Cotton Crop
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1955 cotton crop at 12,728,000 bales, 7 percent below 1954’s output, with a 84 percent normal Aug 1 condition and a carryover over 11 million bales. Yields average 367 pounds lint per acre on 16,636,000 acres, and production includes 45,700 bales of extra long staple American-Egyptian cotton.
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Washington i
Ag- Agriculture Department
Department
Missouri
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Bulganin Hopes To Visit the United States
Premier Bulganin, at a Moscow diplomatic corps gala, expressed hope he might visit the United States someday. He said he has no plans or invitation yet but hopes the visit will be arranged in the future. The event was a rare 5 hour summer party at his dacha south of Moscow with diplomats and families.
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Moscow
Russia
Bulganin
Count Orlov
Catherine the Great
United States
Britain
Washington
City Council Moves To Try Mayor Heinze For Misconduct
Houston officials plot to subpoena witnesses and try Mayor Roy Hofheinz on eight charges of misconduct. Hofheinz stages early campaign for charter amendment to elect top city officials in November, saying none of the eight councilmen will be re elected. He addresses longshore workers as part of his bid for re election.
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Roy Heinz
Hofheinz
Ship Channel
Soviet Plane Crash Kills 25 Including 10 Norwegians
Moscow reports 25 dead when an Ilyushin 14 caught fire and exploded near Voronezh while flying from Stalingrad to Moscow. The crash prompted Soviet condolences and promises of compensation to Norwegian families.
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Russia
Moscow
Ith
Soviet Union
Norway
Tass
Stalingrad
Voronezh
Vialerian A. Zorin
Per Borgen
Georgi Bulganin
Zorin
Bergen
Bonehead Boys Return From Green River Voyage
The Bonehead Boys and Troop Advisor Edwin Cato arrived in Childress after a rubber-boat trip down the Green River in Northern Colorado and Utah. Cato reports no casualties except the skunk mascot died during a stop at night.
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Bonehead
Edwin Cato
Childress
Green River
Colorado
Utah
Cato
Court Grants Extension to Verify Alcohol Election Petitions
Childress County Commissioners recessed to 10 a m Friday to allow County Clerk Mark Graham time to check about 150 signatures on petitions seeking an election to legalize beer and liquor sales. Citizens urged fair treatment while noting some names questionable and clarified rules on signatures made with marks.
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Childress County
Johnson
Graham
E. E. White
Leonard King
John Mullen
Central Christian Church
A Per
US China Deadlock Over Civilian Prisoner Issue
United States and Red China remain stalemated in Geneva on the release of 41 American civilians while China seeks return of Chinese students in the U S They plan to continue talks with secrecy despite no progress on civilian repatriation and note a prior release of 11 American airmen by Beijing
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Geneva
United States
Red China
China
Heat Dominates Texas Weather With Scattered Showers
Heat and scattered showers shape Texas conditions as a weak midwestern front stalls. Sunday highs reached 105 at Presidio with other locations reporting 100s. El Paso saw brief flood closure and a car washout on US 80A. Overnight lows dipped to 61 at Salt Flat while Dallas and Fort Worth touched 80.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Presidio
el Paso
Ronnie Briskin
Mexico
Amarillo
Dalhart
Salt Flat
Dallas
Fort Worth
Police Probe Into Murder Of Young Kansas City Mother
A grieving husband says one or more assailants killed socialite Wilma Allen, whose nude body was found in a Kansas pasture. Investigators seek clues as they compare blood samples with those from her car, with a post mortem unable to confirm rape.
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Kansas City
William R. Allen Jr
Wilma
Stanley
Kan
US 69
Bobby Greenlease
Johnson County
David S. Long
Allen
US Ready To Sell Atomic Fuel Says Strauss
At the Geneva conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy Adm. Lewis L. Strauss states the United States is ready to sell or lease enriched uranium for peaceful research and a price list will be announced soon. Dr. Homi J. Bhabha predicts hydrogen bomb potential within twenty years. President Eisenhower emphasizes using invention to benefit life.
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Geneva
United States
US Atomic Energy Commission
Homi J. Bhabra
Congress
Eisenhower
Bhabra
Youth Breaks Arm After Fall From Horse
Pat Wallace son of Mr and Mrs Grover Wallace of 711 Avenue E Northwest suffered a broken left arm when he fell from a horse yesterday. The fracture occurred between the shoulder and elbow.
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Pat Wallace
Grover Wallace
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Retirement official to visit for interviews
Robert E. Bush, branch manager of the Railroad Retirement Board, will be at the Texas Employment Commission office Wednesday morning at 9 30 to interview interested individuals.
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Robert E. Bush
Railroad Retirement Board
Texas Employment Commission
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