Rhee Extends Deadline for Reds to Leave South Korea
Seoul reports President Rhee reversed a midnight deadline for neutral truce inspectors to exit South Korea. He urged continued demonstrations against US compounds housing Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission members while stressing patience and talks with Communist members. Rhee criticized American actions and claimed Gen Lemnitzer said troops were not ordered to shoot Koreans.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Rhee
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Kunsan
Wolmi Island
Incian Harbor
Thier
Siua
NNSC
L. L. Lemnitzer
Far East
Lemnitzer
Administration May Publish Geneva Papers
Washington sources report the Eisenhower administration plans to publish the record of its role in the Big Four Geneva summit. Britain and possibly others may publish their records, omitting informal talks, with a formal release possible within a week. The move aims to present official positions and statements to the public ahead of the October foreign ministers meeting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Britain
France
Soviet Union
United States
Georgi Zhukov
Greenbelt Bowl Ready To Pay Debts
All persons with bills against the 1955 Greenbelt Bowl game are asked to turn in statements immediately to treasurer Dalton Sarrells. He urges prompt claims to settle game debts and can be reached at Roberson Eubank Drug Store. Game Chairman Vernon Eubank said the event was financially successful and expected to net as much as last year.
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Dalton Sarrells
Sarrells
Roberson- Eubank
Vernon Eubank
Talks Deadlocked On Prisoner Issue
Geneva negotiators failed to agree on repatriation of 41 US citizens held in Red China. American sources denied in principle talks about India screening Chinese students in the United States. The next meeting with A Alex Johnson and Red Chinese ambassador was scheduled for Tuesday at the Palais des Nations.
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Geneva
Red
China
United States
New Delhi
Washington
India
Red China
A. Alexis Johnson
Red Chinese Am
Palais de Nations
Sheppard vows probe of reported KKK revival in Texas
Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd says he will conduct a personal survey into reports of Ku Klux Klan revival. He cites active organizers in Beaumont, Houston, and East Texas towns, and urges law enforcement help to stamp out the movement.
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Austin
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
South
Shepperd
East Texas
Beaumont
Houston
Band Boosters Plan Fruit Cake Sale
The Band Boosters Club will sell Texas fruit cakes for Thanksgiving and Christmas with all proceeds to the club. Orders are turned in to Mrs. John Robinson or Mrs. Hap Wright, contact numbers 7-3537 and 7-3934.
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Band Boosters Club
Texas
John Robinson
Hap Wright
War veteran state senator killed in Fort Worth crash
State Sen. Wayne W. Wagonseller of Bowie, a Normandy veteran and filibuster record holder, died after a three-vehicle pileup on US 81 near Meacham outside Fort Worth. Another victim was 26 year old Albert Durant of Stonewall, Oklahoma. Durant's brother John Milton Durant, 19, was hospitalized in critical condition. Wagonseller had recently set a 23 hour 35 minute filibuster to block a motor bus license plate bill.
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Fort Worth
Wayne W. Wagonseller
Bowie
Wagonseller
St. Joseph’s Hospital
US 81
Meacham
Albert Dan Durant
Stonewall
Okla
St. Joseph's Hospital
Durant
John Milton Durant
Texas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Normandy
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
USAF Seeks Atomic and Chemically Powered Bombers
Gen. Edwin W. Rawlings and Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Power announced at a secret Air Force Association meeting that the Air Force is pursuing nuclear and chemically powered bomber programs with the aim of supersonic speed and unprecedented range. They cited boron as a potential chemical power source and noted the 1956 convention will be in New Orleans and the 1957 gathering in Washington.
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Air Force
Air Force Association
Edwin W. Rawlings
Air Material Command
Thomas S. Power
Air Research and Development Command
California
New Orleans
Washington
Second Trial Of Giles Opens In San Antonio Monday
Giles, former Texas land commissioner, faces a second trial in San Antonio on bribery charges tied to a Veterans Land Board deal. Trial set to begin Monday before Judge M D Jones with 22 witnesses subpoenaed, defense seeking delays citing Giles health.
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Giles
San Antonio
Austin
Bascom Giles
Veterans Land Board
Buck) Jones
Veterans Land Fund
Onion
Petitions Begin to Seek Liquor Election in Childress County
Clerk Mark Graham said 50 petitions will be ordered with duplicates kept, leaving 25 for circulation to secure signatures for an off premises liquor election. Previous petitions lacked 18 signatures to reach the required 646, as 628 were approved. Issuance not set, but not expected before September with 120 days to gather names and poll tax considerations timing after year’s start.
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Childress
Mark Graham
Graham
Commissioners Court
Services Monday For US Diplomat
Bodies of US Ambassador John E F Peu rifoy and his son Daniel nine will be cremated at Wat Somanas Viharn temple near Huahin and flown to the United States. The duo died in a Friday crash with a Thai government truck. Memorials set at the International Church at 4 p m Monday.
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John EF
Peurifoy
Daniel
Wat Somanas Viharn
United States
Huahin
Pibul Songgram
International Church
Benson Draws Fire On Plan For Disposing Of US Cotton
Secretary Ezra Benson unveiled a new cotton disposal plan that drew sharp criticism from A C M I president A K Winger and Senator Strom Thurmond. Winger argued the proposal harms U S mills and domestic interests by delaying quotas while Thurmond urged import quotas on foreign textiles. Benson said no reduced-price sales would occur before January and a possible export price cut for up to one million bales of low quality cotton after the new year.
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Benson
Washington
Ezra T. Benson
United States
A. K. Winger
American Cotton Mnufacturers Institute
State Department
Albermarle, NC
Winger
Sen
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Car Recovered and Youth Arrested in Fort Summer
A 1955 Chevrolet stolen from the FW&D parking lot was recovered in Fort Summer New Mexico. A 17 year old boy Billy Wayne Johnston from California was arrested with the car. A gun was reported in the vehicle at the time of arrest. Deputy Tom Edwards traveled to Fort Summer to retrieve Johnston.
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Fort Summer
DeBaca
Lillian Feasal
Childress
Billy Wayne Johnston
California
Fw&d
New Mexico
Tom Edwards
Johnston
Russia to slash armed forces by 640000 men
Moscow radio indicated reductions as leverage to urge Western powers toward similar cuts at the next disarmament meeting. The Soviet Union said it would reduce its armed forces by 640,000, with the commentary describing the move as a prerequisite for solving the disarmament problem.
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London
UP Radio
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Four Inducted By Local Draft Board In Texas Towns
Four young men were sent to Amarillo for induction into the armed forces by Local Board No. 20, serving Childress and surrounding areas. Floyd Gilliland of Childress, once a book keeper for The Index, Jerrold D. Manuel of Wellington, Bobby Dean Lane of Turkey, and Burl L. Simpkins of Paducah were inducted.
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Childress Area
Amarillo
Bermuda hit by second major blow from Hurricane Diane
Bermuda faced renewed danger as Hurricane Diane battered the island just after Connie. a woman died, a ship was abandoned, and a US Coast Guard cutter aided the grounded Wychwood while towing became impossible. damage from Connie topped 15 million across multiple states.
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Pennsylvania
Bermuda
Conie
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Diane
Jacqueline Bastin
Wychwood
US Coast Guard
Rockaway
Ex Pow and Wife Split After Attempt to Reconcile
Ex airman Daniel Schmidt and his wife Una separated on Saturday after a failed effort to settle their troubled marriage. Schmidt, 23, just returned from a Chinese prison camp and plans to go to Sacramento to seek legal advice, while Una has reunited with her second husband, Alford Fine, at a remote trailer camp.
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Calif
Daniel Schmidt
Una
Schmidt
Sacramento
Alford Fine
Here
California
Fine
Scramento
Nellie Peters
Portland
Ore
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