Hurricanes Diane Threaten Carolinas After Connie Aftermath
The Carolinas brace as Hurricane Diane nears with 115 mph winds, following Connie’s recent strike. Coastal bases prepare evacuations, while the Miami Weather Bureau tracks the storm 550 miles east of St. Augustine with potential major flooding and high tides.
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Miami
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Seaboard
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
Connie
Morehead City
Nlc
Diane
Miami Weather Bureau
St. Augustine
Fla
Atlantic
Carolinas
Eisenhower starts Colorado vacation with golf in Cherry Hills
President Eisenhower arrived at Lowry Air Force Base for a Colorado vacation kicking off with a golf match against former Governor Dan Thornton at Cherry Hills Country Club. He planned trout fishing later in Fraser and toured Abilene en route.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Tire
Colorado Rockies
White House
Lowry Air Force Base
Dan Thornton
Cherry Hills Country Club
John Sheldon Doud
Lowry
Washington
Abilene
Kan
Rhee Demands Reds Leave Korea as Lemnitzer Arrives
President Syngman Rhee renewed his demand that Communist truce inspectors depart South Korea as U S Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, back from Japan, met with Rhee amid crowd protests. Rhee warned that foreign spies must be ousted, vowing no halt to the effort.
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ROK
Reds
South Korea
Seoul
Far East
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Riottorn
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Lemnitzer
Japan
Rhee
Grade School Pupils Enroll September 1
Enrollment in all Chil dress schools will start September 1, with the first day following by the opening of school September 5. Grade schools meet 9 to 11 a m on September 1, high school seniors 9 to 12, juniors 1 to 4 p m. sophomores 9 to 12 a m September 2. freshmen 1 to 4 p m September 2. All first grade students must bring birth certificates, Supt. Newell Odell said.
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Childress
Newell Odell
Americans Pile Up Record In Buying Goods On Credit
The Commerce Department reports a booming second quarter of 1955 with record debt and rising income. Output of goods and services grew about 7 percent vs 1954, personal income rose about 5 percent to an annual $300.5 billion, $6.9 billion higher than Q1 1955. The figures suggest growing consumer borrowing and rising inventories.
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Washington
Ap — Amerins
Commerce Department
Department
Cooler Weather Seen For Most Of Texas Today
Rain soaked the Texas Gulf Coast with Palacios 1.44 inches and Houston 1.42 in the 24 hours to 6:30 am Monday. Northern Texas stayed fair and cool as cooler air from the aftermath of hurricane Corie lingered, with Salt Flat dropping to 59 degrees while Corpus Christi remained at 81.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Texas
Palacios
Houston
Cotulla
Alpine
Victoria
Bailey Convicted In Liquor Case By County Court Jury
Erbert Bailey of Childress was convicted of possession of alcoholic beverages for sale by a county court jury. He received two months in jail and a $250 fine. County Attorney James L. Cutcher announced. Also set for trial were three other liquor violation cases and one hot check charge.
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Daniel Schmidt
Una
Schmidt
Alford Fine
Sacramento
Calif
Red China
Erbert Bailey
Childress
James L. Cutcher
Henry Mosley Dies In Sleep at 74 in Tell County
Henry Frank Mosley, 74, a Chil dress county farmer and Texas native born September 5, 1880, died in his sleep at the family home near Tell. Funeral at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Southside Baptist Church in Tell with Rev. Gerald Doyle officiating. Burial in Tell Cemetery. Newberry Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Mary. four sons Alvis Tom Bell Guy Herman Mosley. two daughters Evelyn Curts Dorothy Burchett. five sisters. ten grandchildren.
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Henry Frank Mosley
Tell
Childress County
Southside Baptist Church
Gerald Doyle
Newberry Funeral Home
Mosley
Texas
Johnson County
Mary
Alvis Mosley
Tom Bell
Guy Mosley
Herman Mosley
Quail
Ivan Mosley
Ira Marque
Evelyn Curts
Levelland
Dorothy Burchett Childress
Will Graham
Riverside
DA Says Split Between Judge Parr Is Phony
District Attorney Sam Burris on Monday called a rift between South Texas political boss George Parr and Duval County Judge Dan Tobin phony. An audit by Arthur Klein for Tobin and the Duval county commissioners alleges Parr borrowed over 660000 from Duval County in 1945 and 1947, treated as a loan, though improper for a county. Parr faces a September 6 trial for income tax cheating and civil suits by the government.
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Alice
Sam Burris
South Texas
George Parr
Duval County
Dan Tobin
Burris
Arthur Klein
Tobin
Parr
Commissioners Court
Internal Revenue Department
Klein
Texas Attorney General probes KKK activity in East Texas
Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd said his office is checking reports of Ku Klux Klan activity across more than 20 counties in East Texas. He urged residents to reject the hooded group and noted state agencies and prosecutors are alerted to signs of Klan recruitment and operations.
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Longview
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Shepperd
Klan
May Election Could Reshape Houston City Hall
Impeachment trial of Mayor Roy Hofheinz enters a third round as about 40,000 Houston voters head to the polls for a special city charter election. An amendment to hold elections Nov. 19 could oust Hofheinz and councilmembers, who accuse each other over the strong mayor system. If amendment No. 19 passes, Hofheinz hopes to end the dispute.
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Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Hofheinz
Charges Filed In Theft Of Auto Here
Charges were filed Saturday against Billy Wayne Johnston a 17 year old from Sumner New Mexico. He was picked up and held for Childress county officers by the Fort Summer sheriff. A gun was found in the car he was driving when arrested. FBI action under the Dwyer Act was not known today.
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Billy Wayne Johnston
Sumner
Johnston
Childress County
Fort Summer
California
FBI
Giles' Attorneys Call Shepperd As Witness
In San Antonio, Bascom Giles lawyers sought dismissal of a $30,000 bribe indictment and called Shepperd as their first witness after a judge postponed the trial to 2 p.m. as Shepperd prepared to arrive. Defense lawyers argued grand jury presence by Shepperd and officials was improper. Allcorn noted Shepperd would be arriving from Gladewater.
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San Antonio
Bascom Giles
John Ben Shepperd
Shepperd
M. D. (Buck) Jones
Ant
Bill Albeorn
Clint Small Jr
Jones
Albcorn
James Castleberry
Giles
Fred Semaan
Grand Jury
Allcorn
Gladewater
Semaan
Bombing in Houston May Be Probed by Grand Jury
Houston officials considered presenting the case to a grand jury after a pipeline of bombings targeted a pipefitters local 211 hall and the home of its business manager. An unexploded bomb was found at the home of W A Mask, while Jeff Mullally's Fort Worth home was also damaged. A black sedan was seen fleeing both scenes as union leaders moved families to safety amid ongoing fear and investigation.
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Houston
Frank Murray
A. Mask
Fort Worth
Jeff Mullally
Union International
T. L. Acree
Murray
Naton
Services Today For Young Solon Wagonseller
State Sen Wayne Wagonseller 33 a Normandy veteran died in a three vehicle crash near Fort Worth. His body goes to Bowie for a state Senate chamber viewing 2 to 4 30 p m then funeral and burial in the state cemetery. Also killed Karl Durant 26 Stonewall Okla and brother John Durant 19 critically injured.
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Austin
Wayne W. Wagsonseller
Wagonseller
Bowie
Senate
Pallberers
Fort Worth
Albert Dan Durant
Stonewall
Okla
John Milton Durant
British Foil IRA Raid On Wales Armory
Five IRA operatives raided the Kinnel Park garrison at Rhyl North Wales aiming to bolster the IRA arsenal. They tied up a guard but he freed himself, alarms sounded, raiders fled empty handed as police and troops pursued. A separate truck incited a wartime alert as Eden prepared a cabinet briefing.
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Ira
Kinnel Park
Rhyl
North Wales
31St
38Th
Royal Artillery Training
Irish Sea
Saint Asah
Abergele
Edinburgh
Anthony Eden
Radiation's Effect On Humans To Be Discussed
WHO called an urgent Tuesday meeting of biologists and physicians at the atoms for peace conference to study atomic radiation risks. Dr. William L. Russell warned that mouse tests show mutation rates far higher than fruit flies, urging a 10 year international study to assess human impact.
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Geneva
United Nations World Health Organization
WHO
Atoms For Peace
William L. Russell
Oak Ridge
Tenn
T. C. Carter
Medical Research Council
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Harwell
Carter
Russell
Oak Ridge Laboratory
Dnvision
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Frank M. Brown
NEA Telephoto
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Britain
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Chicago, Ill
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Peter Sovechnikov
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