Rita Hayworth Leaves Dick Haymes After Hollywood Strain
Hollywood couple Dick Haymes and Rita Hayworth separate after a string of troubles. Haymes, 37, says he cannot go on without Rita as she leaves with their children and nurse. Rita faces breach of contract suit against Columbia Pictures as both navigate personal and career pressures.
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Dick Haymes
Rita
Hollywood
Dickaymes
Rita Hayworth
Immigration Service
Income Tax Department
Malibu
Haymes
Samuel Zagan
Columbia Pictures
Zagan
Ambassador Hotel
Columbia
Stassen Takes Disarmament Mission At United Nations
American disarmament expert Harold E. Stassen Tuesday assumed responsibility for persuading the Soviets to back President Eisenhower's military inspection plan. The five nation UN disarmament subcommittee would open the second session of its talks at 1 pm EST.
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United Nations
N. Y
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
New York
Subcommittee
Geneva
Sailor Shipp learns to swim at Texas Lions Camp
Kerrville Texas boy Sailor Shipp an 11 year old Waxahachie resident has learned to swim at the Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children camp spokesmen reported Tuesday. The report highlights his progress and the camp's role in his training.
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Kerrville
Tex
Waxahachie
Texas Lions
Camp Sporsmen
Sailor Shipp
Truman Attacks Eisenhower Policy at Michigan Rally
Former President Truman told 800 Michigan Democrats the administration secretly seeks a national sales tax to shift tax burden from big business to individuals. He claimed the plan would cut government income so the rich pay fewer taxes and praised past budget actions while criticizing current GOP methods. He spoke at a strategy conference on Mackinac Island amid strong applause.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Truman
Eisenhower
Michigan
New Hybrid Grain to Be Offered to More Farmers in 56
The Agriculture Department announced the rollout of new grain sorghum hybrids to farmers next spring in limited quantities. Currently grown mainly in the South and Central Plains, the hybrids are expected to expand eastward and provide more stable feed supplies than corn in dry years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Dallas council bans firemen from joining unions
The city council adopted an eight to one resolution forbidding firemen from joining the AFL Firemen's Union or any other union. Capt. J R Beverly and E D Gilliam asked permission to join but were not granted.
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Dallas
AFL Firemen’s Union
J .R Beverly
E. D. Gilliam
Japanese PM Urges Vigilance on Communist Peace Offensives
Washington dispatch reports Prime Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu called on Tuesday for vigilance against Communist peace offensives aimed at sowing difficulties and dissension among free nations.
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Washington
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Free Nations
Dulles Urges Egypt Israel to Stop Gaza Fighting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announced that the United States has appealed to Egypt and Israel to halt fighting along the Gaza frontier. He disclosed the move Monday as part of U S diplomatic efforts.
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Dulles
Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Egypt
Israel
Gaza Frontier Area
Labor Secretary List Blessings For Worker To Consider During Labor Day
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell notes blessings workers should count on Labor Day 1955. He cites rising prosperity, record wages and disposable income, stable living costs, and growing labor management maturity reducing strikes. He attributes peace and economic confidence to cooperation among society, government, and industry, with continued postwar gains.
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Labor Secretary
United Press
Secretary of
James P. Mitchell
Washington
Gove
Russians Aim for Civilian Atom Power Race Lead
Presidently tense, the article notes Russia and Britain race to finish a large atomic power plant for civilian use, with the United States aiming to ship its Duquesne Shippingport plant by late 1957. U.S. observers at Geneva praise America's broader reactor program, calling U S designs more advanced than Britain and Russia.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Duquesne Light Co
Shippingport
U. S
Geneva
Wildcat Spudded Near Dodson for Ellenberger Sand Drilling
The Skelly Oil H. A. Painter No 1 well in the county’s northeast, south of Dodson, has spudded in with drilling to begin in days. The test targets the Ellenberger sand at 7500 to 9000 feet, drilled by Schaeffer Drilling Company of Oklahoma City.
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Skelly Oil-H. A. Painter No. 1
Ellenberger
Dodson
Schaeffer Drilling Company of
Oklahoma City
Granddaughter Deliberates on $32,000 TV Quiz Prize
Mrs Vivi and Keys said Tuesday that 12 year old Gloria Locker man has not decided yet whether to try for the $32,000 prize on a television quiz program Tuesday night.
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Baltimore
Vivian Keys
Gloria Lockerman
George Parr Returns to Headlines in Texas Campaign Turmoil
South Texas political boss George B. Parr resurfaces in San Diego and Austin. In San Diego a court hearing over a disputed Duval county school election features Parr family members on one side and a Freedom party slate on the other, with Atlee Parr and Joe Vaello winning official counts. In Austin Parr’s tax evasion trial is postponed until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on an appeal.
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South Texas
George B. Parr
San Diego
Alice
Austin
Parr
Duval County
Atlee Parr
Jesus Salinas
Benavides
U. S. Supreme Court
Conflict In Nationalists Now In The Open
A recent resignation of General Sun Li Jen exposes a long simmering dispute within the Nationalist Chinese army over the political officer system. Sun, a bold critic of the unit level chiefs who control promotions, clashes with Chiang Ching Kuo Chiangs son who led the policy and is accused of importing it from Soviet Russia.
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Taipei
Sun Li-Jen
Sun
America
Virginia Military Institute
Purdue University
Chiang Ching- Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Ching - Kuo
Soviet
Russia
Wellington Girl Wins Dressmaking Contest Honors
Mary Beth Kelso of Wellington won the first round of Singer's $85,000 Senior Dressmaking Contest held Monday at the Singer Sewing Center in Wellington. Gynn Davis of Wellington finished second with Lavillas Havens of Paducah third. Prizes included a scissor set and sewing baskets. Kelso's dress advances to Dallas for a regional contest with potential national competition and up to $1,000 in cash plus a possible Singer machine and a $300 scholarship if she wins at Dallas.
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Mary Beth Kelso
Wellington
Singer Sewing Center
Main Street
Gynn Davis
Lavillas Havens
Paducah
Carolyn Havens
Nancy Cogdell
Lew Wisdom
Miss Kelp
Dallas
New York City
Kelso
Childress
Memphis
Quanah
Plane Without Pilot Terrifies Sydney Suburbs For Hours
A lone Auster four passenger plane with no pilot lifted from Bankston airport and hovered over Sydney seaside resorts for two hours and 45 minutes before a Royal Australian Navy Seafury shot it down. The craft, flown by Anthony Thrower, 30, lacking any automatic controls, evaded fast jets and narrowly missed the pilot and control tower as crowds gathered. Thrower, a former RAF non flying member with 22 hours air time, was killed in the downing.
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Sydney
Australia
Bankston Airport
Royal Australian Air Force
Anthony Thrower
RAF
Spotted Heavy Rains Hit North Central Texas
Rainfell across North Central Texas on Tuesday with six inches recorded in two hours at Alvarado. The cold front will bring cooler temperatures statewide, forecasters said. Scattered thundershowers cooled Childress Monday night with only a trace at the airfield and .05 inch downtown. High winds and an electrical display accompanied the showers.
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Texas
Alvarado
Childress
CAA
Change In Venue Is Expected In Alexander Trial
Attorneys for Victoria Alexander plan to seek a venue change when the trial opens tomorrow at 10 a m. Jurors who convicted the colored woman here recently have been subpoenaed. The prior conviction was overturned due to an all white jury list. They argue a fair trial cannot occur in Childress County.
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Victoria Alexander
Victoria
Childress
Reductions Announced in Romanian Armed Forces
Communist Romania will cut its military by 40,000 by year end. Radio Bucharest reported following similar moves by the Soviet Union and Communist Czechoslovakia. The Kremlin earlier said the Soviet army would shrink by 640,000 men, and on Aug. 24 Czechoslovakia announced a 34,000 troop reduction.
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Vienna
Austria
Romania
Bucharest
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Jets collide over Japan injure no one in midair
Two U. S. Air Force F 86 Sabrejets side swiped each other Monday 25 miles east of Niigata Japan. The pilots were 1st Lt. Benjamin M Boykin of Deming New Mexico and 1st Lt. Donald J Horn of Grand Rapids Minnesota and landed without serious injury.
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Tokyo
Benjamin M. Boykin
Deming
N. M
Donald J. Horn
Grad Rapids
Minn
Niigata
Japan
Planes Collide Near Lea County Airport Hobbs
Continental Airlines DC-3 collided with a light plane as both neared Lea County Airport for landing. No fatalities reported. Light plane pilot Otho Avesman, 21, of Hobbs injured. his aircraft destroyed.
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Hobbs
N. M
Continental Airlines
Lea County
Otho Asheman
Rainfall totals spread as squall line advances
Reports show 3.18 inches at Rosser, 1.45 at Gunter, 1.22 at Sherman, .83 at Wichita Falls, .66 at Dallas, .05 at Fort Worth and a trace at Waco. Meteorologists say showers spread statewide as a squall line moves ahead of a cool front pushing southward. no severe storms expected.
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Rosser
Gunter
Sherman
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Page
College Professor Speaks at Lions Club Luncheon
Mid Western University professor John Powers spoke at the Lions Club luncheon in Wichita Falls, pinch-hitting for Dick Todd. He urged support for higher education and for the Mid Western football team. Pianist Genta Vaughn received a token of appreciation as today marked his last club appearance.
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John Powers
Mid- Western University
Wichita Falls
Lions Club
Powers
Dick Todd
Mid- Western
Genta Vaughn
Newberry
Chester Hufstedner
Doug Jefferies
Quanah and Co
J. Lyons, Jr
Two Key Witnesses Absent in Ladejinsky Security Case
Senate investigators announced that two key witnesses in the Wolf Ladejinsky security case left town. J. Glen Cassity, security officer, and Milan D. Smith, Ezara Benson aide, were missing, prompting the postponement of the Senate Civil Service subcommittee review. The counsel warned of possible subpoenas to compel testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Wolf Ladejinsky
Agriculture Department
Senate Civil Service
Ladejinsky
J. Glen Cassity
Milan D. Smith
Agriculture
Ezara T. Benson
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