Guatemalan truce talks recess without peace deal
Rebel Col. Carlos Castillo Armas and Col. Elfego Monzon, head of Guatemala's military junta, recessed their talks in El Salvador without a cease fire settlement. They planned to resume Friday at 9 a.m. while studying new proposals and maintaining the Tuesday night cease fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Elfego Monzon
el Salvador
Castillo
Rogelio Cruz-Wer
Jaime Rosenberg
Judicial Guard
Oscar Osorio
United States
Casillo Armas
Monzon
U.S
John Fos
Eisenhower declares Texas flood areas a major disaster
President Eisenhower designated Webb Maverick Val Verde Crockett Zapata counties as disaster areas in response to the Rio Grande flood. Gov. Shivers urged the move amid rising damage and 56 deaths in Piedras Negras and Ozona. The Rio Grande fell from 62.21 to 35.29 feet as crews began rebuilding bridges and homes.
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Laredo
Eisenhower
Texas
Rio Grande
Allan Shivers
Webb
Maverick
Val Verde
Crockett
Zapata
Shivers
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Ozona
Tex
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Nationwide Strike Against Western Electric Spreads
Western Electric Company workers nationwide walkout beginning Thursday with pickets planned in San Antonio at 11 a.m. and in Dallas where about 150 employees joined the strike. union officials warn curtailment of telephone service if operators refuse to cross picket lines. supervisory staff would handle some calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Western Electric Co. Went
San Antonio
J. R. Rich
Communications Workers of America Cio
Rich
Dallas
Nolan Mays
Former Housing Official Clams Up at Hearing
Former FHA official Andrew Frost refused to answer Senate Banking Committee questions on attending a party with girls provided by contractors doing business with the government. Frost cited the Fifth Amendment and spoke through counsel, declining to reveal details about alleged deep sea fishing trips poker games and parties connected to the Holloman housing project in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ndrew Frost
FHA
Albuquerque
N.M
Senate Banking Committee
William Simons
Frost
Simons
Holloman
Patterson Quits As Pro-Manager of Country Club
S. B. Patterson resigns as pro-manager of Childress Country Club effective July 15 to take a similar post at Dumas. He will leave July 15 and begin duties in Dumas immediately. Patterson notes regret over leaving and cites better financial opportunities in Dumas. previously served with Pampa police and Vernon Country Club pro-manager duties.
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S. B. Patterson
Childress Country Club
Dumas
Patterson
Clarence Harp
Childress
Sunray
Moore County
Pampa
Vernon Country Club
Falcon Dam Pays In First Year
Edinburg residents say Falcon dam paid for itself in its first year. The $47 million structure impounded water to support a $60 million cotton crop and protect the Lower Rio Grande Valley from flood damages estimated at $50 million. The reservoir will store water for irrigation and municipal use.
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Edinburg
Rio Grande Valley
Falcone Dam
Rio Grande
Laredo
Gulf of Mexico
Falcon Reservoir
Final services set for W. H. Krigbaum in Childress
Final rites for pioneer resident W. H. Krigbaum were planned at 4 p m today at the Church of Christ with Harrell Collard officiating. Krigbaum died yesterday after suffering a heart attack Sunday and had been ill at Childress General Hospital. Pallbearers named were Floyd Mitchell W T Ross John Ballew Watts Leach Tommy Thompson Sim Vaughn T A Russell and Martin Coyne. Interment will follow in Childress cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Krigbaum
Church of Christ
Harrell Collard
Krigbaum
Childress General Hospital
Floyd Mitchell
W. T. Ross
John Ballew
Watts Leach
Tommy Thompson
Sim Vaughn
T. A. Russell
Martin Coyne
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Senator Butler Slips Into Stroke Crisis
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska was rushed to Bethesda Naval Medical Center after suffering a stroke at home. He was found unconscious Thursday morning and remained in critical condition hours after admission. Butler, a three term senator first elected in 1940, faced a Nebraska political shift earlier this year with the death of Dwight Griswold and the appointment of Eva Bowring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh Butler
R-Neb
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Butler
Carl T. Curtis
Dean
Nebraska
Senate
Dwight D. Griswold
Eva Bowring
Foreign Visitor at JC's Luncheon Prompts City paving Drive
Mustafa Edip Alper Turkish agricultural official spoke at noon to the Childress Jaycees. Vernon Hafner introduced him and the club voted to back a city paving project and to launch a summer relief drive for flood victims in the Rio Grande Valley with Bob Polson in charge. The Salvation Army in San Antonio accepted the aid to distribute locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustafa Edip Alper
Childress Jaycees
Vernon Hafner
Childress
Alper
Rio Grande Valley
Bob Polson
Polson
Salvation Army
San Antonio
Shivers and Yarborough Trade Barbs in Texas Race
Gov Allan Shivers and challenger Ralph Yarborough traded insults as they campaigned across Texas. Shivers accused Yarborough of spreading half truths and manufactured stories to seize the governorship while Yarborough accused Shivers of safeguarding private enterprise for friends. Shivers spoke from San Antonio and planned stops in El Paso and Abilene. Yarborough headed to West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Taylor
United Press
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Yarborough
Shiv
Senate Defeats Rival Tax Cut Measures in Debate
In Washington on July 1 the Senate defeated rival Republican and Democratic plans to cut income taxes amid broad political posturing. The administration's reform bill, already cleared by the House, resumed passage support as lawmakers claimed to back tax relief for many, despite opposition over benefits for dividend holders and wealthier earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Showers Hit Rio Grande Area With Isolated Thunderstorms
Rain fell upstream on the Rio Grande at Presidio with 1.05 inches in 24 hours. Forecasters predicted more isolated thundershowers across Texas, except the South Central region, while a Dallas windstorm injured a bricklayer as a wall collapsed.
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Rio Grande
Presidio
Texas
South Central
Dallas
Raymond Lee Mallard
Mallard
College Station
Lufkin
Abilene
Fort Worth
el Paso
Midland
Mineral Wells
Biggest Air Force Plane To Be Displayed Monday
Arrangements for an air show linked to the July 5 celebration at Childress Air Field have been confirmed by Altus Air Base officers. The KB97 tanker, the largest Air Force plane, will fly over at 1 p.m. and land for public inspection after a parachute jump. The event, hosted by the Volunteer Air Reserve Training unit, will feature inside access to the tanker and a 28-cylinder engine display.
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Altus
M. K
Buddy" Wilcoxson
Volunteer Air Reserve Training
VART
Wilcoxson
Childress Air Field
Childress
Air Force
Ued
Dearl Baird
Tokyo
Yarborough Courts West Texas Tour Before El Paso Speech
Yarborough spoke from Waco on Wednesday night then visited Stamford Odessa and Pecos before delivering a major address in El Paso. He is to address lawyers in San Antonio on Friday. Shivers recalls backing Eisenhower two years ago and notes Yarborough’s claim about his positions.
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Yarborough
Waco
Texas
Stamford
Odessa
Pecos
el Paso
San Antonio
Shivers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texan Leader Defends Loyalty Amid Campaign Clash
A Texas official declared loyalty to the Democratic Party and to the people of Texas, saying he would have betrayed his trust and its schoolchildren by backing a hand-picked candidate in a bitter party contest. He asserted he was fighting against the rival selection.
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Themocratic Party of Texas Becaus
Texas
Senate Rejects Proposals To Cut Depletion Allowances
Washington July 1. The Senate rejected two amendments to cut depletion allowances on oil gas ores and minerals as part of the tax revision bill. Sen Paul H Douglas urged a graduated income tax approach but the amendments failed without recorded votes, keeping depletion rates at present levels for taxable oil and gas incomes up to a million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ii
65 Cars Of Wheat Shipped From County
County wheat harvest nears completion with 95 to 98 percent finished per check by Hill and Eatherly Grain Company. FW and D report 30 cars shipped while Kirkland station shows about 35 cars shipped.
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Hill and Eatherly Grain Company
Grain Company
Fw&d
Kirkland
Hix Youngster Still Unconscious
Joe Hix, eight, remained unconscious after being struck by a car on June 22. A hospital report said he was resting better today, with a difficult day and night but some improvement noted.
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Joe Hix
French Withdraw From Large Delta Region In Vietnam
The French high command abandons the southern Red River delta after infiltrated Reds render defense impossible. About 15 000 French troops pulled back from the rice plains between the Red and Day Rivers, shifting to supply routes to Hanoi Haiphong and the Tonkin Gulf port. The move cedes control of two million Vietnamese in the region and concentrates forces along key lines.
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Hanoi
Red River
Red
Day
Haiphong
Gulf of Tonkin
High Command
France
Knowland Claims Major Communist Victory in Asia
Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland charged that Communist gains in Asia come from France's surrender in the Red River delta. In a Senate speech he pressed for a hard reevaluation of U.S. policy, warned of further Communist moves, and said he might resign his leadership if Red China joined the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Asia
Indo - China
Red River
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Free World
Knowland
Red China
United Nations
GOP
France
Viet Nam
Childress Displays Strong Buying Power In 1953 Survey
A Sales Management survey finds Childress, New York area residents boosted earnings and spending in 1953. The city recorded $15,599,000 in retail sales, with 2,600 local families netting $12,048,000 after taxes and about $4,634 per family. Spending exceeded local earnings, indicating Childress as a trade hub for surrounding areas with savings and investments growing.
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New York
Childress
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Harmessly
Western Electric Co
Country Club
Falcon Dam
Hardy Krigbaum Services
Senator Butler
Jc’s
Ers
Alamo City
State Bar of Texas
West Texas
Eugene D. Milikin
Colo
Minneapolis
NEA Telaphoto
Rio Grand Area
Hix Youngster
Reds
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