Governor Urges Congress to Curb Supreme Court Power
Gov Allan Shivers urged Congress to curb the Supreme Court by redefining federal state powers. Speaking at the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, he warned of a flood of federal influence and called for explicit limits on federal preemption over state laws. Chairman John Simms noted oil industry frustration with federal consideration.
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Dallas
Allan Shivers
Congress
Supreme Court
Shivers
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
John Simms
New Mexico
Simms
Crippled Plane Crashes Near Denver Killing Four Crewmen
A damaged Air Force B-25 bomber crashed in a Denver suburb killing four of eight aboard. Survivors, including a Woman’s Air Force member, were hospitalized at Lowry AFB with conditions not immediately known. The aircraft, en route from McChord to Tyndall, reported engine trouble two minutes after takeoff.
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Denver
Air Force
Women's Air Force
Lowry Air Force Base
McChord Air Force Base
Washington
Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Lowry
Tyndall
Earth
ChilDress Jaycees name chairmen for 14 standing committees
The Chil dress Jaycees board at a breakfast session named chairmen for 14 standing committees. Key appointees include John Forbis Americanism and Public Affairs, Bill Adams Civic Improvement, Truman Kidwell Agriculture, Ray Cummings Safety, O C Hammit Religious Activities, Weldon Gentry Youth Welfare, Cecil Park Christmas Activities, Buddy Cordell Membership and Personnel, Larry Lawrence Publications, Ross Smith Public Relations, Archie Pearce Profit Making, Charles Reynolds Retention and Extension, Social Affairs Rowden Cordell. Lawrence also announced past presidents will join the Awards committee. Charles Rogers was elected director of Greenbelt Bowl Game Inc, with Walter Lockhoof named project chairman for a future profit making campaign.
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The
Childress Jaycees
John Forbis
Bill Adams
Truman Kidwell
Ray Cummings
O. C. Hammit
Weldon Gentry
Cecil Park
Buddy Cordell
Larry
Benson Faces Angry Iowa Farmers On Tour Start
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson faced a heated welcome in Des Moines on a two day Midwest farm tour. About 100 farmers led by E S Weise questioned him on hog prices agricultural research and Polish ham imports. Benson defended farm research and noted rising hog prices while promising a Washington meeting for Weise March 2 1957.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ezra T. Benson
Midwest
Benson
Nebraska
Ralph Hardin
Indianola
Here
E S. Weise
Jewell
Weise
Hamilton County
Washington
Robert McMillen
USDA Sees Farm Income Rising Above Early Estimates
Rising farm prices may lift 1956 net farm income above earlier projections, though still below 1955. May 15 price index reached 242 percent of 1910 14 base, the year’s high, while fruits vegetables meat and coffee sent overall food prices to year peak. Surplus stocks in wheat cotton corn limit further price gains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
Ezra T. Benson
Paarlberg
Kansas University Panty Raid Sparks Possible County Prosecution
Lawrence Kansas officials report that KU men involved in a Baker University panty raid may face county charges for damage or theft. About 58 KU students were suspended after the May 21 incident at the Alpha Chi Omega house, with 70 total involved in breaking windows ransacking the sorority home and disrobing members. A New York youth, 19, pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace, receiving a $100 fine and 30 days in jail, though he was paroled for exams.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas University
Baker University
Baldwin
Douglas County
University of Kansas
Alphi Chi Omega
Wes Norwood
Norwood
New York City
Laurence C. Woodfull
City to Begin Fogging Next Week Says City Manager
City Manager Joe Howard announced the city will start fogging with its machine around the middle of next week. Fewer flies are delaying the plan, and residents may opt out by calling the city office with name and address. Howard defended the insecticide as beneficial, noting only a small amount of diesel oil is mixed and plants should not be harmed.
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Joe Howard
Howard
Baseball meeting Sunday for Little and Pony League
City Hall hosts a Sunday meeting urged by League President Clais Rowland for coaches umpires and others interested in the Little and Pony League program. The session begins at 2 30 Sunday afternoon.
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Clais Rowland
Senate and House Split Over Narcotics Death Penalty
The Senate may back a separate death penalty bill for heroin dealers while the House hopes to unanimously approve narcotics peddling penalties though the measure lacks the death option. Rep Hale Boggs warns juries may view the death penalty as too harsh, while stressing broader aims against heroin trafficking. Continued on Page Two.
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Senate
House
Washington
Hale Boggs
D-La
Bogs
NATO
Midwest Cold and Warm Fronts Roil Regions From Texas to Maine
A broad weather day sees a sharp June chill across the Midwest while the West and East endure heat and storms. Canada spawned air mass drops of up to 25 degrees into the 50s, with relief anticipated for the East and Northeast. Temperatures surged to the 90s in New England and Boston edged to 93 before a thunder squall cooled values. Strong winds from New England to Texas reached 50 to 60 mph, a Seminole Oklahoma drive-in theater screen was toppled by a tornado, trailers overturned in Lubbock, and broken windows occurred in Elgin Texas. Heavy rainfall totals included 1.47 inches in Oklahoma City, 1.35 in Charleston West Virginia, and 1.22 in Akron Ohio.
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Midwest
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Mercury
New England
Boston
Texas
Colorado
Seminole
Okla
Lubbock
Tex
Elgin
Oklahoma City
Charleston
Wva
Akron
Ohio
Summer School Starts Tuesday
Parents of grade school and junior high students must call the school office by Saturday to enroll in the summer school program. High school registration is Monday from 8 30 to 12 noon with classroom work starting Tuesday at seven. Instructors are Mrs Martha K Wallin and Miss Lula Caudell.
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Newell Odell
Martha K. Wallin
Lula Caudell
Band School Slated To Start Monday
A summer band school for beginners and intermediates opens at 8 o clock Monday morning at the Band Hall. Director D P McNallen says all interested students may contact him. The two week course costs 10 dollars with five or six days of instruction per week.
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D. P. McNallen
McNallen
Auto Fire at Cosden Station Crossroads
A car owned by Lee Win yard caught fire at Cosden Station at the Crossroads around 8 20 p m yesterday. The Fire Department was summoned to control the blaze.
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Lee Winyard
Cosden
Severe Thunderstorms Sweep Texas Killing Three
A line of storms across Texas triggered high winds and tornado funnels causing at least three deaths in North Central Texas and delaying the Texas International Golf Tournament in Dallas. Heavy rains hit Bonham and Denison, while a city bus crash and numerous traffic accidents marred the day. An expectant mother died in a train crossing incident near Denison.
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Texas
Lufkin
Austin
Junction
el Paso
Dallas
Bonham
Denison
Nixon Endorsement Divides Republican Circles In 1956
Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon faces infighting as Nixon gains limited support at a three day convention in Washington. The group rejects a name change and plans to ignore Nixon until the GOP convention in San Francisco links the two for the ticket.
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Washington
Nixon
Citizens For Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Williams
Citizens Organization
Citizens For
Republican
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
Citizens’ Group
San Francisco
Oklahoma visitors report Russian farming advancing rapidly
Oklahoma tourists returning from three weeks in Soviet Russia described the farming as advancing rapidly and life as understandable though different. William D. Wyatt Jr. said the Soviet system poses a challenge to American life, but Russians appeared friendly. The group toured with Justice N. S. Corn and James W. Kinder among others.
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Oklahoma City
Wyatt
Choctaw County
56 Students Seek Transfers Across Five Districts
County superintendent Wade Kimbrough reported 56 transfer applications filed before the midnight deadline. In Carey 18 sought transfers with 15 to Childress and three to Estelline, while Community Center district listed nine with six to Childress and three to Kirkland. Four left Childress for Carey, Tell district sent 25 for transfer mainly to Childress, Estelline, and Carey, and Kirkland reported 10 transfers, seven to Childress and three to Paducah.
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Childress County
Wade Kimbrough
Carey
Childress
Estelline
Community Center
Kirkland
Tell
Paducah
Negro Vote Set to Shape California Demo Primary
Senator Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson race for California delegates as the state votes next Tuesday. The contest hinges on the African American vote in the last Stevenson Kefauver primary, amid tensions over Southern segregation stances and campaign remarks.
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California
Adlai E. Stevenson
First 1956 Wheat Shipped Thursday in Chil dress County
The first of the 1956 crop in Chil dress County was shipped Thursday. Two cars left Kirkland and two more were being loaded at Moore Grain Company. Estimated wheat stored and not shipped at Kirkland Moore Grain Hill and Eatherly totals about 20 car loads.
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Childress County
Frank Barksdale
Fort Worth & Denver
Kirkland
Moore Grain Company
Moore Grain
Hill and Eatherly
Jaycees Invite All Candidates To Local Rally
The Childress Jaycee Club plans a Fourth of July political rally with candidates including Will Ehrle for state representative and John Forbis and Paul Spillman for district attorney. About 38 candidates were mailed invitations and organizers expect many to attend. Each speaker will be limited to a brief three minute talk.
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Childress
Richard D. Bird
Bird
Lawrence
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Granville Clark
Clark
Joe Martinez
Bill Moore
Concho
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Chickasha
Montgomery-Ward
H. L. Betts
McDonald
Ward
Hubert H. Humphreys
United Press
Johnny Stark
Herbert W. Hamilton
Bobby
Charles Reynolds
Commissioners Court
James L. Cutcher
Taylor
Reynolds
Chillcothe
SMU
Sen
Estes Kefauver
South
Kefauver
Page
Jaycees
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