De Gaulle Named Premier-Designate in Paris Crisis End
Gen Charles de Gaulle won his bid for power and was named premier designate by President Rene Coty. He will take office Sunday as assembly support looms with an expected vote around 400 to 190 in his favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Grigg
United Press International
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
Rene Coty
de Gaulle
de Gaule
Avenue de Marigny
Coty
Pflimlin
Guy Mollet
Socialist Party
Vincent Auriol
Mollet
Lebanese Army Kills 12 Rebels in Tripoli Fight
In Tripoli Lebanon at least 12 rebels were killed by small arms fire on Saturday the third day of fighting with the Lebanese army. Casualties in three days total exceed 20 rebels. army casualties are unreported as combat continues with rifles and machine guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Lebanon
UPI
Camille Chamoun
Beirut
Arab League Council
Benghazi
Libya
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Republic
Cairo
Charles Malik
New York
United Nations Security Council
Malik
Weekend Death Toll in Texas at 23 Saturday
Violent deaths mounted over the Memorial Day weekend in Texas as two separate truck car collisions occurred early Saturday killing multiple people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United Press International
Death of Glen Ross prompts funeral plans in Goodlett
Glen Ross 57 prominent Goodlett rancher was found dead at the family home near Goodlett Saturday morning. Funeral services set for 10 a m Monday at Goodlett Baptist Church with burial in Quanah. Survivors include his wife, two sons Jimmy and Jerry, a granddaughter Betsy, a brother and three sisters. He was longtime Hereford cattle breeder and held leadership roles in multiple breed associations and local boards.
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Ervin Glen Ross
Goodlett
Quanah
Goodlett Baptist Church
S. F. Martin
J. W. Jones
Knowles Funeral Home
Haskell
Hardeman County
A&m College
Hardin-Simmons University
Jimmy Ross
Jerry Ross
Childress
Betsy Ross
Robert A. Ross
Dallas
H.N. Terry
Fort Worth
Erma Ross
Longview
J. M. Anderson
Summer Band School To Get Underway Here Tomorrow
The Greenbelt Summer Band School opens at 8 a m Monday in the Childress High School auditorium for students from the lower Panhandle area. Enrollment totals 206 with 77 from Childress, 66 from Wellington, and 63 from Quanah. Cadet and advanced groups rehearse in the morning, twirling classes outdoors, and makeup sessions for late entrants are scheduled. Directors include Harold Jackson Doyle McElroy L E Gray.
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Greenbelt
Childress High School
Lower Panhandle
Harold Jackson
Childress
Wellington
Quanah
Jackson
Doyle McElroy
L. E. Gray
Bill Wood
Seagraves
Joyce Jackson
Elouise Bowen
Richard Moore Dies In Ozona After Heart Attack
Richard Moore 42 year old city park and cemetery supervisor died of a heart attack in Ozona Texas Saturday afternoon. He had recently suffered a mild heart attack and was involved in a prior accident with a visiting relative. Funeral arrangements by Newberry Funeral Home were pending. He is survived by his wife, a Chil dress relative, one brother, six sisters, and one granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Moore
Ozona
Tex
Newberry Funeral Home
Moore
Mr. Moore
Tom Green
San Angelo
Childress
Lucille Moore
Donald Wilhite
Willis Moore
Ralph Beierschmitte
Caruiers
Calif
L. A. Wygal
Ralls
Bob Brown
Tipton
Earl Stone
Amarillo
Tommie Abram
Lubbock
Charles West
Plainview
Russia Receives Favorable Note On Ban Talks
The United States reports a Soviet reply to Eisenhower’s call for Geneva talks on nuclear test bans. Khrushchev’s three page note was described as favorable but officials would not confirm acceptance of proposals. A three man U.S. panel awaits orders for Geneva including James Brown Fisk and Ernest O. Lawrence. The note emphasizes choosing delegates for scientific, not political, conclusions.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Eisenhower
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
U.S
U. S
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California Raciation Laboratory
California Tech
Richer
Sciene
Britain
France
China
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Tech physics students finish preliminary atom smasher work
Texas Tech physics students completed preliminary work on a positive ion accelerator or atom smasher. The project was supervised by Associate Prof. Preston Gott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Upi
Texas Tech
Preston Gott
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Reaches Historic High
US traffic deaths surged over a three day weekend with at least 185 on roads since Thursday plus 55 drownings 5 plane crash deaths and 35 other fatalities for a holiday toll of 280 Texas led with 17 fatalities followed by New York 16 and Pennsylvania 15 Officials warned the three day toll could set a national record and urged safer driving while weather across the nation remained hot humid with scattered storms.
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United Press International
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Ohio
Alabama
National Safety Council
Ranger
Tex
Nixon
Lesh Prairie
Continental Divide
Rockies
Local CAP Squadron Earns Exceptional Inspection Rating
The Childress Civil Air Patrol squadron received an exceptional rating after a first inspection by Group V Headquarters staff on Saturday. Inspectors noted excellence in all operational phases, with leaders and members named and the unit inviting the public to watch weekend flying activities.
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R. A. Yarbrough
Gerald Bayley
Clayton Campbell
Group V
Childress
Air Field
Bill Stephens
Civil Air Patrol
Harlin Murray
Texas
Robert Mote
J. B. Roberts
Air Force
Plainview
Childress Group
R. A. Yarborough
Kenneth E. Jones
Arvene Bellah
Russell Jones
Homer Compton
Jack Cox
Vic Bullard
John Childers
Childress Air Field
Texas Air Service
Rotarians Converge in Dallas for World Convention
More than 12 000 Rotarians from 56 countries arrived in Dallas for the first world convention in Texas. Delegates fill hotels as events begin with a 7 p m general meeting and pre convention sessions. International leaders including Charles G Tennent and Clifford A Randall arrived by train and plane.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
Morris Higley
Childress
District
Carol
Carol Clem
Tom
Childress Rotary Club
Doyle McKinney
Fort Worth
International Council On Legislation
State Fair Automobile Building
Charles G. Tennent
Asheville
N. C
Lake Placid
N. Y
West Coast
Clifford A. Randall
Milwaukee
Memorial Auditorium
US to Help Stabilize World Coffee Market
The United States agreed to join an international study group to stabilize the world coffee market. The talks included representatives from the US Brazil Mexico and Colombia. The US remains the world's major coffee consumer.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Fort Worth Editor Fractures Leg Testing Prosthetic
Delbert Willis, Fort Worth Press city editor and World War II veteran who lost his left leg, fractured his right leg after stumbling over a stone while trying an artificial limb. Doctors say he will be hospitalized at least six weeks.
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Fort Worth
Delbert Willis
Willis
Kids Inc. Registration Urged for Pony Grads and Legion
Remainder of Kids Inc boys must register for Pony Grads 15 and 16 year olds and the American Legion team. Legion players are those born on or after September 1 1940. Sims handles signups and thumbprints. Coordinator Bobby Reynolds, 209 F Southeast, WE 7 3545, urges immediate compliance and reports. A Texas League Dodgers workout is set for 4 p.m. Sunday at Farm Club Field No 1.
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Pony Grads
American Legion
Tho Sims
American League
Sims
Bobby Reynolds
F. Southeast
M. K. Wilcoxson
Kid's Inc
Sur
Sputnik III proves possibility of outer space rocket
Russians announce Sputnik III weighing 3 000 pounds proves it is possible to launch a rocket into outer space. A Soviet embassy report says the satellite pioneer new methods for studying the universe. The craft is described as an automatic scientific space station far heavier than prior satellites.
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Washington
UPI
Knowland In Primaries Spotlight
In California Knowland faces cross filed totals against Edmund G. Brown as voters weigh party trends and future Senate plans. The Knowland bid for governor tests his strength while the cross filing may reveal mayoral and national implications for the GOP and Democratic parties in the West and South.
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Washington
UPI
Republican Party
California
Democratic Party
Alabama
South
Montana
South Dakota
Iowa
Senate
William F. Knowland
GOP
Knowland
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Firemen Put Out Blaze At Kirkland Saturday
A grass and weeds fire behind the C. A. Thomas and W. B. Wallis homes in Kirkland was brought under control by the Childress Fire Department about noon Saturday. The flames spread to nearby vacant lots and threatened the houses before being contained.
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Kirkland
Childress
C. A. Thomas
W. B. Wallis
First Wheat Brought In Saturday Night
Childress County reports its first wheat of the year arriving at the Hill and Eatherly elevator in Kirkland at 8:30 Saturday night. Clyde Perkins Jr. from south of Kirkland harvested 110 bushels of 60 pound test wheat and will receive a $50 premium from the Chambers of Commerce.
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Childress County
Kirkland
Clyde Perkins
Perkins
Chambers of Commerce
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Sunset Motor Lines
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Alkire
Jimmy Charles
Dora
Darrell
Debra
David
St. Joseph Hospital
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The
Ranger Times
Eastland County
Hite Bear
Santo Torres
Smiley
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