Five Young Men Die When Plane Crashes Near Sugar Land
A four place private plane crashed on Central State Prison Farm No 3 near Sugar Land killing five men, including pilot Ralph Flores and owners John Hull said Flores flew the craft without permission. The victims from Sugar Land range in ages 23 to 35. inquest and funeral plans followed.
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Sugar Land
R. L. Gaston
Ralph Flores
Hull
Here
Gilbert Mena
Jessie Novyola
Mazario Rodriguez
Thomas Hernandez
John Hull
Flores
Central State Prison Farm No
Gaston
Slayer Sought After Bludgeoning of Oklahoma Parents
Clark D Brillhart 22 is sought across southwestern Oklahoma and into Texas after his parents Elmer 45 and Florence 45 Brillhart were found beaten to death Sunday night at their farm eight miles northwest of Hobart. Brillhart released last week from Western State Mental Hospital is suspected to be driving a green 1956 Mercury headed toward relatives in Stillwater Grand Prairie or Houston.
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Hobart
Okla
UPIL
Kiowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Clark D. Brillhart
Elmer Brillhart
Florence Brillhart
Young Brillhart
Stillwater
Grand Praire
Houston
Tex
Tom Hood
Brillhart
Western State Mental Hospital
Fort Supple Okla
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma Association For Mental Health
University of Oklahoma
Mother of J. W. Hamilton dies at 87
Mrs. J A Hamilton died Sunday in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a Friday stroke. Funeral services are set for 2 p m today at Fletcher Oklahoma with Rev Frank Jones presiding. Survivors include three stepdaughters Mrs James B Boren Wichita Falls Mrs Oren Weems Olustee Okla and Mrs Walter Weems Oklahoma City.
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J. A Hamilton
J. W. Hamilton
Childress
Fletcher
Oklo
Hamilton
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
First Methodist Church
Fleedher
Frank Jones
James B. Boren
Wichita Falls
Oren Weems
Olustee
Okla
Walter Weems
Oklahoma City
Rescued Miners Take It Easy
Three miners trapped 41 hours in a hillside coal mine 496 feet deep were rescued and rested in good condition. Earl Bennett of Taylorsville said prayers carried them through as Don McClernon and Jake Lewis planned to take it easy before returning to work. Doctor Joslin noted their remarkably stable condition despite damp, 55 to 60 degree surroundings.
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Beaver Dam
Earl Bennett
Taylorsville
Lil
Bennett
West Frankfort
Don McClernon
Pana
Ill
Jake Lewis
Harlan
Albert H. Joslin
Areas Changed For Forecasts Of Weather In Texas
The U S Weather Bureau began issuing forecasts for five Texas regions replacing four. West Texas is split into Northwest Texas and Southwest Texas with the 99th meridian as the boundary between Central Texas and the two West Texas regions.
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Fort Worth
UPI
U.S Weather Bureau
Texas
West Texas
Andrews, Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Nolan, Taylor, Callahan
Eastland
Red River
Vernon, Seymour
Albany
Coleman
Brady
Meson Kerrville
Hondo
Cotulla
Laredo
Rio Grande
Zapata
Falcon Lake
Northwest Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Two Men Die In Quanah Area Crash Between Truck And Semi
Two men died Saturday night in a crash on the eastern outskirts of Quanah when a pickup driven by Harry Gray Guill 54 of Pampa collided with a semi owned by a Tulia seed company driven by Jerry Karl Wardlaw 24. The trailer burned and Wardlaw died at the scene. Services were set for Guill in Pampa and for Wardlaw in Plainview.
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Quanah
Harry Gray Guill
Pampa
Jerry Karl Wardlaw
Tulia
Wardlaw
Gunl
Pampa First Methodist Church
Plainview Parkview Baptist Church
Plainview
Guill
Postal Receipts Nearly Double in Five Month Period
Month end report from Past J. A. Hilburn shows receipts for the period ending Friday May 29 totaling 4677.82 compared with 2984.53 last year. For the five month period this year receipts totaled 22984.47 versus 18578.16 last year.
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J. A. Hilburn
Memorial Day Passes Quiet In Childress County
Childress County reported no Memorial Day weekend accidents to city police sheriff's department and local highway patrol as of noon today. No incidents were logged by these agencies indicating a safe holiday period.
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Childress County
Sheriff's
Sheiff’s Department
Fire alarm answers call at 1105 Avenue G Northwest
Local firemen responded to a 12 30 p m alarm at 1105 Avenue G Northwest where a cookstove fire started from food left in an oven. No damage reported.
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Avenue G
White House refutes Lewis charge on steel talks
The White House rejected John L. Lewis claim that President Eisenhower sided with steel management in wage talks. Press Secretary Hagerty said it isn't so as Eisenhower urges a settlement to avoid inflation. Lewis criticized the president for interfering before negotiations.
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Washington
UPI
White House
John L. Lewis
Eisenhower
Lewis
United Mine Workers
James Hagerty
Memorial Day Highway Toll Reaches Record Heights
UPI tally shows at least 300 killed in highway crashes during the long weekend with 101 drowned and 63 other deaths, pushing the total to 464. California leads with 27 deaths, Ohio 22, New York 20, Tennessee 14 as the National Safety Council urges tougher driver measures to curb future fatalities. The count spanned 6 pm Friday to midnight Sunday with near six fatalities per hour on average.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Ohio
New York
Tennessee
North Dakota
Hazel Condon
Toronto
Ont
Paul
United States
Maida
N. C
Canada
Tax bill faces Senate rejection despite House passage
Gov Price Daniel backed a 150 million tax plan, but no senator agreed to sponsor it in the Texas Senate. State Affairs chair Dorsey Hardeman scheduled a public hearing for 2 30 p m Wednesday amid silence on sponsorship. The anti deficit measure previously cleared the House and aims to raise franchise taxes and severance taxes on natural gas. The Senate opened cautious, with action postponed to review the full program. Continued on Page Three.
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Austin
Hardeman
George Parkhouse
Dallas
House
Daniel
Texas
Senate
State Affairs Committee
Bodies Searched For At Conchas Lake Tragedy
Recovery crews hunted for three of five drowning victims at Conchas Lake in New Mexico after two bodies were found. Victims include Tommy Poehler 9 and William O Wright 39 of Friona Texas, with others pending identification. Skin divers worked amid muddy 50-foot waters and two-foot visibility.
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Tucumcari
N. M
UPI
Conchas Lake
Tommy Poehler
Conchas Dam
William O. Wright
Friona
Tex
Jerry Brunk
Wright
New Mexico
Victor Poehler
Santa Fe
Poehler
Jimmy
Joy E. Snyder
Los Alam
Eugene Snow
Albuquerque
Elephant Butte Lake
Elephant Butte
Democrats Push Two Year Extension of War Tax Holdovers
Democratic tax writers weigh extending for two more years the high wartime levies on corporations cigarettes liquor beer wine and autos to protect about two billion dollars in annual revenue. Eisenhower has urged a one year extension, but aides expect opposition from the auto industry to longer continuation.
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Congress
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Mean
Sharp Industry
Earl K Long Given Tests in Galveston Hospital
Earl K Long of Louisiana undergoes tests in a Galveston hospital amid health concerns. His nephew U S Senator Russell B Long accuses burdens of office as the cause, while Lt Gov Lether Frazer acts as governor.
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Galveston
Tex
K. Long
Louisiana
U. S
Russell B. Long
D- la
Lousiana
Lether Frazer
Long
Sue
Funeral Pending For J. A. Bishop
James A. Bishop, 76, died at 6 p.m. Sunday in a Childress convalescent home. Funeral arrangements, by Newberry Funeral Home, were pending at press time. Survivors include a son William C. Bishop of Muleshoe and a daughter Mrs. May Glawson of Snyder, Texas.
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James A. Bishop
Pam
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
William C
Muleshoe
May Glawson
Snyder
Tex
Secret Talks Open With Reds
UPI reports Western officials opened secret talks with Russia as Berlin tensions linger. The Times of London claimed Selwyn Lloyd may be replaced, prompting concern over Western unity, though officials deny the dispatch.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Authoriative Times of London
Berlin
Times Dispatch
Chinese Reds Murder Thirty Million People
House Un American Activities Committee hears testimony from five Christian missionaries who fled China detailing brutal Communist crimes. Witnesses describe reeducation torture, water torture, and killings including a sister in law torn apart by horses. They accuse the regime of destroying families and resisting commune control through guerrilla resistance.
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Washington
SPI
Congressional
Red China
House Committee On Un-American
Tsin-Tsai Liu
Taipei
Formosa
Liu
Samuel W.S. Cheng
Lenin
Stalin
Mao Tse-Tung
Holy Ghost
Cheng
House of Representatives
Weak Cold Front Triggers Scattered North Texas Showers
Weak cold front touches off scattered showers across North Texas with six straight months of subnormal rainfall. Rain totals are light ranging from .03 to .64 inches, with Dallas area cooler but not significantly changed. May rainfall 3.18 inches, 64 percent of normal, marking the sixth consecutive month below normal.
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United Press International
Texas
Sherman
Fort Worth
Abilene
el Paso
Dallas - Fort Worth
Amarillo
Dallas
Althrough
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Presidio
Dallas Weather Bureau
Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Batter Port
Tornadoes and torrential storms lashed a port city causing damage and power outages. Rescue crews worked through the night with officials warning residents to stay clear of downed lines and flooded streets. Continued on Page Six.
Three Die In Electric Chair At Raiford
In Florida's Raiford prison three convicted killers were executed in the electric chair in a routine morning. Harley A. Conner, Frank Peterson, and John Frazier were pronounced dead within 33 minutes after the first switch, with brief final statements heard from Peterson and Frazier.
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Raiford, Fla. UP
DeWitt Sinclair
Harley A.conner
Gilchrist County
Mark Read
Conner
W Moseley
Frank Peterson
Peterson
Jesus
John Frazier
Union County
Frazier
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W. E. Gandy
Rosenberg
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Jimmie Hoffa
Sen
Floyd Bradshaw
Weatherford
Dick Truitt
Truitt
Joe B. Millis
Cotton Anderson
Paducah
Pec Ice
Ly Vincent J. Burke
Democratic Tax Writers Sec
Earl K. Long
J. A
Reds
Andrei Gromyko
Times
Lloyd
Norman G
Cornish Suited Press International
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