Air Force to expand air defense bases and interceptors
Sen. Henry M. Jackson said the Air Force will seek 16 million more for enlarging fighter bases to counter Soviet air power. He urged faster production of advanced interceptors, noting no current US interceptor can meet a new Russian intercontinental jet bomber. Secretary Wilson and Secretary Talbott planned to brief the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Air Force
Russia
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Harold E. Talbott
Senate Defense Appropriations
Johnson Urges Quick Action on Reserve Bill Amid Deadlock
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged prompt action to resolve the House impasse over President Eisenhower's military reserves bill. He warned the nation could be imperiled by delaying results and signaled the Senate Armed Services Committee may revive action by hearing the House bill to extend the draft law and potentially include the reserve program.
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Johnson
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Eisenhower
Texas Democrat
House
Senate Armed Services Committe
Adenauer Steps Down as West German Foreign Minister
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer resigns from the foreign minister post while remaining Bonn head of government. He nominates Heinrich von Brentano, CDP, to succeed him. Brentano long served as Bundestag floor leader. President Tehodor Heuss will approve the appointment.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Christian Democratic
Tehodor Heuss
Heinrich von Bretano
Brentano
Bundestag
Adenauer
Cancellor
Community of Free Nations
Heuss
Rhine River
T. L. Dicken Dies In Hospital Here
T. L. Dicken, 84, died in Childress General Hospital at 12:15 p m. He had lived in Childress seven years after moving from Whitewright. Funeral arrangements are under Newberry Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Alvie.
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T. L. Dicken
Childress General Hospital
Dicken
Childress
Whitewright
Newberry Funeral Home
Dickens
Alvie
Ford Union Sign Three Year Pact With Layoff Pay
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reach a three year contract granting 20 cent hourly raise and company paid layoff benefits. Union calls it the largest, most historic agreement of its 20 years with the industry, ending a strike at Ford plants and setting the stage for a GM counteroffer.
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Ford
Union
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
John S. Bugas
United Auto
Reuther
Bugas
Senate Faces Another Threat Of Filibuster
The Texas Senate teeters on a possible filibuster to block a conference report licensing new and used car dealers while the House moves toward a 100 million dollar water conservation program funded by a statewide tax. A parole supervision system and a large budget package also dominate the session with a 6 p.m. adjournment later in the week under discussion.
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Austin
Senate
House
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Jamie Clements
Crockett
Relatives Hope for Release of Other Fliers
Relatives of 11 U S airmen imprisoned by Chinese Communists express renewed hope after four fliers were freed last week. Indian informant claims release for the rest could come any time while behind the Bamboo Curtain no word is heard. Letters from prisoners offer cautious encouragement as families await news.
Graham Draws Large Audience in Paris Crusade
Billy Graham opened his continental crusade in Paris with about 9 000 present and 623 decisions for Christ. Cliff Barrows called it the greatest opening victory of his preaching mission. The talk was delivered in English and translated into French by Jacques Blocher to a Palais des Sports crowd of 20 000.
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Paris
Billy Graham
North Carolina
Graham
Cliff Barrows
Wembley Stadium
London
Palais Des Sports
Jacques Blocher
Regulars Trap Viet Nam Reds In Cochin-China Offensive
In Cochin-China regular Army forces encircled Hoa Hao rebels in a second offensive as reinforcements arrived. Army spokesmen said battalions trapped dissidents in a vast quadrangle near Sadec Vinh Long Cantho and Long Xuyen 90 miles southwest of Saigon amid 48 hours of monsoon rains.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Cochin - China
Sadec
Vinh Long
Cantho
Long Xuyen
Here
Eden's Plea Rejected By Railwaymen
London dispatch reports striking engineers and firemen refused Prime Minister Eden's plea for an immediate return to work. Noel Pinches of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen signaled careful review, as the nationwide walkout idled about 300000 and risked extending to docks and transatlantic travel with up to a million workers affected within a week.
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London
Anthony Eden
Noel Pinches
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Pinches
Eden
US Army Sergeant Seized by Czech Border Guards
An American sergeant, Sgt. Walter T. Winter of a signals battalion in France, was captured at a point about 60 feet inside the Czech frontier while filming near the Iron Curtain. A second sergeant escaped into West German territory as border guards moved to detain the man who offered no resistance.
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Waidhaus
Geramny
US Army
Iron Curtain
Army
Walter T. Winter
173Rd
175Th
Thionville
France
Winter
Pink Close Jr Receives 25 Dollar Wheat Premium
Pink Close Jr brought the second load of Early Wichita wheat to Moore Grain Co in Childress and earned a 25 dollar premium from the Agriculture committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development. The wheat tested 60 pounds per bushel and met all premium requirements. Earlier John Collins from near Kirkland delivered the first load on Saturday May 28 and received a 50 dollar premium.
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Pink Close, Jr
Moore Grain Company
Childress
Agriculture Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Close
Wichita
John Collins
Kirkland
Wife Says Gi Wants To Return
Olympia, Wash. reports that wife of former Cpl. Otho G. Bell says he wishes to come home. Bell, one of 21 POWs who refused repatriation after the Korean truce, sent letters via Red Cross April 5 and 15 expressing desire to return. He was captured Nov. 30, 1950, in Red China and faces passport hurdles before possible contact through Hong Kong or other offices.
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Olympia
Wash
Otho G. Bell
Jewell Bell
Red Cross
Bell
Red China
Spillman Named To Legion Post In Amarillo Conference
Wellington attorney Paul Spillman was elected commander of the Fifth Division of the American Legion at the division conference in Amarillo. He already leads the 18th District and will assume the role at the San Antonio state convention July 22 to 24. Delegates from 188 posts attended. Lubbock was chosen as the 1956 division convention site. Mrs. R S Redies of Abilene was named division Auxiliary president.
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Wellington
Paul Spillman
American Legion
Amarillo
Spillman
W. B. Abbott
Midland
San Antonio
West Texas
Lubbock
Abilene Legion Auxiliary
R. S. Redies
Summer School Opens at Childress High
Childress High launched its summer program today with 27 students enrolled. Classes run 7:00 to 12:00 daily, five days a week, taught by Miss Lula Caudell and Mrs. Frank Wallin.
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Childress High
Lula Caudell
Frank Wallin
Tornado Hits Florence and Encinal Texas Towns
Heavy storms ripped through Central and East Texas with tornadoes, hail and 60 mph winds damaging a ranch near Encinal and a home in Florence. No deaths or injuries were reported, but a filling station, restaurant, and several barns were damaged.
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Texas
Florence
Encinas
Laredo
Dallas
Juan Salinas
Week End Fatalities Report From Texas
At least 12 Texans die in weekend accidents and violent incidents across multiple cities. The deaths include Johnny Burgoon a 50 year old Fort Worth used car dealer killed while exchanging positions on Farm to Market Road 13 north of Whitney Hill County. Roy Love Jr 24 of Randolph Air Base was killed when a car carrying three airmen side swiped a watermelon truck near New Braunfels. A Dallas area couple Mrs J A Norrell and Mary Helen Norrell died in an autos crash near Paris while Mrs Norrells husband died recently in a Dallas hospital. In Fort Worth Lyman Garrettson 31 shot his estranged wife then killed himself. In Houston Jimmy Price 10 reported shooting incidents involving Phillip B Allen 51 who killed Velesta Toerek 46 then died by self infliction. Authorities found Toerek dead at the foot of stairs after Allen and Toerek had been involved with Alice Hausman 12. Drownings were reported in San Antonio Donna and Throckmorton.
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Texas
United Press
Fort Worth
Johnny Burgoon
Whitney
Hill County
Highway Patrol
Billy Burns
San Antonio
Roy Love Jr
Randolph Air Base
New Braunfels
J. A. Norrell
Mary Helen Norrell
Paris
Lyman Garretson
Peace Justice Callaway
Jimmy Price
Garretson
Houston
Phillip B. Allen
Velesta Alta Toerek
Alice Hausman
Toerek
Allen
Donna
Throckmort
Driver Says He Tried To Get Aid For Injured Correspondent
A Malayan taxicab driver testifies at a coroner inquiry into United Press correspondent Gene Symonds death after a mob attack in Singapore. He says police at a road block refused to aid Symonds despite his calls, while officers were told to stay at the block and report to headquarters. The inquiry resumes Tuesday.
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Singapore
United Press
Gene Symonds
Symonds
Southeast Asia
Abdul bin Ali
Ali
Crown
Harry Best Livingstone
All-Out Drive To Boost Confidence In Salk Vaccine
Washington reports the government launched an all-out campaign to reassure the public about the safety of the Salk polio vaccine. Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele cited strict new tests and emphasized vaccines under them are safer, while noting rare instances of live virus earlier linked to Cutter Laboratories. Scheele and Health Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby planned a joint TV address to reinforce the message.
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Washington
The
Goverment
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
NBC
Meet the Press
Louis B. Gebhardt
University of Utah
Public Health Service
Salt Lake City
Cutter Laboratories
Idaho State Health Department
Scheel
Oveta Culp Hobby
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