Judge Orders US Authorities To Show Cause In Girard Case
A federal judge directed US authorities to show cause why William S. Girard an American soldier charged with killing a Japanese woman should not be returned to the United States The hearing sets for next Monday to decide on custodial and habeas corpus issues The case has stirred congressional scrutiny Eisenhower and Secretary Wilson defend the decision saying a fair trial is expected in Japan and US intervention will occur if needed
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Girard
Washington
U. S
United States
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Joseph C. McGaraghy
McGarraghy
Supreme
U.S
Eisenhower
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Federal Court
District of Columbia
Conroe Honors Strake For Discovery Of Oil Field
Conroe celebrated George W. Strake with George Strake Day proclaimed by Gov. Price Daniel. Strake, his drilling crew, and local officials gathered in a rain soaked ceremony at Conroe City Hall to mark the 1932 discovery of the Conroe oil field and its economic rise. Olin Culberson praised Strake’s vision while criticizing government oil controls.
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Conroe
Tex
Houston
George W. Strake
George Strake
Price Daniel
Strake
Wildcat
Olin Culberson
Texas Railroad Commission
W. F. Newton
Police Guard Family After Extortion Threats in Japan
American Douglas F. Scott at Yokosuka Naval Base faces threats to his four children. Police in Kamakura tightened security around the home and placed precautions after he received warnings of a 3 million yen ransom. Two children stayed with a friend while the others remained with Mrs Scott.
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Tokyo
Douglas F. Scott
U. S. Naral
Yokosuka
Scott
Kamakura
North Hollywood
Calif
Midori
UCLA
Japan
Soviet Union charges US weather weapon claims at London talks
Moscow radio reported that the United States has developed a meteorological bomb to turn weather into a weapon. The broadcast cited Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin at the five power London disarmament conference and quoted a scientist, Professor Fedorov, warning of storms used against enemy territory and retaliation if effects occur at home. Zorin offered non use pledges on atomic weapons if the West does likewise, while Britain’s Allan Noble pressed for proper inspection.
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London
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Fedorov
U. S
Zorin
Allan Noble
Galveston Delays Desegregation Plans
Galveston officials postponed the start of desegregation in the city’s public schools while the school board weighs new state laws. President William H. Smith said plans are shelved as lawmakers consider measures to bolster segregation. He noted laws may restrict desegregation without voter approval and allow broad pupil assignment baselines that could sustain racial separation if communities demand it.
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Galveston
William H. Smith
Five Area Registrants Reported Sent To Draft Center
Five Childress area registrants were forwarded to the Amarillo Armed Forces Induction Station today by local draft board 20. Named are Edwin Dale Clifton of Childress Alvis Arbin Bryant of Tell Jimmy Elton Morrison of Memphis Larry Joe Christian of Turkey and Tristan Eugene Hoffman of Tell.
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Childress Area
Amarillo Armed Forces
Edwin Dale Clifton
Childress
Alvis Arbin Bryant
Tell
Jimmy Elton Morrison
Memphis
Larry Joe Christian
Turkey
Tristan Eugene Hoffman
Top Brass of Republican Party Open Conference
The GOP builds toward the 1958 elections with a national meeting in Washington led by Vice President Nixon and President Eisenhower. Meade Alcorn guides regional conferences amid budget friction and fundraising shortfalls as the party seeks to overturn the presidential incumbency disadvantage.
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Republican Party Open Conference
Washington
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Meade Alcorn
GOP
White House
Alcorn
Final Rites Held For George Robertson
Final services for George Spaulding Robertson were to be conducted at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the First Methodist Church with Pastor Dr J O Haymes officiating. Robertson, retired superintendent of motive power at the FW and D shops, died Tuesday at his home. Interment was to be in ChilDress cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home direction.
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George Spaulding Robertson
First Methodist Church
J. O. Haymes
Mr. Robertson
Fw&d
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
J. P. Meek Dies at 4-4 Third Street Se
J P Meek 4-4 Third St Se died about 10 oclock Wednesday morning in Childress General Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 oclock this afternoon at the Methodist Church in Wheeler with burial in Wheeler cemetery. He was a member of the Bible Baptist Church.
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J. P. Meek
Third St
Childress General Hospital
Wheeler
Methodist
Mr. Meek
Bible Baptist Church
Taff Packing Plant Damaged By Fire
A fire at the Taff Packing Plant in Northeast Childress started in the smoke house at 11:50 and burned through the building before the Childress Fire Department extinguished it around 12:30 this afternoon.
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Taff
Childress
House Delays Rights Bill Vote Amid Naval Maneuvers
The House approves a one day delay in voting on the civil rights bill. Amendments will be debated starting Tuesday with a Wednesday off to observe naval maneuvers at Portsmouth Virginia. The schedule seeks to curb a southern push for a jury trial amendment. Over 170 members plan to attend the maneuvers.
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Washington
House
Portsmouth
Emanuel Celler
DN. Y
Trucker Crash Kills 13 Migrant Workers Near Fayetteville
A tractor-trailer carrying potatoes struck a migrant workers truck at a busy U S 301 and N S 102 intersection nine miles north of Fayetteville. Thirteen people died and up to 41 were injured as the migrant vehicle overturned and burned. The incident occurred before 7 a m as the migrants headed from Mount Olive to Dunn to pick beans.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Here
Highsmith
Cape Fear Valley
Dunn
Highway Patrol
L. L. Guy
U. S. 301
N. S. 102
Mount Olive
N.C
Gayetteville
Page Siz
Mrs Garrison Rites Scheduled Friday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Bessie Lee Garrison wife of Roger H. Garrison are set for Friday at 2 p m at Newberry Chapel with Dr E E White officiating The deceased of Pico California was visiting sister Mrs R H Pieratt when she died Wednesday morning Pallbearers named Arthur Caradine Lee Rothwell Otis Garrison Alvis Maddox Roy Key and Dick Kirby. Burial in Childress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home.
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Bessie Lee Garrison
Roger H. Garrison
Newberry Chapel
E. E. White
Garrison
Pico
Calif
R. H. Pieratt
Arthur Caradine
Lee Rothwell
Otis Garrison
Alvis Maddox
Roy Key
Dick Kirby
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Lake Texhoma Overflow Triggers Red River Rise
Floodwaters spill from Lake Texhoma into the Red River at 712 500 gallons per second flooding four states. Water pours over the spillway and through floodgates as officials report lake elevation at 643 12 feet with flood stage at 640. Roads and lowlands in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas are inundated. Authorities note stream inflow easing and cautions remain as forecast calls for continued showers but less extreme downpours.
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Lake Texhoma
Red River
Big Red
Lake
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Sam Gary
Lake Texoma
Oklahoma State Park
Weather Bureau
Fulton
Index
Shreveport
Alexandria
Texas and Pacific
Boyce
B. P. Hughes
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Parrs Chief Aide Testifies in Trial of George Parr
Diego Heras former chief aide to South Texas political boss George Parr testified he was an all powerful behind the scenes figure in Parrs political domain. He said Parr presided over school board meetings when money was to be spent and that $3 000 to $15 000 in school district checks were cashed for fictitious persons monthly during 1949 to early 1951.
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Houston
George Parr
Parr
Diego Heras
South Texas
Benavides
Heras
Star Witness
State President To Speak At JC Installation Friday
Final plans for the Chil dress Jaycee Club Installation Banquet were announced at today’s noon meeting. State President Pete Snelson will speak at 7 p m Friday at the Country Club with Charles Reynolds as master of ceremonies. Ardis Barton leads the installation. Bill Adams announces a Jaycee Car Wash Sunday to fund asphalt work around Fair Park pool, with members washing and greasing at nine local stations from 7 a m–11 a m and 1 p m–5 p m.
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Childress Jaycee Club
Pete Snelson
Red Gentry
Charles Reynolds
Ardis Barton
Earth
Bill Adams
Jaycee
Fair Park
President Aboard Saratoga For 24 Hour Naval Cruise
President Eisenhower sails aboard the USS Saratoga at Mayport Florida for a 24 hour study of guided missiles jet operations and anti submarine warfare. He is joined by top officials including Dulles Humphrey Wilson Strauss and the NSC. The welcome includes airborne jet demonstrations and a review of 2500 sailors on deck.
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President
Eisenhower
Saratoga
Washington
National Security Council
Mayport
Fla
St. John’s River
Mayport Naval
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of
Treasury
George M Humphrey
Charles E. Wilson
Lewis L. Strauss
Atmost
House presses for facts on land case involving Richardson
House Government Operations subcommittee grills Justice Department over delay in prosecuting Sid Richardson land dispute near Fort Worth The billionaire seeks to block public use by offering an easement instead of a sale while Army engineers pursue Benbrook Reservoir acquisition and the committee weighs potential administrative interference.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Sid Richardson
Earl Chudoff
D-Pa
Richardson
Chudoff
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Defense
Robert B. Anderson
Eisenhower
Fort Worth
Benbrook Reservoir
Benbrook
Pecos Rancher Buck Jackson Crowned Driest
Buck Jackson of Pecos won the Sidewalk Cattlemen’s Association contest as the driest rancher in the United States Canada or Mexico. He was celebrated at Madisonville with a dance dinner barbecue and rodeo after it was noted no rain fell on one Reeves County ranch for a year and about half an inch on a Texas New Mexico border ranch.
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Madisonville
Tex
Sidewalk Cattlemen's Association
Buck Jackson
Pecos
United States
Canada
Mexico
Texas
Jackson
Association
Reeves County
Texas- New Mexico
Shawhart Conviction Affirmed By Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Billy Shawhart s conviction for possession of whiskey for resale. County Judge Leonard King reported the case, Shawhart was tried by a Chil Dress county jury and fined 300 dollars. His attorney had appealed to the state s high court.
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Billy Shawhart
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leonard King
Shawhart
Childress
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Texhoma
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Arthur City
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Ark
Dorothy Lamour
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Nick Stuart
Miss Lamour
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Robert B. Moore
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