De Gaulle Demands Algerian Committees Submit to Paris
General Charles de Gaulle urges insurgent public safety committees in Algeria to accept the Paris government. He to rule Algeria from Paris with Raoul Salan as delegate general, signaling a showdown with Massu's faction and pledging equal rights for European and Muslim populations. He spoke amid crowds and planned to order military members to resign from the committees.
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Joseph W. Grigg
United Press International
Oran
Algeria
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
de Gaulle
Raoul Salan
Jacques Massu
Salan
Jacques Soustelle
Free City
McElroy Says Not Necessary To Spend Money
Defense Secretary McElroy told the Senate subcommittee that Congress may approve more defense funds than requested but the administration is not obligated to spend the extra. He cited a $38.41 billion defense bill, House additions aimed at preserving Army manpower and funding for submarines and missiles, noting no mandate to spend beyond the request.
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United Press International
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Congress
McElroy
Senate Military Appropriations
House
Eisenhower
Chicago letter with Confederate flag ad reaches hotel sender
A letter bearing a Confederate flag addressed to the Hotel Dirty Word in Chicago was delivered to the Sherman Hotel after being sent from Columbus, Georgia. In Goldsboro North Carolina police found a radar sign reading Whammy one block ahead. 17 speeders were cited. In Washington a gas station signs claimed Customers wanted No necessary.
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Chicago
UPI
Carl Schroeder
Columbus
Sherman Hotel
Goldsboro
N.C
Zorro
Washington
Negro Dentists File Petition Over Sylvan Beach Park
Four Houston Negro dentists led by Dr Joseph R Willie filed in federal court seeking an injunction against Harris County and officials to stop a policy of racial segregation at Sylvan Beach Park. They seek 20000 dollars in damages after being refused entry May 25 when park staff offered to reopen to Negroes only in a few days.
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Houston
Farris Barclay
Campaign HQ opens for Andy Rogers on South Plains
Cn Campaign headquarters for State Senator Andy Rogers has been opened in Hotel Childress with Tommy Newberry named office manager. Rogers seeks a second full term in the 30th Senatorial District and is on the South Plains today to support his campaign.
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Andy Rogers
Hotel Childress
Tommy Newberry
Rogers
South Plains
Tornado Death Toll Reaches 31 in Wisconsin Strike
The five county northwestern Wisconsin tornado disaster raises fatalities to 31. Including Mrs. Rolf Lunn and her relatives among the dead, with unidentified truck driver and baby also found. Volunteers and National Guardsmen assist recovery as churches serve aid and Red Cross tallys show extensive property loss.
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James Trainor
United Press International
Menomoniefe
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
Rolf Lunn
Colfax
Luther Hospital
Erling Lunn
Leon
Methodist
Lutheran Church
Twin Cities
Highway Patrol
Red Cross
Red River Bridge Near Childress To Finish By July
The Red River Bridge project on Highway 83 north of Childress should be finished by late July, says District Highway Engineer Pal mer Massey. Substructure nearly done with four piers outstanding, and steel stringers in place where substructure is complete. Construction began in January by Flenniken Construction Company of Shreveport, Louisiana, weather permitting.
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Red River
High 83
Childress
Palmer Massey
Massey
Flenniken Construction Company
Shreveport
Polaris tests new solid fuel missile at Cape Canaveral
The Navy launched a test version of the Polaris missile from Cape Canaveral, a 1500 mile range weapon using solid fuel. The flight lasted 25 to 30 seconds as the test vehicle burned out and splashed into the ocean near shore. Officials described the test as to evaluate components under tougher conditions, with operation projected for 1960.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Rotary International president urges acceptance of changing world
Clifford A. Randall, newly elected Rotary International president, told over 13 000 delegates at the 49th annual convention they must meet the challenge of a changing world. He urged moves toward peaceful economies and urged constructive action on global problems. Outgoing president Charles G Tennent urged deeds over words as officers were chosen: Masakazu Kobayashi first vice president Stanley Leverton second vice president Carl P Miller third vice president and George R Means reelected secretary.
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Dallas
UPI
Clifford A. Randall
Rotary International
Randall
Milwaukee
Wis
U. S
Mexico
Robert Hill
Hill
Charles G. Tennent
Asheville
N. C
Masakazu Kobayashi
Tokyo
Japan
Stanley Leverton
London
England
Carl P. Miller
Los Angeles
George R. Means
Evanston, Ill
Local Teens Swim Night Takes Off In Mischief
Four local boys nicknamed Tom Sawyers swam after hours at a pool one night this week. Police, intending to stop the trespass, found the boys had grabbed clothing and fled through the bushes. Their car was towed to the station and the youths claimed it the next morning amid minor scratches and bites.
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Tom Sawyers
Mom
Department store sales rise in San Antonio Dallas and Fort Worth
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports weekly sales gains for the week ending May 31. San Antonio up 23 percent from 1957, Dallas up 14 percent, and Fort Worth cash registers show a 10 percent increase in sales activity.
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Dallas
UPI
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Today
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Disciplinary Action Shuts Down Two Chrysler Plants
UPS reports two Chrysler plants shut down after disciplinary actions against 22 union stewards and seven committeemen of UAW Local 3 dayshift. Disputes arose as auto makers operate without current contracts with the United Auto Workers.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
General Motors
Fisher Body
West Mifflin
Pittsburgh
Ford
GM Fisher
Plymouth Body
Plymouth Assembly
Dodge
Hamtramck
Chrisler
UAW
Reds building up railroad industry faster
James M. Symes president of the Pennsylvania Railroad warns that Soviet Russia is expanding its railroad system while the United States sees a decline. He notes Russia's mileages rising from 66 000 in 1940 to 75 000 in 1956 and contrasts U S mileage dropping from 234 000 to 220 000 in the same period. He cites doubling track mileage 1945 1950 and higher carloadings per day while U S freight cars and passenger fleet shrink.
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New York
UPI
Soviet Russia
America
James M. Symes
Pennsylvania Railroad
United Press International
Symes
Russia
United States
U. S
Kinney to Attend Two Week Texas Guard Training
Sp3 Glen C. Kinney of Childress reports June 8 to Fort Hood for two weeks with the Medical Company of the 142nd Infantry Regiment Texas National Guard. The unit returns June 23 after basic combat instruction and medical care duties for minor injuries and illnesses. Lt. Jim Cochran of Wellington states the men will be combat qualified on return.
Foreign student visitors to tour here this summer
About 15 young women from several foreign countries will visit via the Association for World Travel Exchange tour on June 30. Lions Club president Herbert Clift announced plans for their stay through July 2 with home hospitality and meals coordinated by local committees. Edmund C Short of Lafayette Ind led the group. Lions seek families to host for two nights and provide meals, with Lions supplying noon meals.
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Childress
Lions Club
Herbert Clift
The
Lions
Edmund C. Short
Lafayette
Ind
Richmond
Clift
Alton Ryan
Wheat Shipments Indicate Peak Harvest Across County
In the last 24 hours an additional 20 carloads of wheat left Childress and Kirkland. Nine carloads came from Childress and eleven from Kirkland as yields range from 25 to 53 bushels per acre. The 1958 county crop could become one of the best on record. Kirkland 31 carloads and Childress 12 are listed to date.
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Childress
Kirkland
Chidress
Childress County
Pistole Joins Ballistic Missile Office in California
Thurmond Wayne Pistole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ennis T. Pistole of Route 1 Childress, has joined the Air Force Ballistic Missiles Office in Inglewood California. He will work in maintenance and engineering with the logistics staff division after experience at Rocketdyne Canoga Park.
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Thurmond Wayne Pistole
Ennis T. Pistole
Route 1
Childress
Air Force Ballistic Missiles Office
Inglewood
Calif
BMO
Rocketdyne
Canoga Park
USAF
Ballistic Missiles Office
Ben L. Funk
Pistole
Ella Lovella Turner
Ames
Okla
Gary
Charles
Sacramento State College
Masonic Lodge
Harold Reynolds Arrives as New High School Principal
Harold Reynolds and his wife visit Childress today to arrange moving details. He arrives from Bellevue to replace resigning R. T. Adams at the end of the term and will seek housing during the visit.
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Hich
Harold Reynolds
Childress
Bellevue
R. T. Adams
Reynolds
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Honolulu
Hawaii
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Corpus Christi
Albert B. McWilliams
Raymondville
Texas State
San Marcos
Department of Police
Willacy County
Red River Bridge
Polaris
William J. .Eaton
Commerce and Labor Department
Labor and Commerce Department
Therm
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Commerce-Labor
By Jim Klockenkemper
UPS Automotive Editor
United Auto Workers
Tangle
J. B. Collins
Chatanooga
Tenn
Free Press
Right
Nat Wolensky
Wolensky
Kinney
T. W. Pistole
Ballistic Missile Office
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