UAW Extends GMC Contract to Sunday Amid Talks
The United Auto Workers extended its General Motors contract to midnight Sunday to allow more time for negotiations after Ford gains. CIO President Walter Reuther led talks, signaling a peaceful settlement and avoiding a strike threat. Some GM workers staged walkouts in Cleveland and St. Louis as pressures mounted.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
John Livingston
General Motors Department
UAW International Executive Board
Auto Workers
CIO Electrical Workers Union
General Motors Council
Electrical Workers Union
UAW
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Reuther
Chevrolet Power-Glide
Cleveland
Ford Motor
John S. Bugas
Cio-Uaw
NEA
To Continue Inquiry Into Symonds Death
Singapore crown counsel Harry Best Livingstone told the coroner's inquiry into Gene Symonds murder that the investigation will not end with the inquiry. He noted several arrests in connection with the riots at the time but did not say anyone had been charged. He pledged the inquiry’s continuation after its close.
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Singapore
Harry Best Livingstone
United Press
Gene Symonds
Livingstone
Symonds
Symond
Page Sty
City council approves higher deposits for use of community facilities
Childress city council votes to raise building use deposits to 10 per person or group. Officials say the fee ensures limited damage and workloads. Other actions authorize sale ads for Air Field gym and theater, eight warehouses for lease, and tax training for the city collector.
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Childress
Joe Howard
Air Field
CAA
Howard
Lubbock
Lake Childress
Jones and Black Cotton Company
Legion Sets Session at Cox Furr Post 65 Meeting
The American Legion Furr Post 65 plans a 7 30 p m meeting at the Veterans Building. All members are urged to attend the routine business session.
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Cox
Furr
The
American Legion
Veterans Building
Salk Polio Vaccine To Be Shipped To Five States
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said 1 million Salk polio shots released by the government will be shipped quickly to five northern states New Jersey Maine Montana North Dakota and South Dakota. About 400 000 doses go for first injections for first and second graders. 600 000 will follow to the Deep South for the second round. Florida Mississippi Alabama Texas and Georgia are expected in the first shipments.
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Washington —i
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Deep South
Jersey
Maine
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
G. Foard McGinness
Foundation
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Georgia
The
Public Health Service
Eli Lilly Co
Official Denies Settlement of Suit Planned
Washington Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. announced the government will not settle its antitrust suit against the American Newspaper Publishers Association out of court. Rep. Emanuel Celler pressed for an explanation after a newspaper report quoted Brownell on potential settlement without a consent decree.
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Washington
Herbert Brownel Jr
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Brownell
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Celler
House Judiciary Committee
South Bend
Ind
Jaycee Directors Meet In Childress Tonight
Directors of the Childress Jaycee Club will gather at 5:30 this evening to discuss club business, announced President Gordon Gravley.
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Childress Jaycee Club
Gordon Gravley
Firemen Meet Tonight in Childress
A regular monthly meeting of the Childress Firemen's Association will be held tonight at 7 p m at the Fire Station. Routine business is on the schedule.
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The
Childress Firemen’s Association
Heavy Rains Over Texas Forecast Dwindle
Forecasters said heavy rainfall ended after isolated thundershowers were expected across Texas. Abilene reported 0.08 inch in 24 hours. other towns logged traces or light rain as calm, warm conditions continued with highs near 105 at Presidio and lows ranging to the 50s.
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Texas
Pecos Valley
East
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Merkel
Presidio
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Amarillo
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texarkana
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
Beaumont
del Rio
Midland
el Paso
San Angelo
Poulsen Speaks To Lions Club
John Poulsen addressed the Childress Lions Club sharing nine months at Childress High School and his impressions of American sports. He hopes to return to the United States in five years for the seniors’ reunion and may join Denmark’s military program, leaving for home June 23. Russell Jones, Roy Key, Bob Polson, and President Chester Hufstedler led the program and announced a directors meeting for tomorrow at 7 a.m.
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John Poulsen
Lions Club
Poulsen
Childress
Childress High School
United States
Denmark
Texas
Russell Jones
Roy Key
Bob Polson
Chester Hufstedler
Dates Slated For Negro Scout Camp
The Boy Scout camp for Negro Scouts will be conducted in the Wichita Mountains from June 13 through the 18. District Scout Executive Closs Rainwater announced the event and urged interested local Scouts to contact W. M. Brewer for details. He expressed hope for good representation from Childress at the five day camp.
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Wichita Mountains
Closs Rainwater
W. M. Brewer
Rainwater
Childress
Switzerland to host four nation summit in Geneva
The Swiss government announced a four day Big Four summit from July 18 to 21 in Geneva with a preparatory foreign ministers meeting July 12 to 18. President Eisenhower seeks a brief top level session while Eden favors ample time for talks on East West issues.
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Switzerland
Berne
Switzerand
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Geneva
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Canton
Big Three
Moscow
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Texas Legislators Set Adjournment Tonight
Texas lawmakers, paid since May 10, were set to adjourn the 54th Legislature at 6 pm Tuesday. Senate action followed House approval of the time. A water conservation bill was postponed in the House as the body closed amid a dealer license dispute and a near filibuster over a conference report. Gov. Shivers faced the Trinity River Authority measure, while the session began January 10.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Conference Committee
Allan Shivers
Trinity River Authority
Barefoot Sanders
Dallas
Solon condemns probers report on land board as milk toast
Senate investigating committee finds Gov. Allan Shivers and A G John Ben Shepperd guilty of absenteeism in veterans land program, but finds no fraudulent or dishonest acts by board members. Sen. Jimmy Phillips labels the report milk toast and faults its timing and conclusions. Continued on page six.
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Solon
Austin
Senate
Allan Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
Ings
Veterans Land Board
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Texas
Phillips
Sen
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Veterans Land
Eisenhower warns world not to expect miracles at summit
President Eisenhower told 469 Military Academy graduates in West Point that the Big Four summit may yield only a long series of conferences. He urged caution and wisdom in international affairs and warned against fatuous expectations for a miraculous fix to West–Soviet tensions.
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West Point
Eisenhower
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Oklahoma Colleges to Open Doors to Negroes
The State Board of Regents voted 8 to 1 to allow qualified Negro enrollees in state colleges for the fall term. Langston University’s status as the only segregated option for undergraduates remains under review, with Langston’s future as a Negro college to be decided.
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Oklahoma City
P— Oklahoma Colleges and Universities
State Board of Regents For Higher Education
Frank Buttram
Oklahoma City Oilman
Regents
W. D. Little. Ada
Okla
Oklahoma
Nished
Langston University
Langston
Swimming School To Start June 20 for Scouts
Sufficient instructors have been secured for a two week swimming school starting June 20 at Fair Park swimming pool. Bob Polson district chairman said four groups begginer advanced junior and senior life savers will be trained. Cub Boy and Explorer Scouts may participate with no charge. Registration details to come.
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Childress
Bob Polson
Fair Park
Polson
Charles Sandifer Dies at 75 in Childress County
Charles Ed Sandifer 75 died at 8 a.m. at Morgan Convalescent Home. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Newberry Chapel with Luther R. Bradley officiating. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home. He lived in Childress County about 45 years and was a retired farmer. He is survived by one brother John Sandifer of California.
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Charles Ed Sandifer
Morgan Convalescent Home
Newberry Chapel
Luther R. Bradley
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Sandifer
Childress County
John Sandifer
California
Thorne Given Prison Term for Bank Embezzlement
J. Herman Thorne former cashier of First National Bank was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison on each of three counts for embezzlement totaling over 5000 dollars across six years. The sentences run concurrently. Judge Joe B Dooley stated the deliberate conduct over years and Thorne will be placed in federal custody to serve.
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J. Herman Thorne
First National Bank
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
Thorne
Dooley
Gail
US Attorney General's Department
Steelworkers and US Steel open wage talks in Pittsburgh
The CIO United Steelworkers began wage negotiations with US Steel Corp aiming for a record breaking pay boost through 1956. The union, representing 1.2 million, sought a substantial increase but did not specify a precise amount.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
US Steel Corp
US Steel
United Auto Workers
Ford
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Siz
Greenbelt Bowl Directors Meeting Tonight Planned
Greenbelt Bowl game board directors convene tonight at 7 30 in the Directors Room of the C of C and BCC. Game Chairman W E Eubank urges all directors and institutional representatives to attend and name new directors if needed as plans move toward the seventh annual game at Fair Park Stadium on August 12 with most invited players already accepted.
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C of C
BCC
W. E. Eubank
Eubank
W Uest
Fair Park Stadium
Frank Kimbrough
Clark
Page Siz
Hardin Not Hurt In Auto Accident
Albert Raymond Hardin of Kirkland escaped injury when his 1952 automobile went over the east side of a dam in Fair Park rolling 12 to 15 feet down a bank. He was ticketed for negligent driving and speeding after the 8:20 PM crash.
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Albert Raymond Hardin
Kirkland
Fair Park
Hardin
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Auto Union
GM Council
St. Louis
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Legion
Jaycee
Willis
Car Dealers Licensing Act
Charles Sandifer
Christopher Momer Skeen
Houston
E. C. Barringer
Christopher
Henry Skeen
M. K
Buddy) Wilcoxson
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Wilcoxson
BCD
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