Poage Claims Soil Bank Pays Flooded 1956 Crops
Representative W R Poage challenged USDA assertions on soil bank payments for crops damaged by drought floods or insect damage in 1956. He argued the law clearly allows payments for farmers who reduce 1956 crop acreage below government allotments, regardless of crop condition. Department lawyers study the act as officials weigh whether payments should be limited to soil bank contract reductions.
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Washington
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Soil Bank Plan
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Brouth
Southwest
Great Plains
The
Texan
Former Chief Delegate of UN In Korea Dies
SAN DIEGO Calif im Vice Adm. Charles Turner Joy former chief UN delegate to the Korean truce talks died Wednesday at the San Diego Naval Hospital of leukemia at age 61. The four star admiral retired in 1954 after a long career at sea and leadership roles including naval commander in the Far East and head of the Naval Academy. Joy gained fame negotiating with the Chinese Communists during Korea peace talks and authored How Communists Negotiate. Born in St Louis he graduated from Annapolis in 1916 and served aboard USS Pennsylvania in World War I.
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San Diego
Calif
Charles Turner Joy
San Diego Naval Hospital
la Jolla
San Diego Bay
Joy
Korea
US Naval Academy
Annapolis
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Cold Air May Bring Moisture Across Texas Panhandle
A mass of cold air moved into the Texas Panhandle and sparked scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening The system was expected to drift east into North Central Texas tonight Thunderstorms were forecast from the Pecos Valley eastward with cooler Panhandle weather Scattered showers likely to persist in North Texas tomorrow Warmth remaining elsewhere except the Panhandle Dalhart reported a 60 degree low while Dallas and Corpus Christi tied at 76.
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United Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
North Texas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Bulganin Delivers New Letter to Eisenhower
The Soviet premier Bulganin has written a new letter to President Eisenhower, to be delivered through Secretary of State Dulles. Ambassador Zaroubin arranged a 1 p.m. EST meeting with Dulles, with no further details released.
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Ewashington
Temier Nikolia Bulganin
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Georgi M. Zaroubin
Dulles
Zaroubin
Bulganin
Tito Signals Likely US Visit Amid Soviet Tour
Yugoslav Premier Tito hinted he would like to visit Washington and said his Moscow trip would not harm Yugoslavia's friendship with the United States. He spoke at a Kremlin reception as he began a 10 day tour of Soviet cities, flanked by Bulganin and Shepilov.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Leningrad
Nikolai Bulganin
Dmitri Shepilov
Kliment E. Voroshilov
Belgrade
Improvement Reported In Anglo Egyptian Ties
Cairo reports point to a thaw in Anglo Egyptian relations as Premier Nasser prepares a June 18 speech. The last British soldier is due to depart Egypt by then while Nasser tightens ties with the East and plans visits to Red China and Yugoslavia.
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Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Britain
Nasser
Red China
Tito
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Russia
Egypt
Daniel Calls For Aid To Nation's Small Farmers
Plainview Texas Senator Price Daniel urged a federal state partnership to aid family-size farms and ranches hit by falling prices. He urged a long range water and soil conservation program financed by Texas funds and criticized Secretary Benson's price support plan as limited in benefit.
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Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Soil Bank
Congress
Eisenhower
Police hunt for plotters in Greek homes in London
Scotland Yard raided London homes of Greeks amid a manhunt for two or three pro Greek Cypriots believed to target British leaders. Documents seized include money appeals signed by Archbishop Makarios for victims of British actions in Cyprus. Panos Tofarides runs the Greek Christian Brotherhood in London whose members back EOKA. Labor calls for Sir John Harding’s resignation over Cyprus policy.
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Scotland Yard
Labor Party
John Harding
Cyprus
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Makarios
Tofarides
EOKA
Becuse
Daily Herald
Harding
Hugh Taitskell
The
Britain
Drop In Nation Polio Cases Sparks Hope Of Light Year
The Public Health Service reports polio cases running behind 1955 milestones. Last week 120 cases nationwide, under half of the prior year’s figure, and year to date 1,864 cases versus 2,534 in the same period of 1955, with 49 fewer paralytic cases.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
the Health Service
Two Border Patrol Officers Die In Patrol Plane Crash
Two patrolmen were killed when their Piper Super Cub crashed north of Comstock during a routine patrol flight. The Uvalde Texas Border Patrol office said the officers were from Del Rio but did not release their names immediately.
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Comstock
Uvalde, Tex
Office of the Border Patrol
del Rio
Tex
Storms Ravage Lincoln Neb and Midwest Tornado Threat
A line of severe storms and tornado warnings swept from Nebraska to Minnesota. Lincoln suffered heavy damage with 400 to 500 power lines down and hospitals momentarily without power. Hospitals treated by flashlight as outages hit the city and surrounding towns recorded hail and downed trees. Weather officials warned of more on the way as cool fronts moved in.
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Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas
Pleasonton
Neb
Inman
Kan
Bemidji
Minn
Lincoln
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Lincoln Naval Air Station
Russell
Aberdeen
Pierre
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Elmo Smith
Smith
Columbia River
Lower Columbia
Neutral Truce Inspectors Withdraw from Korea
UN commander Maj. Gen. Robert Gard announced that neutral truce inspection teams from Sweden Switzerland and Poland and Czechoslovakia will leave the Republic of Korea. He said the move follows a UN demand and a rejected Communist compromise. Gard cited flagrant North Korean armistice violations and team paralysis as the reasons for expulsion. Gard confirmed a letter from the NNSC requesting provisional withdrawal while preserving legal status.
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Korea
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Republic of Korea
Robert Gard
Military Armistice Commission
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North
South Korea
North Korea
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Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Syngman Rhee
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
NNSC
Cub Scout Pack 61 to Meet Tonight at Rotary Bowl
Cub Scout Pack No 61 sponsored by Childress Elks Lodge will meet tonight at 7 o clock in Rotary Bowl. Cubmaster James E Ragsdale urged all members and parents to attend.
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Childress Elks Lodge
James E. Ragsdale
Eisenhower appeals to restore foreign aid cut
President Eisenhower issued a last minute plea to the House to restore most of a 1.1 billion dollar reduction in the foreign aid bill. He warned the cut would impair security and force essential overseas programs to be trimmed or eliminated. House leaders and committee chairmen remained divided as voting time neared.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
Sam
House Foreign Affairs Committee
James R. Richards
Stevenson Predicts Democratic Nomination After California Lead
California returns show Stevenson ahead by over 400000 votes with Kefauver as his strongest rival. Stevenson says the win virtually assures the Democratic nomination and cites Harriman as a key challenger. He notes Eisenhower leads Republicans unopposed and hints at consulting Truman for a running mate.
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San Francisco
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
California
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Kefauver
Eisenhower
VFW Auxiliary Raises UCP Drive Funds at Local Post
The VFW Auxiliary collected about $5 more this year for the United Cerebral Palsy fund. A cash donation of $20 and many coins were gathered this morning as coin banks were opened and will be sent to UCP in Dallas. Mrs. R. V. Woods thanked helpers and donors for nickels dimes and pennies.
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VFW
United Cerebral Palsy Fund
UCP
Dallas
R. V. Woods
TB Group to Meet at City Hall Saturday
The TB Association will meet at City Hall at 3 oclock Saturday afternoon with Mrs F L Taylor announcing the gathering today.
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TB Group
TB Association
F. L. Taylor
Dunn Fined Jailed For Theft Of Money
Johnny Dunn of 1403 FOw was fined and jailed after pleading guilty to theft from the Guy Graham Service Station. He received 30 days in jail and $100 plus court costs for the theft of $24. Douglas Watkins, arrested with Dunn, was released by the judge.
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Johnny Dunn
Fow
Leonard King Dunn
Guy Graham
Graham
Dunn
Douglas Watkins
Sheriff's Department
King
Eisenhower Opens Way for US Russian High Level Visits
President Eisenhower signaled willingness to host Soviet leaders if Moscow desires exchanges. Indications point to possible visits by Zhukov Bulganin and Khrushchev with reciprocal invitations. The plan centers on forthcoming talks tied to Air Force Chief Twining’s Moscow invitation and a U S response to reciprocal visits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Georgi K. Zhukov
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
Moscow
V. D. Sokolovsky
Peared
Zhukov
Russia
Truman Says Stevenson Victory Gladdens Hearts
Former President Truman said he was glad Adlai Stevenson defeated Estes Kefauver in the California primary while stressing he has no candidate or favorite. He arrived in Bonn for a 14 hour visit and planned meetings with Adenauer and Heuss, noting sleep delays on the train due to a broken sleeping car spring.
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Germany
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefaver
California
Stevenson
Kefauver
Bad Godesberg
West
Chantelinr Konrad Adenauer
Wtheodor Heuss
Munich
Mr. Truman
Sir Winston Churchill
Potsdam
Jaycees Plan Two Clubs Picnic This Thursday
The Memphis and Quanah Jaycees join with local Jaycees and families for a picnic Thursday June 14 at 7 o clock. Arch Pearce chairs the planning group with O C Hammit Lyman Davenport and Dr J J Wesenburg and their wives. The session covered the Filtering Plant drive Junior Golf tournament and Fourth of July activities.
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Memphis
Quanah
Bill Adams
Buddy Cordell
Adams
Cordell
Mills
Brownwood
Zuber Boy Released From Hospital Today
Robert Zuber was discharged from Childress General Hospital after a pickup overturn injury Saturday. Jimmy Dowis remains hospitalized with injuries and shows improvement according to attendants.
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Zuber Boy
Robert Zuber
Childress General Hospital
Jimmy Dowis
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