Rebels derail Soviet troop train in Ukraine violence flare
Reports from Vienna say Ukrainian rebels derailed a Soviet army train near Shepetovka on May 20, killing unknown numbers of soldiers. Soviet authorities sealed the scene and seized armed Ukrainians as police crackdowns followed posters in Tiflis calling for an independent Georgian republic.
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Austria
Shepetovka
Yvov
Kiev
MVD
Tiflis
Josef
Brady Lawyer Blasted By Bomb In Auto
Sam McCollum III, 37, a Brady attorney for defendant J.W. Ruffin, was injured when a bomb exploded under the hood of his station wagon as he started the ignition. Hospital official L. C. Atherton said his condition was undetermined after the blast and his injuries included multiple leg fractures and chest and abdominal punctures. McCollum had testified in the Bascom Giles land scandal trial in Austin.
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Sam McCollum III
L. C. Atherton
Brady Hospital
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Atherton
J.W. Ruffin
Veterans’ Land
Bascom Giles
Austin
Giles
One Not Implicated In Theft Case Here
County Judge Leonard King reported this morning that Douglas Watkins, arrested with Johnny Dunn, was not released by him as reported yesterday. Dunn was arrested for theft of $24 from the Guy Graham Service Station. Watkins was released after it was learned he was not implicated.
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Douglas Watkins
Johnny Dunn
Dunn
Guy Graham
Watkins
Eisenhower Is Hospitalized For Ileitis At Walter Reed
President Eisenhower was ordered to Walter Reed hospital as a precaution after suffering ileitis an inflammation of the ileum. White House secretary Hagerty said there is no heart trouble and the attack followed a late night event and earlier stomach upset. A doctor was summoned and the ailment was diagnosed after a preliminary exam.
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Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Denver
Howard M. Snyder
Daniel Seeks Tough Narcotics Laws in Texas
US Senator Price Daniel calls for the toughest narcotics law in the nation and pledges to help draft it if elected governor. Ralph Yarborough cites farm price declines in 1955 and say 8000 Texas farm families left their farms, urging state and federal action to aid family farms and ranches. Daniel campaigns in Wichita Falls and Fort Worth while Yarborough speaks near Orion. Senterfitt plans West Texas swing with a bold campaign push.
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Texas
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Plainview
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Orion
San Saba
Reuben Senterfitt
West Texas
Soviet Premier challenges US to match Red Army manpower
Washington reports Bulganin sends a two page letter and 16 page doc to Dulles challenging the United States to match Russia’s 1.2 million military manpower. Eisenhower and US officials reject matching cuts, arguing manpower is not key to disarmament.
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Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Georgi Zaroubin
Bulganin
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Soviet Bloc
Free World
Dulles
Privitt Named Daniel Campaign Chairman in Amarillo Meeting
Privitt was named Childress County chairman of the Price Daniel for Governor campaign at an area meeting in Amarillo. He returned to Childress and said he would form a committee to aid Daniel’s bid. He praised Daniel's record as Attorney General and U S Senator and urged supporters to contact him to help.
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Sam Privitt
Childress
Price Daniel
Amarillo
Privitt
Senator Daniel
United States
Rock slide at Niagara plant kills one worker
Niagara Falls NY a massive rock slide from the lower gorge hit the Schoellkopf hydroelectric plant tearing away a wall and burying one worker. Thirty nine others escaped as boulders crashed into the building along the American shore. The missing man was identified as Richard Draper of Lewiston.
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Niagara Gorge
Schoellkopf Hydroelectric Company
Richard Draper
Lewiston
None Injured In Two Car Crashes
Two auto accidents reported by the Police Department with no injuries. One crash near 8th Street No and 287 involved Charles Sloan of Estelline and R M Teakell of General Delivery Childress. Teakell cited for no operator license and failure to yield. A second wreck at 7th Street No and 287 injured no one but caused considerable damage. Crews Bell and Paul Wright were the drivers in the eastbound and turning collision.
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Charles Sloan
Estelline
R. M. Teakell
General Delivery
Childress
Teakell
7Th Street No
Crews Bell
Paul Wright
Truck Driver Gets Ticket In Accident
An Arkansas truck driver Harley Gibbs received a ticket for lacking turn signals after a two vehicle crash on Highway 287 two miles east of Kirkland. A car driven by an Amarillo man was damaged. a woman passenger sustained a minor injury not needing medical care.
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Harley Gibbs
Kirkland
Gibbs
Amarillo
Beard Resigns as Irving School Superintendent
Dr. John Beard, Irving school chief at issue in a 210-teacher strike, will voluntarily step down before Sept 1. His resignation becomes effective when a successor is hired.
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Irving
John Beard
Beard
Wheat Harvest Nears Completion in Childress County
County Agent Bill Moore reported wheat harvest about 70 percent finished in Childress County. A survey projects over 80 train carloads of grain, with 32 cars already shipped by Fort Worth and Denver and 25 stored in Kirkland and Childress. Of the 32, 12 came from Childress and 20 from Kirkland. Moore urged farmers to spray now to control shrimp and fleahoppers in irrigated cotton.
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Childress County
Bill Moore
Fort Worth
Denver
Kirkland
Childress
Moore
Tito Wraps Up Two Day Visit To Leningrad
Yugoslav President Tito ends a two day visit in Leningrad with tours of Peter the Greats Palace and the Hermitage, followed by a farewell dinner hosted by the Leningrad City Soviet. He will travel by special train to Moscow en route to other Soviet provinces.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
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Czar
Nicholas
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hermitage Museum
Negro Executed for Slaying of Young Airman
In Huntsville a former Army sergeant named Marion A. Washington was executed in the electric chair for the 1955 slaying of Airman Henry Poole near Waco. Poole, 23, died after a confrontation in a parked car as Washington took money and valuables and ordered Poole’s fiancée to strip. Washington, 28, spoke no final statement beyond May God bless you all. He was pronounced dead at 12 06 a.m.
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Marion A. Washington
Waco
Huntsville Penitentiary
Washington
Henry Poole
Spartanburg
Poole
Bryan Air Force Base
Dorothy Papendorf
Papendorf
Theft of Twelve Baseballs Reported by Police
Chief Roy Hassell announced the theft of 12 baseballs from a Little League storage house. A broken hasp indicates entry Wednesday night, and no trace of the balls has been found.
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Roy Hassell
American bullfighter gets six year term for insulting Spain
In Madrid judge sentences Harry Whitney of Austin Texas to six years and one day in prison plus loss of all rights in Spain for insulting the Spanish nation after a traffic incident on Grand Via. Whitney plans to appeal and seeks embassy help after the announcement.
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Madrid
Harry Whitney
Austin
Tex
Whitney
Grand Via
Intiff
Texas
United States
Violent Weather Expected For Plains Area After Tornadoes
Scattered thunderstorms were forecast for the Texas Panhandle and South Plains after a storm system killed one man and injured another. Tornado funnels touched ground near Prairie View, 12 miles northeast of Plainview, with little damage reported. Lightning killed B. O. Jones, 47, near Tulsa injuring his son Calvin, 16. Rain totals included Dalhart 0.21 inches and Amarillo and Wink 0.605 inches.
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South Plains
Prairie View Community
Plainview
Panhandle
New Mexico
B. O. Jones
Tulsa
Kel
Vin
Prairie View
Air Force Pushes for Unified Armed Forces
Air Force chief Gen Nathan F Twining urges unification of Army Navy Marine and Air Force. Speaking at the National War College he backs a single staff and merged services as a path to stronger national defense. Democrats including Sen Stuart Symington add their support while debate over separate service roles intensifies.
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Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Nathan F. Twining
National War College
Twining
Air
Thomas K. Finletter
America
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Henry M. Jackson
D- Wash
iSen. Stuart
Symington
DMO
Truman
Mexico
Pentagon
Amer
Administration Abandons Bid to Restore Foreign Aid
Administration leaders halted efforts to restore $1 billion cut from Eisenhower’s foreign military aid in the House and shift focus to persuading the Senate that more funding is needed beyond the House’s $2 billion. The $4.9 billion overall program faced further cuts, including $100 million in economic aid, with amendments proposing cutoffs to Tito, India, and Egypt and a re-evaluation panel. Chairman James P. Richards backed the administration as the House rejected restoring $600 million of the cut in a 192 to 112 vote.
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House
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Marshal Tito
India
Egypt
Senate
Kelly
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Calls For More Cuts In US Foreign Aid
Washington House members push for deeper cuts to President Eisenhower's foreign aid package. A bipartisan effort to restore 600 million of 1 billion in military aid failed 192 to 112 as the committee trims 100 million from economic aid. Final passage expected Monday.
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