De Gaulle summons supporters to quiet Algerian resistance
Paris UPI Gen Charles de Gaulle summoned leaders on the All Algeria Public Safety Committee to Paris to press allies and curb resistance to his regime. He rebuked Salan and considered recalling Soustelle and Nauwirth as tensions rise between paratroop generals and Gaullist factions in Algeria.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
All-Algeria Public Safety Committee
de Gaule
Diehard
Algeria
National Assembly
Raoul Salan
Salan
Soustelle
Jacques Soustelle
Soustell
de Gaulle-Soustelle
Public Safety Committees
de Gaulle
Nauwirth
Lucien Nauwirth
France
Three Die As Jet Crashes Into Farm Home
A flaming T33 jet crashed into the Harmon farm home near Ponca City Oklahoma killing Mrs Cora Harmon 68 and the two pilots. Air Force officials identified the pilots as 1st Lt Robert E Irons 25 of Westbury NY and 2nd Lt Christ Poulos 22 of Grand Island NY. The aircraft were returning to Vance AFB from Scott AFB Illinois amid a thunderstorm. A local minister witnessed a ball of fire from a car radio and noted the plane headed northwest damaging the home and killing Mrs Harmon instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
UPI
Dick Harmon
Harmon
Cora
Air Force
Robert E. Irons
Westbry
N. Y
Christ Poulos
Grand Island
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Vance
Scott Afb
Belleville
Ill
Secret Letter From Eisenhower Awaits Kubitschek Reply
US Assistant Secretary of State Roy R. Rubottom flies home from Brazil carrying a secret letter for President Eisenhower from Juscelino Kubitschek. Rubottom met Brazilian officials and businessmen in Rio de Janeiro during a brief visit and delivered Eisenhower’s approval of a proposed Inter American Conference to address economic issues. Foreign Minister Jose Machado Soares indicated a Buenos Aires conference could be revived, noting the prior conference ended prematurely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paula
Brazil
UPI
Roy R. Rubottom
Eisenhower
Juscelino Kubitschek
Rubottom
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
U. S
Kubitschek
Tornadoes and floods sweep Midwest nations
Tornadoes, floods threaten the Midwest as several states report damaged homes and crops. In Wichita Kansas a twister injures a person and damages two blocks. Indiana endures record flood levels with the Wabash cresting and Marion inundated. Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas face heavy rain and flash floods while regional rivers rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Midwest
Indiana
Wichita
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Panhandle
Gering-Fort Laramie
Kan
Hoosiers
Illinois
Marion
Ind
Wabash
Pear
Indianapolis
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Olpe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Eagle Creek
Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Virginia
High Winds Hit Texas Panhandle With Tornado Warnings
Severe weather moved across the Texas Panhandle and West Texas on Wednesday night as moist tropical air entered the region. Reports of two unconfirmed tornadoes lacked ground contact and damage was minor. Authorities investigated a possible tornado north of Tahoka and found no twister near Estelline.
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United Press International
Panhandle
West Texas
East Texas
Tahoka
Lynn County
Department of Public Safety
Estelline
Hall County
Enid
Okla
Abilene
Presidio
Texas
Dalhart
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Seven Firms To Sell Pioneer Merchandise
Promotional items for the 70th Anniversary Celebration to be held in July went on sale in Childress businesses today. Items may be purchased at Mac's Food Market Montgomery Ward Robertson-Eubank Drug Childress Office Supply Lois' Shop White's Inc. and B&J Drug. At a retailers meeting the committee chose not to sponsor a committee float but to promote individual merchant floats for a larger parade.
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Childress
Mac’s Food Market
Montgomery Ward
Robertson -Eubank Drug
Childress Office Supply
Lois’ Shop
White's Inc
B&j Drug
Japanese Government Restored as Kishi Is Re-elected
In Tokyo the Liberal Democratic majority in parliament re elected pro Western Premier Nobusuke Kishi ending a three day lapse during which Japan theoretically had no government. The move was largely a formality as he led the majority and faced delayed re affirmation due to wrangling over committee chairs.
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Tokyo
UPI
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Kishi
Kansas Girl Wins National Bee Today
Jolitta Schlehuber, 14, of MacPherson Kansas, won the National Spelling Bee and a $1000 prize by correctly spelling syllopsis a summary of bringing together. Runner up Terry Madeira 13 of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania earned $500 after misfiring on propyleum in the 28th round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Terry
Potter County Farmers Wage Hopper War
Potter County farmers voted to fund their own grasshopper control spraying along rural roadways and fence rows at 2.10 per mile after Eisenhower declined disaster declarations for Colorado and Kansas. Sixteen farmers registered to spray ditches and fence rows with Aldrin and heptachlor near Bushland, Amarillo, with aerial options under a federal program covering one third of costs. Texas Agricultural Department had already sprayed state road ditches to build a barrier as infestations reach 500 to 600 hoppers per square yard. contracts for ranch land spraying across Dallam Sherman Hartley counties were expected today for up to 500,000 acres.*
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
UPI
Potter County
Eisenhower
Colorado
Kansas
Aldrin
Hepachlor
Gene Southall
Texas Agricultural Department
Dallam
Sherman
Hartley
Brief West Texas storm damages power lines and trees
A brief storm swept through Childress and surrounding areas with Wind gusts up to 55 mph and heavy dust. Temperatures plummeted from 102 to 75 in one hour. Wind and dust limited moisture to .10 inch in most areas while Mrs. Floyd Biddy reported .50 inch at High Point. Power and telephone lines suffered considerable damage with three West Texas Utilities crews working to repair lines.
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CAA
Childress
Floyd Biddy
High Point
Burlington
Pilot in Urgent Flight Pursuit Fleeing Toward New Orleans
A Texas airman, Airman 3C Don Keaton of Dallas, fled after threatening to suicide during a Gulfport Mississippi takeoff at 8 15 a m. Civil aviation authorities warned airports across the state to watch for his light plane. The craft landed at Alexandria for fuel about 10 30 a m before resuming the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Texas
Civil Aeronautics
Don Keaton
Dallas
Keaton
Gulfport
Miss
Alexandria
Not Too Late to Sign Up Pony Grads
Bobby Reynolds of Kid's Inc. announces it is not too late for any boy to join Pony Grads and be assured of playing. Pony Grad assignments and coaches will be announced in Sunday's Index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Reynolds
Kid's Inc
Pony Grads
Senate Finance Panel Approves Tax Extension Bill
The Senate Finance Committee backed a House passed bill to extend present corporate and excise taxes for one year. It defeats a six billion dollar tax cut proposed by Sen. Paul H. Douglas. Lyndon B. Johnson warns taxes will drop June 30 if not enacted. The measure moves to the Senate after the labor bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Senate Finance Committee
House
Paul H. Douglas
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Watchdog Group Arrives In Lebanon Amid Near Civil War
In Lebanon loyal forces battle rebels as artillery, tanks, and jets hit Tripoli and Chouf Mountains. A military observer mission from Jerusalem arrives to form a UN Watchdog commission to curb arms and fighters flowing from Egypt and Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Beirut
Jerusalem
Egypt
Syria
Mobs clash in Nicosia as tensions flare in Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot mobs storm the Turkish sector demanding the release of youths arrested for looting Greek stores. British troops use fixed bayonets to push back protesters at central police HQs. A Greek church burned by arsonists earlier was rekindled as security forces impose curfews and barbed wire barriers amid reports of arrests of Turkish special constables and unconfirmed submarine activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
Northern Cyprus
Summit Meeting May Be Delayed Until Fall
Diplomatic talks in Moscow between Western envoys and Andrei Gromyko pace slowly toward a possible East‑West foreign ministers conference in Geneva in September. If talks progress, a summit conference could still be arranged for late this year, depending on negotiations. Gromyko insists on one‑on‑one ambassador meetings, slowing the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Moscow
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Merchants Plan Own Floats for Old Settlers Parade
At a 10 am CofC meeting the Retail Merchants Committee decided each business or pair of merchants should prepare a parade float for the Old Settlers celebration in July. The 70th anniversary event will feature novelty souvenirs shown by Bull Thompson. Local merchants began selling hats, bonnets, ties, canes, buttons and printed hat bands with a full list of participating merchants to be published as names are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Committee
Cofc
Bull Thompson
Spies Not Found In Fake Passport Ring
U S authorities probe fake passport ring cracked by American Italian French and Dutch forces. Ring based in Palermo Italy altered U S passports for illegal entry. One purchaser paid about 1 280 dollars in lira. Three arrested in Europe eight in the United States. State Department says no spies yet confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Europe
United States
Spinach Diet Doubles Egg Laying for Hens in Fareham
In Fareham Hampshire Mrs. Annie Dale fed spinach to Rosie the Rhode Island Sussex hen, boosting Rosie from one egg a week to daily double yolk eggs. Egg production from her other hens also doubled after the diet change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fareham
Hampshire
England
Rosie
Annie Dale
Mrs. Dale
Pomp Marks British Observance of Queen's Official Birthday
London observers witnessed a royal birthday parade as Queen Elizabeth rode with the Scots Guards at Horse Guards. Jet fighters dazzled over Buckingham Palace while about 300000 spectators, including U S Air Force General Lauris Norstad, watched the ceremonial guards and parade. The official birthday is celebrated in June for reliable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Horse Guards
Scots Guards
Buckingham Palace
Whitehall
U. S. Air
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Britain
Prince Philip
Reds call Dulles claim on helicopter kidnaped
East German Communist press labeled John Foster Dulles' remark about kidnapping nine U S troops from an American Army helicopter as misrepresentation. Neues Deutschland argued a forced landing cannot be called kidnapping. Nine men eight officers and a sergeant from the 3rd Armored Division remain in East German custody as Washington weighs possible negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPI
Ise Sue
John Foster Dulles
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Washington
U. S
East Germany
Prague
County Wheat Today Shifts Spotlight to Childress Route
Report notes 114 cars shipped by 8 a.m. with weather damage affecting Kirkland area. Unclear details indicate ongoing county wheat transport updates and weather impact on shipments.
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Arthur L. Higbee
Texas Panhandle
Senate Group
el Dorado
NEA Telephoto
Senate House
John F. Kennedy
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Kennedy
D-Mass
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
White House
House Armed Services Committee
Commission
Russia
Security Council
Tripoli
Chouf
Halba
Lincoln White
Dulles
Wkat
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