Capital Moves Toward Ending Segregation
Washington aims to fully integrate its public schools within 15 months after the Supreme Court ruling. The District of Columbia must unify 165 schools serving 57,716 Black and 43,100 white students with 3,583 teachers, 1,895 Black and 1,693 white. The plan, urged by Hobart Corning, seeks a model unification for the nation as President Eisenhower endorses gradual, orderly change.
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Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Eisenhower
Board of Education
Hobart M. Corning
Corning
West Texas to See More Showers and Thunderstorms
Forecasters predicted additional showers and thunderstorms for Monday afternoon and night across West Texas. Northwest North Central Texas and coastal areas were also in the outlook. Rain totals in West Texas included Marfa 0.57, Amarillo 0.56, Dalhart 0.38, Lubbock 0.29, Midland 1.4, Wink 0.09 inches, with Guymon 0.54 in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Overnight lows ranged from 59 in Dalhart to 81 in Corpus Christi, with several Texas cities in the 60s and 70s. Temperatures were not expected to vary much over the next two days.
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West Texas
Texas
Marfa
Amarillo
Dalhart
Lubbock
Midland
Wink
Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Lufkin
Waco
Houston
Presidio and
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
San Angelo
Austin
Dallas
San Antonio
Abilene
Wichita Falls
del Rio
Texarkana
Laredo
Brownsville
Oil Test Starts In Kirkland Area
The oil test in Section 412 southeast of Kirkland begins drilling for surface pipe set to 350 feet. McBride Drilling Company of Nocona starts the hole for Admore Drilling Company of Wichita Falls to drill to about 6500 feet for oil or gas. Rig and derrick to be moved within two days.
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Kirkland
McBride Drilling Company
Nocona
Admore Drilling Company
Wichita Falls
Carr Testifies Stevens Proposed Schine Observer and Navy Probe
Francis P. Carr testified that Army Secretary Stevens proposed using Pvt. G David Schine as his personal observer in Army intelligence schools on Oct 2 and suggested McCarthy forget the Army and investigate the Air Force and Navy on Nov 6. He described a conference at Stevens office Oct 2 with Roy M Cohn. Carr said Schine was not given a special assignment after being drafted on Nov 3.
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Washington
Francis P. Carr
Army
Robert T. Stephens
Pvt. G. David Schine
Carr
Stevens
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Air Force
Navy
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Midwest
Chunky Carr
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy Subcommittee
Schine
Cohn
Subcommittee
Texas Democratic Committee May Shelve State Chairman
Members of the State Democratic Executive committee met in Austin amid opposition rumors to shelve Wright Morrow the controversial national Democratic committeeman from Texas. Byron Skelton said Gov Allan Shivers had given the green light to replacing Morrow while noting Shivers seeks national favor for a third term.
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Austin
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Wright Morrow
National Democratic
Texas
Byron Skelton
Temple
Allan Shivers
Houston
Skelton
Morrow
Shivers
Texas Democratic Advisory Council
National Committee
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Executive Committee
Washington
State Committee
Texan Takes Over Control of NY Central Railroad
Texas financier Robert R. Young formally takes over the New York Central railroad in a proxy battle ending William White's control. Board of 13 men plus one woman meets at the Chrysler Building and plans to appoint Alfred F. Perlman as president.
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Texan
NY Central Railroad
New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
William White
White
Albany
N. Y
Young
Chrysler
Manhattan
Park Ave
New York Central
Alfred F. Perlman
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Perlman
Young Young
Central
Association of American Railroads
Federation For Railway Progress
Dennington Seeks Early Release Date
County Superintendent A. O. Dennington asked the Commissioners Court to retire by August 1 to take a new job in Kirkland. He offered to stay through September 1 if needed. The court planned to act by next court day and appoint the July Democratic primary winner. Four northeast Arlie farmers pressed for a ruling on water diversion in their area.
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A. O. Dennington
Commissioners Court
Dennington
Kirkland School
Arlie
J. A. Wyrick
L. 8. Owens
Pete Nipper
John W. Sherman
Page Siz
Little Drops Final Match In Tourney
Audie Little of Childress lost 9 and 8 to Billy Holmes in the Green Belt Golf finals at Shamrock. Holmes shot three under par to win the crown. Iley Compton, also from Childress, won the first flight title by beating Kyle Hall of Shamrock 2 and 1. Several other Childress golfers competed.
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Audie Little
Childress
Billy Holmes
Shamrock
Holmes
Iley Compton
Kyle Hall
Quick Peace Advocate To Form Cabinet In France
Pierre Mendes France, a proponent of rapid peace in Indo China, agreed to attempt forming France’s 20th postwar government. He seeks assembly backing after Laniel’s no confidence vote and faces a divided National Assembly and wary observers.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
Joseph Laniel
Rene Coty
National Assembly
Laniel
France
Mendes
Assembly
Conservation Meeting Slated to Address Southwest Drought
Amarillo hosts a regional soil conservation meeting Wednesday with leaders from Kansas Texas Colorado Oklahoma and New Mexico. Gov Allan Shivers and assistant Secretary Ross Rizley will attend. session focuses on water storage mulching cover crops and long term drought solutions amid continuing shortages in parts of New Mexico and Colorado.
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Amarillo
Southwest
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Great Southwest
Allan Shivers
Ross Rizley
Shivers
Molotov hints at compromise in Indo China talks
In Geneva on June 14 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov suggested a possible minor concession to allow majority rule on international oversight of reinforcements after a cease fire, while preserving unanimous decisions on core peace terms. He urged the international control commission include Poland Czechoslovakia India and Pakistan. The Western powers pressed for common ground as France faced a cabinet crisis and a new effort was agreed upon.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Molotov
Indo-China
International Control Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Pakistan
Indo-Cuna
France
United States
Britain
Arms Bound for Guatemala Intercepted in Hamburg
Six tons of 20 millimeter anti air craft shells bound for Guatemala were seized by West German customs guards in Hamburg late May and returned to Switzerland. Authorities said the shipment violated port rules and suspected origins behind the Iron Curtain. The incident followed a May 15 arms delivery to Guatemala from behind the Iron Curtain, raising U S concern over Central American politics.
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Hamburg
Germany
Guatemala
Switzerland
North Sea
Puerto Barrios
Czechoslovakia
Stettin
Poland
Alfhem
Washington
United States
State Dept urges aid hold until Europe defense pact ratified
Assistant Secretary of State Livingston Merchant urged Congress to withhold foreign aid from France and Italy unless they ratify the European Defense Community treaty. He said French ratification was likely despite the Laniel government collapse and endorsed continuing U S aid to Europe with a proposed 3.5 billion dollar aid program for 1955, noting a shift to cut off aid for non ratifiers.
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Washington
State Department
France
Italy
European Defense Community
Livingston Merchant
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laniel
Merchant
U. S
Europe
FCC
Belgium
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Alfred Gruenther
Russia
Gruenther
Siz
Trade Group Accuses Brownell of Intensifying Wetback Woes
Washington reports a U S Mexican trade union committee accuses Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. of worsening wetback problems by aligning with Southwest growers who back Nixon and Knowland. The group, including AFL CIO and others, says border recruitment draws poverty stricken Mexicans and undermines interior recruitment plans.
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Trade Group
Brownell
Washington
Herbert Brownell Jr
U.S
Southwest
Allan Shivers
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
William P. Knowland
AFL, Cio
United Mine Workers and Railway Labor Executives Association
Inerior
Mexico
One Person Injured In Auto Accident West of Childress
Mrs. Helen H. Leforce of Corpus Christi was hospitalized here after an auto crash west of Childress. Driving a 1953 Buick eastbound she bore into a tree while pulling off the highway. She sustained a cut above the right eye and a severe bruise on the right arm and was expected to be dismissed later today.
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Helen H. Leforce
Corpus Christi
Childress
Funeral Rites For Elizabeth Denny Mother Of Carl Denny
Funeral services were held at 2 p m in Memphis Presbyterian Church for Mrs Elizabeth Denny 88 who died yesterday in Odom Clinic Hospital Interment in Fairview cemetery Memphis Spicer Funeral Home in charge Survivors include son Carl Denny of Childress and daughter Mrs Gladys Power of Memphis plus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Memphis Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Denny
Odom Clinic Hospital
Carl Denny
Childress
Burr Morris
Fairview
Memphis
Spicer Funeral Home
B. Fr
Gram) Denny
Denny
New Milford
Conn
Leonard
Tex
Benjamin Franklin Denny
Presbyterian Church
Dennys
Courtney Denny
Gladys Power
Ora Denny
Mamie van Pelt
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Louisiana
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Mundt
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
J. Cohn
Chicago
John G. Adams
Texas Democratic Committee
National
Stephen A. Mitchell
Little Drops
Tourney
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Main
Field Streets
Southwestern Bell
Bryan and Skel
Dallas-Houston
Corsicana
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