Johnson Sees Rough Going For Aid Bill
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson warned the administration's foreign aid bill is in deep trouble in the Senate as the Foreign Relations panel begins work on the measure. He said a substantial majority of 25 Democrats doubt the case for restoring the House cut to 3.8 billion dollars, despite Eisenhower's request for 4.9 billion.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Texas
U. S
Robert W. Sarnoff
National Broadcasting Co
Senate Commerce Committee
Fundamental Opinion Sought On Liquor Election Petitions
Commissioners Court discussed a possible fundamental defect in liquor election petitions for Childress County. County Attorney Reynolds questioned legality without a written AG opinion and called for AG guidance on whether signatures of over aged signers were valid. The court set June 30 to reconvene after receiving the attorney general's determination on affidavits and signatures.
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Childress
Commissioners Court
Charles Reynolds
Attorney General’s Department
Reynolds
Attorney General
Mark Graham
Eisenhower Seeks East German Liberation During Visit
President Eisenhower urged liberation of 17 million Germans under Communist rule in a 10 minute hospital conference with West German Chancellor Adenauer at Walter Reed. Secretary Dulles attended and reported the recovery progress as nearly miraculous in the context of the president’s ongoing operation aftermath.
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Washington
Eisenhower
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
East
West Germany
Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dulles
Adenauer Ane Dulles
Mrs. Eisenhower
State Department
Richard Nixon
Libeth Adenauer Werhahn
Blair House
President Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Senate Demos Demand Data From Chotiner
Democrats press for records on Murray M. Chotiner covering government related legal cases, fees, payment methods, and contacts with officials. Nixon previously voted to compel disclosure of clients in government cases in 1951.
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Washington
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Murray M. Chotiner
Nixon
Congress
Chotiner
William F. Knowland
Calif
Earl Warren
United States
Republican National Committee
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
National Committee
Subcommittee
East Texas Sees Scattered Rain From Gulf Storm
Scattered showers moved across East Texas early today as a fringe effect of the Gulf storm striking the Louisiana Mississippi coast. Texarkana recorded .49 inch, Lufkin .16 and Port Arthur .07. other areas face late today or tonight thundershowers. Cooler today in East Texas with West Texas staying hot and dry.
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United Press
Texas
Louisiana- Mississippi
Arkansas
Texarkana
Lufkin
Port Arthur
West Texas
Storms Fail To Break Up Record-Setting Heat Wave
Storms battered the Gulf Coast and inland but did not halt a six day heat wave. A tugboat May Dee sank off Gulfport with 15 aboard. nine rescued, three more saved from the O J Cenac. A Wisconsin Michigan line hit Rhinelander with 100 mph winds. Cincinnati rain injured six. A lightning fatality occurred in Mt. Pleasant Pennsylvania. Temperatures hit new highs from Chicago to New York City as 90 to 100 degree readings expected.
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Gulf of Mexico
Natchez
Miss
Gulfport
O. J. Cenac
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Rhinelander
Wis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sheraton - Gibson
Elmer H Knof
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Pittsburgh
New York City
US Weather Bureau
Greenbelt Tilt Names 1956 Game Committees
Advisory board selects chairmen for the Greenbelt Bowl duties with W. E. Eubank leading the meeting. A full list of committee heads includes Sarrells Higley Fox Lodge Hargrave Lawrence and Wilcoxson among others. All-star game set for August 17 at Fair Park Stadium with coaches Todd Bryant for the West and Baugh Martin for the East.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Eubank
Eubank
Dalton Sarrells
Morris Higley
Bob Jones
Larry Lawrence
Troy Collins
M. K. Wilcoxson
Paul Havins
Jack Fox
Sarrells
Ellis Lodge
Bert Hargrave
Lawrence
Higley
H. A. Rogers
Bobcat
Eubank, Wilcoxson
Sorrells
Beta Sigma Phi
B&pw Club
Fair Park Stadium
Dick Todd
Bear Bryant
West
Sammy Baugh
Abe Martin
Local 4-H Grass Team Grabs Second at State Meet
Childress County 4-H Grass judging team finished second at the state meet in College Station led by high scorer Earl Willard with 239 points. Team members Irvin Willard Charles Holman and Jackie Davis shared the 663 score. Additional Childress youths Bobby Andrews A J Johnson Cynthia Caradine and Louise Harper join the Round-up at Texas A&M with County Agent Bill Moore and Mrs P V Harper accompanying.
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Childress County
College Station
Earl Willard
Irvin Willard
Charles Holman
Jackie Davis
Childress
Texas A&m College
Bobby Andrews
A. J. Johnson
Cynthia Caradine
Louise Harper
Bill Moore
P. V. Harper
Roming Named District Supervisor For Motor Fuel Tax
Alfred Roming of Amarillo a former resident has been named District Supervisor of the State Comptrollers Department Motor Fuel Tax Division with headquarters at Corpus Christi Roming lived in Childress 14 years and was an investigator for the department Three and a half years ago he was transferred to Amarillo as a district auditor
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Alfred Roming
Amarillo
State Comptrollers Department
Corpus Christi
Roming
Childress
Parr Aide Convicted of Felony Charges in Duval County
Chapa a member of George B. Parr's Duval County political group was found guilty of misappropriating 6500 dollars from the Benavides school district while serving as a trustee. A district court jury set a five year sentence. he plans to appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin.
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Fort Stockton
Chapa
George B. Parr
Duval County
Wednesday
Duval
Parr
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Benavides
State Penitentiary
Houston
Percy Forman
R. L. Adame
Adame
Texas
Man Plunges To Death In Plane Mishap
Oren Ase Pruitt 38 of Charlotte died after opening the wrong door aboard a Piedmont Airlines flight near Zion Church six miles from Shelby North Carolina. The bride, newlywed the day before, said her husband tried a door seeking a restroom and fell 6,500 feet to the ground. The funeral church caretaker and sheriff reported a whistling sound and a visible explosion on impact. The accident marked Piedmont's first fatalities since the airline's 1948 launch.
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Shelby, NC
Oren Ase Pruitt
Charlotte
Zion Church
Shelby
Pruitt
Luther Haynes
Haynes
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Two Former Truman Officials Found Guilty
Jurors convict White House aide Matthew J Connelly and ex tax division chief T Lamar Caudle of conspiring to shield tax evader Irving Sachs. Trial stretched nine hours five minutes. sentencing set for July 19. Caudle posts new bail after bondsman’s death, with Maj. Gen Ralph Truman observing.
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Rubey M. Hulen
Matthew J Connelly
White House
Truman
T. Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Caudle
Connelly
Harry Schwimmer
Kansas City, Mo
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Bond
Nelly
Ralph Truman
Caulde
Hulen
Election of officers for Childress Masonic Lodge No 695
The Childress Masonic Lodge No 695 schedules officer elections for 8 o'clock Thursday night. Marvin Weir is now serving as Worshipful Master.
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Childress
Masonic Lodge No. 695
Marvin Weir
Adlai Stevenson's Path to Nomination Faces Truman Test
A Southern Democrat notes Adlai Stevenson now faces Harry Truman as his major hurdle in the 1952 bid. Truman’s fall into neutrality may still shift support to Harriman, who has displaced Kefauver as Stevenson’s chief rival after the California primary.
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Harry Truman
Washington
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Estes Kefauver
Averell Tarkiman
Chicago
Kefauver
California
Truman
Europe
Ilinois
Harriman
New York
Mel Truman
Kefauve
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Calfornia
South
Johnson
Teen-Agers Take Over Capital
Sherry Stewart of Wichita Falls and Danny J. Yeary of Cleburne were named governors at Bluebonnet Girls State and Lone Star Boys State in Austin. Officers include Judy Whitehurst as Lieutenant Governor and Esther Heller as Attorney General. Horace Henson ran for Senate but lost by a few votes.
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Austin
Texas
Sherry Stewart
Wichita Falls
Danny J. Yeary
Cleburne
Bluebonnet Girls State
Lone Star Boys
American Legion
Girls State
Judy Whitehurst
Bellaire
Esther Heller
Victoria
Attiney
Gerald A. Mays
Dallas
Danny C. Baker
Harlingen
Horace Henson
Childress
Boys State
Senate
Longhorn Party
Cox-Farr Post No
Former Resident Holds Lions Office
W. L. Bus Jones, a former Childress resident now living in Clovis New Mexico, has been elected deputy district governor of the Lions Club. He is a nephew of Mrs Homer Paine and a grandson of Mrs D O McRae, both of Childress.
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W. L
Bus) Jones
Childress
Lions Club
Jones
Clovis
Homer Paine
D. O. McRae
Crank Delays Departure of Red Churchmen
A bomb threat forced an eight-member Russian Orthodox delegation and 20 others to disembark at Idlewild Airport after a telephone warning. Heavy security surrounded the group as government agents searched the KLM airliner before a later departure. Metropolitan Nikolai said the threat did not worry the churchmen.
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New York
Europe
KEM
KLM
Suport
Nicolai
Idlewild
Picnic plans heralded by Childress Jaycee Club
The Childress Jaycee Club discussed their Fourth of July fundraising drive to support a local filter plant project. Chairman Bil Adams urged members to intensify efforts, noting city work underway and a hopeful outlook. Frank Ehrle donated popcorn for fundraisers, with Archie Pearce’s Profit Making Committee arranging sales.
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Childress Jaycee Club
Mice
Larry Lawrence
Bil Adams
Adams
Frank Ehrle
Civic Club
Archie Pearce
Lawrence
Joe Mills
Wayland Mitchell
Earl Harwell
J. C. Hill
Kermit
Snooks Benham
Bill Adams
Kenneth Jones
Central Christian Church
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