Governors candidates clash at Hearne alfalfa festival
Two gubernatorial hopefuls near a fist fight on stage at Hearne high school drew sharp, contrasting versions of the incident. Haley called Yarborough a liar prompting a near confrontation. A lawyer separated them as others criticized the exchange.
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Thomas Maccabe
United Press
Hearne High School
Hearne
J.tercation
Evette Haley
Ralph Yarborough
Bryan Russ
Ted Rickenbacker
The
Hearne Democrat
Haley
Yarbrough
Yarborough
Price Daniel
Washington
Former Truman Aides Appeal Convictions
Attorneys for T Lamar Caudley and Matthew J Connelly say they will seek a new trial and a judgement of acquittal after a federal jury found them guilty of conspiring to fix a tax evasion case involving St Louis shoe broker Irving Sachs. Sentencing and acquittal motions are set for July 19. Schwimmer may be retried once healthy.
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ST. Louis
T. Lamar Caudley
Matthew J. Connelly
Truman
Caudle
Justice Department
Conelly
White House
Harry S Schwimmer
Irving Sachs
Schwimmer
Rubey M. Hulen
Hulen
T. Lamar Caudle
Arizona Timber Fire Devastates 14000 Acres Near Winslow
High winds up to 25 miles per hour fueled Arizona's worst forest fire of the year, scorching about 14 000 acres of timber 40 miles south of Winslow. Losses estimated at at least one million dollars with 1 000 responders including 400 Indians battling flames. Fire spread along a 10 mile front as gusts intensified to 25 mph early morning and later to 40 50 mph Thursday. The US Forest Service at Holebrook suspects a man caused origin likely a camper. Firefighting support from California and elsewhere arrived to aid the relief effort.
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Ariz
Arizona
Here
US Forest Service
Holebrook
California
President Eisenhower to Meet Nixon in Hospital Conference
President Eisenhower will hold a hospital room conference with Vice President Nixon next Monday the first since illness. He will also meet Secretary of State Dulles. The president signed nine bills during a 15 minute session and accepted the resignation of Education Commissioner Samuel M. Brownell for personal reasons.
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Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John Foster Dules
Adenauer
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
White House
James C. Hagerty
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Samuel M. Brownell
Brownell
Petition Drive Aims To Call Liquor Election In Childress County
County Clerk Mark Graham is asked to secure 50 more petitions by July 1 to support signatures for a vote on liquor sales in Childress County. The June 30 Commissioners Court will hear if recent signatures are valid after the attorney general’s opinion and county attorney Reynolds questions the age witness rule. Leaders insist the move is to let the people decide, despite長years of liquor issues.
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Childress County
Mark Graham
Graham
Commissioners Court
Attorney General of
Texas
Charles Reynolds
Reynolds
Leonard King
Southerners In Congress Oppose Walkout Plan
Southern lawmakers react with skepticism to a South Carolina proposal for a southern caucus to unite action on racial issues and to keep doors open for reconvening delegates after the national convention. Timmerman and Wofford deny plans for a third party while aiming to boost regional influence. Some lawmakers warn the move could widen party rifts.
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Washington
Congress
South Carolina
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South
Timmerman
Sen
Thomas A. Wofford
D - SC
W. Kerr Scott
Wofford
Pryor Named Head of Masonic Lodge In Childress
Warren Pryor was named Wor shipful Master to head Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695 at the annual election meeting held last night. Other officers named were Chester Bennett Senior Warden John Ballew Junior Warden Willard Williams Treasurer H F E Wright Secretary Earl D Swain Tiler H W Thaten named to the building committee.
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Warren Pryor
Childress Masonic Lodge No
Chester Bennett
John Ballew
Williard Williams
H. F E. Wright
Earl D. Swain
H. W. Thaten
Cool Fronts Give Little Heat Relief
A cold air push dented a seven day heat wave but the nation’s eastern two thirds would still suffer. New England Great Lakes upper Mississippi Valley see some relief while 90s and 100s persist from the Great Plains to the East Coast. Record highs include 94 Detroit 96 New York 91 Hartford and 100 Lakehurst as New Yorkers face a major subway strike in 30 years. Continued on page six.
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Rocky Mountains
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Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
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Colorado
Great Plains
East Coast
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New York
Hartford
Conn
Lakehurst
Arab world urged to force Israel recognition of reality
Dr. Fayez Sayegh, deputy director of the Arab states delegation in New York, told the Commonwealth Club of California that peace requires Israel acknowledge the Arab world’s permanence. He accused Israel of violating armistice terms, occupying far more land, expelling Arabs, blocking Jerusalem internationalization, and enforcing discrimination against remaining Arabs.
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San Francisco
Fayez Sayegh
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Jerusalem
Negro Fined 250 Dollars On Liquor Charge
George Owens of Childress pleaded guilty in county court to illegal possession of liquor for sale and was fined 250 dollars. He remains in county jail for nonpayment. Owens was arrested Thursday with seven pints of whiskey at the Night Owl Cafe in northeast Childress.
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George Owens
Childress
Gaylon B. Smith
Owens
Smith
Night Owl
County Seeks Opinion on Signatures of Older Voters
County Attorney Charles Reynolds seeks a legal ruling from the Attorney General on whether signatures from voters over 60 on liquor petitions may be sworn before a county clerk commissioners court or notary. The county plans to meet June 30 for the opinion. if legal, an election will be called.
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Charles Reynolds
Attorney General’s Department
Commissioners Court
Reynolds
Storm Lashes South Texas With High Winds and Rain
South Texas rocked by thunderstorms and winds up to 80 mph as Galveston faced a squall that blasted 1.40 inches of rain, knocked out power to a polio ward, and damaged a chicken house. The storm spread northward toward Wichita Falls and Texarkana with predicted showers across the state.
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Texas
State
West Texas
Houston
Wolff Memorial Home
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Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Mineral Wells
Labor agitators arrested amid Argentine disorder
In Buenos Aires a government crackdown detained scores of labor agitators tied to violent protests in La Plata. Vigilantes raided the Haitian ambassador’s residence, while authorities returned a rebel leader, as Peronist factions clash and four people die with twenty wounded in the La Plata fighting.
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Buenos Atres
Argentina
la Plata
Buenos Aires
Raul ‘Tanco
Joan Brierre
Latin America
Bio
Eva Peron
Swift and Armour
Juan D. Peron
Confederation of Labor
Union Rejects Offer By Steel Industry Big Three
The United Steelworkers reject a contract offer from US Steel Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel calling it too small and late. David J. McDonald says the proposed five cent hourly raise fails to meet demands while industry sources expect a negotiated deal before a June 30 strike deadline.
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Steel Industry
Big
New York
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
US Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Harriman Seeks West for Presidential Votes Tour
New York governor Averell Harriman flies west with supporters from western states gathering in Denver to organize a regional forerunner to a national convention committee. Harriman plans a brief stop to address a lunch before returning to New York.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Denver
Elar- Timan
Yarborough Speaks Here Wednesday Campaign Swing
Ralph Yarborough candidate for Texas governor will campaign in Childress Wednesday speaking at 2:00 p.m. at Main Street and Avenue NW He will then speak in Vernon Chillicothe Quanah and Wellington with times ranging from morning to afternoon The night stop is Memphis at 7:30 p.m.
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Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Childress
Austin
Tolay
Main Street
Avenue
Yarborough
Vernon
Chillicothe
Quanih
Wellington
Memphis
Jailed on Check Charge in Childress Man
Alton Ward of Childress is jailed on a felony check count with a $1,500 bond set by Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith. Ward pleaded not guilty in Justice Court and has not yet made bond.
Sam Privitt Named Co-Chairman for Price Daniel Campaign
Sam Privitt was named co chairman of the eastern half of the 30th Senatorial District for Price Daniel for Governor. He is forming a campaign committee in Childress County and urged support to elect Daniel as one of Texas great governors.
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Sam Privitt
Wheat Harvest Nears Finish In Local Area
Grain dealers estimate the crop will reach about 100 train carloads. Today 28 cars left Kirkland and 14 from Childress, with about 56 stored in the two towns, totaling 98 carloads. County agent Bill Moore notes only a few small tracts remain to be cut.
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Childress
Kirkland
Bill Moore
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