Supreme Court Frees 5 Convicted Communists
The Supreme Court freed five of 14 California Communists convicted in 1952 of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow. New trials ordered for the remaining nine as justices debated Smith Act evidence and differing California versus national cases. Several defendants were acquitted, including Henry Steinberg and Rose Chernin Kusnitz.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
John M. Harlan
Tom Clark
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Cient
Henry Steinberg
Los Angeles County
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
New York
Los Angeles
Frank Efraim Spector
al Richmond
Daily People's World
Philip Marshall Connelly
World
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court
Pro Western Candidates Sweep Lebanon Parliament Seats
Beir ut reports indicate Lebanons pro Western government won a second large victory in Sunday elections for 66 seats, amid a deadly feud in Zogharta where 30 people were killed. Government candidates took 19 of 20 seats in the region. The Frayieh and Darweish clan feud sparked the shootings. 18 died in the street and 12 more in hospitals. The opposition acknowledges President Chamouns stance on the Eisenhower Doctrine as prudent.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Zogharta
Camille Chamoun
Syria
Egypt
Dar
Rain-shower forecast extends across Texas today
Scattered thundershowers were predicted for most of Texas with several areas receiving rain in the prior 24 hours. Sunshine and cooler air kept afternoon temperatures under 100 degrees except in Presidio and coastal regions where readings reached the high 80s to 109 in places.
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Texas
Presidio
Laredo
Dalhart
Panhandle
South Texas
Pecos River
Victoria
Weather Bureau
Alpine
San Antonio
Waco
Port Arthur
Corpus Christi
Special Tax Advantage For Retired Couples Attacked
Congress quietly voted to reduce a special tax benefit for retired couples in eight community property states. The change targets California residents who pay less tax than Florida counterparts. The benefit, created in 1954, applied to retirement income including dividends, interest, rents, pensions, and Social Security. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the reduction, final action pending. Riots over policy not mentioned.
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Washington
Congressional
Florida
California
Louisiana
Arizona
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
House
Ways & Means
Congress
Heat Wave Sweeps Eastern U S After Deadly Weekend Storms
United Press reports a major heat wave strikes the eastern United States following record rains and deadly storms in St. Louis and surrounding Midwest areas. At least 20 deaths from floods and boating accidents, with 11 in New England and multiple drownings across Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Illinois New Jersey.
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St. Louis
Midwest
New England
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ilinois
New Jersey
Scranton
Acceptance of Atomic Peace Plan Is Urged
Senator Mike Mansfield urged quick Senate approval of Eisenhower's atoms-for-peace plan and pushed for a summit with Russia to limit nuclear tests. He favored peaceful atomic use while seeking multilateral curbs on bombs over one million tons of TNT and proposed exposing disarmament ideas to the Russian people through media outreach.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Eisenhower
Russia
Montana
United Nations
Mansfield
Fisenhower
France
Great Britain
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
U. S
Galveston Chief Declares Club Shutdown Tight
Galveston Texas police chief O E Gene Henson said all clubs in the city are closed down tight after raids this week. Officers found 25 sailors at Shipmate's Club for a private party and ordered them to clear out. Club owner Charles J Rowley was arrested in a raid last Wednesday. A Saturday raid on a suspected house of prostitution led to five women's second arrest of the week. they posted bonds on vagrancy charges and face further action.
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Galveston
Tex
O. E
Gene) Henson
Henson
Charles J. Rowley
Modern-Day Pilgrims Of Mayflower II Reaping Dollar Harvest In New World
A modern Pilgrims of Mayflower II voyage to Plymouth, Mass gathers Yankee dollars. The 92 foot replica earned currency from the voyage, with 43000 spectators paying to view re-enactments and an estimated 100000 weekend crowd. Massachusetts allocated 50000 for the official greeting as 92 treasure chests worth 200000 were prepared for shipment.
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New World
Plymouth
Mass
England
Massachusetts
Western Powers Press Russia For Details On Latest Plans
Western powers pressed Russia for details of a proposed two to three year nuclear test suspension. Western observers would monitor from Soviet soil to ensure compliance while Britain and France weigh demands for a halt in production of bomb ingredients. Prominent Labour figures urged accepting the plan to test the Kremlin’s bluff.
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Russia
London
Hugh Gaittskell
Aneurin Bevan
Kremlin
U. S. State Department
Julius C. Holmes
Harold E. Stassen
V A. Zorin
Zorin
United States
Britain
France
Gaitskell
Floodwaters Inundate Ellis Kansas as Creeks Spill
Four to six feet of floodwater inundated Ellis Kansas isolating the town except for emergency radio use. National guardsmen and volunteers reinforce dikes along Big Creek while residents are evacuated. Hays and Liberal report tornado and flood impacts with disrupted highways and utilities. Weather office notes up to five inches of rain in north central Kansas.
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Ellis
Kan
Hays
Bia Creek
Police Department
Twn
Big Creek
Richard Garrett
Topeka Weather Bureau
Kansas
Canimrdth
Meuse
Israel Says Egypt Planning Sub Warfare
Israeli officials accuse Egypt of planning submarine warfare against ships bound for the Gulf of Aqaba. A Jerusalem dispatch claims Russia provided three submarines to Egypt and they would operate against Israeli and other ships in Red Sea approaches to Aqaba. The Egypt Jordan rift deepens as Amman orders its Cairo embassy closed amid retaliatory moves.
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United Press
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Jerusalem
Red Sea
Feypt
Amman
Jordan
Cairo
X Ray Clinic To Open Tuesday In Childress County
The two day tree chest X ray clinic will open at 8:30 a m Tuesday and run to 5 30 p m with the same hours Wednesday. Chairman Vernon E Fubank urges citizens to attend for health information. No disrobing required. if x rays show anything questionable the person will be mailed a notice to consult a physician. Site is the old Goodyear building at 235 Main Street.
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Childress County
Vernon E. Fubank
Goodyear
Main Street
US Lawyer In Japan Says Gi Can't Get Fair Trial
Raymond N Bushell, first American admitted to the Japan Bar, says US Army specialist William S. Girard cannot get a fair trial in a Japanese court. He calls Japanese justice a joke and contrasts it with American law, noting prosecutors influence judges and questioning the system in Tokyo.
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Japan
Tokyo
Raymond N Bushell
Japan Bar Assn
U. S. Army
William S. Girard
Bushell
Charles Dickens
Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Camp Weir
20 Year Old Girl Seizes Newton Police Station
In Newton New Jersey Vivian Masters a 20 year old mink rancher and reputed marksman short armed a gun at Patrolman William Knoll and briefly held him at gun point before being disarmed by Officers Anthony Dyda and Clarence Friedland after a false radio signal prompted a rapid response.
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Newton
N. J
Vivian Masters
Miss Masters
William L. Knoll
Knoll
Anthony Dyda
Clarence Friedland
Dyda
Friedland
Charles Young
Young
C N Jones Rites Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for C. N. Jones formerly of Childress were held this afternoon at the First Methodist Church. Pallbearers included James Jones J T Jones Russell Jones Robert Jones Ray Jones Leonard Jones Joe Jones and Felton King. He died Saturday morning in a Denison hospital and had been living in Whitesboro. Burial was to be in the Chil...
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Maude Agnes Rothwell
Childress General Hospital
Tom Rothwell
First Methodist Church
R. H. Knight
Lubbock
Tell
E. E. White
Rollo Davidson
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
W. C. Voyes
Johnny Henley
W. C. Cawthon
Cecil Gardner
Pete Kinney
Johnny Glover
Mmes
Lois Martin
Vivian Jones
Henry Pace
Buster Halford
Jewel Jordan
A. J. Johnson
Rothwell
Cook County
Childress County
C. N. Jones
James Jones
J. T. Jones
Russell Jones
Robert Jones
Ray Jones
Leonard Jones
Joe Jones
Felton King
Jones
Denison
Whitesboro
Haiti Quiet Under Muzzles Of Army Guns
Haiti remained tense and quiet under army tommy guns after a weekend outbreak that left at least 50 dead and 200 wounded. Brig. Gen Antonio Rebreau ousted President Daniel Fignole and aimed to crush opposition. Fignole fled into exile. The crackdown jailed an estimated 500 to 1,000 political prisoners, including a leading partisan of Sen.
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James F. Cunningham
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Antonio Rebreau
Daniel Fignole
Fignole
Sen
Long services held for Mrs Lillie Mae Long in Pampa
Final funeral rites were conducted at Central Baptist Church in Pampa with graveside burial planned at Kirkland Cemetery. Mrs Long died Friday afternoon at a daughter's home in Pampa and was a longtime resident of the area.
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Childress
Lillie Mae Long
Central Baptist Church
Pampa
Kirkland
Long
Kirkland Cemetery
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