Texas hit by rain hail and twisters on Sunday
Wide areas from Salt Flat to Lubbock faced thundershowers after a night of tornadoes and storms that damaged a farm home and outbuildings on the South Plains. Rain totals reached up to four inches with heavy cotton hail and several tornado funnels, while towns like Anton and Carlisle reported significant damage and high winds.
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Texas
United Press
Salt Flat
Lubbock
South Plains
Lufkin
Beaumont
Palacios
Whitestar
Matador
South Palms
W. T. Andrews
Andrews
Reds Promise To Show Best At Air Review
London reports Russia will display its latest aircraft at the Moscow aviation show next Sunday. Delegations include US air chief Gen Nathan Twining as part of a large American group. Tass says heavy bombers and test jet fighters will headline a mass formation pass, with four-jet Bison bombers and new fighters possibly including rocket interceptors and Dornier developments.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Nathan Twining
Tass
Three Residences Hit By Lightning
Three homes suffered minor damage from a Sunday thunderstorm as lightning struck 403 Avenue G Sw damaging the ceilings of L S Nichols home and frying nearby wires. A bolt knocked out a light switch at J L Brooks 410 Seventh Street Se and another hit Menefee residence 711 Ave C Se where a gas range cord burned and several fuses shorted. The bolt entered through a floor lamp and electricity jumped around briefly.
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L. S. Nichols
J. L. Brooks
Seventh Street
Menefee
Ave. C. Se
Corpse Jailed by Houston Police
Officers Holman and Walling, acting on a traffic warrant, found Luther Washington aged 33 in a funeral home casket after opening a case, jailed pending hearing on 105 dollars in traffic tickets.
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Houston
Liberty Funeral Home
Harry Holman
H. C. Walling
Holman
Walling
Funeral Home
Luther Washington
Believe Cypriots Blamed For Deadly Fire In Cyprus
The Cyprus firefight left 19 British soldiers dead and many injured as flames swept Troodos Mountains during Operation Lucky Alphonse. USA and British officials report an American vice-consul killed and two Americans wounded in a bombing at Soho restaurant.
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Cyprus
Eoka
William Boteler
Washington
George Grivas
Jack Bane
Chevy Chase
Boteler
Soho
Bane
James Dace
Los Angeles
James Coleman
Scranton
Nixon May Drop Communism As Campaign Issue
Former Sen. Harry P. Cain says Nixon is considering dropping communism in government as a campaign issue. Cain, a critic of loyalty security programs, told ABC College Press Conference he advised Nixon to drop the topic in 1956. He notes Nixon has faced Democratic charges over claims of purging security risks from government. Cain says Nixon is not going out in 1956 and he respects Nixon, believing he is weighing the advice.
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Harry P. Cain
Wash
Richard M. Nixon
Cain
Nixon
ABC
College
Subversives Activities Control Board
FBI Seeks Serviceman Over Test Data Leak
Honolulu report says FBI hunts serviceman who leaked that an air dropped hydrogen bomb missed its target on Enjewetok May 21. Informant claimed two task force members were blinded. Army Air Force officials say the miss was due to human error and not equipment failure.
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FBI
Bikini
Atomic Task Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Washington
Quarle
Quarles
County Sees Varied Rainfall Across Town and county
Rain daily Sunday brought up to an inch of moisture in parts of Childress County with a total .65 inch downtown from two showers. Measurements ranged from trace to one inch in areas including High Point Union Flat Wellington and Quanah, as thunderstorms and lightning affected several residences and cooled daytime highs to 90s before reaching 94 at 4 30 pm.
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CAA
Kirkland
George Bruce
High Point
Lon Hassell
Fred West
Union Flat
Clyde Hackler
D. C. Heckathorn
Floyd Biddy
A. V. Mote
FE. J. Wassell
Wellington
Memphis
Quanah
Officer Killed While Chasing Speeding Cars
Fort Worth area suffered three deaths Sunday in violent incidents. Motorcycle officer James Lee Dowdy died after colliding with a trailer while pursuing two speeding drag racers who eluded capture. John Ronald Huett, age 15, died when the car he rode in crashed. Jimmy Cupit, 28, of Hurst, was found shot to death at the Greater Fort Worth International Airport.
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Fort Worth
James Lee Dowdy
John Ronald Huett
Jimmy Cupit
Hurst
Greater Fort Worth International
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None Injured In Crash Near Carey
A Monday highway crash near Carey left no injuries. William Thomas Parker Jr. of Long Beach California drove east and allegedly dozed at the wheel, side swiping a parked truck about 1 am a mile west of Carey. Parker and his two small daughters were unharmed. His car sustained heavy damage. the parked truck was undamaged.
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Allan Cavitt
William Thomas Parker, Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Carey
Parker
Congress Hints At July Adjournment Amid Civil Rights Push
Congress moves to wrap up business with civil rights bills pending and House Rules Committee decisions looming. Senate panels clash over defense spending and foreign aid while a highway program faces a tax plan. UN-American Activities probes and constitutional treaty proposals also play into a week of tense action. Senator Henry Jackson accuses foreign aid of sowing suspicion, and Senator Theodore Green, oldest to serve, hopes to reach 100.
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Congress
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Senate
House- Senate
Son
D-Wash
Jackson
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
House
Green
Theodore Francis Green
D-Ri
Justin Smith Morillo
Vermont
Kefauver and Stevenson Rebuild Democratic Rift
Sen. Estes Kefauver apologized on television for personal attacks on Adlai E. Stevenson amid Democratic primary battles and said he would campaign for Stevenson if he wins the nomination. Stevenson welcomed the move and noted Kefauver helped unite the party. Neither has abandoned a bid for the presidency, with Kefauver keeping delegates and Stevenson asserting he is the front runner.
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Estes Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Kefauver
Democratc
Libertyville
Florida
Calfornia
New York
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower holds private talks with Nixon and Dulles
President Eisenhower met privately with Vice President Richard Nixon for 15 minutes at Walter Reed hospital. Nixon told reporters the meeting did not discuss Eisenhower's political actions. He and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles also had separate talks and a brief Nixon Dulles session as Eisenhower weighs whether to run again.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Walter Reed Hospital
Nixon
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Fisenhower
Former Childress Doctor Charged In Fatal Shooting
Dr. E. H. Boaz a 71 year old retired physician was charged with murder in the shooting death of Elmer Shaffer 29 of Eighty Four Pa at Boaz’s home near Mineral Wells Shaffer’s wife and four children witnessed the incident Boaz previously served time for violent crimes including a 1918 19 Dallas Barber killing and 1940 assault to murder he claims self defense and says the fatal shot came through a window with Shaffer intervening in a dispute with Boaz’s wife.
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Mineral Wells
E. H. Boaz
Pennsylvania
Wolters Air Force Base
Boaz
Childress
Sam Cleveland
Elmer Shaffer
Cleveland
Shaffer
Dallas
Baker Hotel
Huntsville
Northern Weather Drops Cool Air Across North
Cooler air spread across the northern half of the nation east of the Rockies after heavy rains in Michigan Colorado Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma. Wauneta Nebraska faced flash flood damage of up to 1 million with 500 people evacuated as four inches of rain fell in two hours. Destructive waters cut power and left mud as high as two inches on streets while highways and Detroit suburbs' streets flooded. Grapelike hail hit Boulder Colorado and Frenchman Creek Nebraska as radar tracked the storms.
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Michigan
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wauneta
Neb
Detroit
Boulder
Colo
Frenchman’s Creek
Son Of Former Residents Dies In Houston
Gary Bailey three year old son of Mr. and Mrs J D Bailey former Childress residents died Sunday afternoon about 6 oclock in Houston. Body to be brought to Childress for services and burial funeral arrangements not complete. Survivors include grandparents Mrs Meda Roten and Mr and Mrs Clyde Bailey all of Childress.
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Gary Bailey
J. D. Bailey
Childress
Houston
N&t
Meda Roten
Clyde Bailey
Rioting Marks Birth Of New Nazi Movement in Miltenberg
Otto Strasser unveiled his new Nazi party at a founding conference in Miltenberg marked by brawling and bloodshed. Shouting youths assaulted the conference, riot police restored order, and gas pistol shots were fired as Strasser proclaimed the German Social Union.
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Miltenberg
Germany
Otto Strasser
Adolf Hitler
Strasser
German Social Union
Solon Warns On Dangers Of Nuclear Tests
Rep. Chet Hotfield warns hydrogen bomb tests could become a real hazard if peacetime shots rise, while arguing current tests are acceptable as fallout remains infinitesimal with care. He urges a study to reduce nuclear warfare risks on NBC American Forum with Dr. Willard Libby and Dr. Bentley Glass.
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Chet Hotfield
D-Calif
Hotfield
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Bentley Glass
Johns Hopkins Hospital
American Forum
Glass
National Academy of Science
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