Demo Farm Leader Attacks Benson On Curbs Plan
Washington June 22 A Democratic farm leader blasts the administration plan to impose sweeping agricultural production curbs as a tool to pressure farmers. Rep Harold D Cowley ranks to condemn Ezra T Benson accusing him of aiming to dominate American farming with new acreage allotments and across the board controls. Benson says a 12.7 percent cut in the 1955 wheat crop and a national wheat allotment of 55 million acres will curb surpluses and affect about two million farmers and ten million additional acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold D. Cowley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Board
Smith Scores Easy Victory in Maine Senate Primary
Senator Margaret Chase Smith decisively won the Maine Republican primary defeating Robert L. Jones by about five to one. With 613 of 626 precincts reporting Smith had 93 567 votes to 19 673 for Jones signaling a virtual renomination in a strongly Republican state. She faces Paul A. Fullam in September. Jones did not concede defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Robert L. Jones
Biddeford
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Smith
Jones
Colley College
Paul A. Fullam
Wiscon
Turnabout POW Batchelor to face court martial
Cpl. Claude Batchelor a Korean War prisoner of war from Kermit Texas will be court martialed in August. The Fourth Army dropped one charge and will prosecute him on two counts including communicating with the enemy about a postwar subversive group and urging fellow prisoners to accept Communist doctrine. He left Communist lines Jan 1 and later accepted repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Fourth Army
Batchelor
United States
J. D. White
Guatemala Rebels Open Major Drive On Rails
Guatemalan rebel forces launched a major drive to gain control of the Puerto Barrios to Guatemala City railway linking the capital with its Caribbean port. Rebels claim to threaten a 45 mile section inside Guatemala, from Morales to Gualan, near Zacapa, as clashes unfold with Arbenz loyalists who report victories in three key cities and the seizure of Puerto Barrios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tegucigalpa
Honda
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala City
Honduras
Morales
Gualan
Zacapa
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Caribbean
Pacific
Arbenz
Bananara
Continuea
Open House Slated by Southwestern Bell in Childress
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company prepares an open house this Thursday and Friday at its new dial telephone building in Childress. Guides will lead tours 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm, showing dial switches, local and long distance operations, and exhibits including the Tick-Tack-Toe machine demonstrating electronic switching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dial Telephone
Bill Leavy
Secial
US recalls top delegate from Geneva Conference
The United States pulled Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith from Geneva rather than accept a last minute price for peace from Chou En Lai. Washington rejected a proposed Viet Minh troop withdrawal in exchange for a cease fire, fearing a Korea style division of Indochina and a booby trapped settlement. British and French optimism followed Viet Minh statements on remaining volunteers in Laos.
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Geneva
United States
China
Red
Washington
Viet Nam
Indo-China
Korea
Smith
Paris
John Foster Dulles
Pham van Dong
Laos
Two Men Released After Questioning In Stabbing Case
Two men held in city and county jails for questioning in the stabbing of Clovis King were released today by County Attorney Leonard King. He said no charges were filed and the investigation continues. Three other men were involved in the affray near midnight Friday. The stabbing victim was released from Childress General Hospital Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis King
Leonard King
Childress General Hospital
Drilling Starts At New Oil Test
Drilling of the Mac Pieratt No. 1, southeast of Kirkland, began at noon. Surface pipe reached 350 feet and the test aims for 6,000 feet with potential deeper work if no production is found. Harold Best, tool pusher for E. W. Moran Drilling Co. of Wichita Falls, notes the wildcat effort.
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Mac Pieratt No
Kirkland
Harold Best
E. W. Moran Drilling Company
Wichita Falls
Wildcat
Mrs Tittle Dies At 74 In Childress
Mrs. W H Tittle 74, longtime resident, died at 9 30 p m at her home 807 Avenue G Nw Born November 21 1879 in Wortham she lived in Childress County since 1908 Funeral services 10 30 a m Wednesday at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev C A Holcomb Jr and Rev E E White Pallbearers named Interment in Childress Cemetery Newberry Funeral Home Survivors include daughter Mrs Carl Denny of Childress two sisters Mrs G E Hamilton of Matador and Mrs C L Edgar of Cleburne one brother Gus Knight of Bluefield West Virginia and four grandchildren.
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W. H. Tittle
Avenue G
Titttle
Wortham
Childress County
First Methodist Church
C. A. Holcomb Jr
E. E. White
J. K. Givens
Fletcher Carter
Irvin Carter
Sam Moore
Presley Wright
Charlie Damron
C. C. Broughton
T. E. Williamson
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Carl Denny
G. E. Hamilton
Matador
C. L. Edgar
Cleburne
Gus Knight
Blue Field
W. Va
Hot Weather Forecast For Texas Today
The weather will rise to summer level Tuesday with afternoon highs two to three degrees above spring norms. Thunderstorm activity expected to increase heaviest in southeast Texas with scattered storms elsewhere. Beaumont reports 1.07 inches rain in 24 hours, Houston 0.04, Galveston 0.01, while morning showers touched Houston Galveston area and Mineral Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Weather Bureau
Beaumont-Houston
Galveston
Beaumont
Houston
Houston-Galveston
15 Chinese Released By US In First Move
In Geneva on June 22 US officials said China must make the next move in negotiations for the release of Americans held by Beijing. The United States freed 15 Chinese who had sought permission to return home, while noting doubts over further releases until Americans are freed.
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Geneva
United States
China
Peiping
Stratojets Set Pacific Nonstop Flight Record
Three B-47 Stratojet bombers completed a 6700 mile nonstop flight from March Air Force Base California to Yokota Japan. The mission lasted about 15 hours at 446 mph with three in-flight refuelings. Maj. Gen. Walter C. Sweeney led the group praising the B-47 as a pilot’s airplane. The planes will stay in the Tokyo area for a few days before visiting other Far East bases.
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Yokota Air Base
Japan
Pacific Ocean
United States
Los Angeles
Calif
Moscow
March Air Force Base
Bernardino
Walter C. Sweeney
15Th Air Force
Tokyo
Sweeney
Cancer Society Doctors Warn Smoking Ties To Death Rates
San Francisco June 22 Dr Charles Cameron of the American Cancer Society reports a long term study linking cigarette use to higher death rates from cancer and heart disease. He notes that heavy smokers face substantially higher mortality within 18 months and urges teens and parents to curb smoking while acknowledging smoking effects emerge after 20 to 30 years.
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San Francisco
Charles Cameron
American Cancer Society
Cameron
American Medical Association
E. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
Major Red Assault Stopped By French
Hanoi reports a Communist attack of about 3,000 troops against Tuy Hoa in central Indo China. French high command says 300 enemy dead after an amphibious assault as Tuy Hoa remains under Franco Viet Namese control.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Tuy Hoa
Annam
Nhatrang
Saigon
Tuy Hao
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Shivers vows Texas schools stay as they are
Governor Allan Shivers opened his re election bid in Lufkin and declared Texas will keep running its public schools as they are today despite a Supreme Court ruling banning racial segregation. He warned the decision could be disastrous for both races and urged resistance while promising to defend local school district rights against federal action. The 25 minute speech drew about 3,500 supporters amid applause.
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Lufkin
Tex
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Supreme Court
Lions Club To Install Officers Tuesday Night
The Lions Club will hold Ladies night and install 1954-55 officers Tuesday in the hotel dining room. The noon luncheon for Tuesday is canceled. Eugene Brice and Charlotte Allston led services at The Central Christian Church Youth Round-Up.
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Lions Club
Eugene Brice
Sulphur Springs
Charlotte Allston
Pampa
Central Christian Church
Wheat Reduction to Cut County Allotment in 1954
Gene Frisbie of the local ASC office said a 12 percent nationwide wheat allotment reduction will affect Childress County's 47 000 acre 1954 allotment. He noted the exact cut amount and timing are not yet known but the county's allotment will be reduced from the 1954 figure set last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Gene Frisbie
ASC
Candidates Reminded To File Statements For Primary
County Democratic Chairman H. D. Cordell lists filing deadlines for sworn statements by candidates. First May 25, second June 24, third July 4, fourth July 19 to 21, and final August 3 for the July primary.
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H. D. Cordell
Democratic
Eisenhower urged to resist Churchill blandishments
Representative Noah M. Mason warned President Eisenhower to resist Churchill when he visits for talks this weekend. Mason said the British visitors may try to use the U.S. to save themselves from destruction and cautioned against appeasement of Russia or foreign policy blunders. Churchill and Eden were to arrive Friday for a White House weekend visit with a public luncheon possible Monday.
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Washington
Noah M. Mason
R-Nl
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Russia
Mason
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Ottawa
Winston
Mr. Eisenhower
White House
National Press Club
Southeast Asia
Trades Committee Studies Christmas Decorations
The Trades Development Committee met at 10 in the directors room of the C of C and BCD to review street decorations. F. J. Byrnes of Lone Star Display presented options and costs while the committee postponed decisions until a full installation estimate is obtained.
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Trades Development Committee
C of C
BCD
F. J. Byrnes
Lone Star Display Company
Fourth of July celebration schedules parade of events
The community outlines a full day of activities for Independence Day on Monday July 5 with a Kid's Fishing Derby at City Park Lake 9 am to 5 pm Jaycees sponsor a Baby Contest 9 30 am Municipal Auditorium Beauty Contest 8 pm at the football stadium and a Fireworks Display by the Chamber of Commerce Aubrey Rogers chairs the display with Johnny Love and L V Bruce running concessions Watermelons snow cones ice cream and drinks will be on hand Shade trees and picnic spots are available Volunteers include Bob Polson Buddy Cordell Bil Ham Kathleen Hargrave John ny Walker Carlos Wilhite and Larry Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Cato
Bonehead
Jaycee Club
Lake Childress
Fair Park Lake
Jaycee
Bob Polson
Buddy Cordell
Bil Ham
Kathleen Hargrave
Johnny Walker
Carlos Wilhite
Larry Lawrence
City Park Lake
Bill Hamm
Harold Post
Jaycees
Municipal Auditorium
B&pw
Alyeen Ater
Chamber of Commerce
Aubrey Rogers
Johnny Love
L. V. Bruce
Polson
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Rips Benson
Snowball
Senator Smith
Guatemala
Telephone Company
Geneva Conference
Unted Press
Far East
Cancer Society
Fair Park
Lion
W. T. Nelson
Gerald Howard
Kerrville
Dana Eubank
Ike
Bill Atkinson
Ted Mink, Jr
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