Yarborough Campaign Shifts Focus To Houston Austin
Ralph Yarborough attacked by opponent Reuben Senterfitt as the labor union candidate and moved his governor bid into Houston and Austin. He plans noon remarks to the Houston Jaycees, then will address the Texas Federation of Labor convention in Austin. Senterfitt labeled him left wing and pro union while another rival, Price Daniel, faced criticism over issue discussion.
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Ralph Yarborough
Reuben Senterfitt
Houston
Austin
Yarborough
Houston Jaycees
Texas Federation of Labor
Mandy Senterfitt
NAACP
Senterfitt
Sen
Price Daniel
Coleman
Russia Moves to Postpone Algerian Question at UN
United Nations Security Council members see Russia using a point of order to delay action on the Algeria France dispute. Iran's Djalal Abdoh says he will not oppose postponement though he does not drop the Arab demand. Observers expect the council to reject adding the Algerian issue to its agenda. France argues Algeria is integral to its territory and UN action would be interference.
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Eign
Dmitri Shepilov
Middle East
Kremlin
Moscow
France
Russia
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
Djalal Abdoh
Iran
Sobolev
Security Council
Algeria
General Assembly
NATO Nations May Move To Save Iceland Bases
NATO may intervene to prevent closing the IcelandU S air bases after elections in Iceland. A Progresive Social Democrat coalition and Communists threaten to oust the Americans, while NATO officials and Paris reports note alliance steps to avert base closure around August 1.
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NATO
Iceland
Reykjavik
North Atlantic Treaty Nations
United States
Great Circle
U. S
Iceland State Radio
Olafur Thors
Admiral King To Be Buried At Annapolis
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King dies at 77 in Portsmouth and will be buried at Annapolis Naval Academy Cemetery. Funeral services set for Friday at Washington National Cathedral with state in the Capitol procession and a 24 hour honor guard before burial at Annapolis. He led the largest U S fleet and died after a heart seizure.
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Kittery
Ernest J. King
Annapolis
King
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Navy
Washington
Washington National Cathedral
Naval Academy Cemetery
Diplomatic Corps
US Navy
Bethesda
National Cathedral
Constitution Avenue
Capitol
Mollet Wins Confidence Vote Over Transport Taxes
Premier Guy Mollet secured a vote of confidence in the national assembly for a plan to raise transport taxes. French truckers staged road blocks in protest as Mollet faced a second crucial tax vote he was expected to win.
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Paris — i
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Assembly
Mollet
House Leaders Push Compromise Highway Bill
House leaders move a $32.9 billion highway bill to action to fund a 41,000 mile interstate network. The plan raises gas taxes one cent per gallon, tires three cents per pound, and truck and bus taxes two percent, with 90 percent federal funding.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Twining Sees New Jets At Soviet Base
Gen Nathan F Twining heads to the Zhukov Sky Air Engineering Academy in Moscow during a visit that may include a look at new Soviet jet planes. The US Air Force chief of staff and six generals tour Russia through Sunday then head to Wiesbaden to coordinate Pentagon observations for Eisenhower.
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Moscow
Nathan F Twining
Zhukovsky
Soviet Union
Twining
US Air Force
Air Force
Russia
US Air Force Base
Wiesbaden
Germany
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Southwest Weather Brings Rain Dust and Storms
A cold front moved through the Southwest bringing heavy rains and blinding dust as heat persisted for two weeks. Winds up to 55 mph toppled topsoil near Syracuse Kansas while rain reached two inches and a tornado touched down north of Ivanhoe Minnesota with no injuries reported. Flood threats linger across Indiana as rivers rise and near-record heat continues elsewhere.
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Syracuse
Kan
Colorado
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Imperial
Neb
Rockies
Upper
Great Lakes
Marshall
Indiana
White River
Elliston
Montezuma
Terre Haute
Ivanhoe
Minn
Dusty Panhandle Brief Amid Front Pushes Dust Storm
A weak cold front moved into the Texas Panhandle causing blowing dust while cool air spreads across the region. Forecasters expect scattered thundershowers and continued heat elsewhere with Dallas imposing alternate day lawn sprinkling after a record water use.
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Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
South
Presidio
Dalhart
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Senate Democrats Readying Vote on Air Force Budget Hike
Senate Democrats appeared to have the votes to push a 1.16 billion increase in Air Force appropriations as part of a 34.1 billion military package. The showdown vote was expected to be tight with Republicans seeking a smaller rise. The debate touched on air supremacy concerns with a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing Russia and the White House.
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House
Indiana
North Dakota
North Carolina
Senate
Washington
Lion
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Armed Services
Russia
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
USDA Reports Decrease In Land Damage In Great Plains
The Agriculture Department says wind erosion damaged about 9.99 million acres in the Great Plains during the November 1 to May 31 blow season, a 38 percent drop from 1954-55. Most damage occurred in Colorado Texas Kansas, with 8.996 million total acres in these five states. North Dakota South Dakota Montana Nebraska Wyoming reported 813 thousand acres damaged.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Great Plain
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Truman Lunch With Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace
Former President Harry S. Truman dined with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. The meeting marked their first since Elizabeth became queen in 1952 after succeeding King George VI.
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London
Harry S. Truman
Queen Elizabeth
White House
the Duke of Edinburgh
Washington
Canada
Possible Compromise Hinted in Steel Wage Talks
In New York the Big Three steel wage negotiators met in crucial talks aimed at avoiding a June 30 strike by about 650,000 workers. Union and industry spokesmen signaled optimism a settlement could come as soon as June 28, with hints of a five year framework and adjustments to McDonald’s demands.
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New York
Pittsburgh
John Morse
Bethlehem Steel
John A. Stephens
US Steel
David McDonald
McDonald
Big Steel Workers Union
Stephens
Japanese Scientists Say US Has Exploded H-Bomb
Japanese scientists in Tokyo reported the United States detonated another hydrogen bomb in a series of rival tests with the Soviet Union. Observatories detected unusual atmospheric shocks, likely in Bikini, with a Russian blast noted around June 19 or 20. Niigata University’s Dr. Hironobu Watanabe confirmed radioactivity in rain from Niigata. The AEC declined to comment beyond confirming ongoing test series.
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Tokyo
United States
Soviet Union
Central Meteorological Ob
Servatory
Bikini
Hironobu Watanabe
Niigata University
Niigata
Siberia
Three Crewmen Die in Smoky Hill AFB B-47 Crash
A B 47 jet bomber from the 40th Bomb Wing exploded and crashed six miles south of Salina Kansas during a routine training flight. The three crewmen aboard were killed and their names were withheld pending family notification. The base reported radio contact ceased moments before the impact and the aircraft had logged about seven hours in the air. The crash damaged nearby wheat stubble and telephone lines in a rural field.
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Kan
Salina
Public Information Office
Smoky Hill Air Dorve Base
40Th
Smoky Hill
Services Incomplete For Mrs Ogerly
Burial arrangements are incomplete for Mrs W P Ogerly of Phoenix who died Sunday afternoon in Phoenix at about 74. Survivors include three daughters Effie Hull from Kirkland Mary Hill of Loco and Mable King of Phoenix, one son Clinton Ogerly of Phoenix, ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Phoenix at 3 p.m. Monday.
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W. P. Ogerly
Phoenix
Why
Effie Clara Hull
Kirkland
Mary Hill
Loco
Mable King
Clinton Ogerly
Ogerly
State Of Siege Declared In Guatemala Amid Clashes
Guatemala proclaimed a state of siege to quell student and Communist outbreaks. Two students and a policeman died after Monday night clashes in central Guatemala City near the presidential palace. The government also suspended most constitutional guarantees for 30 days and ordered press censorship amid a claimed Communist plot.
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Guatemala
Tioning
Carlos Castillo Armas
Mons
Higley Speaks To Lions Club In Civic Talk
Higley was guest speaker at the Lions Club meeting. He urged civic organizations to cooperate in doing good and noted their role in world peace through international relations. The club praised the playground center repairs and welcomed guests Morris Higley Tom Higley Joe Welch and Louise Bowers.
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Morris Higley
Lions Club
Higley
Herbert Clift
Robert Butler
W. T. Nelson
Alton Landrum
Miami
Florida
Howard E. Newberry
Kershville
Lions Playground
Fair Park
Morris
Tom Higley
Joe C. Welch
Dallas
Louise Bowers
Local Jaycees Invite Quanah Club to Fourth of July Events
Five officers and members of the Childress Jaycee Club visited the Quanah Club at noon to invite Quanah Jaycees to Fourth of July activities in Childress. Directors Joe Howard and Al Allison, Secretary Charles Rogers, Filtering Plant Drive Chairman Bill Adams and President Larry Lawrence attended. Lawrence invited Quanah to participate and Adams outlined the Childress Filtering Plant project.
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Frank Buster
Charlie Rose
L. A. Halliburton
Joe Howard
O. E
Matt) Seals
Preston Shoffner
Childress Jaycees
Richard Moore
Bill Adams
Jaycee
Childress Jaycee Club
Quanah Club
al Allison
Charles Rogers
Larry Lawrence
Lawrence
Quanah Jaycees
Childress
Adams
Childress Club
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Southwest
United Press
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Robert J. Donovan
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