Reds Walk Out Of Atom Disarmament Talks
United Press International reports that Russia and its Communist allies abruptly left the Geneva disarmament conference after blocking Western proposals. Valerian Zorin led the walkout, vowing to bring the issue before the United Nations General Assembly.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Valerian Zorin
United Nations General Assembly
Jules Moch
Reds
Zorin
London
Moscow
Marian Naszkowski
Moch
Naszkowski
David Ormsby-Gere
U.S
Frederick
Former Resident Found Dead in Hollis Home
Mr Oma Haskins, a Hollis resident and former Childress County farmer, was found dead Sunday morning at his home from natural causes. He likely died around midnight Saturday. His wife died in December 1959. Funeral rites are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday in Hollis with graveside services at 4:30 p.m. in Childress cemetery.
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Oma Haskins
Hollis
Childress County
Nola Smotherman
Childress
Haskins
Childress Cemetery
Supreme Court Meets In Final Session
Washington UPI reports the Supreme Court will convene the final session of the 1950 60 term and decide which cases to accept for argument next term. After today the nine justices depart until a potential special term before the October start.
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Washington
Waterlogged Texans Move Back Into Coastland Homes After Floods
Hundreds of families along the Texas coast returned to waterlogged homes after floods caused by up to two feet of rain across a 100 mile front from Houston to Port Lavaca. Five people drowned in floodwaters and canoeing accidents, with evacuees housed in Port Lavaca and Houston shelters aided by Navy transport.
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Houston
Tex
UPI
Texas
Port Lavac
Port Lavaca
Lavaca Bay
Calhoun County
Bay City
W. E Ham
Braes Bayou
Lee Allen McKee
Calvin Joseph
Explosion at Cuban munition depot sparks anti US backlash
An explosion at a Havana army munitions dump in Cayo Cruz killed two and injured about 200, with debris and windows shattered for miles. Fidel Castro, briefly involved in an auto accident, had spoken against the US sugar quota prior to the blast.
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Havana
U.S
Cayo Cruz
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Seven Men Caught In Venezuela Bomb Assassination Plot
In Caracas seven men were captured in connection with an assassination attempt on President Romulo Betancourt. The plot leader, Manuel Vicente Yanes Bustamente, remains at large. The blast on the presidential route killed two, including the military aide, and injured six. Betancourt, recovering from burns, was to present a charge against the Dominican dictatorship at the OAS.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Manuel Vicente Yanes Bustamente
Miraflores
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Hector Trujillo
Members Must Itemize All Travel Expense
The House approved an amendment requiring every member of Congress to itemize all travel at government expense. By voice vote the House adopted the expense account clause added to the Senate altered money bill funding Congress for the year starting July 1. Some no votes were heard as the measure moves back to the Senate for final approval.
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Washington
UPI
House
Congress
Senate
Rains Leave South Texas Flood Waters Recede
A tropical disturbance brought up to 27 inches of rain and severe flooding across South Texas causing at least seven deaths and 1,600+ evacuations in Houston Port Lavaca and Bay City. Floodwaters receded as about 600 Houstonians returned home and Port Lavaca residents prepared to return.
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Texas
Arkansas
Houston
Port Lavaca
Bay City
Panhandle
Dalhart
Johnson Denounces Williams Charge Over Health Bill
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson dismissed a claim that he threatened to stifle a health care for the aged bill if Michigan Governor G Mennen Williams backed Senator John F Kennedy. Johnson called the report untrue and usual pre convention nonsense and urged Congress to pass a health plan this session.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Lyndon B Johnson
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Dodson
Williams
Johnson
Congress
Troops Set In Belgian Congo Spark New Tensions
UPI reports Belgian Congo forces poured into Leopoldville to quell unrest at the swearing in of Joseph Kasa Vubu. Bangala tribesmen oppose his presidency, unrest grows as Lumumba cabinet decisions anger regional factions. African troops patrolled under Belgian officers enforcing a curfew.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
UPI
Joseph Kasa Vubu
Congo
Belgium
Kasa Vubu
Jean Bolikango
Patrice Lumumba
Eisenhower consults advisers on world report and Asia trip
President Eisenhower sits with advisers to discuss the world situation and the Asian tour. Nixon and Herter separately briefed him on global developments and pending legislation as he prepares a 6:30 p.m. radio television address.
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UPI
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Nixon
Congress
Herter
No Entries Received For Miss Wheatheart Contest
Childress reports no contestants yet for the Miss Wheatheart pageant in Perryton. Eligible entrants are single unmarried young women age sixteen and up. Perryton requested two contestants from Childress. deadline to file names at the local CofC office is August 1. Manager Jeff Henderson announced today.
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Childress
Perryton
Cofc
Jeff Henderson
Frith Withdraws From Greenbelt Bowl
Hugh Frith of Childress reports to Vernon Fubank he cannot play quarterback in the Greenbelt Bowl this August because he must be in Austin for scholastic examinations. The Index conveyed the update.
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Hugh Frith
Childress
Player Selection Committee
Vernon Fubank
Frith
Austin
Hetty Heifer Hauled From Hole
A Hereford heifer fell into an abandoned well at J. J. Laningham’s Tell farm during the night. Workers freed the animal after digging and loosening one side of the well. the cow escaped unharmed. The pasture had long sheltered the well, now debris filled to about eight feet.
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Tell
J. J. Laningham
County Agents Set To Return From Summer School
County Agent and Mrs. Chili Smith with children and Mrs. Mary Scott head home to Childress after attending a regional summer school in Fort Collins Colorado. The event ends July 8 with plans to return July 11.
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Childress
Fort Collins
Colo
Chili Smith
Mary Scott
HDC
Pledged Sandwiches for Greenbelt Picnic Report
About 160 sandwiches have been pledged by Childress residents for the Greenbelt Bowl courtesy picnic for players families and special guests. Organizers seek 500 sandwiches 19 cakes 10 pies and six gallons of tea with pledges via Mr Wilcoxson or the Chamber of Commerce.
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Childress
Players
Wilcoxson
Chamber of Commerce
House Approves Keeping of 10 Excise Tax Bill
The House gave final approval to a compromise bill preserving corporate and excise tax rates to avoid a projected $4 billion revenue loss. The Senate was expected to pass the measure and send it to the White House for the President to sign before the Thursday midnight deadline.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
White House
Bell Released On $500 Bond After Alleged Assault
Carl Crews Bell pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault and was released on a $500 bond. The charges stem from a two car accident that occurred two weeks ago, according to the County Attorney's office.
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Carl Crews Bell
Arnold Arnold Fined for Driving While License Suspended
Edward Lee Sonny Arnold of Childress pled guilty in County Court to driving with a suspended license. He was fined $25 and $28.35 in costs totaling $53.35 after his Sunday arrest, according to the County Attorneys office.
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Edward Lee
Sonny) Arnold
Childress
Arnold
More Fashion More Quality Lower Prices at Johns Furniture
Johns Furniture Company touts expanded fashion offerings and higher quality at lower prices. The ad highlights new arrivals, midweek discounts, and value pricing aimed at attracting budget conscious shoppers. Local readers are invited to visit showrooms and compare selections.
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Johns’ Furniture Company
Five Pampa Residents Die In Wreck
Five residents of Pampa were killed when their car collided with a Rock Island freight train near Jericho at 1:05 a.m. They were Dodie Mize 55 and his wife, Tom W Edwards and his wife, and Ethel York. The crash occurred after the car attempted to pass another vehicle and pulled back into the right lane into the train. Mrs Hammonds died later at Groom hospital after the wreck identification took hours.
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Jericho
Tex
UPI
Pampa
Jehovah's Witnesses
Fort Worth
Rock Island Lines
Dodie Mize
Tom W. Edwards
Ethel York
Mize
Mrs. Hammonds
Groom Hospital
Highway
R. C. Parker
Mclean
Two Week End Guests In Local Bastille Women
City police chief Alvis Maddox reports the last two weekend guests at City Jail were two women who were saved at separate times for intoxication. A separate incident saw an 11 year old boy removed from a family’s station wagon en route to Montana. the father returned to the station and retrieved him at Estelline.
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City
Alvis Maddox
Montana
Childress
Maddox
Estelline
USSR May Put Military Pressure On America
Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr. warned that the Soviet Union might exert pressure on the United States that could involve minor military actions. He said the U.S. is ready for any eventuality but does not expect a major crisis, in an interview with Senator Leverett Saltonstall on television.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Russia
United States
Gates
Soviet Union
Sen
Leverett Salonstall
R-Mass
Fire Department Family Night Postponed
Fireman Family Night, billed as a department event, has been postponed after a spokesperson announced the change today.
U2 Report Criticized as Soft by Fulbright
Senator Fulbright labeled the Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on the U2 incident and summit failure as very soft in its criticisms. He called it a thorough factual account but not hard enough on key issues though still the best majority can agree on. The panel accused the Eisenhower administration of mishandling the spy plane event and noted the Paris Big Four meeting might have occurred without the incident.
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Warren Duffee
Washington Upi
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
Fulbright
Senate
Eisenhower
Paris
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Homer E. Capehart
Rind
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Matagorda
Dick Perez
Woal-Tv
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Gulf
Lufkin
Henderson
South
LBJ
Lke
Merriman Smith
Tary
C. Douglas Dillon
James C. Hagerty
Eisen
Hower
Japan
Douglas Dillon
Kenneth B. Kearny
R- N.Y
Dillon
Tokyo
Miss Wheatheart
Hetty
Hole
Schenectady
N. Y
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Ussr
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