World Leaders Call For Broad Armament Reduction
Eisenhower and Churchill urged drastic general reductions in armaments to repurpose atomic knowledge for human betterment. They backed effective safeguards and regional peace associations and offered support to peoples seeking such collaborations. No explicit Asia reference in the joint Anglo American declaration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
White House
Asia
Southeast Asia
Administration Pressed Over Farm Price Plan Debate
Washington June 29 A P farm leader accused the administration of a high pressure campaign to push its farm program and blamed Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson for favoring lower prices. Rep Harold Lovre said the tactic sought to extend rigid price supports and warned that lower prices would not restore prosperity. Nixon and Benson argued for a flexible lower price plan in a nationwide ABC broadcast.
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Washington
P. AP
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Harold O. Lovre
R-S.d
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Richard M. Nixon
Lovre
Paradise
Nixon
ABC
Clifford R. Hope
Author Wins $175,000 Libel Award Against Pegler
Federal jury in New York awarded author Quentin Reynolds 175000 damages in a libel suit against Westbrook Pegler. The verdict named Pegler, Hearst Corp, King Features, and Hearst Consolidated Publications Inc. Reynolds had sought 500000, claiming Pegler’s 1949 column defamed his character and harmed his livelihood.
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Pegler
New York
Quentin Reynolds
Hearst
Westbrook Pegler
Hearst Corp
King Features
Hearst Consolidated Publications Inc
New York Journal American
United States
Reynolds
Hearst Consolidated
Rotary Barbecue Meeting in Fair Park Tonight
Rotarians and guests gather at 7:30 p m in the Rotary Bowl Fair Park for a barbecue. It is the club's last meeting under current officers. If rain occurs the event moves to the auditorium. meal served by Rotary members of the Childress Chow Hounds.
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Rotary Bowl
Fair Park
Sam Privitt
Rotary
Childress
Solon Charges FHA Official in Housing Scandal
Sen Homer Capehart charged Clyde J Powell former assistant FHA commissioner concealed a criminal record when he joined the government 20 years ago. Powell testified before the Senate Banking committee refusing to answer due to possible self incrimination, and Capehart produced a Justice Department report on Powell’s background.
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Washington
Homer Capehart
Ind
Clyde J. Powell
FHA
Powell
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
Justice Department
Decision on Fort Sill pilot training move in weeks
Deputy Under Secretary of the Army Frank H. Higgins says a decision on moving the Aircraft Pilot Training School from Fort Sill Oklahoma to Childress will come in two to three weeks. Higgins wrote the estimate to Morris Higley after a Washington meeting with Mayor H. C. Preslar.
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Fort Sil
Childress
Frank H. Higgins
Army
Higgins
Fort Sill
Oklo
Morris Higley
H. C. Preslar
Washington, D. C
Old Settlers Seek Members for Annual Celebration Invitations
Old Settlers report some members have moved or changed addresses and are asked to contact an Old Settler officer as invitations for the annual celebration are mailed.
Krigbaum Improves After Serious Illness
W. H. Krigbaum is reported improving and recovering from a serious illness. He has been in the hospital since Sunday, with the update released at noon.
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W. H. Krigbaum
Krigbaum
Rio Grande Flood Threatens Laredo and Nuevo Laredo
The Rio Grande flood crest expected between 55 and 60 feet threatens Laredo and Nuevo Laredo after 19 dead or missing and eight confirmed fatalities in Ozona Texas. Traffic on the international bridge halted. rains blamed on Hurricane Alice fed 12 inches in Ozona as floods surged from up river.
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Laredo
Tex
Ipn
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Dolores Ranch
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Ozona
Gulf of Mexico
Laredos
Brownsville Tex
House Group Bars Aid Funds Against Locarno Pact
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to bar use of U S foreign aid funds to support the British proposed Locarno pact or any treaty preserving Communist rule in Asia. The amendment targets Eden’s Southeast Asia non agression scheme and will be offered to Eisenhower’s foreign aid bill amid a State Department note of no opposition.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
House
Anthony Eden
State Department
Beauty Pageant Invites All City Girls for July Contest
Johnny Walker and Carlos Wilhite, co-chairmen of the Independence Day Beauty contest sponsored by the Jaycees, urge every young lady to enter. Invitations were sent but they seek to include all. Contact Walker, Wilhite, or any Jaycee member. The contest precedes the July 4 aerial fireworks at Fair Park, with the revue starting at 8 p.m.
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Johnny Walker
Carlos Wilhite
The
Jaycees
Cochairmen
Walker
Wilhite
Jaycee Club
Fair Park
Guatemala forms anti Communist junta after Diaz falls
A new anti Communist government led by Col Elfego Monzon replaces the two day old Diaz regime in Guatemala City. Censorship is lifted and all Communists are said to be ousted or in flight. Monzon signals openness to talks with rebel forces under Gen Carlos Castillo Armas following a bombing and air attack threat.
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Guatemala City
Col
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Diaz
Elfego Monzon
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Lt. DuBois
Luis Salazar
Col. Monzon
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Diaz Junta
Casillo
Old Settlers Plan Program for July 17
The Childress County Old Settlers Association schedules a full day July 17 events starting with 10 a.m. registration and 11 a.m. parade. A 12:30 p.m. barbecue at Fair Park, 2:30 p.m. memorial services, 4 p.m. rodeo, and a 9 p.m. dance at Fair Park Auditorium.
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Childress County Old Settlers Association
Fair Park
Fair Park Auditorium
Benny Bypasses Childress Appearance in Texas Stop
Jack Benny did not make a planned brief appearance at Childress during a late afternoon stop. His producer Macklin Megley said Benny flew from Dallas to Los Angeles for an engagement and then to Portland, Oregon for a reunion party.
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Jack Benny
Childress
Macklin Megley
Fort Worth
Denver
Megley
Benny
Dallas
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Contract Signed To Bring Aluminum Industry Here
Plains Aluminum Industries will operate in Childress by August 1 after Harold Smith signed a lease for the old bomb sight building at CAAF. He plans to move two families from Panhandle, hire at least 15 workers soon, and expand to 40 as the business grows. The firm, owned with wife Beatrice, produces the Plains Dust Stopper aluminum window and forges aluminum screens and doors.
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Plains Aluminum Company
Childress
Harold Smith
Panhandle
Bomb Eight
Air Field
Joe Howard
Plains Aluminum
Smith
City of
Booker
Texas
Beatrice
Plains
Wheat Harvest Nears Finish in Childress County
Childress County grainmen report 95 percent of the wheat harvest done with 61 cars shipped amounting to over 122000 bushels. Kirkland and Childress lead shipments with 34 and 27 cars respectively.
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Childress County
Kirkland
Childress
Former President Truman Listed Serious in Hospital
Kansas City June 20 Doctors described former President Truman as in a serious condition and said his illness is unusual. Dr Wallace Graham scheduled a news conference for 10 30 p m et to answer medical questions while a hospital bulletin noted he remained serious but less so than earlier. Lights in his room stayed on overnight as officials reported steady but fatigued improvement amidst a double operation.
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Kansas City
Truman
Wallace Graham
Mr. Truman
Robert Adams
CIO Board Approves Steel Settlement Deal
The CIO United Steelworkers executive board approves a package contract giving 600,000 steel workers a five-cent-an-hour wage rise plus fringe benefits worth about three cents an hour. U S Steel and five other top producers with about 370,000 workers to sign later Tuesday after wage policy board approval.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Executive Board
U.S . Steel Corp
USW
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic, Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
Tax Board Named By City Council In Chidress
The Chidress City Council named C. C. Cope A. J. Greer and Sterling Buster to a three man tax equalization board during a regular meeting. Dates for meetings will be set later. The council also discussed bids for replacement police cars and delayed action until the next meeting. Belvis Bailey of Oldsmobile claimed his bid was submitted Saturday but not yet received by the city manager. Other dealers present were James Ragsdale Chevrolet Herman and Ross Smith Ford.
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Chidress
C. C. Cope
A. J. Greer
Sterling Buster
Belvis Bailey
Bailey
James Ragsdale
Chevrolet
Herman
Ross Smith
Ford
Higley and Nelson Appointed Co-Chairs for Greenbelt Bowl
Higley and W. T. Nelson were named co-chairmen of the 1954 Greenbelt Bowl at a Greenbelt directors meeting. They assume duties in Steve Cowan’s absence as quarterback club president moves to Abilene.
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Morris Higley
W. T
Dub) Nelson
Greenbelt
Steve Cowan
Abilene
Higley
Nelson
Cowan
Mary Crews
Walter Vehslage
Bobcat
Crews
Taxpayers Meet With Board Of Equalization
Approximately 30 county taxpayers met with the board of equalization in the county commissioners courtroom for the first session. Judge Richard Bird and the board opened at 9 a.m. and continued through the afternoon. The board will reconvene at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Bird announced.
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Board of Equalization
Richard Bird
Bird
Hard Words Traded By Gubernatorial Candidates
Gov Shivers and Ralph Yarborough traded barbed charges across Texas as they campaigned from Northeast to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Shivers defended old age pensions and accused Yarborough of lip service while highlighting his own push for pension laws. Yarborough warned of concentrated power and listed voter decisions for the July 24 Democratic primary, urging checks and balances.
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Richard L. Taylor
United Press
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Clarksville
Austin
Yarborough
Texas
Capitol
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