Early Reports Favor Senator Over Shivers For Leadership
Rural precincts in Texas show Lyndon B. Johnson leading over Gov Allan Shivers for Democratic leadership in the state. Early tallies from 65 counties indicate 376 delegate votes for Johnson to 123 for Shivers, with convention in May shaping Texas influence at the national level.
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Senator
Shivers
O. B. Lloyd JR
United Press
Texas
Allan Shivers
US Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Dallas
Earls Found Dead At Home In Childress
E Earls, a 1876 births Woodbury Tennessee native and retired laborer, was found dead at his Childress residence. A note to a local doctor referenced a self-inflicted death amid ill health. Surviving wife, two sons E C Earls and M R Earls, five daughters and 13 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending with Newberry Funeral Home.
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Earls
Childress
Woodbury
Tenn
E. C. Earls
M. R. Earls
Vallejo
Calif
Mattie McCann
Detroit
Rener Ingall
Decanter
Ala
Bertha Reed
Arvin
Lola B. MecCanich
Richmond
Carey High School Planned Graduation Friday Night
Commencement exercises for seven Carey graduates will be held Friday at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium with Supt. Neil Wright announcing. Baccalaureate services occur today at 11 a.m. in the auditorium with Harry Graham of Memphis Church of Christ to speak. George Clark leads special music. William Ehrle of Childress is principal speaker for the ceremony.
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Carey High School
Neil Wright
Harry Graham
Memphis Church of Christ
George Clark
Carey Baptist Church
William Ehrle
Childress
House of Representatives
Ehrle
Marine Corps
Paul R. Efird
C. D. Rascoe
Grover McNeal
Louis Sisco
Tonita Hamner
Patsy King
Patsy Shields
Wright
Carlsbad Caverans
el Paso
Mexico
White Sands National Park
Ruidosa
Carey
New Hydrogen Weapons From Ongoing Tests At Eniwetok
A high level official says new hydrogen weapons will emerge from the current testing at Eniwetok Bikini Atoll. Dr. William E. Ogle of the Atomic Energy Commission notes 1954 tests opened the way for further H-bomb development and testing of small warheads for defense. The current operation Red Wing at Eniwetok Bikini will cost about 150 million dollars and aims to speed H-bomb development while expanding knowledge of nuclear blast and fallout. The first explosive, Cherokee, is set to be dropped from a B 52 bomber pending weather with observers watching from a nearby ship.
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MT. Mckinley
Eniwetok
Pacific Proving Ground
William E. Ogle
Atomic Energy Commission
Ogle
Eniwetok-Bikini Proving Ground
Central Pacific
NATO Ministers Propose Peace Prep Group
Paris reports NATO powers back an American plan for a three man brain trust to prepare the alliance for peace and war. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd suggests Lester Pearson Gaetano Martino and Halvard Lange to join the panel to modernize NATO for a ten year peaceful struggle with the Soviet Union.
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Paris
NATO Council of Ministers
Atlantic Alliance
Selwyn Lloyd
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Gaetano Martino
Italy
Halvard Lange
Norway
Brain Trust
John Foster Dulles
NATO
Russia
Moffett to Speak at County Graduates Banquet
Texas Senate leader George Moffett of Chillicothe will be principal speaker at a May 14 banquet for county high school seniors. The American Legion sponsors the 7 30 p m event at the Veterans Building. He chairs veteran and school support measures and aids cotton and farming product markets.
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Texas Senate
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Andy Roters
Veterans Building
American Legion
Moffett
Masonic Lodges of
Texas
June 1 Transfer Deadline for County Schools
Wade Kimbrough announces a June 1 deadline for inter district school transfers. Applications must be filed in the courthouse superintendent's office.
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Wade Kimbrough
Light Bulb Sale Reported Success
The Lion's Club sale of light bulbs was well received by the people of Childress and deemed a complete success. Co Chairs Chester Hufstetler and Sam Miller thanked participants and buyers and urged Lions to return unsold bulbs to Miller by 9 AM Monday.
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Lion’s Club
Childress
Chester Hufstedler
Sam Miller
Miller
Wm. Cameron and Company
Fair Park
Graft Probe Group Eyes Bank Accounts of Contract Officers
Senate graft investigators plan to examine bank accounts of government contract officers who granted money-saving shortcuts to uniform makers. Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said testimony will address contract shortcuts by federal employees and may place officers in the witness chair. The probe also shifts back to contracts involving Herman and Samuel Kravitz of Atlantic City and Joseph Abrams of Great Neck. Kravitz refused to comment.
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Washington
P — Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Appeal Planned By Attorneys For Dynamiter
Denver dispatch reports John Gilbert Graham, convicted of the Nov 1 bombing that killed 44 aboard a United Airlines DC 6B, says he does not want his lawyers to appeal the verdict. His counsel says the appeal remains planned, including a motion for a new trial, while Graham seeks to halt no appeals. The case centers on his murder of his mother to collect $37,500 insurance and the dynamite bombing that exploded the airliner near Longmont.
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Denver
Dyamiter
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
John J. Gibbons
Gibbons
United Airlines
Longmont
Daisie FE King
Roping Contest Planned By Childress Club
The Childress Roping Club will host a businessmen roping contest Thursday night at the Rodeo grounds in Fair Park. Club President Ray Grimes said businessmen will choose a club member as partner. the winning team earns a trophy. Start is 8 p.m. with 25 cent admission.
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Childress Roping Club
Rodeo Grounds
Fair Park
Ray Grimes
Grimes
Amarillo Votes To Remain Wet In Local Elections
Five Panhandle counties held option elections with three voting wet and two dry. Oldham and Carson, previously wet, chose dry, while Potter Gray and Dallam counties stayed wet, keeping Amarillo in a wet zone near Gray and Dalhart.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Oldham
Carson
Potter County
Potter
Gray
Pampa
Dallam
Dalhart
Johnson Gets Delegates From Local Conventions
Johnson delegates from Childress County will back Lyndon B. Johnson as favorite son at the Democratic National Convention. Precincts 1 12 and 13 will attend the county meeting to name state convention delegates. The precincts approved a Johnson instruction despite a tied vote and late ballots.
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Childress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Harold Cordell
Cordell
Vention
Precinett
George Parr
Johnson
George joins President in Opposing UN Aid
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Walter F. George of Georgia joined President Eisenhower on Saturday in opposing proposals for United Nations foreign aid. The pair aligned against suggested aid programs as part of a broader debate on UN funding and U S foreign policy.
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George
Washington
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Buster Seeks Precinct Post in Democratic Primary
Frank Buster, long-time Childress resident, files for Commissioner of Precinct 3 as the Democratic field reaches five candidates Wilmer Rutledge M H Tarentine Fred West and George A Robinson also seek the post. The party chair position draws interest with no filing until two years hence amid national debate over UN aid and US policy. President Eisenhower expressed doubt about UN channeling most economic assistance while Lodge and Stevenson push it.
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Frank Buster
Childress
Buster
Precinct
Wilmer Rutledge
M. H. Tarentine
Fred
Jack) West
George A. Robinson
Lodge
Stevenson
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
Ile
United
Shivers Pushes States Rights At Bankers Meeting
Texas Governor Allan Shivers denounced federal aid as wasteful and urged a return to states rights at the 62nd annual convention of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association in Atlantic City New Jersey. He called government a servant not a master and warned against centralization while defending democratic principles.
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Atlantic City
Allan Shivers
Texas
Open House At Childress General Hospital
Open House at Childress General Hospital runs from 1 to 5 PM in observance of National Hospital Week. Manager Everett Solomon invites the public to tour the county owned facility to learn about its services. Visitors will receive a complete tour from basement to second floor.
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Childress General Hospital
Everett Solomon
Childress
Solomon
Stassen Says East and West Nearer Disarmament Harmony
US disarmament chief Harold E. Stassen reported after five weeks of talks in London that East and West are roughly halfway to disarmament agreement. He warned the final stretch will be hardest and predicted the next year could close remaining gaps. Russia and the West remain deadlocked on open sky inspections and agree only that future nuclear weapons production may be frozen.
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Stassen
London
Harold E. Stassen
Washington
Russia
West
Eisenhower
United States
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