Polio Vaccine Program Halt Sought After 44 Polio Cases
The US Public Health Service called for a temporary halt in nationwide polio inoculations to double check safety of Salk vaccine stocks after 44 polio cases appeared in vaccinated children. Surgeon General Scheele and Dr Jonas Salk led an all night meeting with experts to review steps before resuming the program.
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Washington
US Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Committee of Med
Ical
Jonas Salk
Public Health Service
Tax bill takes precedence in Texas Legislature
In Austin the Senate State Affairs Committee moved a tax measure to the front, shelving all other bills as it seeks to bridge a $60 million gap. Chair Sen. Dorsey Hardeman warned hearings would resume Monday, with possible quick action on the income tax proposal by Sen. William H. Shireman.
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Austin
Senate State Affairs Committee
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Hardeman
House
Senate
State Affairs Committee
William H. Shireman
Corpus Christi
Statehood Bill Vote Expected To Be Close
Washington reports a forthcoming House vote on statehood for Hawaii and Alaska with forecasts of a tight outcome. Observers note past failures but supporters remain hopeful they can pass this year's measure despite uncertainty about eventual enactment.
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Washington
House
Hawaii
Alaska
County officials reply to Grand Jury attack by former judge
Richard D. Bird, a local attorney and two term county judge, responds to criticism in the Grand Jury report. The Chil dress Index prints his letter as a civic duty, noting it may not reflect the paper's stance. The letter was mailed to about 2,500 county citizens.
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Childress Index
Grand Jury
Richard D. Bird
Bird
Childress County
Edwin Cato
Dis
Trict
Cato
Mark W. Graham
Graham
County Judge criticizes Grand Jury letter as political sheet
Former County Judge Richard D. Bird defends grand jury actions when corrective and warns against political use. He cites secrecy oaths, calls for adherence to law, and rebuts claims about county officials. The piece references jail repairs, audits, and tensions with the Commissioners Court in Childress County.
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Grand Jury
Anti-French Riots Bring Out Troops In Saigon
In Saigon more than 40 000 French troops guard the European quarter as anti-French violence escalates. Relations sour as Gen Paul Ely accuses Premier Ngo Dinh Diem of incitement amid clashes and a French police officer is seized while Vietnamese troops threaten patrols.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Viet Nam
Paul Ely
Ngo Din Diem
South
Ely
Diem
Binh Xuyen
Jury Deadlocks In Pennell Case
The trial of Mike Pennell on a second liquor sale charge ended with a hung jury in County Court. Pennell, who was convicted on a first count and fined $100 weeks ago, defended himself. The jury deliberated before and after lunch and was discharged about 2:30 p m State witnesses included Leon Bowman head of the Lubbock state liquor control Noe Gorena and Melvin Boots inspectors and A O Yancy of Childress County Attorney James Cutcher said a new trial will be set later.
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Mike Pennell
Pennell
James Cutcher
Leon Bowman
Lubbock
Noe Gore
Reply To Jury Letter By Wilmer Rutledge
Wilmer Rutledge, a Childress County resident and taxpayer, replies to a Grand Jury letter. He says he was summoned as a witness, respected the oath, and praises the jury for uncovering a so called criminal act. He warns rural families not to misinterpret the letter.
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Wilmer Rutledge
Childress County
Childress
Wilmer R. Rutledge
Dust Kicked Up In State By Cool Air
Dust storms and strong winds hit the Texas Panhandle and western Texas as a cool front moved in. Temperatures reached 103 degrees at Cotulla. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for North Texas from Wichita Falls to Clarksville, but the front did not penetrate far.
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Texas Panhandle
Cotulla
Texas
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Hamilton
Hillsboro
Terrell
Clarksville
Temple
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Pay Raise for Postal Workers Likely in 1957
Washington reports 500000 postal workers are assured a pay raise this year. House Post Office Committee Chairman Tom Murray says if President Eisenhower vetoes the 8.8 percent increase, a 7.6 percent figure could pass with White House acceptance, adding about 151 million to annual payroll. The president has pledged to sign the measure. The House is set to act Monday on the 8.8 percent proposal.
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Washington
Natoin
Tom Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office Committee
Eisenhowers
White House
Murray
House
Senate
Feed Grain Aid Being Offered
The local FHA office is authorized to begin accepting applications for feed grain under the emergency feed program. Applications are due by midnight June 15 and FHA officials must act by June 16. Eligible feed equals what is needed to carry livestock through June 30, accounting for on hand feed and prior approvals plus harvests during that period.
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FHA
CIC Stockholders To Meet Tuesday
CIC Stockholders of the Childress Industrial Corporation are urged to attend Tuesday night’s annual meeting at 8 p m in city hall. Proxy or mail arrangements are urged. W C Harp president announced. The secretary is Hal Arrington. The meeting will hear last year’s report and elect directors.
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Childress Industrial Corporation
W. C. Harp
Ford Metal Moulding Company
Hal Arrington
Western leaders push for early meeting with Bulganin
In Paris Britain urges the United States to accept an early summit of the big western powers with Soviet Premier Bulganin. Dulles Faure talks end without progress on Viet Nam aid as next session aims to break the deadlock between Bao Dai and Diem. MacMillan proposes a top level Big Four meeting at the summit with Eisenhower Eden Faure, while Western ministers push to form a unified defense organization. Dulles, upbeat, notes Austrian treaty talks progressing toward a possible signature before departure.
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Paris
Britain
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
France
John Foster Dulles
Edgar Faure
U. S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Dulles-Faure
Bao Dai
Diem
MacMillan
Har
Old MacMillan
Dulles
European Union
Italy
Holland
Luxembourg
Belgium
West Germany
NATO
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Faure
Time At Hand For Supreme Peace Effort
London reported Prime Minister Anthony Eden urged a supreme effort to bridge East West differences. He said Big Four talks with Russia could begin within a month or two and hinted at meetings at any level. Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan proceeded to Paris to push a four power summit for world peace.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eden
Britain
Russia
Harold MacMillan
Paris
United States
MacMillan
Rascoe Wins Tractor Driving Meet at Fred Mitchell Farm
C D Rascoe of Carey FFA won the tractor driving contest held on the Fred Mitchell farm north of Childress. Mayland Foard also entered from Carey, with Childress entrants Charles Holman and Everett Groseclose. Ford tractors from Smith Farm Supply powered the event. Rascoe advances to the June district contest to be scheduled by the Stewart Company of Dallas.
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C. D. Rascoe
Carey Ffa
Fred Mitchell
Childress
Rascoe
Mayland
Pony League Urges Immediate Uniform Return
All boys with Pony League base ball uniforms are urged to turn them in immediately to Coordinator Dick Risenhoover. Uniforms are needed so sponsors' names can be placed on them.
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Dick Risenhoover
Federal Mediator Expects Strike Settlement Sunday
Washington reports a federal mediator expressed optimism about reaching a settlement in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad strike after a day of talks. The sides appeared close on arbitration terms and planned to meet again Sunday morning, though a final end date could shift.
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Federal Mediator
Washington
Louisville and Nashville
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill
O'Neill
G. E. Leighty
Leighty
O’neill
G. C. Howard
Shell Test Below 3400 Feet Near Childress
Shell Oil Company A, W Tabor No 1 drills below 3400 feet in shale with lime streaks near 12 miles east of Childress in Hardeman County. The test north of Tell is to start before June 1. no further details yet. Block assembled by A H Griggs of Wichita Falls.
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Shell Oil Company A
Tabor No
Shell
Wichita Falls
Childress
Hardeman County
Tell
A. H. Griggs
Larger Foreign Aid Program To Be Requested
The Defense Department will tell Congress next week that future foreign military aid must be larger than the modest sum proposed for fiscal year 1955. Adm. Radford and Mr. Hensel are to support Eisenhower's 1956 aid package totaling 3.53 billion dollars, with 1.717 billion for military equipment and training, 812.5 million for economic aid, and 1.0003 billion for defense support items. Committee Chairman George expects authorization largely as proposed.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Struve Hensel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Lyon Acquitted by County Jury in Homicide Case
Jesse Lyon was acquitted by a county court after about an hour of deliberation in the case involving the February 13 automobile pedestrian death of 59 year old Mrs. John Shelton in front of the King Memorial Methodist Church on Highway 87.
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Jesse Lyon
John Shelton
Young Lyon
W. T. Link
Clarendon
Charles Reynolds
Childress
Lyon
Pete Piffee
Shamrock
J. A. Clements
Marvin Gilliland
Jack Fox
Joe Howard
Mark Graham
S. T. Lyon
R. B. Howard
James Helton
Alvis Maddox
Troy Rogers
Shelton
King Memorial Methodist Church
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E. M. Waters
Commissioners Court
L. I. Saunders
Mitchell-Goodwin Lumber Company
Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
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CIC
Nevada
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