Eden Opens First Campaign Tour Through Robin Hood Country
Prime Minister Anthony Eden begins a whistle stop tour in Nottinghamshire as he campaigns against Labour challenges. Gallup polls show shifting support with Conservatives ahead 48 to 44 then 47.5 to 47, prompting calls for Churchill to boost national visibility.
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London
Anthony Eden
Robin Hood
Nottinghamshire
Britain
Eden
Gallup
Labor
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lobar
Appearance Of Giles At Probe Is Called Off
Austin Texas senator Jimmy Phillips postponed the scheduled appearance of Bascom Giles before a Senate committee investigating the Veterans Land Board. The special committee ends Tuesday, but Phillips plans to seek an extension through the legislative session. Giles had twice been postponed while Phillips sought proper minutes to shape Giles testimony.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
Senate
Veterans Land Board
Jimmy Phillips
Phillips
Giles
Angleton Lawmaker
Land Board
Small
Rain spreads across Texas bringing first heavy moisture of year
A broad belt of showers drenched most of Texas from Beaumont to Dalhart with West Texas seeing the heaviest rain. Double Heart Ranch south of Sweetwater reported 5.8 inches, Sweetwater 1.1 inches, and Oak Creek rose two feet. Forecasters expect more showers, while a prayer-broadcast rain appeal buzzed from Lampasas.
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Beaumont
Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
Dallas Weather Bureau
West Texas
States largely heed government on Salk vaccine halt
Most states and Alaska stopped Salk vaccinations as urged by the government while Michigan refused and Utah kept first doses going with second rounds delayed. Officials in Los Angeles warned of delays if the second shots are not given soon.
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United Press
Alaska
Michigan
Utah
Los Angeles
Kansas
Texas Health Officer Halts Salk Polio Vaccine Indefinitely
State health officer L P Walter ordered an indefinite postponement of Salk polio immunization in Texas pending a detailed re appraisal of vaccine lots. Meantime only one paralytic polio case has been linked to the vaccine among nearly 479,000 Texas children, with another case tied to a commercial supply, both in Houston.
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Austin
L. P. Walter
Texas
US Public Health Service
Walter
R. F. White
State Health Department
National Polio Foundation
Funeral Services Set Tuesday For Richard Kleberg
Funeral services for Richard Misslin Kleberg 67 a well known cattleman and sportsman and former congress man will be held Tuesday at Santa Gertrudis The King Ranch empire owners and guests including vaqueros will attend Kleberg died Sunday in his sleep from a heart attack in a Hot Springs Arkansas hotel after flying in for a visit His body was flown home Sunday night and he had suffered a long time heart ailment.
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Kingsville
Santa Gertrudis
Richard Misslin- Kleberg
King Ranch
Texas
Lord
Lady Halifax
Nelson Rockefeller
Will Rogers
Kleberg
Hot Springs
Ark
Brother of Ben Saied Dies in Oklahoma City
Oscar Saied, 75, brother of Ben Saied, died at 4 30 a m Sunday in Oklahoma City. Ben Saied left Childress Saturday to be with him. Funeral services set for 10 a m Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Survivors include his widow five sons Jimmy of Tulsa Camal Billy Ralph and Cecil all of Oklahoma City three daughters Bededka Nellie and Edna Mae Saied all of Oklahoma City and three brothers and three sisters.
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Oscar Saied
Ben Saied
Oklahoma City
Childress
Jimmy
Tulsa
Camal
Billy
Ralph
Cecil
Bededka Saied
Nellie Saied
Edna Mae Saied
Deadline Near On Trash Pile Contest
The Trash Pile contest urged entries for the Clean-Up campaign opening next week. Entries must call the Chamber of Commerce at 7 2567 with name address and pile location by Thursday noon. A $5 prize per town section. Piles must be boxed sealed cut to size and placed safely away from fire.
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C of C
Bob Polson
C of Cbcd
Rain Douses Panhandle Parched Lands With Good Totals
The first general rain in over a year drenched eastern and southeastern Panhandle, with stations logging .62 to over 3 inches. Baylor Creek Lake gained about six inches while others such as Shamrock and Paducah recorded heavy totals. The rain arrives too late for wheat but benefits grassland and prepares ground for row crops.
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Panhandle
CAA
Burlington
Shamrock
Paducah
Baylor Creek Lake
L. V. Keel
Carey
Wellington
Memphis
Quanah
Roaring Springs
Red River
Childress
Tell
Sewell Avery Steps Down As Ward's Head
CHICAGO Innp Sewell L Avery resigned as chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward Co at a special board meeting. John A Barr was named his successor effective immediately. Krider also resigned as Ward's president after backing Avery in a proxy fight with Louis E Wolfson. No reason given for Avery's departure.
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Chicago-Innp
Sewell L
Wolfson
Avery
Edmund A. Krider
Ward's
Retirement Officer Robert E Bush to Attend Interviews
Retirement Man Here Robert E Bush branch manager of the Railroad Retirement board of Amarillo will appear Tuesday at 1 PM for interviews at the Texas Employment Commission office.
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Robert E. Bush
Railroad Retirement Board of
Amarillo
Texas Employment Commission
Childress ISD Board Meeting Tonight At 7 30
The Board of Trustees of the Childress Independent School District will meet at 7 30 p m tonight in the Administration building.
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Childress Independent School District
Big Three Ministers To Meet Molotov Saturday
Western foreign ministers plan a Vienna meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov on Saturday with a possible signing of the Austrian State treaty on Sunday. Pinay announced in Paris after a Paris meeting of the three powers and Faure. Debates cover withdrawal timing, Austrian debts to Russia, and ownership of oil fields and Allied property.
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Molotov
Vienna
Austria
V. M. Molotove
Antoine Pinay
Paris
Soviet Union
Llewelyn Thompson Jr
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Britain
France
Thompson
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Big Three
V. M. Molotov
Lester Pearson
Edgar Faure
Rail Workers End 57 Day Walkout in Arbitration Pact
Washington representatives of striking rail workers and Louisville and Nashville Rail road agreed to end the 57 day walkout and submit the dispute to arbitration. About 25 000 non operating employees across 10 unions and 4 000 operating workers will return to service with seniority intact. Arbitration begins Thursday with a neutral referee whose ruling will be final and binding.
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Washington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
National Mediation Board
Louisville
W. C. Kendall
Francis A. O’neill Jr
Mediation Board
Legislators Face Pay Cut As Session Extends
In Austin Texas legislators stare at several payless weeks as the 120 day session drags on. Salaries drop from 25 dollars a day to nothing Tuesday, while lawmakers seek to raise about 60 million dollars in state revenue to fund a billion dollar program. Senate hearings on a wide tax bill resume Monday with opposition from witnesses across departments and industries.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
State Affairs Committee
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Germany joins NATO in Paris ceremony marking West strength
In Paris NATO records Germany joining the alliance as Konrad Adenauer pledges to defend freedom. The West invites Molotov to Vienna for an Austrian state treaty while a Big Four meeting debates summit timing versus foreign ministers level. Britain pushes for a summit around July 20.
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NATO
Germany
United States
Heinz L. Krekeler
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Western Alliance
Britain
Switzerland
High Radiation Readings Reported Near Wichita Falls Area
Uranium prospectors logged several times normal Geiger readings around Wichita Falls with a full roentgen at one site. Officials say cosmic showers likely caused the spike and no danger is posed, with rainfall clearing the air by nightfall.
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Wichita Falls
State Civil Defense Office
David H. Allen
J. A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Dr. Allen
G. B. Osteen
Perrin
Childress
Steve Marchand
Civil Defense
Mrs. Sid Clark Succumbs Sunday
Mrs. Sid Clark a County resident since 1899 died at 7 a m Sunday at St Joseph's Hospital Wellington. She was 78. Services 3 pm tomorrow at First Methodist Church Hollis with burial at Fairmont Cemetery Hollis. Survivors: son Granville Clark Dodson. daughters Ella May Charlton Shreveport LA May Ewing Hollis. brothers H O Price Burlington MA A Price Mineral Wells J E Price Amarillo. seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Sid Clark
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wellington
First Methodist Church
Hollis
Fairmont Cemetery
Coley Funeral Home
Granville Clark
Dodson
Ella May Charlton
Shreveport
May Ewing
H. O. Price
Burlington, Mass
A. Price
Mineral Wells
J. E. Price
Amarillo
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Looney
Shepherd
Nettie Hodges
Floyd County
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Scheele
Connecticut
Maine
Vermont
Texas Health Officer
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Harry S. Truman
Independence
Ruman
Harry S&s
Kansas City
Richard Kleberg
Sewell Avery
Ward
Pinay
Rail
William L. McGill
Texas Civil Defense
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