Four Solons Propose Tax Bill for Additional State Revenue
Four Texas senators from the State Affairs Committee propose a budget balancing bill raising gasoline, cigarette, and beer taxes to generate about 139 million dollars in new revenue over two fiscal years. The plan would earmark about 27.5 million from gasoline and 15.35 million from cigarettes plus 13.4 million from beer, with one fourth cent of the gasoline tax directed to highway funding.
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Austin
Senate State Affairs Committee
General Revenue Fund
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Jep Fuller
Port Arthur
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
William Shireman
Corpus Christi
State Affairs Committee
Senate
Dai Supporters Arrested By Premier Diem
Saigon reports Premier Ngo Dinh Diem has arrested several Bao Dai supporters including Tran Van Tuyen Le Thanh Canh Ung An Ungan and Pham Trung Hieu on charges of colluding with rebel warlords to topple the US backed government. Police also detain new ally of the royal faction amid civil war tensions with Binh Xuyen rebels.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Paul Ely
J. Lawton Collins
Diem
Tran van Tuyen
le Thanh Canh
Ung An Ungan
Pham Trung Hieu
Pham Cong Tac
Cao Dai
Binh Xuyen
B P W Club Officers Installed Thursday
Childress B P W Club installed its new slate led by Miss Alyeen Ater at the Childress Hotel. Officers include Lula Mae Carter vice president Lorene Metcalf secretary Katy Parker treasurer with Hilda Havens a past president presenting duties and roses. Ater reported on the bingo party and former treasurer Powell gave a financial update.
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Childress B&pw
Alyeen Ater
Childress Hotel
Lula Mae Carter
Lorene Metcalf
Katy Parker
Hilda Havens
Miss Ater
Grace Powell
Demos Rally to Override Eisenhower Pay Hike Veto
Democratic strategists press an all out drive to override President Eisenhower s veto of an average 8.8 percent pay boost for 500000 postal workers. House and Senate votes hinge on anticipated close margins and possible two thirds support.
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Demos
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Cer
New Galveston Mayor Faces First Session Clash
Galveston Mayor George Roy Cough faced immediate friction with the city commission over appointing police and fire chiefs. He challenged Police Chief Willie Burns about a LaMarque shooting linked to a house of ill repute, while a large crowd listened as details emerged.
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Galveston
George Roy Cough
Cough
Clough
Walter L. Johnston
Police and Fire Department
Johnston
Willie Burns
Burns
LaMarque
Illrepute
Vaccine Shortage Forces States To Halt Programs
Government delays and short vaccine supplies forced at least ten states to halt mass inoculation of first and second graders with Salk polio vaccine. States including Virginia Idaho Tennessee Kentucky Michigan Indiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Maryland paused programs as California also halted in 34 counties amid rising cases.
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Virginia
Idaho
Tennessee
Kentucky
Michigan
Indiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Maryland
Los Angeles
California
Salk
Washington
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Baylor Lake Level Now Over 17 Feet
Lake level updates report Baylor Creek Lake receiving no new water yesterday while Baylor Lake measures 17 feet 4 inches under City Manager Joe Howard. Lake Childress rises six more inches to three feet. downtown and airfield totals for the month rise with light rainfall across the region.
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Baylor
Baylor Creek
Joe Howard
Howard
Childress
Lake Childress
Airfield
Denver North Plains
Red River
Frank Barksdale
Burlington
Quanah
Paducah
Roaring Springs
Floydada
Memphis
Wellington
Shamrock
Robbery at First National Bank Seizes $90,000 in Alabama
Two armed bandits forced Jesse N. Wood to open the First National Bank in Jacksonville at 8 am and steal about $85,000 to $90,000. They held Wood's wife and two children at their home as hostages before escaping unharmed with accomplices.
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Jacksonville
Ala
First National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jesse N. Wood
Wood
FBI
Mrs. Wood
Heavy Rainfall Triggers Flood Threats Across Texas Plains
Rains totaling 7.2 inches at Valley View and up to 11 percent inches statewide flood farmlands west of Cooke county while Wichita Falls faces rising creeks. Four children die in separate lightning and crash incidents. Civil defense flags flood alerts as storms move eastward. schools dismiss in Vernon amid a tornado sighting. Forecasters expect more rain through Friday statewide, especially Panhandle.
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Valley View
Cooke County
Wichita Falls
Big Spring
Kingsville
R. E. Solomon
Spring Creek
Civil Defense
Clovis Mann
Holliday Creek
Vernon
Electra
Highway Patrol
North Central
East Texas
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Supreme Court Asked To Set Louisiana Tidal Boundary
Attorney General Hubert Brownell Jr. asks the Supreme Court to fix a three mile limit on Louisiana's offshore oil rights, arguing submerged lands extend 10.5 miles from the coast and that a 1950 decree should be modified. The brief notes Gulf resource development disputes and cites the 1953 submerged lands act granting three mile coastal reserves.
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High Court
Louisiana
Washington
ULP
Hubert Brownell Jr
Supreme Court
Brownell
Gulf
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Gulf States
Texas
Justice Department
Atx
Shell Oil Test At 5 875 Feet Near Childress
The Shell Oil Company No. 1 Tabor is drilling below 5875 feet 12 miles east of Childress per Shell Wichita Falls scouting. Pumping tests on General Crude’s wildcat southwest of Paducah yielded 35 barrels in 24 hours. Shell completed a King County discovery pumping 221 barrels of oil and 15 barrels of water in 24 hours.
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Shell Oil Company
No. 1
Tabor
Shell
Wichita Falls
Childress
General
Wildcat
Paducah
Shell Oil
King County
School Board Opposes Hazing Initiations For Freshmen
The Childress Independent School District Board of Trustees issued a statement denouncing hazing of incoming high school freshmen. It warns that students involved in hazing or initiating peers will be denied admission or dismissed indefinitely. The board declares hazing unlawful and emphasizes supervision by school personnel. Continued on page six.
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Board of Trustees
Childress Independent School District
Cere
Armed Forces Day Observance Set
Merchant plans to display flags for Armed Forces Day to be observed tomorrow. Three plane flights over Childress are arranged by the Chamber of Commerce and BCD with schedules at 9 26 p m 10 25 a m and 12 23 p m featuring Navy P2V2 craft 8 256 aircraft and B 20 bombers respectively.
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Childress
C of C
BCD
Navy
Mills Services To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Dan Mills, 82, will be at 2 p m Saturday in the Newberry Funeral Home Chapel conducted by John S Mul len. He died from a heart attack near his home at 205 Fifth No as he returned from town. Pallbearers include Bill Collyer Roy Collyer John Campsey John Hughes Bernard Gressett and Pat Murphy. Burial will be in Childress cemetery.
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Dan Mills
Newberry Funeral Home
John S. Mullen
Mills
Fifth No
Bill Collyer
Roy Collyer
John Campsey
John Hughes
Bernard Gressett
Pat Murphy
Childress Cemetery
Giles’ Attorney Seeks Postponement In Bribery Case
Fred Semaan, hired to defend former Land Commissioner Bascom Giles on a $30,000 bribe charge, says he will seek a trial postponement next Monday. He may claim a legislator attorney is aiding Giles as grounds for delay. Prosecution and defense discussed possible plea terms with reports noting a five to seven year sentencing range and the DA seeking up to 10 years.
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San Antonio
Fred Semaan
Bascom Giles
Semaan
M. PD. Jones
Giles
C. V. Wynn
Arthur McKenzie
Veterans Land
Court House
James Onion
Physician Fined for Tax Evasion in Fort Worth Case
Dr. Sam D. Barclay of Houston was fined 10,000 dollars and given two years in prison, suspended, after pleading guilty to evading 14,819.74 dollars in income taxes in 1951. U S District Judge T Whitfield Davidson noted Barclay’s good record and lack of grand jury indictment.
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Fort Worth
T. Whitfield
Davidson
Sam D. Barclay
Houston
Barclay
Heard Floore
Crockett Hospital
Farm & Home Clinic Meeting Postponed by Rain
Members postpone the meeting due to rain and will gather in the agriculture building at High School Tuesday evening at 8 p m for the session.
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Farm & Home Clinic
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Dai
B&pw Club
Commerce Dept
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Senate Post Office Committee
William F. Knowland
Calif
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
National Association of Letter Carriers
Samuel Klein
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
Kilmer Corbin
Lubbock
United Press
Hale Center
Eastland
Brady
Brady Creek
Armed Forces
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