House panel nears vote on natural gas control bill
Sources say the House Commerce Committee will vote next week to exempt some independents while retaining federal control over new contracts between producers and interstate pipelines. The Harris measure would empower the FPC to review contracts with automatic price increases and require continued service if a price is deemed too high, with the price basing on delivery point markets.
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Ashington
House Commerce Committee
Comee
Oren Harris
DiArk
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Supreme Court
House Committee
Fourteen GOP Senators Back Eisenhower Refugee Plan
A group of fourteen Senate Republicans pledged support for President Eisenhower's 10 point refugee plan and said they welcome the opportunity to back the program to be offered in bill form. The statement was issued from Senator Francis Case's office and reflects growing GOP backing despite House opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Congress
Francis E. Walter
House Immigration
Pennsylvania Democrat
Cary
Walter
Housebors
Sen
Francis. Case
R-N. J
Transfer Deadline Set for School Transfers
County Superintendent Wede Kimbrough announced that applications for transfers between districts must be filed by June 1. Parents with children in districts lacking grade levels must also apply. No transfers or approvals after June 1 under the new 1953 transfer law.
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Wede Kimbrough
Kimbrought
Baseball meeting set for Childress league board
Resident Bob Wadsworth announced the Childress summer league baseball program Board of Directors will meet in the BCD room of the Chamber of Commerce at 7 30 Monday night. Some urgent business is slated for session and all directors are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Wadsworth
Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Predict House Approval Of Penny Beer Tax Hike
Austin JP notes that a Senate approved penny per bottle beer tax hike is pivotal for the 54th legislature to adjourn by next Friday. The bill also involves tobacco and gasoline increases and funds highway construction, with observers split on House support amid past rejections.
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Austin —Jp
House of A
Senate
House of the Senate
House
Grady Hazle
Foreign Aid Paying Off Says Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee called the 3.408 billion dollar aid bill a success and said foreign aid is paying dividends. It approved the measure 13 to 2 with Morse and Langer dissenters and urged vigorous continuation. The panel warned against relaxing military efforts or shifting from aid on a grant basis to loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
William Langer
R-N. D
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
John M. Vorys
Ohio
Free World
US Receives Secret Report On Menon Talks With Red Chinese
Washington reports a top secret briefing on Indian Ambassador Menons talks with Red Chinese leaders about easing Far East tensions. Signs point to potential early repatriation of several detained American civilians and airmen, with moves traced to a New Delhi meeting between Menon and Ambassador Cooper.
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Washington
United States
V. K. Krishna Menon
Far East
New Delhi
Red China
Iowa
Reds
Capt
Harold Fischer
Sea City
Mukden
Manchuria
Peiping
Fischer
State Department
Menon
John Sherman Cooper
Red
Chou En-Lai
Mao Tse-Tung
Herbert Hoover Jr
Cooper
Chou En-La
Chou
Formosa
Coffee Break Now Counted In Government Work Day
The Labor Department ruled that coffee breaks are part of a government employee’s work day and ordered compensation for an employee injured en route to a snack shop during a break. It stated breaks within daily hours are work related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Memorial Day Observance Set
A majority of city offices and many businesses will close Monday for Memorial Day. All federal state county and city offices except law enforcement will observe the holiday with a quiet observance. Plans call for a 30 second silent prayer at 11 30 a m signaled by a long fire siren. Citizens are asked by veterans groups to face westward and repeat a silent prayer.
Kefauver Says Ike Spends Little Time In White House
Senator Estes Kefauver charged that President Eisenhower has spent less time in the White House and delegated more duties than any prior president. He called the administration a caretaker regime and urged a Democratic victory in 1956 to gain control of Congress.
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Poland Springs
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
White House
Kefauver
Senate
House
Eisnhower
Washinton
Washington
Shell Drilling Deepens at Tabor Well in Hardeman County
The Shell Oil Company reports Number 1 Tabor in Hardeman is drilling below 7 145 feet in shale. The Hardeman test near the Childress line aims to reach 7 700 feet seeking oil or gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Company
Hardeman
Childress Line
West Berlin Fights Back as 3000 Reds Clash at Veterans Reunion
West Berlin police repelled an invasion by about 3000 Communists aiming to disrupt a war veterans reunion in the British sector. Four officers and 10 rioters were injured, 22 Reds arrested, and residents helped by dousing attackers with water as riot police used hoses and clubs to hold the line near the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Germany
Third Armored Division
Solon Charges Discrimination In Farm Market
Senator Ellender accused the State Department of discriminating against American farmers in overseas markets. He cited opposition to selling US rice in Asia and argued the department should protect American welfare, noting a Council letter linking rice supply to wartime disruption and urging market access to Asian nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
State Department
Department
Louisiana
Bllerder
Council On Foreign Economic Policy
Asia
Council
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
United States
Ellender
Hobby Cancels California Speech Opening Conference
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby secretary of Health Education and Welfare has cancelled acceptance to open the national conference of social work in San Francisco. A spokesman said she is in Texas with her husband who has been ill.
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San Francisco
Oveta Culp Hobby
VA Office Closes for Memorial Day Holiday
The Veteran's Administration office will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. Beginning Tuesday, hours shift to 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. instead of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Veteran's Administration
Rail Strike Paralyzes England During Whitsun Holiday
About 70,000 railway engineers and firemen walked out across Britain stranding millions of holiday travelers. The strike disrupted four of every five trains, testing Prime Minister Anthony Eden as his government faced its first major crisis. Emergency plans shifted freight and critical deliveries while other unions sent stay orders.
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London
Britain
Anthony Eden
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Gan
Eden
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
Officials Hope Polio Shots Rebound After Vaccine Clearance
Washington officials voiced hope that new safety standards and a government release plan will restore confidence in the Salk polio vaccine. Surgeon General Scheele drafts a report for President Eisenhower to ease fears about safety and effectiveness as communities and schools faced declining inoculation numbers and concerns about timing and incubation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Eisenhower
New York
Scheele
Shivers Vetoes Two Measures In Texas Legislature
Gov. Allan Shivers vetoed two bills, both sponsored by Rep. A. R. Schwartz of Galveston, one allowing counties to build and maintain toll roads between counties. He stated the bill would shift policy toward broad toll road use and remove safeguards against navigational interference, opposing state highway toll road expansion.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Shivers
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Texas
UAW Rejects Ford Plan and Sets Thursday Strike
The UAW spurned Henry Ford II's invitation for a vote on a Ford package and set a strike deadline for Thursday. Walter Reuther warned a settlement requires a major shift, demanding job protection and avoiding layoffs, while Ford offered a stock plan and interest-free borrowing instead of a guaranteed wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
TEC Forecasts Seasonal High In Employment
The Texas Employment Commission projected a June peak in non farm employment with April total at 2 716 800 up 12 600 from March and 80 000 above April 1954. June gains expected from student and school service workers with manufacturing jobs rising in transportation equipment metalworking lumber and wood products and furniture sectors. April construction rise to 15 percent above April 1954 with mid June losses anticipated for non manufacturing due to summer school layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Boys Ranch helper Danny Price praised by Cal Farley
Childress boy Danny Price, now a cowhand at the Boys Ranch near Amarillo, is highlighted as one of the ranch’s top hands by founder Cal Farley. Local residents support the program, aiming to raise at least 1800 dollars to aid ranch charity and education for the boys. Annie Ruth Bell coordinates donations to support the cause.
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Danny Price
Childress
Amarillo
Price
Cal Farley
Farley
Annie Ruth Bell
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Shell
Red Invaders
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UAW
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