Thailand Emerges as Main Bulwark Against Communism in Asia
United Press report outlines Thailand becoming the free world’s frontier against Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. It notes Thailand’s readiness to fight if needed, its alliance with UN actions, and the shifting focus from Indo China to Thailand as anchor of defense. Prince Wan Waithayakon, a key figure, is highlighted for his role and background.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Thailand
Southeastsia
United States
East Asia
Luang Pibul Songgram
United Nations
France
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Prince Wan
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Wan
Indo- China
Wan Waithayakon Kremmon Nazadhap Bongsprebhand
Wan Waithayakon
King Mongkut
Oxford University
England
Foreign Service
House Passes Grazing Lands Improvement Bill
Washington July 15 The House approved by voice vote a bill to improve federally administered grazing lands by seeding with 900000 pounds of hay and pasture seeds. The measure aims to expand range improvement by seeding an additional 110000 acres and returns to the Senate for minor amendments.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Comanche District Competing in National Soil Contest
Comanche county soil conservation district enters a Goodyear national awards program. District chairman T. R. Keegan says boards will be judged on performance, with a top prize of a weeklong trip for one board member to Wigwam Ranch in Arizona in December 1955. Committee members include Keegan Lawton Hooper Storer Wilkerson and Buchwald.
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Comanche County
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
T. R. Keegan
Board of Supervisors
Goodyear
Ariz
Oklahoma
Keegan
Lawton
Don Hooper
Fletcher
John Storer
Earl Wilkerson
Indiahoma
Rudolph Buchwald
Faxon
School Board Seeks Two-Week Notice For Student Weddings
Hot SpringsArk policy requires high school students planning to marry and remain in school to notify the principal in writing at least two weeks before the wedding. The policy also grants a two week adjustment period after the wedding during which the couple is excused from classes.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Hot Springs
Gary and Coe runoffs feud over $12,000 payment
Governor candidates Gary and Coe traded accusations after a 1950 runoff recount. Gary produced television evidence claiming Coe deposited a $12,100 refund into his account and urged refunds to contributors. Coe dismissed the charge as desperation and accused Gary of inflated gas and oil sales to the state.
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Raymond Gary
William O. Coe
Coe
Gary
State Election Board
State Highway Department
Mother and Wife Visit Convict Find He Walked Away
In Lincoln Nebraska Lloyd Leonard of Omaha escaped from a threshing crew at the penitentiary and the warden found the prisoner absent on arrival. The escape went unnoticed until the warden arrived to supervise the prison visit.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lloyd Leonard
Omaha
Herbert Hahn
Leonard
Year’s Hottest Day Ends With Honey For Flaherty
In Somerville Massachusetts yesterday the year’s hottest day reached 95 degrees as a wild bee hive in Thomas J. Flaherty’s yard tumbled from a tree when the wax melted. He collected the honey for table use.
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Somerville
Mass
Thomas J. Flaherty
Flaherty
Vast Road Building Program Seen As Certain Amid Debate
Bolton Landing N Y July 15 UP a vast national road building program appeared likely regardless of governors accept President Eisenhowers 50 billion ten year plan Governors closed their 46th annual conference with a decision to study the proposal before acting They may meet in Washington late this year to discuss federal role in road building with states They favored coordination for a national network and noted possible federal help in financing turnpike projects The governors expressed pleasure at the Presidents willingness to work with states and avoided calls for the federal government to quit road funding Byrnes and Kennon to lead next year as Democratic and Republican figures were discussed for 1956 in state politics Dewey reportedly plans retirement next January and a Washington White House bid seemed unlikely Washington also carried a note on a separate Agriculture Department advisory about running washing machines warning water above 160 degrees can cause burns
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Bolton Landing
N. Y
Washington
Eisenhower
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lawrence M. Wetherby
Kentucky
Clinnon
Byrnes
Gennen Williams
Michigan
Lausche
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Albany
White House
Dewey
Agriculture Department
Exhibition displays new crop as pickpockets discard wallets
In Edmonton Alberta on July 15 an UP A combine on display at an exhibition drew attention for an unusual crop. Police found three paper bags crammed into the machine containing 12 empty wallets apparently discarded by pickpockets.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Miss Bevins Donates Ninth Pint in Record Blood Drive
Boston’s top blood donor Miss Marcelle Bevins faced 96 degree heat to reach the Red Cross blood bank and give her 90th pint. Since 1939 she has donated more than 11 gallons, a remarkable record of civic generosity and endurance.
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Boston
Marcelle Bevins
Red Cross
State AG targets resort owner for illegal beer promos
In St Paul on July 15 the state attorney general criticized a woman resort owner over selling 3.2 beer without a license. She allegedly gave away a bottle of beer with each 25 cent popcorn bag, an apparent violation of liquor laws and licensing rules.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Man Named Salvador Searched For After Alleged Church Fair Marriage
Mexico City police issued a search for Salvador after they alleged he married a 16 year old girl at a church fair and honeymooned for two days before abandoning her on a downtown street corner.
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Mexico City
Salvador
Polio Epidemic in Wyoming Slows After Vaccination Drive
In Greybull and Basin counties a polio outbreak slowed as gamma globulin was flown to the state. Over 1,400 children aged 3 to 12 received the treatment, with one death reported, a six year old Grey Bull boy. 31 current cases, including a 14 year old Dean Sherard, were treated or relocated for care.
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Greybull
Lovell
Dean Sherard
Wyoming Highway Commission
Sherard
Billings
Mont
Chase For Money Proves Expensive
BUFFALO N Y a judge scolded a debtor calling the pursuit of money foolish and warned the subject would lose it as did plus ten dollars the exact fine remained unclear in the fragmented report.
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Buffalo. N.Y
Madge Taggert
Police Collar Off-Duty Cop Posing As Suspect
Police moved into the 800 block of East Broad Street Richmond to greet a man described as a large white male in a T shirt and straw hat with a pistol in his pocket. The man was an off duty officer required to carry his weapon at all times.
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Richmond
East Broad Street
Bear Strolls Through Ohimato Main Street
A 400 pound bear wandered down Ohimato's main business street yesterday causing surprise and scattering pedestrians. Local authorities tracked the animal but it remained unthreatening as bystanders watched from a safe distance. No injuries or property damage were reported.
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Tokyo
Ohimato
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