Farm price supports backers push for final victory
Congressional advocates of rigid mandatory farm price supports say they still expect to win, despite Senate setbacks. Sen. Young notes chance for at least a one year extension of 90 percent supports on wheat. Nixon’s tie breaking vote blocked removal of mandatory supports. House defers, plan for conference committee if Senate version fails, and Rep. Cooley vows House stand.
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Sen. Young
R-Nd
Nixon
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
House
Rep. Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
Poage
D-Tex
Grant
Hope
Andresen
Manifesto on segregation stirs Senate signings across South
A regional manifesto endorses resisting school integration and cautions against judicial encroachment. It urges calm, condemns disorder, and notes most Southern senators and many House members from Alabama to Virginia have signed. Some legislators from Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have not. A North Carolina Democrat says he has no intent to sign. The document, drafted by three committee leaders, circulated in drafts seeking agreement among Southern Democrats.
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Death notices from Lawton airman and Fort Sill deaths
Funeral arrangements pending word from Montana kin. Reports list multiple fatalities and serious injuries in traffic crashes near Lawton including two Sheppard AFB airmen and a Fort Sill private. A 2c William H. Jones of Granville ND died Tuesday in a head on crash near Blue Beaver Creek bridge during dust storm. Two other Jones companions remained seriously injured at Fort Sill. Pfc. Russell L. Wright of Fort Sill died when his 1951 Hudson hit a diesel switch-engine at Rich ards Spur crossing. Wright’s twin and driver Zackie Owens Jr. were hospitalized in serious condition. A small girl died at the crossing March 9, 1955. Local residents plan to ask Gov. Gary to install a blinker light at the dangerous crossing used by Rock Island to Dolese Brothers. One man injured when a Cadillac fell down an embankment near U.S. 277. Sgt. Charles L. Goode not injured. Previous crash near the same spot left a woman dead in Clinton hospital.
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552Nd Infantry Bn
Calhoun, Miss
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Pfc
Harry L. Wright
Zackie Owens Jr
Post Hospital
Raymond Gary
Rock Island Railroad
Dolese Brothers
U.S. 277
Raymond Gunter Jr
Charles L. Goode
Frank Murphy
Clinton
Tunisia accuses France over deadly colonial protest
Tunisia agains French controlled police for failing to stop a 2500 strong demonstration that sacked the U.S. consulate. One Frenchman was killed and three Tunisians wounded as police on scene did not intervene and Tunisian officers were not deployed.
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Tunis
Tunisia
U. S
Nixon faces GOP turbulence over 1954 campaign remarks
Nixon critics within the Republican Party push back against his 1954 treason insinuation charge and praise for Earl Warren while GOP supporters mobilize to show solid party backing. Some senators and House members form the Chowder and Marching Club to bolster Nixon amid internal tensions.
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Republican National Committee
GOP
Earl Warren
House
Republican Party
Queen Elizabeth Begins Mediterranean Cruise
Queen Elizabeth II set off for a week long Mediterranean cruise aboard the royal yacht Britannia off Corsica. She joined the Duke of Edinburgh on board while smiling and in a carefree mood before departure.
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London
Queen Elizabeth II
Mediterranean
Duke of Edinburgh
Corsica
Egypt as Leading Middle East Bloc in US Policy
US policy aims to work with Egypt as the natural leader of a Western-leaning Arab bloc to pursue a negotiated settlement of the Israeli Arab crisis and maintain Israel’s security while preventing Soviet entry. Dulles fears Egypt’s moves toward Jordan and the Baghdad Pact threaten Western restraint. The US supports Western financing for Aswan Dam and resists British push for the northern tier defense.
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Africa
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General deShazo, Fort Sill veteran, 1926 West Point grad
General deShazo, son of a military family, served in World War II and Korea. He led the Sixth Armored Field Artillery Group in North Africa and Italy, commanded multiple field artillery formations, and held posts from Turkey to Korea. He returned to the United States as artillery commander of the 11th Airborne Division and later led the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Paris. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal, and other honors.
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Fort Sill
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Paris
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Stevenson Calls 1956 Campaign Turning Point Issue
Stevenson, a declared Democratic presidential candidate, frames a fundamental revision of the presidency as the campaign’s new issue not health. He argues the public must understand Eisenhower’s constitutional role and warns against a hidden associate president. He accuses Nixon of political expediency on school desegregation.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
188000 Holdup Suspect Faces Traffic Ticket Count
New York police revealed that Arthur L. Paisner, jailed over a $188,900 holdup of a Port Chester bank, also faces 10 unpaid traffic tickets. He is held on the bank robbery charge as investigators attach the traffic warrants to the case.
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Arthur L. Paisner
Port Chester
N.Y
Storeroom Flash Fire Destroys Small Building
A flash fire at 1623 Garfield around 7 29 p.m. Saturday destroyed a small frame storeroom owned by Rosie Mitchell and most contents valued at 300 dollars. No injuries reported. Cause undetermined. Firemen found a bicycle, several mattresses and ceiling boards stored inside.
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Rosie Mitchell
Tokyo Ordnance Depot trains Sentry Dogs in Far East
The Army runs the Tokyo Ordnance Depot Training Center in Japan, activated December 1954, with over 100 dogs. More than 40 are Korean War veterans, theater ribbons displayed on kennels. Training stresses obedience and agitation, plus praise and patience, while dogs work 12-hour shifts worldwide. One dog, Tuck, balances a bottle cap on his nose and can leap six feet, possibly eight feet with a running start.
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Army
Tokyo Ordnance Depot
Japan
Tokyo
Tuck
McMurry
Summit
Immunization drive targets three counties in April
Dr Miller outlines vaccine clinics for Comanche Tillman and Jackson counties from April 9 to 13 and April 16 to 20 with no Saturday service. First shots only. second and third shots rely on private physicians if additional vaccine is allocated. About 18,920 Comanche children ages one day to 14 years. 9,000 to 10,000 expected to receive shots, though totals will drop due to prior inoculations and parental request gaps. 10,000 Comanche doses available. 4,292 Tillman children eligible with 2,124 doses. Jackson county tally to 3,150 shots. Nurses and Dr Miller assisting across counties.
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Jackson County
Miller
Comanche County
Pauline Ross
Louise Agnew
Dorothy Patterson
Betty Hirschman
Tillman County
Thelma Harmison
Lenora Cootz
Norway’s Seven Million Gross Tons Merchant Fleet
Norway maintains a merchant fleet totaling seven million gross tons indicating substantial seafaring capacity. The figure reflects the country’s large commercial shipping fleet and its importance in global trade.
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Norway
Political change in town shifts council election format
Pair fills Wesley Kepler unexpired term while running first campaign. voters may cast for one candidate per ward. Spring 1957 includes mayor, police chief, street commissioner Earl Christmas seat eyed by McKenzie, plus clerk treasurer and four council members. Earl Simmons seeks state representative as Gilhen Rhoads vacates for state senate. Mary Pokorny and Mrs. Dorothy Cooper head county clinics. immunization program to pause routine health clinics. vaccines limited to pre school children and expectant mothers. last year recipients ineligible.
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McKenzie
Earl Christmas
Earl Simmons
Gilhen Rhoads
Mary Pokorny
Rhoads
Senate
Comanche County
Dorothy Cooper
Altus
Miller
Jackson County
Health Department
Earthquake Felt Across Humboldt County Overnight
A rolling quake was felt over a large area of Humboldt County in extreme northern California last night. No damage was reported.
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Eureka
Calif
Humboldt County
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