Senators oppose blank check for defense missiles
Sen Ellender and Sen Dworshak criticize automatic funding for missiles satellites and new weapons saying money alone won t ensure progress Lyndon Johnson prepares to reopen the satellite missile inquiry with Navy and Air Force leaders Nimitz and Spaatz slated to testify while McElroy may appear later Ellender urges unified defense spending to end duplication and cut costs See BLANK CHECK Page 12
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Edwin B. Harktnson
Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Pentagon
Appropriations Committee
Dworshak
Idaho
Congress
Congressional
Ishak
Senate
House
Russia
United
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Navy
Hig Defense Preparedness
Chester Nimitz
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Sec. of
Defense
McElroy
House Armed Services Committee
Sece
Eisenhower
Indians Drive Off Klan Rally In Robeson County
A riot in Ax ton North Carolina ends with state troopers dispersing armed Indians who attacked a Ku Klux Klan rally. Four wounded amid thousands of rounds fired. a head dress with Chimney Rock painted on it noted. Lumbee Indians had clashed over recent cross burnings in Robeson County.
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Rudy Faltclotr
Axton
N.C
North Carolina
Ers
Chimney Rock
Robeson County
Missile Defense Order Issued by Defense Department
Washington announces a Defense Department move to coordinate Air Force and Army effort in urgently building a defense against enemy missiles. William M. Hola day named missiles director to oversee inter service cooperation following a memorandum from Secretary Neil H. McElroy assigning dual responsibility for detection and interception of 15 000 mile rocket threats.
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United
Washington
Defense Department
William M. Holaday
Air Force
Army
Sec. of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
McElroy
Ar Force
West Virginia Senator Neely Dies After Long Illness
United Press report confirms Senator Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia died at 9 09 a m at the Naval Hospital after a 15 month battle with cancer He was 83 and the second oldest member of the Senate His death shifts control of the chamber toward Republicans as Governor Cecil Underwood will appoint his successor The veteran lawmaker known for sharp tongue and political feistiness served in the House and Senate for decades and criticized Eisenhower on church and publicity matters in a long career
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United Press
Bethesda ‘Naval Medical Center
Congress
Naval Hospital
Eisenhower
Nelly
Neely
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Senate
Capitol Hill
Reconnaissance Satellites Ordered by Air Force
Heavily censored testimony before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee disclosed that the Air Force ordered development of large scale reconnaissance satellites. Lockheed officials testified the program received a go ahead and could orbit and return, while other plans for airborne warning systems were canceled due to funding. Security restrictions were urged to be lifted to share more details.
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The
Associated Press
Ashington
Air Force
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pentagon
Eugene Root
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Robert Gross
R. A. Bailey
Advanced Systems
Root
Gross
Dalanue
German War Bride Pays Poll Tax To Vote First Time
Andreas Gutmier, once a Russian concentration camp prisoner, and his German war bride daughter Mrs. Joe J. Duran paid poll tax at the Lubbock County Courthouse. They will vote for the first time as American citizens this year.
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Joe J. Duran
E. Stamford
Jerri Proctor
Andreas Gutmier
Itasca St
Duran
Gutmier
Russia
Jerry Rall
Avalanche-Journal
Ural Mountains
F. Stamford
Lubbock County
Germany
Dulles To Push Russia On Space Weapon Ban
Washington sources say President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles will continue pressing the Soviet Union to accept or reject a proposed ban on space weapons. The action follows the President's letter to Premier Bulganin outlining U S terms and concerns.
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Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Nikolai+ Bulgamin
Navy Vanguard to Try for Satellite This Week
Navy lines up a second Vanguard firing next week to launch a 72 foot rocket similar to the December 6 failure as Army teams press preparations at Cape Canaveral for a satellite test. Technical difficulties could delay the effort while both services race to put an artificial moon in orbit. The Navy plans a radio only 6 inch sphere, while the Army advances its heavier 29 pound device. Page 12.
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Darrell Garwood
Canaveral
Fla
INS
Navy
Army
Aks
Bee Vanguard
GOOD MORNING PANEL NEWSMEN HONORE EDITORIALS
A fragment from a newspaper page lists sections and pages including Editorials and Columns. It mentions RADIO TV PROGRAM and AREA FARM NEWS with page references. It also contains a remark about a dictionary definition of wife as a person to whom nothing is exasperating.
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Area Farm
Defense Aid Boost Forecast for Economy Growth
Indianapolis AP report shows Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell announcing a $5.5 billion year increase in defense materials and equipment spending. He says the boost should stimulate the economy and reverse declining employment by mid-summer, disclosed during a visit for the tenth anniversary of the first civil service law.
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Indianapolis
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Indianpolis
FBI probes teen Nazi group with national and global links
The FBI joined the UN investigation into a teen age gang calling itself the United Nordic Confederation. In Forest Hills, Queens, authorities uncovered a notebook listing 50 names across Canada, Mexico, New York, New Jersey and other states, amid plans to rob a bank to fund a master race scheme. Seven members, including the group's self styled Fuehrer, were arraigned on conspiracy charges in Queens County Felony court.
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York
Jan. S
FBI
United Nordic Confederation
Forest Hills
Queens
New York
Kew Gardens
Queens Dist
Atty
Frank O'Connor
The
Confederation
George Leggett
George Von Lich+ter
Parris Island
S.C. Marine
Canada
Mexico
New Jersey
Vermont
Virginia
California
South Carolina
O'Connor
Hitler Youth Movement
Fuehrer
Queens County
Feljonyra
Anthony ‘Liver
Check Artist Nabbed After City Foot Race
A street pursuit ended with the arrest of a 33 year old man identified as Robert Lee Powell of Alamogordo New Mexico. Powell, labeled a professional check artist, admitted writing bogus drafts and had harried merchants in at least five Texas cities over two years. Deputies Lee Rice and Chester Sprague arrested him at 1 30 p m after a downtown chase sparked by a store manager spotting a suspicious customer. Powell faces charges as authorities continue the case.
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Robert Lee Powell
Alamogordo
N.M
Texas
Powell
Lee Rice
Chester Sprague
Zelena Guinn
Sea Check
1 500 000 Bales Seen In 1957 Cotton Prospects
Duane Howell reports experts predict the 1957 South Plains cotton crop will top 1.5 million bales, with 1.528 million bales projected by Plains Cotton Growers. Most farmers expected to break even as production boosts area economy by about 290 million dollars. about 20 percent may lose money, another 20 percent earn little, 60 percent break even, with final figures to be released by USDA next month.
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Duane Howell
valancae-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
the Plains Cotton Growers Inc
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Usda Cotton
Weather Map Lubbock Varies Cloudy Windy Snow Expected
Weather map report for Lubbock and vicinity notes cloudy and windy conditions with intermittent snow and blowing snow. Morning low around 25 and high near 33. Northerly to northeasterly winds 25 to 35 mph easing later. Humidity high at 80 percent.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Travel Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma Panhandle
Raton
N.M
Rockies
Seaboard
New York
Kansas
Oklahoma
International News Services
Great Lakes
Buffalo
N.Y
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