One Shot Levies To Be Asked In Texas Legislature
In a tight session vote House Members passed a 106 million dollar tax package, 102 to 42, with attempts to push other tax measures and a call to report additional revenues. Speaker Carr urged final passage despite gaps, while Rep. Sadler condemned the bill as insufficient and warned of a third special session. The package adds cigarette and liquor levies, motor vehicle sales and corporation taxes, a new tobacco tax, and expands taxes on private clubs and boats.
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Pat Conway
House
Senate
Carr
Wangoner Carr
Cart
House Revenue and Taxation
Frates Seeligson
San Antonio
Seeligson
Jerry Sadler
Palestine
Bill Sadler
Menton Murray
Harlingen
George Liberace Wife Seeks Divorce Over Late Arrivals
Riverside California AP George Liberace's wife sues for divorce alleging he comes home late and frightens her. George is a violinist and conductor and brother of the pianist. They used to appear together but don’t anymore. She seeks $1135 monthly temporary alimony and cites last year’s earnings of $50000.
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Riverside
Calif
George Liberace
George
Jayne Liberace
Eisenhower Declines to Back Any GOP Nominee in 1960 Race
President Eisenhower stated he will remain neutral in the 1960 Republican nomination for Nixon Rockefeller and others. He insisted he would not force the party to accept his preferred candidate, while noting Nixon as the logical choice for the Moscow pavilion visit. He warned complete neutrality is unlikely but praised the party has many good men.
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United Press International
Ashington
Eisenhower
Richard. M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
U.S
Moscow
Rockefeller
New York
GOP
Negotiations Resume As Steel Plants Endure Unauthorized Strikes
A wave of unauthorized strikes idled about 30 000 workers nationwide as United Steelworkers and 12 steel firms negotiated a new contract in New York. About 17 000 workers at U S Steel Co Mount Morrisville Fairless Works left duties then halted, later 13 000 men at Aliquippa paused, and 2 700 at Republic Steel Independence Road joined, with others returning to work after orders from leadership.
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Associated Press
WTA le Monde
Walayuso
Auews
United Steelworkers of America
New York
U. S. iSteel Coint Big Fairless
Morrisville
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Independence Road
South Plains Rain Relents After Heavy Storms
Heavy thunderstorms drenched much of the South Plains with up to seven inches, easing by Wednesday afternoon. Flooding was reported in Midland Odessa and Wichita Falls, with one death in a Wichita Falls traffic mishap. The Weather Bureau warned of flash floods along the North Concho River and small streams feeding the Middle Colorado. Rainfall varied from traces to 4-5 inches across the region, with Mesquite near Gail among the hardest hit areas.
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Midland-Odessa
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Weather ‘Bureau
Colorado ‘River
Borden
Mesquite
Gail
Borden County
John Stevens
Snyder
Wellman
Lamesa
O'Donnell
Hall
South Plains
Dimmitt
Lubbock Construction Boom Reaches Half-Year Record
Through June 1959 Lubbock started $32.05 million in new homes and commercial structures, far ahead of 1958's pace and on track to exceed $60 million for the year. The 1,346 new residences total $17.7 million, with a single permit for an $800,000 First Baptist Church educational building marking the largest project.
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Lubbock
George Haypees
Paul Chaudoin
Building Inspection Department
Hay
First Baptist Church
Soviet Defector Flown Through U.S. Air Base
Alexander Kaznacheev, former information officer at the Soviet Embassy in Rangoon, defected to seek political asylum in the United States and was transported by a U.S. Air Force plane arriving at Travis Air Force Base at 7 52 a m from Hawaii, with hush hush protocol typical of top secrets.
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Travis
Air Force. Base
Calif
United States
Air’ Force Base
Hugh
Alexander Kaznacheev
Rangoon
Burma
U.S. Air Force
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Houston Bakery Drivers Strike Ends Stubby Report
About 520 Teamsters truck drivers walked out of five major Houston bakeries Wednesday over a new contract. The union demands a five day week while bakeries must provide emergency deliveries to hospitals. restaurants and grocers must call the bakeries for supplies. No hardship reported.
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Houston
UFS
Galveston
MARK ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR TALKS IN GENEVA
East and West marked the first anniversary Wednesday of three power nuclear talks in Geneva AP report notes limited progress and ongoing discussions among the United States Soviet Union and other participants with no immediate breakthrough announced.
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Geneva
Lubbock tragedy toll climbs on South Plains roads
A Lubbock man, John Hanna, was struck while rolling a tire on Glovis Road, nearly killed, and a Bail ey County woman died in a freak crash near Muleshoe. Police report Calvin Edwards, 26, drove the striking car. The South Plains total death toll rose with eight injured in Seminole and three in Lub bock area crashes.
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Everett Groseclose
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Glovis
Bailey County
South Plains
Seminole
Lub
John Hanna
Calvin Joe Edwards
Cherry Avenue
Laubbock
Muleshoe
Gaddy
Tension in men overdrive risks headstone fate
A satirical note in the comics section jokes that the urge to advance drives men toward ruin and a headstone, reflecting editorials on societal attitudes.
Nixon Kozlov clash ends with concession on aid gift
Vice President Nixon and Soviet Deputy Premier Kozlov debated foreign policy at a formal reception. Kozlov conceded there was no dispute that U.S. food shipments to starving Russians were an outright gift approved by Congress. Herter joined the rebuttal as the exchange drew eavesdropping guests and a Marine band played.
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John Scali Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
Hid R. Kozlov
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Cnd
Sec. of
Christian A. Herter
Kezlov
Red
Uppe
Herter
Kozlov
Eisenhower
Ussr
U.S
Hoover
Herbert’. Hoover
Sec. Herter
Congress
Richard Nixon
Frol Kozlov
Washington
Marriage 'Happier As Years Go By' Ike Mamie Anniversary
President Eisenhower marked his 43rd wedding anniversary saying a successful marriage grows happier with time. He recalled their Denver 1916 wedding and noted a private White House party and a farewell event for Lewis L. Strauss. The couple celebrated again with an informal White House staff gathering.
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United Press International
Ashington
Eisenhower
Ashow
Mamie Geneva Doud
Denver
Colo
White House
Commerce Sec
Lewis L. Strauss
James R. Killian
Belgian Prince Receives 70000 Dollar Stipend Sparking Debate
In Brussels parliament approved a 70000 dollar annual wedding gift for Prince Albert on the eve of his marriage to Princess Paola. The vote split along party lines with 114 in favor and 81 opposed, critics arguing the constitution does not authorize such grants. The ceremony will unite Albert, 25, heir presumptive, with Ruffo di Calabria, 21, amid a royal guest list of 50 relatives.
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Brussels
Belgium
Albert
Europe
Baudouin
Paola
Ruffo di Calabria
Texan Appointed to Health Research Council
R. H. Coffee of Vernon Texas was named to the National Advisory Council on Health Research Facilities, a business and civic leader announced Wednesday.
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TEXAN
Washington
R. H. Coffee
Vernon
Tex
National Advisory Council On Health Research
Weather Map Page 9 South West Weather Summary
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Low around 64, high near 87 with southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Record numbers show humidity near 97 percent and midnight humidity around 90 percent.
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Lubbock
Abilene
Amarillo
Okla
City
Dallas
Rosteil i
Denver
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