Action-Packed Week In Capital Topped By Ike Sudden Illness
Washington report details a busy week with the House cutting Eisenhower foreign aid, gains in personal income and employment, a veteran pension bill, and a Soviet call for troop withdrawals from Germany. Democrats blame presidential leadership for armed services quarrels while Republicans flag weak Democratic unity. Eisenhower declines talk of re election as he travels to Gettysburg for cattle talks.
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J. W. Davis
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Eisenhower
House
Germany
Ihe
Armed Services
Foreign Affairs Committee
Joe
Joseph W. Martin
House Veterans Affairs Committee
White House
Bulganin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Paul M. Butler
GOP
Leonard Hall
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Democrat Party
Nine Month Term for Repentant Texas Embezzler
John Wesley Taylor twenty six thirty six from Fort Worth received a nine month sentence after pleading guilty to embezzling and making false deposits as manager of the Fort Worth National Bank facility at Carswell Air Force Base. He took about seven thousand three hundred dollars, flew to California with the funds and returned them before discovery, explaining gambling losses and remorse to Judge Joe Estes. The case highlighted his effort to conceal the theft by gambling and his prompt repayment.
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Fort Worth
John Wesley Taylor
U. S. District Court
Fort Worth National Bank
Carswell Air Force Base
Taylor
Joe Estes
U. S
California
Frank B. Potter
Potter
Couple Wins Long Driving Contest at Westlake Golf
Leroy Breshers and his wife dominated the long driving contest at Westlake Golf Course. Breshers posted 281, 255 and 254 yard drives to sweep first three places. Bill Shipman finished fourth with 252 yards. In the ladies division Mrs. Breshers won with 151 and 126 yards, while Mrs. Roy Morley took second and fourth with 132 and 99 yards. The 26 entries were cut to one day due to heavy rain Friday and Saturday. A one day event will be held next weekend to replace Saturday night’s canceled contest.
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Breshers
Bill Shipman
Roy Morley
Noted Arctic Explorer Delays Summer Expedition
Rear Adm. Donald Baxter MacMillan, 81, cancels a planned 31st expedition to write his autobiography. He aims for a pleasure cruise with wife Miriam in the Bowdoin, possibly up to Battle Harbor Labrador, hoping to see an iceberg this summer. In WWI he was deemed too old to fly, but in WWII he served as a chartist of frozen regions.
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Provincetown
Mass
Donald Baxter MacMillan
Rctic
Miriam
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Bowdoin
Navy
Amy Regiment Storms Iwo Jima In Mock Atomic War Training
Tokyo dispatch reports the 2 500 member Fighth Cavalry Regiment landing on Iwo Jima in a mock atomic war drill. The exercise aimed to train Army and Navy personnel in amphibious assault under atomic conditions and included an initial simulated explosion and defense maneuvers.
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Amy
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Fighth Cavalry Regiment
Army
Cavalier
New York Banker Named President of Banking Institute
Leroy S. Clark of New York took over as president of the American Institute of Banking at the 54th annual convention closing session. Clark has been a vice president of the Institute and is vice president of the Marine Midland Trust Co. of New York City.
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Dallas
Leroy S. Clark
New York
American Institute of Banking
Clark
Institute
Marine Midland Trust Co
New York City
Motor Firm Holds Open House At New Texas Ave Quarters
Nearly 2,000 people toured Louthan- Dowell Motors at 1702 Texas Avenue as the firm marked its open house. Officials said the showcase, held Saturday, will continue today from 1 to 5 p m. The remodeled building previously housed Farr's supermarket.
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Louthan- Dowell Motors
Texas Avenue
Farr’s
Cliffy King to Have Birthday Party in Mercy Hospital
Cliffy King eight son of Mr and Mrs Pete King Slaton will celebrate his birthday in Mercy Hospital Slaton July 8 despite illness rattlesnake bite and a broken thigh. Grandmother Mrs Clifford Young promised a party and a cake to his room if he remains hospitalized.
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Cliffy King
Pete King
Slaton
Mercy Hospital
Cliffy
Clifford Young
Man Loses Clothes In Proving He's Not Sissy
Chicago man Raymond Hurd, 50, stripped to prove he was not a sissy to teens at a Lake Michigan beach. After being soaked in cold water, his clothes and the youths disappeared. police escorted him from the lake and he was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Chicago
Raymond Hurd
Lake Michigan
Hurd
Rogers Park
Democratic Dilemmas Loom Over 1952 Style Campaign
James Marlow notes Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver lead in the Democratic race but face a lack of fiery issues to unsettle voters against Eisenhower. He argues Republicans have adopted Democratic programs, the nation enjoys peace and prosperity, and intra party differences are mainly by degree, diluting traditional Democratic talking points.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
White House
Russia
Contess
Congress
Parade to Kick Off Crosbyton Rodeo Week
Crosbyton opens its ninth annual rodeo with a parade at 4 p.m. Thursday. The Jaycees and Lions Club will award 860 in prizes for top floats. About 200 rodeo entries are expected, plus a palmetto polo game between Spur and a Jacksboro team Saturday. Jack Huddle and his band perform nightly for dances, Serenaders provide musical backgrounds.
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Crosbyton
Jaycees and Lions Club
Spur
Jacksboro
Jack Huddle
Serenaders
Dr A J Chatman Named President Of Lone Star Medical Assn
Dr A J Chatman of Lubbock was inaugurated as president of the Lone Star State Medical Assn a Negro group during its 70th annual session in Austin. About 110 of the 140 members attended. He founded Chatman Hospital Clinic, has two prior VP terms, has been in Lubbock since 1939. He received an honorary doctorate from Paul Quinn College in 1955 and a 1952 Lions Club award for fundraising for a Negro boys club.
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A. J. Chatman
Lubbock
Lone Star State Medical Assn
Austin
Chatman
Chatman Hospital
Paul Quinn College
Waco
Lubbock Lions Club
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