Morrow Blasts Shivers Over Texas National Committeeman Seat
Houston June B Wright Morrow accuses Gov Allan Shivers and state Democratic chairman George Sandlin of pressuring him to quit as national committeeman to please Sam Rayburn. He recalls Shivers 1952 pledge not to bow to any national leader and vows Texas should name its own committeeman. Shivers says Texas deserves a friendly, full quota on the committee and denies a long struggle.
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Associated Press
Houston
Wright Morrow
Allan Shiversa
George Sandlin
Sam Rayburn
Morrow
Shivers
Austin
Dallas
Rayburn
Texas
Beth
Ike Beth
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
State Executive Committee
Stephen Mitchell
National Committee
Paul Butler
Mitchell
Kitchen Pantry
Washington
Butler
Lena
Eisenhower Fishes as Curiosity Grows Over Future Plans
President Eisenhower visits Armachenee Lake Maine for a fishing weekend amid rising speculation about his post 1956 plans. He fishes near Little Bay Falls and Parmachenee while press secretary Hagerty says there is no Soviet reply to the U.S. protest over an attack in the Bering Strait.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Armachenee Lake
Maine
Eisenhower
Little Bay Falls
Magalloway River
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Bering Strait
Berlin
N. H
Hagerty
U. S
Parmachenee
Parmachenee Fishing Club
Ike
Georgi Zarubin
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
Molotov
Molotov Offers to Pay Half Damages in Atlantic Incident
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov expressed regret for the shooting down of a U S Neptune plane near St Lawrence Island Alaska and offered to pay 50 percent of the damages. Secretary Dulles conveyed Eisenhower's reaction saying the offer falls short of the U S request.
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Avalanche-Journal
Francisco
V. M. Molotov
Bering Straits
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Ike’ Dulles
Eisenhower
Washington
Molotov
United States
Rutherford
Calif
San Francisco
Secretary of State
Mark Hopkins
Charles E. Bohlen
U.S
Moscow
Georgi N. Zarubin
State Department
Sec. of
State
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Sec
Four Men Injured In Morton Wreck
Billy Bridges of Morton and three others were hurt in a one car crash about 9 p m Saturday on State Highway 290 six miles west of Morton. Bridges has a broken jaw and other injuries. Roy Bridges, Carl Moody and Dub Greene sustained various injuries. Moody and Greene were taken to Cochrane County Hospital in Morton.
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Morton
Methodist Hospital
Bridges
Roy
Okla
Carl Moody
Dub Greene
Greene
Cochrane County
Moody
Roy Bridges
Storms Shape 1955 Crop Outlook for Area Cotton
Farm experts warn weather will determine whether cotton yields reach a million bales or fall short. Replanting has been extensive due to hail sand and wind damage, with irrigated cotton replanted as recently as last week. Predictions remain uncertain as conditions differ from last year across the region.
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Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Romy
Americans Held in Soviet Slave Camps Threaten U.S. Help
Austrians returning from Russia's slave camps disclosed ten more imprisoned Americans who sent pleas for help to U.S. authorities. More than 20 U.S. citizens are believed held as POWs. returnees described brutal camp massacres andkidnappings from Germany and other areas, naming Pvt. Sidney Sparks and Jerry Ford among the Americans.
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Russia
U. S
U.S
Germany
Vladimir
Moscow
Pvt
Sidney R. Sparks
Tennille
Berlin
John
Jerry Ford
Oklahoma
Ford
Texas Farmers Back Wheat Quotas In National Vote
United Press reports heavy support for 1956 wheat marketing quotas with Texas voting 86.7 percent yes. Early tallies show large-agriculture states like Kansas and Minnesota also favor quotas while Oklahoma and Illinois show mixed results. Rejection could mean unlimited 1956 production and bigger surplus.
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Kansas
Minnesota
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Oklahoma
Indiana
Georgia
Delaware
South Carolina
Iowa
Illinois
Californian Dies In Mojave Desert On Ghost Town Quest
Calvert Wilson 49 from Sunfair died of thirst and exposure on the Mojave while four men sought a ghost town. His body was found on Iron Mountain after their jeep broke down and three companions left to seek help. Sheriff deputies traced the search party to a pumping station.
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California
Mojave
Calvert Wilson
Iron Mountain
Frank Bland
San Bernardino County
Metropolitan Water District
Wilson
Sunfair
Curiosity
Nineteen Die As Indian Air Force Transports Collide
New Delhi June 2. Nineteen people were killed when two twin engine transport planes collided and crashed near Agra bursting into flames. The dead include 15 Indian air force personnel and four farmay staff. Authorities reported no survivors.
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Ale Co
Agra
Indian Air Force
City Gets ABC Meet Thrills Fans Across Venues
The morning edition highlights the upcoming ABC Meet with coverage across city sections. Readers learn event details and schedules as reporters note programs on radio and television and related area features.
Graham Hails 60 000 Turnout in Germany
Evangelist Billy Graham preached to more than 60 000 people in Stuttgart calling it his highest success. Over 5 000 attendees came forward to declare for Christ at the packed football field during his fifth Europe appearance.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Billy Graham
Europe
Three Dickinson Family Slain In Wealthy Oil Exec Home
Police found the bodies of Mrs. John M. McPherson, 44, her son Conner, 12, and her mother Mrs. Norman, about 58, in their Dickinson home. An APB was issued for a six-foot, 190-pound soldier driving a missing 1953 sedan. The father, an Edwards Co. oil drilling superintendent, was in Sulphur, Louisiana. Jack McPherson, 20, was at Clemson University. The crime scene included a pajama-clad woman and a grandmother in a rayon nightgown. a bed showed recent use. A weapon was not found after a thorough search.
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Ickinson
John M. McPherson
Conner
Norman
Edwards Co
Houston
Tex
Sulphur
Jack
Clemson
S.C
Clemson University
George
Heat drives Texas towns as Presidio hits 113
Thunderstorms sweep the South Plains with scorching heat across the state. Presidio records 113 degrees while Lubbock stays cooler at 96 and other cities report 34 to 106 degrees. A stationary cool front brings scattered rain to Lamesa and southern South Plains as power outages occur during violent storms.
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Lubbock
Dalhart
Wink
Laredo
Midland
del Rio
San Angelo
Abilene
Weather Bureau
Lamesa
Plainview farmer hovers over missing Andrea Phares case
Avalanche Journal reports no word on the fate of 21 year old Andrea Phares, a pregnant mother who vanished from her farm home on May 4 with about 1400 dollars. Husband Bill Phares says he is financially ruined and ready to quit as investigators pursue fragments and theories amid a reward total exceeding 2500 dollars.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ale Center
Andrea Phares
Bill Phares
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