Defense Bill Compromise Sets Near 40 Billion Total
A Senate House conference panel reached a compromise defense appropriation just under 40 billion dollars, adding 650 million to Eisenhower’s request. The package funds a new 293 million Navy super carrier and 244 million Bomarc missiles, maintaining focus on B 70 development and nuclear submarines, while slashing 400 million across military procurement.
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Associated Press
Tashington
Senate House
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Navy
U.S
Canada
Pacific Northwest
George Mahon
Dtexas
Pentagon
United States
Brownsboro Agreement Reached Over School Row
State Education Commissioner J. W. Edgar announced Brownsboro's superintendent Homer Bass and the board of trustees will resign after a bitter dispute. An election will determine new trustees, and a conference will set election procedures. A teacher testified Bass threatened her job if she did not back his trustee choices.
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ED Overholser Ustin
J. W. Edgar
Brownsboro
Edgar
Homer Bass
Faye Foster
Floods Hit Houston and Midwest as Weekend Rains Persist
Cypress Creek overflowed in north Harris County flooding hundreds of homes while Westfield near Houston and Lake Houston area camps endured heavy damage. In the Midwest, violent squalls hit Iowa and Illinois with hail and wind damaging property and injuring four people.
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Associated Press
Houston
Cypress Creek
Harris County
Midwest
Iowa
Illinois
San Jacinto River
Lake Houston
Westfield
Lineville
Rockford
Ill
Ames
New Junior High Is Set in Lubbock ISD
The Lubbock Independent School District board awarded contracts totaling 772 928 dollars for a new junior high in southwest Lubbock. Frank O Bennett Jr will handle general construction A and M Plumbing and Heating will do mechanical work and Clark Electric Co will install electrical systems. The project spans 86 925 square feet at 8 89 dollars per square foot with a total cost of 6 32 per square foot for general work and 1 68 per square foot for mechanical work. A citizens group presented a petition urging student transfers.
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Tom Eastland
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Lubbock Independent
Citizens
Bennett
A and M
Clark Electric
George Watkins
See Junior High
Hearing Set in Dickens County Sheriff Contested Vote
In Dickens County a hearing opens at 10 a m on a contest of the second Democratic primary for sheriff after both sides agreed 19 votes were illegal. The 792 votes for each candidate were reduced by 19 disputed ballots, 13 due to improper absentee handling, four from non residents, and two for other reasons. The outcome could affect the nomination and November general election.
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Ickens
Trametes Ghaniff Tryrrera
Dee Pully Smile
Bfuwoaly A
Suils
James A
Jim) Bridge
Democratic Executive Committee
Dickens County
Tullis
Philippines Hit By Tidal Waves After Typhoon Olive
Manila reports twelve foot tidal waves batter western coasts as Typhoon Olive roars out to sea. The deadly storm cuts a path through the northern Philippines, killing at least 109 people and leaving hundreds missing. Damage to crops and property estimated at 30 million dollars.
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Manila
UPI
Olive
Philippines
Luzon
Tightwad quote in the Comics Dictionary
The item presents the saying about a man who saves money to have plenty when too old to enjoy it. This brief aphorism reflects everyday thrift humor found in the Comics Dictionary section of the paper.
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Tightwad
Davis Leads Early In North Dakota Senate Race
Republican Gov. John E. Davis held a slender early edge over Democrat Rep. Quentin Burdick in the North Dakota Senate contest. With 711 of 2,310 precincts reporting, Davis had 49,967 votes to Burdick’s 40,716, while observers noted the race could hinge on city versus rural returns and the national farm-state mood.
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Fargo
N.D
John E. Davis
Senate
Quentin Burdick
DND
Davis
Burdick
Stutsman County
William Langer
North Dakota
Homecoming for Thai King Aboard in Washington Visit
The king of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen arrived in Washington with a 21 gun salute and a welcoming review by President Eisenhower. The royals tour the United States for a month while praising U.S. Thai friendship and noting the king’s Cambridge Massachusetts birth. The king, who enjoys jazz, photography and architecture, spoke of shared ideals of freedom and independence.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Thailand
U.S
Eisenhower
National Airport
Bhumibol Adulyadej
United States
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Bhumibol
Soviet spy pick targets Cuba with new ambassador post
The report says Sergei Kondriavtsev, a former Canada espionage ring head, was chosen as Soviet ambassador to Cuba. The suggestion is to establish spying near the U.S. and Caribbean area. Castro's regime has moved toward closer ties with Moscow, with an ambassador exchange following his rise to power. Formal votes were delayed in the House while debate on the bracero program continued.
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United Press International
Ashington
Russia
Sergei N. Kondriavtsev
Canada
Cuba
Caribbean
Kondriavtsev
Paris
Igor Gouzenko
Ottawa
U.S
Allan Nunn May
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
House
Fogarty
Will of John B. Kelly Charms Probate Court with Wit
Philadelphia the will of John B. Kelly signed in green ink and filled with humor was filed for probate. The heir split places one third to wife Margaret and remainder equally to children Kell Baba Grace and Liz with four million family jokes at legal terms and a note on his son in law exclusion.
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United Press International
Hiladelphia
John B. Kelly
Grace of
Monaco
Kelly
Baz
Margaret
Kell
Baba
Grace
Liz
Wales mine disaster claims forty five lives at Six Bells shaft
A massive explosion collapsed a long tunnel at the Six Bells coal mine in Wales killing 45 miners. Rescue teams braved toxic gas and further cave ins to recover bodies as anxious families waited. Officials could not yet determine the blast cause.
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United Press International
Bertillery
Wales
Six Bells
National Coal Board
Board
Pacific Tests Set By Reds
The Soviet Union announced a July rocket test series in the central Pacific from July 5 to 31, targeting about 50 000 square miles 1 000 miles southwest of Hawaii and southeast of the January site. Officials say the tests aim to develop rockets for Venus or Mars.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Pacific
Mid- Pacific
Hawaii
Venus
Mars
Weather Map SouthWest forecast of 24 hour highs and lows
Weather map data lists high and low temperatures for Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Lamarito Oklahoma City Dallas Roswell Denver and Wichita Falls for the 24 hours ending at midnight. Values appear as 9873 107 9859 4l 9969 80 9373 16 and others in mixed format.
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Albuquerque
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