President Eisenhower Honors Visit To Air Force Academy
President Eisenhower visited the Air Force Academy Colorado to receive an honorary bachelor of science degree and to attend the first graduation class ceremony. He greeted Cadet Col. Herbert A. Adamson and then flew to Denver with grandchildren and Maj. John Eisenhower’s family for a weekend stay.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmit
Eisenhower
Colorado
New Air Force Academy
Denver
Washington
Herbert A. Adamson
Brigham City
Utah
Rampart Range
Doud
Academy
Hower
Army
John Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Price Plans Second Tax Push Amid Legislature Battle
Governor Price Daniel faces a tough fight as the 11 a.m. session reconvenes to seek new revenue totaling about 220 million dollars to erase the deficit and fund small state costs within 30 days. He argues gas lobbyists blocked his plan in the regular session and urges a showdown to pass taxes.
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ED Overholaer Ustin
Price A
Daniel
Burglars Hit Iredell Bank For $250
In Iredell Texas burglars pried open the Iredell State Bank front door and used a torch to access the vault. They yielded only 250 dollars in silver while missing 6000 dollars in cash and thousands in Railway Express checks due to an incomplete breach.
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Iredell, Tex
Iredell
Power for Peace Armed Forces Day displays
National Armed Forces Day spotlighted military power with Army Navy and Air Force events in New York Kansas City and Savannah. Lt Gen Schriever defended eggheads as vital to national security, while Adm Burke touted submarine missiles as sure deterrence and Gen Taylor outlined a broad deterrence program with all services involved.
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Ashington
Army
Navy
Air Force
New York
Kansas City
Savannah
B. A. Schriever
Air Research and Development Command
United States
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Maxwell D. Taylor
New Fort
York
Military Order of World Wars
Yarborough Attacks Republicans at West Texas Fundraiser
Sen Ralph Yarborough spoke in Lubbock at Fair Park Coliseum where he attacked the Republican administration as frightened and lacking vision. He outlined four domestic problems inflation farms racketeering and public works cuts, urging more new starts for America. He criticized penny pinching economics and high interest rates, noting America was founded on new starts.
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Tanner Laine
Ralph Yarborough
Lubbock
Lroerice
Yateghsie
Fair Park
Liseum
West Texas Friends
Yarborough
Texas
America
Madison Avenue
Senator
Reese AFB Hosts 10th Armed Forces Day Flight Show
Ten thousand to twelve thousand visitors braved drizzle at Reese Air Force Base for the 10th annual Armed Forces Day open house. The event featured T-33 jet demonstrations, a mock Marine attack, Texas Tech ROTC drill, and ground displays including the B-47 bomber. A noon luncheon sponsored by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce drew civic and military officials from Lubbock and Reese.
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South Plains Area
Reese Air Force Base
Texas Tech Rotc
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
Reese
Lennis Baker
Benny Hilburn
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Cross Ellis
Heston C. Daniel
Reese Forces
Travis Hoover
Woman Escapes Shark Attack at Indian Rocks Beach
A 4 foot shark bit 37 year old June Goldback in shallow water at Indian Rocks Beach. She twisted free, suffered minor scratches to foot thigh and hand. Her Milwaukee mother Clara Winkler pulled her to shore during the attack.
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Clearwater
Fla
Indian Rocks Beach
June Goldback
Milwaukee
Wis
Toll Rises In Traffic
Two people died and at least six were injured in automobile accidents across the area Friday night and Saturday. Ernest C. Carter and spouse of Floydada were fatally injured near Plainview in a two car crash, while a separate crash at East Broadway underpass injured three, and collisions at 15th Street and Ave L and at 19th Street and the Texas Tech Freeway injured others. Five people were hurt in two Lubbock accidents Saturday morning. Names include Shirley Marie Mathis, A H Hogan, W D Howard, Barnett B Rogers, and Homer Jones as reported. See WRECKS Page 14.
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South Bees
Saturn
Ernest C. Carter
Floydada
Plainview
East Broadway
15Th St
Ave. L
19Th St
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Shirley Marie Mathis
A. H. Hogan
25Th St
W. D. Howard
Ave. H
Barnett B. Rogers
West Texas Hospital
Homer Jones
Ave. K
Jones
Methodist Hospital
Dulles Death Believed Near Amid Decline in Health
John Foster Dulles, 71, stricken by cancer and pneumonia, is near death as friends say his strength ebbed further. He lies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, bedridden since last Saturday, with family gathered and the State Department reporting a continued decline in condition.
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Washington
UPI
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dulles
State Department
Concession Hinted By Red Chief
Soviet Premier Khrushchev signaled possible concessions at the Geneva mini conference as talks on a nuclear test ban show progress. He praised some Western ideas while inviting round-table solutions and indicated openness to further examination. Secret diplomacy by U.S. Secretary Herter to probe Soviet aims is planned during the Denver discussions.
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Nikitai Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Moscow
Denver
Colo
United States
E Tect
Ag U. S. Sec
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Elopement: A Runaway Marriage Triggered by Family Opposition
A lighthearted column explains elopement as a run away marriage sparked when a man proposes and a mother in law objects. The piece uses humor to describe how couples circumvent family disapproval and wed in private.
Rains Drive Southward Flooding Texas Streets
Heavy weekend storms traverse Texas into Oklahoma with up to 2.5 inches of rain in San Antonio causing street flooding and halted traffic. Lightning and winds to 40 mph accompanied downpours across Corpus Christi Childress Fort Worth Junction Presidio Victoria Waco and Wink. A man died in a separate storm incident in Oklahoma/Missouri as storms lingered.
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Avalasche
Downstate
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Missouri
Texas
Corpus Christi
Childress
Fort Worth
Junction
Presidio
Victoria
Waco
Wink
Kimbell Ranch
Alpine
Robert Lee Laver
San Angelo
Houston ISD approves teacher pay raise and school building program
The Houston Independent School District voters approved a $400 pay raise for teachers and a $32 million school building program in the Saturday election.
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Houston
Houston Independent School District
Crusade heads to Coliseum for final session tonight
Officials hope a large crowd will attend the Crusade at the Coliseum. Churches have suspended evening services to allow members to participate in the event.
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Crusade
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