Coronation Invasion Begins As Thousands Set Up Camps
Thousands camp on streets from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square as crowds prepare for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Jockey Gordon Richards is knighted for his record career as London braces for the coronation day crowds and weather forecasters expect cool, cloudy and showery skies.
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London
England
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Trafalgar Square
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Golden State
Gordon Richards
Pinza
Aureole
Europe
Coronation
Six Mile
Prince Phillip
Northside Baptist Church Launches 100 Day Revival
The Northside Baptist Church in Mexia opens a revival this Friday at 7 45 p m and will run 100 days until June 14 led by Rev Jimmy Hinton a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student Rayford Laster directs singing A Vacation Bible School also starts tomorrow with 30 to 40 children ages four to 16 enrolled and a full list of teachers and helpers is provided by Rev Warren
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Northside Baptist Church
Mexia
Bill Warren
Jimmy Hinton
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Rayford Lasseter
Vacation Bible School
Tommy Shivers
Jim Forman
B. F. McCaslin
Mary Johnson
Woodrow van Winkle
Joann Kuharski
Freddie Jo Henderson
Peggy Grooms
Frankie Bruce
Billie Speight
Guy Lipsey
Warren
Child Bride Rescued From TwoStory Flagler Ledge
Sheila Rose Mosso a 15 year old held at the county courthouse ledge was coaxed back to safety as officials and her husband Pvt James E Mosso prepared a dramatic air side arrival. She had been confined for aiding an escape with a pistol and faced a harrowing morning above Flagler street while thousands watched.
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Miami
Fla
Flagler Street
Air Force
Sheila’ Rose Mosso
James E. Mosso
International Airport
Thread Leads Police To Burglary Suspect
Oklahoma City police traced the burglary to a man found asleep beside a stolen radio and portable sewing machine. A thread from the sewing machine and the dangling trail led officers to the suspect near the building, where Mrs. Nora McPhail reported the theft.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Nora McPhail
Cops Arrest Texan After Two Children Stolen In Chicago
Two children missing from their home for 12 hours were found early today. Ruth Savage a 28 year old Texan and wife of a Chicago cab driver was arrested with Bhayon Frost and her sister Jacqueline three near the abduction site. The woman said she took the children because she was drunk and was found with the youths forty blocks away. A cab driver alerted police after seeing the lightly dressed, shivering children on a street corner with the woman.
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Chicago
Texas
Ruth Savage
Amarillo
Tex
Bhayon Frost
Jacqueline
Powerful Atomic Explosion Scheduled in Nevada Tomorrow
In Las Vegas the Atomic Energy Commission postponed the United States most powerful continental atomic blast to dawn tomorrow due to weather. Security restrictions mirror South Pacific nuke tests as officials aim to prevent radioactive drift from the Nevada proving grounds.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Evada Proving Grounds
South Pacific
Continental
Russians May Soon Have Hydrogen Bomb
Fort Worth reports Maj. Gen. Roger M. Ramey warned the Fort Worth Bar Association that Russia may soon possess the hydrogen bomb and already has means to deliver it to the United States. He noted Russia already has the atomic bomb and cited delivery capabilities.
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Fort Worth
Russia
Roger M. Ramey
Air Force
Washington
Eighth Air Force
Carswell Air Base
Former Mexia Man Dies At Anson
L McGilvary 74, a former Mexia resident, died in an Anson hospital last night at 10 30. Funeral services and burial set for 10 30 a m tomorrow in Anson. He was born in Mexia and moved to Anson in 1906, and was brother to Mrs Dudley Ross and H A McGilvary. Britannia metal described as pewter used in the 18th century for tableware, formed on a lathe rather than cast.
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L. McGilvary
Mexia
Anson
Mr. McGilvary
Dudley Ross
H. A. McGilvary
Memorial Day Holiday Death Toll Tops 390 Across Nation
National Safety Council reports 243 traffic fatalities during the Memorial Day weekend amid 396 violent deaths, with 92 drownings and eight fires. Texans accounted for 23 deaths including 11 traffic incidents and 12 drownings or home crises. Notable losses include W H Hedricks family members at Ward Prairie Lake and Houston residents in separate crashes and drownings.
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United Preas
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
America
United Press
Ward Prairie Lake
Baytown
Liberty
W. H. Hedricks
Sue Ellen Hedricks
Jackie ‘Hopper
D. Kimbrie
Proctor
Glen Roge
Wertha Cole Scales
Mary Louise Huey
Houston
Daniel Hits GOP Stand On Tidelands
Sen Price Daniel and Sen Russell Long challenge the administrations view on the continental shelf oil leasing bill. They question Assistant Attorney General Rankin as he faces Interior Committee scrutiny. The bill creates federal leasing authority beyond state coastal limits. President Eisenhower also proposes a State Department reorganization merging foreign programs under the secretary of state.
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Washington, D. C
Price Daniel
Senate
Texas Democrat
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin
Daniel
Long
Senate Interior Committee
Guy Cordon
Oregon
Eisenhower
Sen
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Congress
State Department
Mutual Security Administration
Secretary of State
State
Mexia Scouts Headed to Camp Tahuaya for Weeklong Outing
Twelve Boy Scouts from Mexia Troop 70 and two adult leaders left Mexia for Camp Tahuaya near Belton to spend a week at Heart O' Texas Boy Scout camp. Scouts include Jimmy Kirgan, Larry Gerdes, Don Randle, Dicky Flatt, Sumpter Frazier, Jan Grice, Gary Norwood, Don Cox, Jerry Kinsey, Charles Carr, Freddie Williams, and Robert Isham. Scoutmaster Leon Flatt and Paul Cary accompany them. transport provided by Mr and Mrs Joe Randall and Mrs Paul Carr. They expect to return Saturday.
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Boy Scouts
Mexia Troop
Heart O' Texas
Belton
Tahuaya
Jimmy Kirgan
Larry Gerdes
Don Randle
Dicky Flatt
Sumpter Frazier
Jan Grice
Gary Norwood
Don Cox
Jerry Kinsey
Charles Carr
Freddie Williams
Robert Isham
Leon Flatt
Paul Cary
Mexia Lions Club
Joe Randall
Paul Carr
Supreme Court Defers Segregation Rulings in Public Schools
The Supreme Court today again deferred rulings on five test cases about racial segregation in schools. If term extends, decisions may come next Monday June 8 or the following Monday June 15, the term’s last day.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Elizabeth II's Reign Faces Grim Wartime Aftermath
As Elizabeth II prepares to ascend the throne at Westminster Abbey Britain begins a reign under austere postwar strain. The empire's future weighs on a nation bearing war scars, high taxes, and economic hardship amid the coronation mood.
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Cinderella
Britain
Ueep
Elizabeth II
Westminster Abbey
Empire
Commonwealth
Ang Britein
Texas Heat Wave Pushes Readings Past 100 Across State
A blistering Texas heat wave drives temperatures to 109 degrees in Presidio and 101 in Wink, with many locations like Amarillo Laredo and Alice near 100. Overnight lows fall to 61 in Dalhart and El Paso records a high minimum of 77 with a rare light rain in the far west. Mexia reports 89 rising to 76. forecasters expect continued warmth and partly cloudy skies.
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United Pres
Texas
Presidio
Galveston
Wink
Amarillo
Laredo
Alice
Childress
Dalhart
Panhandle
el Paso
Mexia
Passengers praise safety change in American airliner
Eighty passengers aboard a North American Airlines DC-4 reversed seats to face forward in a safety trial from Burbank to Kansas City. Passengers noted improved visibility and comfort, reduced engine noise, and most felt no motion sickness despite rough air. stewardess Clara Doble reported no air sickness among the 80 aboard.
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Kansas City
Burbank
Calif
North American Airlines
Clara Doble
Man With Pride In His Work Sentenced In Knoxville
William Leopold Weiss, touted as a four man with pride who claimed he could open any safe in five minutes, was jailed for three years by a Knoxville judge after a local demonstration of his ability.
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Knoxville. Tenn
William Leopold Weiss
Senate Debates Cutting Off U N Funding Over Red China Admission
In Washington the Senate weighs a proposal to cut U S funds to the United Nations if Red China is admitted. GOP senators predict President Eisenhower may personally intervene to block the rider added to an appropriation bill. Treasury Secretary Humphrey promotes extending the excess profits tax to six months amid calls for cash to fund government programs.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
United Nations
China
Senate
GOP
Eisenhower
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
House
Ways and Means
Secy
Humphrey
West Texas Teacher Faces Murder Trial Tomorrow
Sundown teacher Jack Killingsworth, 28, is set for trial in Judge Victor H. Lindsey's court on charges of murdering Richard McChristial, 37, after a February 27 incident at Sundown High School. Police say Killingsworth claimed McChristial coerced his wife into sex. A special venue inquiry of 138 is planned for tomorrow afternoon.
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Mc Christial
Killingsworth
Rosenbergs Denied Stay Of Execution By Judge Kaufman
Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman refused to set aside the death sentences of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and denied a stay pending appeal. The ruling clear the path for imminent executions in New York.
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Rosenbergs
New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Rhee proposes US aid in exchange for armistice plan
President Syngman Rhee submits a compromise plan to the United States seeking military and economic aid in return for an armistice. The proposal, delivered to Eisenhower via Ambassador Briggs, will be discussed at a National Security Council meeting. Rhee demands U.S. promise aid and a robust postwar rehabilitation for South Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
United States
South Korea
Eisenhower
U. S
Ellis 0. Briggs
Rhee
National Security Council
Washington
Pyun Tong Tse
Pyun
United Nations
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Mexia VFW Ladies Raise About 198 in Buddy Poppy Sale
The Mexia VFW Ladies Auxiliary collected 198.19 during a Buddy Poppy sale on Saturday. Auxiliary president Mrs Charles Barker led volunteers including Mrs Nathalee White Mrs Eddie Anderson and others with Sgt Hershel White assisting. Most funds stay in Mexia for needy veterans and dependents. 55 will fund hospital programs and the national VFW home.
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Mexia
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Buddy Poppy
Charles Barker
Nathalee White
Eddie Anderson
Maurine Bennett
Jackie Fife
Rosa- Lee Parkin
Mae Wilson
Set. Hershel White
Barker
Oil from Coconut Proves Highly Yieldable
Dried meal of the coconut, vopra, yields from 40 to 76 percent of its weight in oil, and 30 ordinary coconuts will produce about a gallon of it.
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Texan
Nevada
Tidelands
Camp
Phil Newsom
British Isles
West Texas
VFW
Napor
Chisega GunsTinex
Byndicaie
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