U S Officials Detail U 2 Spy Flights and Paris Summit Alert
Secretary Gates testified that U 2 spy flights gathered vital data on Soviet atomic weapons missiles submarines planes and airfields used to shape U S military programs. He described a May 15 communications alert issued before the Paris summit and stated no forces moved or were recalled.
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Paris
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Khrushchev
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CIA
Allen W. Dulles
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Eisenhower
Local Mexia News Roundup Highlights Hospital Admissions and Bids
C B Carter of First National Bank Mexia is taken to Brown Hospital for emergency appendectomy. Mrs Elsie Juda hospitalized after heart attack rests comfortably and improves. J C Killingsworth reports contractors checking Mexia lake area prior to June 10 bid read. Local notes include peach samples at News office and staff changes at Wortham Overton pump project. Miss Sadie Jo Black returns to homemaking program at Mexia High School after Baylor stint.
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Elsie Juda
Brown Hospital
South Canton
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Mexia
Patterson Named Superintendent Cargill Operations In Mexia
Billy J. Watterson of Wortham is named superintendent of Cargill Mexia plant succeeding J. D. Sunday who led since 1956. Watterson, son of Charlie Patterson and Charline Gardner, will start duties soon and plans to buy a Crest Line addition home. He previously worked at Fort Worth plant as foreman and grain inspector after joining Cargill in 1955.
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Wortham
Cargill, ‘Incorporated
Kinman
Kansas City
Cargill, Inc
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J. D
Sunday
Charlie Patterson
Corsicana
Charlene Gardner
Charlie Gardner
East Sumpter Street
Pattersons
Billy Ray
Jackie Lynn
Susan Beth
Wortham High School
Patterson
Cargill
Fort Worth
Crest Line
Mexia
Mexia State School Names New Music Director
Mrs. Dewey Estes is appointed director of music at Mexia State School effective June 1. She will oversee music therapy classes for boys and girls, head four choral groups, and assist by Clyde Keeling Born. Estes has roots in Dialville, studied at Lon Morris and Baylor Nursing, and previously served as recreational director at Terrell State Hospital and Mexia State School since 1958. She and her husband, a long-time state hospital staffer, live on the school grounds with their 11 year old daughter Donna, upcoming third grader.
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Mexia State School
Vernon Jones
W. A. Phillips
Estes
Clyde Keeling
Dialville
Cherokee County
Terrell State Hospital
State Hospital
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First Baptist Church O of
Mexia Lions Club
Peaumpus
Donna
Ress
Leaders of ousted Turkish regime to face trial soon
Ankara reports that the National Unity Committee will bring leaders of the deposed Menderes regime to trial within a month and schedule elections for a new Parliament at the earliest date. Graves of youths killed during anti Menderes riots raise death penalty speculation for Adnan Menderes and aides.
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Turkey
CUPD
National Unity Committee
Menderes
Adnan Mender
Premer
Sane
Col
Ertugral Alatli
Atati
Istanbul
Plan sought to raise minimum wage nationwide
The Itleuse Labor Committee begins work on a phased plan to lift the $1 hourly minimum wage to $0.25 and expand coverage to about 4.18 million more workers.
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Washington
Itleuse
Woman killed in Port Arthur car chase crash
A high-speed chase on State Highway 87 near the intra coastal bridge south of Port Arthur ended with the death of Mrs. C. A. Gullege and injuries to three others. James D. Cox of Cold Springs, pursued by Constable F. C. Jennings, collided with a second car. Cox suffered a broken shin and Alién Naso, 36, broke an ankle. Cox was not charged immediately.
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WAPDA
C. A. Gullege
F.C. Jennings
Sabine Pass
James D. Cox
Cold Springs
Cox
Gullege
Siain
Aliean Naso
Thundershowers Forecast for Mexia and Bi Stone Area
The U S Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy warm conditions with scattered afternoon and night thundershowers through Friday. Tonight's low near 66 degrees and Friday's high near 86.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Aran
District Chi Rho Camp Opens At Fort Parker Sunday
Fifty to sixty youths from Central Texas Christian churches will gather at Fort Parker State Park for the Chi Rho Camp beginning Sunday registration at 3 30 p m The camp runs until 1 p m June 10 District 15 bounds Mexia Rockdale Cleburne Killeen Gatesville with Rev Claude Snowden director and Rev M C Turpin business manager The program includes Bible study recreation hiking and swimming A district Men s Fellowship retreat follows on June 10 and the Junior camp runs June 12 to 15
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Central Texas
Fort Parker State Park
Fort Parker
Christian Churches of District 15
District 15
Mexia
Rockdale
Cleburne
Killeen
Gatesville
Bill Dodgen
Waco
Christian Men's Fellowship
Leonard Simpson
Three Die in Head On Crash in Mineral Wells
A head on crash near Mineral Wells killed three people and injured six others. Victims named include Mrs Helen Vasey 32 Floyd Kemp about 55 and an unidentified man. The report notes penderastine reference and a unrelated fact about Colombia’s geographic position.
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Mineral Wells
UPI
Helen Valsey
Floyd Kemp
Whites Leaving Belgian Congo Amid Voter Promises
Reports say African extremist politicians promised native voters the women and property of white men, triggering a mass movement of white settlers from the Belgian Congo. Also mentions San Francisco's Golden Gate Park conservatory as a replica of London's Kew Gardens.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
UPI
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park Conservatory
London
Kew Gardens
Mexia Chamber to Honor Service Station Staff With Barbecue
Alf Jernigan Jr. of Longview East Texas Chamber of Commerce will address Mexia Chamber members at a barbecue dinner honoring local service station personnel. The event, organized by the Public Relations Committee, occurs at the Confederate reunion grounds. Jernigan, a native East Texan, holds a bachelor’s from Stephen F. Austin and studied law at Texas and Houston.
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Alf Jernigan Jr
Longview
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Tohn
Mexia Chamber ofCommerce
Orlock
Jernigan
Bomb injures Tate family in Nashville suburb attack
A hand delivered package exploded at the home of Mrs Francis Binkley Tate in Inglewood Nashville, injuring her critically and tossing her two daughters from the back porch. Mrs Tate suffered severe injuries with hands lost while her daughters, ages 10 and 12, were listed in fair condition at a local hospital. Police investigated motive remains unclear.
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Tenn
Francis Binkley Tate
Inglewood
Stay of execution rejected by court in Ventura case
In Ventura California Elizabeth Duncann aged 56 and two co defendants in the kidnapping murder of her daughter in law were denied a delay of their execution in the San Quentin gas chamber scheduled for June 17.
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Elizabeth Duncann
San Quentin Gas Chamber
Duane
Negroes Plan Objections to Houston School Integration
Negro attorneys planned to file objections to the plan for voluntary area-based integration of Houston schools. The item notes this action in Houston and mentions opposition to the proposed plan.
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Houston
UPI
Federal District Court
We Houston
Limestone County Second Democratic Primary Votes Saturday
Limestone County voters go to the polls Saturday for a second Democratic primary with runoffs for county commissioner Precinct 1 and Precinct 3 and a constable race in Precinct 3. Voters also pick a judge for the Court of Criminal Appeals. absentee ballots close Tuesday. Results will be posted at the county courthouse.
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Limestone County
Boyd Tillman
Jack Brown
Post
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Dick S. Long
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Lum) Burleson
Gus Lafay
Lloyd W. Davidson
Travis
W. T. McDonald
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Kasse
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Thornton- Kasse
Precinet
Groesbeck
Frank Davis
Charles Barker
Mexia
Barker
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Baorker
Austins Municipal
Hailstones Stack Up Two Feet Deep In Big Bend Area
Hailstones two feet deep piled along a 20 mile Alpine to Marfa strip Wednesday night. The Weather Bureau predicted a warm Thursday after a cold front stalled in the Panhandle. Vernon McIntyre reported a light hail wind with little damage on his ranch west of Alpine. The region saw two inches of rain during the severe thunderstorm alert period.
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Alpine
Marifa
U.S
Bureswu
Panhandle
Vernon McIntyre
Big Bene
Thoradas
Tesvas
Texas
Limestone County Finances Report From Bevill Shows Disbursements
Limestone County presents a financial report with figures for May including permanent improvement funds, road district expenditures, and general funds. Notable items show Read and Bridge allocations of 69 408 96, Road Dist 4 construction at 2 204 60, and various county and fund disbursements totaling over 82 047 61.
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Janewath
KGL
Bank
Cours
Elmer Bosait
Bevilh and
County Trust
Webb
Sonth
Maas
Fort County
Bank Badass
Ae Pootard
Feounty Wade
Row and
Bradge
General
Texas employment hits record high in April gains
Texas Employment Commission reports 89,500 job increase in April lifting total employed to a new record of 3,454,900 as warm weather boosts labor market activity.
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Texas
Austin
Texas Employment Commission
Woman Drowns As Car Plunges From Causeway
BAYTOWN, UPI An automobile driven by Mrs. El nere Morris, 45, of Baytown, plunged off Hog Island Causeway early today. Her body was recovered from about four feet of water and identified by her husband Shannon Lo Morris, a Baytown lawyer. Police said the car went out of control and went over the side. she was alone at the time.
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Baytown
UPI
Elnere Morris
Hog Island
Commerce Committee Backs Ban on Cancer-Causing Colorants
Washington report says the House Commerce Committee approved a bill prohibiting colorants in foods and cosmetics that are linked to cancer. The measure targets coloring agents and seeks to protect public health.
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Washington
UPC
House Commmerce Committee
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