Lodge to Elect Officers at Konight’s Meeting
Springfield Lodge Number 74 ALP and AM will hold election of officers for the ensuing year at Konight's stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. announced Jack W. Keys Worshipful Master. Authorities report no new development from the early morning burglary of three Thornton stores. Limestone County Sheriff's department and Texas Ranger Johnny Krumnow of Waco are investigating.
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Springfield
Konight
Jack W. Keys
Thornton Stores
Limestone County Sheriffs Department
Texas
Johnny Krumnow
Waco
Tornadoes and Floods Hit North Texas Railline Damaged by Heavy Storms
A frontal system spurred tornadoes and torrential rain across North Texas. Fort Worth saw nearly 9.5 inches of rain and a derailed Ft Worth and Denver train near Alvard due to waterlogged tracks. Destruction occurred near Hale Center with barns and a truck trailer overturned, while towns like Wichita Falls Amarillo and Decatur reported heavy rainfall and high water.
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United Press International
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Texas
Hale Center
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Ft. Worth
Denver
Decatur
Bowie
Alvard
Wise County
Amarilla
Abilene
Red River
Dallas
Slidell
Newport
Denton
Trenton
Mineral Wells
Corsicana
Anna
Boyd
Celina
Gunter
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Spy Klaus Fuchs Released to East Germany
Klaus Fuchs, who passed Western atomic secrets to the Russians, was freed from Wakefield prison after nine years and departed by plane for Communist East Germany to reside behind the Iron Curtain.
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Germany
London
UPI
Klaus
Fuchs
East Germany
Wakefield
Queen Elizabeth Reaches Quebec City on Canadian Tour
Queen Elizabeth sails into Walfe's Cove Quebec City at 9 40 a m aboard Britannia on her Canadian tour and will join President Eisenhower to open the St Lawrence Seaway on Friday.
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Canada
Quebec City
UPI
Queen Elizabeth
French Canada
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Walfe’s Cove
Marilyn Monroe undergoes operation at Lenox Hill
Actress Marilyn Monroe was admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York this morning for a gynecological procedure. The operation occurred as UPI reports, with details not disclosed.
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NEW York
UPI
Marilyn Monroe
Lenox Hill Hospital
Oil And Gas Tax Seen As Way Out
A group of 47 House members met to push a tax bill centered on natural resource levies for oil and gas. The plan proposes a one cent per 1000 cubic feet tax on gas reserves and a graduated oil levy, aiming to raise 95 million and 42 million dollars respectively, with remaining revenue from sales taxes to cover a 184 million gap.
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Austin
UPS
House
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Bates
Price Daniel
Daniel
George Hinson
Mineola
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
Hinson
Senate
Thunderstorms Forecast Across North Central Texas
Cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight. Activity spreads Wednesday with little temperature change. highs around 88 and lows near 71. Mexia records 88/69 with 1.45 inches rainfall in the past 24 hours.
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Texas
Mexia
Talkative Humphrey Seeks Adlai Mantle in 1960 Race
Washington report profiles Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota as a vocal liberal aiming for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination. The 48 year old senator is noted for disarmament and foreign policy to labor issues and draws support from New York and California liberals. He hopes to inherit Adlai Stevenson's mantle as the party's leading liberal.
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Washington
NEA
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Uophill
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Humphrey
New York
California
Eleanor Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Compromise Tax Bills Studied In Public Hearing
Texas House Revenue and Taxation Committee opened a public hearing on two compromise tax bills mixing a general sales tax with a natural gas pipeline tax. One bill is backed by Gov. Price Daniel and the other by Speaker Waggoner Carr.
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Austin
UPI
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Texas
Price Daniel
Waggoner& Carr
Senate
House
Daniel
Hiambal
House Conservation and Reclamation Committee
Will Wilson
Texas Gulf Coast
Mexia Jaycees Begin Two Week Membership Drive
Mexia Jaycees launch a two week campaign aiming to recruit about 60 new members. eligible men are 21 to 35. A membership committee led by Claude Garber includes James Wilson and James Stanford.
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Mexia Jaycees
Jaycees
Calvin Prowell
James Wilson
Claude Garber
James Stanford
Garber
Jaycee
Fred Compton
Rodeo Arena
Prowell
Chamber of Commerce
Cabinet Resigns in Buenos Aires Amid Political Crisis
President Arturo Frodizi faces a government reorganization after his entire cabinet resigns on Monday, signaling a shift in leadership during a politicio military crisis.
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Buenos Aires
UPID
Arturo Frodizi
En-Tire
Rioting Mental Patients Hold Guards At U S Prison Center
In Springfield Missouri more than 100 mental patients held five guards hostage at the U S Prison Medical Center. They overpowered guards with homemade knives and refused to state their demands. Warden Settle waited them out as tear gas and riot police arrived from Leavenworth. The incident began at 9 55 p m.
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Springfield
UPT
U. S. Prison Medical Center
Russell O. Settle
Settle
i _ Settle
Nettle
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Mrs Simmonds Dies After Long Illness in Temple
Mrs B B Simmonds formerly of Mexia died early Tuesday morning in Temple after a several year illness. Her husband, a partner with J K Hughes in Mexia oil ventures, died circa 1955. Funeral plans were set for Wednesday in Temple. Surviving are a sister in Temple and several nieces including Mrs Kennon of Mexia and Mrs Tidwell of Alice.
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Mexia
Temple
Aim
J. K. Hughes
Mexia Woodbine
Rio Grande Valley
North Ross
Simmonds
J. M. Simmonds
Temple, Land
C. W. Kennon, Jr
Rodney Tid
Alice
R. L. Crenshaw
False Alarm Perpetrators To Be Punished
Fire Chief Mansell warned that anyone turning in a false alarm will be punished. He said each false alarm costs about 50 to the fire department and can be a felony under state law. The latest call came Sunday at Ross and Palestine, with another false report from Corner Books Store last week.
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O. W
Manseil
Baylor appoints Abner V. McCall as executive vice president
Baylor University trustees elected Judge Abner V. McCall, 44, as executive vice president with full power to run all academic and professional branches. President W. R. White remains as president with newly defined duties, and the administrative vice presidency is abolished. Dr. W. T. Gooch plans full retirement after this year.
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Waco, Tex
UPI
Baylor University
Abner V. McCall
Baptist University
W. R. White
W. T. Gooch
Baylor
Wildcat Strikes Close Pittsburgh Jones & Laughlin Mills
Wildcat stoppages halted the entire Pittsburgh works of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp eight days before the national strike deadline. The nationwide action began with plant shutdowns in three cities.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Sanity Hearing For Long Set Friday
Earl K. Long faced a habeas corpus hearing to determine if he is legally insane and should be held for commitment. District Judge Robert D. Jones ordered a 10 am June 26 appearance at Covington to decide if Long’s confinement is lawful and if he may assume political power.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Robert D. Jones
Long
Covington
Southeastern State Hospital
Jones
New Orleans
Herter Defends West Berlin Stand in TV Address
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter plans a televised speech to affirm Western willingness to negotiate with the Soviet Union over Germany but insistence on West Berlin remainin g under Western control. He will outline views from the Geneva talks and the July 13 resumption of the conference in a 15 minute address on NBC CBS and radio networks.
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Christian Herfer
Foreign Ministers
Geneva
Eisenhower
Washington
UPD
Christian A. Herter
Russia
West Berlin
State Department
Herter
NBC
CBS
E.d.t
ABC Television
House Foreign Affairs Committee
This Once Nine
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Public Invited Fish Game Meet Set Tonight
A public meeting on fish and game regulations is scheduled for 7 30 PM at the Limestone County courthouse Groesbeck with State Game Warden Jack Schuh and Walt Daniels Fairfield game biologist leading sessions on fish rules Leonard Lamb Fort Worth fish biologist will discuss recommendations Huntsmen and fishermen are urged to attend as residents help set state laws A similar meeting follows Wednesday at 7 30 PM in Marlin with a prior session Monday night in Fairfield
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Limestone County
Groesbeck
Jack Schuh
Walt Daniels
Fairfield
Leonard Lamb
Fort Worth
Jin
Marlin
Court
Secret Army weapons paralyze animals during committee demo
Members of the House Science and Space Committee viewed a gripping demonstration showing animals paralyzed by new Army weapons. Chairman Overton Brooks warned about the danger of such incapacitating agents if used against Americans, noting the defense budget is pitifully small for chemical and germ warfare.
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UPD
House
Science and Space Committee
Army
Overton Brooks D. la
Brooks
Marshall Stubbs
Army Chemical
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