Peace Envoy Hears War Report From UN Experts
Rome April 7 Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold heard a firsthand report from UN experts on new Arab Israeli clashes in the Middle East. He arrived for talks with Pope Pius XII and UN officials as reports described intermittent four hour gun duels near the Gaza border with Egypt. The death toll and funerals were noted while Hammarskjold said he has no fixed schedule and urged no special motive behind the flareups. He planned no new appeal beyond urging an immediate cease fire along the demarcation line.
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Rome
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Middle East
Pius XII
Holy Land
Gaza
Mervius
Hammerskjold
Egypt
Israel
Edson Burns
Two Battles Reported in Algerian Rebellion
Reports from Algiers describe two major clashes in east central Algeria near Djourf in the Nementcha Mountains where rebels and French forces suffered casualties. In another engagement near Nedromah five miles from the Moroccan border, five French dead were noted with four wounded.
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Algiers
Algeria
Robert Lacoste
Djourf
Nementcha
Acros
Nedromah
Stantine
Lacoste
Paris
Weather Forecast From Air Terminal Bureau
Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday and Sunday night with possible thunderstorms. Monday looks partly cloudy and breezy. Today’s high around 43, tonight low near 43, tomorrow’s high about 43.
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U. S
Publicity Seekers Disturb Mrs Kelly Aboard SS Constitution
Mrs John Kelly spoke about Grace Kelly possibly returning to the United States this fall to visit and tie up loose ends. She criticized publicity seekers and media misquotations, urged grace and calm, and shared thoughts on Grace’s future in film and family life aboard the SS Constitution during a rainy afternoon.
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Constitution
John Kelly
Grace
United States
Ernest H. Nelson
Kelly
Monaco
Kellys
Big Jack” Kelly
New York
Malenkov Tours Tu-104 Amid Trade Talk and Ice-Breaking Hint
Former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov led reporters on a tour of a Russian TU-104 jet in London before returning to Moscow. He urged increased Russia Britain trade and predicted a full report to Bulganin and Khrushchev. British circles saw the trip as an ice-breaking prelude to a Soviet leaders visit on April 16.
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London
Georgi Malenkov
Russia
Britain
Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita S. Khurshchev
Moscow
Malerkov
Johnson's Idea Backed By DAC
In Fort Worth on April 7 Democratic Advisory Council leaders Tom Moore and Kathleen Voigt rejected any conflict with Senator Lyndon Johnson and endorsed his plan for a united Texas delegation to the National Democratic Convention. They spoke at a six-county workshop for party workers. Johnson said he would consider leading a united delegation representing Democrats without prefixes.
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Ort Worth
Democratic Advisory Council
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Tom Moore
Waco
DAC
Kathleen Voigt
San Antonio
United
Dallas Crime Drop Reported in First Quarter 1956
A Dallas crime report shows 3,838 major offenses in January to March 1956, down from 4,437 in the same period of 1955. The figures cover murders rapes robberies assaults burglary and theft.
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Macenee Large
Anager Th. I
Dallas
Odessa Plans Founders Week Birthday Celebration
Odessa will turn 70 in May with a Founders Week including a city parade and business bargains from May 13 to 19. The Odessa American will publish a commemorative edition on May 13 with authentic records of the town’s development and requests for pioneer photos and memories from residents and collectors.
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Odessa
The
Odessa American
Oc Sa
State Archives
Austin
Bela Kun Executed in Moscow After Secret Trial
Bela Kun, head of the 1919 Hungarian revolt, was reportedly executed in Moscow after a secret 18 year old trial. Dr. George Lukacz said hundreds of Hungarian and Polish communists were sent to Soviet executions or prisons as Stalin targeted foreign communists. He claimed Kun was later sentenced to death and shot in 1938.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Bela Kun
Moscow
George Lukacz
Budapest University
Stalin
Bank Bandits Tracked, Two Captured In Flint Robbery
FBI agents and Flint police captured two of three bandits at a two apartment home on Lewis Blvd after a bank holdup at Citizens' Commercial Savings Bank yesterday. The two men John Alkes and George Ballin, both of Chicago, were identified. $62,204 recovered. One suspect, Dave Felkes, escaped amid gunfire and is still at large.
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Flint, Mich
FBI
Flint
Dave Felkes
John Alkes
George Ballin
Chicago
East Side
Citizens’ Commercial & Savings Bank
Lewis Blvd
Alkes
Felkes
Ballin
Jeter Spaulding Wilkerson win In College Race
Incumbents Todt and Dishong were re elected to the Ector County Independent School District board, while Basil Wilkerson Frank Spaulding and Tommy Jeter were named to Odessa College board of regents in county wide elections. Wilkerson led regents voting with 845 votes and Spaulding close behind at 821. Jeter edged into the third regents seat with 731 votes. Dishong led school board ballots with 894 votes. Todt 721. defeated candidates included Coleman Roden and McCutchan. Recounted by precincts, results detail box tallies across courthouse and fire-station boxes.
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W. C. Todt
Gayle Dishong
Ector County Independent
Basil Wilkerson
Frank Spaulding
Tommy Jeter
Odessa College
Todt
North Washington
Gulf Oil Corporation
Dishong
Casa Grande
Electric Service and Supply
Wilkerson
Spauding
Jeter
Board of Regents
Joe T. Coleman
Bill Roden
R. C. McCutchan
Ridgecrest
Vance Supply Co
Regents
Spaulding
Spalding Co
Sante Rie Endowne
B. F. Barnes
Elwood Weylandt
Gordon Johnson
Courthouse
Coleman
Roden
McCutchan
Southside
Golder Street
East 38Th Street
A "Roden
Goldsmith
Penweill
Spalding
Weylandt
Johns
Barnes
Johnson
Goldsmith—Wilkerson
trces—Wilkerson
Spalding Penwell
Demos Face Oregon Vote in Write-In Delegate Battle
Adlai Stevenson welcomes a direct write-in contest for Oregon's 16 Democratic National Convention delegates while Kefauver downplays official campaign plans. Stevenson says he will campaign in Oregon and Kefauver approves write-ins. Oregon's delegates will be awarded to the May 18 primary winner despite the write-in format. Kefauver carried Minnesota's 26 of 30 delegates in the first contest as other races loom in Alaska Florida California and DC.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estés Kefauver
Oregon
Stevenson
Kefauver
Chicago
New Jersey
Minnesota
Alaska
Florida
California
District of Columbia
Anti-Parr School Candidates Lead Across Texas Districts
Two pro segregation candidates swept Kerrville school board races while anti Parr candidates led in San Diego. In Laredo the Independent Club kept control of the local board as Reform Party write ins won two county seats amid Texas district elections.
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Associated Press
Kerrville
San Diego
Laredo
Independent Club
Reform Party
Texas
Bank Robber Steals 68000 In Gilmer Heist
A stocky man wearing dark glasses grabbed teller Ila Thigpen at the First National Bank in temporary quarters across from the old building. He escaped with about 68000 after placing 20000 in his pockets and dropping two 1000 packages. A pursuit involved highway patrol, Texas Rangers, and Upshur County deputies.
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Gilmer
First National Bank
D.T. Lloyd
First National
Lloyd
Ila Thigpen
Federal Reserve Bank
C.S. Highs
Texas Rangers
Bud Owens
Upshur County
Texas
Eleven Southern States Form Citizens Councils of America
Delegates from Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia met in New Orleans to form the Citizens Councils of America a unifying group to preserve racial segregation and the states rights to regulate public morals and social relations the announcement said the body invites other pro segregation groups to join and coordinate efforts under one umbrella
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New Orleans
Citizens Councils of America
South
Louisiana
William Rainach
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Rain
Ach
United States
Southern Citizens’ Councils
U. S. Supreme Court
Memphis
Allen Twice Jailed On Tour Over Loudspeaker Protest
Port Arthur Texas April 7 UP William Prescott Allen crusading publisher was jailed twice on the same charge of illegally using a loudspeaker to denounce crime and corruption. He vowed the protests will continue and linked charges to Austin as the heart of corruption. Allen has been jailed three times since February.
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Port Arthur
Tex
William Prescott Allen
Austin
Allen
Beaumont
Polio vaccination plea from Dallas journalist
A Dallas writer for the Wall Street Journal recounts his family’s polio vaccination choice. He describes himself as the only unvaccinated member and recalls contracting polio, urging parents everywhere to vaccinate their children.
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Dallas
Neil A. Maxwell
The
Dallas Wall Street Journal
Senators Censure Oil Lobby Over Gas Bill Probe
Senate censured Superior Oil Co attorneys John M. Neff and Elmer Patman for irresponsibility in trying to influence Senator Francis Case on the natural gas bill. The committee found no bribe or bribery attempt, but faulted How ard B. Keck for lax direction and urged stricter lobbying and campaign-spending laws.
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Washington
Senate
Superior Oil Co
John M. Neff
Elmer Patman
Francis Case
Superior Oil
Howard B. Keck
Austin
Tex
Patman
Case
Neff
Eisenhower
Sen. Case
Mr. Neff
Justice Department
Pioneer Oilman Ernest Nickles Dies in Houston
Houston April 7 Ernest James Nickles a pioneer oilman died at 75 He formerly served as vice president in charge of production for Continental Oil Co and was division manager of production for the Texas Co in Oklahoma Kansas and Kentucky Since 1935 he had been an independent operator in Houston
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Houston
Ernest James Nickles
Pioneer
Nickles
Continental Ohl Co
The
Texas Co
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kentucky
Houstop
Eisenhower pushes bigger H-bomb force and B-52 production
President Eisenhower plans a drastic boost in the 1957 military budget, asking Congress to add about 500 million dollars for next year. About 150 million would fund new bases and facilities for B-52 bombers and the rest divided between the Army and Navy for missile work and other needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Strategic Air Command
Army
Navy
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