Yorks Third Son Joins Air Force in Tennessee
Thomas York 18 youngest son of World War I hero Alvin C York took the oath from Governor Frank Clement in Nashville and heads to Lackland AFB Texas for basic training. He is the third York son to serve, following George Edward York pastor in Glasgow and Woodrow Wilson York in the Navy.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thomas York
Set
Alvin C. York
Air Force
Young York
Frank Clement
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
York
Pall Mall
George Edward York
the Nazarene Church
Glasgow
Woodrow Wilson York
Uranium Prospects Approved on UT Lands in West Texas
UT regents approved prospecting and leasing for metallic minerals on West Texas lands owned by the University. Applications for lease open after July 1 with a $50 90 day prospecting permit fee plus royalties. Leases range from 80 acres to one section and a bulletin with requirements will be issued around April 1.
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Austin
West Texas
University of Texas
Gardner resigns as Air Force research chief amid missile clashes
Sen. Jackson urges the views of Trevor Gardner on accelerating the Defense Department missile program. Gardner resigns over differences on program scope and pace, calling for a crash program for both intermediate and intercontinental missiles. He cites a shortfall of about 200 million dollars in aviation research and notes possible Soviet lead in offensive missiles while arguing some fields may show U.S. lead in defensive missiles.
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Washington
Jackson
D-Wash
Trevor Gardner
Defense Department
Gardner
Eisenhower
Air Force
Siles
Pentagon
Congress
Russia
Senate House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
United States Plans to Launch 15 Vanguard Satellites
In a major space effort during the International Geophysical Year from July 1 1957 to December 31 1958 the United States plans up to 15 Vanguard satellites. GE will supply the first stage rockets for the three stage spacecraft with a 27000 pound thrust, 130 to 140 second burn, aiming to reach 30 to 40 miles first, then 130 miles, then beyond 200 miles to orbit Earth.
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Cincinnati
United States
General Electric Co
Pany
Vanguard
Brown
General Electric
Navy
Interservice
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Aero-Jet General
Azusa
Calif
Dramatic Rescue Saves Two Flyers Off Pacific
In Long Beach California a Navy air crew rescued two of three airmen who bailed from a disabled plane about 30 miles offshore. Lt. Kenneth E. Brooks of Omaha Nebraska and aircraft mechanic J C Howard E Humphrey of Imperial Beach California were saved. the third airman died. Lights from the carrier Wasp and search craft aided the operation. the Stranger retrieved Humphrey after more than an hour in 50 degree water.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pacific
Wasp
E! Toro Marine Air Station
J.g
Kenneth E. Brooks
Omaha
Neb
J.C. Howard E. Humphrey
Imperial Beach
Brooks
Humphrey
Receiver sought to harvest crops on nine farms
Austin VP Attorney General John Ben Shepperd filed in the 53rd District Court for appointment of a receiver to harvest truck crops on nine farms allegedly fraudulently sold to the state under the veterans land program.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
53Rd District Court
Virginia Papers Sent To Morris
Gov Shivers forwarded Virginia material opposing segregation to Texas adviser Will Morris of San Antonio. The Virginia legislature resolution and editorials on interposition were sent at Shivers request from Gov Thomas Stanley. Shivers said the materials will aid any study of the issue.
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Austin P
Virginia
Shivers
Texas Advisory Committee
Will Morris
San Antonio
Thomas Stanley
Morris
Senators Tagged For Labor Veto
AFL-CIO leaders in Miami Beach reported nine Republican Senators named for labor opposition in next fall’s elections. The list includes Duff of Pennsylvania Capehart of Indiana Thye of Minnesota Kuchel of California Welker of Idaho Goldwater of Arizona Millikin Cole Wiley of Wisconsin and Butler of Maryland. The group also reportedly backed Morse of Oregon and withheld support in Ohio’s Lausche vs Bender race.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Senate
Duff
Capehart
Ind
Thye
Minn
Kuchel
Calif
Welker
Idaho
Goldwater
Ariz
Millikin Cole
Wiley
Wis
Butler
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Eisenhower Eyes Congress on Middle East Troop Authority
President Eisenhower said he will use all constitutional means to prevent Middle East hostilities. The administration may seek standby authority to deploy U.S. forces if Arab-Israeli fighting escalates, pending outcomes of British American French talks and regional danger signals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
U.S
Court Martial Will Hear Case Against Colonel
Col Roy C Ulmer a 53 year old Fourth Army staff officer faces a closed court martial in San Antonio on adultery and spending four nights in the apartment of a prominent local woman. The case stems from anonymous letters and carries possible penalties of one year in prison, dismissal, and forfeiture of pay. Ulmer plans retirement after 34 years service. his board includes two Fort Hood generals and seven other senior colonels.
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San Antonio
Roy C. Ulmer
Fourth Army
Wallerboro
S.C
W. O. Murray Jr
Murray
Ulmer
Fourth Army Adjutant Generals’ Section
Southwestern
U.S. Army
Thomas J.sands
Wilhelm P. Johnson
Fort Hood
Tex
Phares Brother Charged With Perjury In Wife’s Disappearance
Plainview lawmen say Jack Phares 24 was in the Hale Center area the night Mrs. C M Phares disappeared on May 4 1955. He faces perjury charges while his jailed brother C M Phares stands accused of murder. A habeas corpus hearing was sought from Lubbock lawyers. Police earlier searched the sand hills near Hale Center for the missing woman without success.
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Plainview
C. M. Phares
Jack Phares
Lubbock
Hale Center
Verdict Delayed In Game Death at Spring Practice
Justice Patrick Dunne delayed a verdict in the death of 16 year old high school football player James Russell Brown after he collapsed and died following a tackle in spring practice at W B Ray High School. He said he will not issue a ruling until speaking with the boy’s parents.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Patrick’ Dunne
James Russell Brown
Russell
W. B. Ray High School
Alabama Dean Faces Federal Court Charges
University of Alabama dean W F Adams goes to federal court to answer for refusing to enroll Polly Hudson in journalism, in violation of a court decree ordering admission regardless of race. The case follows campus protests after Autherine Lucy had been barred from classes and later invited to study abroad.
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Birmingham
Ala
ULP
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
W. F. Adams
Polly Hudson
Adams
Hudson
Miss Lucy
Tuskaloosa
James Folsom
Eisenhower
South Alabama
Copenhagen
Denmark
Alabama
Little America Plane Found Aboard USS Arneb
A missing Deepfreeze Otter with seven men aboard was sighted from the air east of the Rockefeller Mountains on King Edward Peninsula. Rear Adm. Dufek ordered two helicopters to the scene. the crew includes Lathrop Streich Floyd Moss Levesque Edwards Stevens Jr. and others. The aircraft disappeared en route to Little America V from Marie Byrd Land.
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Arneb
New Zealand
George J. Dufek
U.S. Navy
Dufek
King Edward Peninsula
Rockefeller Mountains
Little America V
Marie Byrd Land
Little America
Glen H. Lathrop
Costa Mesa
Calif
Paula
Icy Winds Blow Old Snow Across Panhandle Roads
Panhandle and South Plains residents faced renewed icy conditions as last week’s blizzard left snow drifts. Forecasters expected only light snow, if any, though stubborn north winds piled snow on highways and rail lines. Trains got stuck near Dimmit and Plainview, and Amarillo briefly reported precipitation. Plainview schools reopened then closed again amid drifting snow. a rescue train and drivers aided stranded children. Roads around Lubbock Amarillo remained passable but travel discouraged until winds subside.
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Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Clem Richardson
Dallas Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Idaho
Richardson
Amarillo
Panhandle
Dim‘mitt
Plainview
National Guard
Freeman Evans
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
New Cold Wave Lifts Europe Toll Past 200
A bitter Siberian cold snap raises ten day death toll across Europe to over 200 with Greece and Turkey hit by blizzards. Sweden records a record low of minus 33 at Falun as Stockholm aids 160 homeless. Turkey reports 12 dead. Greece at least 14. Italy totals 35 dead. Army aid convoys move south while Austria sees an avalanche. Poland Hungary face fuel shortages and rationing amid freezing conditions.
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London
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Sweden
Falun
Stockholm
St. Stephen's Church
Britain
France
Thrace
Leghor
Austria
Iron Curtain
Poland
Hungary
Auto industry antitrust risk flagged by U S attorney general
Assistant U S Attorney General Stanley N Barnes warned the National Wholesale Drygoods Assn that undue concentration in the auto industry could invite antitrust action. He cited market shares: 1950s Big Three 80 percent, later 95 percent overall, with Geneva Motors at about 50 percent of new car sales and Ford Chrysler share split among smaller firms.
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New York
U. S
Stanley N. Barnes
Barnes
Justice Department
Antitrust
National Wholesale Drygoods Assn
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Geneva Motors
LaCoste Named To Algiers Post
French Premier Guy Mollet appointed Socialist economist Robert LaCoste as resident minister in Algiers to restore peace after unrest. Algiers faced potential outbreaks as veterans groups pressed Mollet and warned demonstrations against the United States and Britain. The veterans had already forced Gen. Georges Catroux to resign the previous Monday.
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Algiers
Guy Mollet
Robert LaCoste
Algergia
Mollet
U.S
Georges Catroux
Khrushchev Dominates Key Soviet Party Congress
Moscow opens the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party with Nikita Khrushchev expected to deliver the Central Committee report. Delegates from vast regions arrive for a pivotal meeting shaping the new five year plan and foreign policy, including Iran and the Baghdad Pact. Premier Bulganin issues directives for the plan.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Steppes
Siberian
Joseph Stalin
Khrushchev
Central Committee
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Iraq
Britain
Kremlin
Bulganin
Shoemake in Stable Condition After Self-Inflicted Gunshot
A. B. Shoemake, 60, was admitted to a veterans hospital after shooting himself in the head amid trouble with his bank U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co. Attendants say he has shown little change since admission.
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McKinney U
A. B. Shoemake
U.S Trust & Guaranty Co
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