Riots Feared If No Money Is Provided
Austin AP reports Prison Director O B Ellis warned that without approved housing to ease crowding a riot could occur. He cited 400 inmates sleeping in tanks, needs for $300000 emergency funds, and budget cuts by the legislature despite increasing inmate numbers and pay for medical facilities.
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Austin
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
House Appropriations Committee
George Beto
Department of Corrections Board
Flor
Ellig
Department of Correction
Eis
Legislative Budgets Board
Federal Soil Bank
Tornado Rips St Louis Killing and Injuring Dozens
A tornado struck southwest St Louis early Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 350. Red Cross relief centers opened as crews cleared bricks and debris from a three story rooming house in a Negro district. Forecasters blamed the sudden, unpredictable nature of twisters and noted inadequate warning for residents.
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St. Louis
UPI Telephoto
UPI
St. Loui
Caswell
Fornada
CM. Caswell
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lambert St. Louis
Kansas Ci Bureau
Weather Bureau
St Louis
Berpons
Summit Conference Possibility Weighs on Berlin Crisis
Eisenhower signals a late year summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev as a real possibility. Talks likely to cover Germany and disarmament amid Berlin tensions, with Mikoyan and Khrushchev pushing for a heads of government meeting and British pressure noted ahead of polls.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Harold J . Macmillan
Macmillan
Geneva
Two Fishing Vessels Stranded as North Atlantic Snowbounds
In Halifax UPI reports the Icelandic trawler Juli with 31 aboard and the Newfoundland ship Hive Wave with 17 aboard are missing after towering seas and heavy icing. Four other vessels reportedly in trouble as bitter gale drives search delays and safety concerns. Melella requested aid but later signaled all clear to a U.S. Navy vessel. Another Icelandic trawler Thorkell cut loose lifeboats due to icing hazards.
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Halifax
UPI
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Iceland
Melella
U.S. Navy
Thorkell
Coast Reports Heavy Showers Across Gulf Coast Area
Heavy rains covered the upper Gulf Coast with slow northward spread into Central and East Texas. Overnight lows ranged from 21 degrees in Amarillo to 56 in Corpus Christi. Beaumont Port Arthur logged 1.56 inches in four hours, Galveston 0.70, Brownsville 0.6, and Houston 0.8. Cool, then gradually warmer temperatures in West Texas as a cold front dissipated after a sharp drop.
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Mileg Press International
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Central
East Texas
Austtin
West Texas
Amarillo
Corpus’ Christi
A.m
Beaumont- Port Arthur
Galveston
Brownsville
Houston
Tornado Missed Mrs Chadeayne Home In St Louis
Mrs Henry F Chadeayne and her husband woke to a long distance call from nephew David Valk of Indianapolis asking if they were all right. They learned a tornado had ripped through St Louis and passed four blocks from their apartment.
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ST. Louis
Henry F. Chadeayne
David Valk
Indianapolis
Valk
Gonzales Elementary bids total below budget for new school
Fetor County ISD board approved bids totaling 355 056 for Gonzales Elementary at North Cus ter and East Disney, below the 368 000 budget. Architect fee 12 771, total project 355 056. Gonzales adds 15 classrooms and 1 835 extra square feet. Construction bids ranged from 208 000 to 254 22 for general, plumbing, heating, and ventilating, with electrical bids from 27 722 to 32 420.
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Gonzales
North Custer
East Disney
Fetor County Independent School District
Goliad
Pease
Odessa
Gros
Ball
Gonzalés
Pease and Goliad
Charlin Walker
Xing Construction Company
Odossa
Farrell Company
Coe 3Oper Construction Company
Gipson Construction Company
W. R. Grimshaw Company
Kelly Construction Company
Russell Construction Company
Farrell Construction Company
Anthony Company
Garner Brothers Corporation
R. W. Gray
Bowen
Brown and Gids
Lange Plumbing Company
Roche, Neton Company
American Electric
Brown Electric
Southwast Electric Company
Flood Threatens Small Ohio City
Flooding from the swollen river threatens Fremont and surrounding towns in Ohio as water levels rise rapidly. Officials warn of inundation along the riverbanks with debris and early reports of damage to roads and homes. Evacuations are being considered for low-lying areas as rising waters push toward agricultural and residential zones.
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van Wert
Ohio
National Guard
Sheriff's Cruis Ser
Freemont
Sandusky
UPI
Fremont
Olay
Ulua
Quake Rattles Amargosa Area and New Mexico Panhandle
A strong earthquake struck the Amarullo region and eastern New Mexico with no distinct foreshocks. The tremor rattled structures from Roswell to the southeast, swaying power lines and causing minor damage while witnesses described buildings swaying and items rattling inside homes and offices.
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Amarullo
Tex
Panhandle
New Mexico
Napest
Vosas Tech
AON
Deayouter Hechahse University
Dallas
Viet Thera
Whiskers Helped Shape Lincoln Image Through Girl Letter
Washington AP recounts how a New York girl Grace Bedell wrote Lincoln in 1860 urging whiskers to improve his looks. Lincoln, moved by the message and Grace’s promise to sway voters, grew a beard and later kissed her at a Westfield stop, becoming a lasting symbol of his presidency.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
America
Lincoln
Upstate
New York
Deace Bedell
Abe Lincoln
Springfield
Thes
Lincnin
Wash- Inview
Westfield
N. Y
Grace
Jancom
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Storm Warning Center
Kansas City
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J. W. Hunt
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