British Premier appeals for peace at Khrushchev talks
UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan opened summit discussions with Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow urging greater East West understanding to avoid a miscalculated or muddled global war. He emphasized a basis of confidence and a shift from armament to peaceful production.
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Symington Seeks Dulles Ouster Over Berlin Talks
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri urged President Eisenhower to name a successor to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who is ill with cancer. He said Dulles cannot run the State Department from a hospital and urged a prompt appointment to continue delicate Berlin negotiations and to back Geneva talks.
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Plane belly lands in Muscle Shoals injures none
A plane carrying Mr and Mrs Caproli Allen their son Tommy and A L McQueen the pilot made a belly landing at Muscle Shoals Tennessee when the landing gear would not deploy The Allen family from Lufkin Texas where Allen is general manager of the Templeboard plant of Southern Pines Lumber Company were en route to New York None of those aboard were injured during the Saturday incident
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Odessa City Bond Issue Details Listed
Qualified Odessa voters head to polls Tuesday to decide a 2,238,000 city bond proposal funding water sewer street and park improvements. A map shows voting locations and a page 31 story outlines main arguments for and against the bond issue.
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Civil Rights Step Opposed by Southern Leaders
The debate over Eisenhower's civil rights program heats up as Southern Democrats fear a FEPC backed by a government jobs commission. Senate and House members weigh hearings starting March 5 and 18, with Lyndon Johnson and Richard Russell raising concerns about constitutional and funding implications and potential backdoor support for antidiscrimination measures.
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Light Showers Hit In Texas
A southerly flow of moist air brought light rains across South Central Texas with scattered showers from Brownsville northward into West Texas. Fog and drizzle spread, and the weather bureau noted no new fronts, only remnants of a stationary front east of El Paso. Highs ranged from 67 at Alpine to 36 at Lubbock with cloudy skies and light rain possible Sunday across the state.
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Odessa barber held on murder charge in Wichita Falls shooting
Ex convict and Odessa police character William Alexander Petty, 33, was shot to death in a Wichita Falls car. Betty Jo Marcella, 26, Odessa barber, was held on a murder charge after four .36 caliber shots struck Petty as he sat in a parked car. Witness Mary Ann Suth, 22, Wichita Falls, saw the slaying. Marcella, recently released on bond for a DWI, claimed Petty had threatened to kill her. The incident followed a day of bar hopping. Petty had a long prior police record dating to 1947. Funeral services pending. no relatives had claimed the body.
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14 Victims Are Children Perish In Blazes Across East Coast
A series of deadly fires across Crisfield Maryland Lynn Massachusetts Boston Chicopee and Los Angeles claimed many young victims. Among the dead were 14 children and several adults including siblings in the Hanson Mass farmhouse fire and two Los Angeles boys said to have perished after a cigarette fire. Firefighters and families faced tragic losses as homes burned and rescue attempts continued.
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Battle Over Berlin Could Mobilize U.S.
The Army chief of staff testified to the Senate Disarmament subcommittee that the United States has the mobilization capacity and reserve strength to defend West Berlin if needed. Senator Long pressed on the nation’s “blue chips” and the risk of abandoning Berlin. Taylor said the United States could mobilize the entire nation and would act in time if required, relying on reserves and a ready mobilization base rather than immediate atomic options.
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McCamey School Bond Approvals Move Negro Education
McCamey Independent School District voters approved Proposal No 1 for 115000 to build a new six classroom school for grades one through twelve to educate about 40 Negro children, amid a turnout of 257. Proposal No 2 for 15000 to air condition the white primary school also passed, with margins noted.
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Suspect Charged in Hobbs Murder Shocked City
Hobbs resident Jose Anos Grado, 37, was charged with murder after Norman John Baugh, 42, was shot to death at Younger Construction Company’s final office in Hobbs. Grado surrendered and said the shooting followed prior trouble. Baugh was a toolpusher for the firm. Grado claimed self defense after being struck days earlier. Baugh’s survivors include his widow and four children. services pending.
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Monahans Car Crash Kills One
Mrs Gertrude Reed Elam age 54 of Monahans died after a two car collision at Gary and Seventh Street. She died at Ward County Memorial Hospital two hours after the crash from head injuries. Raymond Elmec Witten of Monahans drove east and collided with Elam who was alone in her car. Witten was also alone and escaped injury. No charges were filed. Survivors include two sons, a daughter, a brother and three sisters. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Panama Revolt Ends as Government Forces Cease Fire
A municipal revolt in Panama City collapsed after government troops moved on City Hall. The Revolutionary Municipal Junta staged a brief takeover, ousted the Yeman council, and then stepped aside as investigations began. Radio access was cut, a general strike faltered, and business and transit resumed.
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Chutist Killed In Nervous Jump
An Arden North Carolina parachutist froze mid leap from a plane and plunged to his death at 2200 feet. The victim was not identified. In El Paso authorities probed a theater bomb hoax after a bomb threat and a separate incident at Camp Lejeune involved a plane delay and a nervous pilot.
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