Navy commissions USS Dealey destroyer in Boston ceremony
The 314 foot USS Dealey, Navy’s newest destroyer designed for anti submarine warfare and convoy escort, was commissioned in Boston. It honors Commander Samuel David Dealey of Dallas Texas, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient who died at sea aboard the USS Harder after sinking five Japanese destroyers. Ensign Gloria Marie Dealey, his niece, attended the ceremony.
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Two Outstanding Methodists Named 1953 54 Honorees
The Texas Methodist conference announced two outstanding laymen for 1953 54 Thomas Penry of Pirtle Methodist Church and G W Willman of First Methodist Church Sweeny. Ministers honored were Rev H W Watts of First Methodist Church Sweeny and Rev Ferris W Norton Jr of Pittsburg.
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Big Baptist leader warns on split and tension across nations
Swedish Baptist youth secretary Joe Sorenson told 25 000 Southern Baptists that the world church cannot afford divisions and must stay united by love for Christ. He noted growth to over 20 million members and cited church gains in Austria Brazil and Germany amid postwar trials. James L. Sullivan urged a goal of a million more members by 1954 while a social security measure for ministers seeks government contracts separate from churches.
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Southern Baptists
Senate
Tulsa Minister Re-Elected Baptist Convention Leader
Rev. Dr. James W. Storer of First Baptist Tulsa was re-elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention for a second one-year term. He will lead a $2 million budget with allocations of $3.475 million to foreign missions and $1.1498 million to home missions. The meeting also selected Rev. Dr. Homer G. Lindsay of Jacksonville as first vice president and Rev. Dr. Oliver R. Shields of Lafayette Park, Tulsa, as second vice president.
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Kansas
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Unconstitutional Ruling Hits Waco Anti Peddling Ordinance
The 10th Court of Appeals in Texas declared Waco a vending ordinance unconstitutional citing excessive license fees and that selling old articles does not create a nuisance. Houston Credit Sales Co. sought an injunction against enforcement. Judge Joseph W. Hae delivered the decision.
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Solons Attack Atomic Group Over Information Flow
June 4 report: House Senate atomic energy committee accuses the Atomic Energy Commission of delaying legally required information. Committee Chairman W Sterling Cole rebukes the AEC chair Lewis Strauss as five-member board splits on granting Strauss more authority. Strauss concedes delay occurred due to a five-to-zero split decision.
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Dulles to Speak on Southeast Asia in L A Meeting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will address Southeast Asia problems at a Los Angeles World Affairs Council gathering Friday June 4. The announcement came Friday.
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Democrats Seek Higher Unemployment Benefits Nationwide
Democrats introduced bills in the House and Senate to force states to raise unemployment compensation by one to two billion dollars annually. Ninety senators and eighty House members sponsor the measures with AFL backing. The plan aims to expand benefit amounts and duration citing 3.465 million jobless and declining wages.
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Jokes From Behind The Iron Curtain Warn Of Free Air
A roundup of wartime humor from oppressed regions mocks Soviet rule. Jokes touch on socialism in exile, parrot pretenses, red officers, laborers, and telephones to Moscow, with a Prague family facing state inquiries over an obituary notice.
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Filling Station Home Linked to Broken Homes Says Doctor
Dr. Arthur L. Beitz, a Los Angeles psychologist, told Seventh Day Adventists in San Francisco that the American home is a filling station where children are filled with money, food, and clothing but little else. He linked high divorce rates to moral laxity materialism and indifference to religion noting working mothers contribute to the atmosphere.
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Eisenhower to Receive Honorary Degree at Washington College
President Eisenhower will receive his 22nd honorary degree at commencement exercises on June 7 at Washington College in Westertown Maryland. The college has previously honored George Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman and will award him an honorary Doctor of Laws.
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Felix Holt Dies at 53 a Noted Historian and Journalist
Felix Holt a 53 year old historical novelist and longtime Detroit newspaper man died at his Bucks County Pennsylvania home his publishers said. Holt born in Kentucky wrote The Gabriel Horn published in 1951 and Can't Boone Kissed Me published last month both works set in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase region tied to Holt's pioneer ancestors.
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Felix Holt
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Bucks County
Pennsylvania
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Gabriel Horn
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Jackson Purchase
Kentucky
San Antonio Irked Over Academy Bid
San Antonio reacts to a 3-site test for the Air Force Academy with no San Antonio placement. Chamber president Tom Powell vows the bid is not dead while Randolph Air Force Base is cited as the economical site. Dr James Hollers notes the plan aligns with Talbott’s stance as Congress considers $125 million for the project.
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Shivers to Push Local Control for Desegregation
Gov. Allan Shivers said he will send J. W. Edgar to a Southern Governors meeting in Richmond on June 10 to urge that public school desegregation be handled through local control. He argued local districts need time and a voice, with state agency support, to address this Supreme Court driven issue. Edgar already advised Texas superintendents to prepare for a segregated pattern pending final court rulings.
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Just An Old Fire Horse At Heart
SAN FRANCISCO. Off duty firefighter Wilbur Dunker, 41, booked on hit and run driving charges after arriving at a fire. He drove over fire lines, struck a policeman and a firefighter, and was halted by a motorcycle officer ten blocks away. He faced drunk driving and related counts.
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