Grasshoppers Threaten Crops Across Four Southwest States
Grasshoppers threaten crops in Kansas Texas Colorado and Oklahoma with millions in potential damage. Gov George Docking asked Benson to declare parts of western Kansas a disaster area as infestations grow and expert warn hoppers could surge by harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
George Docking
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Oklahoma
Ellsworth Sherman
Garden City
Kan
Alvin E. Lowe
Kansas State College
Texas
Dallam
Hartley
Panhandle
D.H. Russell
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Amarillo
Tex
Dumas
Russell
Dakotas
Channing
Lowe
Lwe
Father Son Put On Same Jury
In Harris County, Texas, Millard Howard Tyron Jr. and his father were both drawn from the jury wheel and ended up on the same jury for a civil district court case. The two men, an insurance salesman and a city employee, are serving in a lawsuit over repairs to a building.
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Houston
Tex
Harris County
Millard Howard Tyron Jr
Court weighs bail for segregationist Bowles in fatal shooting
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals considers granting bail to Bryant Bowles, segregationist founder of the National Association for the Advancement of White People, who is awaiting trial for the fatal shooting of his brother in law. His wife, also charged, is free on bond. Bowles faced premeditation and capital-punishment risks, with background including antiintegration picketing at Lamar Tech and past aggravated assault charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Goodwin
Beaumont
Bowles
Kountze
Goodwin
Atty. R
Coe
Hardin County
Harvey
Prisoners Riot at Angola Over Inhaler Wadding Confiscation
Twenty seven maximum security prisoners staged a brief riot at the Louisiana Angola state prison after guards confiscated goof-ball nose inhaler soaked wadding. Guards crushed the disturbance with tear gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
UPI
Construction Shows Sharp 0.5 Increase in May Output
Washington reports May construction activity at 4.1 billion dollars, up 10 percent from April. For January to May 1958 total new construction reached 17.7 billion, about the same as last year. Private construction is down 1 percent, while public construction rises 4 percent due to highways and military housing. Residential construction down 1 percent. industrial construction down 21 percent. May housing outlays hit 1 billion, up 6 percent from April, but five month total remains 2 percent below 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Fire Damages Orange Docks in Massive Loss
Orange Texas officials report a blaze at the county docks causing at least 300000 in damage. Three 100 foot warehouses holding about 25000 sacks of rice and flour were destroyed, another warehouse damaged by water, and several ships moved by tugboats as firefighters fought flames up to 50 feet high. No casualties were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange, Tex
UPI
Orange
Mexico Candidate Adolfo Lopez Mateos to Visit Border Cities
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Mexico's favored presidential candidate, is set for royal welcomes in Reynosa and Matamoros. More than 60,000 are expected along the Reynosa route to Hidalgo Plaza for a 1 p.m. speech, with about 100,000 anticipated at Matamoros International Airport arrivals and a 14 mile parade to a rally and banquet in Matamoros tonight.
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Reynosa
Mexico
UPI
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Matamoros
Reynosa Municipal
Hidalgo Plaza
Lopez Mateos
Revolutionary Party
Matamoros International
Former Queen Soraya to Return to Cologne in June
Officials say former Queen Soraya of Iran will fly back to Cologne from the United States in mid June. Her father is Iran's ambassador to West Germany and she will stay briefly to decide a permanent settlement, likely in Italy France or Switzerland.
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Cologne
Germany
UPI
Soraya
Iran
United States
West Germany
Siah
Italy
France
Switzerland
Odessa Camfra Center Opens With Event in 11th Street
An Odessa venue, Camfra Center, announces an opening event on 11th Street. Details on schedule and participants were released, inviting local residents to attend. The announcement highlights community access and potential programs at the center.
Fair Weather Forecast Across U S After Tornado Outbreak
United Press International reports calmer weather for most of the nation after Wednesday night tornadoes ripped through Minnesota and Wisconsin, killing at least 24 and injuring over 100. Temperatures varied from 40s and 50s in the Dakotas to 70 in Iowa and the southern Great Lakes.
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Atlantic Coast
New England States
New York State
Pennsylvania
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Rocky Mountains
Central Plains
Far West
United Press International
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dairyland
Plains
Iowa
Dakotas
Rockies
Gulf States
New York
Eye Witness Tornado Account From Wisconsin Colfax Event
Eye-witness Kelvin Hendr ikson recalls a brutal Wisconsin killer tornado that demolished the Colfax home of him his wife Helga and their children Karen Roland and Richard. He describes warning his wife running to the basement the house shaking and timber flying. A neighbor recounts a husband who stayed in the living room as rescue workers found him naked by the wind. The family survived though hurt with the car missing and the house reduced to a basement and water tank. Richard stayed to help despite injuries.
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Kelvin Hendrikson
Helga
Karen
Roland
Richard
Colfax, Wis
Seminole Man's Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Leonard Aubrey Arnold 50 of Seminole will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Seminole Memorial Chapel with burial in Seminole Cemetery. Arnold a chef at Jo's Restaurant here for 11 years previously ran a restaurant in Big Spring. He died Wednesday in Gaines Clinic Hospital after ill health. He lived with cousin Dewey Collum. Survivors include brother Travis of Dallas and sisters Lennie Sweet of Fort Worth and Bobby Meyers of El Capitan New Mexico.
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Leonard Aubrey Arnold
Seminole
Gaines Clinic
Seminole Memorial Chapel
Seminole Cemetery
Wood County
Tex
Arold
Jo’s
Big Spring
Arnold
Dewey Collum
Travis
Dallas
Lennie Sweet
Fort Worth
Bobby Meyers
el Capitan
N. M
Bus operator finds briefcase with cash and bank records
Providence AP reports James Dwyer who operates a bus found a briefcase containing 40 in cash and bank books totaling 70000 in deposits. A deposit of 50000 appeared last month. The owner, a woman, claimed the case and paid Dwyer 10. Her name was not disclosed.
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Providence
R. I
James Dwyer
Dwyer
Ingrid Bergman Rossellini annulment case recesses
In Rome UPI reports the Bergman Rossellini annulment proceedings were recessed again until June 30 after reopening on Wednesday. Rossellini's lawyers argued Bergman’s prior marriage to Swedish Doctor Peter Lindstrom was not dissolved under Swedish law when she wed Rossellini, keeping the case unresolved.
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Rome
UPI
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Rossellini
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Yarborough Bill Seeks Expanded 1955 Relief Act
UPI reporting from Washington: Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough introduces a Senate bill to amend the Texas City Disaster Relief Act of 1955 to raise the Army Secretary's authority for settling claims. The proposal targets inequities in applying a $25,000 per claim limit, allowing separate claims for each family member killed rather than treating multiple deaths as a single claim.
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Washington
UPI
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Senate
Secretary of the Army
Yarborough
Army
Regional forecast for Texas regions
Regional forecast reports partly cloudy warmth through Friday with isolated afternoon thundershowers in East and South Central Texas. West and North Central Texas see isolated late afternoon or evening thunderstorms through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Radar-Warning Sign Cleared by Dayton Police
In Dayton a 22 year old mother of two arrested for carrying a radar speed zone sign was released for $1, with city officials saying signs warning motorists are not interference. Police initially charged her, but Captain C W Martz said such signs aid police by slowing speeders.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Marjorie Steinway
William P Keane
Dayton Police Department
Cpt
C. W. Martz
Steinway
Presbyterians Name New Clerk for United Church
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Pasadena was elected stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A at its general assembly in Pittsburgh. Dr. Samuel W. Shane of Pittsburgh was named associate stated clerk and Dr. Henry Barraclough as assistant stated clerk. Indianapolis was chosen for the 1959 assembly and Cleveland for 1960. The gathering endorsed Alaska statehood, urged ending nuclear stockpiling, and called for international cooperation in peaceful nuclear energy.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Euugene Carson Blake
Pasadena
Calif
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
General Assembly
Samuel W. Shane
Henry Barraclough
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Alaska
Labor Candidate To Get Hearing For Ballot Listing
Dallas labor leader Grover Cantrell won a state Supreme Court hearing on Monday to challenge the Dallas County Republican Committee. The court agreed to hear his mandamus bid to force placement of his name on the Republican primary ballot against Rep. Bruce Alger.
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Quilty
Mart Schafener
MARZ
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hi&m
East Eighth Street
Rell
F. Rell
CHA
FOX
West Lad
Orange Docks
México
Odessa
U. S
Melvin Hendrikson
Bergman Cose
Labor
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