Gunfire at Nicaragua Presidential Palace Claims Drunken Protest
In Managua gunfire around the presidential palace Sunday was dismissed as a drunken celebration by the national guard. President Somoza reportedly inside the palace escaped harm while guards said rebels were dispersed, with police capturing four or five attackers and 13 residents joining the invaders. General Anastasio Somoza called it a police action and noted rebels had become disillusioned.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Somoza
Santo Tomas
Olama
Army program cuts stockade admissions
Army doctor Maj. Edwin T. Cooke reports a program to weed out misfits and rehabilitate prisoners has reduced stockade admissions by 76 percent. The Brooke Medical Center physician notes the approach screens for potential military material, with substandard or triple court-martial offenders eliminated by boards, while good soldiers are given useful work and guarded in secured racks with fewer guards. Several disciplinary racks and stockades have closed since the program began.
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FT. Sam Houston
Tex
Army
Stockades
Edwin T. Cooke
Army Medical Service School
Brooke Medical Center
Armed Forces Medical Journal
Cooke
United States
Cuban Refugee Camp Enlarged by Five Ex-Soldiers
Florida's Cuban refugee colony grows as five ex-soldiers and a sailor arrive in Key West after contributing $700 to buy a 16 foot motor boat. Miguel Victoreto y Garcia, 29, fled Castro's navy after political trouble and hid for five days before boarding. The others served in Batista's Cuban army. all seek political asylum.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
Havana
Miguel Victoreto Y Garcia
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Television Schedules Across Stations Monday Night Listings
TV listings show KOSA 1LV and KMID KMID and KVEM KCBD and KCBD channels with programs from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm including News Weather Sports and dramas. Notable features include The Texan Danny Thomas I Love Lucy Peter Gunn Wells Fargo and The Tonight Hour of various game shows and theater segments across stations.
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Texan
Danny Thomas
Ann Sothern
Playhouse LA
We News
Odessa
Kusa-Tv
Tulladay
Capt
Kanga
Sam Levenson
Jimmy Dean
Wells Fargo
Peter Gunn
Arthur Murray
Thor Tracers
Tack Paar
Sherwood
Small Wonders
Mickey Mouse
West Texas Tribune
Mouie
Bengal Lancers
Citizen Soldier
Kcbd-Tv
Howell
Rin Tin Tin
Wells Bargo
Maverick
Music Hall
Jack Paar
Civil War Vet Receives Five Star General Honor
Walter Williams, the last Confederate veteran, was posthumously granted an honorary five star general rank by a group calling itself the Confederate High Command during a bedside ceremony. Walter, 16 at enlistment, dozed through most of the event after a small whisky nip for a chill. Donald A. Ramsey of St Peters burg, a mining engineer, acted as executive commissioner.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Confederate High Command
Donald A. Ramsey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Liberty Island Power Cut Frays Night on Tiny Island
New York AP reports Liberty Island residents and statue caretakers faced a blackout since early Saturday after a New Jersey submarine cable was cut. About 12 residents endure candlelight as officials investigate sabotage claims.
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New York
Liberty Island
New York Harbor
New Jersey
National Park Service
Noel Foster
Minister McNeill Is Dismissed From Georgia Church
The Rev. Robert B. McNeill of Columbus First Presbyterian Church, known for a Look magazine article on racial harmony, is dismissed by an eight member Southwest Georgia Presbytery commission. The ruling, read June 2, cited religious interests, with McNeill stating he is unsure about appealing. The church had faced years of internal unrest and had reorganized leadership before McNeill’s dismissal.
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Columbus, Ga
National Magazine
Robert B. McNeill
First Presbyterian’ Church
Southwest Georgia
McNeill
Presbyterian Synod of
Georgia
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S
Garrett Shackelford
Presbytery
Robert B. McNeil
Birmingham
Ala
First Presbyterian Church
House Group Will Probe Jobs Given Retired Military Brass
Washington report notes a House Armed Services subcommittee plans July hearings on why retired generals and admirals take well paid positions with companies selling to the armed forces. It will examine if hires are due to expertise or lobbying influence and how officers might be swayed before retirement. Eisenhower cautioned that defense procurement is influenced by factors beyond pure military need.
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Washington
Congress
House
Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
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Hebert
Sen
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
Eisenhower
Two Men Charged With DWI In Ector County Court
Two men Richardo Marquez 21 of Big Spring and Hugh Phillip Vandiver 34 of 402 East 42nd were charged Monday in Ector County Court-At-Law with driving while intoxicated. Marquez was arrested near Simms and Prairie while Vandiver, at 42nd and Andrews Highway after his car collided with a vehicle driven by James Vernon Tate 47 of 1009 West Murphy.
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Ector County
Richardo Marquez
Big Spring
Hugh Phillip Vandiver
42Nd
Marquez
Simms and
Prairie
Vandiver
Andrews Highway
James Vernon Tate
West Murphy
Odessa Woman Arrested in Auto Theft Case
An Odessa woman charged with car theft in Ector County was arrested in Lamesa. Esperanza Rodriguez was taken into custody on a complaint filed by G. G. Garcia of Midland before Justice A. P. Boyz. The stolen vehicle, taken May 21 in Odessa, was found abandoned in Big Spring.
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Odessa
Ector County
Lamesa
Esperanza Rodriguez
G. G. Garcia
Midland
Justice of the Peace
A. P. Boyz
Odesse
Big Spring
Odessa man jailed on California non-support warrant
Buford Evans Wimberly, 28, of 3801 Henderson in Odessa, was jailed in Ector County on a California warrant for non support of minor children. Deputies said San Bernardino County authorities notified they were holding him.
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Odessa
Ector County
California
Buford Evans Wimberly
Henderson
San Bernardino County
Calif
Meeting Set Tuesday on Local Visually Handicapped Children
The West Texas Council for Visually Handicapped Children will hold its regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Crippled Children's Center at 13th and Muskingum. A special summer program for the children will be discussed.
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West Texas Council For Visually Handicapped Children
Crippled Children’s Center
13Th and Muskingum
Survey Planned for Paper Factory in Chihuahua
Mexico City AP reports Senate forestry and industry committees will survey the feasibility of establishing a paper factory in the state of Chihuahua. The study aims to evaluate economic and regional impacts and potential benefits for local employment and industry growth.
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Mexico City
Forestry and Industry
Senate
Chihuahua
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