Big Cities Put It In The Bag At Demo Meet
Texas Democrats and Republicans clash over counting votes for Governor Allan Shivers in 1952. State Democratic Committee decides to count all Shivers ballots, Democratic, Republican, and write-ins, for delegate strength at the September convention in Mineral Wells.
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Texas
Dallas
Allan Shivers
Austin
Shivers
Woerta
Wal Rozers
A. Moners Wells
Eratio Tv
R. Adams
Tex Weald
Eested
Democratic Executive Committee
GOP
George Sandiin
Ralph Yarborough
J. J. Holmes
Wright Morrow
Houston
Sandlin
Byron Skelton
Temple
Morrow
Skelton
Dwight D. Esenower
State Committee
National Party
Eisenhower
Sandin
Carr Testifies Army Tried Spiking Probe
Francis P. Carr testified that an Army spokesman urged Sen. Rolfe Carthrs’s subcommittee to drop its Fort Monmouth inquiry before hearings. He backed McClellan’s view that charges against Stevens and Adams were grave and intolerable if true. The hearing neared its 34th day as documents on Schine’s work and Fort Dix passes were reviewed.
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Fort Monmouth
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Adams
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Schine
Vechief
Entvy
MacClellin
Fort Dix
N. J
Cohn
Senate
Subcommittee
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Sen
Stuart Symington
DMO
Joseph N. Welch
Chinese Increase Indochina Aid Sparks Viet Nam Attack Fears
In Hanoi on June 15 the French high command said Communist China has increased aid to Vo Nguyen Giap's forces for an impending all-out attack on the Red River delta. A spokesman cited more supplies from Red China to rebel bases in northern Viet Nam. Hanoi circles worry over calm in the delta, viewing it as Giap preparing for a surge this month.
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Red River
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Red Chna
Viet Nam
Giap
Dien Bien Phi
Weather forecast: Partly cloudy with scattered storms
Partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change today and tonight into Wednesday. Scattered afternoon thundershowers expected. highs near 90 today and 92 tomorrow, with tonight’s low around 68 and a stray overnight reading of 6 percent not affecting the forecast.
Shepperd Plans To Meet Jury In Houston
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd will appear before the Harris county grand jury in Houston at the invitation of District Attorney Ewing Werlein amid an investigation of Lloyds of North America a defunct insurance firm. A Travis county grand jury had indicted officers of insurers at Beaumont and El Paso on perjury charges. Final judgment in Shepperds civil suit against Lloyds of North America placed the company in permanent bankruptcy following voluntary bankruptcy by Ralph W Hammonds head of the firm.
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John Ben Shepperd
Harris County Grand Jury
Houston
Lloyd's of North America
Shepperd
Grand Jury
Ewing Werlein
Travis County Grand
Beaumont
el Paso
98Th District Court
Ralph W. Hammonds
Beag
Group Approves Smelter Proposal In Texas City
The House Banking Committee unanimously backed Rep. Clark Thompson’s measure directing the RFC to keep the government tin smelter operating at Texas City through June 30, 1955. Hearings were held behind closed doors, and Senate approval was expected next week.
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Senate
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Eisenhower
Congress
High Seas
Mock Air Raid is Huge Flor
Civil defense officials admitted that the largest air raid drill since World War I showed the nation is far from prepared for a massive atomic assault. The mock attack on 41 cities could have produced millions of casualties, with 7 276 000 killed and 3 344 000 injured in 30 cities, and public coordination and readiness deemed insufficient.
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Operation Alert
Olney
Val Peterson
Millon Civil Defense
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United States
Canada
Hawaii
Puerto
Rico
Virgin Islands
Texas Liquor Chief Accused of Favoritism by Ex-Agent
Weldon Burney, a former Texas Liquor Control Board agent, charged that politics and favoritism hinder enforcement of liquor laws under Coke Stevenson Jr. He urged a state-wide probe, resigning May 27 after 12 years, while Stevenson denied the claims and defended departmental integrity. Burney planned to return to farming in McAllen.
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State Liquor Control Board
Weldon Burney
Coke Stevenson Jr
Stevenson
Norman
L. L. Newman
Burney
Texas
Burnet
McAllen
Reds propose swap of 83 Americans for Chinese students
Geneva June 15 AP Red China offered to trade the release of 83 American prisoners behind the Bamboo Curtain for Chinese students it says the United States is detaining. The United States lists 54 civilians and 29 military personnel held by the Reds. Notables include Richard Applegate and Donald Dixon. The offer came after a third U S Chinese talks.
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Red China
United States
U. S
Richard Applegate
National Broadcasting Co
United Press
Donald Dixon
International News Service
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Peiping
36th Division Stresses Safety at North Fort Hood
NORTH FORT HOOD Tex 36th Division with 8407 guardsmen in peacetime training launches a safety first campaign. Maj Gen Carl L Phinney says efforts target accident reduction through speed limit observance reduced civilian traffic and self care for rookies. First day includes rifle range signaling and various schools with full tactical training to follow.
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Phinney
DC 4 emergency landing saves 78 without injuries
A Great Lakes Airlines DC 4 with an engine fire forced a landing at Gage Oklahoma after a storm. Captain Jack Pedesky who landed the plane with co pilot Capt Frank MacDonald and hostess June Miller guided 75 passengers and three crew to safety as flames engulfed most of the craft. Most aboard were servicemen and women.
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Army
Ameleto Georgetti
Bridgeport
iConn
Jack Pedesky
Los Angeles
Kansas City
New York
Pedesky
Airways
Frank MacDonald
June Miller
Guatemala Reds Watched Closely By U S Latins
Washington reports that the State Department and Latin American diplomats are increasingly attentive to communism in Guatemala. Talks consider a special session of foreign ministers to address the issue amid Guatemala’s May 15 delivery of about 2,000 tons of armaments from behind the Iron Curtain.
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John Foster Dulles
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United Fruit Co
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United Fruit
Dulles
Useless Plants Soak Up Water
Houston reports say Useless plant life soaks up about 80 percent of Texas rainfall. J A Fox, Hearne, told the Cottonseed Crushers Assn in its 60th convention that removing parasites like mesquite and weeds, building reservoirs, and wiser land use would aid conservation. Gov Allan Shivers urged forming a group to advise the state water resources committee. Dallas agricultural director C B Spencer noted cotton acreage down about four million acres while soybeans rise by about four million acres.
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Texas
Cottonseed Crushers Assn
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Hearne
Allan Shivers
Association
C. B. Spencer
Dallas
Texas GOP faces primary hurdles and new leaders in Dallas
In Dallas the Texas GOP State Executive Committee discussed primary logistics and ballot provisions amid concerns of party parity. Republicans named Ted Adams for governor and Carlos Watson for U S Senate while naming John Tower as a Wichita Falls candidate for the state legislature and planning a Sept. 14 state convention in Fort Worth.
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Walter Rogers
Dallas
Harris Greeg
Houston
Rogers
Wright Morrow
Sandhii
Skelton
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Iin
GOP
L. H. Thomas
Ralls
Commissioners’ Court
Leo Horowitz
Seguin
Fort Worth
Harry Linderman
Carlos Watson
Brownsville
U.S
Supreme Court
Watson
Panhandle
South Texas
Corpus Christi
Porter
Austin
Victoria Junior College to admit Negro students
Victoria Texas residents vote to end segregation at Victoria Junior College and allow Negroes to enroll. The college trustees approved admission starting in September after earlier board action targeting admin policy.
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Victoria Junior College
Churchill and Eisenhower to Meet in Washington in Ten Days
Secretary of State Dulles announced Britain’s Prime Minister Churchill will meet President Eisenhower in ten days for informal talks. Eden and Dulles will join discussions on Southeast Asia defense and European army options amid French political crisis. No decisions planned, meeting framed as informal with no formal agenda.
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Eisenhower
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Southeast Asia
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White House
Jury Selection To Begin In Vice Trial
In Houston on June 15 jurors were to be selected for the trial of William Scott charged with operating a bawdy house at the Ayres hotel. Special Prosecutor Levens presented a letter from former police captain Foy Melton and a claim that Scott paid $5,000 for work from Stevens. Scott, once Harris county district attorney, attended court as the case moved toward juror selection amid questions over the grand jury proceedings.
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Langston
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Fieng
Illes Jpersons
Howster Police
Foy Melton
Tria
O’brien Levens
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Melton
Herter
Ayres
Lorraine ‘Lou ‘Ayres
Stevens
Harris County
New Indochina Government Seen Resigning Tomorrow
In Saigon sources report the five months old government of Premier Prince Buu Loc will resign tomorrow. Ngo Di Diem, a 53 year old Roman Catholic reformer and national figure, is expected to succeed him. Diem’s appointment aims to form a regime of leading nationalists linked to the former French backed order. The move is seen as the regime’s effort to rally support against Communists and Viet Cong influence in Viet Nam.
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