Beulah Threatens Texas Coast With 70 MPH Winds
Beulah neared the Texas coast with tropical storm strength, moving NW at 4 to 8 mph about 200 miles south of Brownsville. Hurricane watch extends from Corpus Christi south. small craft advised to stay in port as tides rise and shelters open. Weather officials forecast center for Mexican coast between Brownsville and Tampico late Wednesday with scattered showers across South Texas.
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Matamoros
Mexico
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Laughlin Air Force Base
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Panhandle
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Rio
Grande City
Dalhart
West
Dissension Torn Legislature Opens Second Special Session
A frustrated Texas Legislature met in a second special session in Austin to stabilize state finances. Disputes between Gov. Price Daniel and House Speaker Wayman Carr dominated opening proceedings as lawmakers sought funds by September 1. A major sales tax bill and tax program were pushed as the session began amid contention and uncertainty.
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Tarr
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Childress
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Femple
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
Bev. Ramsey
Carr
Council of State Governments
Houston
Four-Alarm Fire Rips Dallas Pillowtex Plant
A four alarm blaze swept through a two story Pillowtex bedding plant in downtown Dallas until around 10 a.m. today. The cause of the fire was not known but authorities were on the scene assessing damage and stopping spread.
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Pillowtex Corp
Beck Indicted in Federal Grand Jury Probe of Trucking Payoffs
Former Teamsters chief Dave Beck and two trucking firm presidents were indicted on charges of accepting 200000 dollars from Fruehauf Trailer Co. chief Roy Fruehauf and Associated Transport head Burge Seymour. Indictment cites June 21, 1854 as payment date. pleas set for June 24 with potential prison terms up to a year and fines up to 10000 dollars per person and per company.
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Dave Beck
Roy Fruehauf
Birmingham
Mich
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Detroit
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Litchfield County
Conn
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U.S. Atty
S. Hazard Gillespie
Brown Equipment and Manufactring Co
Associated Transport
Slight Tremor Shakes Dallas
A small earthquake rattled Dallas at 4:27 am, lasting about five seconds. Dr. Eugene Herrin of Southern Methodist University noted SMU seismograph readings were detected. Squire Haskins reported the tremor shook his bed and he has experienced two prior quakes. A daytime check with other seismograph stations will pinpoint the tremor’s location.
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Eugene Herrin
Southern Methodist University
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Squire Haskins
Herrin
Demo Leaders To Compromise On Housing Bill Amid Budget Concerns
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders backed a compromise 1.31 billion housing measure aimed to fit Eisenhower era budget limits. Rayburn and Johnson signaled support for a two year program, aligned with a smaller airport aid pattern, as work continues in a Senate House conference committee.
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D-Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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Rayburn-Johnson
Prospects Dim for Summit Meeting at Geneva
President Eisenhower said Geneva talks have stalled and a summit looks unlikely unless progress occurs on East West issues. He favors a heads of government meeting if Geneva can advance discussions, not solely tied to Berlin. He defended foreign ministers’ authority and warned against pressuring talks. He criticized using steel talks to break the deadlock and suggested public wage and productivity data might help. The Navy jet incident near Japan remains under study with no new details. He noted timing may influence East West tensions.
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Berlin
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Russia
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Steel Workers Union
Raymond Brandt
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Sea of Japan
U.S
Mass manhunt ends as Coyle brothers captured
In Middleboro Massachusetts police cornered the Coyle brothers after a gun battle near a swamp. One brother was killed and the other surrendered as the manhunt for the Philadelphia cop killers concluded. The brothers had abducted a man and tied to a crime spree including armed robbery and kidnapping.
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Middleboro
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John
United Press International
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Coyle
St. Luke's Hospital
Berry Bog
Philadelphia
Tn Shack
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William
James F. Fane
Bruce Heikila
Liberace Wins Libel Damages in London Trial
Liberace was awarded 22400 dollars by a London high court jury against the London Daily Mirror and columnist William Connor writing as Cassandra. The verdict found a Cassandra column three years ago implied he was homosexual, a claim Liberace denied. The jury set the damages after a three hour 24 minute trial in a crowded courtroom.
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UPI
Liberace
London Daily Mirror
William Conner
Connor and the Mirror
Long Prep for Return Home From Galveston
Mrs Bat Long and medical suite arrived by Louisiana Air National Guard plane to escort Governor Long back to Louisiana from John Sealy Hospital Galveston where he remains under care. Officials say no heart attack occurred and his illness is not serious though causing strain. plans call for transfer to Ochsner Foundation Hospital New Orleans once stable.
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Tex
Bat] K. Long
Louisiana Air National Guard
John Sealy Hospital
Oschsner Foundation
New Orleans
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Long
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Galvestonl
Louisiana
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