UN awaits report on spy charges against employee
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said he will act after a U.S. report on allegations that a United Nations employee, Aleksei Petukhov, tried to recruit a Russian refugee for Soviet espionage. Petukhov denies the charges as an invention.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U.S
U. N
Aleksei Petukhov
U.N
Petukhov
Michael Shatov
Columbia University Library
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Shatov
Rostislav Shapovalov
U.N. Technical Assistance Administration
Shapovalov
Arkady A. Sobolev
Washington
American couple flies behind Iron Curtain to Moscow
William P. Lear, 54, and his wife Moya, 41, became the first Americans to fly behind the Iron Curtain on a private flight from West Berlin to East Berlin aboard a twin engine Cessna 310. They planned to pick up a Soviet navigator and await approval for onward travel to Moscow before returning home to their four children in Geneva.
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Berlin
Moscow
William P. Lear
Moya
West Berlin
Tempelhof
Schoenfeld
East Berlin
Lear
Lears
Geneva
Switzerland
Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau Air Terminal
Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with scattered thundershowers and gusty winds this afternoon and tonight. Highs around 98 today and 96 tomorrow, lows near 72 and 69. Temperature readings include Abilene 98, Alpine 69, Amarillo 77, Denver 90, El Paso 96, Fort Worth 78, Galveston 87, Oklahoma City 96, San Antonio 96, New York 68, St. Louis 77. Sunset 7:59 p.m., sunrise 5:43 a.m.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Alpine
Amarillo
Chicago
Denver
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston Co
New York
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
St. Louis
Governors race threads dominate Texas campaign notes
Texas candidates pushed state payment of highway rights of way and tax cuts as central issues. Sen. Price Daniel and Ralph Yarborough urged state funding, while Lee O Daniel advocated a large tax cut and segregation support. J J Holmes publicized a Brady bombing tip reward, and other candidates outlined education, old age pensions, and water programs.
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Sen
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Democratic Party
J. J. Holmes
del Rio
Brady
Sam McCollum III
Holmes
Lee O’daniel
Victoria
Evetts Haley
Amarillo
Reuben Senterfitt
Texas
Yarborough
Pampa
Austin
Fed
Tidelands
Dwight Eisenhower
O’daniel
Will Wilson
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Earl Rudder
Kilgore
Gulf
Building Trades Strike Ends in Beaumont Area
About 10 000 construction workers on projects totaling 80 million dollars are expected to return to work next week after accords signed yesterday. The Gulf Coast Piping Contractors Assn and the Pipefitters Union sealed a contract, and the Piledrivers Union reached an agreement with the Sabine Area Construction Committee, a contractors group.
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Beaumont
Collyns Elected TEA President in Texas Election
AMARILLO The Texas Editorial Association elected Bill Collyns of the Midland Reporter Telegram as president to succeed Marvin Hunter Jr. of Grand Prairie Others chosen were Russell Bryant of Italy and David Warren of Panhandle as vice presidents Jack Shannon of Houston as assistant president T C Richardson of Dallas as recording secretary and G A Mabry of Houston as corresponding secretary.
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Amarillo
Texas Editorial Assa
Bill Collyns
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Marvin Hunter Jr
Grand Prairie
Russell Bryant
Italy
David Warren
Panhandle
Jack Shannon
Houston
T. C. Richardson
Dallas
G. A. Mabry
Eisenhower Improves in Hospital Aides Say
President Eisenhower enters the third week at Walter Reed in good spirits and steady weight. He named Vice President Nixon his personal representative for Manila July 4 events and discussed NATO policy with General Gruenther as he nears potential discharge end of next week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Manilla
Philippines
Nixon
Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital
Howard C. McSnyder
Gettysburg
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Congress
Bill To Finance Interstate Highways Passes House
The compromise highway construction bill aims to authorize 289.9 million dollars for interstate highways in Texas through 1959. Funding will be distributed on a 0-10 basis with the federal government paying the bulk.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Texas
Defense chiefs Clash With GOP Over Air Force Budget
At Quantico Defense Secretary Wilson and Admiral Radford rejected a Senate Republican plan to add 500 million for jet bombers and criticized Democratic proposals as phony. Wilson urged tax votes to pay the bills while Radford called the Eisenhower plan adequate. The dispute split Senate Republicans as Knowland pressed a compromise.
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Quantico
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Senate
Wilson
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
America
Senate Appropriations Committee
William F. Knowland
Calif
iHe
Washington
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Secretary of Defense
GOP
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ellender
D-La
Johnison
Texas
Congress
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Shepperd Rules 3 Issues Must Be On Ballots
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd ruled county Democratic committees must place three racial referendum questions on the July 28 primary ballot or face possible criminal prosecution. The issues cover racial intermarriage mixed schooling and interposition. Violating Article 230 of the Penal Code carries a $500 fine.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Democratic
Shepperd
Raine H. Griffin
Beaumont
Griffin
State
Democratic Executive Committee
San Antonio
Houston
Jefferson County
Attorney General’s Office
Hail Rain Destroys Plentiful Crops on South Plains
Nearly a thousand acres of cotton and grain were ruined on the South Plains by last night’s storm with heavy rains hail and high winds. A cold front moved past Dalhart driving temperatures down and reducing visibility due to blowing dust. Lightning cut power to Abernathy and disrupted police radio, while roads closed in the Sudan-Denver City region.
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United Press
South Plains
Dalhart
Panhandle
Texas
Abernathy
Seramore
Sudan-Denver
Taxes Set Record in Dallas On Federal Collections
Federal tax collections for North Texas reached 1.047 billion dollars for the calendar year, topping last year’s 1.042 billion dollar record. The figure signals continued growth in local revenue as authorities report steady gains.
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Dallas
North Texas
Three Elderly Women Dead In Rest Home Fire
A fire at Tenacre Foundation in Princeton New Jersey killed three elderly women and left one hospitalized. Two mentally disturbed women perished and a third suffocated as seven residents were led to safety. The victims were Bess Meyer Eleanor Sampson Ellen Huggett. Cora Reed was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The one story South Hall building dated 1928 housed the victims located up to tears. Superintendent J Burwell Harrison cited a possible start in a room of an admitted young girl, while another death in a separate building was ruled a suicide with no connection to the blaze.
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Princeton
N.J
Tenacre Foundation
Princeton Hospital
Cora L. Reed
New York City
South Hall
J. Burwell Harrison
Harrison
Lillian Benson
Denton
Texas
Mercer County
Michael la Rosa
Guardsmen Are Held For Rape in Waco Incident
Three National Guard members from Port Arthur were charged with rape after detaining a woman near a nightclub in Waco. Pfc. Rayford Garrie, 21, of the 36th Division at North Fort Hood led the abduction with two others, Mark LaGrape and Harold Poole, also from Fort Hood, facing complaints. Warrants were taken to Fort Hood by officials including Atty. Bernie Walker, Sheriff Elmer Branlept, and Jet Thompson. Bond has not yet been set by Justice of the Peace Ray Mormino.
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WACO
National
Ft. Hood
Asst. Dist. Atty
Bernie Walker
Elmer Branlept
Jet Thompson
Justice of Peace
Ray Mormino
Pieces Of Plane Sought In Atlantic Crash
Naval divers will search today for significant pieces of the Venezuelan airliner that crashed 32 miles off the New Jersey coast killing all 74 aboard. The Venezuelan government and the U S Civil Aeronautics Board began an investigation into the disaster, with wreckage too dispersed to recover large sections easily. Captain Luis F Plata, the pilot, might have disregarded emergency gasoline dumping rules.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Luis F. Plata
CAA
GOP Plans National Meet Amid Eisenhower Bid
A 46 member GOP convention committee led by Leonard W. Hall advances final plans for the San Francisco gathering August 20 assuming Eisenhower runs again. officials discuss a possible three day format and a Nixon second slot while Democrats map an active whistle stop campaign.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Walter Reed Hospital
Hall
San Francisco
Nixon
Civil Rights Bill Faces Time Crunch for House Vote
Civil rights supporters raced against time to secure a Rules Committee vote as yesterday’s adjournment, due to a lack of quorum, thwarted progress. Rep. Roosevelt urged a discharge petition with 145 signatures as the next step, while Southerners on the Rules Committee maneuvered to maintain control and delay action.
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Washington — House
House
Rep
Roosevelt
Dcalif
Rules Committee
Congress
Keating
Eisenhower
Colmer
D-Miss
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Steel Braces For Strike In Nation’s Steel Centers
United Steelworkers locals set strike committees and picketing schedules as June 30 contract deadline nears. Pittsburgh area talks stall with Big Three. industry offers five year no strike package while union deems it unacceptable. Stores tighten belts in Gary and nearby towns. planners prepare relief for hardship.
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New York
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Gary Ind
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Wew
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
United Press
Instruc
I Major Stein
USW
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Gruenther
Bess Meyer
Philadelphia
Eleanor Sampson
Boston
Ellen Huggett
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