Storms and drownings sweep U.S. midsection across several states
Violent winds and thunderstorms sweep the nation from Texas to the Great Lakes as summer storms arrive. A twister ripped Walcott Iowa tearing the roof from a rain elevator and flattening a barn while four cattle were killed and trees felled. No deaths or injuries were reported locally though alarms were issued for Nebraska earlier after cloud formations near Kimball and Sidney. Heavy rain and drownings mar the start of summer with two Mississippian sisters aged 13 and 8 drowned in a creek. a 15 year old tried to save them and died. In San Antonio two children, 7 and 4, drowned after leaving a wading pool. Two Chicago girls drowned in Lake Michigan after chasing a beach ball. An Oakwood Oklahoma crash in heavy rain killed four and injured two children. Miami receives near 20 inches this month as more showers loom.
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Buddy Smith
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Mary Jo
Warehouse Fire In San Antonio Damages Handy Andy Warehouse
A 315000 square foot Handy Andy Supermarkets warehouse on San Antonio's south side burned as four fire companies battled the blaze. One firefighter was overcome by smoke and hospitalized for a checkup before being released. Cause undetermined. an investigation will follow. The warehouse was owned by Handy Andy Supermarkets Inc. and located behind one of their shopping center stores.
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Damages Awarded in Grand Canyon Airliner Collision
A federal jury in Los Angeles allocated nearly 500000 dollars in deaths’ damages from the 1956 Grand Canyon airliner collision. Carl J. Snyder’s estate receives 142200, Donald F. Kehl’s widow 147300, and Theodore M. Kubiniec’s widow 160500. Kehl and Kubiniec were Ford Motor Co attorneys. The jury previously found United Air Lines and Trans World Airlines negligent in the crash that killed 128 people.
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Kubiniec
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Trans-World Airlines
Reaction to Young Republicans censure hits senators
At the Denver convention the Young Republican leaders censured Senators Margaret Chase Smith of Maine and William Langer of North Dakota for opposing Lewis Strauss's confirmation as secretary of commerce. The resolution followed a 49 to 46 Senate rejection of Strauss. Ned Cushing, 35, of Downs Kansas, was elected chairman after a contest with Sam Young of Chicago.
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Obituaries: Israel Lawlor Tucker
DANBURY Richard H. Israel 64 former Nash Motors sales manager died after a long illness BAYONNE New Jersey William F Lawlor 75 superintendent of schools in the Newark archdiocese died Sunday MORRISTOWN Roy E Tucker 62 vice chairman of Beneficial Finance Co died Sunday of a heart attack
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Last Civil War Yet Still Sick
Walter Williams, last Civil War survivor, rests in an oxygen tent in Houston as pneumonia stagnates his condition. Dr. Russell Wolfe reports little or no change, with a slight drop in temperature and a strong pulse. Williams, 116, displays congestion in the right lung and drinks milk and egg liquid nourishment while his daughter removes his radio for rest.
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Willie Mae Bowles
Floods in Ceylon Displace Thousands as Rains Continue
Colombo reports indicate widespread floods after three days of torrential monsoon rains. Government relief agencies fear many deaths and describe several areas cut off from food and medical supplies by landslides and flooding.
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Ceylon
Ten Cuban migrants held at Merida penitentiary
Ten Cubans who left an over crowded boat on a journey toward Nicaragua were brought to the penitentiary in Merida Yucatan Saturday night. Local military authorities declined comment.
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Changes in Labor Bill Aim to Probe Union Political Spending
Washington UPI report outlines a proposed amendment to the labor reform bill granting rank and file union members the right to sue to recover funds used for political purposes. It notes past assertions by union leaders that political spending is outside the Corrupt Practices Act and cites state court findings of misused dues. The piece discusses the Judiciary and Justice Department roles and President Eisenhower's expected TV appeal for support amid partisan tensions.
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Unrest In China Claimed By Former Assistant Secretary
Former assistant secretary of state for the Far East Walter Robertson told Congress that unrest in Red China is at an all time high. He doubted Peiping could be overthrown without army rebels but said the army might side with the people. Senate Foreign Relations Committee released censored testimony from closed sessions.
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Far East
Peiping
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Texas Regional Weather Forecast Through Tuesday
East and South Central Texas expect party cloudy warm conditions with widely scattered thundershowers mainly near the coast. North Central and Northwest Texas see partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms and no notable temperature changes. Southwest Texas remains partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon and nighttime storms.
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Two Firms Awarded Large Air Force Contracts
Raytheon Co and Sylvania Electric Products Inc won about 6 million dollar contracts to develop airborne electronics for the Air Force. They join eight company team awarded a total 38.9 million dollars from Airborne Instruments Laboratory, with Aerojet General, Filtron, Sperry Gyroscope, Hal Raymond and Brown, Temco and others involved.
Quadruplets Born To Irish Woman
Mrs Jean Cole 32 and her husband Albert 29 welcomed quadruplets on Sunday two boys and two girls. The couple, with a five year old daughter and three sons aged 18 months to eight years, live in a one room five dollar weekly apartment in a municipal housing project. Glasgow city council will seek larger quarters for the family.
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UPI
Jean Cole
Hartford plans multi million resort on Hog Island Bahamas
New York financier Huntington Hartford heir to A and P said he will develop a multi million dollar resort on Hog Island near Nassau. He announced the purchase of most of the four mile long island from Swedish industrialist Dr Axel Wenner Gren.
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Huntington Hartford
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Axel Wenner-Gren
Thunderstorms Soak North Texas Areas
Thunderstorms drenched North and Central Texas after a wind and rainstorm hit Seymour on Sunday night. Winds reached up to 50 mph with rainfall amounts around 2.25 inches in Wichita Falls and multiple Texas cities reported showers and highs in the 90s to 110s. Forecasts show scattered storms through Tuesday across the region.
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Weather Bureau
Five Day Forecast For Texas Issued By Weather Bureau
Dallas AP reports the Weather Bureau issued a five day forecast for Texas. East and Central Texas expect near normal temperatures with lows 70 to 77 and highs 88 to 98, slight variation possible, light isolated afternoon thundershowers. West Texas shows temperatures 1 to 4 degrees above normal with lows 58 to 75 and highs 86 to 95, no major change, locally heavy precipitation in isolated thunderstorms then light or none.
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Lutheran Convention Reaches Midway Mark in California
SAN FRANCISCO UPI The 44th convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod neared the halfway point as 3500 delegates resumed sessions. The 10 day gathering ends Friday afternoon with Sunday devotionals and centennial mission services on the West Coast. Six laymen and four pastors were elected to the board of directors joining President John W. Behnken and four vice presidents for a three year term. New directors include Walter Koch Denver Jay Pfotenhauer San Francisco Rev William H Kohn Hyattsville Md and Rev William A Buete Minneapolis. Walter Koch Denver Jay Pfotenhauer San Francisco Rev William H Kohn Hyattsville Md and Rev William A Buete Minneapolis.
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UPI
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Midway Point
Missouri Synod
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John W. Behnken
Walter C. Birkner
St. Louis
Martin E. Strieter
Rock Island
John Boehne
Silver Springs
Henry Buck
Kansas City
Kans
William Lenske
Detroit
E. T. Bernthal
Walter Koch
Denver
Jay Pfoten
Mexicans Probe Double Lynching
JALAPA Mexico AP authorities press an investigation into the lynching of two men Julian Benitez 26 and Francis CODa 28 torn from jail by a mob of about 4000 in Isla Veracruz officials say one victim may have been innocent after two women said they saw them with a 13 year old girl.
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Julian Benitez
Francisco Cotla
Isla
Veracruz
Benitez
Coda
Murder Charge Filed in Tavern Slaying in Houston
John Bradley Williams aged 48 faces a murder charge after J. D. Norris aged 37 was shot five times at a Houston tavern on Saturday night. The UPI report notes Williams was charged Sunday following the incident.
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