Airman Found Hanged In Barn Near Clinton Oklahoma
Airman Theodore Keeler 17 of Alvin Mish was found hanging from a barn rafter near Clinton Oklahoma about six miles south of Leo Newman farm by Wilma Newman who heard he did not appear for his last meal Keeler had been listed AWOL from Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls authorities said.
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Leo Newman
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Keeler
Wilma
Gershing
Keel
Twojer
TenYearOld Seeks Traffic Light on Schuylkill Ave
A Reading resident Tom Don dore, age ten, asked City Council to install a traffic light on Schuylkill Avenue near his home. He described the intersection as very busy and difficult to cross and noted his school is nearby.
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Reading
Tom Dondore
Schuylkill Avenue
Tom
Seven Key Issues Defined in Texas Governor Race
Texas candidates outline seven major themes five weeks before the July primary. Topics include Democratic loyalty, scandals and segregation, soil and water conservation, highway funding, old age pensions, and convention control. Daniel and Yarborough trade lines over party loyalty and Eisenhower ties while desegregation stands as a district issue.
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Len Lyndon Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Itin
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Price Daniel
Yarborough
Daniel
GOP
Eisenhower
Tidelands
Gov
Shivers
O’daniel
Austin
J. Evetts Haley
Senterfitt
J.J. Holmes
Brady
TB Chairmen Are Selected At Ector County Meeting
The Ector County Tuberculosis Association named year chairmen at its summer meeting led by president W. T. Barrett. The Texas Trudeau Association invited four county TB board doctors to join Trudeau. Next meeting set for September. Resignation of Judge Thomas D. Murphy from the board was accepted.
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W. T. Barrett
Texas Trudeau Association
State Tuberculosis Association
Trudeau Group
TB Association
John Prude
Bertha King
Helen Leatherwood
Ray Robinette
Seal Sale
Troy Erwin
Floyd McCrory
Will Wiesner
Thomas D. Murphy
Old Foe Enters Senate Contest With Talmadge
Melvin E. Thompson filed for the Sept. 12 Democratic primary to oppose Herman Talmadge for retiring Sen. Walter F. George's seat. The feud between Thompson and Talmadge dates to the 1947 governor crisis and flared over the NAACP's right to sponsor a candidate. Thompson vows to reveal the full story of Talmadge's administration while Talmadge labels Thompson a lackey of big-money interests amid Georgia tax and sales tax criticism. A tombstone salesman, OD. Talmadge Bowers, is the other candidate in the race.
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Mellvin E. Thompson
Herman Talmadge
Walter F. George
Talmadge
NAACP
Thompson
Georgia
Actjing
State Supreme Court
George
Saturdaysor
iTalmadge
iGeorgians
Tombstone
Talmadge Bowers
Ancient Bone Find Is Told Preopithecus Unearthed in Italy
In Rome on June 23, Dr Helmutt de Terra of Columbia University announced that bones found in a reopened central Italian lignite mine near Becinello are identified as a 10 million year old pre man named preopithecus. Daily finds yield 30 to 40 coal-filled bone fragments.
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Java
Peking
South Africa
Becinello
Helmutt de Terra
Columbia University
New York
State Conventions Set Quick Battle for Hoosier Nominations
Indiana delegates to national conventions and candidates for U S senator governor and minor state offices will be named next week at state conventions with national implications. Democrats meet Tuesday and Republicans Friday at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Butler versus McKinney for Democratic leadership and Jenner faction against Gov Craig in the Republican race lead the intrigue.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
U. S
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Paul M. Butler
South Bend
Ind
E. E. McKinney
George N. Craig
William E. Jenner
Jenner
Harold W. Handley
Craig
Butler
S. Hugh Dion
Petersburg
Dillin
Jobless claims decline in Texas May report
The Texas Employment Commission reported a 12 percent drop in unemployment claims for May from the previous year. May claim actions totaled 134,503, down 12.3 percent from May 1955. Weekly unemployment benefit payments averaged 24,982 dollars, versus 27,620 the year before, while total Texas employment excluding farms rose to 2,867,400, up 99,300 from May last year.
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