Goldsmith approves four bonds for gas electric water work
The city of Goldsmith won overwhelming approval for a four part bond package totaling 325000 to buy and upgrade gas electrical and water systems from Ector County Utilities. Propositions 1 2 3 are revenue bonds and 4 is a 60000 tax bond cushion. Election solidified civic support and sets plans to acquire systems from Shaffer Land Company for system improvements and better service.
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Goldsmith
Goldsmith Civic Club
Ector County Utilities Co
Bombs and Fire Struck British Cyprus Base in Episkopi
In Episkopi, Cyprus, bombs and a fire damaged Britain’s Middle East command cantonment with a ruined sergeant’s mess and damaged officer buildings. A time bomb was found, a gasoline bomb elsewhere, and a British vehicle was ambushed en route to the base without casualties. EOKA leaflets denounced the British as treacherous.
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Cyprus
Britain
Joint Middle East Command
Episkopi
Akrotiri
Cantonment
Greece
EOKA
Sir John Harding
Dighenis
George Grivas
Nixon Remains With Us Father Nixon Remains With Us
Vice President Richard M Nixon stayed by his critically ill father in La Habra California as 77 year old former president Richard Nixon continues a weak fight for life. Doctors reported some rally on Friday night but general weakening on Saturday. The VP had flown from Washington after doctors warned the elder Nixon might not survive another 48 hours.
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LA Habra
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
I. N. Kraushaar
Washington
Mayor Resigns In Goldsmith Move To Oklahoma
City council meets to discuss a possible special election after Mayor Ralph Thomason resigns and relocates to Oklahoma to join a chemical firm. Councilman Wiley Strickland serves as mayor pro tem and leads the council.
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Goldsmith
Ralph Thomason
Oklahoma
Wiley Strickland
Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions. High today 90, low tonight 68. High tomorrow 94. Yesterday’s high 90 and overnight low 64.
Officials See Speedy New Jet
Convair’s B 58 Hustler, a faster than sound bomber, rolled out for first time for inspection by Convair and Air Force officials. Vice president August Esenwein declined to confirm the display while noting secrecy. Inspiration Point offers a view of the plant and Carswell Air Force Base. He followed strict Air Force orders not to release details.
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Convair
Air Force
August Esenwein
Inspiration Point
Lake Worth
Carswell
Britons Advised To Leave Syria
The British Embassy urged Britons in Syria to return home if possible amid near eastern tension. Sources also said the Arab League Political Committee planned a protest note to the United Nations over alleged British and French warlike demonstrations in the Mediterranean.
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Syria
Arab League
United Nations
Mediterranean
Hopes For Suez Peace Dominate Start Of Talks
Cairo reports begin talks on the Suez crisis with Egyptian leaders urged by the Soviet Union to reject compromise. The five nation Menzies mission seeks to gauge Nasser willingness to accept Western control proposals as Britain and France bolster forces while Eisenhower supports negotiations and Egyptian sovereignty.
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Suez
Russia
Robert G. Menzies
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
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Britain
France
Eisenhower
Nasser
Cyprus
Mediterranean
E. D. Kisseler
Moscow
New Jersey Girl Invites Ike to Labor Day Parade
Jo Ann McGuire Dougherty a 12 year old from Fennsauken New Jersey is a great granddaughter of Peter J McGuire who proposed Labor Day as a national holiday. She hosted President Eisenhower at a White House rose garden ceremony for a 3 cent Labor Day stamp issuance. The stamp goes on sale Monday in Camden New Jersey after observances near McGuire's grave.
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Washington
New Jersey
Eisenhower
White House
Jo Ann McGuire Dougherty
Fennsauken
N.J
Peter J. McGuire
Jo Ann
McGuire
Camden
American Federation of Labor
Texas Labor Day traffic deaths climb toward grim record
The Associated Press reports Texas traffic deaths mounted during the Labor Day weekend. By Saturday afternoon at least 13 deaths occurred on highways since Friday evening with more expected to push total toward 42 for the three day period.
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Associated Press
Texas
Polk County
U.S
Felix S. Torres
San Antonio
Artesia Wells
la Salle County
National Safety Council
Council
Iit
McCamey Woman Maggie Woodward Dies at Home
Maggie Woodward died Saturday afternoon in McCamey at her daughter Mrs W T Thomas home where she had been living. The body is at Boyd Head Funeral Home. Final rites pending, likely in Ralls Texas.
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Maggie Woodward
McCamey
W. T. Thomas
Woodard
Boyd Head
Ralls
Tex
Tennessean claims pay to sway Democratic vote switch
M M Bullard of Newport says he paid an unidentified woman $10 to tell House Speaker Sam Rayburn that Tennessee would switch its delegation to Kennedy. The plan aimed to aid Estes Kefauver's nomination, but Tennessee backed Kefauver on the floor. Rayburn dismisses the claim as fabrication.
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Tenn
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Newport
Tennessee
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Bullard
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
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John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kefauver
Sen. Kefauver
Ballard
Chicago
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Newport Area
Poe
Sen
Kennedy
Rayburn
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Bonjham
Tex
Baby Girl Abducted From Crowded Sears Store
In Hamden Connecticut a six week old girl named Cynthia was taken from her carriage while the mother ate lunch. Police FBI and 14 state alert issued as Sears staff searched 4000 shoppers for the abducted infant and suspect. Cynthia described as blue eyes reddish brown hair in a green kimong and white undershirt.
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Hamden
Conn
Sears, Roebuck
FBI
Eleanor Rutolo
Cynthia
Rutolo
Paul Rebucci
Sears
Frank A. Ready
Ready
Girls' Kidnap Alarm Is Joke
A statewide alert for two Abilene girls aged 14 and 15 sparked when a note claimed they had been kidnapped was cancelled after they were found in Ranger with their grandfather. They said they tossed the note as a practical joke and continued to Fort Worth.
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Ranger
Tex
U. S. 80
Abilene
Fort Worth
Thompson and Gooch Named to UT Development Board
Austin September 1 The UT Development Board gains two new members C. Thompson of Dallas and J A Gooch of Fort Worth as appointed by the board of regents.
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Werve C. Thompson
Dallas
J.A. Gooch
Fort Worth
University of Texas Development Board
Board of Regents
Courthouse scene ends as shots fire amid Clinton rally
A segregation rally outside Clinton Tennessee’s courthouse ends with two rifle shots fired into the courthouse and a crowd dispersing after police and National Guard units were mobilized. Gov. Frank Clement ordered 100 highway patrolmen and guards to the scene while vigilantes used tear gas to control demonstrators.
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Tenn
Rusta Ie
Wy Tearce
Frank Clement
National Guard
Leo Grant
Auxiliary Police
Jack Kershaw
Nashville
Tennessee Federation For Constitutional Government
Arthur A. Canada
Tennessee Society
Tennessee
National
Robert L. Taylor
Schoolfield
Criminal Court
Chattanooga
Canada
Kasper
John Kasper
Washington, D.C
Herbert Morgan
Harrison Baptist Church
Kershaw
Labor praised by Ike for strong US economy on Labor Day
President Eisenhower attributed America's strength to labor, noting 66 million employed with high wages and a protective system of social programs. He spoke at the White House on the Labor Day stamp ceremony, highlighting cooperation between government and labor and avoiding partisan references. Other officials and AFL-CIO leader George Meany attended.
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White House
Summerfield
L-R
Labor
Mitchell
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Agriculture Benson
United Press
Dead Child and Ill Mother Found in San Angelo Home
In San Angelo Texas a two year old boy named Bobby Ferguson was found dead in his bathtub with a toy ship at the bottom. His mother Elizabeth Ferguson was found near death in an adjacent room and transported to Shannon hospital in an unconscious state. The husband is an Air Force captain stationed in Alaska and was reportedly due home Aug 20. A brother of the mother found the child, Justice J B Holberg said.
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San Angelo
Tex
Bobby Ferguson
Elizabeth Fergison
Air Force
Shannon Hospital
Justice of the Peace
J. B. Holberg
Two Break Jail At Garden City
Two ex convicts escaped from the Glasscock county jail in Garden City after assaulting deputy Otto Dozier who was struck from behind and knocked unconscious. Sheriff Buster Cox identified the fugitives as William Carey and William Jones, both 30s to 35, who fled in the deputy’s 1953 white Ford with license HF 8383. They were last seen east on State Highway 158 toward Sterling City and faced a Garden City burglary case from April 9. Dozier, about 60, was not seriously hurt.
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Garden City
Tex
Glasscock County
Otto Dozier
Buster Cox
William Carey
William Jones
Houston
Cox
Dozier
Texas
Sterling City
State Penitentiary
Huntsville
City Awards $500,000 for Two Junior High Schools
Brownsville officials awarded a half million dollar contract for the construction of two junior high schools and approved teacher bonuses of $150 each for city educators this week.
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Brownsville
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