Britain Ready To Use Force Over Suez Canal Crisis
A British official said London is prepared to use force including reoccupation of the Suez Canal Zone to keep the canal open to world shipping. The move aims to deter Egypt after nationalization, with US political support asked but no military partnership. France and some Commonwealth nations back this stance. Big Three talks and troop readiness, with Dulles pressuring for moderation and urging free passage through the canal.
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London
Britain
Suez Canal
Eden
United States
Egypt
France
U.S
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Washington
Eisenhower
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U. S
Robert Murphy
Falk
Lloyd
Pineau
C. Douglas Dillon
Campaign Expenses Must Be Filed Here
Dan Cotton county clerk reminds candidates to file a complete list of campaign expenses. County office candidates must use Cotton's office while district and state office candidates must file with the secretary of state.
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Dan Cotton
Cotton
Secretary of State
Teachers Open Asia Conference of World Confederation
More than 120 teachers from 30 non Communist countries and territories opened the first international conference in Asia of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession in Manila.
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Manila
Asia
World Confederation of Organizations
Eisenhower Signals Nixon OK for Ticket Amid VP Speculation
President Eisenhower said Nixon is acceptable but refused to rule out other vice presidential possibilities. He did not name a preferred candidate and kept option open for Herter or other substitutes amid Stassen's drive to replace Nixon. Stassen trips 30 day leave to pursue political activities.
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Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Harold E. Stassen
Herter
Nixon
Stassen
Eisenhower
White House
Change Asked In Soil Bank
A Plainview led delegation asked the State Highway Commission to reinstate a three million dollar plan to extend U S 87 through or near Plainview. The project had been cancelled over route disagreements and the commission agreed to restart planning and consider fresh study by engineers. The panel also opened hearings on projects in Culberson Hale Potter Randall Crockett and Harris counties and ordered start on other work with bids expected around 328 000 in August.
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Austin
Plainview
State Highway Commission
E. L. Thornton Jr
M. B. Hood
Lee Nowlin
Marshall Formby
Culberson
Hale
Potter
Randall, Crockett
Harris
D. C. Greer
Woman’s wash burned as grass fire sparks spark her bundle
Dallas Mrs Connie Mitchell had reason to skip laundry when a grass fire nearby sent a spark over her yard. The spark ignited her laundry bundle, destroying it after she returned from sounding an alarm.
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Dallas
Connie Mitchell
Stevenson Chances Rise After Kefauver Withdrawal
Senator Kefauver withdrew from the Democratic presidential race to back Adlai Stevenson, boosting Stevenson’s prospects for the nomination on the first ballot. Governor Harriman claimed enhanced chances and urged Kefauver’s delegates to join him. Stevenson and Kefauver denied any deal, while both predicted unity for the general election facing Eisenhower’s likely Republican bid.
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Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Washington
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kefauver
Stevenson
Chicago
Harriman
New York
Michael H. Prendergast
Rockdale Alcoa Plant Strike Involves 950 Workers
About 950 employees at the Rockdale Alcoa plant and members of United Steelworkers Local 4895 began a strike around midnight. No pickets were set up initially as 400 office staff remained on duty while production was shut down. The action does not involve Industrial Generating Co. personnel.
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Rockdale
Tex
Alcoa Aluminum Co. of America
United Steel Workers of America
Industrial Generating Co
Texas Power and Light Co
Two Men Killed in Area Car Crash
Two men died when a 1950 Mercury coach overturned about 3.5 miles south of Ira on State Highway 350 yesterday afternoon. Leonard Whitaker aged about 30 and Samuel M. Whitaker 18 were identified only by sparse clues. Funeral arrangements were pending at Bell Funeral Home. Highway patrolmen Bill Zimmerman and Frank Bean investigated the wreck, which witnesses tie to a pass of another car and a loss of control causing the vehicle to overturn on the left shoulder.
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Ira
Bell Funeral Home
Leonard Whitaker
Samuel M. Whitaker
Mercury
Texas
Mississippi
Funeral Home
Bill Zimmerman
Frank Bean
Zimmerman
McKeon grilled at court martial over Ribbon Creek deaths
Major Sevier pressed S Sgt Matthew C McKeon on leadership faults at a general court martial regarding the Ribbon Creek incident Involving a 74 man platoon that entered tidal waters where six recruits drowned McKeon admitted the column was not kept in strict formation and did not issue specific spacing orders Defense argues the recruits wandered from the column resulting in fatalities
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McKeon
Ribbon Creek Marsh
Sevier
Emile Zola Berman
New York City
Weather Outlook in Snyder and West Texas
Yesterday highs reached 98 and lows 74. At 7:30 p.m. readings showed 79 with trace precipitation. West Texas skies were partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and a few local storms this afternoon tonight and Thursday. No major temperature changes expected.
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Snyder
West Texas
Ulbricht Calls for Reforms to Stem East German Exodus
East German leader Walter Ulbricht denounces cold snout bureaucratic excesses and justice abuses fueling refugees leaving for the West. In a Neues Deutschland report he urges better living conditions to attract youth intelligentsia and skilled workers, and notes 80 Stalin era blacklists have been cleared.
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Berlin
East German
Communist Party
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Germany
Neues Deutschland
Ulbricht
Red Dean Aims for Peaceful Understanding on Moscow Trip
London based Anglican churchman the Red Dean of Canterbury, 82, flew to Moscow to promote a peaceful understanding among Russia China and Britain. He said cynicism about Russia's motives should end and noted Moscow has shown efforts to seek peace. Dr Johnson begins a 10 week tour of Russia China and northern Asia.
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London
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
Moscow
Russia
China
Britain
America
Denison Council Cuts City Tax Rate One Cent
The Denison City Council voted to lower the property tax rate from 1.17 dollars to 1.16 dollars per 100 valuation. City officials said the move would reduce tax bills for residents and businesses.
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Denison
Tex
North Texas
Election Not Won Yet By Candidates In Dumas
Two Moore County candidates for county attorney in Dumas were counted at 1532 votes each after a recount showed five votes misallocated. Eli Willis had thought he won by five votes, while Henry Bob Porter believed he lost. no settlement method was decided immediately.
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Dumas
Tex
Moore County
Eli Willis
Henry Bob Porter
Democratic Committee
Porter
Willis
Eisenhower Says He Feels Okay Not As Well As A Year Ago
President Eisenhower spoke at a jammed news conference saying he feels well though not as strong as last year. He expects to carry on for four more years, and praised Nixon while not ruling out Herter as a possible replacement. He warned on Suez, weighed Congress, and recalled his Panama Conference experience.
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Cyril F. Lewar
Holland Landing
Ont
Lewar
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Richard M. Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Herter
Suez
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.S
Congress
Hisenhower
South
Panama
Panama City
Canvass Shows Few Shifts in Scurry and Borden
The Scurry County Democratic committee canvassed last Saturday's first primary results with few changes from unofficial counts. In Borden County, C. C. Nunnally reported no changes. runoffs are planned for August 25 in several races including the 132nd Judicial District attorney contest between Wayland Holt and J. Ray Martin.
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Scurry County
Democratic Executive Committee
Frank A. Wilson
Democratic
Borden County
C. C. Nunnally
Wilson
132Nd Judicial District
Scurry
Borden
Wayland Holt
J. Ray Martin
Holt
Martin
Pat Beene
Frank Sentell
Beene
Sentell
Sterling Williams
James Rosser
Williams
Dee Burrus
John Stephens
Harold Ludecke
Sid Reeder
John Dennis
Borden Gray
P. A. Ware
Homer Whisnand
Earl Abercrombie
E. W. Green
R. L. Bolding
Walter Morgan
Official's Body Found in Lake Springfield
The body of H. Kendall Olds administrative assistant to former State Auditor Orville E. Hodge was found in Lake Springfield today according to the coroner's office.
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Springfield
H. Kendall Olds
Orville E. Hodge
Lake Springfield
Local Firemen To Raise Dumas Funds
Snyder Fire Department joins a state drive to support families of 10 volunteer firefighters killed in a Dumas plant blaze. Five Dumas and five Sunray volunteers perished. Donations accepted at the Snyder fire station or by mail.
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Snyder Fire Department
Dumas
Sunray
Durward Porter
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