New Civil Rights Idea Foreseen In Jury Trial Debate
Senator Lyndon Johnson says a jury trial amendment would confer a new civil right by allowing federal jurors to serve regardless of state qualifications. Senate leaders warn the measure may affect the fragile vote, while AFL CIO and railroad unions press for the amendment.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Newsmen
Knowland
California
Johnson
Railroad Brotherhoods
Afl-Cio Executive Committee
July Heat Peak Topped Texas With 107 Degrees
July closed with hot records across the state as Dallas area readings reached 110 in spots and Laredo and Presidio hit 107. The month saw over 20 days above 100, with heat exhaustion cases rising and one death blamed on heat. Rainfall was light across many regions despite scattered showers.
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Associated Press
Carthage
Alpine
Texas
Wink
Kerrville
Austin
Junction
Muleshoe
van Horn
Lufkin
Beaumont
Galveston
Luling
Fort Worth
San Antonio
George Terry
Duncanville
Dallas
Lackland Afb
Laredo
Presidio
Weather Bureau
Salt Flat
Waco
el Paso
Cotulla
4 H News brings county girls mimeographed paper
The 4 H Club girls of the county publish a mimeographed paper titled 4 H News. Miss Ruby Butts, County Home Demonstration Agent, presented a copy and notes strong training in writing copy as they plan 4 H activities across the county. The page also includes light anecdotes and a note from George Killam, county attorney, about a pancake joke. Friends of the Birds Inc warn of bird collisions with windows this fall and suggest plastic pennants to deter birds, arguing the value of birds even against decay of trees.
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Ruby Butts
Friends of the Birds, Inc
Infant dies in Houston car crash with truck
An infant named Linda Thurmond four months old daughter of Mrs Pearl Thurmond died in a Houston accident yesterday when a car collided with a heavy truck. Her mother 22 and an aunt Glenn Jones 18 were seriously injured.
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Houston
Linda Thurmond
Pearl Thurmond
Glenn Jones
Armory construction progresses at Towle Memorial Park site
Workmen raise masonry walls for the new National Guard Armory at Towle Memorial Park near Snyder, with completion of walls and roof expected by fall and occupancy planned by December 1. The existing Deep Creek armory will be taken over by the city upon completion. The same issue notes the Senate's $33.76 billion defense funding bill, passed by voice vote, with August payroll concerns cited by the White House.
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National Guard
Towle Memorial Park
Snyder
Deep Creek
Twenty-seventh Street
Committee Approves Bill on GI Trials
The House Armed Services Committee voted 31 to 4 to grant final U S authority to decide if GIs overseas face foreign trial for on duty offenses. Amendments limit jurisdiction to U S primary authority, aiming to implement status of forces treaties while avoiding international pionage. The move follows White House concern over foreign backlash and ties to defense and agriculture money bills needing Senate action.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
U. S
United States
America
Rep
Arens
Bill
House
Vinson
D-Ga
Rep. Kilday
Rep. Cole
R-Ny
Kilday
Armed Services
State Department
Senate
Agriculture Department
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Capitol
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Defense and Agriculture Departments
Johnson
Texas
Small Business Administration
Three Snyder family injured in Cleburne auto crash
Mrs J D Goswick driver of a 1955 Chevrolet pickup suffered a serious eye laceration and leg cuts in a culvert crash on a road under construction near Cleburne. Her husband received emergency rib treatment. son Jerry Goswick, 6, has a pelvis injury at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. The two other children were unharmed.
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J. D. Goswick
Avenue Z
Cathy
Zandra
Jerry Cleveland
Goswick
Cleburne Memorial Hospital
Jerry Goswick
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Crime is Blamed on Imperfect Marriage
In Taipei Chang Po-fang walked free after serving half of a 15 year term for murdering his mistress. His wife, outside with their 7 year old son, claimed responsibility saying her perfection would have prevented the crime.
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Taipei
Chang Po-fang
Chang
Weather briefing for Snyder and Texas forecast
Snyder temperatures show a high of 98 degrees and a low of 69 with reading at 7:30 am today at 78 degrees. All Texas expects partly cloudy conditions through Friday with widely scattered thunderstorms and no major temperature changes.
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Snyder
Texas
State's First Asiatic Flu Case Verified
Texas officials confirm the first Asiatic flu case with lab verification at Austin. An Austin Boy Scout, ill after returning from the Pennsylvania jamboree, has recovered. Reports also cite cases at Corpus Christi Naval Base as the illness is expected to spread with cold weather.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Pennsylvania
Corpus Christi Naval Base
Department
Dio Used As Union Organizer In 1950s Slick Deal
Senate investigators heard Lester Washburn testify that Dave Dubinsky led an AFL CIO union group that once used racketeer Johnny Dio as an organizer for an ILGWU plant in Roanoke Virginia around 1950. Washburn said Dubinsky urged removal of Dio after exposing clippings, while Dubinsky kept silent on Dio’s past.
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Washington
Senate
Dave Dubinsky
Aflcio Ethical Practices Committee
Johnny Dio
Lester Washburn
AFL
United Auto Workers
Washburn
Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Dio
Roanoke
Afl-Cio
Ethical Practices Committee
ILGWU
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Uaw-Afl
New York
AFL Executive Council
George Meany
William McFetridge
Afl-Uaw
Allied Industrial Workers
Meany
McFetridge
He Stabs His Former Wife In Kansas Tragedy
Police said Lawrence Jackman stabbed Lois Rich eight times with an ice pick after they flagged down his car on US 40 east of Junction City. Rich, 22, wrote Help I kidnapped on lipstick and dropped it at a Topeka filling station. she was treated for multiple wounds and described as not in danger.
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Junction City
Kan
Lawrence Jackman
US. 40
Jackman
Lois Rich
Topeka
Hutchinson
Thieves Drop Safe Block Patrol Car
Two men parked behind Leon Lewis' grocery store and loaded a safe into their car. A pursuing police car arrived as the safe fell from the trunk and blocked the alley, ending the chase. Lewis valued the loot at about $5 and considered the effort not worthwhile.
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ST. Louis
Leon Lewis
Lewis
Grocer And Manager Held On Arson Count
In Houston a grocer Norris Hooks 54 and his 17 year old manager Charles Leggett were jailed on arson charges after Leggett claimed Hooks ordered the store fire at 7 11 Country Market on July 20. The blaze caused about 35000 in damages and investigators say Hooks increased his insurance cover from 15000 to 40000 shortly before the incident.
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Houston
Norris Hooks
Charles Leggett
Hook
Hooks
Elderly Man Killed While Walking Near Home
Joseph Flemming, 76, was killed yesterday in Houston when struck by a car as he walked near his residence. The driver remained at the scene and authorities investigated the incident.
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Houston
Joseph Flemming
Farm Prices Start Rising Trend Again
The Agriculture Department report shows farm prices up about 1.24 percent from June 15 to July 15, aided by tighter supplies of hogs cattle and poultry and weaker crop prospects. Prices farmers pay for goods and services fell by about one third of one percent, with no forecast on income impact.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
They Spotted Only Blonde
In Los Angles a double holdup at a market saw robber hold a gun to owner Paul Gertz and demand money. He pocketed 1500 dollars as customers fixated on a blonde shopper, while descriptions noted the robber as tall and 28 with sandy hair, but only the blonde’s beauty was described by witnesses.
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Los Angeles
Paul Gertz
Gertz
One Killed In Accident Near Crockett Texas
Mrs. Mary Guinn aged 32 of Fort Worth was killed when a car driven by her husband David Guinn struck a telephone pole near Crockett. The vehicle veered off Highway 287 at the 5th Street intersection, jumped a curb, and halted in a front yard. Guinn was thrown from the car. Russell Vale, 30, also of Fort Worth, who owned the car, was asleep in the back seat and escaped with minor injuries.
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Crockett
Tex
Mary Guinn
Fort Worth
David
5Th Street
Guinn
Russell Vale
Service stations warn they may close after gas price war
Dallas operators trapped in a 25.9 cents a gallon gas war predict possible shutdowns as competition squeezes margins.
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Dallas
Tax collections in Scurry County top 99 percent
County tax collections for 1956 total near 99.36 percent with a net assessment of 1 179 219 46 after abatements. Through June receipts reach 1 171 704 26 while discounts for early payment amount to 34 106 31.
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Geral G. Greene
Greene
Scurry County
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