United Nations Panel Warns Radiation Risk From Tests
A 15 nation U.N. committee says even small rises in world radioactivity threaten future health with potential cancer and genetic effects. It rejected a Soviet call for an immediate nuclear test ban while noting uncertainties in estimating radiation impacts. Nations cited include Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Czechoslovakia UAR France India Japan Mexico Sweden Soviet Union Britain and the United States.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
United Nations
Scientific Committee
Tainty
AEC
United States
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
France
India
Japan
Mexico
Sweden
Soviet Union
Britain
Gromyko Leads Drive for U N Troop Withdrawals
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and 75 aides prepared to press the U N General Assembly emergency session for immediate withdrawal of U S troops from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan. Gromyko planned to speak early in the debate as Asian neutralists seek to force Western pullouts while the U A R and U S promised conditions.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Gromyko
Moscow
U.N
U. S
Fawzi
Cairo
United States
West
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kuibyshev
Britain
Iraq
Israel
U.A.R
Syria
Beirut
Ahmed Hammoud
Social- National Party
Khrushchev Delivers New Note On Middle East Talks
Khrushchev sent a new note to Prime Minister Macmillan regarding the Middle East and high level East West talks. British officials said the message had no new proposals for settlement or for summit talks and that it did not disclose contents. The message, delivered at the British embassy in Moscow, replied to Macmillan’s last week note criticizing Khrushchev for backing down from a U.N. Security Council summit session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Middle East
Khrushchev
Moscow
U.N. Security Council
Weather outlook shows little change in Texas forecast
Dallas AP notes a five day forecast for Aug 11 to 16 from the Weather Bureau. West Texas temperatures are near normal with little or no rain except for locally heavy scattered thunderstorms.
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Dallas
Weather Bureau
West
Texas
Coast Guard probes fatal tanker crash off Narragansett Bay
The Coast Guard opened an inquiry into the fire and collision of the Gulf Oil tanker and the S. E. Graham near Newport. Sixteen Gulf Oil crew members, including Capt. Montrevville Eden, are dead with two missing. Gulf Oil seeks $850,000 damages in a federal libel action blaming the Graham Transportation Co. for negligence and excessive speed.
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Providence
R. I
Coast Guard
Gulfoil
S. E. Graham
Graham
Narragansett Bay
Newport
Port Arthur Tex
Newark
N. J
Gulf Oil
Montre
State GOP Panel Certifies Slate for November Ballot
The Republican State Executive Committee certifies four statewide candidates and 36 local candidates for the November general election ballot. Top July 26 GOP primary vote getter was U.S. Rep. Bruce Alger with 11,464. Ed Mayer, Roy Whittenburg, Grover Carothers, and John Q. Adams lead statewide races. Hutcheson warns of court action to secure first column on the ballot amid past voting confusion.
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Austin
Republican State Executive Committee
U.S
Bruce Alger
Dallas
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
Hutcheson
Texas
Pre School Set To Open In Snyder Schools
Ten elementary teachers begin a two week voluntary pre school program for first graders to bridge home and school. Orientation sessions for parents run on varying days with about 350 of 500 first graders registered so far.
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Snyder
West
Kathryn Shelburne
Laverne Taylor
Emma Haught
East
Esther Free
Mildred Smith
Central
Vestal Manor
Barbara Bigham
Northeast
Libby Brinner
North
Ruby Anderson
Lincoln
Anniece. Johnson
Kennedy Urges 8 Percent Social Security Hike
Sen. John F. Kennedy urged the Senate Finance Committee to raise old age benefits by 8 percent rather than 7 percent as in the House bill. He seeks higher lump sum death payments and aid for needy children with unemployed fathers, while welfare chief Flemming opposed expanding public assistance grants. A second witness urged more study of benefits before any change.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Kennedy
John H. Miller
Monarch Life Insurance Co
Springfield
Mass
Hearing Date Set For County Budget in 1958
The county commissioners court set August 25 as the formal public hearing date for the 1958 county budget. The court also ordered $23,835.48 from the lateral road account returned to the county, noting the amount is the net share of state funds after bond deductions, drawn from surplus gasoline funds.
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County Commissioners Court
Five Die in Double Train Collision Near Sterlington
A head on crash between two Erie Railroad trains near Sterlington Rockland County left five dead and about 25 injured. Victims include Robert Youchman and Pauline Cronon. The wreck was blamed on a missed signal after a freight train blocked one track.
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Sterlington
N.Y
Erie Railroad
Monroe
Hoboken
N.J
Robert Youchman
Warwick
Pauline Cronon
Tuxedo
Sam Nardo
Charles G. Mitchell
Martin J. Walsh
Rockland County
New York City
Hillburn Fire Department
Robert Lillibridge
Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern
Tuxedo Hospital
Robert Higgins
Snyder Sets Record In Water Use
Snyder reported a new monthly water consumption record at 75 608 500 gallons with Roy Dunlap city manager citing dry weather and town growth as factors Top daily use reached 3 927 000 gallons and several days exceeded 3 000 000 gallons The city bought 92 519 100 gallons from the Colorado River Municipal Water District in July Some loss occurred from line leaks and a small share was used at unmetered city facilities including fire trucks Almost everyone watered lawns heavily to keep them green.
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Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Colorado River
Serio's Trial Postponed in Federal Tax Case
Austin AP Sam Serio former chief accountant of the Maceo Syndicate in Galveston faces tax evasion charges for about 15000 in 1949 1950. The trial which would involve over 70 witnesses and extensive records was postponed indefinitely due to Judge Ben Rice Jr illness. Serio previously testified before a House committee probing gambling in Galveston and elsewhere.
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Austin
Sam _ Serio
Ben Rice Jr
Serio
Maceo Syndicate
Galveston
House
Weather outlook for Snyder area with hot highs
Snyder forecast shows highs near 99 degrees and lows in the 60s. Readings at 7 30 a m today are 72 degrees. North Central East and West Texas remain partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers through Tuesday and minimal temperature change. South Central Texas stays partly cloudy with isolated storms mainly in the north and little temperature shift.
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Snyder
North Central
Texas
Probers Tune Remedies for Reducing Probers Weight Claims
Washington report from the House Government Operations Committee says U.S. consumers lose about 100 million dollars annually to weight reducers and accuses the FTC of a 12 year failure to curb false advertising. The hearings condemn obesity remedies, appetite suppressants, and machines as deceptive and fraudulent.
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Washington
House
U.S
House Government Operations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Indiana gambling probe opens with grand jury briefing
U S District Attorney Don A Tabbert briefed a federal grand jury in Indianapolis as 180 witnesses including 160 bookies and bettors are to testify on a Terre Haute gambling syndicate. The probe seeks tax evasion and betting activity across the nation, with six men already arrested and two more named as connected. The panel is expected to last about two weeks and witnesses face possible contempt if they invoke the Fifth Amendment too often.
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Indianapolis
U. S
Don A. Tabbert
Terre Haute
Indiana
Tabbert
Marion County
Charles L. (Buck) Sumner
Joseph Jacobson
Leo Shaffer
Julius Horwick
Chicago
Philip Share
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
U Ss. Atty
Jim Tanner
Miami
E. M. Wyatt
Zeppo Marx
H. L. Hunt
Tobias Stone
H. B. Kean
New York
Solons Drive To Complete Session
Washington lawmakers push to adjourn by weekend as Senate weighs Social Security, foreign aid, and education bills. House-aimed farm measure faces defeat. labor reform and pension fund disclosure also under conference review amidst adjournment pressure.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
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Mahmoud Fawzi
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Krush
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George Bevan Jr
Stephanie
George Bevan
Little George
St. Alexis Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Votypka
GOP
By ED Overholser
Ed Mayer
San Angelo
Roy Whittenburg
Amarillo
Grover Carothers
Stamford
John Q. Adams
Harlingen
Supreme Court
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Port Jervis
Cyprus
Nicosia
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Senate House
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