House GOP Leader Reveals Secret Civil Rights Plan
After a White House meeting with President Eisenhower Rep. Joseph W Martin Jr said he has a secret civil rights proposal and predicts Democrats will back it. He defended a bill to protect voting rights while criticizing broader federal injunction powers and jury trials in civil contempt cases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
White House
Martin
House
Senate
Snyder Spotlight Highlights School Start and Traffic Plans
The Snyder area sees over 300 six year olds starting pre school as fall term begins. Ira PTA opens season with its first meeting amid heat and school safety patrols. City and county plan curb and gutter work on Avenue S to ease traffic, with state paving contingent on right of way. Crime notes report a burglary and a major theft totaling 500 to 600 dollars, plus prowler reports.
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Wacil McNair
Snyder
Ira Pta
Big Spring Highway
State Highway Dept
Deep Creek Bridge
Avenue S
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Thirty-first Street
Kenner Lumber Co
Rainbow Market
Car Rolls Near City Injures One Person
A 1956 Ford overturned on State Highway 350 near Cogdell Memorial Hospital around 9 15 last night. Inez Alonzo suffered a head gash and minor injuries and was treated at the hospital. Driver Paul Ramos, his wife, and a small baby escaped serious harm. Sheriff’s deputies investigated. Bolger ambulance took the injured man to the hospital.
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Inez Alonzo
Route 3
Paul Ramos
Sheriff's Department
Ramos
Snyder
Bolger
Snyder Weather Outlook Today and Weekend
High Friday reaches 103 degrees with a 67 degree low and 70 degree reading Saturday morning. North Central and West Texas see partly cloudy skies then scattered thundershowers Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. East Texas also partly cloudy with scattered daytime storms and stable temperatures. South Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change through Sunday and Monday.
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Snyder
North Central
West Texas
East Texas
Texas
Dallas Bus Drivers Wearing Top Coats
Driver J. R. Fox wheeled a bus through 90 degree heat wearing a top coat and earmuffs. The 72 ton air conditioning unit mounted on the roof cools the first of seven buses, part of a $195,000 program to air condition 65 other buses in downtown Dallas.
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Dallas
J. R. Fox
Snyder area sets school opening calendar and staff events
A calendar of Snyder area school opening events lists registration dates for elementary and high school students, staff meetings, and faculty orientations. Key dates run from August 19 to September 3 with openings at Helmleigh Ira Hobbs Fluvanna Snyder and Gail schools.
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Snyder
Helmleigh
Gail
Fluvanna
Hobbs School
Ira
Hobbs
Hearings Denied as Tech Board Retains Oustees
Texas Tech Board of Directors voted 8-1 to refuse an open hearing for three professors ousted July 13. Contracts for Herbert Greenberg and Byron Abernethy were not renewed while a $4,000 adult education grant was approved to extend Per Stensland’s position four months to finish reports.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas Tech
Herbert Greenberg
Byron Abernethy
Fund For Adult Education
W. D. Watkins
Per Stensland
Abernethy
Watkins
Lindsey
James Lindsey
Mr. Lindsey
Rangers Target Promoter Cage for Aug Hearing
Austin Aug 17 Texas Rangers ordered to locate elusive promoter BenJack Cage and bring him to questioning before the House Investigating Committee on Aug 26. The five member panel aims to probe ICT Insurance Co Dallas collapse and Cage’s role while Cage, free on ten thousand dollar bond, is reportedly in Los Angeles. The committee voted to issue subpoenas and pursue service though Cage’s attorney says subpoenas won’t reach him.
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Texas Rangers
BenJack Cage
House
Cage
ICT Insurance Co
Dallas
Reagan Huffman
Marshall
Los Angeles
M. R. Irion
Travis County
How To Avoid Tough Meat
Dallas report describes a simple government grading system to help housewives pick tender meat. F M Lee of the meat grading branch notes a Texas A&M survey found 80 percent of housewives knew nothing about the system. Four grades prime, choice, good and standard are stamped on the meat edge in a shield.
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Dallas
Department of Agriculture
F. M. Lee
Washington
Texas A&m College
Texas Independent Meat Packers
Lee
Plane With Blown Tire Lands Safely in San Francisco
United Air Lines DC7 carrying 61 aboard landed safely at San Francisco International Airport after a tire blew out on takeoff from Idlewild. Captain Clyde Parlett said the flight was routine and reassured passengers as eight fire trucks and police accompanied the arrival.
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San Francisco
Idlewild Airport
New York
United Air Lines
San Francisco International Airport
Clyde Parlett
San Carlos
Calif
Sacramento
Parlett
Bayshore
James Hiers
Norristown
N.J
Hiers
UAW proposes price cuts to curb inflation in 1958 cars
UAW President Walter Reuther announced to General Motors Ford and Chrysler that the union seeks average price reductions of at least 100 dollars on 1958 models. The plan accompanies a pledge to modify future contract demands, framing the move as a practical step against rising inflation. No comment yet from the auto firms.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
UAW International Executive Board
Eisenhower
Diplomat's Daughter Named As Spy
FBI counterspy Boris Morris testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities that Martha Dodd Stern daughter of former ambassador William E Dodd is the Soviet spy who tried to betray him. Morris said national security details include spies in Prague and Germany and plans to plant a spy in Cardinal Spellman’s office. He also named fifty five U S firms as espionage covers. Stern and her husband Alfred Stern were linked to the Jack Soble spy ring inquiry. The committee said Morris provided under oath valuable information on Soviet espionage operations.
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Washington
Boris Morris
FBI
Martha Dodd Stern
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Morris
Hollywood
House Committee
U. S
Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Germany
Eisenhower
Cardinal Spellman
New York
United States
William E. Dodd
Mexico
Alfred K. Stern
Walter
D-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
Martha Dodd
Alfred Stern
Miss Dodd
U.S. Attorney's Office
Myra Soble
Jacob Albam
Jack Soble
Brief Storm Topples Wall At Corsicana
A strong shower and weakening cool front swept Texas on Saturday night. In Corsicana the winds toppled a wall of concrete blocks that supported an outdoor theater screen before patrons arrived. Rainfall near Corsicana totaled about half an inch, with other gauges reporting varied totals across the state.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Texas
Amarillo
Dalhart
Sherman
Salt Flat
Childress
Wichita Falls
Week’s Heat Tops Readings Despite Saturday Cool Spell
A weak norther cooled area early Saturday keeping temperatures down from a hot week. The week likely the hottest of the year with every day above 100, and four days tied at 103 degrees. A north breeze opened Saturday at 67 degrees, the week’s low.
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