Tropical storm potential grows in Gulf near Texas coast
A system southeast of Brownsville could develop into a tropical storm and move toward the Texas coast. Weather officials warn small boats to stay in port as squally conditions extend over West Louisiana.
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Gulf of Mexico
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Debra
Oklahoma
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Beeville
Richmond
Palacios
Lufkin
Longview
Austin
San Angelo
Nehru Warns On Protecting Bhutan And Sikkim
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament India would defend Bhutan and Sikkim against any invasion. He cited concerns after China massing troops near the Himalayan protectorates and pledged to uphold India's undertaking to safeguard them. He noted Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigme Dorji would visit New Delhi soon for talks.
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Peiving
Jigme Dorji
Wreckage of U. S. Bomber Discovered
A Royal Canadian Air Force team found the wreckage of a United States Neptune bomber on Mount Mc Creight near Campbell River British Columbia. Eleven crew members' skeletons were recovered and identification awaited. The craft, believed missing since 1951, may be the same as a previously reported Neptune in 1951.
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Comox
United States
Eisenhower Focuses on Western Unity and Peace During Europe Trip
President Eisenhower outlined aims for his Europe visit including pledging Western unity against aggression and reaffirming devotion to peace with honor and justice. He warned Russia while reassuring Adenauer and De Gaulle and outlined plans for talks with Khrushchev and future U.S. stays.
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Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
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Khrushchev
Germany
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Panel Votes Down Plan To Finance Highway Program
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected a 22 month 1 cent per gallon fuel tax hike and turned down Rayburn’s 12 month compromise by margins of 16-9 and 13-12. The dispute centers on funding for the interstate system as Eisenhower’s five year request conflicts with the committee and Rayburn plans. If no resolution occurs, highway construction nationwide may stall.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Committee
Motherwell Nabbed By FBI In Atlanta
FBI agents arrested 43 year old Larry Lord Motherwell at an Atlanta airport in connection with the disappearance of Pearl Ida Putney a 72 year old Washington widow. Putney’s skeletal remains were found in California in 1959 after a cross country trip in 1958. Motherwell had been living in Atlanta since mid July and sought a job in Cleveland. His wife Josephine lives in Washington.
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Motherwell
FBI
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Washington, D.C
J. Edgar Hoover
Craig DuBar Foster
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlanta
Putney
Marysville
Calif
Last Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas
Frederick
Josephine
Washington
Navy Polaris Rocket Tests Over Atlantic
A 28 foot Polaris rocket conducted a test flight from Cape Canaveral, roaring over the Atlantic. The smoke-gushing missile, a forerunner of submarine-launched SSMs, appeared to function smoothly though range was not the main concern. If successful, its nose cone would drop in the ocean about 700 miles downrange as the weapon nears capability to reach 1,500 miles.
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Navy
Prank Blast Near Hall High Sparks Police Probe
A homemade explosive device blew up outside Hall High School in Little Rock drawing police to the scene. No damage or injuries occurred. Two teenage white brothers were detained. a cousin, a Hall senior, says he had no involvement. The teens say they used aluminum sulfate bought in Formosa and built the device in a glass jar.
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Hall High School
Taipei
Formosa
Air Force
Whiteman Air Force Base
Sedalia Mo
Hall
Homemade Bomb Found Near School In San Antonio
A homemade bomb fashioned from a gallon jug was found near the front steps of the Texas Military Institute administration building in San Antonio Monday night. Police said the jar contained explosive white powder and was stuffed with paper but had no fuse.
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San Antonio
Texas Military Institute Administration
U N Action on Laos Seen
Secretary of State Herter told members of Congress that the United Nations may take part in Laos soon. Fulbright said the session described the Laos situation as dangerous and unclear due to insufficient information. Defense officials briefed several agencies as concern grows.
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Moon Bounces Radar Signals From Moon to Texas
Radar signals bounced off the moon were received in Texas after being transmitted from Malvern by the Royal Radar Establishment. A Ministry of Supply spokesman said the 45 foot telescope signals were clearly picked up by the University of Texas lab telescope. The experiment, a joint Malvern and Texas university study, explored the moon's surface nature.
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Compromise Housing Bill Approved By House Panel
The House Banking Committee approved a Senate passed housing substitute by 194 to 0. It retains urban renewal funds and public housing provisions while drawing Republican objections. Leaders plan quick floor action before adjournment as Congress nears end of session.
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House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Gordon L. McDonough
Calif
Albert Rains
D - Ala
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Banking Committee For Action
Congress
Britons studying U S fruit proposal
British trade officials studied proposals by U S fruit growers to cut dollar restrictions on imports of American citrus fruit. A delegation from Florida and Texas presented the plan to Britain's Board of Trade Treasury Foreign Office and Ministry of Agriculture as wartime dollar shortages ease.
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Florida
Texas
Britain
Board of Trade, Treasury
Foreign Office
Ministry of Agriculture
Brittain
Close Runoff Set in Mississippi Governor Race
Mississippi heads to a tightly contested Democratic runoff for governor with Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin and Ross Barnett leading rivals. Gartin predicts sweeping 50 to 55 counties. Barnett vows 60 counties. About 400,000 of 529,000 qualified voters expected. winner takes office Jan. 19.
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Mississippi
Carroll Gartin
Ross Barnett
Reds Waging Terror War in Luang Prabang Province
A Defense Ministry spokesman in Vientiane says Communist rebels fight a psychological terror campaign in Luang Prabang with bodies dumped in the Nam Seng River. Rebels reach Pak Seng and circle Sam Neua as a Pathet Lao battalion defectors now aids the insurgents southeast of Sam Neua.
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Laos
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Pak Seng
Pathet Lao
Sam Neua
Weather Outlook Texas Regions With Scattered Showers
Readings show 92 high and 63 low in parts of Texas with 7:30 am 66 in East and South Central Texas. Expect considerable cloudiness through Wednesday with scattered showers and thundershowers and no major temperature changes in several regions. West Gulf may issue bulletins and advisories as scattered squalls and gusty winds develop tonight across the south to central portions.
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Alpine
Laredo
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Galveston
Corpus Christi
Longview
San Antonio
Austin
Lufkin
Beaumont
Snyder
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