Virginia Governor Proposes Plan to Cut State Aid Over Desegregation
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley urged Virginia to withhold state money from localities desegregating schools and offer voluntary segregation with funding as a bonus. The plan, supported by a 19-12 study committee, links public-school funding to race-based attendance and allows private nonsectarian schooling with public school closures.
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Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia General Assembly
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Arlington
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Stanley
House
Senate
Virginia
Weekend Texas Death Toll Reaches 21
The Associated Press reports 21 violent deaths in Texas over the weekend. Nine traffic fatalities occurred Friday night, and shootings claimed five lives. A Houston tavern shooting killed officer Robert Schulta, while other cases included a Texarkana boy, a Dallas man, and multiple victims in Vernon and Andrews.
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Associated Press
Texas
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Texarkana
Rose Smith
Midland
Dallas
Herbert Gavin
Ernest Allbright
Hilton Campbell
Campbell
Houston
Robert Schulta
Schulta
Man Injured In Accident Near Hermleigh
Frank H. Moore, 44, of 1905 Avenue T in Lubbock, sustained a scalp laceration and facial cuts when his 1952 Ford sedan overturned twice on farm road 644 about 8:15 p.m. near Hermleigh. He was taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital by Bolger ambulance. Damage to the car was heavy.
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Frank H. Moore
Avenue T. Lubbock
Hear Hermleigh
Hermleigh
Moore
Frank Bean
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bolger
Bean
Showers Do Not End Texas Drought Says Official
Austin Agriculture Commissioner John White reported scattered showers in the last 24 hours have not significantly changed Texas drought conditions. The rainfall was not general enough for lasting impact, though some stock tanks may benefit. He warned the emergency conditions in most counties remain.
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Austin
John White
Texas
State Department of Agriculture
White
Soviet Blast Is Disclosed by Nuclear Experts
An atomic physicist said the Russian blast last Friday could be a missile warhead or a laboratory type test bomb. He noted limited AEC details and speculated on ranges, while the AEC confirmed a sub mega ton hydrogen-type device and located tests in southwest Siberia near Lake Baikal.
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Russia
Ralph Lapp
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Pebble Beach
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IBRA
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India
Afghanistan
Pakistan
China
Lake Baikal
United States
Ussr
London
Communist Party
Khrushchev
American Aviation Magazine
Snyder teachers start orientation with breakfast meeting
New Snyder school system personnel gathered for a welcome breakfast hosted by the school board. Dr. Cecil Yarbrough and board members praised responsibilities and community trust as teachers viewed the film Snyder a Young Man's Town and planned further sessions.
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Cecil Yarbrough
E. H
Ab) Williamson
Ross Hemphill
Wilton Jones
Williamson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
AFL CIO May Endorse Democrats in Coming Election
Union leaders at Unity House Pocono camp weigh endorsing Adlai Stevenson Kefauver ticket or remaining neutral. Divisions emerge with Meany leaning toward no formal endorsement, while Walter Reuther Dubinsky and Keenan push for backing Democrats to mobilize labor support nationally and in key races. McDevitt cites Kefauver's voting record as superior to Nixon's.
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CIO
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Joseph Keenan
Electrical Workers
James McDevitt
Committee On Political Education
Congress
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Daniel Maintains Tiny Gain In Texas Governor Race
In a Monday 11:30 am tabulation by the Texas Election Bureau Daniel leads Yarborough by 3,614 votes after a partial count of 243 of 254 counties. Corrections from Cass and Tarrant counties swing the margins, with Yarborough backers determined to contest at the official canvass.
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Associated Press
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Price Daniel
Texas Election Bureau
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Daniel
Yarborough
Cass
Tarrant
Robert Johnson
Election Bureau
Johnson
Austin
Fort Worth
Yarborough Defies Defeat In Texas Governor Fight
Ralph Yarborough said he would not quit his bid for governor despite a 3614 vote lead by Price Daniel. He questioned the Texas Election Bureau returns and predicted the official canvass would show him the winner. He urged Texans to stand for honest government and liberty in the battle.
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Ralph Yarborough
Price Daniel
Yarborough
Texas Election Bureau
Texas
Democratic
Constitution Party outlines platform at Fort Worth convention
The National Constitution party meeting in Fort Worth presented a platform to block constitutional changes by courts, push a balanced budget, repeal federal income tax, limit treaties, reform the electoral system, empower states, end foreign aid, and oppose government ownership of business. Mary Cain of Summit Mississippi will give the keynote tonight as nominees are set to be named tomorrow.
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National Constitution Party
Mary Cain
Summit, Miss
Stevenson Kefauver Begin Their Flying Campaign Tour
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver kicked off a rapid flying tour to mobilize a grass roots campaign. They head to Santa Fe and Vancouver before Sioux City Knoxville and Chicago then plan strategy briefings with regional leaders and top staff.
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Estes Kefauver
Santa Fe
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Stevenson-Kefauver
Vancouver
Wash
Sioux City
Iowa
Knoxville
Tenn
FBI Checks Body Identity In Gang Hijacking Case
FBI officials sought to confirm if a nude, hands-cut body found on Long Island matches Louis Musto a 26 year old defendant in a hijacking case tied to the acid attack on Victor Riesel labor columnist. Co defendants Richard Langonen and James Rocereto were found slain in an auto July 28 and Telvi was later shot dead in Chinatown.
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FBI
Long Island
Victor Riesel
Louis Musto
Musto
Richard Langonen
James Rocereto
Abraham Telvi
Riesel
Rocereto
Langone
Telvi
Chinatown
Justifiable Homicide Inquest Verdict Issued
An inquest verdict of justifiable homicide was issued in the shooting of John Kervin 45 at the Cedar Bayou home of his former wife Bertha Kervin 36. Kervin was shot Saturday night by Walter Raymer 46 a roomer at the home during an argument over visiting his children. Justice Walter Queen of Baytown ruled Kervin was shot as he opened a pocket knife.
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Houston
John Kervin
Bertha Kervin
Cedar Bayou
Kervin
Walter Raymer
Walter Queen
Baytown
Weather outlook for West Texas amid heat and isolated storms
Snyder temperatures show 98 high and 62 low for Saturday with similar readings yesterday. Readings at 7 30 a m today read 71 as partly cloudy skies persist through Tuesday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change.
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Snyder
West Texas
Two Men Escape Reagan County Jail in Texas
Two inmates fled Reagan County jail in Big Lake Texas during the night. Debs Crawford 38 and Wayne Cawley 28 were held on felony theft charges and were believed to have escaped in a car prompting a statewide alert.
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Tex.s
Reagan County
West Texas
Debs Crawford
Wayne Cawley
Tailored Radiation Boosts Chronic Leukemia Survival
Boston researchers report that individualized radiation therapy using X rays or phosphorus-31 injections, timed to each patient, doubled survival time versus standard doses. Among 100 patients, half survived over five years, with many returning to work and active hobbies. Treatments occur every 4 to 12 weeks to keep patients in optimal condition.
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E. E. Osgood
A. J. Seaman
R.D. Koler
Portland
Ore
Osgood
International Society of Hematology
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