Democrats Attack Eisenhower Era Policies In Platform Blueprint
Democratic war chiefs unveiled a 10000 word platform blueprint criticizing the Eisenhower administration on the economy and national defense. They call for federal education aid, stronger civil rights, a 30 percent rise in Social Security, and a 25 cent increase in the minimum wage, while urging broader presidential powers for national issues and energy projects.
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Gerald Miller
New York
Eisenhower
Democratic Advisory Council
Wreed
Supreme Court agrees to hear Parr and others in mail fraud case
The high court granted a hearing to George Parr and eight co-defendants from Benavides Texas, convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy. They argue trial errors over grand jury testimony of key witness Diego Heras and challenge the federal court’s jurisdiction over a state level embezzelement case involving local school funds. Parr faces a 10 year sentence and $20,000 fine. others received lesser terms.
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Washington
API
S Supreme Court
George Parr
South Texas
Benavides
Tex
U.S. District Court
Houston
Diego Heras
Heras
Parr
D. C. Chapa
B. F Donald Jr
Jesus Garza
Santiago Garcia
Octavio Saenz
Jesus Oliveira
City Council Sets Session With Bids Consideration
City Council meets at 7 30 p m in City Hall to review bids on a wrecked fire truck and a 1941 Chevrolet chassis damaged on a transport to a fire. They will authorize bids for gasoline oil for next year and water plant chemicals, plus annexation plans by Scott and Browning.
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Iraq
Scott and Browning
Trucker Dies After Beating In Keating Incident
MCALLEN AP report says R. L. Doggett, 46, of Cyril Oklahoma died from injuries after an alleged assault in a truck break in. Authorities quoted him describing a large man about 250 pounds trying to break into his truck before he staggered to a Pharr drug store where an ambulance was summoned.
Northeastern Storm Lashes Region With Wind Snow and Rain
A blustery storm hit the northeast with gale winds heavy rain and snow across New England New York and parts of the midwest. Gusts reached 60 mph from Maine to Block Island while snowfall depths and temperatures varied from city to city including 1.75 inches in Worcester 1.14 in Boston and 2 below in Fraser Colorado as the cold front extended south to Georgia.
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Associated Press
Eastport
Maine
Block Island
R.1
Buzzards Bay
Massachusetts
New England
New York State
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Mass
Boston
New York City
Great Lakes
Georgia
Valparaiso
Angola
Ind
Chesterton
Indiana
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore
Garrett County
Macon
Jacksonville
Fla
Park Falls
Wis
Fraser, Colo
Pearl Harbor Blunder Seen By Former Japanese Ambassador
Tokyo AP reports former Japanese ambassador Kichisa buro Nomura criticizes Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor as a risky misstep forced by young radicals. He links axis ties to past leftists and cites postwar clashes over U.S. alliance amid political shifts and global leaders.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
America
Nomura
U.S
Hitler
Mussolini
Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Eisenhower greeted by vast Karachi welcoming crowd
President Eisenhower arrived in Karachi after a Turkey flight to begin a 40 hour stay. Officials estimated a million Pakistanis cheered as the motorcade moved through a city lit with festive banners and crowds.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower
Turkey
James C. Hagerty
White House
U.S
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Mauripur Air Force Base
Ankara
Prominent Doctor Slays Wife Injures Daughter Then Kills Self
Los Angeles AP reports Dr. Harold N. Perelson 52, wealthy physician with money worries, beat his wife Lillian 42 to death with a hammer at 5 am. He then attacked daughter Judy 18, before telling younger child Debbie 11 it was a nightmare and killing himself with drugs. The family home valued at $60,000 is described.
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Los Angeles
Harold N. Perelson
Judy Perelson
Peterson
Lillian
Judy
Debbie
Doctor Serving Life Term Commits Suicide in Prison
In McAlester Oklahoma Dr Ben Galbraith 37 serving a double life term for family killings died after cutting his femoral artery in his cell. He left a note asking cremation and no funeral services and directed no grave marking. He had earlier killed his wife and three children by arson and poison.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben Galbraith
Oklahoma State Prison
Robert Raines
Joe Sherrill
E.W Harrell
Loral Whitlock
Tulsa
Galbraith
Whitlock
Galbraitth
Kitty
Frank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Tennessee
Memphis
Accident Victim Victor Oquist Critical After Collision
Victor Oquist of Post remained in critical condition at Cogdell Memorial Hospital at noon after brain surgery. He was injured Saturday when his pickup door opened in a collision on the Post highway, suffering skull fractures and broken ribs. In the other car, James Ray and wife and their two children of Lubbock escaped with minor bruises.
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Victor Oquist
Post Highway
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Oquist
James Ray
Lubbock
New Type rocket Ineine Is Tested
Space scientists report a successful test of a hydrogen fueled XLR115 engine, delivering 30 percent more thrust than kerosene engines. NASA plans to launch three Echo satellites next spring from Cape Canaveral to relay two way radio signals between coasts from 100 foot diameter balloons.
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Washington
Pentagon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Weather Snapshot for Snyder and Texas Panhandle
Readings show Snyder at 31 degrees, with Saturday high around 30 and Sunday near 65. Across North Central and West Texas the forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with warmer afternoons, light variable winds, shifting to southeasterly by Tuesday.
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Snyder
Texas
West Gulf
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Ohio
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Alexandra
Richmond
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Ike
Ayub Khan
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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Lucie
Lucien Savard
St. David de Falardeau
Quebec
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