Cross-Examination Gives Version Of Sheppard Trial
In Cleveland the cross-examination of Dr. Samuel Sheppard ends with the state's assertion that he killed Marilyn and injured himself. Sheppard, calm, denies the charge and says the injuries came from a fall. Mahon pressed about alleged affairs with Miss Hayes and others as the trial proceeds toward closing stages.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
John J. Mahon
Mahon
Dr. Sheppard
Marilyn
Miss Hayes
Susan Hayes
Common Pleas
Margaret Kaizer
Los Angeles
California
Robert Lossman
Dinner To Honor Scurry United Fund Victory
A victory dinner is planned Friday at 6 PM in the Trinity Methodist Church fellowship hall to celebrate surpassing the Scurry County United Fund goal of 29500. D. M. Cogdell chairs, with agency leaders and dozens of local businesses receiving recognition for 100 percent employee giving. Final drive reports will be presented by division chairmen, highlighting participants from Western Auto to Safeway Store and many community groups.
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Scurry County United Fund
United Fund
D. M. Cogdell
Trinity Methodist Church
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
United Service Organizations
Scurry County Youth Center
West Texas Boys Ranch
American Heart Association
Western Auto
Burney’s
Fenton's Dad & Lad
Home Bakery
Lion Diamond M _ District
Lion West Texas District
McCullough Tool
Sunray Oil Co
B & B Construction
McClatchy Bros
Musselwhite Trucking
E. L. Farmer & Co
Jess Adkins Service
Rum
Greece seeks UN support for Cyprus self determination
At the United Nations, Greece urged the General Assembly to back self determination for Cyprus, a British crown colony. Greek Ambassador Alexis Kyrou pressed the issue before the Political Committee despite British opposition and U S reluctance, with Turkey also opposing the move amid NATO ties.
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United Nations
N.Y
Greece
U.N. Assembly
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Britain
Middle East
Alexis Kyrou
U.S
North Atlantic Alliance
Turkey
NATO
Alabama Official In Sheriff's Custody In Patterson Slaying Case
GALVESTON Atty Gen Si las Garrett III of Alabama, charged in the murder of Albert Patterson, was in sheriff custody though declared too ill to move from his hospital bed. Garrett, linked with the Phenix City case, faces murder fraud and lunacy indictments amid a wide probe and patient treatment at John Sealy Hospital.
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Galveston
Silas Garrett III
Alabama
Garrett
Patterson
Phenix City
Ala
Arch Ferrell
Albert Fuller
Birmingham
John Sealy Hospital
Richard Thornton
Safe Driving Day Urges Snyder Support
H W Cargile Snyder chamber of commerce president urged every motorist and pedestrian to back Safe Driving Day. He said the 24 hour aim is to eliminate traffic accidents with support from the President's Action Committee for Traffic Safety and President Eisenhower.
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H. W. Cargile
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Speepmel
President's Action Committee For
Eisenhower
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Cargile
Benson Relieves Most Farm Controls for 1955
Secretary Benson nixes most 1955 controls on crop allotments and price supports. Only marketing quotas for cotton, wheat, tobacco and peanuts remain, with corn and all allotments still in force. Reduced supports on oats, rye, barley and other feed grains are set to 70 percent parity, aiming to curb excess land use and aid drought areas.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Bedson
Farm Sur Siccen
Island bombardment wounds two Nationalist soldiers near Tachens
Chinese Reds bombarded Yikiangshan Island from Toumen Island a few miles north of Formosa. Four Communist planes flew over during 15 sorties. Nationalist antiaircraft guns engaged with no reported hits.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan
Toumen Island
Defense Ministry
Tachen Islands
Tachens
Eisenhower, Dulles Meet Congress on Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower held a White House briefing with Democratic and Republican leaders to discuss foreign policy, defense, and mutual security as well as efforts to win the release of Americans jailed by China. Dulles briefed on foreign affairs, with Knowland urging a blockade that the White House rejected as an act of war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
State Dulles
White House
Dulles
Senate
Knowland
California
James C. Hagerty
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Asia
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Week
North Central Texas sees partly cloudy skies and a cool night with a dip to the mid thirties. West Texas remains generally fair with a cooler Panhandle and South Plains tonight and temperatures mainly in the mid to upper thirties. East and South Central Texas expect partial cloudiness, warmer tonight, and moderate temperatures by Wednesday with coastal winds shifting from southwest to north.
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Texas
Northwest
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Interior
Street Name Plan Shelved By Council
A petition to rename U. S. Highway 180 through Snyder to Main Street was shelved after backers failed to attend a public hearing while opponents appeared. Annexation talks along the Lubbock highway sparked opposition as business firms urged caution. An alley in Wilmeth Addition was abandoned and a truck route ordinance was readied to limit through traffic on state and national highways.
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U. S. Highway 180
Snyder
Main Street
Lubbock Highway
U. S. 180
Ben Thorpe
Wilmeth Addition
Twentyfifth Street
East Highway
Oran Thompson
Thompson
Eee
Council 9
Southwestern Appraisal Company
Vey
Lubbock
C. E. McGaw
Malven K. Stevenson
Horace Smith
Stevenson
Emory Smith
Bell Transportation Co
Smith
McClatchey Brothers Trucking Co
Won't Trade Chinese For Americans in U N Y
United States rejects a swap offer with Red China trading 35 Chinese students in America for 11 U S airmen held on spy charges in China. State Department official Lincoln White says there will be no deal. Peiping radio hinted at negotiations linking the two cases.
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Walington
United States
Red China
America
U. S
China
State Department
Lincoln White
Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
Peiping
U.N
Corpus Christi Faces Coyotes Amid Urban Expansion
Coyotes in Corpus Christi trouble the city as brushland clearances push wildlife toward neighborhoods. Officials report repeated sightings and pursuit near residential areas, prompting calls for safe relocation and public awareness campaigns.
Charges Removed From Panel Report
Washington sources say a Senate Banking Committee housing probe report about irregularities in government housing programs has been toned and may be published with a minority statement. Democrats allegedly balked at portions. the panel’s opening claims no prior scandals and cites Teapot Dome and other reform era episodes as context.
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Washington
United States
Senate Banking Committee
Harding
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Truman
B Banking Committee
Justice
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