Cover Crops Planted As Drouth Continues In West Texas
Louis P. Merrill of the Soil Conservation Service says a large area of wind resistant grain sorghums and sudan grass will be planted this summer in West Texas to combat wind erosion and provide income. If rain comes this month efforts focus on sorghums, otherwise rye for winter cover or emergency tillage may be used. ongoing drought affects cattle grazing and range lands in Scurry and Borden counties. Ireland Finley notes farmers plan sorghums through July pending rainfall.
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West Texas
Louis P. Merrill
Fort Worth
Soil Conservation Service
Merrill
Sudan
SCS
Borden and Scurry County
Coke
Scurry and
Borden
Ireland Finley
PMA
Polio Deaths Reported in Texas Counties
The Associated Press notes possibly two polio deaths in Texas on Saturday. Victims include George Devore Fairtrace Jr., from a prominent Texas family, who died in Fort Worth. Albert Randolph Alexander, 19, of Houston, died Saturday with unconfirmed cause, while symptoms indicated polio.
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Associated Press
Texas
George Devore Fairtrace Jr
Fort Worth
Albert Randolph Alexander
Houston
Eisenhower Taft Duel Looms At GOP Convention Opening
In Chicago on July 5 General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Robert A. Taft arrived for the Republican National Convention. Eisenhower vowed he will never give up the fight for the nomination while Taft pledged to go all out for the prize.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Taft
GOP
South
Contested Delegations File Appeals To Convention Floor
All seven states with contesting delegations to the Republican National Convention filed appeals from seating decisions. Texas factions clash over 22 Taft and 16 Eisenhower seats while Louisian a and others debate party loyalty and voter shifts. Appeals go to Credentials Committee Monday.
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Chicago
Texas
Sen
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Houston
Jack Porter
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Zweifel
Porter
National Committee
Connally Honored by Colleagues for Senate Service
Sen. Tom Connally of Texas is lauded by Foreign Relations Committee members for decades of service as he retires at year end. The ceremony honors his leadership on bipartisan foreign policy and major international measures.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Texas
Connally
Congress
Senate
U. N
Lyndon B. Johnson
House Atomic Energy Committee
Barkley
Len Johnson
Johnson
Interparliamentary Union
Geneva
United Nations
Denmark to Hand Tanker to Russia Amid Protests
Copenhagen reports a flat rejection of U S protests over delivering a Danish built tanker to Russia. The 1948 contract must be followed, ministers expected to back the move when party leaders meet. The 13,000 ton Apsheron with a Russian crew remains at Burmeister and Wain shipyard ready to sail on short notice.
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Denmark
Russia
U. S
Apsheron
Burmeister and Wain Company
Niels Munch
Burmeister and Wain
Murder Trial Starts Monday in Texas Panhandle
Thomas Clifford Livesay 36 of Amarillo faces murder charges in the death of Joshua Blocher a Panhandle recluse and founder of Progress near Muleshoe. A venue of 100 prospective jurors is summoned for the trial. Lester Stevens 51 was already sentenced to death for his role.
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Haskell
Thomas Clifford Livesay
Amarillo
Livesay
Joshua Blocher
Bailey County
Progress
Muleshoe
Bailey
Bitter mood at Chicago Republican convention
Chicago reporters describe a tense pre convention scene as Taft and Eisenhower supporters clash in Hilton hotel corridors. The race for the nomination feels like a fight to the death with mobbed offices heated news conferences and a flood of partisan statements replacing the carnival atmosphere of past conventions.
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Dewey
Taft
Stassen
Warren
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Conrad Hilton
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Camp Springs rocks named dinosaur and egg greet visitors
J. O. Guinn, a Camp Springs collector, welcomes guests with two large odd-shaped rocks in his front yard. He called them "dinosaur" and "egg," artifacts from the era when Camp Springs streets were first laid out.
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J. O. Guinn
Camp Springs
Chutist Neal Stewart Sets New Parachute Jump World Record
Neal Stewart, 27, set a world record with 124 parachute jumps in one day near Grand Prairie, starting at 12:16 a.m. and finishing 11 minutes before midnight. He acknowledged the feat may be surpassed and referenced John W. Swedich who held the previous mark at 123 jumps.
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Grand Prairie
Neal Stewart
Ana Pauker Ousted From Romanian Foreign Post In Kremlin Move
Vienna reports state that Ana Pauker a longtime Romanian foreign minister and ally of Stalin has been removed by Bucharest authorities. Western observers cite Jewish background as a factor in the purge with Simion Bughi named to retain Moscow's influence while Pauker's fate remains unclear and her role in policy ends after decades in power.
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Austria
Ana Pauker
Stalin
Black Sea
Bucharest
ADN
Simion Bughi
Moscow
Rosco Y
Kremlin
Washington
Berlin
Pauker
Europe
Vasile Luca
Teohari Georgescu
Israel
Slaughter On Highways Up During Fourth Of July Weekend
Violent deaths over the holiday period rose toward 400 as auto accidents led the toll. The National Safety Council had forecast about 430 deaths from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday. Drownings reached 101 and other causes 42, with only two fireworks fatalities in Maine and Arkansas.
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Gre Nly
National Safety Council
Maine
Arkansas
Agreement On Other Issues Is Seen At Meet
Republican platform drafters backed by Eisenhower forces reportedly toned down a proposed national defense plank stressing sharp air power expansion after Rep. Christian Herter raised questions. Eisenhower, speaking at a news conference, said the foreign policy plank appears to fit his views, while Taft pushes for a larger Air Force and less reliance on land forces. A farm policy shift proposes removing price and policy powers from the secretary of agriculture to a non-partisan board, with oversight by a farm-field board similar to the Federal Reserve Board.
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Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
Dwight D. Eissenhower
Hie E“T
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Eee
Prospector Guinn Finds Rich Mineral Treasures in Camp Springs
J O Guinn, a 62 year resident of Scurry County, Lives behind a leaf shaped hill at Camp Springs. He gathers rocks fossils and ores from his hill known as the Mountain and surrounding sites. His collection includes petrified wood fossil shells and possible meteorites. He loaned a seven foot rhinoceros like skeleton to Texas Tech and sought Smithsonian input.
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Scurry County
Camp Springs
J. O. Guinn
Guinn
Harrell Ranch
Dallas
Guvnn
Sand Canyon
Fluvanna
Green Springs
Geology Department of
Texas Tech
Smithsonian Institute
South Texas
Guvin
Carroll Davidson
Guinn Place
West
Texas
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