Seven US Soldiers Seized by Czechs Near German Border
Czech border police propose to trade seven American soldiers for three Czech laborers who fled west. The Americans six enlisted men and a captain were stopped near the border while sightseeing. German authorities report the Czech group may include a murder-accused man, with U.S. Army confirming efforts to secure their release. A half-ton weapons carrier was found abandoned near Weiden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baernau
Germany
U.S
Hans Buettner
Mander
U. S. Army
Heidelsberg
Buettner
Here
Weiden
Heidelberg
New field drilling plans reported in North Scurry area
M. L. Mayfield of Houston announces a new project No. 2 R. H. Jordan in North Fluvanna Strawn field Northwest Scurry County. Drilling to 8,500 feet begins at once on a 640 acre lease. elevation 2,820 feet. location 1,980 feet from north and east lines of section 599-97-H&TC four miles north of Fluvanna. Howard County tests include Phillips No. 3-A Reef 18 miles north of Big Spring and Goldston No. 1-A C. B. Lawrence near Luther, with depths of 8,400 and 10,000 feet respectively. Borden test reports five feet of slight gas mud at No. 1 Quartz West Borden. Nolan County activity includes Sun Oil tests and Lake Oil well waiting cement. several wells show oil and gas production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Mayfield
Houston
Fluvanna-Strawn
Scurry County
R. H. Jordan
H&tc
Fluvanna
Howard
Howard County
Phillips Petroleum
Big Spring
T&p
Goldston Oil Corp
West Borden Wildcat
Nolan County Sun Oil Co
Central-West Nolan
Sun Oil No. 1
Harp
Medlock
Lake Oil
Arnett
Continental Oil Co
Swenson
Garza Exploration
Borden County
Higginbotham
New Fisher Project
Park High School Beauty Queen Crowned In Kiwanis Event
Nancy Jordan, 17, won the second Kiwanis bathing beauty contest at Towle Memorial Park before 3000 spectators. Mayor Marven Stevenson crowned her. H A Johnson Jr presented a loving cup. Entrants included Barbara Hodnett Colleen Sales and Maurine Burney with prizes from local merchants. A rodeo queen prelim and diving contests accompanied the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Soles
Kiwanis Club
Nancy Jordan
Jordan
Joe Dave Scott
Towle Memorial Park
Marven Stevenson
H. A. Johnson, Jr
D. M. Jordan
Post Highway
Wolfe Studio
Modern Beauty Salon
Barbara Hodnett
Times Printing Co
Colleen Sales
McDonald's
Maurine Burney
J. C. Penney Co
Betty Jo Whitehead
Snyder Drug
Colorado City
Donna Houseton
Doris Agee
Judy Rohr
Margaret Anger
Suzanne Houston
Margie Smith
Tincie Higgins
Nell Plemons
Juanita Farquhar
Barbara Calahan
Dixie
Quiet Fourth of July Weekend in Scurry County
Highway patrolmen Bill Zimmerman and E. W. Green report no injuries in weekend accidents for Scurry County. The only notable incident was a death of a Black woman at the Snyder county jail Saturday night under investigation. An auto crash on Texas Highway 101 near the Roby area caused no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Bill Zimmerman
E. W. Green
Zimmerman
Roby
Snyder
Texas
Russians Expel Two Americans as Spies Allegations Rise
Washington reports that the United States has expelled two American military officers from Moscow on espionage charges as Moscow ousts three Soviet officials from the United States. The Americans, Lt. Col. Howard Feldlin and Maj. Walter McKinney, were declared persona non grata and ordered to depart, while the Soviets removed Cmdr. Igor Amosov, Alexander Kovlyov, and Lt. Col. Leonid Pivnev from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
United States
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Henry Suydam
Russia
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Howard L. Feldlin
New York City
Arlington
Maj
Walter McKinney
Santa Cruz
Calif
Maj. McKinney
Col
Feldlin
Berlin
Charles E. Bohlen
Trud
McKinney
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
Igor A. Amosov
Alexander P. Kovlyov
Leonid E. Pivnev
Pivner
Detroit
Baltimore
American Rocket Society
Deaths in Nation Low During July 4th Week
The Associated Press reports final figures show July 4th weekend traffic fatalities at 348, below the National Safety Council forecast of 430 for 78 hours. Ned H. Dearborn credits safer traffic behavior and public drives, noting all-time high tolls for past long weekends. Violent deaths reached 620 with 189 drownings and 83 miscellaneous accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Eisenhower
99 Degrees Monday Weather Report in Snyder
The temperature rose to 99 degrees in Snyder yesterday, few degrees above recent days. Overnight low reached 70 degrees as Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn documented the conditions.
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Snyder
D. P. Strayhorn
Shivers Plans Massive 50 Station Radio TV Address
Gov. Allan Shivers launches a huge 50 station radio and TV speech Tuesday night originating from Dallas. The staged broadcast, carried on 11 TV and 39 radio outlets, aims to energize his re election bid as campaign tensions rise. Ralph Yarborough also vows victory while touring Texas with Belton and Dallas events and Ezra Taft Benson highlighted the day’s political news. The speech comes as Benson lauded the flexible price support farm bill praised by the Eisenhower administration and passed by the House.
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Clayton Hickerson
Associated Press
Allan Shivers
Dallas
Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Belton
Bell County
Yarborough
Groves
Tex
Beaumont
Benbrook Dam
Fort Worth
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Rev E K Shepherd to Leave Here for Muleshoe Church
The Rev E K Shepherd pastor of First Baptist Church will resign effective July 18 to lead the First Baptist Church at Muleshoe. Since arriving in 1947 the church grew from 762 to 2009 members and 544 to 1400 in Sunday school. The church built a new auditorium and created education space while two missions became independent churches Avenue D and Green Hill. Shepherd is Howard Payne trustee and on the Baptist General Convention of Texas executive board. He and his wife and three sons live at 2302 Sunset. No new pastor announced.
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E. K. Shepherd
First Baptist Church
Muleshoe
Mr. Shepherd
Wilson
Training Union
Avenue D
Green Hill Baptist
First Baptist
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Southwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Shepherd
Wayland College
Plainview
Howard Payne
Baptist General Convention of Texas
David
James Ll
Paul
Texas holiday death toll climbs with drownings and shootings
The Fourth of July holiday in Texas left at least 53 dead across traffic crashes drownings and gun violence. Fatalities spanned Inglantina and Daniel Gonzales near Banquete Janie Gonzales in Rosenberg Pfc Charles Page Jr Crawford Connally AFB and others.
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Associated Press
Texas
N. K. Woerner
Department of Safety
Woerner
Inglantina Gonzales
Daniel Gonzales
Banquete
Tex
Janie Gonzales
Rosenberg
Mane
Pfc
Charles Page Jr
Connally Air Force Base
Page
Choice Wiegand
Waco
Connie Lee Burrell
Twitty
Wheeler County
Lubbock
Irma Morris
Pittsburg
Carroll Davis
Longview
Davis
Ernestine Davis
James W. Morris
James Lane Jr
Greggton
Merrills Lake
Gladewater
Earl Mowers
Tyler
Tyler Street
Boy Dies In Electric Worm Rod Accident In Indianapolis
An inquiry reports a 242 year old boy named William F. Lynch Jr. was killed in Indianapolis when a metal fishing worm rod connected to the house wiring delivered an electric shock. The device, used by his father to coax worms to the surface, was thrust into the ground and carried 110 volts of current. The coroner’s office notified authorities only yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
William F. Lynch Jr
Cold Night In London Sees July Heat Drop
London residents endured a perishing cold night with workers shivering in topcoats and furs while housewives lit fires for warmth. Central London recorded its coldest July night in 14 years with temperatures at 47 degrees at 8 a.m.
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London
Judiciary panel criticizes Clark no proof of wrongdoing
A House Judiciary subcommittee report faulted Justice Tom C. Clark for not testifying after joining the Supreme Court but found no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing during his tenure as attorney general. Rep. Rogers condemned the release as politically motivated and urged full committee review amid claims of suppressed documents and questions about the subcommittee process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
Byron G. Rogers
D-Cole
Subcommittee
Keating
R-Ny
Rogers
Truman
Judiciary Group
Justice Department
New York Republican
Justice Clark
Department
Judiciary Committee
Chauncey W. Reed
R-Ill
Full Committee On the Judiciary
Texas Outlook Declines Endorsements For Governor
The Texas Outlook magazine of the Texas State Teachers Assn. says it will not endorse any candidate due to TSTA rules. Associate editor William J. Hardin confirms endorsements are not allowed and notes paid political ads from Shivers Yarborough and others were accepted at standard rates. Charles Tennyson, editor and executive secretary of the TSTA, is out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas State Teachers Assn
William J. Hardin
TSTA
Texas Outlook
Shivers
A. M. Aikin Jr
Aikin
Charles Tennyson
Gov. Shivers
Harding
Ralph Yarborough
Tennyson
Robbery and murder strike Fort Worth at Paxton home
Hoyt M. Paxton a 53 year old owner of three cleaning shops was killed during a midnight break in at his east Fort Worth residence. Mrs Larue Hall 34 who manages a shop was knocked unconscious as bandits looted $3000 and jangled rings. Paxton died at 3 50 a m and detectives reported a ring and cash theft with $590 left behind.
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Fort Worth
Hoyt M. Paxton
East Side
Paxton
Larue Hall
Midland
Texas Roast In Heat With Isolated Thunder Showers
Tuesday opened hot and dry across Texas with 100 degree highs expected in many areas and rain scarce. Dawn readings topped 80 in Palacios and Galveston, while Darhart logged .03 inch all day Monday and forecasters predicted more hot weather with limited afternoon storms.
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Associated Press
Texas
Palacios
Galveston
Darhart
Weather Outlook for Texas: Warm and Mostly Clear
North Central and West Texas see clear to partly cloudy conditions with warm afternoons and mild evenings through Wednesday, isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers possible. East and South Central Texas expect similar warm conditions with isolated thundershowers. Coastal winds become gentle to moderate and mostly southerly.
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North Central
West
Texas
Former Army Information Division witnesses mum on Communist ties
Senate hearing heard four former service members discuss Communist influence in the Army Information and Education division during WWII. Two declined to confirm or deny Communist ties, while one cited encountering Red propaganda at Fort Pickett and another named a Russian propagandist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Jenner
Riad
Information
Richard L. Criley
Chicago
Lute W. Wilson
Wellsfleet
Mass
Information Division
Wilson
Criley
J. Kenneth Kerr
Baltimore
Counter Intelligence Corps
Fort Pickett
Ralph de Toledano
Newsweek Magazine
Cornell University
de Toledano
Vladimir Kazakevich
U.S
Soviet Union
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