Eisenhower Defends Wenzell Role In Dixon Yates Deal
President Eisenhower said Adolph E. Wenzell played a proper role in the Dixon Yates contract. He pledged to cancel the deal if legal barriers to Memphis building its own plant are found, amid FBI activity and Senate scrutiny of federal oversight.
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Eisenhower
Adolph E. Wenzell
Dixon-Yates
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Wenzell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Memphis
Kefauver
D-Tenn
First Boston Corp
Wor
FBI
Justice Department
Dixon - Yates
Senate
Knowland
White House
Texans Plan Land March Into Mexico
About 600 Texans planned a march on Mexico City’s National Palace to present 246 million dollars in land claims tied to the 1848 treaty and border disputes. Their lawyer Marco Diaz Infante, a Mexican citizen, was reportedly abducted by armed men. a U.S. associate pressed for embassy help as the event unfolds.
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Mexico City
National Palace
Mexico
Marco Diaz Infante
International
Donald S. Wenstein
United States
U.S
Diaz Infante
Excelsior
Texas
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
San Antonio
Weather Update for North Central and West Texas
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Temperatures expected to remain steady with little change.
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North Central
West Texas
Mob of 1000 surrounds Kohler port clash in Sheboygan
A mob estimated at up to 1000 people gathered around the Kohler dock area in Sheboygan as a freighter unloaded clay for the Kohler Co. Nonstriking worker Roman Gruinwald was beaten, a car was overturned, and windows broken. City and county officials took control, with Sheriff Ted Mosch directing law enforcement. Local 833 of the CIO UAW has been on strike since April 1954 over wages pensions and security.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Kohler Co
Uaw-Cio
Robert Burkart
Rudolph Ploetz
Sheboygan County
Ted Mosch
Mosch
Burkar
Poetz
Kohler
Roman Gruinwald
Plymouth
Martin de Geuss
James Heelson
Lyman Conger
CIO
United Auto Workers
Conger
England
Eisenhower Accused Of Shenanigans By Mansfield
ROWLAND EVANS JR reports Sen Mansfield accuses the Eisenhower administration of incredible shenanigans in the foreign military aid program. He cites a June 30 bookkeeping action obligating 575 million dollars and argues this legally carries funds into the new fiscal year, while Congress ordered turnbacks. Mansfield calls the maneuver deliberate and harmful to the public.
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Washington
Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
House
Senate
Foreign Relations
Funeral set for Gaston Brock in Sweetwater
Funeral services for Gaston C. Brock 52 will be held at 10 30 a m tomorrow at First Methodist Church Sweetwater with burial in Sweetwater Cemetery. Brock formerly of Snyder was found dead after a horse bucking accident on his ranch nine miles northeast of San Angelo. Survivors include his wife daughter mother two sisters brother and granddaughter Connie Cogdell.
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Sweetwater
Gaston C. Brock
San Angelo
Mr. Brock
Snyder
D. M. Cogdell, Jr
John Mayfield
Clarence Brock
O'Donnell
Connie Delle Cogdell
Educator's Dismissal Upheld In California
California’s State Supreme Court upholds the dismissal of Dr. Henry C. Steinmetz from San Diego State College for refusing to disclose Communist party membership. In a 6-1 ruling the court rejects his bid for reinstatement to the psychology chair held since 1930, noting loyalty is essential in public employment.
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San Francisco
California
State Supreme Court
Henry C. Steinmetz
San Diego State College
Steinmetz
Phil Sibson
Lucker
Beaux Texas Duck Calling Contest Declared Official
Gov. Shivers designated the South Texas State Fair duck calling winner at Beaumont October 14 23 as Texas official champion in a press memorandum. The event at the fair determined the state title and honors the top caller.
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Austin
Beaumont
Texas
Shivers
California Targets Safe Driving After July 4 Toll
California officials unveil a year-round traffic safety plan led by Gov. Knight's committee to curb high highway deaths amid record vehicle totals. Highway patrol cites California as leading in fatalities with 1,495 deaths in the first six months of 1955 and a pace above last year.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Goodwin J. Knight
New York
Illinois
Bernard R. Caldwel
National Safety Council
Caldwell
Opinions Split Over Russia Peace Talks And Motives
Washington officials clash over whether Moscow seeks to end the cold war. Most see concessions and a Geneva summit opening July 18 as a path to easing tensions, slowing the arms race, and addressing European and Far Eastern issues. A smaller group warns such concessions may be superficial and aimed at blocking German rearmament. Both camps note Russia faces agricultural and economic strains and seeks a breathing spell to boost farming and industry.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
School Land Board Sets Sealed Bid Sale
The School Land Board in Austin schedules a sealed bid sale of oil and gas rights on public lands for September 6. Details on exact land locations will follow. Each lease pays a state one sixth royalty, a $15 per acre bonus minimum, and an annual $3 per acre rental.
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Austin
School Land Board
Woman's water pistol purchase at Houston store questioned
A Houston dime store manager reported that a woman customer attempted to buy water earlier yesterday for use in her child’s water pistol.
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Houston P
Lauhon's Father Stands By Son In Slayings Case
GALVESTON The father of Ellis Euclud Lauhon Jr. says he will stand by his son no matter what. The 57 year old, E E Lauhon Sr of Altus Ark arrived yesterday and embraced his son who confessed slaying three. He blames himself for not providing psychiatric help. Lauhon Jr., 26, is charged with murder in the deaths of Ruby McPherson 42 Zola Norman 63 and George McPherson 12 in Dickinson Tex on June 22 while AWOL from the air force. He was arrested in Nogales Mexico last Friday. The father plans to support his son through a lengthy, costly process. He noted his son weighed 12 pounds at birth and required special care he could not afford.
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Galveston
Ellis Euclud Lauhon Jr
E. E. Lauhon Sr
Altus
Ark
Arkansas Agriculture
Young Laudon
Ruby McPherson
Zola Norman
George McPherson
Dickinson
Tex
Lauhon
Nogales
Mexico
Ellis
Riots at Washington prison hold 11 inmates seize officials
Ninety nine Washington State Prison officers were taken hostage as 33 inmates, led by troublemakers from segregation, rioted to press for parole and classification changes. Officials held talks with revolt leaders but no release agreement was reached by nightfall.
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Washington City
Thomas Harris
Ted Bezzerides
Harris
Boots Fain
al Remboldt
Bezzerides
Remboldt
Eisenhower Seeks Honest Talks at Geneva Big Four Meeting
President Eisenhower pledged good faith in U S negotiations with the Soviet Union at the Geneva Big Four talks and said no American official claims the Russians are weak. He also touched on disarmament channels, Memphis power plans, the Dixon Yates situation, transit strikes, desegregation, minimum wage, Congress, martial law, and civil defense.
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Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Memphis
Senate
Congress
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
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