Western Allies press for early Soviet disarmament response
London delegates to the U N disarmament subcommittee agreed to seek Moscow's stance on an East West nuclear arms ban. They hope Khrushchev's Kremlin purge aids talks, while warning from Moscow radio cautions the West not to expect concessions on disarmament.
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London
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
U.N
Moscow
West
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Former State Convict Arrested in Bank Robbery Case
FBI said today Andrew Lee Dies, 28, a former Texas convict sought in a Kansas City bank robbery, was arrested at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dies and Michael Deveny, 32, were wanted for the $23,000 Central Bank heist on June 28 in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
FBI
Andrew Lee Dies
Texas
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Dies
Michael Deveny
Central Bank
Government claims Japanese woman enticed to come forward
The United States told the Supreme Court that the Japanese woman fatally injured by GI William S. Girard on a Japanese firing range was lured to collect scrap metal. Solicitor General Rankin said enticement matters to whether Girard will be tried in Japan for manslaughter.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William S. Girard
Japan
J. Lee Rankin
Girard
Rankin
Warren
Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Rites Today for C L Hale Former Snyder Resident
Funeral service for Charlie Louis Hale 37 a former Snyder resident killed in a traffic mishap near O'Donnell Saturday is set for 2 p m today at Bell Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev T Gerald Cates will officiate. Hale a Qualls Oklahoma native lived in Snyder years then moved to Lamesa two months ago. He was WWII Air Force veteran and German prisoner for two years. Survived by wife Vira Gay two daughters Sharon Gail and four sons Charlie Lee Clifton Wayne Johnny Mack and Bobby James all at home in Lamesa. Father John F Hale of Park Hill Oklahoma five sisters Frances Walker Tahlequah Beulah Davis Kansas City Kansas Lucille South Santa Ana Joyce Hale Carolyn Hale Park Hill and Johnny Hale Sweetwater. pallbearers Leroy Blythe Bud Baker Ted Rogers Charles Doty H C McElreath Fred Cawyer.
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Charlie Louis Hale
Snyder
O'Donnell
Bell Funeral Home
T. Gerald Cates
Calvary Baptist Church
Mr. Hale
Qualls
Oklo
Lamesa
Air Force
Germany
Vira Gay Hale
Sharon Gay Hale
Charlie Lee
Clifton Wayne
Johnny Mack
Bobby James Hale
John F. Hale
Park Hill
Okla
Frances Walker
Tahlequah
Buelah Davis
Kansas
Cool Front Fights Heat Wave Across Texas
Old Man Summer kept Texas hot with 105 degrees Sunday after 104 on Saturday. Nights cooled to 65 with little relief in sight as a weak cool front approached from the northwest. Forecasters warn of more hot dry weather, possible isolated thunderstorms, and a hurricane idea in the Gulf area, with moisture shortages and drying pastures reported in several counties.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
MorMay
Gage
Okla
Amarillo
Tucumcari
N.M
Miami Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Wink
Lufkin
Galveston
Weather Bureau
Waxahachie
Presidio
Corpus Christi
Nation's Highway Toll Far Below Holiday Estimates
The Associated Press reports 727 traffic related deaths during the Independence Day holiday period with 423 in motor vehicle crashes, 205 drownings and 99 in other accidents. Officials praise public safety efforts, noting tolls compare to historic peaks and the 1955 Fourth of July figures. One fireworks death was reported, tied for several prior years.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Juvenile License Suspended Under New Texas Law
A 16 year old’s license was suspended by Judge Arthur Blanchard until a $50 fine is paid. The juvenile pleaded guilty to a driving violation and has a long record of traffic offenses. The law lets courts suspend licenses until court fines are paid.
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Texas
Arthur Blanchard
Blanchard
Car Hits Telephone Pole Leaves City in Shock
A single vehicle crash at 7 pm on 3107 Avenue M disrupted phone service after a 1950 Cadillac struck a telephone pole. No injuries were reported. Police arrested Inerdene Ta tum, a Midland man, in connection with the accident and held him in the city jail. The car’s ownership was undetermined, but police chief T. L. Steele said it was registered to Lloyd Wilson of Fort Worth.
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Inerdene Tatum
Tatom
Avenue M
T. L. Steele
Lloyd Wilson
Fort Worth
Police Hold Back Jap Demonstrators
Tachikawa Japan police held back over 1000 demonstrators protesting the expansion of the U.S. Tachikawa air base. A government survey confirmed work on lease renewal for land to enlarge runways for jet fighters and bombers with no American air police involved. Villagers claim the government pays too little for leasing their land.
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Tachikawa
Japan
U.S
Tachikawa Air Base
Weather Summary for Snyder and West Texas
Snyder reports a high of 105 degrees and a low of 65 degrees with 7 30 a m reading of 65. West Texas skies are clear to partly cloudy through Tuesday with widely scattered late day and nighttime thunderstorms and no significant temperature changes.
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Snyder
West Texas
Mrs. W. W. Gross Dies at 77 in Dallas Hospital
Mrs. W. W. Gross, 77, of 1708 Twenty-eighth Street, died Sunday at Gaston Avenue Hospital Dallas after a brief illness. Survived by daughter Mrs. Roy Stokes Snyder. four sisters Mrs. Eva Head Houston Mrs. John Patterson Lone Oak Mrs. Ollie Stump Houston Mrs. Minnie Boaz Hobbs NM. granddaughter Mrs. Jack Gorman Nuernberg Germany. grandson W. R. Stokes Navy Norfolk VA. nieces and nephews. two great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 pm at First Baptist Church Snyder Cemetery burial under Bolger Funeral Home. Former Miss Tommie Sullivan married 1900 Campbell Tex moved here from Cumbie Mr. Gross died 1945 grocer. Member TEL Class at First Baptist Church. pallbearers listed.
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W. W. Gross
Twenty-eighth Street
Gaston Avenue Hospital
Dallas
Gross
Scurry County
Roy Stokes
Snyder
Eva Head
Houston
John Patterson
Lone Oak
Ollie Stump
Minnie Boaz
Hobbs
N.M
Jack Gorman
Nuenburg
Germany
W. R. Stokes
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
First Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger
Tommie Sullivan
Ward W. Gross
Campbell
Tex
Cumbie
Harvey Shuler
Sterling Williams
Wayland Holt
Horace Eiland
R. C. Patton
Doc Richardson
Moscow Purge Expands as Malenkov Faces New Charges
Ominous charges mount against former Premier Georgi Malenkov amid a Kremlin purge. Khrushchev and Bulganin depart for Czechoslovakia amid assurances of strengthened Soviet unity. Rude Pravo hails the liquidation of the antiparty group led by Malenkov Molotov.
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Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Red
Czechoslovakia
Malenkov
Leningrad
Stalin
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Rude Pravo
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Prague
Senate Rights Battle Moves To Amend Eisenhower Civil Rights Bill
Senate leaders foresee a protracted fight over the Eisenhower civil rights plan with amendments likely as Sen. Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Knowland discuss taking up the House bill. Johnson aims to protect all senators while opposing the measure. Knowland pushes for a vote this week amid anticipated lengthy sessions. The Judiciary Committee signals continued control of the civil rights bill as it next addresses immigration and antitrust matters.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Eisenhower
Johnson
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Ezell Key Feed Co. Burglarized At Local Store
Ezell-Key Feed Co. at 1607 Twenty-fifth Street was burglarized last weekend. Police report $14.70 in silver stolen from an open cash drawer. No forced entry found. investigators believe a juvenile pried open a sliding door to enter and exit.
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Ezell-Key Feed Co
Twenty-fifth Street
T. L. Steele
J. O. Pierce Dies Sunday at 44 in Temple Hospital
Julian Oscar Pierce 44 of Lamesa Highway Snyder died 10 07 a m Sunday at Scott and White Hospital Temple. He lived in Scurry County six years moving from Salem Illinois native of Oilton Oklahoma married Opal Dean Farmer Aug 31 1940 Perryville Missouri. Survived by wife daughter Brenda Sue Pierce mother Mrs Arthur R Pierce Oilton Okla sister Beatries Creps Fairfax Okla brother Tome Pierce Oilton Okla. Funeral services set in Union Baptist Church Tuesday and Oilton Baptist Church Thursday under Bell Funeral Home with Oaklawn Cemetery Bristow Oklahoma burial.
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Julian Oscar Pierce
Lamesa
Snyder
Scott and White
Temple
Pierce
Magnolia
Scurry County
Salem
Ill
Oilton
Okla
Opal Dean Farmer
Perryville
Brenda Sue Pierce
Arthur, R. Pierce
Beatries Creps
Fairfax
Tome Pierce
Union Baptist
Bell Funeral Home
Oaklawn
Bristow
State Cotton Crop Is Cut Sharply
The Agriculture Department reports U S cotton acreage on July 1 at 14,224,000 acres, down 15 percent from last year. Texas acreage stands at 6,250,000, 88 percent of last year, with 6,200,000 harvested. Government programs aim to curb overproduction through planting allotments, marketing quotas, and soil bank retirements totaling $153,310,900.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Department
Soil Bank
The
Gov
North Carolina
South
Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
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C. L. Hale
Ned H. Dearborn
Eugene Whitfield
Glenn Adair
Itasca
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Avenue R
Avenue S
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-fifth Streets
Lee Watson
Warsaw
Ivan A. Serov
Mikhail G. Pervukhin
Ezell-Key
J. O. Pierce
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