Producer Margo Jones Dies Sunday
Dallas theater pioneer Margo Jones who popularized theater-in-the-round died overnight at 41 from kidney disease blamed on cleaning fluid fumes. The Broadway producer of Inherit the Wind helped found Theater 47 in Dallas and mentored Tennessee Williams early works. Survivors include her mother and two brothers.
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Dallas
Margo Jones
Paul Muni
New York
Eddie Dowling
Tennessee Williams
Glass Menagerie
New York Drama Critics Circle
Miss Jones
Rockefeller Foundation
Theater
Arena Theaters
Margaret Virginia Jones
Livingston
Tex
Margo
Texas State College For Women
Denton
R. H. Jones
Charles Jones
Richard Jones
Houston
Willard Cogdell Jr Reported as Third Polio Case
Scurry County records a third polio case of the year with Willard Cogdell Jr a 28 year old Snyder resident diagnosed Saturday night. He was moved to Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene in serious condition with bulbar polio affecting pharyngeal muscles. The second case, Barbara Ann Lindsey 24 of Colorado City, is considered not serious and recovering at home Patsy Johnson 14 from Hermleigh was the first victim stricken in February.
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Scurry County
Willard Cogdell, Jr
Snyder
Cogdell
Bolger Ambulance
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Willard Cogdell
Colorado City
Barbara Ann Lindsey
G. L. Lindsey
Avenue C
Patsy Johnson
Bob Johnson
Hermleigh
U S and Reds to talk civilian repatriation in Geneva
The United States and Red China will send ambassadors to Geneva next Monday to discuss repatriation of civilians and other issues. U S Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Alexis Johnson will represent the United States, arriving for quick talks with Dulles. The aim is to secure the release of 51 Americans held in Red China, including 15 fliers.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Geneva
State Department
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Dulles
Henry Suydam
India
Burma
Suydam
Peoples’ Republic of China
United Kingdom
Red
China
Peiping
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Republic of China
United Nations
Motor Buggy Pilots Heading For Alaska
Long Beach California two housewives from Pennsylvania plan a pilot trip to Alaska in a 1920 Sears Roebuck motor buggy. Mrs Kitty Ruth Partridge aged 41 and Mrs Margaret Wandbaugh aged 42 drove 3 100 miles from York Pennsylvania arriving a week ago. They intend to depart for Alaska in October after rest and overhaul.
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Long Beach
Calif
Sears-Roebuck
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Kitty Ruth Partridge
Margaret Wandbaugh
Compton
J. J. Ruth
York
Marcellus Diehl
San Francisco
Big Powers Open Second Stage Of Try To End World Tension
Geneva reports show the four powers start the second stage of negotiations to ease tensions. Experts in capitals prepare detailed plans on disarmament German unification and European security for late summer and fall talks.
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Max Harrelson
Geneva
U.S
Desegregation Compared to Baseball by NAACP Leader
Thurgood Marshall told the American Teachers Assn convention that opposition to school desegregation is like arguing with an umpire and that education in federal courts will follow. He noted TSU's July 13 move toward desegregation by whites at Houston and urged concrete steps this fall to finish desegregation by the September 1956 term.
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Houston
South
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
American Teachers Assn
Marshall
NAACP
Citizens Council
Kilgore
Tex
Texas Southern University
TSU
Baltimore
U. S. Supreme Court
Marauding Gunman Out Again Strikes Wichita Falls Housewife
A bullet shattered a living room window injuring Mrs. Harry Horton as she sat with her husband in their Wichita Falls home. Police recall the 1953 rifleman spree that killed Ermin Berend and wounded Marie Thorman and fear a renewed attack with no clues. The Hortons live near a suburban road and deny knowing any enemies.
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Wichita .Falls
Tex
Harry Horton
S. J. Lawrence
Horton
Ermin Berend
Winthurst
Wichita Falls
Jacksboro
Berend
Marie Thorman
Miss Thorman
Hortons
Services Tomorrow For Cordell Hall
Washington National Cathedral will host services tomorrow morning for Cordell Hall the former secretary of state who died Saturday at age 83 The Very Rev Francis B Sayre Jr dean of the Episcopal cathedral will conduct the rites
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Washington
Washington National Cathedral
Cordell Hall
Episcopal Cathedral
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Reserves Bill Moves Toward House Approval
Rep Vinson asserts the military reserves plan marks a new era in national defense as the House prepares to approve a compromise version requiring Senate OK. The program would train up to 250000 youths annually for six years of reserve service, with draft exemptions for under 18½, and potential recall authority for noncompliant enrollees. If successful, reserves could rise toward 2900000 men, enabling broader cuts to regular forces by mid 1956.
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Donald Sanders
Washington
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Congress
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Knowland
California
White House
Eisenhower
Pentagon
House Armed Services Committee
Los Angeles Ends Longest Transit Strike
Los Angeles ends its longest transit strike after 34 days as 1,152 to 493 votes approve return to work. The stoppage hit 900,000 riders daily with $2,345,000 in lost revenue for the Transit Lines and $710,000 in lost pay for operators. Wages rise from 1.91 to 1.97 an hour after the agreement.
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Los Angeles
Division 1277
AFL
Amalgamated Assn
Electric Railway
Texas Legion Elects New State Commander
Charles L. Downey of Pleasanton was elected state department commander, succeeding E. L. Jackson of Cisco. Warren G. Moore of Tyler named judge advocate and Ceril L. Bushacre of Odessa sergeant at arms. Reelected were Rev. Marcus A. Valenta, W. F. Spiegel, and Raymond A. Gray. Mrs. J. B. Martin of Trinity elected auxiliary president. Dallas chosen for 1956 convention.
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San Antonio
Texas American Legion
Charles L. Downey
Pleasanton
State Department
Downey
E. L
Stonewall) Jackson
Cisco
Warren G. Moore
Tyler
Ceril L. Bushacre
Odessa
Marcus A. Valenta
Elampo
W. F. Spiegel
Port Arthur
Raymond A. Gray
Greenville
J. B. Martin
Trinity
Dallas
Weather report for Texas regions with scattered storms
North Central Texas sees partly cloudy warm conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in Pecos Valley and South Plains and no major temperature change. East and South Central Texas have similar conditions with warm afternoons and widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms and moderate coastal winds.
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Texas
West Texas
Pecos Valley
South Plains
Texas Democratic Leaders Eye Return to National Fold
Democratic leaders including Gov. Allan Shivers may seek a two member Texas national committee again, replacing Wright Morrow who backed Eisenhower in 1952. The rift with Morrow across party lines risks a public clash at today’s state executive committee meeting as efforts shift to restore Rayburn and Johnson-backed control ahead of 1956 conventions.
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Austin
Gary
Allan Shivers
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wright Morrow
Eisenhower
H. H. Weinert
Seguin
Shivers
National Committee
Morrow
Sam Rayburn
Stevenson
Paul Butler
Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
GOP
Democratic Advictory Council
Eisenhower Briefs Congress on Geneva Summit
President Eisenhower told congressional leaders no secret agreements were made at the Big Four meeting and no private papers were initiated. Dulles and Hagerty described an atmosphere of willingness to work together, with China discussed only in light of forthcoming talks. The briefing covered daily Geneva discussions and the conference directive to foreign ministers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
State Dulles
Geneva
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Free World
China
State Department
Red China
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Nixon
Senate
House
Foreign Relations
Armed Services
Appropriations
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Houston Drive Against Mayor Losing Steam
The Houston city Council effort to impeach Mayor Roy Hofheinz has slowed as three council members say they are unsure about further action. A strategy session with attorney George Neal was planned to decide whether to pursue or drop the impeachment bid.
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Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Matt Wilson
Ira Kohler
Jim Heflin
George Neal
Hofheinz
Wilson
Kohler
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Reds
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Shen Ping
Russia
Eden
Germany
Europe
Bulganin
Faure
Paris
Communist Party
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Kremlin
Khrushchev
East Berlin
West Germany
NATO
Corpus Christi
Texas Legion
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