Storms Lash Texas Panhandle With Floods And Tornado Warnings
Strong storms drenched Texas from the Panhandle to the Dallas area, dropping up to 2.5 inches of rain in Knapp and causing widespread damage. Hail, winds to 75 mph, and floods closed major routes from Clarendon to Amarillo. Three children died in Quanah after their storm cellar flooded while a tornado was feared near Quanah. Red Cross deployed crews to multiple towns including Quanah Elba Vernon and Wichita Falls.
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Snyder
Knapp
Ira
Dunn
Hermleigh
Gail
Lake Thomas
David Strayhorn
Texas
Abilene
Mineral Wells
Waco
Austin
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Dallas
Panhandle
South Plains
Clarendon
Red Cross
Quanah
Ira Keeney
Quanali
M. C. Owen
Elba
Vernon
Stinnett
Amarillo
Canyon
Stratford
Midland
Keeney
Claude
Dumas
Drownings Lead Texas Violent Deaths Amid Storm Tragedies
The Associated Press reports drownings topped Texas violent deaths this week, with eight fatalities due to flooding and turbulent weather. The incidents spanned Quanah, San Angelo, Dallas, Houston, and other spots, including eight-year-old divers and several stabbing and shooting deaths.
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Texas
Quanah
Doris Allene Keeney
Thomas Truman Keeney
Alma Dean Keeney
Ira Keeney
Keeney
Alma Dean
Emma Jean
Bill Cole
A. A. Cole
Odessa
Lake Nasworth
San Angelo
Tom Jackson
Indaapolis
Ind
Houston
John Williams
San Antonio
Casmiere Vasquez
Natalia
S. L. Wade
Dallas
Jelke's Prison Start Delayed One Day
New York Minot F Jelke age 25 had a 24 hour delay in starting his Sing Sing sentence due to no prison van being available. Jelke, margarine heir, was sentenced April 20 to two to three years for compulsory prostitution. He had a bail appeal denied. transfer planned from city prison to Sing Sing tomorrow with other prisoners.
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New York
Transit Workers Strike Hits Los Angeles Transit
A predawn meeting called a strike by 2,600 Los Angeles transit workers stranded 900,000 riders as the AFL Transportation Workers Union rejected a delayed walkout suggestion. They demand an hourly raise to 20 cents for top operators, with the company offering steps to raise pay to 2.03 dollars over two years.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Transit Lines
AFL Transportation Workers Union
Father's Day Unites Banker And Daughter
Pierre Mire, a Houston investment banker, reunites with his daughter Suzanne after 11 years. Suzanne, soon to inherit $125,000, left Reno and Los Angeles after graduating from Immaculate Heart High School. Custody had been with her mother Hildegarde Willmann in Reno since 1944. Suzanne plans to seek work in Houston, possibly as a doctor's assistant, while Mire notes his Alliance Francaise directorship and French birth.
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Houston
Pierre Mire
Suzanne
Immaculate Heart High School
Los Angeles
Reno
Nev
Texas
Hildegarde Willmann
France
The
Alliance Francaise
Eisenhower Proposes Four Star Rank for Ridgway
President Eisenhower urged the Senate to grant Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway permanent four star rank when he retires June 30 as Army chief of staff. Ridgway now holds a temporary full general title, with retirement pay unchanged at $9,687 yearly. Maxwell Taylor to succeed Ridgway. Bolling and Ferenbaugh nominated for lieutenant general on retirement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Army
Riigway
Maxwell Taylor
White House
Alexander R. Bolling
3Rd Army
Ft. McPherson
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
8Th Army
Korea
U.S. Forces
Far East
Eisenhower to Open U.N. Anniversary Session With Policy Declaration
President Eisenhower prepared to open the United Nations tenth anniversary session with a key policy declaration. Big Four ministers plan a private huddle in Geneva ahead of top-level talks, as Molotov seeks a united U.N. stand for peace.
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Max Harrelson
San Francisco
Eisenhower
U.N
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Abassador
Eduardo Zuleta
Molotov
General Assembly
Dulles
International
Columbine III
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Harold Macmillan
Vaclav David
Czechoslovakia
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Poland
Dag Hammarskjold
Pinay
U S Steel Plans Wage Increase Talks With CIO United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corp. said it will offer the CIO United Steelworkers a wage increase to speed a mutual settlement of negotiations. VP John Stephens said the offer will be made at the next meeting after resumed talks. President David J. McDonald and Stephens noted no offer today but discussed wage comparisons, cost of living, production, and expansion needs.
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Pittsburgh
Cca
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
John Stephens
Big Steel
Stephens
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Two Conferences and Butler's Tour
Democratic leader Paul Butler firms up a Texas tour with two top conferences in Seguin and a Houston talk with Jesse Jones. He also visits Uvalde to meet John Nance Garner, seeking to heal party rifts after Eisenhower carried Texas in 1952. Butler plans to press on toward 1956 amid Shivers tensions and without a luncheon with the governor.
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Dave Cheavens Seguin
Tex.s
Paul Butler
Texas
H. H. Weinert
Houston
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevel
Arsenal
Uvalde
John Nance Garner
Sage
Democrats
Butler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Mrs. Weinert
Naional
Democratic Advisory Council
Garner
Adlai Stevenson
Weather Summary for Texas and vicinity
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunderstorms across north central and central Texas. Temperatures show little change. Winds remain gentle to moderate along the coast as showers favor the northwest region.
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Texas
Northwest
Peron Secluded At His Residence
Argentina's new armed forces chief Gen Franklin Lucero pressed to restore normalcy after the navy revolt. He urged stamp out false alarms and announced troop movements limited to returning to garrisons. Peron remained secluded as the Plaza de Mayo memorial opened and city protests continued amid casualties and hospitalizations.
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Sam Summerlin
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franklin Lucero
Juan Peron
Lucero
Plaza de Mayo
Manuel Belgrano
Associated Press
Montevideo
Peron
Navy
Adm
Alberto Tessaire
Army Ministry
Government House
Metropolitan Cathedral
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Army
Uruguay
Marine Corps
Marie Natvig Is Sentenced for Perjury Under Oath
Marie Natvig, a 51 year old Miami Beach divorcee and grandmother, was sentenced in Washington by U S District Judge Alexander Holtzoff for three counts of perjury. The judge called the sentence moderate and noted he could have imposed up to 15 years. Natvig had been convicted by a jury a month earlier and had sought bond while appealing.
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Washington
U. S
Natvig
Miami Beach
Adenauer Plans for Moscow Talks After Bonn Visit
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, 79, returns to Bonn from a week in Washington, New York, and London confident in West German unity with the Atlantic alliance. He says talks with Eden and Eisenhower's allies shape a path to Moscow, stressing East German freedom and cautious steps before any Soviet invitation is accepted. He aims to test Soviet intentions on prisoners, recognition, and Germany reunification ahead of any Big Four discussions.
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George Boultwood
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
New York
London
Atlantic Alliance
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eden
Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
Ton
Moscow
East Germany
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Winnsboro
J. G. Taylor
Weatherford
Jack Denton
Cleburne
Ollie Calvin
Angelina
Jasper
James Calvin Redd
Lewis Mobley
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Mobley
Don Cornelius
William Don Smith
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Itasca
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Bobby Kessler
Josephine Lope
Elisio Uribe
Poteet
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Jelke
U.S. Steel
Marie Natvig
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