Eisenhower Holds Sitting Up Work Conference At White House
President Eisenhower, after a long sit up period, meets with White House aides and plans with 40 Republican National Convention leaders nearby. The White House reduces daily medical bulletins to two, with Saturday as the reporting day, as recovery from his operation continues. He signs 11 bills including Texas City tin smelter disposal and tobacco quota shifts, and accepts the resignation of Joseph Dodge as head of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Hagerty
Adams
Walter Reed Hospital
Joseph M. Dodge
Council On Foreign Economic Policy
Fort Worth Feeder Sale draws 7256 calves and yearlings
The Fort Worth Livestock Market hosted a stocker and feeder sale with 7256 choice Hereford calves and yearlings. Grand champion steer yearlings came from the John Black estate of Granbury, reserve champion steers from Bonds Ranch of Hicks, champion steer lot from Shaw and Beard of Bowie, grand champion heifers from McKay Cattle Co. of Graham, and reserve champion heifers from John Murrin of Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
John Black
Granbury
Bonds Ranch
Hicks
Shaw and Beard
Bowie
McKay Cattle Co
Graham
John Murrin
Harriman's Wife Plans to Join Campaign Tour
Mrs Averell Harriman wife of New York governor says she is ready to accompany her husband during his Democratic presidential nomination campaign.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Government worries over possible steelworkers strike
Washington officials fear a steelwalkout could disrupt the economy and complicate a campaign year. If no deal by the June 30 contract expiry, the Taft Hartley act may be invoked for an 80 day injunction, though mediation may yet intervene to move talks to Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers Union
Obliging Locksmith Helps Unlock Auto
Miss Virginia Zimmerman arrived as a stranger drove off in her parked car. An obliging locksmith opened the vehicle after the man claimed he lost his keys. State police later arrested John Moore, 35, on Rt. 35 in Raritan Township near Keyport, charged with theft of a motor vehicle.
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Asbury Park
N.J
Virginia Zimmerman
John Moore
Raritan Township
Keyport
Republicans Prepare Plans For National Convention In San Francisco
A 46 member GOP arrangements committee meets to approve final plans for the convention opening August 20 in San Francisco. Eisenhower may run again, with Nixon as possible second on the ticket. City and business leaders support a four day schedule for economic reasons.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Walter Reed Hospital
Hall
San Francisco
Nixon
Sens. Saltonstall
Mass
Dirksen
Ill
Rep. Halleck
Ind
Christian A. Herter
William G. Stratton
George N. Craig
Arthur B. Langlie
Wash
Douglas McKay
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Oregon
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Three Guardmen Charged in Waco Rape Case
Three Port Arthur National Guard members face rape charges after a Waco incident. Pfc. Rayford Garrie, 21, with the 36th Division, and two others from North Ft Hood, Mark LaGrape and Harold Poole, were named in complaints. Warrants were delivered to Ft Hood. bond not yet set.
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Waco
National
Pfc
Rayford Garrie
36Th Division
North Ft Hood
Mark LaGrape
Harold Poole
North Ft. Hood
Ft. Hood
Asst. Dist. Atty
Bernie Walker
Elmer Branlept
Jet Thompson
Justice of Peace
Ray Mormino
Violent South Plains Storm Destroys Crops
A severe storm swept the South Plains with wind hail and rain. Hail damaged 500 to 700 acres of cotton and about 250 acres of grain near Sudan Amherst and Plains. Lightning injured a farm worker near Sudan. Heavy rainfall and flooded roads disrupted travel across the region. Temperatures spiked with highs in the 90s and 100s across many areas.
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Associated Press
South Plains
Texas
Sudan-Amherst
Plains
Plainview-Lubbock
Abernathy
Wilson Questions Use of Extra Air Force Money
Secretary of Defense Wilson questioned whether to use additional Air Force funds amid Senate moves to boost defense spending. He said he would cross the bridge if Congress votes the money but currently does not think it is needed.
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Federal Mediation Service
Mediation Service
Joseph F. Finnegan
New York
Washington
Ton
Senate Internal Security
Lodge
U.N
Petukhov
Shatov
Wilson
Quantico
Senate
Marine Corps Base
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Soviet Russia
House
Navy
Russia
Weather Outlook for West Texas and Panhandle
Yesterday's high was 103 and low 71. This morning at 7 30 a.m. reading is 79. West Texas: partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Panhandle: not quite as warm tonight and Saturday.
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Jand
Arredo Ingalisis
Sudan
Plains
Lubbock
Abernathy
Seminole
Hobbs
N.M
Plainview
Wink
Laredo
Cotulla
Mineral Wells
Galveston
Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
New Crop Dust Poison Seen Killing Fish in Olmito Lake
Officials report about 8,950 dead fish in a 416 foot shore area of Olmito Lake following crop dusting by planes using a new extra potent poison aimed at boll weevils and cabbage loopers. Experts warn on drinking water effects while noting uncertain persistence in water and potential human risk.
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Olmito
Tex
Olmito Lake
Bill Stewart
Houton Maples
Stewart
James Lang
Lang
Joe Breuer
The
Game Commission
Breuer
Texas
Mail Sack Swiped Beer Found With Youths Near Dermott
Two Lubbock youths Albert White Jr and Mack Henderson in custody for possession of beer wine and whiskey in a dry area after a green 1941 Ford was stopped at Dermott by deputies Bill Love and Leonard White. A mail sack identified by Dermott post office officials as stolen a week earlier was found in the car. Fugitive Luther Lee Jackson fled but faces charges for transporting alcohol through a dry area. Henderson previously fined $125 in December 1953 for similar offenses.
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Albert White, Jr
Mack Henderson
Lubbock
Luther Lee Jackson
Bill Love
Leonard White
Dermott
Post Office
Abilene
Henderson
Snyder
R. G. McMicheal Dies At Home In City
R. G. McMicheal died at his home 1400 Nineteenth Street at 3:55 a.m. today. Funeral services are pending and will be announced later by Bell Funeral Home.
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R. G. McMicheal
Nineteenth Street
Bell Funeral Home
State Water Plan Advances With 100 Million Bond Fund
Texas lawmakers push a constitutional amendment to issue 100 million dollars in state bonds for a water development fund. The plan bypasses ad valorem and water-use taxes, with an ex officio board of governor, treasurer, and comptroller to manage bond sales under a two thirds vote of both houses before voter approval.
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Leroy Saul
Kress
Saul
Texas Water Development Fund
House
Senate
Woter
Reds Fire On Quemoy
The Defense Ministry said Chinese forces fired 20 shells at Quemoy today, killing a civilian on the nationalist-held island and causing two hours of interruption.
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Taipei
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Quemoy
Juror Questions Hit Hearing Over Taylor Sentence
Four jurors questioned in a defense motion for a new trial in the Charles Everett Taylor murder case. Jurors Byrd Baker Haggerton and Hire testified about ballots and an average sentence of 35 years used as a basis, while the court had not answered the parole question. Judge Sterling Williams presides.
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Charles Everett Taylor
C. L. Byrd
E. N. Baker
Billy Haggerton
Don Hire
Taylor
Ruth Nichols
Dell Barber
Barber
C. F. McGaw
Renal B. Rosson
Wayland G. Holt
Sterling Williams
Benson Kefauver critique farm policy in Iowa visit
Ezra Benson and Sen. Estes Kefauver spoke at the Iowa Corn Belt Farm Family Field Day in Eldora concentrating on farm policy. Kefauver said the Eisenhower administration bungles the 1956 farm program and warned of declining farm income while Benson defended policies and noted the soil bank is temporary with full operation years ahead.
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Eldora
Iowa
Ezra Benson
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Benson
Cies
New Soil Bank
Soil Bank
Main Street
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