Harriman Says U S Gains Bad Reputation
Democratic Gov Averell Harriman of New York says the Eisenhower administration has given the nation a reputation for warlike behavior. Governor McKeldin of Maryland counters as Governors Conference opens with education talk.
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Atlantic City
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeldin
McKeldin
McKelden
Eisenhower
A. B
Happy
Chandler
Senate
Kentucky
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
C. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Williams
Park location discussed as bond project in Snyder
Scurry County commissioners conferred with a property owner on a proposed park site to be built in south Snyder under a voter authorized bond issue. The court planned another site discussion with a second owner and would also review a county library and airport runway expansion with architect M C Butler of Lubbock.
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Scurry County Commissioners Court
South
Snyder
M. C. Butler
Lubbock
Archias
Major Bills Move Through Congress Toward Adjournment
Washington leaders push for adjournment in three weeks as defense money, foreign aid, highways and school aid bills shape the week. Senate nears vote on a defense bill boosting Air Force funding. veterans pension legislation faces House battle with the Legion backing higher payments.
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Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Wilson
E Eisenhower
House
American Legion
Democratic House
Legion
Rep
Powell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
British Plane Crash Kills 31 In Northern Nigeria
A four engine British Overseas Airways Argonaut crashed after takeoff from Kano in northern Nigeria killing 31 people including American Mobiloil Nigeria manager G K Eysaman of Mohawk New York. Surviving crew and passengers were rescued by Kane airport emergency squad.
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Lagos
Nigeria
G. K. Eysaman
Mohawk
N.Y
Mobiloil Nigeria, Ltd
Ibadan
New York
United States
Ann
L. A. Ward
Reading
England
Kay Buckley
British Overseas Airways Argonaut
London
Tripoli
Libya
Kano
H. V. Tomlinson
Royal Air Force
Kane Airport
Midland Men Killed Injured In Accident
ODESSA William McCuan 25 of Midland was killed when a car overturned about six miles east of Odessa. McCuan died in an Odessa hospital about an hour after the crash. Driver Wayne Lane Milligan 29 of Midland suffered critical head injuries and multiple cuts. Patrolman John Whit said Milligan apparently lost control and the car struck a center island, both men thrown from the vehicle. Both worked for Riley Reproduction Co. of Midland.
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Odessa
Wiliam McCuan
Midland
Here
McCuan
Wayne Lane Milligan
John Whit
Milligan
Riley Reproduction Co
Nasser Wins Egypt Vote as New Republic Proclaimed
Premier Gamal Abdal Nasser wins more than 90 percent in Egypt’s first secret ballot election with 4.7 million voters. The Interior Ministry reports 94 percent turnout, 99.7 percent for Nasser, and 97.7 percent ratification of the new constitution. The Revolution Command Council grants the interior minister detention powers for 10 years. Ike to leave Walter Reed late this week for Gettysburg. plans include a Panama meeting and a possible White House return after recovery.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
E. D. Kiselev
Nasser
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Minister of the Interior
Farouk
Wafd
Mustapha el Nahas
Mohamed Naguib
Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Panama City
Nehru
India
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Car Truck Collision Kills Two Near China
PORT ARTHUR two persons died in an early morning car truck crash about 25 miles west of the city near China. Victims were William Wynn 46 and Mrs Virginia Harndon about 40 both of Beaumont. The truck driver escaped injury as both vehicles were badly damaged.
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Port Arthur
Here
China
William Wynn
Virginia Harndon
Beaumont
County Escapee Bennett Recaptured After Meeker Arrest
Billy Jack Bennett who escaped from Scurry County jail on August 30 1955 after a burglary charge has been captured in Meeker California. Sheriff Homer Whisnand said authorities plan to return him to Snyder. Bennett previously confessed to the Western Union office robbery on June 17 1951 and the Sunbeam Cash Food Market burglary on July 20 1951 and faced federal charges for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He has served time at Fort Leavenworth and Huntsville Penitentiary and was on parole when the Snyder burglaries occurred.
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Scurry County
Meeker
Calif
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Western Union
Sunbeam
Richard Crawford
Crawford
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal District Attorney
Fort Worth
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Huntsville State Penitentiary
Snyder
State Penitentiary
Graham
Seymour
British Judge Shot By Cypriot Gunmen
In Nicosia two gunmen shot British judge Bernard Shaw in the head and neck as he sat in a guarded car. Shaw, presiding over a special emergency court, was hospitalized in serious condition. Police cordoned the Armenian quarter as British troops fired on assailants who escaped in a small car.
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Cyprus
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Britain
Old City
Special Court
Deftera
Weather Summary for Snyder West Texas
West Texas forecast through Tuesday calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thunderstorms and little temperature change. Saturdays highs near 100 degrees, lows around 73, yesterday’s highs near 100 with a 70 low, and 7 30 a m reading at 75.
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Snyder
West Texas
Boy Burns To Death In Houston House Fire
Houston police report a 16 year old boy Christopher Aldaco died in a two story frame home fire yesterday. His two half brothers Charles Hernandez age five and Gabriel Hernandez age seven were listed in fair condition.
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Houston
Christopher Aldaco
Charles Hernandez
Gabriel Hernandez
Bond Set For Two Youths In Dry Area Case
Albert White Jr and Mack Henderson are each held on $1000 bond after arrest for possession of beer wine and whiskey in a dry area. They were picked up in Dermott early Friday and remain in jail.
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Albert White, Jr
Mack Henderson
Dermott
Hawaiian Miss America Contest Winner Named Jere Wright
Willowy blue eyed Jere Wright 20, born in Paris Texas, 36-24-36, University of Hawaii coed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Wright of Los Angeles, was chosen Saturday night to represent Hawaii in the Miss America contest in Honolulu.
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Jere Wright
Paris
Tex
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Two Escapees Nabbed After Speedy Chase
Two fugitives from Louisville jailed on armed robbery charges were captured on U S 66 near Pontiac after a high speed pursuit that saw their car leave the highway at 100 to 110 mph. Arthur E Penn 29 and Jerry Powell 21 were uninjured as their vehicle rolled twice and skidded 65 feet. Patrolman Dean Kinsell held them at gunpoint until backup arrived. The men claimed two men who posed as police forced their car off the road. They were being held in Pontiac on jailbreak and robbery charges.
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Ill
Louisville
U.S. 66
Arthur E. Penn
Jerry Powell
Dean Kinsell
Kinsell
Penn
Illinois
Stewart Grant
Kentucky
Twining demands worldwide controls before U.S. arms cut
General Nathan Twining, visiting Moscow for Soviet aviation days, says the United States will not disarm until it can verify global controls. He notes Western observers found the display interesting but not groundbreaking. Khrushchev provocatively invites a weapons exchange while Twining cites U.S. disarmament history.
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Nathan Twining
U.S
United States
Twining
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tushino
Soviet Army Club
Korea
Britain
France
Khrushchev
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