Eisenhower says Soviet plane incident local, not policy
President Eisenhower maintained the Soviet shot down a U S Navy plane was a local occurrence not a policy stance. He criticized Congress for inaction on his proposals, noted Soviet regret over the incident, and discussed Geneva talks, Dixon Yates, security probes, and satellite freedom with cautious optimism.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Dulles
United States
Geneva
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
New England
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Dixon-Yates
Rowland Hughes
Dixon- Yates
Sen
Kefauver
Dtenn
House
Snyder Board Awards Junior High Construction Bids
Snyder school board accepted low bids for junior high facilities totaling 200818.06 to Suggs Construction Co Big Spring for the general contract C D Electric Co Big Spring for electrical work and Bowen Plumbing Co San Angelo for mechanical work. The project includes a band and music building and shop spaces on the junior high campus. General bid 155770 electrical 14976.06 mechanical 30072 total under estimate by about 35000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder School Board of Trustees
Suggs Construction Co
Big Spring
C & D Electric Co
Bowen Plumbing Co
San Angelo
Suggs
Bowen
A. P. Kasch Co
W. R. Grimshaw
Warner Construction
Jones Construction
Horn Construction
Cooper Construction
Electrical
Phillips Electric
Gilliland Electric
Boss Electric
Howell Electric
J. P. Bollinger Kasch
Taylor Plumbing
Pearson Bros
Webb Plumbing
Fred Buford
Dallas
Buford & Fein
Buford
Snyder
Williamson
Max West
Paul Keaton
Bill Grimmett
Clyde Godwin
Wayne Boren
Hardy Scarborough
Plant Cuttings Delay Garbage Collection
Sanitation chief Earl Davis warns residents to place grass clippings in proper containers to avoid delays. Piling clippings slows pickups, with trucks running a day late on some routes. collectors have had to handle up to seven loads on days normally yielding three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Davis
Davis
House Revises Foreign Aid House Debates Yugoslavia Cuts
House actions on foreign aid include Edna Kelly proposal to cut all aid to Marshal Tito's government and Fulton amendment to bar shipment of latest jet planes to Yugoslavia until allied air forces are fully equipped. Debate centers on a 3.2857 billion dollar aid bill with Yugoslavia earmarked for about 40 percent in economic help and possible military funds. Bonner seeks to require half of aid goods sail on American vessels while Richards urges maintaining the program, citing long term investment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yugoslavia
House
Eisenhower
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Marshal Tito
Rep
Fulton
R-Pa
Tito
Kremlin
Bonner
D-Nc
Merchant Marine Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
D-Sc
Shivers Not A Candidate For Vice President Right Now
Texas Governor Alan Shivers told reporters at a New York City news conference he is not a candidate for president vice president or any other office at this time He declined comment on 1956 presidential support and urged industry to avoid Texas for expansion while praising Eisenhowers policies and warning against centralized government He criticized school desegregation efforts and defended states rights as national rights amid party tensions
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New York
Texas
Alan Shivers
Shivers
Eisenhower
South
Sales Executive Club of
Agriculture
Benson
Washon
Big Steel Banks Fires For Strike Looms
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald and U S Steel Corp president Clifford Hood traded claims as Big Steel began banking furnaces ahead of a threatened nationwide strike. Industry executives warned of damage to the economy while USW sought a higher wage offer amid tentative talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Clifford Hood
U. S. Steel Corp
Hood
McDonald
U. S. Steel
CIO United
Buffalo Courier-Express
Joseph P. Molony
Upstate New York
USW
Washington
Inland Steel Corp
Indiana Harbor
Ind
U.S. Steel
Big Steel
Republic Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Molony
United Auto Wars
UAW
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
Rain Delivers Helpful Rainfall Across Snyder County
Rain spread across Snyder County with the eastern half receiving the most relief. Totals ranged from 0.38 to 2.6 inches, boosting crops but leaving some areas light. Snyder measured 0.76 inches, raising year to date to 8.85 inches and June to 14.0. Weather observer David Strayhorn noted 102 degree heat prior, with 63 overnight and 70 this morning.
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Snyder
David Strayhorn
Helmleigh
O. L. Stuard
Roby Highway
Lloyd Mountain
Raymond Sims
John Stavely
Fluvanna
Strayhorn
Jay Rogers
Lion Diamond M
Here
Lake J. B. Thomas
Gail
Dickinson slayers hunt widower mother and son killed
Dickinson Texas officers pursue leads in East Texas California and Florida after the bodies of Ruby McPherson 44 her son George 12 and her mother Oa Norman 71 were found shot in their home. An Air Force linked suspect description centers on a 24 year old man seen with McPherson in Dickinson and an East Texas photo lead is shared with Los Angeles investigators.
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Dickinson
Tex
Texas
California
Florida
Galveston County
Frank Braggne
East Texas
Los Angeles
Calif
Air Force
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
League City
Ruby McPherson
George
Oa Norman
Hitchcock
McPherson
Braggne
W. E. Hallinen
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Hallinen
Biaggne
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon in Texas regions
The forecast notes cloudy and warm conditions this afternoon across North Central Texas with scattered thunderstorms possible on Thursday. Portions of Panhandle, South Plains, Pecos Valley, East and South Central Texas are listed with isolated thundershowers. Moderate to fresh onshore winds along the coast.
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Texas
Pananaie
South Plains
Pecos Valley
White charges labor discredited in Lone Star politics
Dallas state Agriculture Commissioner John White says labor in Texas politics has been hampered by discrediting attacks. He urges a new cooperative labor policy linking agriculture, business, and labor for a pro-people, constructive approach and better living standards. Rep. Joe Burkett criticizes organized labor and AFL policies while Wyoming Schmitzler criticizes Eisenhower administration for pro-big business stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
John Whitechar
White
Texas Federation of Labor Convention
Texas
Joe Burkett
Kerrville
AFL
Wyam Schmitzler
Washington
National
Eisenhower
Integration In State Prison Is Requested
Five Latin American felons petition a federal court to end segregation in the Texas Prison System. They name O. B. Ellis and the nine board members as defendants, seek 5000 dollars in actual and 5000 dollars in punitive damages, and allege a plan of discriminatory segregation. The suit cites prisoners Ben Rios Mateo Camarillo George Ramirez Abraham Rios and Ernesto Longoria confined to Harlem Farm No. 1 in Richmond Fort Bend and Blue Ride Farm in Harris counties. Ellis defends that segregation is based on multiple factors beyond race and says the state will answer with the attorney general.
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Houston
Federal District Court
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Prison
John J. Herrera
Civil Rights Department
Alianza Hispano- Americana
Ben Rios
Mateo Camarillo
George Ramirez
Abrahama Rios
Ernesto Longoria
Harlem Farm No. 1
Richmond
Ellis
Texas Attorney General's Office
Fort Bend County
Harris County
UT leases fetch 7.45 million in West Texas auction
The University of Texas Permanent Fund gains 7,447,500 from the 35th oil and gas lease sale covering 56,392 acres across 13 West Texas counties. Highest bid comes from Magnesia Petroleum Co. for 2,638.8 acres in Upton County, with second highest Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co. on 2,301 acres near Barnhart. Bids for many blocks include Pure Oil, Shell Oil, Stanolind, and Texas Co. across Crane Reagan Crockett Andrews Martin Ector Pecos Winkler Ward Loving Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas Permanent Fund
West Texas Corn Magnesia Petroleum Co
Upton County
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co
Crockett County
Barnhart Field
Texas Co
Crane County
Pure Oil Co
Reagan
Crockett
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Shell Oil
Andrews
Martin, Crane, Ector
Upton
Reagan, Crockett
Irion
Pecos
Winkler, Ward
Loving
Cooke Counties
Eisenhower urged to press release of airmen
Senator Humphrey urged President Eisenhower to press Soviet leaders to use influence on China for the release of all American airmen held in Communist jails and to pursue direct talks with China if needed. Mansfield and Dulles weighed conditions linking prisoner release to any talks, stressing legal obligations to return Americans.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
China
United States
Red China
U.S
Dulles
Mansfied
D-Mont
Peipi Senate
Calif
Mansfield
Sagouehe
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Army
Washington, D.C
Ridgway
Con
Bollinger
C&d
West
Russell Brines
Gov
William McComb
Belfast
Ireland
June
McComb
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Rotan
Fizzle
Triple Slayer
Lone Star
University of Texas
Ike
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