Senate Hearing Set On Powers Story By U2 Pilot
U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers will testify in open session before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday afternoon. The briefing followed a CIA report and a prior closed session with subcommittees. Powers is expected to address how his plane was downed and his actions afterward.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Central Intelligence
John A. McCone
Senate
Georgia
McCone
Powers
United States
Armed Services and Appropriations Committees
Russia
Ussr
Central Intelligency Agency
Soviet Union
Rudolf J. Abel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Full Armed Services Committee
Plane Crash Kills 111 As British Airliner Is Lost Near Douala
Rescue teams found the chartered DC7C wreck in a Cameroonian swamp near Douala with 111 dead aboard. The flight from Africa to Europe carried 101 passengers and 10 crew, including Britons, South Africans and others, marking Africa's worst civilian air disaster.
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Yrounde
Cameroon
Douala
Japan
United States
Europe
West African Republic
South Africa
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Africa
Air France
Sahara
Pipeline OK’d to Cross County Roads by Mesa Pipeline
County commissioners granted Mesa Pipeline Co. permission to cross county roads in the county’s southern section. In other action, the court set car expenses at 75 per month for the sanitation officer at the city county health unit. L. T. Vaughan, formerly with the unit, becomes state sanitation officer.
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Mesa Pipeline Co
L. T. Vaughan
Reds Reluctantly Agree To Sub Summit Session
Soviet Premier Khrushchev accepted a U S British proposal to open Geneva talks with a foreign ministers meeting. Gromyko will attend and may meet U S Secretary Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Home. Foster urged tighter inspection and warned against relying on Soviet promises. Kennedy returns from Middleburg VA as U S aims to resume atmospheric tests in late April unless a test ban treaty is signed.
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Khrushchev
Geneva
United States
State Department
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
William Foster
Moscow
Kennedy
Middleburg
Soviet Union
Harold Macmillan
Foster
London
Sunday Times
Britain
Ussr
London Observer
Public Schools Week Highlighted Transportation in Snyder Texas
Governor Daniel endorses Public Schools Week as Snyder and Texas districts invite visits. The Snyder system relies on 2 bus routes covering 1,256 miles daily with 601 stops and 967 students bused.
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Snyder
John McCright
Curtiss Hamm
A . T. Thompson
Daniel
Texas
Cottonwood Flat
Shriveled Echo Surprises Experts By NASA
Echo balloon satellite may have shrunk to 25 to 50 feet but could stay in orbit 12 to 18 months. Launched Aug 12 1960 Echo has given new data on micrometeorites atmosphere solar winds and thermal effects. It will reappear before dawn over North American sites including El Paso Dallas Waco Beaumont and Galveston on upcoming dates.
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Vern Haugland
NASA
Earth
Echo
Holmdel
N. J
Stump Neck
United States
North America
el Paso
Dallas
Waco
Beaumont
Galveston
Cold Wave Grips State Across Texas
The Associated Press reports a cold air mass moved into Texas with 11 degree readings in Dalhart and near freezing across the northern third. Brownsville remained warm at 59 degrees as skies cleared and forecasts predicted lows from 18 in the Panhandle to the high 30s in southern areas through Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mercury
Dalhart
Panhandle
Brownsville
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Fragmented forecast notes for Snyder and multiple Texas regions. Mentions highs from 55 to 75 and lows from 10 to 45 degrees. Describes cooler tonight and warmer Tuesday with generally clear conditions across Northwest to Southeast Texas.
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Snyder
Texas
Perth
Khrushchev Pushes Farm Boost and Industrial Growth
Soviet Premier Khrushchev called for intensified agriculture while warning against neglect of industry at a Central Committee meeting. He cited a 33 percent industrial output rise since 1959 and urged expanding food production as a key public matter.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Radio Moscow
Communist Party of the
United States of America
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Beck In Race At Hermleigh School Trustee Election
The county superintendent records a petition filed to place Jimmy Beck on the Hermleigh School Trustee ballot. Signers include Opal Watson John Schattel Raymond May Edwin Kuss and Billy J Clifton. The April 7 school elections approach as candidates file by today.
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Hermleigh
Jimmy Beck
Beck
Opal Watson
John Schattel
Raymond May
Edwin Kuss
Billy J. Clifton
Six Appointed To Interim Committees In Texas House
Speaker James Turman named six Texas House members to two interim bodies. The Interim Office Committee will be led by Rep. Will Smith of Beaumont with Reps. Emmett Lack of Kountze and Lloyd Guffey of El Campo aboard to handle office space needs as about five members currently have offices. Rep. Ben Lewis of Dallas was named chairman of another committee to oversee the distribution of paintings and other unspecified duties, with additional members from Lavin and Greenville.
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James Turman
Will Smith
Beaumont
Emmett Lack
Kountze
Lloyd Guffey
el Campo
Ben Lewis
Dallas
Lavin
Greenville
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Trudy Cooper
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