Defense chief warns counterblow needed for peace
Secretary of Defense McElroy told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the free world must stay strong enough to mount a devastating counterblow if attacked. He backed Eisenhower’s foreign aid package of about 3.94 billion dollars, with hearings led by Green and ongoing in both Senate and House. Senator Fulbright predicted broad Senate approval, though House cuts could trim the program. The authorization bill totals 3.2979 billion, with 644.1925 million carried over from last year.
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McElroy
Free World
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nathan Twining
Eisenhower
Green
D-Ri
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
House
Mansfield
Temporary TEC Office Is Studied In Snyder
The Texas Employment Commission weighs a temporary two day monthly office in Snyder to handle Scurry County unemployment applications. D E Harlow secured county approval to use the courthouse if approved, with a decision expected in about 30 days. The move would augment, not replace, the permanent TEC office and could factor into future budget plans.
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Texas Employment Commission
D. E. Harlow
Sweetwater
TEC
Snyder
Harlow
Edgar Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Sweetwater Tec
Nolan
Scurry
Mitchell
Fisher
Scurry County
Draft Call Issued For 13 000 In May
The Army issued a draft call for 13 000 men in May matching the February to April quota. The May call increases the total drafted or earmarked for induction since September 1950 to 2 322 430. Defense Department says quotas for the rest of the year will stay at about the same level.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Some Soviets Back Party Some Soviets Back Party
More than half a million voters invalidated ballots by crossing out Communist party candidates in Sundays parliamentary elections. Central Elections Commission final returns show 580,641 ballot deletions among 133,796,091 ballots cast, about one third of one percent of total votes. Turnout figures across areas ranged from 99 to 100 percent of eligible voters.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Central Elections Commission
Premier Gaillard Avoids Showdown in Cabinet talks
Premier Gaillard appeared to avoid a showdown in the cabinet on Tunisia and then met with U S and British mediators. U S envoy Robert Murphy and British Harold Beeley carried a six point plan proposing troop withdrawals from Tunisia except for Bizerta base, reaffirming Tunisian sovereignty with talks to decide status. Observation teams would study Tunisian air bases to block Algerian rebels, with future status negotiable along with reopening some southern consulates and allowing repatriation of expelled French settlers.
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Felix Gaillard
Tunisia
U. S
Good Offices
Robert Murphy
United States
Harold Beeley
Britain
Gaillard
France
Christian Pineau
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Manila
Pineau
Beeley
Murphy
Habib Bourguiba
Bizerte
Telephone Cables To Dunn Going Down
Southwestern Bell crews begin installing underground cable from Snyder toward Dunn to bring service to 20 to 30 residents and farm families along the route. Phones are expected in Dunn by May 15, with Dunn moving from the Hermleigh to the Snyder exchange. Dial phones will connect to Snyder central office. Hermleigh remains separate with toll calls between Snyder and Hermleigh.
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Dunn
Snyder
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Truman Black
Southwestern Bell
Black
Hermleigh Telephone Exchange
Snyder Exchange
Snyder Central
Hermleigh Exchange
Snyder and
Hermleigh
Dr von Braun Recalls Eight Minutes That Made Space History
Wernher von Braun told a Dallas audience about Explorer I and the eight most exciting minutes of his life as the first US satellite finally established an orbit. He noted rivals, future satellites, and the chance of human orbiting within years while crediting others for early rocketry achievements.
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Wernher von Braun
Vanguard
Explorer I
William Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Washington
von Braun
Antigua
Florida
Explorer
Way Cleared For Claims To Be Paid
The Texas Supreme Court cleared the way for creditors and depositors of the defunct U S Trust and Guaranty Co to receive partial payments. About 9 000 claimants stood to gain from an estimated 24 million dollars available for distribution after appeals over priority rights, with checks planned to be mailed within 10 days to four days. The case involves S B Douglas versus Wheeler, now James Williamson, and could return to the 98th District Court for final orders.
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State Supreme Court
U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co
High Court
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
J. D. Wheeler
Supreme Court
S. B. Douglas
Wheeler
James Williamson
Douglas
Waco
Williamson
Amarillo
98Th District Court
Weather report for Texas mostly cloudy and cold through Thursday
Readings show highs around 57 and lows near 27 with 7 am checks. East and South Central Texas report partly cloudy cold conditions with interior lows around 3 to 10 and coastal 36 to 42. North Central Texas partly cloudy with lows 25 to 35. West Texas similar with no major changes. Panhandle uncertainty noted.
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Snyder
Texas
Interior
Im Panhandle
Welewbere
Ike Seeks Speedup in 2.4 Billion Spending Plan
President Eisenhower urged faster use of 2.4 billion dollars in federal state and local funds for construction rural electrification and urban renewal. The plan prioritizes 1.248 billion federal and 1.007 billion other funds with loans for sewers water projects college housing and public housing plus rural electrification. Also notes opposition from Byrd and Dirksen to tax cuts or pump priming and the inflation risk.
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Eisenhower
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Benson
White House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
GOP
Cole
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Sen. Dirksen
Illinois
Texas Skies Clearing Ahead of Spring Arrival
Texas faces clear skies as winter ends and spring nears with a few clouds in northwest counties. Overnight temps ranged from 28 to 32 degrees with light snow in Amarillo and Lubbock. scattered light rain logged across the state. Coast Guard reported heavy weather with four vessels in distress off Port Isabel including a capsized schooner north of the port and grounded fishing boats.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Dalhart
Waco
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Austin
San Antonio
College Station
del Rio
Junction
Houston
Beaumont
Kingsville
Palacios
Beeville
Galveston
Lufkin
Coast Guard
Port Isabel
Formosa Cabinet In Major Shakeup
Premier O. K. Yui reshuffles Formosa cabinet replacing interior, finance and economic affairs ministers in first major cabinet change since 1954. President Chiang Kai-shek announced the changes, with the ousted ministers facing various charges.
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O. K. Yui
Chiang Kai-shek
Indonesian Army Controls Oil Field
The Indonesian army said the Central Sumatra oil center of Pakanbaru and the North Sumatra port Medan are completely under control. Reports from AP correspondent Fred Waters noted only occasional small arm fire from across the river near Pakanbaru, with Jakarta troops returning fire. Officials from Caltex arrived from Singapore to discuss resuming operations near Pakanbaru as rebels claimed to retake Pakanbaru and reopen fighting around Medan. The air force reported many rebel casualties while Medan remained quiet. Skirmishes were reportedly heard some 49 miles from Medan, where rebels claimed forces of Ahinese fighters moved toward Medan. Paratroopers had recaptured Medan on Monday after it fell Sunday. Maj. Gen. Abdul Harris Nasution visited Medan and found conditions normal.
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Indonesia
Sumatra
Pakanbaru
North Sumatra
Medan
Associated Press
Fred Waters
Waters
Caltex Oil Co
Singapore
Abdul Harris Nasution
Deadline Near As County Vehicle Tags Go Fast
The Scurry County tax assessor‑collector warns only about half of the expected 1958 vehicle registrations are done. With March 31 deadline under two weeks away, 4,909 vehicles had been registered this morning, far short of the usual 10,000. About 3,400 passenger cars, 750 trucks, 475 farm trucks, 34 truck tractors, two farm truck tractors, 225 trailers, six house trailers, 13 motorcycles, and four dealers were recorded. Owners must bring old receipts and titles to register.
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Geral Greene
Scurry County
Court Rules A&M Must Admit Doeds
Dist. Judge W T McDonald ruled two Bryan women Lena Bristol and Barbara Tittle must be admitted to Texas A&M College overturning board resolutions from the 1920s restricting enrollment to men. The judge said the 14th Amendment rights were violated and a mandamus will be issued. James Ladlum said an appeal would follow.
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Tex
Texas A&m College
W. T. McDonald
College Station
McDonald
Lena Bristol
Barbara Tittle
James Ladlum
State Supreme Court
Texas A&m
Aggie
Aggies
Instant Summit Propaganda From Soviets Brushed Aside
The United States rejected Soviet instant-summit propaganda and pressed for low level disarmament talks by April. James J. Wadsworth is authorized to discuss with a Soviet counterpart, while keeping Allies informed and aiming to break the deadlock. The Soviets boycott the Disarmament Commission, may seek Security Council action, and demand U.S. bases liquidation tied to space for peace offers.
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United States
White House
U. S
James J. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Disarmament Commission
Eisenhower
Dulles
U.S
Absentee Voting Opens for Snyder School Election
Five persons have voted absentee for the April 5 Snyder school board election. The deadline is three days before election day. Ill voters with a physician’s certificate and those out of town may vote absentee. Absentee voting for all county districts is at the county clerk’s office.
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Snyder
Threats To Control Seen Threats To Control Seen
The head of the congressional atomic watchdog committee warned that civilian control of nuclear affairs faces two military-driven threats. Rep Durham said the Defense Department and fuel and aircraft advocates push for military space vehicle development while another threat is detailed changes to the Atomic Energy Act that could boost military roles.
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Congressional Atomic Watchdog Committee
Durham
D-Nc
Defense Department
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Industrial Forum
National Conference Board
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