Conference committee agrees on rigid price supports
A Senate House conference panel reached a one year extension of rigid mandatory price supports for basic crops and adopted a dual parity method using the higher of two price supports. Ellender said the accord covers soil bank payments of 1.2 billion dollars annually while dropping limits on total price support. Benson warned delays cost farmers income as talks continue ahead of a weekend decision.
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Washington
Senate House _ conference
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate House
Eisenhower
Agriculture Benson
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
House Agriculture Committee
Senate House Conference
Congress
Soil Bank
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Senate Vote On Reform Of Presidential Election System
The Senate opens voting on a constitutional amendment to change how presidents and vice presidents are elected. Opponents expect defeat. The compromise offers two paths: proportional electoral votes or mixed statewide and district choice for electors.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
House
Congress
It's A Grave Trade Classified Ad Trade
Houston neighborhood paper carries a humorous classified ad offering 12 grave spaces in exchange for a 16 foot boat. The lighthearted swap note presents a quirky listing amid local notices and ads.
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Houston
Shireman Denies Deal With Trust
Senator William Shireman of Corpus Christi testified he accepted a $3000 cash retainer from U S Trust last year but did not use influence for the firm. He has refunded $500 and will pay the rest at $100 monthly. Lanning and Shoemake had introduced him to U S Trust officials.
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Austin
William Shireman
Corpus Christi
U.S. Trust & Guaranty Co
Ile
Waco
House
Shireman
R. C. Lanning
A. B. Shoemake
U.S. Trust
Lanning
Shoemake
DuBose
U.S. ‘Trust
Meeting Opens as Texas Demos Mull Interposition Referendum
Houston reporters say conservative Democratic leaders pushed a possible interposition formula to energize the May convention battle. Gov. Shivers backs a July primary referendum to press his states rights line and oppose federal court actions. Elmer Stahl of San Antonio headed the legal committee to study submitting interposition to voters as party factions plan a high turnout.
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Dave Cheavens
Houston
Shivers
Supreme Court
Washington
Elmer Stahl
San Antonio
Texas
Ike Mexican Canadian Leaders Open Their Meeting
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia President Eisenhower joked about poisoned ginger ale aboard a private C&O car as agents probe illnesses of three who drank it Two were hospitalized and officials seek the empty bottles to determine if poisoning or bad food was involved in the incident at a conference with Mexican and Canadian leaders.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Walter J. Tuohy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Tuohy
Huntington
Washington
Howard Skidmore
C&o
Baughman
Canada
Mexico
United States
Greenbriar
W.va
Diane
Lucia Schaeffer
Dayton
Little Joy's Doll Has Similar Injury
In Effingham Illinois 16 month old Joy Dayvene Berry fractured her right ankle after a fall last week She cried as Dr R A Hartman set her ankle The doctor then told Joy the doll she holds has broken the same ankle bone and will be fitted with a splint Both Joy and her doll now wear similar casts and Joy’s mother notes the child cares more for the doll’s recovery than her own
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Effingham
Ill
Joy Dayvene Berry
Joy
R. A. Hartman
Local firemen called to false alarm at Wiener Roast
Firemen responded to a reported grass fire after a neighbor saw flames from a children's wiener roast and alerted authorities. Fire Chief Durward A. Porter said the alarm was innocently turned in, with no blaze found on arrival.
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Durward A. Porter
State Official Dios Scholl Dies at 70 in New Braunfels
Louis Scholl aged 70 of New Braunfels died last night. He served as assistant secretary of the state firemen and fire marshal's association for 35 years and was superintendent of Gonzales State Park for 20 years.
Safety official elected at Dallas meeting names convention city
The Texas Safety Assn reelected E. C. McFadden of Dallas as president and selected Houston as the site for the next convention.
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Dallas
Texas Safety Assn
E. C. McFadden
Houston
Palestine Peace Mission Delayed at United Nations
The U N Security Council delayed the U S plan to send Dag Hammarskjold on a Palestine peace mission, amid Syrian opposition to moving the proposal to the General Assembly. Damascus backs the shift, sparking Western concern that the Soviet Union will support it, as Israel and Arab states voice positions and violence flares along the front.
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U.S
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
Damascus
Said el Ghazzi
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General Assembly
Soviet Union
Council
Israel
Syria
Egypt
Lebanon
Jordan
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
el Ghazzi
Hammarskjold
Britain
France
Australia
Belgium
Iran
Peru
Yugoslavia
Cuba
Tentative Date Set in Election for County Bond
The county commissioners court tentatively set April 21 for a $205000 bond election after a petition by 847 people. County Judge Edgar Taylor noted papers and supplies are pending and the date may change in five to six days. Three proposals are on the ballot: $65000 for county park improvements, $50000 for the county part of an east west runway project at the airport, and $90000 to build and equip a county library and mobile book unit.
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Commissioners Court
Edgar Taylor
Hermleigh
Ira
Dunn
Fluvanna
Snyder
Snyder FFA Team Wins Grass Identification Contest
Snyder FFA won first place at the Abi ene Christian College Field Day and judging contest with 624 points. The Buena Vista FFA team was second with 607. Benny Rinehart led Snyder with 222 points, while Billy Clyde Roberson and Richard Miller were teammates. W R McMullan, the Snyder vocational agriculture teacher, accompanied the group.
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Abilene
Snyder Ffa
Abiene Christian College
Snyder
Buena Vista Ffa
Benny Rinehart
Billy Clyde Roberson
Richard Miller
W. R. McMullan
Snyder High School
Eisenhower Hosts North American Summit Photo Session
President Eisenhower, Canadian Prime Minister St Laurent, and Mexico's Adolfo Ruiz Cortines opened a broad North American summit to review world problems and U.S. foreign policy. Dulles and Pearson joined the leaders as they planned a day of talks and a formal dinner.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Louis St. Laurent
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
U.S
State Dulles
Middle East
Government seizes Daily Worker offices over tax liens
U.S. Treasury agents seized the Communist party headquarters and the Daily Worker plant for back tax liens. Alan Max, Daily Worker managing editor, said the agents ordered both sites emptied and the newspaper would not publish tomorrow.
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New York
U.S
Communist Party
The
Daily Worker
Alan Max
U.S. Treasury
Two New Candidates Enter Snyder School Board Race
The Snyder school board race grows to nine candidates with Max Dyer and Earl Kirk Jr joining petitioners W J Pitts J E Waller L L Sims C G McCaleb Jr Doyle F Gallman and W T Mullins for Dyer and J W Johnston O C Dillon John A Towle Manning Davis and N C Hillhouse for Kirk Other incumbents Paul A Keaton Clyde Godwin Wayne Boren Ross Hempill Stanley Noah Gene Best and Jack Contella remain. Three seats will be filled in the April 7 election for three-year terms.
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Snyder Board
Max Dyer
Earl Kirk Jr
Dyer
W. J. Pitts
J. E. Waller
L. L. Sims
C. G. McCaleb, Jr
Doyle F. Gallman
W. T. Mullins
Kirk
J. W. Johnston
0. C. Dillon
John A. Towle
Manning Davis
N. C. Hillhouse
Paul A. Keaton
Clyde Godwin
Wayne Boren
Ross Hemphill
Stanley Noah
Gene Best
Jack Contella
Crane Water Plan Studied In Crane County Report
The State Water Board assessed Crane County sandhills finding drinking water potential higher than nearby reservoirs. After a 1954 start on groundwater study, it noted individual wells may cap around 100 gallons per minute long term. It urged drilling more wells to meet rising demand.
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Austin
State Water Board
Crane County
Crane Sandhills
West Texas
State Braces for Dust Storm Across Texas Panhandle
A pre Easter cold front brings blustery winds and blowing dust across the Texas Panhandle with no major dust storm expected in Texas. Forecasters predict temperatures 20 to 25 degrees lower tonight and near freezing readings in parts of the Panhandle. Overnight lows span from 49 in Lubbock to 66 in Dallas and San Antonio with strong winds and visibility reduced in several areas.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
West Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
Fort Worth-Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
el Paso
Houston
Beaumont
Waco
Abilene
Dallas
Laredo
San Antonio
Mercury
Childress
Wichita Falls
Midland
Galveston
New Mexico
Weather Summary for Snyder and Texas Regions
Yesterday high 93 low 58. At 7 30 a m today readings show 60. North Central Texas partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers in the east this afternoon. Colder tonight and Wednesday with lows 40. West Texas fair and windy turning colder today and tonight. Continued cool Wednesday with Panhandle and upper South Plains lows 27 to 37.
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Snyder
Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Symington And Harriman Gain Support In Democratic Race
Sen. Stuart Symington and Gov. Averell Harriman drew new backing for the Democratic presidential bid though neither is actively campaigning. Kefauver, seeking votes in California for the June 5 primary, clashes with Adlai Stevenson as the party’s current active contenders. Symington won Missouri’s endorsement. Harriman’s candidacy is supported by a militant bloc in western states, with Harriman still listed as not active.
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Stuart Symington
Averell Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
California
Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
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