Hamarskjold Returns to New York for Middle East Talks
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold flew into New York after Cairo talks with Egyptian leader Nasser. He planned meetings with U S Ambassador Lodge and lunches with Lester B Pearson and Hans Engen as part of a seven nation Middle East Advisory Committee including Brazil Ceylon Colombia India and Pakistan.
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United Nations
N. Y
B— U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Middle East
Nasser
Idlewild
Hammarskjold
Cairo
Ali Sabry
Egypt
Suez Canal
Sabry
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lester B. Pearson
Hans Engen
Brazil
Ceylon
Colombia
India
Pakistan
Free Archbishop Makarios Released From Exile
Britain frees Archbishop Makarios after he calls EOKA to halt violent action in Cyprus. He is not allowed to return to Cyprus immediately and the government cites reduced need for detention while delaying a public return. Church bells in Cyprus welcomed the decision. Makarios had been banished to the Seychelles in March last year.
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London
Britain
Makarios
EOKA
Cyprus
Greece
Alan Lennox- Boyd
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Seychelles Islands
Indian Ocean
Kansas Senate OKs Cigarette Tax Increase to Four Cents
The Kansas Senate passed a bill raising the state cigarette tax from three to four cents per pack and sent it to Governor George Docking for approval.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
George Docking
Registration Nears 8000 in Scurry County Vehicle Totals
Vehicle registrations in Scurry County approach 8000 with 2 days until the deadline. Tax assessor Gerald G Greene notes a 20 percent penalty applies after the deadline even for driving to town to register. The office has stayed open through noon to help workers. Current totals include 5467 passenger cars 1360 trucks 623 farm trucks 433 trailers and 61 truck tractors.
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Gerald G. Greene
Rites Slated For Severin Couple Friday
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Severin will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Hermleigh Methodist Church. The Severins were found dead Tuesday morning at their farm home near Hermleigh, both dying of pneumonia. Mr. Severin, 86, survived by three sisters Mina Necker Bertha Soltner Meta Terry and a brother Otto Severin. Other survivors include two nieces E C Bourgeois and Bert Kastrop. Mrs. Severin, 84, a Yoakum native, and Mr. Severin a longtime Austin County native. The Rev. James J. Futch will officiate. Burial in Roscoe Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed.
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Henry W. Severin
Hermleigh Methodist Church
Bell Funeral Home
Frank Kubala
Jim Kubena
Paul Wenetschlager
Herman Wenetschlager
W. H. Wimmer
Gaither Mayo
Henry Wenetschlager
Frank Wenetschlager
Frank Kubena
Willie Kubena
Frank Schultz
R. J. Kubena
Crude Oil Controls Blasted By Group
SAN ANTONIO members of the Texas Producers and Royalty Owners Assn condemned import controls as dangerous to national security. A. E. Hermann of Amarillo urged higher oil discovery rates to keep reserves aligned with consumption, arguing regulation by administrative decision has failed.
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San Antonio
Texas Producers & Royalty Owners Assn
A. E. Hermann
Amarillo
United States
Hermann
Dallas Crash Kills Fred McElroy at 49
Fred McElroy of Scottsdale Arizona died last night when his car crashed on a wet street in Dallas. The accident occurred on a slick road and authorities are investigating the cause.
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Dallas
Fred McElroy
Scottsdale, Ariz
Rain and hailstorm sweep Texas with flooding and damage
Thunderstorms and a cold front swept across Texas causing heavy rains and hail up to silver dollar size. Laredo Corpus Christi and Austin reported strong winds, flooded bridges in south Austin, one vehicle washed into a ditch, and more than two inches of rain fell in two hours. Four people injured near Huntsville as a tree toppled and a bus avoided a truck.
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South Texas
East Texas
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Palacios
Kingsville
Houston
Galveston
Lufkin
Beaumont
Austin
College Station
Weather Bureau
Upper Gulf Coast
Mineral Wells
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Dallas
Tyler
Huntsville
U.S. 75
After Half Century, Two Marry Again
Daisy Eye and Chester Innskeep, both 80, wed again in Akron Ohio after reuniting via a letter that led to a Delavan Illinois childhood romance rekindling. They had each remarried once before and plan to return to Delavan where their story began.
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Akron
Ohio
Daisy Eye
Chester Innskeep
Delavan
Iil
Paul Kerschner
First Congregational Church
Innskeep
New York
Greenfield
Volcano Erupts in Lake Nicaragua Island
Managua Nicaragua—Concepcion volcano on Ometepe Island in the 85 mile long Lake Nicaragua erupted violently last night and today, sending dense lava dust clouds over the area. Earthquakes shook the island and one flank was threatened by lava. Alarm spread to Rivas 18 miles away as six communities on Ometepe, led by Alta Gracia, faced the eruption. Early reports listed no casualties.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Concepcion
Lake of Nicaragua
Ometepec
Rivas
Alta Gracia
Island
Weather outlook Snyder Texas clears through Friday
North Central and West Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday with no significant temperature changes. High Wednesday around 58 degrees and a low Wednesday night near 30 degrees. Reading at 7:30 a.m. today shows 30 degrees.
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Snyder
North Central
West Texas
Labor Secretary Plans Curbs on Union Funds
Secretary of Labor Mitchell said the administration may back tighter government safeguards on labor union finances. He supported union efforts to curb corruption while opposing applying antitrust laws to unions. Mitchell cited Teamsters President Dave Beck’s refusal to testify and alleged misuses of union funds, noting over 3220000 misappropriations and more than 7000000 unaccounted. He praised Senate committee public service as hearings pause for data. Beck has returned to Seattle.
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Washington
Mitchell
Senate
Congress
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Tee
Beck
Senate Committee
Teamsters Union
Senatrs
Seattle
Vice President of ICT Quits After Heated Stockholders Meeting
Nile Ball of Dallas resigned as vice president of ICT Corp after a Fort Worth stockholders meeting where labor leader Rosco Horn demanded his removal. Ball will stay as a director. ICT Corp renamed United Texas Industries Inc and placed under the Texas Business Corporation Act.
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Fort Worth
ICT Corp
Nile Ball
Dallas
Ball
Rosco Horn
BenJack Cage
Cage
ICT Insurance Co
Brazil
United Texas Industries Inc
Texas Business
The
Insurance Co. of Texas
Sugarland
WT Chamber Group Hears Budget Report
West Texas Chamber of Commerce outlined a mass meeting on the 72 billion dollar national budget. Ray Grisham collapsed during a luncheon but was said not to have a heart attack and his condition was not serious. The budget for WTCC was set at 176000 dollars, up 29000.
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Abilene
West Texas
Ray Grisham
Grisham
Roy Holmes
Chamber
West
Texas
Congress
Missionary Fulgence Gross Freed in Shanghai After Six Years
Tokyo Peiping radio reports Roman Catholic missionary Rev. Fulgence Gross of Omaha Nebraska has been released in Shanghai following six years of imprisonment and house arrest on espionage charges.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Fulgence Gross
Omaha
Neb
Shanghai
Dog Tale: Girl and Neighbors Share Dog Love in Detroit
A 12 year old Detroit girl coveted dogs while parents refused ownership. Police traced funds from a rolled $20 bill to a hidden strongbox used to pay for taxi rides and $1,095 in dogs bought for friends. The list of owners included six miniature French poodles and one German shepherd. The girl enjoyed visiting friends with their pedigreed dogs.
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Detroit
Cost Of Education Doubles Since War
Washington reports an Office of Education survey showing undergraduate costs in private colleges averaging about $2,000 per year now, roughly double the $1,023 average in 1939-40. The study highlights the rising expense of higher education since WWII.
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Washington
Office of Education
Appropriation Bill Moves Toward Floor Action Wednesday
The Texas Senate Finance Committee sent the record high appropriation bill to the floor for debate on Wednesday. The House passed a two year spending bill of about 2.085 billion dollars with amendments expanding John Sealy Hospital beds and adding four veterans affairs secretaries. Aikin’s junior college funding change sought to limit state support to 30 percent of prior year expenditures.
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Austin
Senate Finance Committee
House
Jimmy Phillips
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
George Moffett
Veterans’ Affairs Commission
Jep Fuller
Jerry Sadler
Percilla
Price Daniel
Sadler
Daniel
Senate
Sen
A. M. Aikin
Aikin
Snyder Boy Is Captured Near Throckmorton
Sheriff Howard Martin said Johnny Jones, 17, of Snyder, an escapee from the county jail, was captured by a rancher 12 miles east of Throckmorton last night and returned to jail. Jones escaped Tuesday night by prying bars on his second floor cell and rode off on a horse left behind the jail by Deputy Sheriff Glenn McWhorter. He was being held on car charges.
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Throckmorton
Howard Martin
Johnny Jones
Snyder
Here
Martin
Jones
Glenn McWhorter
Yarborough sued on note dispute in Texas district court
A suit seeks 6500 dollars from U S senator hopeful Ralph Yarborough filed in Abilene district court by James Nichols and Associates. Yarborough says the note matured March 14 and he may be protected by a bankruptcy claim. Nichols allegedly was president of the bankrupt Chronicle Publishing Co., connected to a Church of Christ magazine.
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Austin
Ralph Yarborough
U.S
Yarborough
Abilene
Chronicle Publishing Co
Church of Christ
James Nichols
Proposal On Youth Group Is Supported
A Texas Senate State Affairs Committee reported favorably a proposal to create a State Youth Authority to care for delinquent children. Gov Price Daniel backs reorganizing the Youth Development Council to curb juvenile delinquency in Texas and transfer its control to the Department of Public Welfare. The council currently oversees three correctional schools in Gainesville Gatesville and Crockett. The committee also approved Sen Abraham Kazen’s bill to let wholesale motor fuel dealers collect a 5 cent per gallon tax at sale rather than at purchase.
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Austin
State Affairs Committee
Price Daniel
Youth Development Council
Texas
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
House
Department of Public Welfare
Gainesville
Gatesville
Crockett
Abraham Kazen
Laredo
Kazen
Final Day For Absentee Ballots In April Senate Election
Tomorrow is the last day to secure absentee ballots for the April 2 U S Senate election and for personal absentee voting at the county clerk office. County Clerk Dan Cotton reports 30 ballots secured and about 22 votes cast so far. To vote absentee a voter must be out of town on election day or ill with a physician’s certificate.
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U. S. Senate
Dan Cotton
Censorship plan critics questioned by Defense chief
Secretary of Defense Wilson rejected a plan to haul reporters before grand juries to trace leaks and to limit interviews with military officials to approved sessions with monitors. He warned such moves resemble censorship and said existing laws and the Justice Department suffice.
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Washington
Wilson
Pentagon
Justice Department
Defense Department
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