Congress Goes On Holiday
Congress breaks for a 10 day Easter recess with little major legislation in three months. When returns April 9, hot election year issues loom including farm policy social security foreign aid education and civil rights. The Senate debates tax issues and voting reforms while the House advances several appropriation bills and other measures awaiting Senate action. Eisenhower has not yet acted on the two major bills cleared by both houses but is expected to sign them.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate House Committee
GOP
Snyder Grass Blaze Put Out By Firemen
A grass fire in the 2100 block of Avenue yesterday afternoon damaged several fence posts. Firemen credited children playing nearby for helping pull trash and weeds from the path, possibly limiting damage.
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Avenue
Pete Henderson
Conferees Postpone Action On Farm Bill
Washington conferees postponed final agreement on the farm bill and planned an Easter recess, with another meeting of five representatives and five senators to resolve major differences. Congress adjourned until April 9, delaying any action on a potential deal. A new provision allows wheat farmers to choose between 90 percent parity price supports or a domestic parity program, but a misstatement on mandatory adoption was corrected. The panel also removed a penalty-elimination clause, allowing no penalties only if the domestic parity plan becomes law.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ellender D-La
Congress
Ellender
Congres
Frothy beer flows from water taps in Ohio tavern
Mrs. Margaret Swory, who lives above the Al Catraz tavern in Youngstown, found gallons of beer spurting from a hot water tap while she started a wash. A beer company serviceman had switched pipes during installation. The issue was corrected and the tavern offered a free beer for patrons as Mrs. Swory aired out the beer-soaked wash.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Margaret Swory
Alcatraz
Louis J. West
Shaver
San Antonio
West
God
Stamps To Be Burned In Oregon Tax Burn Ceremony
The Oregon Tax Commission will burn 11 million cigarette tax stamps at a state incinerator ceremony next Tuesday after awaiting use for 15 years. The stamps were purchased in 1941 for a cigarette tax voted down in 1942.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Trade Probe Strikes Snag Highlights East West Trade Clash
Washington insiders clash over how East West trade data is framed. Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr and aid chief John Hollister dispute whether Nationalist China trades directly with Communist China. Hoover says no direct contact. Hollister lists Formosa and Hong Kong as direct traders and importers of Red China goods.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover Jr
John B. Hollister
China
Hoover
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Hollister
Congress
Formosa
Hong Kong
McClellan
D-Air
Subcommittee
U S Information Agency Launches Leaflet Campaign
Vienna reports the United States Information Agency is distributing leaflets abroad titled some Honest Questions to scrutinize Soviet leadership during the Stalin era. The material accuses Khrushchev Malenkov and Bulganin of past complicity or silence in purges, urging Western audiences to seek the record.
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Vienna
United States Information Agency
Soviet Union
U.S
Stalin
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Bulganin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Red Banner of Labor
Nikolai Bulganin
Georgi Malenkov
Cotton Firms Deny Charges In Government Cotton Case
Dallas spokesmen for two cotton firms denied involvement in collusive bidding on government held cotton valued at 20 million dollars. Federal indictments returned in New Orleans named four Dallas firms and others in an anti-trust action over surplus cotton purchases. Harold Sternberg of Sternberg Martin & Co. said his firm did no wrongdoing. R L Dixon of R L Dixon & Bro Inc issued a statement.
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Dallas
New Orleans
Harold Sternberg
Sternberg-Martin & Co
R. L. Dixon
R. L. Dixon & Bro., Inc
Grant To Baylor for Air Pollution Research
Washington announced Public Health Service grants totaling 250 988 dollars for research on air pollution. Baylor University at Waco received thirty four thousand dollars as part of the funded program.
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Washington (P
Baylor University
Waco
Public Health Service
Icelandic Parliament Blames U.S. Troops over Defense Policy
In Reykjavik the Icelandic Parliament backed a resolution calling for departure of U.S. troops, a move seen as political maneuvering ahead of June 24 elections. Observers say it aims to weaken leftist gains, with farmers and Communists joining to challenge NATO forces despite overall harmony with Americans.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U.S
North Atlantic
Washington
Moscow
Farmers Party
Moscow Radio
No Change In Taxes Blocked Decrease Bill Signed
President Eisenhower signed the bill blocking a reduction in corporate income taxes and excises, keeping tax levels steady for another year and preventing the planned cut set to take effect April 1. The action preserves existing rates on a broad array of goods and corporate levies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Burglary Suspects Caught After Chase
Snyder police nab three suspects after a high speed pursuit across North Snyder. A forged Abilene burglary check and stolen writing machine were recovered. the trio listed Odessa as their address and faces Abilene burglary charges.
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Snyder
Abilene
Myron H. Roe
Roe’s Home & Auto Supply
Avenue S
Phillip Brown
Snyder Police Department
Billy Joe Wade
Sue Hall
John J. Self
Odessa
Roe
Lubbock
John Bishop Deep Rock
North Snyder
W. C. Herring
Taylor County
Warren Dodson
Zane Williams
J. D
Babe) Frith
Alfred Kohl
Kohl
Ideal Construction Co
Travis L. Steele
Gatesville
Borden School Board Candidates Are Listed
Six men vie for three seats on the Borden county school board in the April 7 election. Incumbents Milton Davis and O D Jackson appear on the ballot, while Frank Beaver not seeking re election. Other candidates include Alton Milliken Bob Beal John Dennis and James E Smith.
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Borden County School Board
Milton Davis
O. D. Jackson
Frank Beaver
Alton Milliken
Bob Beal
John Dennis
James E. Smith
FBI Nabs Notorious Fugitives in Memphis Motel Shootout
In Memphis two fugitives, Nick George Montos and Robert Lloyd Jones, surrendered after FBI tear gas bombs were fired into their motel room. Montos, twice on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, was captured with Jones following an early morning arrest. An arsenal including a submachine gun and rifles was found in the room. both men carried more than $2,000.
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Memphis
Tenn
Nick George Montos
FBI
Montos
Robert Lloyd Jones
C. E. Piper
Montes
Jones
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Parchman
Piper
Mississippi
Businessman Here Dies In Hospital Rotan honors Robert R Patterson Sr
Robert Reeves Patterson Sr 75 owner of Patterson Smart Shop Rotan died yesterday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a heart attack He was born in Pontotoc Mississippi Aug 17 1883 and moved through DeLeon Breckenridge Ranger Grand Prairie Snyder before opening Patterson's Smart Shop in Rotan Survivors include his widow son state representative Robert R Patterson Jr and sister Estelle Patterson Inzer Funeral services today at 4 30 p m at First Baptist Church Rotan burial in Rotan Cemetery arranged by Weathersbee Funeral Home
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Rotan
Robert Reeves Patterson, Sr
Patterson Smart Shop
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Patterson
Thirty-third Street
First Baptist
Weathersbee Funeral Home
Mr. Patterson
Pontotoc
Miss
DeLeon
Texas
Breckenridge
Ranger
Fisher
Confederate Veterans Home
Austin
Waco
Grand Prarie
Snyder
Robert R. Patterson
Estelle Patterson Inzer
Report on arteries links stress to hardening disease
In St. Louis a 10 year research project singles out emotional tension as the chief cause of hardening of the arteries, claiming blood pressure fluctuations from stress drive arterial damage and deaths, challenging the cholesterol theory and noting the high emotional strain on Americans. Dr Hermann T Blumenthal leads the Jewish Hospital team.
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ST. Louis
United States
Herman T. Blumenthal
Jewish Hospital Laboratory
Dr. Blumenthal
Fifteen New Polio Cases Reported In Texas Week
A Texas weekly health report shows fifteen new polio cases for the week ending March 24, tripling the prior year’s count. The total so far this year reaches 147, with seven paralytic and three nonparalytic cases among the new reports. five cases lack specific type information.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Easter Weekend Weather Shapes Up In Texas
The Associated Press reports a pleasant Easter weekend across Texas with fair skies and mild temperatures. No freezing conditions were noted, as Lubbock dropped to 35 degrees, while Amarillo and Dalhart reached 36. Rain was absent Thursday night and Friday morning, with Thursday highs from 91 in Presidio to 66 in Amarillo and Dalhart, and a warming trend expected.
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Texas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dalhart
Presidio
Bossy Mothers Said to Weaken Soldiers Study
Army psychologists report that children raised by domineering mothers tend to be less likely to stand up in emergencies. Jerald N. Walker and Tor Meeland from the Human Resources Research Office at Ft. Ord presented findings to the Western Psychological Association in Berkeley California.
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Berkeley
Calif
Western Psychological Assn
Jerald N. Walker
Tor Meeland
Human Resources Research Offic
Ft. Ord
Robbery at Safeway in Fort Worth
Two masked men tied up clerk Bob Fitch aged 17 and forced John Medley, assistant manager, to open safes at a South Side Safeway. They took $2,500 in two sacks but left behind about half the loot after binding Medley and fleeing.
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Fort Worth
Bob Fitch
Safeway
John Medley
Medley
Weather Outlook for West Texas and Central Texas
Yesterday high 70 low 41. Today 7 30 a.m. reading 42. West Texas fair this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Warmer Saturday Panhandle and South Plains tonight. East and South Central Texas fairly today tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer. Gentle to moderate easterly winds on the coast becoming moderate southeasterly Saturday.
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Snyder
West Texas
Sewaamaer Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Sanity Question Is Raised In Trial Of Former Airman
In Belton Texas the defense rested in the Jimmy N. Shaver trial for the rape slaying of Chere Jo Horton. State experts testified Shaver gave multiple accounts of the July 3 1954 night and a psychiatrist linked intoxication to a possible trigger for the attack.
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Belton
Tex
Jimmy N. Shaver
Chere Jo Horton
San Antonio
Gilbert Rose
Lackland Air Force Base
Shaver
Brady
Rose
Sumter Coe Brawley
U.S. Air Force
Charlie L. Theall
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Lee Watson
Grant
Baylor
Borden School Board
R. R. Patterson, SR
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Associated Press
Tom Farley
Oscar Warneke
Bexar County
Warnecke
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