Dallas Flood Threat Eases As 200 Flee
Police said about 200 Dallas residents fled Roosevelt Heights as Trinity River flood fears eased. Forecasters projected a 34 to 35 foot crest with 37 foot major flood risk. shelters opened at State Fair Park as Civil Defense and Red Cross assisted evacuees.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Gerald Hill
Police Department
Trinity
Roosevelt Heights
Civil Defense
Red Cross
State Fair Park
Atlanta
Tex
East Texas
Tax Cut Decision Looms Within 60 Days
Secretary of Labor Mitchell said the administration will decide within 30 to 60 days whether to recommend a tax cut to combat the recession. He warned against government dictation and favored voluntary restraint on wages and prices, noting opposition to a four day work week and urging labor management collective bargaining to reduce hours.
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Washington
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Labor
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Wreck Hurts Rotan Woman
A Rotan woman, Mrs Nona Robbins Thompson 61, was slightly injured when her car left U S Highway 84 north of Snyder, jumped a culvert, and returned to the road before stopping near Dermott. She was treated at Cogdell Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Callan Hospital in Rotan. Deputy Dan Callaway investigated.
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Snyder
Nona Robbins Thompson
Dermott
Thompson
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Arthur Stout
Midland
Callan Hospital
Rotan
Bell Ambulance
Dan Callaway
Sheriff's Deputy
Ex-Candidate Faces Charge in Detroit Fraud Case
Former Greenback presidential candidate Dr. Leo Charles Donnelly is charged with seven counts of fraud for selling distilled water as a cancer cure at 35 dollars a shot. Police arrested him in his Detroit office after a four month probe aided by FDA officers and chemical tests.
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Detroit
Greenback
Leo Charles Donnelly
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Samuel H. Olsen
Parke, Davis & Co
Olsen
Cosden Adjusts Crude Prices in Big Spring
Cosden Petroleum Corp announced a price change effective at 7 a.m. today to align with area patterns. Sour crude 3.02 per barrel and sweet crude 3.08 per barrel for 40 through 44.9 gravity, with a 2 cent per barrel reduction for each degree from 45 to 55. Previously Cosden posted a flat rate for all 40 degrees and above.
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Big Spring
Cosden Petroleum Corp
Cosden
Marine Chief Fears Bum's Rush Under Ike Plan
Marine Corps commandant warned that if Congress accepts Eisenhower defense reform as written, a future secretary of defense could push the Marines aside. Defense secretary McElroy assured no sweeping service realignments, while Adm Burke endorsed strengthening the secretary of defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff authority.
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Ike
Washington
Marine Corps
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
House Armed Services Committee
McElroy
Pate
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
UAW and GM reopen talks amid wage dispute
UAW and GM negotiators returned to the bargaining table in Detroit with union leaders saying they nearly finished presenting their demands. GM pressed to renew wage terms as talks aim for a deal within 29 days. Reuther warned they will not be forced into a strike and seek a wage boost and profit sharing.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Earl R. Bramblett
Ford
Chrysler
Washington
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
House To Vote On Relief Bill Today
In Washington the House begins voting on emergency unemployment relief with Southern Democrats backing the Eisenhower plan. GOP and conservative Democrats push a coalition against the broader Democratic proposal for federal relief grants.
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House
Washington
Ways and
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Phillips Plant Strike Hits 600 Workers at Plains Facility
About 600 members of the Operating Engineers union went on strike at Phillips Petroleum Co. Plains Plant as their contract expired. Extensions were granted for 22 other unions for 15 days. The union seeks higher pay fringe benefits and safer working conditions. Phillips officials in Bartlesville had no comment. No disorder reported.
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Borger
Operating Engineers Union
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Williams Seeks Unprecedented Sixth Term as Michigan Governor
Lansing Mich Democrat G Mennen Williams announced his candidacy for an unprecedented sixth two year term as governor He is a potential presidential hopeful for 1960 Republicans warn the move could be a step toward the White House He delayed a formal announcement to avoid disrupting the legislative session.
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Lansing. Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Williams
White House
Duncan Duel Claims Father and Wounds Son
In Duncan Oklahoma a 65 year old Elmer Kuykendall was shot dead and his 33 year old son Frank Kuykendall was critically wounded in a dusk gun duel. Authorities said an argument between the two men escalated to gunfire in their adjacent front yards.
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Duncan
Okla
Elmer Kuykendall
Frank Kuykendall
Cooper Has A New Face
New York: Gary Cooper, returning to public life after medical work, says he did not have a face lift but had a battered nose corrected and a jaw cyst removed. Onlookers note his bags under the chin disappeared and he appears about 20 years younger.
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New York
Gary Cooper
Cool Damp Spell Persists Across Snyder Area
A cool damp spell continues with a light morning mist after showers yesterday. West Texas saw widespread rain ending cotton planting. Scurry County northeast, Camp Springs, Snyder and surrounding locales reported measurable rainfall from tenth to over a quarter inch, with Snyder at 13 hundredths and Helm— etc.
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Snyder
Texas
Scurry County
Camp Springs
Helmleigh
Ira
Lake J. B. Thomas
Fluvanna
Three More Dems File For Local Ballot Spots
Three additional candidates filed with the county Democratic chairman for the July 26 primary. The filing deadline is Monday and those not filing by then cannot appear on the ballot. The three latest were N. F. Hall for precinct 4 commissioner, Audry Head for precinct 2 commissioner, and Robert R. Patterson for state senate.
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Democratic
N. F. Hall
Audry Head
Robert R. Patterson
State Senate
Frank Wilson
Jackson Lashes Acreage Cap On Federal Projects
Jackson of Anahuac Texas railed at 160 acre limits as horse and buggy regulations during a Senate interior subcommittee hearing. He supported legislation to abolish the 160 acre cap when larger farms are needed for economical operation.
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Washington
Guy Jackson
Anahuac
Tex
Jackson
National Reclamation Assn
Senate Interior Subcommittee
Space Control Debate Follows Civilian Agency Plan
Defense official urges Congress to grant civilian space authority while ARPA presses for freedom to pursue military space projects. Johnson warns centralized control could hamstring military outer space work as Eisenhower backs a civilian agency and ARPA advances moon experiments.
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Washington
Pentagon
Special Space Bureau
Roy W. Johnson
Defense Department
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Congress
Eisenhower
Johnson
House Space Committee
ARPA
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
Fugitives Nabbed After Fastex Freeway Chase
Three Louisiana fugitives identified as Ralph Howell Jr. 25 Joe Anthony 33 and James Roberts 32 were captured in Houston after a high speed chase on the Fastex Freeway. Police bullets punctured two tires forcing the stolen car to crash and stop. they had escaped from Baton Rouge jail Tuesday.
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Houston
Louisiana
Ralph Howell Jr
Joe Anthony
James Roberts
Baton Rouge
Dr Cyril Ruilmann Named Texas State Mental Hospital Director
Dr Cyril Ruilmann, Tennessee mental health commissioner, was selected as Texas state mental hospitals director. The State Hospitals and Special Schools board said he will assume duties in early June, concluding a year-long effort to fill the post created by the last Legislature.
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Austin
Cyril Ruilmann
Tennessee
Texas
Board For State Hospitals and Special Schools
Ruilmann
Weather synopsis for East and Texas regions
In East Texas the high reaches 51 with a 42 low and 0.13 inch of rain measured at 7 30 am. Scattered thunderstorms are forecast in the north this afternoon with partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thundershowers through Friday. Warmer readings are expected in the north and west portions of Texas with scattered storms and partly cloudy to warm conditions across Central West and North Texas.
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Snyder
East
Texas
Pecos
May Day Parades Across World Highlight Labor Celebrations
May Day events featured mass displays in Moscow with a 15 minute military parade, East Berlin armor show, and large turnout in Peiping and Tokyo. Soviet Defense Minister Malinovsky urged strength while Chou En-lai praised high spirits. U.S. personnel abroad kept away as authorities prevented incidents.
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Associated Press
United States
Moscow
U. S
Red Square
Nasser
Rodion Malinovsky
East Germany
East Berlin
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Europe
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Lee Watson
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