Tornado Toll Rises Across Texas and Oklahoma
Tornadoes battered Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday with more than ten twisters reported by 7 p.m. Oklahoma bore the brunt while Texas saw severe damage earlier in the week. Injuries numbered at least seven, with six hurt near Grandfield and others in Tipton and Vernon areas as storms tore through homes and farms.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Grandfield
Tipton
Okla
Texas Line
Vernon, Tex
Hines
Crowell
Elliott
Sam Hulme
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Donald Ray Nease
Nease
Miller
Oran Roberts
Danny
Meredith
Altus
Oklo
Farmers Valley
Paul Schur
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Dalhart
Freez
Upper Panhandle
State Defense and Disaster Relief Headquarters
Austin
American Red Cross
Clem Nail
Allan Shivers
Red Cross
Small Business Administration
Rio Grande
Falcon Dam
Laredo
Devil's River
del Rio
Ficon Lake
Official filing for state office seekers
Senior U S Senator Lyndon B Johnson and Gov Allan Shivers filed for places on the July 24 Democratic primary ballot seeking reelection. Republicans prepared their slate for the same date with filings due by midnight Monday. Johnson, Shivers, and others announced ahead of the deadline, with campaigns planned across Texas and multiple public appearances.
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Associated Press
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Johnson
Alvin Lane
GOP
Democratic
Austin
Reuben Senterfitt
Senterfitt
Ralph Yarborough
White
U. S
Johnson City
Blanaco County
Tex
Dudley Dougherty
Beeville
Washington
Senate
Texas
Cleburne
Johnson County
Nacogdoches
Robert S. Calvert
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
C. T. Johnson
el Paso
Polio Vaccine Tests In State Set This Week
Salk polio vaccinations will be given Tuesday in San Antonio as Texas begins mass nation wide tests in six cities. About 4 000 Corpus Christi and Nueces County youngsters were vaccinated last week with few complaints and free pops. Dallas and Houston are scheduled for later dates with more cities to follow.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
George W. Rice
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
National Foundation For
Train Wreck Near Childress in Heavy Fog
A passenger train rammed a halted freight train six miles east of Childress Texas in dense fog. The caboose and two freight cars were damaged with one car partially off the track while the passenger train remained intact and returned to Childress. Engineer Ed Worthen cited reduced visibility as the cause.
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Childress
Tex
C.J. Lyons
Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo-to-Fort Worth
Lyons
Ed Worthen
Wichita Falls
Restrictions on U.S. Troops in Asia Seen
Rep. Vorys predicted the House will insert restrictive clauses in the foreign aid bill to limit use of American troops in combat zones. The measure follows Eisenhower opposition and faces passage plans this month. Senators Smith Ferguson and Flanders offered opposing or cautionary views on intervention in Indochina.
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Washington
Vorys
Ohio
House
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Coudert
RNY
United States
Indochina
Rep
Bennett
R-Mich
U.S
Congress
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
Sen
Flanders
Vermont
United Nations
Democratic primary filings near deadline in Texas race
George Mahon and C F Sentell filed for re election as the primary deadline approaches Harold Bennett says incumbents filed last week Mahon represents Texas 19th district in Congress Sentell 90th district attorney Snyder currently seeks re election Patterson challenges Sentell Cecil C Collins also announces for 11th district civil appeals associate justice More announcements expected before tomorrow night deadline kept in Scurry County Texas reports
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George Mahon
C. F. Sentell
Harold Bennett
Mahon
Lubbock
Congress of the United States
Texas
Sentell
Snyder
Scurry County
Robert R. Patterson
N. C. Outlaw
Cecil C. Collins
Court of Civil Appeals
11Th Judicial District of Texas
Dulles Heads To Geneva As Indochina Talks Continue
Geneva May 1 United States Secretary of State Dulles prepared to depart for Washington Monday without progress with Chou En Lai. The seven nation Korea talks yielded no decisions while Dulles held talks with Molotov on an atomic pool. Vietnamese Foreign Minister Dinh prepared to discuss Viet Nam seating with the Vietminh and the Big Three.
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Geneva
Indochina
U.S
Dulles
Red China
Chou En-lai
North
South Korea
Korea
Walter S. Robertson
Molotov
United States
Washington
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Dinh
St. Julien
France
Marc Jacquet
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Berlin
Big Four
Asia
Lord Reading
Anthony Eden
Tourist courtesy plan stalls as cars pass Snyder
The chamber of commerce tourist development committee failed to stop a carload of tourists Friday on U S Highway 180 for the free “treatment” of motel rooms meals car service entertainment and city tours. A New York couple in one car hurried to Tennessee and could not stay. The group will again try on the east highway this week as most visitors come from eastern states headed west.
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Chamber of Commerce Tourist Development Committee
U.S. Highway 180
New York
Tennessee
East Highway
Snyder
Opening Day Fishing Sluggish on Lake J. B. Thomas
Reports from Lake J. B. Thomas describe a slow opening day with fishermen catching only small fish. Snyder anglers and Big Spring participants echoed the sentiment, noting few or no catches despite crowds of around 600 at noon.
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Lake
J. B. Thomas
Snyder
Joe Pickle
Big Spring
McCarthy Speed Pushes Probe Amid Hearings
Sen Mundt pushes to restate McCarthy Pentagon dispute to speed the televised investigations. Army secretary Stevens to be questioned. Welch favors McCarthy after Stevens. Mundt cites need to finish Army case before McCarthy takes the stand. transcribed notes on monitored calls due next week.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Sen. Mundt
Sen. McCarthy
Army
Joseph N. Welch
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
Marathon custody trial nears verdict as jury hears late day testimony
A large crowd filled the district courtroom for the Merritt custody case. After three days of testimony and a threat-related recognizance, Judge Sterling Williams deferred final arguments to Tuesday night at 7 30. Witnesses clashed over reputations and alleged acts, with motions, eavesdropping warnings, and admonitions shaping a tense, prolonged hearing in Snyder.
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Peggy Nell Merritt
Glen H. Merritt
Sterling Williams
Garland Armstrong
Merritt
Armstrong
Eldon Mahon
Lloyd H. Merritt
Glen Merritt
Williams
Young Merritt
Juanita Moore
Snyder
Paul Alton Jones
Jones
Paul Trammell
Trammell
Mahon
Judge Williams
Amarillo
Lloyd Merritt
Glen
Lubbock
Merle C. Allen
Bonding Company
Tommy Pherigo
Bill Smedley
Bob Norred
Eugene Maupin
132Nd District Court
Lee Watson
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New City
City Hall
Jones Construction Co
Snyder and
Co. F. Sentell
Ray H. Jenkins
Subcommittee
Jenkins
Welch
Lee
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