Dulles Forecasts NATO Challenges and Arctic Talks
Secretary of State Dulles departing for Europe said NATO faces new security challenges and can meet them firmly. He will lobby Soviet agreement to an Arctic inspection zone and press for a summit. he offered curbs on long range bomber flights if Moscow accepts the plan.
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General White backs Ike defense reform plan
Gen Thomas D. White Air Force chief backs President Eisenhower's defense reorganization bill before the House Armed Services Committee. Marine Corps Gen Randolph M. Pate opposes key features, warning of potential elimination of services. White says unified commands and integrated planning are essential.
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Lone Bandit Robs Station Early Today
Police investigate a daytime robbery at the Ed Neves Humble Service Station 1401 Twenty-fifth Street. A lone armed man took 64 dollars from attendant David Henkell, escaping with 39 dollars. Police found five and ten dollar bills along his escape route and questioned several suspects. Henkell was unharmed.
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Charter Is Granted New Amarillo Bank
The State Banking Commission approves a charter for the North State Bank of Amarillo. Frank Sharman is president, H. V. Tull chairman, Felton Leake vice president and cashier. Capital is 300000 dollars with 100000 dollars surplus and 100000 dollars in reserves.
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Marriages Decline Tied to Recession, Says Official
Government data show fewer marriages in six months ending February 28 than a year earlier. Dr. Hugh Carter of the National Office of Vital Statistics notes no scientific proof that marriages respond to business conditions.
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Hugh Carter
National Office of Vital Statistics
Boys Club Track Meet Postponed Amid Wet Weather
The Boys Club track meet scheduled for tomorrow is postponed due to muddy conditions. Boys Club director Michie Brous said the track would not improve in time, and the meet has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 10.
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Soviets Attack Arctic Plan Prompting Expected Veto
United Nations security scene centers on Soviet denunciation of the Eisenhower Arctic inspection plan as a gimmick. Arkady Sobolev signals a veto while Henry Cabot Lodge defends the proposal as international and limited to information gathering with consent. The U.S. plan aims to curb nuclear-armed flights and discuss safeguards with Arctic nations.
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Police Hunt 6 Year Old in St Louis
Police search for Kathryn Hampton a 6 year old girl who vanished from a third floor flat in a slum district after a 15 year old saw a slender dark haired man talking to her near 7 p.m. A motorist license plate sighting across the river is being traced and a report of a girl resembling her seen in Fast St Louis is checked.
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Kathy’ Hampton
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Heroin Seized In Chinatown Gift Shop Raid
Narcotics agents raided a Chinatown gift shop in New York last night and seized about 10 pounds of pure heroin valued at around one million dollars. The proprietor Yu hung Ting, 35, and his wife, 24, were being questioned after the store opened about a year ago.
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New Theory On Power From H-Bombs Advanced By Expert
A Columbia University professor proposed generating up to 12 percent of the nation’s electricity by detonating two small H-bombs per hour inside a reinforced canyon chamber. The plan involves a 500 foot high steel dome with earth cover and steam turbines driven by heated water, though economists question feasibility.
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Columbia University
New York
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Naval Research Laboratory
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Disaster Area Declared In Gainesville After Deluges
A flood emergency in Gainesville Texas prompted a Red Cross disaster designation after 4.23 inches of rain in 12 hours. About 200 residents were evacuated by boat and volunteers. Two Cooke County schools closed. some homes and businesses flooded. no injuries reported.
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Firing Breaks Out in Bogota Center
Firing erupted in downtown Bogota this morning scattering pedestrians who sought shelter in doorways. Police allowed government workers and cable staff to reach offices by 9 15 am as radio reports noted police on the air. The incident may relate to upcoming elections amid disturbances linked to ex-dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and supporters opposed to Alberto Lleras Camargo.
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Byrnes Turns 79 On Birthday And 52nd Wedding Anniversary
James F. Byrnes secretary of state in the Truman administration marks his 79th birthday and 52nd wedding anniversary in Columbia South Carolina. He jokes he will not discuss the occasions and notes plans to coast after their 50th anniversary with his wife Maude. Byrnes has served as associate justice of the Supreme Court and governor of his state.
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Morgan and Wilson Reach Finals in State Meet
In the 48th annual state track meet at Texas Memorial Stadium Morgan Bud Morgan and Rex Wilson of Snyder sweep into finals in both hurdle events. Morgan led the 180 yard low hurdles with 19.1, while Wilson posted 14.5 in the high hurdles. Finalists named include Morgan Wilson Ridgway Swafford Bernard and others as showers interrupted preliminaries.
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Fort Worth
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Houston Lamar
Derrell Smith
Beaumont South Park
Leon Bryant
Dallas Sunset
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Norman Coskey
Houston Reagan
Texas Memorial Stadium
Pilot Lands Crippled Plane Carrying 63
A Bristol Britannia turbo prop aircraft from Tel Aviv with 63 passengers and 11 crew landed safely at Idlewild Airport after losing a wheel on takeoff from London. Ground crews inspected the craft as the pilot, warned of possible trouble, completed three touchdown attempts and steadied the fuselage on the remaining landing gear.
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Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Snyder temperatures report highs near 57 degrees and lows around 46 with readings at 7 30 am. Weather shows considerable cloudiness and warm conditions through Saturday with scattered thundershowers for East and South Central Texas. North Central Texas remains warmer with scattered afternoon thundershowers and overnight storms. West Texas stays cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms across Panhandle and South Plains regions. Temperatures rise overall except areas west of Pecos.
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Tax Cut and Spending Boost urged by planning group
The National Planning Assn. urged cutting taxes from seven to eight billion dollars yearly and boosting government spending by four billion. Chairman H. Christian Sonne of South Ridge Corp. Jersey City urged quick action before Congress. The Grange backed public works programs as crucial agricultural legislation for this Congress.
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