Peace talks near as Vietminh invited to Indochina conference
In Geneva Western powers and the Soviet Union agree to invite Vietminh representatives to the Indochina peace conference without recognizing the regime as a state. Nine parties will attend: the Big Four, Chinese Reds, Vietminh, and the three Indochina-associated states.
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Geneva
Indochina
Soviet Union
China
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
U S
Walter Bedell Smith
U.S
Dinh
Smith
Eden
Bidault
Two Northwest Scurry County Wells Prepare Casing and Tests
Northwest Scurry County projects Fred Goodstein No 1 and Woodson Oil No 1 near Fluvanna plan five and a half inch casing to about 8,327 feet with tests showing mixed results. Drillstem tests reveal gas, oil, and saltwater shows along with varying flowing and shut-in pressures. Additional wells in the area including Borden tester lines and coastal Texas Crude units report testing and drilling progress with limited gauge data and fractured treatments.
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Scurry County
Fred Goodstein
Browning
Fluvanna
Woodson Oil No
George W. Noel
Borden Drilling
Rowan Oil No. A J. Long Estate
Borden
Texas
Brown
Texas Crude
Aurora
Union Oil
Porter
Vealmoor
T&p
Brahaney
Acosta- Sunray
Falcon
Clayton & Johnson
Gail
Trans-Tex
McKee
Junk
Kent County
Honolulu
Newman Brothers
Witness Denies Court Compared To Circus In Custody Case
Lloyd Merritt testifies in the Peggy Nell Merritt v Glen H Merritt case denies a Sunday Daily News quote calling the court a circus. Attorneys Armstrong and Mahon questioned him about laughter and tears at the witness stand as testimony ended. The jury will be charged and hear final arguments before verdict tomorrow night.
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Lloyd Merritt
Peggy Nell Merritt
Glen H. Merritt
The
Daily News
Merritt
Garland Armstrong
Armstrong
Eldon Mahon
Glen Merritt
Cold Weather Drops to 37 Overnight in Week
Temperatures fell to a low of 37 last night the coldest in weeks with a rise to 40 by 7 30 this morning. The wind kept the day chilly yesterday as highs reached 66 according to weather observer Mrs D P Strayhorn.
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D. P. Strayhorn
France
Indochina
Housing profits may be recoverable from federal program
Washington reports Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole says the government might recover about 75 million dollars in windfall profits some builders gained under the federal housing program. He notes certain insured loan contracts may forbid such gains and suggests suits could be brought to recover. In New York 600 tenants at Glen Oaks voted to withhold 25 percent of rents, held in escrow, awaiting settlement of the issue.
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Washington
Albert M. Cole
Cole
NBC
New York
Queens
Glen Oaks
Stevens McCarthy Clash In Morning Hearing Session
Secretary of the Army Stevens denied covering up Communist cases as Sen McCarthy pressed the Peress affair. The eighth day of Senate hearings saw sparring over loyalty questions with Ray Jenkins enforcing limits and Stevens insisting he would not conceal information.
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Stevens
McCarthy
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
Maj
Irving Peress
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
Scruti
Army
Peress
Cohn
Pvt. Schine
Stork
Ft. Dix
Many contested seats as filing nears in county Dem primary
After a day of filings the list shows 26 candidates for offices in the Democratic primary with 13 unopposed at noon. Leona Weathers announced for county treasurer against incumbent Mollie Pinkerton while two candidates seek sheriff and Edgar Taylor remains unopposed for county judge.
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Leona Weathers
Harold Bennett
Bennett
Homer Whisnand
Lloyd H. Merritt
Edgar Taylor
Mollie Pinkerton
Weathers
George Mahon
Renal B. Rosson
Harley Sadler
Cecil C. Collins
Associate Justice Court of Civil Appeals
Laughlin and Parr Enter Race for 79th District Judge
Laughlin files as candidate for 79th District judge after being ousted for incompetence and favoritism. Parr, known as the Duke of Duval, announces bid to run against Laughlin, who was ordered off the bench but allowed to seek re election. Parr and Laughlin court South Texas Democratic primary dynamics as Allen County supporters weigh Strategy.
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11Th Judicial District of
Texas
Jim Ikard
W. C. Davidson
John E. Bryant
Clarence A. Wade
Pat Johnston
Dan Cotton
Doyle Palmer
Don G. Robinson
Robert R. Patterson
C. F. Sentell
Democratic
Alice
Tex
C. Woodrow Laughlin
State Supreme Court
Laughlin
George B. Parr
Duval
Parr
Jim Fells County
Duke of
Associated Press
San Diego
Jacob S. Floyd
Floyd
South Texas
George Parr
Schines Little Brother Gets Into Act Tells Of Political Footballs
Cambridge Massachusetts Richard Schine a 19 year old Harvard sophomore says the Army made his brother a commission request a political football He told the Boston Post that if Secretary Stevens had acted promptly on G David Schines application an officer commission the McCarthy Army row might have been averted He said Stevens hedged for six weeks while the Army treated the request as political football.
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Cambridge
Mass
C. Richard Schine
Harvard
Army
Schine
Boston Post
Stevens
G David Schine
McCarathy
Dave
Senterfitt Withdraws From Texas Governor Race
Austin House Speaker Ruben Senterfitt declared he will not seek the governorship. He cited his father's illness and the special session as delaying factors and said he lacks time to mount a candidacy. Only Allan Shivers and Ralph Yarborough had announced campaigns, with other names expected to enter.
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Austin
Reuben Senterfitt
Allan Shivers
Senterfitt
National Party
Florida
Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
John White
White
J. J. Holmes
T L Houston Is Found Dead
Thomas Livingston Houston 57 died of a heart ailment while in his pickup near Snyder East Highway. He had lived in Snyder since 1952, moved from Lamesa in 1916, and was a World War I veteran. Survivors include a daughter Betty Jane, sister Mrs. Ella Cozart, and brothers I E Houston and C L Houston. Funeral services pending.
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Bell Funeral Home
Thomas Livingston Houston
Houston
Snyder Truck & Tractor Co
Bell
Battenfield Hospital
L. P. Houston
Snyder
Lamesa
Betty Jane
Ella Cozart
Entiat
Wash
I. E. Houston
Pearsall
C. L. Houston
Taft Hartley Law Reform Faces Senate Debate
President Eisenhower seeks changes to the Taft Hartley Act as the Senate opens a two week review. Senator H Alexander Smith outlines revisions while Senator Goldwater plans a states rights amendment backed by White House labor aides. The issue, long disputed, marks a major clash over postwar labor policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Labor Committee
H. Alexander Smith
Goldwater
Smith
White House
Truman
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
House Labor Committee
Cold Norther For Spring Hits Texas And Oklahoma
A Canadian air norther brought unseasonal cold to Texas and Oklahoma after a five day tornado outbreak. Oklahoma reported five deaths and 64 injuries while Texas saw no major casualties. Damages ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars as temps plunged to near freezing in parts of the plains.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dick Wise
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Canada
Oklahoma
Beaumont
Monroe
Vernon
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Childress
Lufkin
el Paso
Midland
Mineral Wells
Waco
San Antonio
Austin
Brownsville
Governor Shivers Plans Korea Trip This Summer
Governor Allan Shivers will travel to Korea this month with the executive committee of the National Governors Conference. He will depart Austin May 20 with details to follow. The trip was first invited by President Eisenhower and renewed by Gov. Dan Thornton. Shivers spoke at Nacogdoches tonight after a Woodville appearance.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Korea
Shivers
Eisenhower
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Woodville
Nacogdoches
Weather outlook for Texas regions today through Tuesday
North Central Texas shows fair but cold conditions this afternoon and tonight with a warmer Tuesday and a low around 38. West and Panhandle see fair, cold weather with a low near 34 to 42 tonight. East Texas expects fair skies with strong northerly winds along the coast easing later. South Central Texas remains fair and cold tonight into Tuesday with coastal winds diminishing.
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Fair End
West Texas
Panhandle
East Texas
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