Polio Cases Edge Up as Doctors See Slow Year Ahead
Washington reports 74 new polio cases last week, about half of 1955's figure. Public Health Service says it is too early to gauge the trend. Surgeons General Scheele and Langmuir expect a slower rise than in recent years and urge inoculation for over 50 million children by October 30.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Alexander D. Langmuir
Atlanta
Langmuire
Scheele
Texas Fights Flood Threats Amid Rain Lull
Heavy rains eased across Texas after four days of storms. Rivers Sabine and Trinity cresting and falling. 200 families still out of their homes near Brownwood. Weather Bureau warns livestock evacuation along Sabine lowlands as crest forecast at 34 feet.
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Texas
Sabine River
Weather Bureau
Sabine
Gladewater
John White
Rio Grande Valley
Alamo
Raymondville
Mission
McAllen
Harlingen
Waco
Brazos River
Nations Agree To Cease Fire In Middle East Move
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold told the Security Council he won unconditional cease-fire pledges from Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. He said negotiations with the four Arab neighbors show progress toward full compliance with 1949 armistice terms and a possible June return to solidify the cease-fire.
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United Nations, N. Y.P— U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Council
Middle East
Palestine
Hammarskjold
Influence Denied by Chotiner at Hearing on Graft Claims
Murray M. Chotiner told the Senate Investigations subcommittee he never used Vice President Nixon’s name or his influence for clients. The Los Angeles lawyer admitted representing garment makers Herman Kravitz Sr. and Jr. of Atlantic City and Joseph Abrams of Brooklyn, receiving $6,000 from Kravitz but no fee from Abrams. The Kravitzes and Abrams refused to testify, invoking the Fifth Amendment, as the panel pursued questions on employment scope and possible bribery tied to military clothing contracts.
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Washington
Murray M
Chotiner
Nixon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Los Angeles
Samuel
Herman Kravitz
Atlantic City
N. J
Joseph
Joey) Abrams
Brooklyn
Abrams
the Kravitzes
Subcommittee
Kravittzes
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen
Knowlane
R-Calif
Robert F. Kennedy
British opposition to NATO aid extension discussed in Paris meeting
British sources say Britain opposes extending NATO to fund aid for developing regions. Dulles and Lloyd held talks on East West relations and NATO's role. Britain favors expanding NATO consultative functions but rejects a new body for aid and using NATO to channel aid to Southeast Asia or the Middle East.
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Paris
Britain
United States
U.S
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
NATO
International Monetary Fund
Southeast Asia
United Nations
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Middle East
Christian Pineau
France
India
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Pineau
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Trial of Charles Taylor Opens in Snyder Murder Case
Testimony began in the murder trial of Charles Everett Taylor charged with killing his former mother in law, Mrs Ruth Nichols. His ex wife Pauline Taylor testified about their marriage, divorce, and contact with Taylor, who later visited with their daughter Linda in Snyder Texas.
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Charles Everett Taylor
Ruth Nichols
Pauline Taylor
Taylor
Linda
San Antonio
Pauline
National Cotton Week Plans Loom In Snyder
Local planners outline a cotton style show and queen contest as main events for National Cotton Week May 14. The Chamber of Commerce merchants and agriculture committees will coordinate displays and farming projects with help from the National Cotton Council.
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Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
Garland Drake
Dunlap’s
Merchants Committee
Nation Cotton Council
Chamber of Commerce
National Cotton Council
Four Bodies Found After Bomber Crash
Lincoln AFB B47 Stratojet crashed ten miles northwest of Lincoln. State safety patrolman says four bodies recovered. Names withheld. The bomber normally carries three or four crewmen. The crash occurred near a farm where four Lincoln base fliers died in an April crash. Eyewitnesses say the aircraft exploded on impact.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln Air Force Base
One Candidate Files Demo Committee Fees
Austin report notes candidate William Murray Jr. became the 17th to pay the filing fee, raising the State Democratic Executive Committee total to 16,300. Murray seeks reelection to the railroad commission, a post he has held since 1949 when appointed by Gov Beauford Jester and reelected in 1950.
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Austin
Democratic Executive Committee
William Murray Jr
Railroad Commission
Texas
Murray
Beauford Jester
Precinct Support Sought By Leaders
Gov. Allan Shivers and Sen. Lyndon Johnson travel to San Antonio for Saturday precinct conventions seen as a first test for Texas delegation leadership to Chicago. Johnson attacks Shivers and Rayburn while calling for a moderate Texas delegation and action on insurance and land scandals.
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Associated Press
Allan Shivers
Lyndon Johnson
San Antonio
Johnson
Shivers
Texas
Chicago
Houston
Sam Ray
Burn
John Nance Garner
Henry Wallace
Waco
Austin
Lord Fauntleroy
Labor Talks Set to Determine Cotton Picking Wages
Labor Department wage officials will question West Texas farmers and inspect records to set prevailing cotton picking wages at $1.75 per hundred pounds for last fall. Sen. Price Daniel notes four-man team will check Dawson County for four to five days. Farmers claim $1.55. Rep. Mahon and Daniel estimate about $200,000 collectible from about a dozen counties.
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Washington
Labor Department
West Texas
Price Daniel
Dawson County
Mahon
Sen
Daniel
City Council to consider bids for southeast Snyder water mains
A 5 30 PM meeting will review bids for water mains aiding the water works expansion voters recently approved. The council will seek authorization to place 168000 in Treasury notes and bonds via Snyder National Bank to secure a 460000 city deposit. The deposit stems from bonds issued for city improvements and is a standard Federal Reserve required municipal deposit safeguard.
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Snyder
U. S. Treasury
Snyder National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Weather Snapshot for Snyder Area
Yesterday high 78 degrees and low 54. This morning at 7 30 a m the temperature in Snyder was 59 degrees.
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Snyder
Just Trying To Aid Nuns in Ogden
Thomas Dawson, 39, told Judge Charles Sneddon he threw a rock at two nuns to warn them after seeing them check a gas tank and strike a match. The rock hit a man quarrelling with his wife and shattered a grocery window. Dawson was jailed 30 days for disorderly conduct.
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Ogden, Utah
Thomas Dawson
Charles Sneddon
Dawson
Sneddon
Local Woman Slightly Burned In Gasoline Fire
A woman received a slight burn while washing clothes in gasoline at her home 2812 Avenue G around 11 30 this morning. Durward Porter fire chief said the fire caused only minor damage and was quickly controlled. The injured was identified as Mrs E L Schwartz.
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Avenue G
Durward Porter
E. L. Schwartz
Pravda Attacks British Labor Party Over Khrushchev Row
Pravda accuses British Labor leaders of provoking Khrushchev to derail a united front. Khrushchev and Bulganin clashed with Laborites during a London visit, denying the existence of Social Democrats in the Soviet Union and rejecting calls to free imprisoned Socialists. Labor leaders defend their remarks as aimed at freeing detainees.
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London
Pravda
Labor Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Britain
Soviet Union
Popular Front
Europe
Moscow Radio
Soviet Communist Party
Former Girl Friend Runs Over Man in New Orleans Death
Mack Jernigan, 43, died after being knocked down and run over by Beatrice Adams, 33, described as his former girlfriend. Adams was held on an attempted murder charge, later to be changed after Jernigan's death. Police note her statement “He took advantage of me” and suspect a broken love affair linked to Jernigan's reconciliation with his wife.
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New Orleans
Mack Jernigan
Beatrice Adams
Jernigan
Ruling Against NLRB Penalties for Peaceful Strikers
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that the National Labor Relations Board cannot penalize strikers who picket peacefully for others misdeeds. Judge Bazelon wrote that peaceful pickets are not responsible for violence by others and that reinstatement denial authority covers only those who authorize or partake in wrongful conduct and their aides.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
David L. Bazelon
NLRB
The
Labor Board
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union-Afl
Pascagoula, Miss
B.V.D. Co
Supplies Sent Out For Election In Scurry County
Supplies go to 20 precincts for Saturday local option vote on alcohol sales in Scurry County. First such election since 1952. Polling sites and presiding judges listed.
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Scurry County
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