Nuclear test blast at Yucca Flat rocks Survival City
Bill Becker reports a 30 to 35 kiloton atomic blast at Yucca Flat. The 500-foot tower detonation near Survival City obscured the town in dust and prompted a tour to assess damage while noting civilian and military reactions, including the first women trenches in a civil defense exercise.
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Survival City
Nev
Hiroshima
Doomsday Drive
Nagasaki
Yucca Flat
Klamath Falls
Ore
San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Utah
Phoenix
Ariz
Las Vegas
Henderson
United States
Atomville
Yucca
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Peterson
U. S
Minor Wreck Results When Wire Breaks
A collision on U S Highway 180 three miles east of town involved a 1951 GMC truck and semitrailer driven by James Woods of Odessa and a 1949 Dodge pickup driven by Hassie Puryear of Rotan. A worker atop the trailer lifted a telephone wire. it broke and caused Puryear to skid, no injuries reported. Pickup damage estimated at $125. truck and trailer sustained no damage. trailer carried an oil field pumping unit.
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E. E. Norris
James Cecil Woods
Odessa
Norris
Hassie Reaves Puryear
Rotan
Puryear
Television outlet sought for Laredo by two Texas men
H C Avery Jr and David H Cole of Midland Texas asked the Communications Commission for a TV outlet in Laredo on Channel 8. Vidicon Industries of America is the business name behind the bid.
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Washington
Midland
Tex
H. C. Avery Jr
David H. Cole
The
Communications Commission
Laredo
Channel 8
Vidicon Industries of America
Cisco Driller Dies In Texas Car Crash
Cisco man Jimmy C. Morgan 36 co owner of MKM Drilling Corp San Antonio was killed when his car overturned near Breckenridge Texas last night.
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Breckenridge, Tex
Jimmy C. Morgan
Cisco
MKM Drilling Corp
San Antonio
Here
Tax Plans Threaten To Hold Legislature Past Deadline
Tax proposals target many businesses from parking lots to hotels and airlines risking a late adjournment beyond May 10. Senate hearings are set for Friday and Saturday with further action to follow, possibly delaying adjournment into May or later.
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Mac Roy Rasor
Austin W
Senate
State Affairs Committee
Carlos Ashley
Llano
Andrew Howsley
Texas Mid-Continent Oil
Irving school chief fired over football and unity row
A Texas board member testified the firing of Irving school superintendent Dr. John L. Beard stemmed from broader disunity between junior high and high school athletic programs and not solely from football losses. The hearing before State Education Commissioner J. W. Edgar covered Beard’s insubordination and organizational issues, including failure to post an organizational chart and approve bids for gym plans.
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Austin
John L. Beard
Irving
W. H. Benson
Beard
J. W. Edgar
Benson
Bascom Thomas
Dallas
Irving School
Friends of Beard
Irving Independent
Allan Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Shivers
Yarborough
Atty
Charles P. Storey
Dal
Las
Irving Board
Edgar
Studnts
Woman Ruled Lane Faces Murder Count
Tulsa district court jurors ruled Grandma Nannie Doss competent to stand trial for murder. The 50 year old widow, who admits poisoning four husbands and one mother, faces a June 6 trial date after a 15 minute sanity hearing.
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Tulsa
Okla.p
Nannie Doss
Howard Edmondson
Gordon Patten
Congress ready to set up control on vaccine if needed
Congress, echoing President Eisenhower, signals possible mandatory controls if voluntary vaccine distribution fails. Lawmakers advocate full government supervision to ensure equitable distribution of the Salk polio vaccine.
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Congress
Washington
Eisenhower
Congressional
Nail Service Set For Tomorrow
Funeral services for Matthew Owen Nail 73 longtime Dunn resident are set for 2 PM tomorrow at Dunn Methodist Church with Rev H W Gaston officiating. He died yesterday in Panola County Hospital Carthage where he had recently lived. Bell Funeral Home directs interment in Dunn Cemetery beside his wife who died in June 1947. He was born Sept 30 1881 and married Dec 21 1901. thirteen children were born, nine survive. He farmed stock near Dunn and was a 40 year Methodist member. Survivors include five daughters four sons two sisters a half brother 24 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Matthew Owen Nail
Dunn
Dunn Methodist Church
H. W. Gaston
Mr. Nail
Panola County
Carthage
Bell Funeral Home
Mattie Emma Minton
Nail
Methodist Church
Clifton Brooks
A. J. Holland
Royce Johnson
Snyder
J. H. Cotton
J. R. Sherrod
Amarillo
Paschal Nail
Hillsboro
Virgil Nail
Owen Nail
L. T. Nail
Bill Mauritzen
Myrt Brazzel
Bill Wilson
Perry Echols
Hack Billingsley
Dildy Smith
Homer Harrison
Arey Taylor
H. J. Johnson
Willie Chadwick
G. H. Brown
Demo Splits Minor Says Johnson on GOP Rifts
Washington Senator Lyndon B. Johnson told Democratic governors that party splits are minor compared to Republican rifts over Eisenhower policy and defense secrecy. He said Democrats will win next year and pursue a constructive legislative record with skilled lawmakers, while noting Republican leaders clash on treaties, defense, and policy fronts. Johnson also addressed 1956 nomination prospects, mentioning Shivers and Stevenson, with Michigan Governor Williams asserting multiple qualified candidates exist.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Sen. Bridges
New Hampshire
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic National
Carmine de Sapio
New York
Illinois
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Texas Governor Shivers Holds Quiet Talks on 1956
In Washington Governor Allan Shivers and DNC chairman Paul Butler met in a three hour breakfast session. They discussed party unity, with Butler saying penitent Democrats who backed Eisenhower in 1952 could be welcomed back, and Shivers indicating he would not back Stevenson for 1956 unless major changes. Both men aimed for broader Texas Democratic support and clearer convention alignment.
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Washington
Texas
Allan Shivers
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Butler
Shivers
Capitol
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Lyndon Johnson
Rudder
Joe Burkett Jr
Kerrville
Street
Rainfall tally tops inch across county with scattered showers
West Texas counties saw scattered thundershowers with Snyder recording .08 inch. Dan Gibson reported 1.2 inches north of Snyder on Clairemont road while a gauge near his home measured .75 inch. Humble Cogdell camp reported .625 inch and a Texaco rack 15 miles northwest of Snyder 0.25 inch. Snyder year total under 1.5 inches. highs near 95 and early morning low 61.
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West Texas
Snyder
David Strayhorn
Dan Gibson
Clairemont Road
Gibson House
Humble Cogdell Camp
Texaco
Lubbock
Helmleigh
Dunn
West Texas rain and hail disrupts roads and tallies rainfall
Considerable rain drenched West Texas from Valentine to Marathon with cloudbursts in the Davis Mountains and hail near the Glass Mountains, closing highways and prompting maintenance crews. Rain totals included Presidio 1.09 inches and counts at Midland, Big Spring, Wink, and Alpine, while morning lows ranged from 51 to 72 degrees and skies turned partly cloudy with a forecast of more thundershowers.
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West Texas
Davis Mountain
Glass Mountains
Valentine
Tex
Marathon
Davis Mountains
Alpine
Midland
Big Spring
Wink
Presidio
Colorado City
Weather Bureau
Sumruld Rites Held Here This Afternoon
Funeral services for Don Arlen Sumruld twenty year old, held at 3 p m in the First Baptist Church. He was drowned Sunday afternoon in Lake J B Thomas. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Alton E Sumruld and two brothers of the Canyon community southwest of Snyder and grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Sumruld and Mrs J C Walls Sr of Snyder. Burial was in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home direction.
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Don Arlen Sumruld
First Baptist Church
Young Sumruld
Lake J. B. Thomas
Alton E. Sumruld
Canyon
Snyder
Walter Sumruld
J. C. Walls
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
North Central Texas mostly in northwest. West Texas mostly cloudy with scattered showers and local thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Friday. No major temperature change. East and South Central Texas partly cloudy and warm with gentle to moderate southeast winds along the coast.
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Texas
West
Hearing On Santa Fe Spur Concluded
A two day hearing on Santa Fes bid to lay a 19.7 mile spur into West Texas gas fields ended with witnesses for Texas and Pacific Railway opposing the project. ICC official Robert Romero said a decision would come from Washington. Dallas consultant Otto K Wetzel Jr testified the spur from Maryneal Nolan County to Silver Coke County would not be economical and T P freight traffic manager Herman Pistor said the spur would not be best for the Santa Fe or the railroad industry.
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Dallas
Santa Fe
West Texas
Robert Romero
Inters Commerce Commission
ICC
Washington
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Otto K. Wetzel Jr
T&p
Maryneal
Nolan County
Silver
Coke County
Herman Pistor
State Tourist Plan Nearing Approval
A Texas plan to fund state park improvements via revenue bonds moves toward final legislative approval. The House supported 25 million dollars for tourist lodges, with Senate State Affairs Committee backing. lodges are planned for Eisenhower State Park, Inks Lake Park, and Allanta State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin WA
Texas
House
Senate State Affairs Committee
Senate
Parks Board
Eisenhower State Park
Lake Texoma
Inks Lake Park
Burnet
Allanta State Park
Briscoe pushes permanent panel for vet land scandal cleanup
Rep. Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde urged a 21 member House committee to end the veteran land program scandal and audit the General Land Office under ex commissioner Bascom Giles. The measure, sent to State Affairs, aims to report findings to the 55th Legislature in 1957 amid indictments of lawyers, land dealers, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Benham Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
House
Veterans Land Program
Land Office
Bascom Giles
Briscoe
General Land Office
State Affairs Committee
The
Giles
Grand
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Bangkok
Chicago
Napit Polpinyo
Prissana
Jirapon Karsemsak
Bangkok Women’s Hospital
Billings Hospital
University of Chicago Medical Center
By Bill Becker
House Education Committee
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Pera
Lane
Sen. Johnson
By Tex Easley
Associated Press
Shepperd
Gladewater
Diebel
Cavness
Zavala County
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