Morrow Won't Back Shivers Peace Move in Party Rift
In Austin veteran Texas Democrat Wright Morrow rejects any reconciliation with national party leaders. He maintains opposition to the leftwing faction and to Harriman or Stevenson, backing Eisenhower’s presidency and signaling a deep split with Gov. Shivers over national affairs and 1956 direction.
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Allan Shivers
Washington
Wright Morrow
Houston
Morrow
Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Averill Harriman
Shivers
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Plane Wreckage Found After Snow For Two Months
Wreckage of a Beechcraft found on a mountain meadow near Wasatch Utah after nearly two months buried by snow. The Beechcraft was flying from Chicago to Arcata California when it went down March 9. Seven miles west of Wasatch and about 18 miles from Evanston Wyoming, five dead occupants were identified: Robert J Willis 38 Chicago plywood broker owner of the plane. his 9 year old son Jacques. pilot George Dott 37 of Wauconda Illinois. Harry W Gindelle Pittsburgh plywood man. a fifth body likely Harry Knutson of San Francisco and Costa Rica lumber interests. The flight was en route Rock Springs Wyoming to Salt Lake City.
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Arcata
Calif
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Wyo
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Jacques
George Dott
Wauconda
Iil
Harry W. Gindelle
Pittsburgh
Harry Knutson
San Francisco
Costa Rica
Rock Springs
Salt Lake City
Farm Prop Bill Due To Be Pigeonholed
Washington reports the House voted 206 to 201 to restore mandatory price supports for key crops, reversing last year’s liberalized system. The move, supported by Speaker Rayburn and many Democrats, risks a Senate reluctance and possible veto, with parity pricing and dairy supports affected.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Employment at Record Level in April
Washington announces April unemployment fell from March while total civilian employment rose to 61,685,000. Largest gains occurred in agriculture and construction with trade and services also growing in spring. Factory payrolls increased by about 40,000 despite a typical seasonal decline.
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Washington
Mitchell
Walter Williams
Decision On Beard Rested With Edgar
Doctor John L Beard former Irving School superintendent faces a decision by State Education Commissioner J W Edgar after a three day hearing On whether the board was justified in dismissing Beard and the legal impact of the abolishment of the Irving School District The case could stretch to July or August with briefs due by May 19 and responses thereafter Beard’s lawyer seeks restoration or pay through the end of his contract while a board contest between pro Beard and anti Beard factions unfolds ahead of a new school year election
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Austin
John L. Beard
Irving Schools
J. W. Edgar
Edgar
Beard
Irving
Bascom Thomas
Dr. Beard
Thomas
U.S. Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Nevada
Government Halts Release Of Salk Vaccine Supplies
Washington reports Surgeon Gen. Leonard Scheele halted federal release of additional Salk polio vaccine for several days while top scientists review the situation. Production continues with federal approval delayed. experts expect continued nationwide inoculation and targeted distribution to vulnerable children.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
House Banking Committee
U. S. Public Health Service
Dr. Scheele
Spence
D-Ky
Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Two Vehicles Demolished in Snyder Collision
A head on collision four miles south of Snyder on Texas Highway 101 at 4:30 this morning demolished both vehicles involved. Northbound 1947 Plymouth sedan driven by Abraham Espinoza and southbound 1952 Chevrolet truck driven by John M. Derickson collided. Three members of the Snyder Latin American family Espinoza were injured but not seriously and treated at Battenfield Jones Clinic Hospital before being released. Deputy Bill Love investigated, noting the crash occurred on the west side of the pavement near a bridge with the truck’s frame bent and rear wheels torn loose.
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Snyder City
Texas Highway 101
Abraham Espinoza
Snyder Country Club
John M. Derickson
Avenue
J. Espinoza
Tommie
Mary Lou
Battenfield-Jones Clinic
Colyn C. Smith
Colorado City
Bill Love
Derickson
Love
Talks To Key Advisers
President Eisenhower met for 30 minutes with Dulles Wilson Hoover Jr. and Radford to discuss a routine National Security Council matter. Dulles planned to depart for Paris to attend NATO talks on Far Eastern issues and Western Europe defense and to meet Pinay and Macmillan on Viet Nam policy.
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Wilson
Herbert Hoover Jr
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Arthur W. Radford
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West Germany
Antoine Pinay
Harold Macmillan
Pinay
Strong S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Th Viet Nam
Nine Men Die in Skid Row Hotel Fire in Chicago
A flash fire at the Comfort Hotel on 919 W Madison St Chicago killed nine men and injured at least 12. About 77 slept in tiny cubicles. 55 escaped. Fire confined to second and third floors. Patrolmen Reynolds and Becker helped evacuate around 25 men. The blaze marks the fourth deadly hotel fire in Chicago this year with 51 deaths.
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Chicago
Madison St
Comfort
al Reese
Eugene Reynolds
Robert Becker
Barton Hotel
Humboldt Park Hotel
Hearing Set May 16 On Parr Indictment
Houston A hearing on a federal motion to drop an income tax evasion indictment against Duval County political boss George Parr will be held Monday May 16. The government seeks to retry him under a different indictment claiming he owes $85,654.37 in taxes and filed false statements through 1951. Parr was indicted in February here and similar indictments were returned in San Antonio earlier this week. Judge T M Kennerly will hear the motion and may dismiss the Houston charges.
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Houston
George Parr
Parr
Duval County
San Antonio
T. M. Kennerly
Weather Outlook for West Texas Clear Skies and Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions this afternoon, with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Saturday from Pecos Valley eastward and across the lower South Plains. No significant temperature changes expected.
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West Texas
Pecos
South Plains
CRMWD Mulls Supplying Lamesa Water
Directors of the Colorado River Municipal Water District agreed to study supplying water for Lamesa. No formal request yet, but city officials indicated interest. The board authorized a study ensuring adequate supply for the three member cities Snyder Big Spring Odessa and considered selling water to Lamesa at the lake if feasible. The group also authorized fishing piers funded from the recreation fund and toured the lake aboard the district barge.
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Colorado River
Lamesa
Snyder
Big Spring
Odessa
Col E. V. Spence
Spence
Recreation Fund
Concensus of
Vietnamese To Seek Republic
SAIGON South Viet Nam will proclaim herself a republic if assured by the Western Big Three. A source close to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem said the government expects quick recognition from non Communist Asian nations such as Japan the Philippines Nationalist China Korea Cambodia and Thailand. The only barrier to ousting Bao Dai is the attitude of the great powers. Diem’s associate rejects a constitutional monarchy as outdated and unacceptable to the Vietnamese people.
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John Roderick
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Japan
Philippines
China
Korea
Cambodia
United States
Lawmakers Push Tax Reforms Amid Recess Omission
Lawmakers pressed to solve Texas tax problems with extended hearings and no recess. Senate State Affairs set today as deadline for new levies including a four mils tax on value added by manufacturing. Protests from grocers and others argued stamps tax is a tool for small merchants to compete with chains, while opponents said profits in stamp business are large. House rejected Senate plan for a constitutional change to allow state advertising, and tentatively approved replacing the State Board of Water Engineers with an elective Texas Water Commission.
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Austin W
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House
Texas
Assn
Chambers of May
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Brownwood
Association
Walter Leach
State Board of Water Engineers
Texas Water Comaieen
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