State Board Backed On School Curriculum Changes Deferred
The State Board of Education deferred action on proposed high school curriculum changes to allow additional committee study. The plan calls for new courses, 16 units required to graduate, and credits in English mathematics science history government and electives. Voluntary adoption begins September 1957 with mandatory standards for accredited schools in 1958-59.
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Austin
State Board of Education
St Eo
Cecil Morgan
Fort Worth
State Commission of School Accreditation
Eden Heads to Ottawa for Rest and Recovery
Sir Anthony Eden travels to Ottawa for a two week visit seeking further rest after last month's bile duct obstruction surgery. He appears tanned and smiling as he departs Boston by plane.
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Boston
Sir Anthony Eden
Ottawa
Teamsters Union Charged With Corruption by AFL CIO
The AFL CIO Ethical Practices Committee charged the Teamsters Union with failing to clean up alleged corruption and set a May 24 deadline for response after a two hour closed hearing. Beck and other leaders faced a 22 page bill of particulars citing use of union funds and calls for investigation.
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Washington
Aflcio Ethical Practices Committee
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
Beck
Ethical Practices Committee
Senate
Teamsters Board
Brewster
James R. Hoffa
Noise prompts teen’s rifle fatal shot to aunt in Wayne
Buddy Claxton, 15, testified he heard a noise outside his farm home at night and fired after calling Who’s there. His aunt Anna Pauline Hysell, a deaf mute, died. she couldn’t have heard him. State police investigate while noting peculiar circumstances. The family lived near the Kentucky border with thefts of gasoline reported.
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Hysell
Kentucky
Four Rigs In South Borden County Picketed
A four-rig strike in South Borden County by GAIL Gilfield drilling workers begins the first local action since unionization. About 150 workers gathered overnight, five quit, and drills stayed running. Texas rangers and sheriff officials prepare for possible violence as Local 672 reports 16 pickets near the four sites in Good Field and Jo Mill Field.
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Union
Texas Rangers
Frank Garrett
Midland
Cactus Drilling Co
Denver Drilling Co
Continental Oil Co
Tom Good
Black Drilling Co
Good Field
Jo Mill Field
Borden County
Sheriff’s Office
Sid Reeder
Raymond Waters
Lubbock
John Wood
Gene Graves
Sweetwater
O. W. Clark
Odessa
International Union of Operating Engineers
Flooded Streams Recede as Texas Recovers From Floods
After nearly three weeks of severe weather, floodwaters across Texas retreat toward normal levels. The Red River and Sabine River crest forecasts shift, with widespread damage tallied at about five million dollars and 9,000 people displaced. Public aid agencies deploy three disaster survey teams.
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Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Wichita Falls
Wichita Lake
Holliday Creek
Sabine
Deweyville
Brazos
J. W. Barton
Cleburne
Louisiana
Red River
Clarence
Powhatan
Shreveport
Sabine River
Logansport
Red Cross
Eisenhower
Federal Civil Defense Administration
State Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Office
Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Himself in Ohio
In Columbus Mrs Thelma Robinson 25 died 19 hours after being shot in the head by her husband Paul 27 who later killed himself Police said the Texan construction worker shot her after she threatened to leave him and return to Amarillo Texas
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Columbus
Ohio
Thelma Robinson
Paul
Robinson
Olton
Tex
Amarillo
May 15 Date Set Adjournment Talk Spreads
In Austin a plan for final adjournment on May 15 is discussed in the House as Rep. Harold Parish prepares to introduce a final adjournment resolution. If both houses pass sine die, no backtracking allowed and enacted laws must be in place by then. The Senate accepts House amendments to a securities regulation bill, sending it to Gov. Daniel. A 200 million dollar water reservoir aid plan faces action guided by Sen. George Parkhouse, with Sen. Ottis Lock at odds over expansion and storage proposals.
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Austin
House
Harold Parish
Parish
Senate
Gov
Daniel
Sen
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Senate Water Committee
Texas Water Resources Committee
Conference Committee
Parkhouse
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
Lock
Europe Endures Widespread Cold Snap
A freak cold snap grips Europe with widespread snow across the continent. Britain France and Italy report heavy crop damage and disrupted activities as temperatures plunge.
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London
Europe
Britain
France
Italy
Handling Of Soil Bank Blasted By House Investigators
House investigators accuse farmers of double dipping with soil bank funds and crop insurance on the same land. The report criticizes misapplied payments as Agriculture Department officials say the program was rushed into effect in 1956.
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Washington
House
House Agriculture Appropriations
Federal Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Subcommittee
Department of Agriculture
Soil Bank
Whitten
D-Mass
Asst. Secretary of Agriculture
Marvin L. McLain
Midwest Farm Belt
McLain
Howard J. Doggett
Cammodity Stabilization Service
Budget Use Is Explained
Fort Worth Texas budget details from State Comptroller Robert Calvert outline a two billion dollar biennial plan. Education takes 40 percent, followed by highways and public welfare, together consuming about 80 percent of the budget. The general fund will receive 310 million dollars, up 100 million, with no comment on pay raises for state employees or teachers.
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Fort Worth
Robert Calvert
Texas
Service Held For McCarthy in Senate Chamber
In Washington the Senate chaplain eulogized Senator Joseph R. McCarthy as a fallen warrior in the cause of Americanism at a Senate ceremony after a solemn funeral mass at St Matthew's. McCarthy 48 died Thursday of an acute liver ailment. High officials attended including Vice President Nixon and Eisenhower aide Jack Martin.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
St. Matthew’s
McCarthy
William E. Borah
Idaho
Harris
Snyder High School Stage Band Embarks On Central Texas Tour
The Snyder High School stage band led by Melvin Montgomery departs for a first tour of Central Texas with 21 members. They will perform at San Angelo High, Brady High, Austin venues including Travis High and the University of Texas, then Marlin and Killeen High Schools before returning home.
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Snyder High School
Central Texas
Melvin Montgomery
San Angelo
Brady
Austin
Marlin
Killeen
San Angelo High School
Brady High School
Travis High School
University of Texas
Testimony Resumed In NAACP Hearing
Tyler report notes testimony resumed in a permanent injunction hearing against the NAACP over alleged soliciting of integration lawsuits and profiting as a non profit. The state seeks to ban the organization from Texas while attorneys discussed a possible compromise.
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Tyler
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Texas
Waco Installs 150000 Dollar Downtown Traffic System
A new electronic traffic control system valued at 150000 dollars began operation in downtown Waco. The project aims to improve flow and safety for motorists and pedestrians.
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WACOH
Sad Sam Balloon Snafu Ends In Iowa Tree Test Flight Foiled
A General Mills balloon test for high altitude parachute gear ended with the gondola and dummy parachutist Sad Sam grounded in a tree near Cresco Iowa after a release failure. The 275 foot plastic bag had been visible over Red Wing Minnesota as technicians hoped for an early landfall and prompt discovery.
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Minneapolis
Iowa
General Mills, Inc
Sad Sam
Cresco
Sam
New Brighton
St. Paul
Minn
Red Wing
Twin Cities
New Mexico
Henry P. Nielsen
Air Force
Capt. Nielsen
Wright Air Development Center
Aical Laboratory
Dayton
Ohio
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Chichester
England
Eden
Frank W. Brewster
Western Conference of the Union
Sidney L. Brennan
International Union
Cate Betty Stein
San Antonio
Texas Federation of Mineral Societies
San College
Betty
South Borden County
Snyder
The
Mercury
West Texas
Ance Securities
Insurance Commission
Secretary of State
Marlin High School
Killeen High School
Waco
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