Taylor Goes Back On Witness Stand In Murder Trial
The cross examination of Charles Everett Taylor continued before noon in his murder case over the January death of Ruth Nichols. Prosecutor Renal Ross on questioned the 35 year old about his marriage in 1946 and support for a child, with Taylor admitting limited prior involvement and later support after arrest for child desertion. The trial, started eight days earlier with jury questioning, may extend beyond today with unclear plans for further witnesses or closing arguments.
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Charles Everett Taylor
Taylor
Ruth Nichols
Renal B. Rosson
Pauline Tayor
Pauline
Negro Plans return to University of Alabama
Mrs Autherine Lucy Foster the Negro expelled from the University of Alabama said she will return with Gods help. Speaking to about 400 people during a Texas NAACP tour she urged re admission and tax money benefits. Gus Courts a Mississippi grocer accompanies her on the tour with stops in Beaumont San Antonio Austin Waco Dallas and Texarkana.
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Tyler
Autherine Lucy Foster
University of Alabama
Texas
NAACP
Alabama
Gus Courts
Mississippi
Jury Selected for Connelly Caudle Conspiracy Trial
In St Louis a jury pool was drawn as prosecutors begin selecting 12 jurors for the conspiracy case against Matthew J. Connelly T Lamar Caudle both held in Truman era positions. Harry S Schwimmer also faces charges. Indicted December 1 on conspiring to defraud the government in a tax evasion scheme. A panel of 50 prospective jurors was called.
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ST. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
Connelly
Prsident
Harry S. Schwimmer
Gypsy Robber Band Smashed By Russia
Soviet railway police smashed a Gypsy robber band and recovered loot worth 182 million rubles. The gang described as the largest ever caught operated nationwide, according to the railway newspaper Gudok.
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Moscow
Gudok
Soviet Union
Five In Race For Governor
Ralph Yarborough filed for the Democratic primary ballot and paid a 1250 filing fee as a governor candidate. The field totals five with July 28 first primary looming. Other paid contenders include Reuben Senterfitt J Evetts Haley Price Daniel and W Lee O Daniel.
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Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
House
Reuben Senterfitt
San Saba
J. Evetts Haley
Canyon
Price Daniel
Dallas
W. Lee O’daniel
Dist
Atty
Tom Moore Jr
Waco
J. J. Holmes
Smith County
Ned Price
Shrinking Clinton Picture Aims to Cut Taxpayer Costs
The IRS will reduce the width of the DeWitt Clinton portrait on cigarette tax stamps by three sixteenths of an inch, saving about 250000 dollars yearly. The change, to be phased in over a month starting in June, will lower paper ink and freight costs as stamps shrink from fifteen sixteenths to three quarters of an inch wide. Franklin L. Thatcher led the idea with cooperation from stamp manufacturers and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
DeWitt Clinton
Clinton
Revenue Service
Franklin L. Thatcher
Thatcher
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
U S Ships $12 Billion To Free World Countries
Four block sequence of a high speed crash on Twenty fifth Street ends with a demolished car. Marshal Ford of Polar community driving a 1953 Oldsmobile is hospitalized after colliding with a 1955 Chevrolet and multiple parked vehicles near Montgomery Ward and Texaco Service Station. Police note no charges yet.
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Marshal Ford
Here
Twenty-fifth Street
Ford
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Lee Watson
U. S
Avenue W
Montgomery Ward
Chevrolet
Darel W .Smith
West North Street
Doug McGrain Texaco
Z. W. Davis
Avenue M
J. P. Gibbins, Inc
Oldsmobile
Eisenhower outlines six year Mutual Security program impact
President Eisenhower reported to Congress that the United States has shipped more than 12.4 billion dollars of military aid over six years to free world nations. About 900 million dollars flowed in during the last half of 1955 as NATO nations built up forces in Europe.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Greece
Turkey
NATO
U.S
South Korea
Formosa
Cambodia
Spain
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
D-Ga
Russia
Neces
Meeting Set For Tuesday At Fluvanna
Fluvanna school superintendent L M Dawson calls 8 p.m. Tuesday committee meeting to finish plans for Fluvanna Homecoming set for Saturday. Registration at 10 30 a.m. begins events with lunch at noon. ex teachers and graduates gather for sessions.
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Fluvanna
L M. Dawson
Fluvanna High School
E. 0
Red
Wedgeworth
Chamber of Commerce
Pampa
John Stavely
Harry Kingston
Canvass Of Election Returns Delayed In Scurry County
The Scurry County Commissioners Court postponed the election canvass because returns had not yet arrived at the courthouse. They set July 30-31 for the county board of equalization, discussed aiding the Boys Club with property, and entertained a proposal to acquire the old Crane building near the Junior High School for club use. Max West advised on the property proposal.
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Scurry County Commissioners Court
County Board of Equalization
Scurry County Boys Club
Max West
Bomber Missing on Secret Test Flight Over Isle of Wight
A twin engine Canberra jet bomber with three crew members aboard is reported missing during a secret test flight over the Isle of Wight near Portsmouth England. Royal Air Force search teams race to locate the aircraft and crew as weather and sea conditions challenge rescue efforts.
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Portsmouth
England
Isle of Wighit
Weather Snapshot Snyder Texas With Thunderstorms
Saturday high 94 and low 63 followed by yesterday’s 100 over 62. Today at 7 30 a m the reading is 73. West Texas expects local thunderstorms in Pecos Valley eastward late today and early tonight with otherwise partly cloudy skies through Tuesday and little temperature change.
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Snyder
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Foreign Aid Plan Backed By Administration
The admin asks Congress to approve a 4.9 billion foreign aid package to aid NATO allies with advanced weapons. Hollister testifies that about 195 million already funds NATO members with future allocations pending after further study. He argues the program strengthens mutual defense against Communist forces and reassures allies of U.S. commitment.
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Hollister
Tito Welcomed With Full State Honors In Paris Visit
Yugoslav leader Tito arrived in Paris for a six day state visit and was greeted with a red carpet welcome by France's top leaders. He stepped from the train at Boulogne station accompanied by Ko ca Popovic and met President Rene Coty as crowds cheered along the parade route to the Elysee Palace.
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Paris
Tito
Yugoslavia
France
Boulogne
Rene Coty
Koca Popovic
Coty
Guy Mollet
Christian Pineau
French National Assembly
Senate
Jovanka
Foch
Arch of Triumph
Champs Elysees
Elysee Palace
Forest Fire Near Cimarron Brought Under Control
A forest fire covering over 2500 acres near Cimarron New Mexico was halted by a back fire started last night Guardsmen from Raton were deployed for mop up operations today ensuring containment and recovery efforts proceed.
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Cimarron
N.M
Raton National Guardsmen
County Demo Meet Slated Here Tuesday
Scurry County will name its delegates to the state convention Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the courthouse. Johnson forces appear to have won control of the party machinery with at least 35 votes, while no Scurry County delegates were pledged to Gov. Shivers. An unusually high turnout marked several precincts as the party battles continued.
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Scurry County
Lyndon B. Johnson
Len Johnson
Texas
Sen. Johnson
Johnson
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Snyder
Lee Watson
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Martin Dies
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