Solons Won't Recall Election Change Bill
Texas legislators will not recall a bill changing primary dates or recall from Gov Price Daniel. Daniel criticized the bill in its present form and suggested changes including direct election of executive committee members. Senate sponsor Sen Dorsey Hardeman and Harol Parish warned against recall, while supporters tied the measure to Lyndon B. Johnson and national convention goals.
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San Angelo
Senate
Daniel
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Washington
House
Henry B. Gonzalez
San Antonio
Gonzalez
Texas
GOP
Quartet Indicted in Assault Count in Tallahassee
A Tallahassee grand jury indicted four white youths for raping a slender Negro co ed after witnesses including the 19 year old victim testified. The defendants Patrick G Scarborough 20 William T Collinsworth 24 David Ervin Beagles 18 and Ollie Stoutamire 16 were arraigned to face trial. The case marks a historic Florida proceeding with race tied to the crime and potential penalties.
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Tallahassee
Fla
W. May Walker
Florida
Walker
Patrick G. Scarborough
Air Force
Alaska
Willian T Collinsworth
David Ervin Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Frank Stoutamire
Quiz Racketeer On Delivery Payoffs Exposed Before Senate Panel
Harold Gross of New York and Miami faced questioning on alleged extortion payments totaling over 300000 dollars from New York area newspapers and a New Jersey printer to secure Sunday supplement deliveries. Cornelius Noonan and others linked to Teamsters and ILWU faced similar scrutiny as testimony outlined long running payoffs and labor peace arrangements.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington API
New York
Harold Gross
Miami
Senate Special Investigating Committee
Gross
New York Times
New York Mirror
American Weekly
New Jersey
Neo Gravure Printing Co
Weehawken
New York Journal-American
Cornelius Noonan
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Teamsters Union
John L. McClellan
Noonan
Robert F. Kennedy
Joseph Fontana
Erie, Pa
Times ,and News
New York Area
McClellan
New Gravure
Herter to Seek Public Support Before Geneva Trip
Secretary of State Christian A Herter plans a televised address at 8 p m EST to explain US policy on Germany and the East West Geneva conference. He will stress a peaceful framework for Soviet negotiations and pledges not to abandon West Berlin, before leaving Friday for the talks with Britain France and the Soviet Union. The conference could last a month.
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Washington
Christian A Herter
Geneva
Germany
Herter
West Berlin
Moscow
John Foster Dulles
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Weather clouds blanket West Texas with scattered showers
Clouds covered large parts of South Central and West Texas as forecasters expected only light showers. A weak cool front earlier in the week sparked gulf coast showers that faded by dawn. Dawn temperatures ranged from 50 in Dalhart to 79 in Galveston with many cities in the 60s and 70s.
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Associated Press
South Central
West Texas
Houston
Beaumont
Victoria
Gulf Coast
Amarillo
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Dalhart
Lubbock
Childress
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Dallas
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Midland
el Paso
Gen O Donnell to Command Pacific Air Forces
The White House announced Lt Gen Emmett O Donnell will command the Pacific air forces and be promoted to full general. President Eisenhower nominated him, subject to Senate confirmation, after naming him deputy chief of staff for personnel.
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Washington
Emmett O’donnell
Pacific Air Forces
White House
Eisenhower
O’donnell
Air Force
Senate
Union Accuses Steel Firms of Law Violations Feud Signals Strike Threat
The Steelworkers Union charges the steel industry with antitrust and labor law violations and asks the government to probe. Leaders hint at a possible July 1 strike while executives debate plans to counter unity and possible shared profits and plant shutdowns if workers walk out. Negotiations with US Steel and others show mounting tension ahead of June 30 expirations.
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New York
Steelworkers Union Today
Steel Industry
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Atty
William Rogers
Jerome D. Fenton
National Labor Relations Board
John F Murray
Pittsburgh Steelworkers Union
Murray
Philip Murray
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
US Steel Corp
Cooper
McDonald
NAACP Leader Suspended Over Violence Call
Robert Williams, head of a North Carolina NAACP branch, is suspended for urging Negroes to meet violence with violence after a Union County rape acquittal. Roy Wilkins says NAACP never advocated violence and further action will be decided at the board meeting.
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New York
Robert Willams
North Carolina
National Assa For Advancement of Colored People
Williams
Union County
N.C
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Board of Directors
Wilkins
Jupiter Flight Test Demonstrates Reliability Over Atlantic
The Army launched a 60 foot Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile 1500 miles over the Atlantic in a highly successful test. The rocket, capable of speeds near 10,000 mph, carried a beacon light for tracking and was prepared for potential future monkey passenger trials.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Building collapse traps workers in Westbury NY
A large industrial building under construction in Westbury Industrial Park collapsed with a roar trapping 20 to 100 workers. At least one man died as rescuers with cranes and emergency units from Nassau County worked through the wreckage. Witnesses reported the collapse without warning as debris and twisted girders filled the site.
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Westbury
N.Y
Nassau County
Italian Plane Freed By Iraq Officers
Iraqi authorities released a large Alitalia DC 8B after detaining it 27 hours for flying across Iraq without explicit authorization. The aircraft carried 17 to 21 passengers en route from Tehran to Beirut, including three Americans, Mr and Mrs Robert Rachwal of Glendale California and Arthur McLaren of Katonah New York.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Tehran
Beirut
Alitalia
Robert Rachwal
Glendale
Calif
Arthur McLaren
Katonah
Alitlia
Joseph Thweny
Walter Galli
Rome
Rayburn Plans House Vote On Large Housing Bill
Speaker Sam Rayburn said he intends to bring a $2.1 billion housing measure to a House vote now stuck in the Rules Committee. He outlined three parliamentary paths to bypass the panel if needed and noted the bill had backing from the Banking Committee for 140,000 units of low rent public housing.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Eisenhower
House For Action
Rayburn
Committee On Rules
House
Rules
Banking
Brent Spence
D-Ky
Rules Committee
Spence
Congress
Old Pros May Be On Sideline
Washington AP report notes 1960 convention posts may skip Sam Rayburn Joseph W. Martin Jr. and John McCormack as Rayburn hints at a possible nominating speech role and party leaders weigh changes for the Democratic and Republican conventions in Los Angeles and Chicago.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Joseph W. Martin Jr
John McCormack
D-Mass
Rayburn
Martin
McCormack
Boston School of Practical Politics
House
Los Angeles
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Board To Decide On Cox Parole Request
The State Board of Pardons and Parole said a decision on parole for former Texas Rep. James F. Cox of Conroe would be made tomorrow. Cox began a two year term after being convicted of agreeing to take a $5,000 bribe to kill a bill he introduced in the 55th Legislature.
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Cox
Weather Snapshot Across Texas Regions
Snyder sees 82 with 51 low and 7.30 am reading. East Texas partly cloudy after noon with showers tonight and Friday. Central Texas partly cloudy Friday with possible showers and a thundershower. North Central Texas partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Friday. West Texas partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds 0 to 20 mph from West Gulf East and southeast regions through Friday.
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Snyder
Texas
West Texas
West Gulf
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Long Island
William F. Arbogast
Charles A. Halleck
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