Rains Spread Across Texas Amid Distinct Weather Pattern
A 0.15 inch rainfall last night brings Texas year total to 3.51 inches, 0.05 below last year. Rain extended across the northern half of the state with Denton and Paris seeing notable totals as a stationary front and Gulf air collide. A pilot point collision injures a driver as showers, fog, and thundershowers move through the region.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Associated Press
Texas
Denton
Paris
Waco
Shreveport
Lubbock
Pilot Point
Bent Booe
Booe
Amarillo
Childress
Big Spring
Junction
Dalhart
Gulf
Mississippi River
New Mexico
Dick Wise
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Wildcat well tests Pennsylvanian lime in Howard County
Southern Minerals Corp No. 1 Homan plans a 9 800 foot wildcat in Northwest Howard County about 16 miles NW of Spring. Drill site is 660 feet from south and east lines of section 45 33 13n T P, farmout from Cities Service, test through Pennsylvanian lime. operations start at once. Also Scurry County stepout from Helmleigh Strawn field, No. Jap Beck, 10 miles east of Snyder. 6 700 feet contract depth. drilling to commence immediately. Texaco and Marshall R Young No. 1 Pearl M Cooper near Drake Caddo field swabbed 105 barrels in eight hours. zone acidized and to be retreated. Garza County No. 1 Connell Estate near Rocker A San Andres field produced 23 barrels of oil with 44 percent water after 24 hours. five and one half inch casing cemented at 2739 feet. See Oil News, Page 2.
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Southern Minerals Corp
Howard County
T&p
Cities Service
Scurry
R. W. Baxter
Midland
Jap Beck
Helmleigh- Strawn
East Scurry County
Snyder
H&tc
Texaco
Marshall R. Young
Pearl M. Cooper
Fisher County
Hamlin
Drake
Garza Oiler
R. S
Dick) Anderson
Connell Estate
Rocker A-San Andres
Garza County
Weekend violence leaves Texas with at least nineteen dead
The Associated Press reports weekend incidents across Texas resulting in at least nineteen deaths from traffic crashes, shootings, and drownings. Victims include Raymond Crews of Ladonia in a fatal car crash, Ruth Wilson a two year old killed near Waco, and others in McAllen Houston Dallas and Big Spring.
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Associated Press
Texas
Raymond Crews
Ladonia
Ruth Wilson
Rosebud
Waco
Oscar M. Sparks
Henry J. Offerman
McAllen
Annie Haughton
Houston
A.3.c. Normal L. Mark
San Bernardino
Calif
Big Spring
Webb Air Force Base
Vincent Hernandez Jr
Dallas
Navy
Michael Livy
Pittsburgh
Penitentiary Terms Set In Local Court
Judge Sterling Williams sent two men to the penitentiary after guilty pleas in district court. Henri Levi Telford, 37, of White Bluff Tennessee, received four two year terms for passing forged instruments, all to run concurrently with a separate two year term from Wichita Falls. He faces Borger authorities for additional forged instrument charges related to local stores. Michael C. McKeon, 20, formerly of New York City, drew two years for theft of a pickup from Industrial Supply Co with a prior suspended NM sentence.
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Sterling Williams
Henri Levi Telford
White Bluff
Tenn
Wichita Falls
Telford
B&b Parkway
Lubbock Highway
Borger
Williams
Michael C. McKeon
New York City
Industrial Supply Co
McKeon
New Mexico
Army must name officials over Major Peress discharge
Senate investigators ordered Secretary Stevens to provide the names of Army officials tied to the honorably separated Major Irving Peress. McCarthy had labeled Peress a Fifth Amendment Communist, as the committee debated whether to limit public hearings. Roy Cohn pressed Stevens for the officials named in an inspector general report.
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Senate
Stevens
Army
Maj
Irving Peress
Sen
McCarthy
Mundt
Len Dirksen
R-Nl
Dirksen
Army Counsel Sons
Welch
Justice
Equity
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Goldfish Bowl
Sen. Potter
R.mich
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Peress
New York
Suenrrae
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Young Loyalists Aim to Defeat Gov Shivers in Texas
Loyalist Young Democrats at the second annual Texas state convention in San Antonio voted to oppose Governor Allan Shivers and questioned his Democratic Party loyalty. They elected Dean Johnston of Houston as state president and urged organized precinct by precinct action. No candidate endorsements were made as the group criticized Shivers for party repudiation and linked his actions to labor practices and Rangers withdrawals.
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San Antonio
Allan Shivers
Democratic Party
Dean Johnston
Houston
Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
Alabama
Johnston
University of Houston
Harris County
Ralph Yarborough
Young Democrat
Sharyland
Texas Rangers
Galveston County
Rangers
Bernard Lifshutz
Merrell Frazer Jr
University of Texas
Tyler
Wanda
French Planes Strafe Jammed Vietminh Roads
French fighters and bombers attacked key roads northeast of Dien Bien Phu jammed with Vietminh troops and Molotov convoys. Airstrikes targeted the Tuan Giao to Na San corridor, with 1 000-pound bombs and heavy strafing.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Tuan Giao
Na San
De Castries Listed as Prisoner at Dien Bien Phu
Peiping Radio quoted a Viet Minh communique naming Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries among those captured at Dien Bien Phu. The report confirmed he had been taken as a prisoner and identified him as commander of the French sector in northwest Vietnam.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Christian de Castries
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
de Castries
Viet Nam
Viet Nam Peoples Army
Frontiers See Deaths as Israel and Jordan Clash
Reports say three Israeli soldiers and a Jordan farmer died in clashes along the Israel Jordan frontier. Two Israeli policemen were missing and presumed dead. Jordan claims an Israeli band attacked Illin and abducted a farmer near Zaboa, while Israeli forces reported Jordanian raids into southern Judean mountains and an Israeli post mortared. The UN Mixed Armistice Commission and U S Navy Cmdr Elmo Hutchison were cited in investigations as tensions rise and the Security Council plans a Wednesday meeting.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Illin
Hebron
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
U.S. Navy
Elmo Hutchison
Zaboa
Khirbet Ayalin
Judean
Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
U.N. Security Council
New York
Truman Calls for Bipartisan Foreign Policy Unity
Former President Harry S. Truman urged President Eisenhower to act decisively against political assassins and a fringe within the GOP, arguing that bipartisan foreign policy requires unity. He avoided naming Sen. McCarthy while condemning charges of "twenty years of treason" as harmful to cooperation and placing responsibility on Eisenhower.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
National Press Club
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wounded at Dien Bien Phu May Be Removed from Fort
Geneva dispatch reports Vietminh oppose armistice terms but agree to arrange evacuation of wounded from Dien Bien Phu. Pham Van Dong pushes for removal while Molotov chairs and Bidault weighs in. Western observers note possible propaganda gestures amid nine delegations at the Indochina talks.
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Geneva
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Georges Bidault
Pham van Dong
Budault
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Eden
Bedia
L&os
Red
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Minh
Pathet Lao
China
Chou En-lai
Rene Coty
Joseph Faussone
Foreign Legion
Paris
Arch of Triumph
Joseph Lanier
Rene Pleven
Custody Settlement Set in Merritt Case Ends Trial Fallout
Temporary custody of 21 month old Wilma Jean Merritt awarded to Mrs. Peggy Nell Merritt after a district court settlement with Glen H. Merritt. Jury had hung nine to three on custody but favored divorce. Three weekends per month visitation initial, $25 monthly child support, divorce granted at trial end. Attorneys Garland Armstrong and Eldon Mahon led the case as spectators filled the courtroom.
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Wilma Jean Merritt
Peggy Nell Merritt
Merritt
Glen H. Merritt
Garland Armstrong
Snyder
Eldon Mahon
Colorado City
Weather synopsis for Texas regions with cloudiness and storms
North Central Texas sees scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon through Tuesday with warmer conditions in the north. West Texas expects considerable cloudiness and scattered storms across South Plains Pecos Valley, warmer in Panhandle. East Texas reports cloudiness and local storms mainly in the north with warmth Tuesday. coastal areas face moderate to fresh southeast winds.
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Texas
North Portion
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
East Texas
North
President Eisenhower Threat Rumor Spurs Secret Service Probe
Secret Service agents spent hours over a reported plan to shoot President Eisenhower during a Fredericksburg wreath ceremony. Police chief Kendall quoted an informant who mentioned two accomplices and a rifle on a rooftop. Investigators found no evidence the threat was true, and the president and Mrs. Eisenhower were unaware of the report.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Baughman
Fredericksburg
Mary Ball Washington
A. G. Kendall
Kendall
Bes
Monument
Mary Ball Washington College
Police
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M. E. Stanfield
W. A. Mayfield
Theo Lamb
C. L. Yarbrough
Walker Dobbs
Hicks Allen
Maurice Brownfield
Lee Watson
Wildcat
Howard
Penn
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