Queen Elizabeth II Returns to London After Royal Tour
London greeted Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with a massive Thames welcome home. Primed by cheers from millions, the royal party sailed from the river mouth to Westminster, with Charles and Anne delighting crowds as the royal yacht Britannia tied at the Tower pier.
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London
Elizabeth II
Prince Charles
Elizabeth
Balmoral
Scotland
Queen
the Duke of Edinburgh
Charles
Anne
Thames
Westminster Bridge
Royal Yacht
Britannia
Tower of London
Tobruk
Princess Margaret
Duke
Westminster Pier
Margaret
Snyder Seed and Feed owner James Greenfield dies after collapse
James Barney Greenfield 54 collapses at Snyder Seed and Feed Store on East Highway where he and a son opened three weeks earlier. He died yesterday afternoon before hospital transfer. Funeral Monday at First Baptist Church with burial at Snyder Cemetery. Survived by wife, four children, two sisters, and three brothers.
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James Barney Greenfield
Greenfield
Snyder Seed and Feed
East Highway
Ranger
First Baptist Church
E. K. Shepherd
Bolger
Omaha
Neb
H. G. West
Tatum, N.M
Ollie Greenfield
Brownsfield
H. O. Greenfield
Snyder
L. A. Greenfield
Fort Worth
Snake bites worker on leg in Ferriday incident
Vernon Traxler, a World War II veteran with an artificial limb, stepped near a rattlesnake under his left foot during fence work in Ferriday Louisiana. His helper shouted to stay still. the snake bit his left leg before the helper cut off the head. They returned to work after.
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Ferriday
Vernon Traxler
Traxler
Eight Words May Be Cause Of Big Fight
In Washington on May 15 a clash in Congress centers on an eight word change to give the Atomic Energy Commission chair a principal officer designation. Rep Price and Rep Holifield oppose, while Rep Cole says the issue is a tempest in a teapot and notes Strauss is not involved. Oppenheimer is under security review.
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Washington
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Rep. Price
D-Ill
Senate
House Atomic Committee
AEC
Rep
Holifield
Calif
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
Atomic Committee
Commission
Congressional Committee
Price
Cole
Lewis L. Strauss
J. Robert
Oppenheimer
Strauss
Mercy airlift at Dien Bien Phu stalls as Vietminh withholds wounded
Reported delay in releasing 450 seriously wounded from Dien Bien Phu as Vietminh captors balk at freeing defenders and refuse to repair airstrip. French doctors replaced, Geneva protest noted, and a helicopter airlift may last a month.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
United States
France
V. M. Molotov
Surplus Food Program Starts In Scurry County
County Judge Edgar Taylor announced a new surplus foods program to aid unemployable and indigent residents. The initiative, approved by the Department of Agriculture, will provide butter cheese beef and gravy shortening powdered milk and potatoes with limited beans pending allocation. Approximately 165 indigent residents were aided last month and 221 in March as unemployment rose then fell with spring work.
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Taylor
Leamon Land
Commissioners Court
Goode & Sons Ice Co
Department of Public Welfare
Thornton Not Running Again
Gov. Dan Thornton announced he will not run for any office this year and will decline all nominations. The Texas-born Republican, now in his second term, leaves office next January. Party leaders, including Leonard Hall, had urged him to run again, but Thornton said there is no indispensable man and many qualified Republicans to fill offices.
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Denver
Dan Thornton
Thornton
Eisenhower
Leonard Hall
GOP
Western Big Three Work On Cease Fire Plan For Indochina
In Geneva on May 15 the Western powers held a secret session to shape a firm bid for a rapid Indochina cease fire. U S Under Secretary Walter Bedell Smith and Britain's Anthony Eden discussed strategy ahead of talks with Communist delegations next week. Mołotov and Chou En Lai were also said to be consulting as Viet Nam's Bao Dai moved near Evian. The plan envisions secret sessions, with possible communiques, and U S preference for UN supervision over a multinational commission.
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Geneva
Indochina
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Britain
Anthony Eden
Eden
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Red China
Chou En-lai
Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Evian
Lake Geneva
United Kingdom
United States
France
NATO
Paris
Washington
International Commission
United Nations
Bolivian Heiress Dies After Childbirth in Paris
Isabela Patino Goldsmith, 18, dies in Paris after delivering a daughter weighing five pounds by Caesarean section at the American Hospital. The baby, named Isabela, is reported thriving in an incubator. The death follows a five month marriage to James Th, heir to a British hotel owner, amid family controversy and a prior attempt to halt the union in Scotland.
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Paris
Isabela Patino Goldsmith
Isabela
Swank
Neuilly
Hartmann Clinic
Antenor Patino
Patino
James Th
Patina
Scotland
Defense Schemes Against Vietminh
Paris dispatch reports France ordering three top generals to Indochina to draft a new strategy after Dien Bien Phu. Gen. Paul Ely Gen. Raoul Salan and Gen. Pierre Pelissier will lead, coordinating with Gen. Henri Navarre to defend Hanoi Haiphong and Saigon, aiming for a decisive line before Geneva talks.
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Paris
France
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
National Defense Council
Joseph Laniel
Paul Ely
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Raoul Salan
Pierre Pelissier
Air
Dien Ben Phu
Geneva
Henri Navarre
Red River
Hanoi
Haiphong
Saigon
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
U. S
Douglas Dillon
Washington
Fighting Rages In Indochina Near Phuly Delta Post
Vietminh mortar and machinegun fire pounded the Phuly defense post 30 miles south of Hanoi. French fighters bombed the area while reinforcing the position. Vietminh troops probed Phuly, then regrouped in limestone hills around the defense line. Heavy air and artillery attacks targeted roads linking Hanoi to Haiphong, derailing two freight trains as engineers restored the routes by noon.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River Delta
Phuly
Vietminh
Kesat
Haiphong
Dead letter carries grim message in Tennessee town
In Jackson Tennessee a post office worker found a dead letter with the note Man done dead Won't be back any more scrawled on the envelope. The envelope seemed to hold a bill.
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Jackson, Tenn
Puget Sound Area Suffers Moderate Early Morning Quake
A moderate earthquake centered under Puget Sound jolted western Washington for about a minute at 5 02 am. It measured intensity 5 on the 12 point scale, touched off excitement but caused no damage. University of Washington geologists pinned the epicenter about 15 miles southwest of Seattle.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Howard Coombs
University of Washington Geology Department
Coombs
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O’laughlin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jimmy
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