Panel Okays Compromise Defense Bill
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approves a defense reorganization bill with an operational joint staff and limited service chief command powers. Eisenhower opposes two key features, while Congress retains veto power over broad transfers and insists on constitutional control.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Air Force
Navy
Congress
Marine Corps
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Vinson
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Eberstadt
Cliburn Returns From Russia With Texan Note
New Yorker Van Cliburn arrived at Idlewild Airport after winning the International Tschaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. The 23 year old said there is a bit of Texan in the Russian people and praised their love of music.
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New York
van Cliburn
Russia
Texas
Idlewild
South
Moscow
Verdict Rendered In Death Of Man
Justice W C Davidson ruled a gunshot wound death for J W Wills 57 of Fluvanna found on a country road four miles south of Fluvanna about 6 30 a m Tuesday a gun lay beside the body and the sheriff’s officers reported the incident.
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W. C. Davidson
J. W. Wills
Fluvanna
Wills
Sheriff's Department
Senate panel to probe Nixon Latin America Lebanon incidents
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to widen a preliminary inquiry into violence against Vice President Nixon during his Latin American tour and the Lebanon rioting. The panel will study who instigated the attacks and whether State Department or CIA actions were reckless, with officials from those agencies to be summoned. The move follows Nixon's return from an eight nation swing amid mobs in Peru and Venezuela.
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Lebanon
Theodore Green
D-Ri
Len Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Green
United States
Latin America
Lima
Peru
Caracas
Venezuela
U.S. Information Agency
Morse
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
South America
Joseph S. Clark Jr
Dpa
Subcommittee
Senate
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Lowa
Congress
Hickenlooper
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Homer E Capehart
R-Ind
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
John F. Kennedy
Capehart
Snyder Seniors Head for Kerrville Two Day Outing
About 100 members of Snyder High School senior class left at 6 a.m. for a two day outing at Heart of the Hills summer resort in the Kerrville area. They are due back about 2 p.m. tomorrow. The trip was by school buses with about 15 adults and 11 teachers or parents along.
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Snyder High School
Kerrville
Heart of the Hills
Soviet Envoy Faces Silent Student Demonstration in Chicago
Soviet envoy Mikhail Menshikov arrived in Chicago and walked past 15 Lithuanian-descent Wright Junior College students who held placards such as Follow Stalin Go to hell. He and his wife were escorted by police as he paused for a brief news conference and dismissed questions about attacks on Nixon or Communist influence.
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Chicago
Mikhail Menshikov
United States
Wright Junior College
Stalin
Nixon
Menshikov
Towle Park Pool Opens Saturday For Summer Season
The swimming pool at Towle Memorial Park will officially open at 1 p m tomorrow afternoon. Pool water will be turned in this afternoon after maintenance is completed. Lifeguards and staff begin duties tomorrow afternoon to operate the pool.
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Towle Memorial Park
Hal Battle
French Parliament Moves To Stem De Gaullist Coup
In Paris Premier Pflimlin wins swift committee approval for emergency powers to head off civil strife. Bombs found at the Interior and Economic Ministry and near Pflimlin’s villa sparked security measures as Algeria’s Salan asserts civil and military control amid growing calls for De Gaulle.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Pflimlin
Hendaye
Interior and Economic Ministry
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Algiers
Raoul Salan
Salan
de Gaulle
France
Twister sighted north of Snyder amid light Texas rains
A funnel was seen moving east about 13 miles north of Snyder this morning with reports it touched ground in pasture near Johnson Ranch but caused no damage. Separate sightings north and northwest of Snyder prompted weather warnings of showers and light to heavy rain across Texas.
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Paris
National Assembly
Assembly
France
Snyder
A. A. Graumann
Clairemont Road
Graumann
Ennis Creek
Billy McDorman
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Halliburton
McDorman
Sidney A. Johnson
Johnson Ranch
Sweetwater
West Texas
Associated Press
Texas
South Texas
Mount View
Upper Lake Travis
Austin
Ralph Barker
George D. Edwards
San Antonio
Barker
Edwards
Falfurrias
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Tex
Abilene
Junction
Childress
Brownsville
del Rio
Sherman
Victoria
Beeville
Mineral Wells
Wichita Falls
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Dalhart
Galveston
Presidio
Does Sputnik Have Eyes?
Dr. I M Levitt of the Fels Planetarium speculates that the 12 ton Soviet satellite Sputnik III could carry a television camera and power system. He notes the concept is plausible but doubts the Russians already possess the enhanced electronics, while tracing how the US could transmit pictures to earth.
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I. M. Levitt
Fels Planetarium
Earth
Nasser Returns Home From Soviet Visit With Pledge of Support
President Nasser arrives in Cairo after an 18 day state visit to the Soviet Union. Premier Khrushchev pledges solidarity and says the USSR will back Arab unity under Nasser while signaling anti Western sentiment. The two leaders sign a joint communique amid discussions on nuclear ban and regional alignment.
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Egypt
Nasser
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United Arab Republic
Kremlin
Russia
Iraq
Jordan
Syria
Yemen
Indonesia
Moscow
Tourist Business In Texas Reaches New Highs In 1957
Texas tourism spending and length of stay rose sharply in 1957 according to the State Highway Department. Expenditure per person per day rose to 8.22 dollars from 7.71, while the average stay extended to 6.3 days from 5.9. Total tourism outlay was about 531 million dollars, up from 379 million the previous year.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
DeWitt C. Greer
Highway Commission
Sputniks Rocket Lost In Space Over United States Moonwatch Called To Help
Smithsonian astrophysicists report the final stage rocket from Vanguard I and Sputnik III are drifting in space. Moonwatch teams from Florida to California will try to locate the five foot rocket core in an orbit possibly 2 000 miles from Earth.
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Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Soviet Union
United States
Moonwatch
America
Smithsonian
Florida
California
Earth
Smithsonian Astrophysicists
Midwest
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Garrison Norton
the Navy
Air
Ogden
Utah
Norton
Russia
Resurgence Of GOP Seen By Hutcheson
Texas GOP Chairman Thad Hutcheson predicts a GOP resurgence. He cites Rep Bruce Alger's likely re election and GOP chances in Houston and state offices. Sen Barry Goldwater urges unity against pseudo liberalism as adversaries.
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Dallas
GOP
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
Alger
Dallas County
Stevenson
Grover Cantrell
Hutcheson
Ralph Yarborough
Roy Whittenburg
Amarillo
Weather Forecast for East and West Texas
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday in East Texas with a few showers in the extreme south portion. Temperatures little changed. Central regions expect considerable cloudiness with widely scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Temperatures remain steady.
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Texas
North Central
West
Commerce Dept Funds Slashed by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed 65.6 million from a 982.7 million request for the Commerce Department and related activities, leaving 917.14 million for the next fiscal year. Increases were approved for the Census Bureau, Civil Aeronautics Administration, and others, with notable allocations for the 1960 census and navy ship subsidies. The Weather Bureau was funded at 39.28 million of a 40.28 million request, to better support farmers.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
House
Census Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
The
Public Roads Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Maritime Administration
Great Lakes
Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Weather Bureau
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Twister
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