Viet Minh charges French sabotaged Dien Bien Phu evacuation
Vietminh ambassador Hoang Van Hoan accused French airstrikes of killing 15 prisoners while evacuations were blocked at Dien Bien Phu. He claimed French bombing violated a wounded evacuation pact and said 18 more wounded were later released. Reports also noted American supplied missiles resumed attacks on rebel columns toward Hanoi. Nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube was cited as writing to Ho Chi Minh thanking rebels for humane treatment.
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Geneva
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Hoang van Hoan
Vietminh
Red China
Hanoi
Red River
Hoang
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Ho Chi Minh
Three Oil Wells Abandoned In Texas Fields
Three projects in Scurry Fisher and Borden Counties have been plugged and abandoned. Sam D. Ares of Lubbock quit the No. 1 George Weldon Johnson in Northeast Scurry County after testing Strawn depths. No. 1 Schlue ter in Fisher County near Longworth was plugged with no shows at 6,600 feet. Alamo Corp of Lubbock quit No. 1 Beal in Borden County after drilling to 8,095 feet and testing with no production. FLOWING OIL M. L. Mayfield No. 1 R. H. Jordan in Northwest Scurry continued testing Strawn discovery, flowing oil in initial hours. Finds oil shows at Fort Bend Oil No. 1 Wade Davis in Central Scurry wildcat drilling Ellenburger, with three test intervals showing oil and gas signs as operations proceed.
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Scurry
Fisher
Borden
Sam D. Ares
Lubbock
George Weldon Johnson
Scurry County
Johnson
Ellenburger
Ares
H&tc
Snyder
Chicago Corp
Schlueter
Central Fisher Project
Longworth
Gillespie County
Gillespie County School Land Survey. the Alamo Corp
Laibbock
Borden County
British American Oil Producing Co
Alamo
M. L. Mayfield
R. H. Jordan
Fluvanna-Strawn Field
Secret Group To Disband At A M College
President David H. Morgan of Texas A M said members of a secret fraternity agreed to disband to avoid punishment. Twenty five members faced possible penalties. eight are seniors two weeks from graduation and some are football players. A faculty committee will review and recommend actions to the dean of men.
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College Station
David H. Morgan
Texas A&m
Morgan
A&m
Philosphy
A&m College
Plans Go Ahead For New Public Housing
Washington senators backed continuing public housing at or above the 35 000 units a year target set by President Eisenhower. The Senate Banking Committee moved to draft a clause to block windfall profits for FHA insured builders. Chairman Capehart and Senators Bricker and Bennett opposed public housing as the bill moves toward early Senate debate.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Capehart
R-Ind
Bricker
Ohio
Bennett
Utah
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower stands firm on McCarthy hearings ban
The White House signals little chance of changes to the order barring government officials from testifying on admin talks about the McCarthy Pentagon controversy. Senate investigators plan to resume only if the ban is altered, while Mundt meets with Brownell to review precedents.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Fed
Senate
McCarthy Army
Meyer
Administration
Sen
McCarthy
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
R-Sd
Brownell
Jelke Prostitution Conviction Reversed Over Closed Trial
The Appellate Division overturned Minot F. Jelke's three to six year sentences on two counts of compulsory prostitution. It faulted the closed hearings alleging the press and public were barred during the state’s case, calling the procedure unorthodox and unwarranted and ordering a retrial. The ruling stressed the need for fair and impartial trials with open courtroom access.
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New York
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Jelke
State Supreme Court
Nbaen
Snyder Officials See No Local Problems After Segregation Ruling
Local educators including Dr. Cecil L. Yarbrough and Lee T. Stinson anticipate no immediate issues in Snyder after yesterday's Supreme Court decision abolishing school segregation. They expect potential problems mainly in larger cities, while Snyder notes existing provisions for Negro education and transfers may continue with gradual change over years.
Nehru Objects To Foreign Missionaries In Parliament
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru defended government objections to foreign missionaries as political not religious. He noted Christianity’s age in India and praised mission work in education and welfare but warned thousands already present could create future problems across Asia.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Asia
Price Daniel Raps Ruling On South Schools
Texas Senator Price Daniel warned of possible intimidation in some Southern areas after the Supreme Court ruling ending school segregation. Walter White of the NAACP said the South would remain law abiding as the decision is accepted, with potential discrimination but no major upheaval. Daniel urged Texas to protect its public schools and noted many Negro citizens would likely attend separate Negro schools by choice. White predicted limited trouble unless deliberately fomented.
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Yarbrough
Abraham Lincoln School
Daniel L. Johnson
High Court
Snyder
Supreme Court
John
Son
Washington
Texas
South
Price Daniel
D-Tex
Walter White
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Collingwood
Cbs-Tv
Sen. Daniels
Bar Action On Insurance Co Investigation Sought
Sen William T Moore of Bryan asked the State Bar Grievance Committee to immediately investigate his ties to Texas Mutual. The move follows a court opinion tracing the company from its inception to receivership and noting Moore received over 13000 for legal services from 1949 to 1953.
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Austin
William T. Moore
Bryan
State Bar
Texas Mutual Insurance Co
Moore
Texas Mutual
Everett Looney
Matt Dawson
Corsicana
Nationalists claim planes sunk Communist warships near Shanghai
In Formosa the Nationalist air force says its planes sank a 1 500 ton Communist warship and damaged a smaller vessel near Sanmen Bay 150 miles south of Shanghai Eight 500 pound bombs were used on the main ship with an unannounced number of planes reportedly setting a second 800 ton vessel on fire and leaving it sinking No Nationalist planes were reported lost marking the first attack on Communist warships since 1950 The Defense Ministry also reported a Nationalist warship sank one Communist vessel and damaged nine others yesterday
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Taipeh
Formosa
Sanmen Bay
Shanghai
Hainan Island
China
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Rainfall map shows widespread slow rains around Snyder area
Slow rainfall covered the Snyder region with totals from a quarter to more than an inch. Snyder recorded .58 inch, boosting May to 3.23 and the year to 6.59 inches, with several outlying spots like Randall Corner at 1.1 and Gail near 2.5 inches.
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Snyder
D. P. Strayhton
Seminole
Big Spring
Dan Gibson Ranch
Humble Camp
Kent County
Fullerville
Fluvanna
Randall Corner
Evacuations as Texas floodwaters surge across West Texas
Heavy rains and floodwaters inundated West Texas with as much as five inches in Big Spring forcing about 100 residents from their homes. Tornado funnels spied near Gainesville and Goodnight added to the state’s severe weather as more storms rolled through the region.
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Texas
Big Spring
Seminole
Slaton
Lubbock
Seagraves
New Mexico
T&p
Rankin
Midland
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Wink
Gainesville
Boy’s remark costs uncle a fine in Wisconsin walleye case
In Oneida County Court a 35 year old man from Freeport Illinois was fined ten dollars after a warden found an undersized ten inch walleye hidden under the floorboards while a three year old boy proudly displayed a large catch and commented on their boat’s haul.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Oneida
Herbert Carew
Lawrence Herbig
Freeport
Ill
Caron
Killam Appointed Corporation Judge. parking fine raised
George R. Killam, attorney, was appointed judge of the corporation court to serve until April 15, 1955 with a salary of 180 dollars per month. The city council also set a parking meter courtesy fine at 25 cents, to be paid within one hour of ticket issuance, while the usual one dollar fine remains for late payments.
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George R. Killam
Corporation Court
Killam
John DeShazo
A. M. McPherson
Robert R. Patterson
McPherson
Chamber of Commerce
Viking Throne
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Stinson
Bar Action On Insurance Co
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Lee Watson
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Lion Oil
Lake Thomas
Jack Dunn
Whitt Thompson
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Sid Reeder
Murphy-Vincent
Ira
Dunn
Helmleigh
China Grove
Associated Press
Goodnight
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West Texas
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Fort Hancock
el Paso
Esperanda
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Nort
George Killam
Morrison Supply Co
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