Highway Associations Begin Merger Plans for 180 Route
Two highway associations vote to merge and designate U S Highway 180 from Fort Worth Texas to Holbrook Arizona. Officials include Charles Cotten of Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and Snyder leaders. New Mexico and Arizona highway commissions to be asked to change Route 260 to 180.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Holbrook, Ariz
Sunray Gasoline
Charles Cotten
New Mexico
Arizona
American Association of Highway Officials
Carlsbad Caverns
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Cotten
Hollis H. Fields
Snyder
Robert Taylor
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Snyder High School
Bob Clinton
Cardinal Stritch Suffers Stroke in Vatican Update
Samuel Cardinal Stritch, 70, archbishop of Chicago, suffered a cerebral vascular accident in Rome after a recent arm amputation. Reports say he is conscious with light paralysis on the right, prognosis pending, with doctors not forecasting outcome.
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Vatican City
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Vatican
Chicago
Ralph Bergen
Filippo Rocchi
Cardinal Stritch
Congregation For Propagation of the Faith
Rome Clinic
Chicago House
Rome
Texas Governor Daniel Named to Federal Narcotics Panel
Gov. Price Daniel of Texas was named to a 24 member advisory committee to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana was chosen chairman. Also on the panel is Dr. Charles T. Brown of San Antonio.
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Washington
Price Daniel
Texas
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
H. J. Angslinger
Hale Boggs
D-La
Boggs
Daniel
Senate
House
Charles T. Brown
San Antonio
Gasoline Prices Drop In Dallas Amid Price War
Gasoline prices in Dallas fell another cent at many stations as independent dealers joined a price war. Regular gasoline was about 19.9 cents and ethyl around 25.9 cents, after a sharp Friday drop to 21.9 cents and 25.9 cents.
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Dallas
Venezuela Junta Faces Crisis After Civilian Resignations
In Caracas the ruling junta endures its deepest political crisis since Perez Jimenez. Two civilian members resigned, while three military leaders face a threatened general strike over elections. Arrests tied to a Perez Jimenez upheaval were reported as the junta promises elections with liberal civilians in key posts.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Fabricio Ojeda
Junta Patriotica
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Pedro Quevedo
Carlos Luis Araque
Miguel Ramon de la Rosa
Federal District
Perez Jimenez
Chamber of Deputies
Said de la Rosa
U. S
Nixon
Crowds See Funnels In South Texas
Spinning tornado funnels attracted crowds at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and San Antonio Kelly Air Force Base as showers and storms moved across Texas. Forecasters warned of unsettled weather through Tuesday with no twisters predicted. One funnel dipped to about 50 feet above water before dissipating while both bases resumed shows after danger passed. Rain totaled varied with some areas receiving several inches and hail up to marbles. A weak cool front was expected to bring more showers with little temperature change.
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Texas
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Kelly Air Force Base
Navy
Howard Voss
Munday
Voss
Weinert
Haskell County
Goree
Breckenridge
Rotan
Sylvester
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Abilene
Kingsville
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Palacios
Beaumont
Big Spring
Amarillo
Alpine
Presidio
Collision Fatalities Hit Texas Youth Near Pecos
In Pecos Texas Danny Williams 19 of Brady died from injuries after a Saturday night car crash on a curve during a thunderstorm. Two others were seriously injured Pat Tabor 17 of Monahans and William Smith 19 of Pecos suffered pelvic fractures and internal injuries. Also hurt were Earl Maston 15 and Leon Williams, Danny Williams’ brother.
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Pecos
Tex
Danny Williams
Brady
Pat Tabor
Monahans
William Smith
Earl Maston
Leon Williams
Danny Wiliams
De Gaulle Rejects Dictatorship But Seeks National Leadership
In a Paris news conference General Charles de Gaulle rejected the idea of ruling as dictator while urging to lead France out of chaos. He criticized party regimes, warned of a possible grave crisis in Algeria, and said he will serve on his own terms if leadership is offered. He noted the army in Algeria has maintained order amid Paris political turmoil.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Repub
Lic
Algeria
de Gaulle
French Republic
North Africa
Africa
Faubus Says Negroes Should Have Equal Job Chance
Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas argues that Negroes should be eligible for any job including the governorship. He says Arkansas race relations are improving and that Negroes head state institutions, with no voting restrictions, citing comparisons to South Africa and other riot-torn regions.
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Miami Beach
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Faubus
South Africa
India
Arab Countries
Algeria
Eisenhower to Vote in Pennsylvania Primary and Speak in New York
President Eisenhower plans to vote in the Pennsylvania primary at Gettysburg then fly to New York for a major evening speech on the economy. He will travel by helicopter from the White House grounds to Gettysburg, then to Harrisburg for Columbine III to La Guardia, with a 8 30 p.m. EST broadcast of the Astor Hotel address to executives attending the economic mobilization conference. President Eisenhower will return to Washington after the speech, accompanied by British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
New York
White House
Harrisburg
Columbine III
la Guardia Marine Terminal
Astor Hotel
Astor
Economic Mobilization Conference
The
American Management Ass
Viscount Montgomery
Montgomery
Suave Actor Colman Dies
Ronald Colman a British born film star famed since 1922 died at 5 a.m. after lung infection hospitalization. He was 67 and had been ill since surgery a year earlier at St Francis Hospital Santa Barbara. He collapsed at his ranch near Santa Barbara after Sunday illness.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ronald Colman
St. Francis Hospital
Houston Man Benny Reyna Burned To Death
A Houston man identified as Benny Reyna, 20, was burned to death in a fire that gutted his two room house. The blaze started in the living room and bedroom, and his body was found in the kitchen where he had sought refuge. Reyna lived alone.
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Houston P
Benny Reyna
Reyna
Government Holds Control In Tripoli After Week of Fighting
Government forces retook Tripoli streets after weekend clashes with loyalists and insurgent Muslim nationalists. The fighting left at least 60 dead in Lebanon's worst violence, as President Chamoun accuses Nasser's UAR of incitement and opposition leader Karami calls an end to fighting amid rising casualties.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Rachid Karami
Camille Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Ment
Chamoun
U.S
United States
Europe
Middle East
Air Force
Frankfurt
Germany
Ousted American Diplomat Faces Soviet Expulsion
John A. Baker Jr., a U.S. diplomat and Moscow University student, was declared unwelcome in the Soviet Union after accusations of violating diplomatic norms. The State Department and Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson condemned the move. Baker and his London wife denied wrongdoing.
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Moscow University
Soviet Union
Department
John A. Baker Jr
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
United States
London
State Department
Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Baker
Normal Temperatures Expected Across Texas in May 1924
The Weather Bureau releases a five day outlook for East and Central Texas with temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal and heavy scattered thundershowers early and late in the week. West Texas sees near normal temperatures in the north and 1 to 3 degrees below normal in the south with light to moderate precipitation in scattered thundershowers.
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Dallas
Weather Bureau
Texas
Weather overview for Texas regions with scattered showers
Weather snapshot for Snyder and North Central West Texas with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s. Sunday 57 degrees with precipitation noted. partial cloudiness through Tuesday and scattered thundershowers in several central and eastern zones. continuous but minor temperature changes expected.
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Snyder
North Central
West Texas
Central
East Texas
One Of 40 Charged In Cuban Arms Shipment Pleads Guilty
Anthony del Conde pleaded guilty in federal court to Neutrality Act violations in a Havana arms smuggling case. Forty defendants faced trial. most are Cuban-born New Yorkers. The Orion was intercepted off Brownsville after a coast guard chase. penalties can reach 10 years and $10,000.
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Brownsville
Anthony del Conde
Cuba
del Conde
Mexico City
Bryan Odom
U. S
Gulf
Texas
U.S. Dist
James V. Allred
Gulf Coast
Orion
Coast Guard
New York
Arnaldo Barron
Revolu
Tion
Barron
United States
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Lee Watson
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Russia
John Baker Sr
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Fidel Castro
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