Geneva Talks Hang on Indochina Deadlock Private Sessions
U S diplomats at the Geneva conference press private talks amid a deadlock over Indochina. The Western powers reject inviting Laos and Cambodia resistance governments while Molotov and Chou En-lai pursue a broader armistice framework.
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Geneva
Indochina
United States
Laos
Cambodia
U. S
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Chou En-lai
Molotov
Red
Bidault
Viet Nam
New Wildcat and Stepouts In Nolan County Drilling Plans
Locations for a new wildcat and two stepouts to Cambrian production are announced in Nolan County Texas. The No 1 Nettie Clayton site lies northwest of White Flat with projected depth 6,500 feet. Other drillings include No 2 C J Roberts in EA Cambrian field and No 1 HTXL for British American Oil in EA field, with depths from 6,150 to 6,300 feet. William Kilroy Oil Co and James A Snowden tied to the No 2 location. A separate No 1 Newman project seeks 8,000 feet in Casey Canyon. Cameron No 1 Kathleen Baker in Nolan County flows oil after a long shutdown.
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Texas Pacific
Nettie Clayton
White Flat
T&p
Sweetwater
James A. Snowden
Kilroy Oil Co
Texas
C. J. Roberts
EA Cambrian
Nolan County
Clairemont
Nolan
Cameron No
Kathleen Baker
Rowan & Hope
Borden County
Ramsey Claims Highest Prosperity Level for Texas
Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey told a dedication ceremony for Allied Chemical & Cve Corp.’s new Orange plant that Texas has the nation’s lowest unemployment among large states. He credited resources and teamwork for prosperity as the facility prepares to produce ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol for plastics, insecticides and other products.
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Orange
Tex
Ben Ramsey
Texas
Allied Chemical & Cve Corp
Ramsey
Allied
Texas Chemical
Kidnap Extortion Plot Uncovered in Lubbock
Dallas man and Lubbock woman identified in a four person plot accused of kidnapping wealthy rancher Pete Rudolph at his Victoria area ranch. Rudolph said he was held overnight and forced to pose nude with a white woman to extort $30,000. Two suspects, Sidney Miller and Frieda Ashley, were arrested and charged. three-state alert issued for other two.
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Lubbock
Dallas
Bloomington
Pete Rudolph
Victoria
Sidney Miller
Raymond Waters
Frieda Ashley
Lovington
N.M
Rudolph
Winchell Burns Secret FBI Letter Copy
New York columnist Walter Winchell said he burned a copy of the secret FBI letter handed to him during McCarthy Army hearings. He described it as dull and routine with a list of names and reported about 35 copies circulating mainly among journalists.
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New York
Walter Winchell
FBI
Winchell
Washington
Bridges Seeks Senate Probe of New Trade Pacts with Red China
Senate Appropriations Committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into how allied nations have relaxed bans on trade with Red China. Senator Bridges and Senator McCarthy push for a clear accounting of whether aid or its equivalent is reaching Communist hands, amid Stassen and Eisenhower administration defenses.
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Bridges
Red China
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Army
Sen. McCarthy
Appropriations Group
Congress
China
Senate
United States
Negroes in San Antonio Seek Use of Public Facilities
Representatives of San Antonio's Negro population served notice they will seek unlimited free use of all municipal parks pools and other public recreational facilities. A NAACP delegation met City Manager Ralph Winton and Parks Director Alvin Schmidt to discuss the request following the Supreme Court ruling ending school segregation. Winton said the issue would be taken under advisement pending a legal opinion.
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San Antonio
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Ralph Winton
Parks and Recreation
Alvin Schmidt
Supreme Court
Winton
NAACP
Demonstrations To End Cleanup DriveSet For Tomorrow
City plans a final cleanup demonstration with five packer trucks from various firms at 2 pm to show sanitary landfill dumping. Officials from 20 communities and six county health units will attend as Snyder joins 11 cities in May June demonstrations. Regular trash pickup continues for open containers until June 1, after which only closed metal containers with lids are allowed.
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State Department of Public Health
Snyder
Ernest Sears
Junior Chamber of Commerce Committee
Rotary
Lions, Optimist
Kiwanis
Jaycees
Sears
Chamber of Commerce
Showers Possible Across Texas Weather Forecast
The Weather Bureau warned that widely scattered showers and thunderstorms could affect Texas Thursday and Friday. No widespread rain was observed. temperatures ranged from 75 at Corpus Christi to 58 at Dalhart and Amarillo with light ground fog in places. The heaviest rainfall reported was 0.27 inches in San Antonio and a summerlike 96 degrees at Presidio.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Texas
Ardmore
Okla
Corpus Christi
Dalhart
Amarillo
Brownsville
Houston
Gulf Ofexico
Galveston
el Paso
San Antonio
Marfa
San Antonio’s
Presidio
Submarine Scorcher Reported Lost Then Surfaces Autonomous Recovery
In the English Channel the British submarine Scorcher was deemed lost for a short period after contact with surface ships and other submarines was lost during maneuvers off Portland Bill near Portsmouth. The sub surfaced under its own power and sent a distress signal reading sub smash.
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London
English Channel
Portland Bill
Portsmouth
Evacuation of Dien Bien Phu Wounded Advances
Vietnamese front reports show 110 wounded removed from Dien Bien Phu by helicopter and light planes with about 120 more expected. French aim to finish evacuations within two weeks as Vietminh deny any plan to release nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube. Cao Dai private army of 10 000 reportedly integrated into the national force as French air assault continues on Provincial Highway 41.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Vietminh
Geneva
Saigon
Cao Dai
Red River
Weather Summary for Yesterday and Morning Reading
A weather observer reported yesterday’s high of 79 degrees and a low of 58. This morning at 7 30am the reading was 62 degrees. The observer credited Mrs D P Strayhorn for the measurements.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Mundt predicts McCarthy may skip hearings Monday
Senator Mundt voiced a guess that McCarthy will not boycott the Monday restart of the Army hearings. He says he plans to proceed without recesses, while McCarthy remains uncertain and calls the presidential order a gag. Senator Potter mentions no way to compel McCarthy to testify if he walks out.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Army
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Reds Announce Spy Execution in Soviet Kiev Trial
The Red Star reports Vasily Ostapovich Obrimovich, trained in an American espionage school near Munich, confessed of belonging to Ukrainian exile group. He was executed by shooting after a Kiev Military District tribunal verdict. The Ukrainian nationalist group allegedly aided German fascists and Hitler's crimes.
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Soviet Union
U. S
U. S. Air F
Vasily Ostapovich Ocrimovich
Kiev
Kauf-Bayern
Munich
Red Star
Obrimovich
Ukraine
Ochrimovich
Pastor Brings Infants To U S For Adoption
A Methodist pastor from Lockhart Texas arrives from Europe with three German infants for adoption by two Texas families. The 6 month old twins a boy and a girl and a 3 month old girl are the children. The pastor Rev Lawrence K Brown declined to identify adoptive parents and said his wife will arrive next week with four more children.
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New York
Lockhart
Tex
Europe
Texas
Lawrence K. Brown
Nicaragua Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Guatemala
Nicaragua declares its relations with Guatemala broken over alleged Communist propaganda. Ambassador Sevilla Sacasa delivered notice to Guatemala’s ambassador in Managua at 5 p.m. yesterday while U.S. officials note an arms shipment from Poland and Russia’s arms aid to Guatemala amid Central American tensions.
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Washington
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Poland
Eisenhower
Sevilla Sacasa
Managua
State Department
Jacobo Arbenz
Russia
Central
Amerca
Depletion Allowance Cut Defeated In Panel
In Washington the Senate Finance Committee blocked a plan to reduce the oil and gas tax depletion allowance to 15 percent. Operators currently deduct 27 and a half percent of gross income, with supporters arguing the measure would deter oil exploration.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Weather outlook by region with scattered showers
North Central Texas offers partly cloudy mild conditions this afternoon tonight and Friday with widely scattered showers or thundershowers mainly in the southwest. West US remains partly cloudy and mild with isolated showers and local storms. East Texas shows mainly mild conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers in the south. Central Texas mentions tonight and Friday with widespread showers and thundershowers and east to southeast winds.
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Texas
South Portion
Indochina Coalition May Form Without British
Washington cautions a united front against Indochina may form without Britain as Geneva talks delay British commitments. Eisenhower and Dulles seek Asian partners plus Australia New Zealand to create a coalition while France and other nations weigh options. U.S. weighs speed of action and possible UN backing.
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Washington
Indochina
U. S
United Front
Eisenhower
State Dulles
United States
France
Australia
New Zealand
State Department
National Security Council
T. Clifton Webb
Dulles
New Zeland
Leslie Knox Munro
U.S
Britain
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United Nations
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