Showdown on De Gaulle Bid Looms Today
Paris reports a decisive Assembly session as Premier Pflimlin seeks to extend emergency powers in Algeria. Gen. de Gaulle demands legal carve outs for exceptional powers while warning of tax rises and longer conscription to curb the Algerian rebellion. Raoul Salan offers clemency to surrendered rebels.
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de Gaulle
Stanley Johnson
Paris
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Pflimlin
Assembly
Raoul Salan
Council Sets Special Meet
A special city council meeting is set for 7 30 tonight at city hall. The agenda includes consideration of a franchise to operate a closed circuit television antenna system and the annual audit report for the last fiscal year. Roy Dunlap said the council will also consider appointing two members to the Colorado River Municipal Water District board and may present names for a tax equalization board.
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Roy Dunlap
Colorado River
Import Curb Injures Goodwill Says Socony Head
Albert Nicerson, president of Socony Mobil Oil, warned at the annual meeting that tight oil import curbs hurt U S relations with Canada and Venezuela and could jeopardize future energy access. He noted 20 years of toughest competition and lower earnings except Middle East crude, urging extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. Fred Bartlett predicted Latin America becoming the next big oil market and expansion in the coming years.
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New York
Canada
Venezuela
Socony Mobil Oil Co
Socony
Albert Nicerson
United States
Bank of Good
America
Nickerson
Middle East
Congress
Fred Bartlett
South America
Latin America
Lee Named New President of U.S. 180 Highway Association
W. B. Lee owner of Canyon Courts was elected president of the U S Highway 180 Association at the convention. Eddie Dugger and George Barber were named first and second vice presidents with Pat Ryan as secretary treasurer. Mineral Wells will host next year’s meeting. Delegates approved merging Highway 180 and 260 to create a single scenic route from Fort Worth to Holbrook Arizona, including Carlsbad Caverns and the Grand Canyon.
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W. B
Bill) Lee
Lee
Eddie Dugger
White's City
N. M
George Barber
Mineral Wells
Pat Ryan
Lamesa
Highway Commissions of
New Mexico
Arizona
el Paso
Tex
Las Cruces
Holbrook
Carlsbad Caverns
Grand Canyon
Burglary Strikes Burketts Grocery in China Grove
The Burketts Grocery Store in China Grove was burglarized Sunday morning. A sledge hammer broke the back door lock and thieves stole khaki clothing cigarets and a rifle. Sheriff Earl Abercrombie said the case is under sheriff's department investigation.
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Burketts
China Grove
Earl Abercrombie
Abercrombie
Sheriffs Department
Eisenhower Signs Bill To Boost Military Pay Scale
President Eisenhower signed legislation to raise military base pay for long serving personnel across the Air Force Army Navy and Marines. The first year cost is about 576 million dollars with higher grades including four star and three star officers and new pay levels for enlisted ranks and proficiency pay. Retired personnel receive a 6 percent cost of living increase with larger boosts for top generals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pentagon
Ralph J. Cordiner Jr
General Electric
Governors Favor Public Works Hike
A majority of the nations governors favored expanded public works over broad federal tax cuts to fight the recession. Democratic governors leaned toward public works, opposing across the board tax reductions, with few Republicans backing large revenue cuts.
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Miami
Fla.p
Eisenhower
Congress
W. Averell Harriman
New York
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Blast Claims Third Victim in Oil Prospecting Truck
The third victim of the explosion near Eunice New Mexico died in a Carlsbad hospital. Robert Bright age 20 of Carlsbad, married since March 21, had not been expected to live and had survived surgery days earlier before dying this morning.
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Eunice
N.M
Robert Bright
Carlsbad
Missile work halted by wildcat strike at Cape Canaveral
About 500 construction workers walked off their jobs in Cape Canaveral delaying four Air Force Titan ICBM launch complex areas. The protest was reportedly over the assignment of 15 civil service electricians to the project by IBEW affiliated workers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Civil Service
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Weak Front Drops Through Texas With Light Showers
A weak cool front crossed Texas from north of Houston to Amarillo, bringing a few showers and cooler readings. Rain totals in the 24 hours ending Monday night included Laredo .03, Del Rio .12, Junction .07, Cotulla .01 inches. Predawn temps ranged from 70 at Palacios and Galveston to 52 at Amarillo. Monday highs spanned 89 at Presidio to 68 at Cotulla.
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Texas
Houston
San Angelo
Amarillo
Laredo
del Rio
Junction
Cotulla
Palacios
Galveston
Presidio
Two Airliners Collide Above Potomac River Valley
Brunswick Md Capital Airlines Viscount with seven passengers and four crew crashes after colliding with a Maryland Air National Guard IT-33 jet trainer near Landers. All 11 aboard the passenger plane die. a second body from the military plane found nearby. Captain Julius R. McCoy parachutes to a Frederick hospital with severe burns.
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Brunswick
Capital Airlines
Potomac River Valley
Maryland Air National Guard
Julius R. McCoy
Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Harry Nicholson
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department
National Guard
104Th
Maryland Guard
Martin Co
Capital
Aged South Texas Couple Found Slain
In Somerset Texas an elderly farm couple Mr A P Lippman 85 and Mrs 75 were found slain after a rifle attack. Police treat it as robbery with two suspects. a 1957 sedan missing and a cocker spaniel by Mrs Lippman. Sheriff Kilday said bodies appeared 6 to 8 hours old.
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Somerset
Texa P
A. P. Lippman
San Antonio
Lippman
Owen Kilday
Kansas City
Oklahoma Firm Permitted to Sell Gas in Louisiana
A Power Commission examiner ruled Buffalo Oil Co of Tulsa Oklahoma may sell natural gas from the South Dyson Field in Louisiana to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp of Houston. The decision was announced yesterday in Washington.
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Washington
Buffalo Oil Co
Tulsa
Okla
South Dyson Field
Louisiana
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Houston
Power Commission
Dulles Reaffirms U S Duty Amid Lebanon Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will not be blocked by Soviet threats from acting in Lebanon and elsewhere. He noted Congress backed a Middle East policy resolution authorizing action to preserve independence if needed.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Middle East
Congress
U.S
Middle Eastern
U.S. Middle East
County Court Jury Called For Tomorrow
A list of 24 persons has been selected for a county criminal court session here tomorrow. The jury panel includes Aubrey Huddleston, Mrs. Ralph Lee, Mrs. Dave Harlin, Howard Gibbons, Mrs. Phillip Fisher, Lee Holladay, George Richardson, L. L. Lewis, Oran Sturdivant, Mrs. Lyle Alexander, Mrs. Bill J. Brown, Mrs. Gene L. Dulaney, Mrs. J. Seaborn Eicke, B. F. Pinnell, Mrs. P. A. Keaton, J. A. Dove, G. C. Coleman, Ellis House, Troy Bentley, Mrs. J. C. Williamson, J. N. Burleson, Raymond House, Garth Austin, and George T. Vicary.
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Aubrey Huddleston
Ralph Lee
Dave Harlin
Howard Gibbins
Phillip Fisher
Lee Holladay
George Richardson
L. L. Lewis
Oran Sturdivant
Lyle Alexander
Bill J. Brown
Gene L. Dulaney
J. Seaborn Eicke
B. F. Pinnell
P. A. Keaton
J. A. Dove
G. C. Coleman
Ellis House
Troy Bentley
J. C. Williamson
J. N. Burleson
Raymond House
Garth Austin
George T. Vicary
Morse Says Nixon Trip Was a Trouble-Causing Visit
Sen Wayne Morse says State Department testimony shows Vice President Nixon Latin American tour sparked unrest that should have been avoided He cites advance warnings of disturbances in Venezuela and warns the trip harmed U S economic relations with South America and urges Foreign Relations Committee action.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
State Department
Nixon
Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Nixon Robert Murphy
Venezuela
Caracas
Foreign Relations Committee
Argentina
United States
Murphy
South America
Panel Proposes Dual Price Plan for Cotton Farmers Choice
A House agriculture subcommittee led by Rep. E C Gathings moves toward a new bill allowing cotton growers to choose between two price support and acreage options for 1959 60 61. If approved by a majority, the plan alters allotments and entails a 84 percent parity price or a 65 percent parity price with expanded acreage.
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Washington
House
Rep. E. C. Gathings
D-Ark
Gathings
Ers
Agriculture Department
Weather Brief Snyder Texas Temperatures and Clouds
Readings show 7:30 a m temperature at 57 degrees in Snyder with a high of 83 and a low of 52 for Monday. East Texas to Wednesday mostly partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the south. South Central and West Texas partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. North Central Texas partly cloudy with no major temperature changes.
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Snyder
East Texas
South Central
West Texas
North Central
Texas
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Algiers
U.S. 180 Highway Association
Charles G. Cotten
Fort Worth
Cotten
Mark Littleton
Weatherford
R.A. Whatley Sr
Mar
Vin Naylor
Breckenridge
Herb Seivers
Albany
Bill Lepard
Anson
Mr. Barber
Roby
J. B. Scott
Faith Walton
Gail
Harry Roner
Joe Suacek
Seminole
N. L. Ruff
Hobbs
W C
Slick) Childress
Jack White
White’s City
Jack Vincent
Bill Lee
Canyon Courts
Snyder High School
Robert Clinton
Snyder High Chamber of Commerce
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Joe Foss
South Dakota
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Wildcat
The
Associated Press
Clifford Grant
Brownsville
Landers
South Texas
Oklahoma Company
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