Senate Panel Restores Major Foreign Aid Funding
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed restoring 220 million of the 339 million cut by the House from Eisenhower's foreign aid program and approved 1.8 billion for military hardware. It also endorsed 835 million in defense economic support for allied countries, with a plan to assess Latin American anti American demonstrations and potential further increases in the bill. The panel scheduled another closed session at 9 a.m. Thursday to review additional items.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Administration
United States
India
Mike Mansfield
Mont
H. Alexander Smith
George
Nixon
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Caracas
Venezuela
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mansfield
Latin America
Lebanon
Algeria
Smith
Heaven and Earth
South America
Africa
Middle East
Aiken
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Phillips seeks court order to protect Borger plants
Phillips Petroleum Co sought a federal court order to prevent damage to its strikebound plants and pipelines in the Borger Texas area. U S District Judge Joseph Dooley conducted a hearing with company and union lawyers and planned to continue proceedings after noon today. The dispute centers on working conditions and layoffs.
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Lubbock
Phillips Petroleum Co
Texas Panhandle
U.S. Dist
Joseph Dooley
C. J. Roberts
Amarillo
Phillips Legal
Borger
Phillips
Alexander Rites Today
Mrs. Lula Alexander 81 died Tuesday at the home of a daughter in Snyder Texas. She moved from Friendship Milam County to Borden County in 1925 and later to Snyder where she had lived 28 years. Survived by daughter Leona Weathers and son Harley Smith, six other relatives and four great grandchildren. Funeral 4 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with Rev. Lenner Hester officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home. Pallbearers named Whit Farmer Sherod McCowan Jack Ramsey Nolan von Roeder Elton Beck Robert Green.
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Lula Alexander
Avenue
Friendship
Milam County
Alexander
Borden County
Snyder
Leona Weathers
Harley Smith
Cranfills Gap
Gertrude Light
Denison
Lenner Hester
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger Funeral Home
Whit Farmer
Sherod McCowan
Jack Ramsey
Nolan von Roeder
Elton Beck
Robert Green
Sidewalk Engineers Given Instructions
Cheyenne officials issue humorous warning after demolition of an old church. A sign on the roof invites sidewalk engineers with better ideas to leave notes in a suggestion box.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Family Of Slain Girl Plans Lawsuit Over Zoo Fatality
The family of 22 year old Julie Ann Vogt says they will sue the Washington zoo that the girl died at after a lion killed her last Friday. Grandmother Mrs Harry Jackson vows legal action to push for safety. a six foot guard rail and wire mesh have been added near the cage since the incident.
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Sue Zoo
Washington
Harry Jackson
Julie Ann Vogt
Julie Ann
Algerians Defy Pflimlin See De Gaulle Backed By Assembly
Premier Pflimlin bolsters Algeria policy by entrusting Gen Lorillot with the Algiers mission while Gen Salan faces a pro Gaulle Algiers crowd. Amid says De Gaulle is the only leader to keep France unified. Algeria vows no movement back. The National Assembly supports emergency powers to restore authority.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
France
Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Alain de Serigny
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Pflimlin
Henri Lorillot
Lorillot
Fer
Raoul Salan
de Serigny
Council of the Republic
Pflimiii
Assembly
Salan
Army abandons plan to trim National Guard divisions
In Miami Gen Maxwell D Taylor announced the Army will retain 37 divisions in reserve forces, ending plans to cut 6 National Guard divisions. House Appropriations Chair Carl Vinson said funds may keep guard and reserve strengths at 400000 and 300000 respectively with no cost increase.
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Miami
Fla.a
Army
National Guard
Maxwell D. Taylor
Governors Conference
Taylor
Defense
Neil McElroy
Secretary of the Army
Wilber Brucker
Brucker
USAR
Washington
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Meat Contamination Checks After Wind Fanned Chicago Fire
Health inspectors checked carloads of meat after a stubborn blaze swept a near west side packing district. Damages were estimated between 750000 and 3 million dollars as cooling systems failed and smoke permeated 35 firms. John Marhoefer put the loss at three million, assuming widespread spoilage of stored meats.
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Chicago
Near West Side
John Marhoefer
J. R. Marhoefer and Sons Produce
Antenna Franchise Form Drafted By City Council
The city council drew up a franchise form for a closed circuit television antenna system and approved the replat of a proposed commercial development area north of Thirty-fifth Street on Big Spring highway. Tabor and Kieth propose a $100000 system to pipe TV signals to residents, promising more channels. The city auditor reported no discrepancies in city books for the past year ending Sept 31 1957. Council discussed two appointments to the Colorado River Municipal Water District board but took no action. J E Blakey agreed to serve on the city tax equalization board this year. two more members are needed.
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N. R. Clements
J. T. Hughes
Charles E. Tabor
Gilbert Kieth
Brownwood
Tabor
Kieth
Thirty-fifth Street
Big Spring
Fred Cullum
Russel Yorgesen
Colorado River Municipal Water District
J. E. Blakey
Hungarian Refugee Involved In Dallas Burglary Case
A 20 year old Hungarian refugee and early 1956 uprising arrival in Dallas was arrested after a high speed chase. Officers say his car fled a tire firm with five used tires found inside. He admitted taking them while his former employer claimed the man had missed work.
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Dallas P
Dallas
Russia
Eisenhower Explicates Upturn Hopes For Economy
President Eisenhower told 2,600 business leaders that an economic upturn is in the making though the slump is not over. He urged wage restraint to curb inflation and said tax cut decisions may come soon while private business must carry much of the load. Nixon introduced him at the American Management Association conference.
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New York
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
American Management Assn
Nixon
Dent
Washington
Postal Hike Likely If Senate Passes Mail Rate Bill
Washington expects quick passage as the Senate moves to a compromise postal bill. If signed, letter stamps rise to 4 cents by Aug 1 with air mail at 7 cents and postcards at 3 cents. The plan would lift the postal deficit by hundreds of millions yearly and boost pay for 500,000 workers retroactively to Jan 1.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Ferees
Texas Weather Quiet For Now With Mixed Skies
The Weather Bureau reported calm conditions with skies ranging from cloudy to clear across the coast and western sections. Beaum on saw a light drizzle as predawn temps ranged from 50 at Junction to 70 at Laredo with more of the same and scattered showers forecast.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Laredo
Junction
Oil and Gas Leaders Open Rocky Mountain Convention
In Denver the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn convened with about 1,200 delegates from Colorado Wyoming Utah Nebraska Idaho Montana and South Dakota discussing Western oil operations and oil imports.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Nebraska
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Life sentences upheld for two Freestone criminals
The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld life sentences for Harold Woolsey and John Smith of Freestone County. They were described as habitual criminals who assaulted and attempted to kill Sheriff C F Stubblefield of Mills County while being transported to the penitentiary. Stubblefield and a deputy were with them when they escaped handcuffs and, after grabbing the sheriff’s gun, Smith and Woolsey fired six shots, wounding the sheriff in the right cheek.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Harold Woolsey
John Smith
Freestone County
C. F. Stubblefield
Mills County
Stubblefield
Smith
Woolsey
Donie
Buffalo
Weather outlook and temperatures across Texas regions
Snyder reports high Tuesday 86 low 52 with 58 at reading 7 30 am. East and South Central Texas cloudy to partly cloudy through Thursday with a few showers near the coast. North Central Texas partly cloudy through Thursday with no major temperature changes. West Texas partly cloudy through Thursday with scattered thundershowers Pecos Valley eastward Thursday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos Valley
Couple Arrested In Double Slaying In Texas Connection
Tennessee patrolmen stopped Will Long and his wife Kay near Brownsville after a Texas murder warrant surfaced. Officials linked them to the Lippman double homicide in Somerset, Texas, and the theft of a new sedan. The couple has a two month old daughter.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Texas
Will Long
Maryville
Kay
Walter Duffey
Duffey
Long
Longs
Arlington
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