French Troops Claim Small Victory at Nam Tha Laos
In northern Laos Nam Tha fortress repelled an attack by about 400 Vietminh after six days of siege style fighting. Casualties were lopsided with 55 Vietminh reported dead and French-Laotian defenders suffering very light losses. Five Thai soldiers escaped to safety and other Thai troops linked to strong points were later found in camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indochina
Nam Tha
Laos
Nam Tha Hes
Mekong River
Dien Bien Phu
Red China
Yunnan
Burma
Christian de Castries
Isabelle
de Castries
Cao Dai
Hoa Hao
Binh Xuyen
Viet Nam
Geneva
Washington
U.S
Bao Dai
Vietminh
United States
Europe
French Riviera
Asia
Paris
France
Buu Loc
Paul Ely
Borden Wildcat Swabs To Text For Completion
Phillips Petroleum tests its No. 1 B Clayton Borden County wildcat flowing 60 barrels of oil in four hours through a half inch choke before declining. Open hole being acidized at Fort Bend Oil No. 1 Wade Davis in Central Scurry wildcat with Ellenburger indications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Co
Clayton
Borden County
Fort Bend Oil No
Wade Davis
Union Oil Co
California
Lone Star Producing Co
J. D. Boone
Lone Star No
H. H. Elland
Southwest
Scurry
Ralph Lowe
Golden Sun
Northwest
Superior
Lanham
Magnolia Petroleum
Foster
Dawson Wildcat
Dean
Kent County
Reed
Southern Minerals
Girard
Trans-Tex Drilling
McKee
Borden Exploration
Hanley
Beal
Seaboard
Simpson
Oceanic, Green and McSpadden
McAdams
Southern Minerals No
Homan
Chaplin No
Myers
Warren Petroleum No. 1
Iden
Lme
Two Killed In Air Crash At San Antonio
The crash of a C46 from the Indiana National Guard near Center Point and Comfort left at least two men dead with three crew members injured. Civil Air Patrol and Kelly AFB helicopters joined the search as 20 planes were planned to aid. The plane was en route from El Paso to San Antonio, last heard amid rain and low ceilings.
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San Antonio
Center Point
Comfort
Kelly Afb
Kelly
Kerrville
Indiana National Guard
Columbus
el Paso
Medina
Civil Air Patrol
George A. Brewer Jr
Texas
CAP
Eden to meet new orders at Geneva talks on Indochina
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden returned to Geneva with secret new instructions after a 50 minute Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street. He said the next week or two could prove decisive as Britain seeks a peaceful settlement while weighing a potential time limit on talks amid rising Communist pressure in Indochina.
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London
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Eden
No. 10
Downing St
Churchill
Far East
Geneva
Washington
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
United Front
Britain
Commons
United States
France
Red River Delta
Wounded evacuated from Dien Bien Phu as Viet Minh releases
The French at Dien Bien Phu report 422 wounded evacuated to Hanoi with 130 more that day. Viet Minh agrees to release 858 wounded, detailing aid to repair Dien Bien Phu's airstrip and request mine-clearing assistance.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Luang Prabang
Vietminh
Vietminh High Command
Recognition In Italy Sought By Assembly Of God
The Assembly of God seeks juridical recognition in Italy and goes to the State Council after two years of failed efforts with the Interior Ministry which still controls religious cults. Premier Scelba, formerly interior minister, now leads the government. Churches like The Church of Christ face similar hurdles and police restrictions without recognition.
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Rome
Assembly of God
Italy
State Council
Interior Ministry
Mario Scelba
Church of Christ
Opinion Still Favors Joe As TV Hearings Start Again
The nation returns to TV screens for the Army McCarthy hearings with mixed public letters and editorials. A survey of 61 papers shows 25 leaning pro McCarthy, 19 anti, 17 neutral or split, while stations report volumes of mail and calls praising or protesting ongoing coverage.
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Joe
ABC
Oos
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Providence
R.I.) Sunday Journal
McCa
the Journal
Sen. McCarthy
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Tribune
DuMont
WOKY
Milwaukee
NBC
Los Angeles
KNBH
Negroes Plan Immediate Strategy to End Segregation
NAACP leaders from 18 states disclose Atlanta declaration calling for integration at all school levels with Negro teacher assignments and federal aid. Thurgood Marshall and Walter White led the briefing as they warned against evading the Supreme Court ruling and pledged non-delaying desegregation.
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Atlanta
South
Boards of Education
U. S. Supreme Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of
Colored People
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Walter White
Marshall
Supreme Court
Dallas
White
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Talmadge
Byrnes
Russell
United States Senate
Sen
United States Supreme Court
United States
Kremlin
Washington
Nurse Released From Dien Bien Phu After Siege
Lt. Genevieve de Galard Terraube, the nurse who tended hundreds at Dien Bien Phu, arrived in Hanoi in good health and reported she was flown from Dien Bien Phu to Luang Prabang and then to Bachmai Airport. She remained at the fortress during the May 7 fall, later evacuated as over 400 wounded soldiers were moved out.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Dien Bien Phu
Bachmai
Luang Prabang
Rain Totals and May Weather Report
A shower of .07 inches increased May rainfall to 3.52 inches. Year to date rainfall reaches 6.88 inches, above prior years. Temperatures rose to 89 and then cooled to 56, matching 7:30 am readings, according to local observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Nine Hurt in East Raymondville Car Crash
Nine persons were seriously injured in a two car collision east of Sebastian. In one car were Mr and Mrs John Handley of Raymondville Mr and Mrs Leon Peeples of Raymondville and Mr and Mrs Wilbur White of Houston. In the other car were Manual Salazar Tomas Reyes and Jose Garcia. All were hospitalized here. White, a minister of the Church of Christ, preached here yesterday.
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Raymondville
Tex
Sebastian
John Handley
Leon Peeples
Wilbur White
Houston
Manual Salazar
Tomas Reyes
Jose Garcia
White
Church of Christ
Stevens Refutes McCarthy Charge of Cover Up at Army Hearing
Secretary Stevens and Sen. McCarthy clashed as Stevens defended the Army’s charges against the senator. McCarthy pressed that White House aides influenced the case, while Stevens insisted he did not cover up and that the Pentagon acted on his orders after February. The exchange occurred during resumed hearings with tension high as both men questioned each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stevens
Army
Sen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
McCarthy Army
White House
Pentagon
Executive Department
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions
North Central and West Texas see mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers and no notable temperature change. East and South Central Texas expect Tuesday to bring scattered showers and thundershowers with moderate to locally fresh easterly coastal winds.
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North Central
West
Texas
South Central
Stormy Weather Hits Texas With Hail Floods and Missing Plane
A cold front brought scattered rain to Texas with hail east of Plainview and Hereford. Seven inches of rain flooded West Texas highways. bridges washed out and cars stalled. An Air Force C46 with five aboard from El Paso to San Antonio disappeared near Kerrville amid rain and low ceilings. Rain totals reached over an inch in Abilene, Lubbock, Cotulla, and Laredo, while towns like Dumond and Guthrie saw heavy downpours.
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Associated Press
Texas
Plainview
Hereford
Panhandle
Air Force
C46
el Paso
San Antonio
Kerrville
Kerville
Dalhart
Amarillo
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Cotulla
Laredo
Mineral Wells
Victoria
Rio
Junction
Weather Bureau
Dumond
Guthrie
Wheeley
Orion
Deaf Smith County
San Angelo
Christoval
Ozona
Mason
Menard
Winters
Carlsbad
Orient
Wall
Ballinger
Llano
Cherokee
Wheeler County
Olton
Sterling City
Pecos River
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Scurry Drilling
Charles Eddie Vincent
Ed Vincent
Reno
Bonnie
Dominique
Eddie
The
Disapprov
Indiffere
Boston Post
Boston
Toeris
Osteo Secan
New
Richmond
Wiscon
Beacon
Larry Higgins
State
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