Eisenhower seeks power to veto specific appropriations
President Eisenhower urged Congress to grant selective veto authority to cut costs. He spoke by telephoned message at a Republican rally in Tren ton New Jersey urging a Republican Congress in 1958. He defended the 71.8 billion dollar budget and foreign aid while opposing deficit spending and tax cuts that threaten national security.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Trenton
N.J
White House
Snyder Man Injured In Oil Rig Accident
A Snyder man, Oran T. Gann, 50, of 1308 Thirtieth Street, was injured at an oil rig three miles southeast of Ira yesterday around 5 30 p.m. He suffered broken ribs when a drill pipe struck him and was taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital by Bell ambulance. His wife works as a nurse in the hospital emergency room.
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Snyder
Ira
Yester
Oran T. Gann
Thirtieth Street
E Rig
Gann
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell Ambulance
Weather outlook for Texas panhandle and plains
Readings at 7 30 a m show 66 degrees with 0 17 inches of rain. Scattered thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rain expected in Panhandle South Plains and Pecos Valley this afternoon and tonight. Elsewhere partly cloudy through Saturday with no major temperature changes.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
South Fiains
Pecos
Weather Bureau
Gage
Oklahoma
Childress
Tornado Hits Olton in West Texas Destruction Reported
A tornado struck Olton Texas around 12 45 p m causing destruction to about 25 houses in a town of over 1 000 people. No immediate reports on injuries or deaths. Emergency crews from Littlefield and Plainview rushed to the scene as high water and blocked roads hindered relief efforts.
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Olton
Tex
West Texas
W. L. Smith
Littlefield
Plain
Pyroceram Armor Glass Breakthrough at Corning Works
Corning Glass Works announced a new glass derived material Pyroceram by Dr. S Donald Stookey. The non porous substance is stronger than plate glass lighter than aluminum and up to 15 times as tough as glass. Applications span radomes jet engines architectural uses and potential home countertops.
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Corning
N. Y
S. Donald Stookey
Fundamental Chemical Research Department
Corning Glass Works
Stookey
Hay Springs
Neb
William Decker
Tigers and Eagles Set for Three Game Regional Clash
Midland based Snyder Tigers meet Pecos Eagles in Snyder for a 3 45 p m regional opener Monday in a three game series with the second game at Pecos next Friday and potential third at Pecos Saturday June 1. The series is two out of three unless a one game playoff is mutually agreed. Officials from both schools met to finalize with Odessa umpires and Snyder players missing Monday and Tuesday for finals.
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Midland
Snyder Tigers
Pecos Eagles
Snyder
Tigers
Pecos
Speedy Moffett
Odessa
Riots In Formosa Hit U.S. Embassies And Police
A massive anti-American riot on Formosa shattered the U.S. Embassy and the USIA building, with mobs over 20 000 besieging police headquarters. Martial law was declared as Chiang Kai-shek’s troops moved in to restore order injuring at least nine Americans and prompting air and street violence across the capital.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
U.S. Information Agency
Chiang Kai-shek
Hollington K. Tong
Washington
Alexander Boase
Carl Ackerman
William Sutton
State Department
Karl L. Rankin
United States
Formosan
Services Set For John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie 77 died at his home after a lengthy illness. He lived in Scurry County 40 years, a native of Homer Louisiana, married 1909 to Ottie Hye. Survived by wife, daughter Mary Bess McCravey, sons Ellis and Earl, sister trio, four grandchildren. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, burial Snyder Cemetery, Bolger Funeral Home directing.
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John Abercrombie
Twenty-seventh Street
Abercrombie
Homer
Scurry County
Ottie Hye
Kaufman County
Tex
IOOF
Woodmen of the World
Mary Bess McCravey
Snyder
Ellis Abercrombie
Spur
Earl Abercrombie
Cora Freeman
Dallas
Fannie Pratt
Junction City
Ark
Maude Goldman
San Francisco
First Presbyterian Church
Hubert Travis
McGregor
Jimmy Nelson
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger Funeral Home
J. W. Green
Gerald Green
Jesse Koonsman
Jim Ray Helms
Sam Joyce
Joe Eaton
Harvey Shuler
Edgar Taylor
Piano Lessons for $2 at Snyder High This Summer
Adult piano course offered at Snyder High School with closed circuit TV will run five weeks this summer starting mid June. Bob Clinton and choral music staff will teach, charging $2 total per adult covering tuning and materials. Classes meet three nights weekly with 24 adults per class. contact the high school or choral room to sign up.
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Snyder High School
Bob Clinton
Clinton
Ambassador Tong Expresses Profound Regret Over Formosa Riots
Chinese Ambassador Hollington Tong told reporters in Washington that the riots in Taipei Formosa were an outbreak of emotion not anti American sentiment. He cited arrests and a curfew martial law and said the situation is under control.
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U.S
Washington
Hollington K. Tong
United States
Taipei
Formosa
George Yeh
Tong
Walter Robertson
Robertson
Smuggling Suspect Killed Accidentally in Brownsville Case
Browntown deputy sheriff said a longshoreman tied to a two year old gold smuggling case died from accidental gunshot wounds. E F Cockrill aged 56 reportedly told doctors he shot himself in the chest while removing a rifle from a gun rack in his home.
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Brownsville
Walter Keller
Keller
E. F. Cockrill
Army chief urges restore of Army budget despite Soviet cuts
Secretary Brucker and Gen. Taylor testified on the Senate Appropriations panel that Moscow has not cut 1.2 million troops promised last year. They urged restoring about 204.7 million of 1.01 billion cut from the Army budget as defense costs rise and seeks delay in voting on the defense bill.
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Washington
Brucker
Soviet
Russia
Sen- Appropriations
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
House Appropriations Committee
House
Taylor
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Chavez
Storms deliver five small tornadoes across eastern New Mexico
In Clovis and Curry County five small tornadoes unroofed homes and felled power lines as heavy 1 to 3 inch rains accompanied the storms. No injuries were reported though property damage was extensive near Ranchvale and north of Clovis Air Force Base, with outages to San Jon Logan Grady and Tucumcari districts.
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Clovis
N.M
New Mexico
Curry County
Texas
REA
Ranchvale
Here
San Jon
Logan
Grady
Tucumcari
Grady Tucker
Bob Schiller
Air Force Base
Leo Lights
Clovis Air Force Base
Lobby Registration and Water Bills Fail in Final Session
The 55th Legislature ends after 136 days with key goals unmet including strict lobby registration and water conservation measures. Gov Daniel sees 92 percent of his recommendations approved in a $2 billion budget, while disputes erupt over responsibility for the lobby-control law’s demise and tensions with Senate leaders.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Gov. Daniel
House
Three Young Children Die In Vermont House Fire
In St. Albans Vermont three children aged six four and two were killed when a fire swept three rooms of their apartment. The blaze started in the kitchen and spread through a dining room and the boys bedroom. The family fled to safety as neighbors aided.
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ST. Albans
Anthony Avatare
Kirk
Bruce
Cost Of Living Rises In April
The government reported rising living costs in April for the eighth straight month with food prices driving the increase. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index rose 0.3 percent from March to April, triggering automatic raises for 1.4 million workers in auto, electrical, and farm equipment sectors. A further six-cent wage boost for auto workers is set for May 29 under prior negotiations. Clothing was the only major group to decline as prices for most goods and services increased, with the overall index at 119.8 percent of the 1949 average.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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