Connally urges Senate to preserve foreign aid bill
Sen. Connally of Texas urged the Senate to approve a $6.9 billion foreign aid bill resisting further cuts. As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he warned timid policy risks disaster and said the measure may be his last major act before retirement. The House approved a $6.162 billion ceiling amid party splits and Republican attempts to slash more.
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Connecticut
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
W- Averell Harriman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
U. S
Welker
Idaho
William H. Draper Jr
Europe
Paris
Sen. Connally
H. Alexander Smith
New Ellenburger Wildcat Drilled in Scurry County
Gray and Hardwell stake No. 1 Gannaway in southeast Scurry County about a mile north and two and three quarter miles east of Humble Oil No. 1 James Davidson. Nearby American Trading No. 1 Elmer Howell reams core holes with dolomite, chert shows and porosity in several sections. Other tests include Nemir No. 1-A and Brumley tester results in Scurry and Cisco areas, with electric logs and ongoing drilling in Superior No. 13-578 Jordan, Eva Laws, and Sun No. 4-C Bilbo Wallace Kent project zones.
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Scurry County
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James Davidson
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Elmer Howell
Ohio Oil Co
Nemir
Nolan County
Sweetwater
Standard Oil No. 1
George Brumley
Cisco Prospector
Superior
Jordan
Northwest
Scurry Wildcat
Superior & Intex
Bilbo Wallace
Kent
Mild Weather With 98 Degree High Reported
Temperatures were mild yesterday peaking at 98 degrees while last night’s low was 58. Record low noted at 64 this morning around 7 30 by weather observer Mrs D P Stayhorn.
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D. P. Stayhorn
Congress Told U S Far Behind Russians In Building Planes
Senate testimony from John D. Small, chairman of the Munitions Board, says the United States remains far behind Russia in current warplane production, especially jets, even as planned 1953 1954 deliveries may need cuts to meet a House ceiling of 46 billion dollars. He warned of a perilous period ahead.
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Russia
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Senate Preparedness Committee
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Senate Appropriations
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Preparedness Committee
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D-Miss
Supreme Court Split Over Seizure Case and Movie Censorship
The Supreme Court recessed without ruling on the steel seizure case. It upheld free speech and press rights for movies by striking down New York's ban on The Miracle as sacrilegious. The Court also ruled that radio broadcasts on buses and streetcars do not violate passengers’ rights.
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Supreme Court
New York State
Roberto Rosellini
Justice Clark
New York
The
Capital Transit Co
Hear Contests In GOP Meet at Mineral Wells
Republican state Executive Committee opened a day of hearings over delegations for the state convention. Each contest had 36 minutes. Bexar County's 87 votes were folded after Frank L. Dickson claimed a one man delegation for Eisenhower, and Jefferson County with 19 votes followed. Chairman Orville Bullington said contests would be judged on their merits.
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Republican State Executive Committee
oSapuinston
Bexar County
Frank L. Dickson
Dwight Eisenhower
Jack Porter
Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Jefferson County
Orville Bullington
Candidates Face Midnight Deadline For Campaign Filings
Only 15 of the county's more than 50 candidates had filed expense statements with the county clerk by noon. Midnight tonight is the deadline to file to stay qualified for names on the ballots.
Peace Treaty With Germans Is Signed In Bonn Ceremony
In Bonn Germany Chancellor Adenauer and foreign ministers Dean Acheson Anthony Eden and Robert Schuman signed a Western allied peace contract with West Germany. The ceremony in the Bundesratsaal drew about 500 spectators as the pact linked Bonn to the free world and paved the way for European defense plans. The signing underscored moves toward German sovereignty in exchange for troops in a continental army, with further steps planned in Paris for the European Defense Community treaty.
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West Germany
Free World
Konrad Adgnauer
United States
Britain
France
Bundesratsaal
Adenauer
Dean Acheson
U.S
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Paris
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Schuman
Acheson
Europe
West
Western Union Strike Ends but Snyder Office Closed
Western Union workers return nationwide after a strike ending at 12:01 am, but Snyder's office remained closed. Managed by Miss Pauline Fikes, the Snyder office at 1910 Twenty-fifth Street has been shut since April 2 with three employees.
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Twenty - Fifth Street
Letters From Dead Deputy Stir Texas Election Aftermath
The Associated Press reports Sam Smithwick, the executed deputy tied to the Box 13 theft, wrote letters from Huntsville prison. One letter to Gov. Coke Stevenson claimed he could ID the thief and the hiding place. Texas Ranger Capt. Alfred Allee uncovered a second letter with more detail on the missing returns and irregular precinct results. Lyndon B. Johnson won the Democratic primary by 87 votes amid disputed Stevenson precinct tallies.
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Cow Country
Texas
Jim Wells
Smithwick
Huntsville
Coke R. Stevenson
Kimble County
Dallas Morning News
Stevenson
Alfred Allee
Texas Rangers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Oil Strikers Expected Back as U S Oil Walkout Continues
Quick back to work orders were expected for about 2,750 oil workers in the nation wide strike now in its 26th day. OWIU members at the Pan American refinery in Galveston will vote on a tentative contract, while another agreement was reached at Beaumont with Pure Oil Co. About 1,500 workers are involved and nine Gulf Coast refineries remained closed with no settlements.
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CIU
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Galveston
Beaumont
Pure Oil Co
Wage Stabilization Board
Gulf Coast
Reds Slaughtered Each Other In 4-Day Battle On Koje Island
At Koje Island in Korea prisoners of war clashed for five days over control of barbed wire enclosures. The fighting left 109 POW casualties including 15 killed by prisoners, with UN guards sustaining multiple injuries. Inside the compounds, Red leaders forged a disciplined armed cell using improvised weapons.
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Koje
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S. M. Gelenger
Flint
Mich
Haydon L. Boatner
Health unit budget proposal discussed by county court
County commissioners considered a 29808 budget request for the city county health unit for the new fiscal year starting July 1 but took no action. The plan would allocate local funds of 22128 if approved, with state support of 7650. The proposal adds a junior sanitarian and junior nurse plus a janitor for the new health building and includes travel for the junior staff. The acting director would receive 3600 from the state, with no local salary. Construction bids for the 82000 building at Twenty sixth Street and Avenue J were to be opened June 17 with completion expected in about three months.
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State Health Department
San Angelo
Butler-Brasher Engineering Co
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Avenue J
Ships Collide In Delaware River Night Tragedy
A oil tanker Michael and the gasoline barge E D Dodge collided in the Delaware River 15 miles south of Wilmington. One dead, eight missing, two rescued with burns. The Michael reported two missing crew members. The Dodge split in two and burned, with six aboard unaccounted for. This collision marks the third such incident in 10 days in the busy port area.
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Persia
Air Force seeks civilian spotters for 24 hour aircraft watch
The Air Force plans to resume a 24 hour civilian Ground Observer Corps to spot low altitude planes, saying radar gaps require observers. Alaska reports a possibly unidentified contrail and two radar-identified commercial aircraft near Presque Isle highlight radar limits. Until volunteers join, military observers and Coast Guard outlets will report sightings.
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Presque Isle
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Truman Hits Power Firms
President Truman attacked private utilities at a May 26 speech to electric consumers accusing them of spending millions on propaganda to frighten and confuse the public about public power. He claimed power monopolies wage a barrage of propaganda while receiving a standing ovation from rural electrification supporters and cooperatives.
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Truman
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Weather overview for Texas regions
West Texas and East Texas see partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with little temperature change. South Central Texas reports partly cloudy Monday to Tuesday with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms in the west and moderate southeast winds on the coast. North Central Texas notes partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday and minimal temperature change.
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