Johnson to decide on Texas delegation leadership Tuesday
Senator Lyndon Johnson plans a firm Tuesday decision on leading a united Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He spoke from his Stonewall ranch and said harmony would be cemented after the weekend and that no mudslinging or personal attacks will appear in his Tuesday radio TV address. He noted he values unity and has no quarrel with Gov. Shivers, while remaining open to talks with all sides and with Speaker Rayburn.
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Johnson City
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Chicago
Stonewall Ranch
Johnson
Gov
Allan Shivers
Washington
Shivers
Houston
Gov. Shivers
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Plans Made For Precinct Conventions
Texas Democrats prepare grass roots precinct conventions set for May 5 at local voting places where rank and file members can influence presidential candidate selection and the party platform before delegates finalize choices for the November election. McLennan County Democrats see plans, page 3.
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Texas
McLennan County Democrats
Yarborough Calls for Higher Texas Old Age Pensions
Dallas April 5 Ralph Yarborough, seeking the governorship, urged Texas to raise old age pensions. He argued Texas ranks 36th in pension size and 41st in overall support, calling for a restoration of dignity and a move to a "clean conscience" in government.
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Dallas
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Yarborough
Austin
Weather Summary for Waco and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and mild today through Saturday. Highs near 80, lows mid 50s. Record highs 93 on March 27, 21 below average 74. Rain 0.40 inch in 24 hours, 0.41 inch this month, 4.45 inches since Jan 1. River stage 5.3 feet at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Waco
Women Question School Taxes in Waco Board Race
The Waco League of Women Voters put the tax issue to seven school board candidates with radio and TV questions. They asked whether an independent survey of needs could occur before raising the tax and how far existing bonds can be funded within the current tax structure under SB 116. Voting for two new board members occurs Saturday among seven candidates.
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Waco League of Women Voters
Waco
Kwtx-Tv
Scouts Ready For Opening Of Big Circus
Thousands of Central Texas Scouts gather for the Heart O' Texas Circus at 8 p m today in the Heart O' Texas Coliseum with six thousand boys from many towns taking part. The show opens at 8 p m with music at 7 p m and a second performance set for Saturday night. Circบน is a showcase of Scout skills and fun, not a grand flying circus, reflecting the council’s 10 000 members.
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Heart of Texas Council Boy Scout Circus
Brown
Lt. Masters
the Old Cavalry
Rinny
Central Texas
Central
Texas
Heart O’ Texas Coliseum
Heart O’ Texas Council
Banquet toothache settles by insurer payment
News-Tribune editor Franklin Pierce Whitcraft III bit into a chicken drumstick at a Chamber of Commerce banquet on February 7 at the Heart Of Texas Coliseum and broke a tooth. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. paid the $65 dentist bill through its insured boss. Agent Jim Meredith handled the claim.
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Franklin Pierce
Chris) Whitcraft III
News-Tribune
Chamber of Commerce
Heart of Texas
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Jim Meredith
Aetna
Thug Fires Sulphuric Acid at Newsman Victor Riesel
An unidentified attacker threw sulfuric acid at labor columnist Victor Riesel in New York as he left Lindy’s restaurant with a broadcasting assistant. Riesel, 41, suffered burns to face hands and eyes and may lose sight. The attack aimed to intimidate witnesses in a grand jury probe into racketeering in garments trucking and food industries.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Riesel
Lindy
U. S
Paul W. Williams
Williams
Long Island
William C. de Koning Jr
Washington
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Grace Kelly Crowds Lifeboat Drill On SS Constitution
Grace Kelly and her poodle Oliver drew a crowd at a lifeboat drill aboard the SS Constitution on April 5. The boat capacity is 150, yet over 250 passengers attempted to crowd into her boat, prompting Captain Ernest H. Nelson to relinquish control and warn of overcrowding as photographers snapped the scene. Miss Kelly was en route to Monaco for her marriage to Prince Rainier III.
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Constitution
Grace Kelly
Miss Kelly
Monaco
Prince Rainer Ili
Oliver
Ernest H. Nelson
Friendly 1st National Auto Bank Ad Promises Fast Service
A compact newspaper ad urges readers to save time by using the Friendly 1st National Auto Bank, highlighting rapid service and FDIC affiliation with a brief promotional message.
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Nat'l Auto Bank
FDIC
Egypt charges Israel with Gaza killings and injuries
Egypt charged Israel with killing 33 people and wounding 9 in an attack on four Egyptian cities in the Gaza Strip. Seven Egyptian soldiers were injured, and the UN truce supervisor ordered a midnight cease fire as tensions rose after the Security Council debate on Palestine.
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United Nations
N.Y
Egypt
Israel
Gaza Strip
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
UN Security Council
Jerusalem
FE. L. M. Burns
Omar Loutfi
Foreign Office
Burns
Gaza
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Security Council
Hammarskjold
Decline in 5 Cent Newspapers Reported by Association
The American Newspaper Publishers Association said on April 5 that 5 cent papers are decreasing while 6, 7 and 10 cent papers rise. Only one paper remains at 1 cent and 17 sell for 2 cents. The group did not identify the titles.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
United States
32 U. S. Automotive Cars Go on Auction
Thirty two cars belonging to the U S Automotive Service now in permanent receivership will be sold at public auction in Corpus Christi Friday at 7 30 p m announced Thursday U S Automotive was an affiliate of US Trust and Guaranty Co also in permanent receivership
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Austin
U.S. Automotive Service
Corpus Christi
U.S. Automotive
US Trust and Guaranty Co
Texas Crash Fatal to Four Near Roscoe on Slick Highway
Four persons died today in a collision between a car and a truck on a rain slick highway about two miles west of Roscoe Texas. The dead include Fred Vance Waldrop 30 Navy man from San Diego Ruby Waldrop 24 Mrs H L Duncan 53 of Duncan South Carolina and an unidentified 3 or 4 year old child. The truck driver John W Jennings sustained a minor leg injury and the crash occurred on a curve according to highway patrolmen.
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Sweetwater
Roscoe
Tex
Fred Vance Waldrop
San Diego
Calif
Ruby
H. L. Duncan
Duncan
S. C
John W. Jennings
Interposition Excuse Used By Witness
Six witnesses summoned before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee refused to answer questions about possible Communist activity citing interposition. Richard Feise, former director of a travel service, urged Eastland to define interposition as some states seek to halt federal power. The witnesses in the first day of hearings offered only identification details and invoked privacy and Fifth Amendment protections.
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New Orleans
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Richard Feise
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Eastland
Conferees Hike Corn Acreages Across Midwest
Washington reports conferees tentatively agreed to let Midwest farmers plant eight million more acres of corn this year without losing federal price supports. The move aims to prevent a price drop next fall amid election-focused politics. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson had pressed for the increase to avert noncompliance penalties.
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Washington
Midwest
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Johnson Sees Farm Bill As Pretty Good
In Austin on April 5 Senator Lyndon Johnson described the draft farm bill as pretty good and said conferees are close to sending the conference report to President Eisenhower next week. He expected presidential approval and noted daily contact with Senate and House negotiators. Johnson planned to return to Washington after Easter recess to resume the session.
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Austin
House
Senate
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson City
Eisenhower
Johnson
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tornado Strikes Bryan Texas Ripping Roofs
A tornado hit Bryan Texas ripping roofs from over 200 homes and destroying several warehouses while residents, warned 15 minutes in advance by radar, faced scattered power outages and halted communications. The storm narrowly missed Stephen F. Austin High School and a Navion plane flight, with damage estimated above a million dollars in a 20 block area around Bryan College Station.
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Bryan
Stephen F. Austin High School
College Station
Texas A&m College
Texas
CAA
F. A. Browning
VA Patient Found After Missing from Hospital Walks Away
Police located a missing veteran from the VA hospital in the 2100 block of LaSalle Avenue Thursday morning. He told officers he was permitted to go to a movie and did not return to the hospital.
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LaSalle Enue
Snowbound Horse Fed By Haylift in Colorado Mountains
A horse stranded 13 000 feet up in the Gunnison area is kept alive by hay dropped from planes. Wallace Powell spotted the animal in February and uses four-bale hay drops while Gunnison Mayor Ben Jorgensen covers about 144 dollars in costs. The horse eagerly eats as flights continue, with hopes it may descend to lower elevations by June.
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Gunnison
Colo
Colorado Mountains
Wallace Powell
Ben Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Gordon Warren
Powell
Warren
Gum-Chewing Youth 14 Guilty of Murder in Cub Scout Slaying
Tommy Williams, 14, twin brother of Joseph Williams, was found guilty of first degree murder in the bludgeoning death of nine-year-old Cub Scout David Powell. The jury rejected insanity but recommended life imprisonment, while the defense sought mental commitment.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Tommy Williams
William C. Callahan
David Powell
Williams
Tommy
Joseph
Chan TV Show Airs Sundays on Channel Ten
Confined at home watch Chan on Sundays at 10 50 am First Baptist Church Services advertised airing schedule lists Chan 10 and church services for viewers seeking televised religious programming.
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First /Baptist
Central Texas Sees Rains As Squall Brings Tornado Risk
Regional storms drenched Central Texas with up to 2.95 inches near Gorman in the Leon River watershed as a tornado spawning squall line advanced from Lake Buchanan toward Shreveport. The system brought high winds hail and thunderstorms, improving drought plagued crops across more than 300000 acres and prompting a tornado drill at Waco High School led by Principal Thomas Ware.
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Gorman
Leon River
Texas
Lake Buchanan
Shreveport
Waco High School
Thomas Ware
Ware
Urgent Call Draws Bohlen From Moscow for Policy Talks
Charles Bohlen United States ambassador to Russia is summoned home from Austria for urgent consultations on Soviet post Stalin policies. George Wadsworth also returns to address Middle East tensions. Bohlen will brief Dulles and possibly meet Eisenhower before returning to Moscow for about a week to ten days.
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Washington
Charles E. Bohlen
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
George Wadsworth
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
State Department
Bohlen
Austria
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Young Chicago boy, 12, arraigned for murder
Rudolph Diaz, 12, a seventh grader, was arraigned on a murder charge in Chicago on April 5. He is accused of fatally stabbing playmate Anthony Brown Jr with a switchblade on a West Side street March 15 after a scuffle sparked by the other boy calling him a liar.
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Chicago
Rudolph Diaz
Anthony Brown, Jr
Anthony
Rudolph
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