Texas Guards Begin Two Week North Fort Hood Training
About 1,100 Texas National Guardsmen and officers left civilian jobs for two weeks of field maneuvers at North Fort Hood. The Central Texas 143rd Infantry Division with 1,051 enlisted and 75 officers will join roughly 10,000 other members of the 36th Infantry Division for training through July 4. Two convoys departed Waco at 7 am and 9 am, carrying units from Waco and from Temple and Hillsboro under Lt. Wiley Stem Jr. and Captain Roger Cannon. Col. Stem is Waco city attorney in civilian life.
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Texas National
Wiley Stem Jr
Roger Cannon
Col. Stem
Waco
Can
Weather forecast for Waco and vicinity shows warm weekend
Sunday to Sunday night will be partly to mostly warm with scattered thunder showers. Maximum temperatures around 95 to 97 degrees, minimum tonight near 79, rainfall for 24 hours ending 6:30 p m around .02 inches, month totals near .02 and 4.19 inches normally, river stage at 46 feet, full moon on June 23 at 12 13 am.
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Waco
Mone
Pecos River Bridge Tale Signals Historic Texas Engineering
Narrates the 1954 Pecos River flood that swept a 54 foot high steel bridge, driving deaths and damage at Ciudad Acuna. Describes the swift replacement with a low-bridge, then a second collapse a year later, and engineers’ plans for a canyon-crossing designed to resist floodwaters.
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Pecos River
Rio Grande
Pecos
Ciudad Acuna
Texas
State Highway Department
Jvalls
Inspection Set For 94 Soap Derby Racers
Central Texas boys prep for the 1956 Waco Soap Box Derby with first inspection planned Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Waco Chevrolet, 217 North Fifth Street. Entrants urged to bring cars by 2 p.m. for rapid checks of steering and braking gear to ensure safety before July Fourth. Final inspection slated Tuesday, July 3, at the Municipal.
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Central Texas
Waco Chevrolet Company
North Fifth Street
Mike Cumpston
Hic
Columbus Avenue
Cumpston
Bomb blasts kill U S vice consul in Cyprus restaurant
Two homemade gas pipe grenades exploded at the Solio restaurant in Regina Street as Cypriot extremists attacked dining Americans. U S vice consul Willand Butler died, two Marines were wounded, one severely, in Nicosia amid ongoing Cypriot conflict tensions.
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Cyprus
U.S
Willand Butler
Ankara
Turkey
U. S
Britain
Little Solio
Regina Street
Buller
Ex Teacher at U. T. Fired for Security Grounds
Former University of Texas instructor James Martindale 22, now a Coos Bay Times reporter, was fired as a Tinker Air Force Base fireman in 1954 on security grounds and said he would seek immediate reinstatement.
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Oklahoma City
University of Texas Lnskruetor
Tinker Air Force Base
James Martindale
Coos Bay
Ore
Times
Forest Fires Near Control Despite Wind Risk
The forest service reported about 150 fires across western forests, burning around 2,000 acres and prompting the evacuation of 200 people. Winds threaten to push flames beyond lines and restart some blazes.
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C Sntrol Albuquerque
N.am
Forest Service
Merger Talks Advance Between Owens-Illinois and National Container
Progress toward integrating Owens-Illinois and National Container Corp. moves from informal talks to plant inspections. National Container’s Samuel Kipnis and associates E H Jones and W M Natman toured the O I Waco plant with executives J P Levis and J D Northup.
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Owens-Illinois
National Container Corp
Samuel Kipnis
National Container
E. H. Jones
W M. Natman
O-I
Waco
J. P. Levis
J. D. Northup
Kipnis
Journal of Commerce
A Nee Fivisl
O I
Republicans See Signs Ike Will Seek Another Term
Republican leaders cite the White House's lack of delay in finalizing the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco as a sign Ike Eisenhower plans renomination. The RNC arrangements subcommittee meets Friday to close details and consider shortening the four day event to three. A Democratic delay in selecting a keynote hints they fear Ike may run again and affects their plans.
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Washington
White House
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Jr. Meade
Alcorn Jr
Connecticut
Eisen
Joseph W. Martin Jr
House
Eisenhower
Chicago
Eiseshower
Say Probers Urge Stronger Air Power To Deter Conflicts
Senate subcommittee urged a stronger Tactical Air Command able to fight anywhere to deter brushfire wars. Gen Otto Weyland testified that adequate TAC power before 1950 might have deterred Korea and that TAC must provide air superiority and close support worldwide alongside SAC. Senators Symington and Jackson pressed for updated missiles fighters and gear.
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Washington
Senate Air Power
Otto P. Weyland
Tactical Air Command
United States
Strategic Air Command
TAC
Sens
Symington
DMO
Jackson
D-Wash
Defense Department
SAC
Wayland
Air Command
AF Admits Bomb Missed By Four Miles On Bikini Drop
The Air Force said the May 21 hydrogen bomb drop at Bikini missed its intended 300 yard bullseye by slightly under four miles due to human error. No blame on the B-52 or equipment, with 17 more tests planned before Sept. 1 to develop long range missile warheads.
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Washington
Air Force
Bikini
U. S
U.S
Donald A. Quarles
Lee
Quarles
Appeal Urges Finishing Yes for Youth Building Fund
Carl Barrell, Yes for Youth chair, called on workers to complete prospect cards by Friday June 22. Funds total 345 250 toward 480 600 goal with 579 prospects unreported. Pledged money will be allocated 45 percent YMCA 32 percent Evangelia Settlement 23 percent Salvation Army for debt, new quarters, and youth center.
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Carl Barrell
Yes For
Barrell
YMCA
Evangelia Settlement
Salvation Army
Capital Funds
Independent Campaigns Committee
Greater United Fund
United Fund
Youth Fund Campaign
Columbus Avenue
Air Force Grounds Col Stapp After High Speed Runs
Air Force officials say Lt. Col John Paul Stapp has been grounded pending review after his record land speed sled tests at White Sands New Mexico. Brig Gen Marvin Demler noted Stapp is too valuable to risk in further high speed flights though routine tests are allowed. Stapp has long driven sled experiments to extremes and set a landmark 632 mph pace.
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Air Force
Col. Stapp
Washington
App
John Paul Stapp
New Mexico
Marvin C. Demler
Air Research and Development Command
Air Force Historical Foundation
Bolling Air Force Base
ARDC
Stapp
Folloman Air Development Center
N. M
Denier
Demiler
Demler
Eisenhower Watches Open Golf After Recovery
President Eisenhower, recovering from surgery, eats solid food for the first time and views the National Open on TV. He had boiled wheat cereal with milk and sugar, described humorously by Press Secretary James C. Hagerty as tasting like the best steak in the world.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Father of the Year Chosen In McLennan
Grey haired Thomas Walker of 3340 Proctor Avenue was named Father of the Year for McLennan County after 11 year old Tommy Walker won the “My Pop Is Tops” contest. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and local merchants presented a plaque and $30 in gift certificates as the announcement came during a surprise visit. The judges Dr Monroe S Carroll Carl Barrel and Mayor D T Nicks selected Tommy’s entry from eight stores’ submissions. See DAY Page 3.
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Thomas
Walker
Proctor Avenue
McLennan County
Chamber of Commerce
Waco
Tommy Walker
Tommy
Monroe S. Carroll
Carl Barrel
D. T. Nicks
Shepilov Bargains With Egypt In Cairo Visit
Soviet foreign minister Dmitri Shepilov arrived in Cairo with a party to press Middle East talks. Egypt has aligned with nationalist movements, trading cotton for Czech arms, while Moscow announced recognition of Morocco and Tunisia.
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Cairo
Egypt
Dmitri Shepitov
Middle East
Shepilov
Moscow
Morocco
Tunisia
Kremlin Crisis Looms Over Party Leaders Rift
Foreign analyst notes growing clash within the Soviet leadership between technocrats focused on economics and the old guard. The dispute centers on industrial policy and the Lenin doctrine with Khrushchev still invoking Stalinist priorities as tensions rise at home and in the satellites.
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Kremlin
Communist Party
Economis
Soviet Union
Vikita Khrushchev
Highway Commission to buy rights of way for interstates
The Texas Highway Commission may shift policy to purchase rights of way for interstate projects including U S 75 and Highway 81. Chairman E H Thornton Jr said cities and counties would be relieved from acquiring land as federal funds support land purchase. Waco plans to buy LaSalle rights of way for the expressway, costing about a million dollars.
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Houston
The
Highway Commission
E. H. Thornton Jr
Morris County
U.S
Waco
Austin
State Highway Commission
LaSalle
Thornton
Candidates prep for governor race in Texas stumping tour
Candidates for governor in Texas organize heavy speaking schedules across East and West Texas ahead of the July 24 primary. Sen. Price Daniel campaigns in East Texas promoting water conservation and river system development with local authorities, while Ralph Yarborough urges improved mental health care nationwide and state reform in Rusk.
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Texas
Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Rusk
Yarborough
Elizabeth II and Margaret Watch Equestrian Olympics in Stockholm
The article notes Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret observing the Equestrian Olympics in Stockholm Sweden. The Queen appears shocked as a rider falls while Margaret remains calm and smokes a cigarette during the event.
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Elizabet
Princess Margaret
Britain
Stockholm
Sweden
Margaret
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