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UNITED PRESS NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL Dallas Bails Out of Another Flood FloodDALLAS DALLAS Tex May 2 Dallas bailed out of another flood today and the biggest crest on the Sabine River in 12 years rolled slowly southward flooding out miles of East Texas and Western Louisiana The death toll from 13 days of tornadoes cloudbursts and floods in Texas rose to 20 Three hundred persons were flooded out of their homes in East Texas TexasUrge Urge Court of Appeals to Agree AgreeWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 2 The Subversive Activities Control Board has urged the U S Court of Appeals to agree with its finding that the American Com ¬ munist Party is a satellite of the Soviet Union The party has challenged the courts decision But the board said yesteiv day it merely rehashed claims previously made before and rejected by the court courtEisenhower Eisenhower Nominates Flake to Ghana GhanaWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 2 President Eisenhower today nominated Foreign Serv ¬ ice Career Officer Wilson C Flake Folk ton N C to be the first U S Ambassador to Ghana Flake now counselor at the U S Embassy in Rome is a native of New ¬ port News Va Eisenhower also nominated Maurice Augustus Crews Philadelphia pat ¬ ent attorney to be an assistant commis ¬ sioner of patents Crews would succeed Arthur W Crocker who has been promoted to first assistant commissioner commissionerBenson Benson Says Control Supports Obsolete ObsoleteWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 2 Secre ¬ tary of Agriculture Ezra T Benson said today present production control and price support laws for farm products are ob ¬ solete He said it is the responsibility of Congress to do something about it itPresident President Orders Richards to End Mission WASHINGTON D C May 2 President Eisenhower has ordered Ambassador James P Richards to wind up his special mission to the Middle East and return to Washing ¬ ton as soon as feasible the State Depart ¬ ment announced today Department Press Officer Lincoln Hite said the president wants Richards on hand to confer with him on preparation of new foreignaid legislation White said Richards expects to arrive in Washington next Wednesday in time to attend a bipartisan meeting of congressional leaders at the White House on the aid program the following day daySenate Senate Committee OKs McLeod McLeodWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 2 The Sen ¬ ate Foreign Relations Committee today voted 9 to 6 to1 approve the controversial controversialnomination nomination of Scott McLeod as ambassa ¬ dor to Ireland Six Democrats voted against the State Department security chief ac ¬ cording to members who left the closed door session early McLeod was supported by all seven Republican committee mem ¬ bers and Democratic senators Mike Mans ¬ field Mont and Russell B Long La it was reported FOREIGN FOREIGNJordan Jordan Lifts Nationwide Curfew CurfewAMMAN AMMAN Jordan May 2 Jordans mil ¬ itary governor lifted the drastic nationwide curfew for 15 hours today so thousands of firecrackerpopping Jordanians could help King Hussein celebrate lus fourth anniver ¬ sary as ruler of the country The day was a double holiday the Royal anniversary and the second day of the threeday Mos ¬ lem feast of Id El Fitr which follows the fasting of the solemn month of Ramadan RamadanUS US to Keep Forces at Present Strength StrengthBONN BONN Germany May 2 President Eisenhower assured the North Atlantic Al ¬ liance today that the United States will maintain its forces at their present strength despite Britains planned defense cuts Sec ¬ retary of State John Foster Dulles con ¬ veyed this message from the president to the first session of the 15nation NATO Council made up of the foreign ministers of the countries in the alliance allianceCharge Charge Reds Trying to Perpetuate Trouble STRASBOURG France May 2 The political committee of the Council of Eu ¬ rope Consultative Assembly charged today that Soviet Russia is trying to perpetuate trouble in the Middle East The committee in a report submitted to the 15 member nations of he assembly urged them to support the Eisenhower Doctrine
