Jealous suitor shoots fiancé in Lubbock murder suicide
In Lubbock a college sophomore killed I C Enoch Jr. and himself after confronting Barbara Carpenter and her fiancé over an engagement. Enoch, a chemist, died at hospital. Witherspoon shot himself after the double shooting. Funeral plans were set for Jackson, Mississippi.
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Lubbock
I. C. Enoch Jr
Gerald Witherspoon
Hereford
Justice of the Peace
George McCloskey
Justice McCloskey
Barbara Carpenter
Landen Antiunn
Laath Withas
Susan Eisenhower Stars in White House Christmas
Susan Eisenhower the Presidents granddaughter, who turns four on New Year’s Eve, performs with siblings at the White House as the Eisenhowers celebrate their first Christmas there. The family gathers in the East Room by an 18.9 foot tree after church services as gifts are exchanged and the President notes the singers in the foyer. The President's gift to Mamie is a gold medallion engraved For never failing help since 1916 in calm and in.
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Washington
Susan Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Santa Claus
David
Barbara
Grandfather Eisenhower
Susan
Maj
John Eisenhower
Mary Jean
Walter Reed Army Hospital
National Presbyterian Church
Mamie
Eisenhowers
United States
U. S. Navy
South Pole
Argentina
Australia
Mild Weather Continues Across Amarillo
Christmas in July like warmth persists with clear skies over Amarillo. The U S Weather Bureau reports a 66 degree high after a 27 degree low. A 71 degree high is forecast today with more warm weather expected in the coming days.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Ala
Copter Pilot Tells Of Treetop Rescues
Coast Guard helicopter pilots Lt. Cmdr. George Thomett Jr and Lt. Henry Pfeiffer describe rescuing 138 people in a 24 hour Yuba City flood. They plucked children from treetops and rooftops, lowered baskets, and cut free a paralyzed woman trapped in a trailer. The levee breach left many exposed and cold as they worked through debris and downed antennas.
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San Francisco
George F. Thomett Jr
Coast Guard
Henry J. Pfeiffer
Yuba City
Thometz
Twin Falls
Idaho
Pfeiffer
Feather River
California
Thomett
Vic Rouland
Clothes Copped In Christmas Caper
A Christmas morning theft in Amarillo saw the wedding clothes for the bridegroom’s parents stolen from a car. Leslie Carrigan and his wife from Dallas reported the loss of outfits valued at about $200, leaving the wedding in peril.
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Amarillo
Leslie Carrigan
Dallas
Bobby
Carrigan
Five held in Houston narcotics ring tied to national syndicate
Five held on bonds totaling 100000 after customs agents and Houston police arrested them on narcotics smuggling charges. flee involved heroin and marijuana valued at 122000. suspects include Eddie Barrios former officer Titus Thomas and Mrs Leonides Vasques with two Mexican aliens. authorities say the Vasques woman ran the U S end of the operation as undercover work spanned months with agents crossing into Mexico repeatedly.
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Houston
Dec
U.S
United States
Mexico
Ralph Fowler
Eddie Barrios
Titus Thomas
Leonides Vasques
Austin
Candelaria Guardiola
Francisco Valero
Jack McMahon
Vasques
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Christmas highway toll climbs to new record feared
National Safety Council president Ned H. Dearborn warned of a possible all time high as eight highway deaths per hour push the toll toward 560 during the 78 hour Christmas period. In Texas, 36 year old Frank W. Nelson died in a single car crash near Pampa on Highway 152 at 2 35 pm. He left a wife and two young daughters and funeral services are pending.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Chicago
Dearborn
Pampa
Frank W. Nelson
Highway 152
State Highway Patrol
Nelson
Laketon
Mobeetie
S. Christy
Pampa Paint & Glass Co
Gentry
Ark
Duenkel - Carmichael Funeral Home
Faye Nelson
Rhynetha Gay
Carolyn Jenette
Jane Barnes
Fort Worth
Beeville Highway Crash Tops Texas Holiday Death Toll
Three young children died in a fogbound Beeville crash on Sunday amid Texas Christmas fatalities. Parents and a brother were injured while others perished in Seguin and outside Houston, San Antonio, and Lufkin as officials reported a rising death toll and an inquest into a murder verdict.
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Associated Press
Beeville
Texas
Jesse de Leon
Celespino de Leon
Juan Manuel de Leon
Mike de Leon
Hobbs
N.M
Tino
A. H. Rebodeaux
Seguin
Domingo Gonzales
Caterina Navarro
Braden S. Harville
Houston
Lufkin
Daniel Apolinar
San Antonio
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Regions 1955
Partial excerpt reports sun in Amarillo for 339 of 358 days in 1955 with 3:30 pm readings. Mentions wind, visibility, and sky conditions across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with mostly clear skies and varying conditions.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Banks and Mail Continue Holiday Observance
Today is a holiday with most offices and stores closed. No mail delivery and Amarillo Post Office shut. All banks closed. School children will continue holiday until Tuesday January 8.
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Amarillo
Guide Out on 'My Time Is Whose Time'
The Department of Labor issues a practical guide on what constitutes working time under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It covers travel time waiting time rest and meal periods and time spent at the start and end of the workday for employees.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Flood’s Toll Tops Twenty Nine Across California
A Reuters dispatch from San Francisco reports northern California floods receded into the Pacific leaving at least 29 dead and about 50 000 homeless as central valley areas begin to recover. Five deaths were recorded in Oregon with three missing. Rain continues in the north coast area as refugees return to Marysville and Yuba City. water damage remains in the central valleys.
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San Francisco
California
Pacific
Central
Oregon
Marysville
Yuba City
Sierra
Coast Range
Feather River
Yuba
Tuolumne
Stanislaus
Klamath
Stockton
Harry Veregee
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Visalia
Laytonville
Crescent City
Humboldt
del Norte
East
Utah
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Armed Forces
Santa Cruz
Nevada
Truckee
Weather and flood recovery across California and Nevada
General forecast reports fair and warmer conditions in New Mexico not relevant here. In California and Nevada, rivers fell from flood peaks as Stockton and Visalia recover. City managers say flooded areas receding, levees holding, and thousands displaced begin returning home. Rescue and relief efforts expand with Red Cross and Salvation Army aid.
Tiny Colusa Opens Big Heart to Flood Waifs
Virginia Glenn of the Red Cross recounts Colusa California turning out Christmas for hundreds of homeless flood waifs. Fifteen shelters hosted Santa Claus visits, gifts and a high school band caroling as residents opened homes and hearts. Operation Christmas wrapped in a day as Marysville and Yuba City evacuated.
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Colusa
Santa
California
Virginia Glenn
Red Cross
Virginia Glenn Colusa
Marysville
Yuba City
Santa Claus
Tragedy and Joy Mark Christmas Across the World
Christmas celebrations continued in homes churches and public events as people shared cheer and good will. Yet floods storms and accidents claimed lives in the United States and abroad while leaders like Queen Elizabeth II Pope Pius XII and President Eisenhower spoke of peace and generosity amid a white Christmas in distant lands.
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Associated Press
Christ
California
Oregon
Nevada
United States
Argentina
Bethlehem
What! Presents In the Garbage?
Chicago reports Daniel O Rourke found a mink coat and other valuables in his trash Christmas Eve. He notified police and neighbors, then burglars arrived in a car, emptied the can and fled, leaving the Hermandos’ home ransacked.
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Chicago
Daniel O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Henry Herman
Herman
Hermandos
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Scharff
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