From A to Izzard Bringing Trout Close to Texas
The New Mexico Game and Fish Commission plans a new recreation lake 12 miles northwest of Clayton near Rab bit Ear Mountain to bring trout fishing closer to plainsmen. Opposed by Albuquerque lawyer Hugh Woodward who favors a central location, the project would be funded mostly by the federal government and draw Texas and Oklahoma anglers, with Clayton Chamber backing and an expected 175 surface acres behind a 700 foot long dam.
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Rabbit Ear Mountain
Clayton, N.M
Albuquerque
Hugh Woodward
Clayton
New Mexico Game and Fish Commission
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas
New Mexico
Journal column notes and local color from Amarillo
A collage of letters and wry observations from readers and city newsletters. It mentions Winston Churchill’s heart attack, the World Series on Channel 4, a Memphis school remark about a constantly yapping teacher, and Rual Jones buying a cleaning business after 42 years at Panhandle Laundry.
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Winston Churchill
Channel 4
Panhandle Laundry
Rual Jones
Stock Market Shudders On Eisenhower Illness
The New York market reacts to President Eisenhower's illness with sharp declines and uncertainty across global exchanges. Despite the fall on the Stock Exchange the broader economy shows resilience as business outlook remains unchanged. The Chicago grain market also experiences a wild session as traders reassess risk.
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ED Morse
New York
Eisenhower
New
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Auto Sales Spark Prosperity Boom
The government reported that a sharp rise in spending by Americans, sparked by a 38 percent increase in auto sales, is a major force in booming prosperity. The Commerce Department said the rise in consumer buying helped pull the economy out of the 1953 54 recession in the first six months of this year. Personal income reached a record annual rate of $297 billion in the first quarter.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon, Eisenhower Plans Amid White House Gaps
Vice President Nixon conferred for nearly three hours with top aides at the White House to chart plans for keeping the government running in the absence of the stricken President Eisenhower. An announcement followed.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Eisenhower
Nixon to preside as White House mulls incapacitation powers
The White House planned a National Security Council meeting on Thursday and a Cabinet session Friday to discuss delegating presidential authority during President Eisenhower's incapacitation after a heart attack. Nixon, Rogers, Adams, Persons, and Morgan attended the talks. Brownell promised swift action on authority delegation. Adams returned from Europe with Gruenther aboard the same plane.
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Atty
William P. Rogers
National Security Council
Cabinet
Nixon
Rogers
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Wilton B. Persons
Gerald Morgan
Herbert Brownell Jr
Spain
Madrid
Brownell
White House
Denver
Washington
National Security
Adams
New Hampshire
Europe
11 Men Aboard Bomber Missing in Hurricane Janet Hunt
The U S Navy launched an extensive air and surface search in the Caribbean for a two engine P2V Lockheed Neptune bomber with 11 men aboard missing after taking off from Guantanamo Bay at 633 a m into the Hurricane Janet area about 400 miles away. It was listed missing at midnight and was in the storm area when last heard.
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Miami
Fla
Navy Tonight
Navy
Caribbean Sea
Guantanamo Bay
Panama
Phantom Killer Dies in Electric Chair at Rockview
John Wesley Wable known as the Phantom Turnpike Slayer died in the electric chair at Rockview State Penitentiary after two failed appeals. He was 25 from Philipsdale, tied to the 1953 killing of Harry F. Pitts as he slept in a truck cab on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A second man named Jim Parks remained unlocated. rewards totaling 11000 awaited disposition by trucking interests and unions.
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Bellefonte
John Wesley Wable
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Rockview State Penitentiary
George Capps
Bucks County
Wable
Phiopyle
Pennsylvania
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Albuquerque
N. M
J. G. Weixel
Jim Parks
Vania Motor Truck Assa
AFL Teamsters Union
Teamsters Union
Pennsyl
Neely Attacks Ike Over Security Numbers Policy
Sen Neely of West Virginia accuses President Eisenhower of using a numbers game to smear the Democratic party during a Senate Civil Service subcommittee hearing on the administration security program. Civil Service Chairman Young retorts that Neely's remark is in bad taste and rebuts the attack.
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Washington
Sen
Neely
D-W.va
Eisenhower
Young
Civil Service Commission
Senate Civil Service
Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Wed at Catskill Resort
Singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds married in a three minute ceremony at the Hotel Grossinger Catskills. Sullivan County Judge Lawrence Cooke officiated in a cottage setting with six candles and a five foot cake. The couple’s vows were spoken in clear voices as Yeom Kippur began.
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Eddie
Debbie
Catskill Resort
Andrew Borowiec
Grossinger
N. Y
Eddie Fisher
Debbie. Reynolds
Sullivan County
Lawrence Cooke
Catskill Mountain
New York
Judge Cooke
Mr. Fisher
Mrs. Fisher
Ex-Governor Sues for Divorce in Oklahoma City
Former Oklahoma Gov Johnston Murray filed for divorce from Willie E Murray a former gubernatorial candidate. He cites extreme cruelty and incomparability and seeks property division and an order restricting his wife from interfering with duties. Murray is linked to a Texas oil firm.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
Willie E. Murray
Murray
Texas Oil
Canyon abstractor indicted for forging deed
A. B. Duncan of Canyon was indicted by the Randall County grand jury on a forged instrument charge filed Aug. 27 by County Judge Roy Joe Stevens. Duncan posted a $2000 bond after arraignment. The deed involved covers lots 3 and 4, block 28, Normal Addition to Canyon near the new elementary school. A. W. Lair presented the complaint. the indictment cites fraudulent intent to cast cloud on the title.
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Canyon
A. B. Duncan
Canyon Abstractor
Grand
Duncan
Roy Joe Stevens
Randall County Criminal District
Atty
Doctor Says She Could Run Again
Denver September 26 heart specialist Dr Paul Dudley White spoke after a new exam that Eisenhowers prospects for full recovery in two months are reasonably good if no complications arise. He said the president could be physically able to serve a second term if he desires. White warned complications can still occur and hoped Ike could resume light duties within two weeks and possibly meet with Secretary Dulles before Geneva talks.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Denver
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
White
State Dulles
Missing Witnesses Hunted In Car Bomb Murder Trial
The state searches for six missing witnesses before the car bomb murder trial of Harry L. Washburn in San Angelo Texas. Washburn faces charges in the death of ex mother in law Helen Harris Weaver, with the defense ready for trial as officers race to locate the witnesses.
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Garth Jones
San Angelo
Tex
Harry L. Washburn
Washburn
Helen Harris Weaver
Harry Weaver
Joe L. Mays
Mays
Flood Crest Hurtles Down Brazos and Nueces Rivers
Flood crests from weekend rains surge down the Brazos and Nueces rivers in Texas. The Nueces is projected to reach Asherton with a 30-foot crest, five feet above flood stage, as cooler fronts interact with Gulf moisture. Debris-filled floodwaters threaten areas along the Rio Grande as well. Local temperatures drop to mid-fifties in Dalhart as new thunderheads form.
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Texas
Dalhart
Gulf
Nueces
Rio Grande
Little Dimmit
Asherton
Crest Expected As River Rises To 25 Feet In Texas
The river was forecast to crest at 25 feet, the highest in 20 years and 10 feet above flood stage, reaching Cotulla around 6 a.m. Tuesday. Corpus Christi reports flooding along the Nueces near Crystal City, with precautions urged for tranchers and other interests. Residents of Granbury Bennett and nearby Brazos farmland along Possum Kingdom Lake were warned of rising waters.
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Cotulla
Corpus Christi
Nueces
Crystal City
Granbury and
Bennett
Possum Kingdom Lake
Amarillo Weather Report 1955 Sketch
Partial readable weather notes for Amarillo include phrases about visibility and cloud cover. References to Dallas and times suggest a regional forecast fragment from 1955 with partly cloudy and cloudy conditions.
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Amarillo
Renue
Dallas
Okia
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Joseph A. Brieg
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Clovis
H. Lee Thompson
ACE
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Stock Mart
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Stock Exchange
Kgnc Radio
Dragnet
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Phantom Killer
Abstractor
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Houston
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