Dulles Pushes Curb on Reds at Inter American Meeting
In Caracas the United States urged the Inter American Conference to treat Communist seizures of power in any American republic as foreign invasion. The plan to curb Red influence across the hemisphere faces stiff Guatemalan opposition amid a clash over tactics and rhetoric between Guillermo Toriello and Secretary Dulles.
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Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Inter-American Conference
Pan
Dulles
Guatemala
Guillermo Toriello
Toriello
270 Miles of Surfacing on Plains Roads Mapped
State highway plans outline bids on projects exceeding 9 million dollars to open March 16 and 17. Engineer D C Greer notes about 677 miles of roads to be improved including 514 miles of major arteries and a San Jacinto River bridge requiring 5 530 964 pounds of steel. A new US 90 section in Orange County and 270 miles of seal coat on Amarillo area roads are included.
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Austin
D. C. Greer
San Jacinto River
Harris County
Orange County
Amarillo
Hockley
Cochfoar
Greer
Levelland
Ochiltree
Dallam
Potter
Deaf Smith
Gray, Carson, Roberts
Moore, Lipscomb
Seal coat projects cover multiple Texas panhandle routes
The plan details seal coating on numerous sections of U.S. and state highways across Hansford, Hutchinson, Gray, Carson, and surrounding counties. Routes include U.S. 83, U.S. 87, U.S. 60, and State 53 51 282 and Farm to Market roads with mileage from Perryton to the New Mexico line and between Amarillo, Hereford, Dumas, Lipscomb, and Shamrock area counties.
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Hansford
U.S
Perryton
Wolf Creek
New Mexico State Line
Ware
Birmingham St
Amarillo
Carson County
Lake St
Hereford
Oldham
U.S. 60
U.S. 87
Darhart
Chamberlain
Sherman
Pampa
Bowers City
Hutchinson
Gray County
Dumas
Hutchinson County
Lipscomb
State 51
Coldwater
Morse
Grover
Etter
Sunray
Miami
Oldham County
New Mexico
Pampa Harvesters Win Class AAAA Title In Overtime
Pampa Harvesters defeated Crozier Tech Dallas 47 to 44 in overtime to secure the Class AAAA state basketball championship at Gregory Gym before about 8 000 fans. A C Black sparked Dallas to force overtime after a six point lead vanished. It was Pampa’s second straight state title and their 57th consecutive win. they had beaten Wichita Falls in the semifinals to reach the final.
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Austin
Pampa
Harvesters
Crozier Tech
Dallas
Gregory Gym
Crozier
Big A. C. Black
Dallas Crew
the Harvesters
Wichita Falls
Claude Mustangettes Win Class B Region I Title
The Claude Mustangettes beat Cotton Center 47 to 34 to capture the Class B Region I girls basketball championship. Claude advances to the state tournament in Austin next weekend to represent Region I.
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Summary
US Weather Bureau predicts fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity Sunday and Monday with a rise in temperatures. Low around 30, high near 72 Sunday. Monday shows little temperature change with generally fair and warmer weather.
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Weather Forecast
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
Two Suspects Named In $19,000 Swindle
Oklahoma City men Guy Payne and George Fuqua face charges in Amarillo for a February 3 19 142 50 theft involving 312 cases of liquor paid with a bogus cashier’s check. Paynes bond set at 5000. Fuqua at large. The case links to similar operations in Dallas and Louisiana.
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Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Guy Payne
Muskogee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Fuqua
Marshall
H. N. Pope
Eighth Street
North East Eighth
Dallas
Louisiana
Jake Hinson
Fuqua
Pope
North East Eighth Package
Payne
Senate and House Push Tax Exemption Increases
Senate and House Democrats move to use the tax revision bill to lift the personal exemption from $600 to $800 for individuals and dependents. House aims to raise to $700 with broader excise-tax changes. Republicans seek dividend cuts offsetting gains. A combined Democratic plan could cut revenue by about $2.16 billion in year one and $1.60 billion later, with $100 exemption boosts lowering taxes by $2.4 billion annually.
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House
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Nationals biggest narcotics peddler seized in New York
Federal agents arrest Saul Gelb 57 Austrian immigrant long criminal record. More than two million dollars worth of heroin and opium found in a squalid flat and a second apartment used as a factory. Gelb described by James C. Ryan as the nation’s top violator, with accomplice Joan Kaufmann arrested in another unit amid opium processing and 1100 ounces ready for smoking.
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New York
Saul Gelb
Joan Kaufmann
Gelb
James C. Ryan
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Waxey Gor
Adlai Admits McCarthyism Split Behind Republican Campaign
Adlai E Stevenson accused the Republican party of a divided front pitting McCarthyism against Eisenhower. He said the administration soft pedals criticism of Sen. McCarthy to preserve political power and argued the party uses slander and deception to stay in office. The remarks came at a Southeastern Democratic Conference speech in Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Adlai E. Stevenson
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Wisconsin Sena
Nine Injured In Collision at Third and Hayden
Nine people were injured in a two car crash at Third and Hayden at 12 10 AM. They were taken to Northwest Texas Hospital as police and ambulances worked to load the injured. Seven were believed seriously hurt amid shock or unconsciousness.
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Third
Hayden
Northwest Texas
Blackburn- Shaw
Wilbur Lawrence
van Buren
Laversa
Louise Henry
North West
Weather notes drift on Kansas weekend forecast
Topeka dispatch reports the weatherman initially predicted a fine weekend in Kansas but revised to fair and mild conditions. Meteorologist Tom Arnold confirms the shift, while a farmer comments on a soaker being a fine day for moisture.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
U. S
Tom Arnold
Southern Baptist Foundation Secretaries Meet in Dallas
The eighth annual conference of the Southern Baptist Foundation secretaries will be held in Dallas on Monday and Tuesday.
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Dallas
Southern Baptist Foundation Secretaries
Rangers Lose Plea Before Duval Judge
Judge C Woodrow Laughlin rejected motions to dismiss indictments against Capt A Y Allee and Ranger Joe Bridge for assaulting political boss George Parr with intent to murder him after a Jan 18 scuffle in Jim Wells county. The defense claimed grand jury bias. the judge also ruled on recusals and bias claims as attorneys plan appeals to the court of criminal appeals. Sheriff Halsey Wright and District Attorney Raeburn Norris testified, with Norris noting no evidence of bias or corruption among jurors.
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Alice
Tex
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Texas Rangers
George Parr
A. Y. Allee
Joe Bridge
Parr
Jim Wells
Allee
Bridge
Laughlin
Jim Wells County
Texas Supreme Court
Rangers
Court of Criminal Appeals
Truett Barber
Corpus Christi
William Shireman
South Texas
Supreme Court
Jacob S. Floyd Sr
Jim Wells Jury
B. 0. Goldthorn
Fidel Rul
Raeburn Norris
Weather snapshot from Amarillo and regional readings
The report notes Amarillo had 61 days of sun out of 65 in 1954. It lists 8 PM readings for Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with wind, visibility and clear skies.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Sesevere
Okla
Bt Cieay
Puerto Rico Crackdown Seizes Nationalist Leader Albizu Campos
Police seized Pedro Albizu Campos and five aides in a two hour gun and bomb assault in San Juan. Governor Munoz Marin said the action followed the Washington D C shooting of five U S congressmen and ordered arrests of 38 Nationalist leaders. Albizu, hospitalized under guard, and 35 others were detained within hours. no deaths were reported.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pedro Albizu Campos
Luis Munoz Marin
U.S
Washington
Albizu
Jwere
Doris Torresola
Griselio Torresola
Secret Service
Truman
Harvard University
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Swine Show Awards Highlight Potter County Exhibiters
Twenty 4 H and FFA youths exhibited at the Potter County Junior Swine Show. Grand champion was Jimmy Mathis with a 249 pound Poland China bought by Sears Roebuck for 60 cents a pound. Reserve champion Hampshire sold to Blackburn Brothers for 37 cents. Show judge Tommy Hewlett and superintendents Gene Southall and Herb Davis led the event with Lomax Murphy as auctioneer.
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News-Globe
Jimmy Mathis
G. B. Mathis
Cliffside
Potter County
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Jimmy
Sears-Roebuck
FFA
Sears- Roebuck
Don Gabel
Soney
Hampshire
Blackburn Brothers
Lanny Bezner
Bushland
Victor Plank
Tommy Hewlett
Gene Southall
Herb Davis
Lomax Murphy
Sears
American National Bank
White’s Auto Store
Gouldy Brothers
Potter County Farm Bureau
Amarillo Packing Company
J. C. Penney Co
Fedway
Howell & Son Feed Store
Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo Oil Mill
W. L. Blessen
First National Bank
Hollywood Produce
Panhandle Farm Equipment
Red Simpson Oil Company
Eades Hide and Wool
National Farm Loan Association
Bushland Grain Co-op
Zero Lockers
Zale Jewelers
Pinkney Packing Co
Amarillo Laundry
James Line
C. R. Anthony
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Mr. Neely
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Claude Girl
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Paul Gaither Y
Don. Ryan
Adlai
Howard C. Boyles
Fitzhugh, Okla
Miss Evelyn Stevenson
Ada, Okla
Wees
Baptist Conference
Duval
W. C. Johnston
Halsey Wright
Wright
Nationalist Island Party
Jose Rivera Sotomayor
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