Texas Sees Steady Growth Outlook for 1955
The United Press survey of business and farm leaders projects Texas to enjoy at least as much progress as 1954 with modest gains across key sectors. Construction, oil, chemicals, insurance, and banking are expected to expand, while agriculture remains significant but not sole driver. rainfall could alter outcomes for farmers and ranchers.
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Lee Bond
Texas
Gulf Coast
United Press
W. Hal McGraw
Dallas
Cummings
Shell Oil
Houston
Continental OU Co
L. F. McCollum
Reds Blast New Japanese Ruler Decide He Is Worse Than Predecessor
United Press Foreign Analyst Charles M. McCann reports Japanese Communist views on Premier Ichiro Hatoyama. They claim his government threatens to be worse than predecessor Shigeru Yoshida. Hatoyama aims for rearmament, closer U.S. ties, and cautious dealings with the Soviet Union and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Charles M. McCann
United Press
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatoyama
Shizeru Yoshida
United States
Miain
Russia
China
Japan
Red China
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Tad
New Democratic Party
International News Brings Mixed UN NATO and Asia Developments
United Nations head Dag Hammarskjold planned a Peiping trip near year end to win the release of 12 American airmen. NATO defined a new defensive pattern amid fears of Soviet use of tactical atomic weapons. Japan’s Hatoyama government faced criticism, while Soviet efforts to block West German rearmament intensified. US caution rose over Vietnam and Cyprus unrest, with King Paul calling for calm amid superpower tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. McCann
United Press
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Hammarskold
Hammarschiold
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
John Foster Dulles
NATO
Dulles
Europe
Kremlin
Ichiro Hatoyama
Shigeru Yoshida
Hatoyama
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
Quirks and Local News Roundup Across City and Country
In Queens New York on Christmas no felonies were recorded among 1.6 million residents and Magistrate Shanzer took the day off. California and Illinois reports include a gunman confrontation in Sherman Oaks, a Christmas birth in Chicago, and a safety note on a New York traffic collision with a driver admitting years of license neglect. Local stats from the Automobile Club of New York note three of four accidents occur in clear, dry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
Albert Shanzer
Rey Yor
Ocean Sets Speed Record Seattle to Los Angeles
United Air Lines DC-7 landed at International Airport in Los Angeles two hours and 27 minutes after leaving Seattle. Officials declared the flight a record for commercial carriers. The return flight reportedly took about 156 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United Air Lines
Seattle
Botanist Dr Liberty Bailey Dies at 96 in New York
Dr Liberty Hyde Bailey famed botanist died Christmas night at his home in Whaca NY. He sailed and flew 250000 miles seeking plants and, at 85, drove 6000 miles through Mexican wilds. At 90 he spent a birthday alone on a Caribbean island while hunting palms. Meanwhile about 65 percent of 1000 employees at a Boeblingen Germany ordnance rebuild shop are refugees from countries behind the Iron Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaca
N.Y
Usp
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Bailey
Caribbean
Boeblingen
Germany
Early Planning Hopefuls Begin Surveying Land for Governor Stand
A Texas governor race looms as hopefuls eye the office ahead of 1956. Possible contenders include Allan Shivers Ralph Yarborough John C White John Ben Shepperd Jimmy Phillips and Ben Ramsey with Daniel’s position in play and party splits adding pressure.
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Governor Stand
C. B. Lloyd Dhe Austin
Texas
Lberal
Inigo
Allan Shivers
Tenn
Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Seat Shivers
Seg
Price Daniel
U.S. Senate
Shivers
Daniel
Senate
Yarborough
Agricuture
John C. White
John Ben Shepperd
Jimmy Phillips
Ben Ramsey
White
Ote Shepperd
Duval ‘County
Ge A
Phillips
Randy
Ramsey
Actress Judge Weds Heard Her Seventh
HOLLYWOOD December 27 UP Apline Judge a former movie star known for divorces has chosen her seventh husband Edward Cooper Heard 40 Beverly Hills California inventor businessman. The pair have dated and plan to marry sometime after January 2 marking Heard's second marriage. More than 7 800 people were employed at LaGuardia airport New York.
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Hollywood
Edward Cooper Heard
Beverly, Hills
Heard
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John M. Allison
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Indo-China
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Barbara Scott
Chicago
Buar Mara Ann Scott
Ice Review
Ned
Britain
Cyprus
Paul
McCracken
Therranve
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Annette Hyden
Miss Hyden
Bee
Belle Shahsin
Lockport
N. Y
Robert J. Martin
Seatte
Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt
Berlin
U. S. Intelligence Department
West Berlin
U.S. High Commission
International ‘Radiophate
L. H. Bailey
Judge Weds Heard
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