News Briefs From Across The Nation
Pineville Missouri reports a bank robbery at Corner Stone Bank of Southwest City with about 50 000 stolen and three men surrendered nearby. Swiss authorities say anti Red Romanian refugees who seized the Romanian legation have surrendered after more than 36 hours. A talkative New York taxicab driver with a small arsenal aided detectives in the search for Serge Rubenstein’s slayer. Corpus Christi prepares for the third trial of former Houston vice squad captain Telton Allred. Austin CM Criminal Appeals upholds a death sentence for Carrel Farres in the pistol slaying of a police officer. San Antonio notes Richard Fosthott, a prominent performer, is in Santa Rosa hospital with bulbar poliomyelitis. Temperature drops in the lower valley cause vegetable damage reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Switzerland
Foreign Ministry
Sun Spots Gospel Meeting and Singing at Robert Lee High
West Main Assembly of God sponsors a 7 40 p m gospel meeting at Robert E Lee high school auditorium featuring Melody Five and Jubil o Artes quartets. Kiwanis observes Brotherhood Work and shifts its program to Thursday for a special event with Rev Leon Matthis of Saint John s Methodist as guest speaker. Kiwanis meets Thursdays at Tower cafe Decker drive. Poll tax sales see Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce collectors handling 18 percent of Harris county taxes with 2 500 residents taxed, Jaycee spokesman says. Max Nuttall spoke at Lions Club, which planned Brotherhood Week and a speaker for next week. President Dr Ben Ammons presided.
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Gosepl
Robert BR. Lee High School
Melody Five
Jubilo Artes
West Main
Kiwanis Club
Elth
Leon Matthis
Saint John's Methodist Church
Kiwanis
Tower Cafe
Decker Drive
Baytown
Max Nuttall
Lions Club
Ben F. Ammons
Around Town item with hospital and city notes
Paragraphs describe E W Baccus leaving hospital and visiting his wife at city hall, city hall workers awaiting a future date for a drop box and self-serve engine, Maranto and Xgrays, Elton Tuck coaching basketball, Monte Land excitement, Jim Bond reacting to a state meet, and a car title/paper inquiry on Texas Avenue near Gaillard with a Finder notification and contacts.
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Okey
Houston
E. W. Baccus
City Hall
Maranto
Elton Tuck
Monte Land
Jim Bond
Bear
Charlie FL
Ridley
Han
Texas Avenue
Gaillard
J.C. Martin
U S Plans To Step Up Security Clearances
Defense Department to speed up security clearances for defense plant workers and reduce suspensions. Secretary Wilson creates a Pentagon office to handle industrial worker clearances and announces new regulations effective April 4 to fix deficiencies in the security system covering over 2 million workers.
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Washington
Defense Department
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Pentagon
Hammarskjold Plans to Free 15 Airmen
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold still pursues strategies to free 15 American airmen held by China after their capture in the Korean War. American officials doubt success but await any new proposals as Knowland presses for action and Eisenhower meetings.
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Washington
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
Hammirskiold
Peiping
United Nations
Formosa Straits
Pineau Seeks Assembly Backing for French Premiership
Paris Feb 16 Socialist Christian Pineau plans to go before the national assembly Friday to seek approval as premier. Sources say he has lined up enough cross party support to form the 21st postwar government, with backing from center parties and Mendes France’s supporters divided.
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Wilbur Landrey
Paris
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
Pineau
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Pines
Antoine Pinay
Pierre Pflimlim
Rene Caty
Ieader
Mendes-France
Burglars Enter Bank Grill Take Cigarettes and Money
Burglars broke into the Bank Grill Tuesday night and stole $70 worth of cigarettes two cartons of razor blades and $2 from two jukebox coin boxes. Patrolman D F Kidd investigated noting entry through a rear alley facing window. Curtis Jenkins owner reported the burglary when he opened early Wednesday TY Massey nickelodeon distributor said the jukebox coin box was emptied Tuesday leaving little money.
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Bank Grill
D. F. Kidd
Curtis. Jenkins
TY , Massey
Nickelodeon
Health Parley Draws 200 at Texas Public Health Meet
Muennink and Gerald Landry attended the Texas Public Health Association convention in Galveston. More than 200 persons joined the event at the Buccancer hotel with a full program and speakers including Mayhew Derryherry on public relations in public health.
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Qdis Muennink
Gerald Landry
Galveston
Texas Public Health Association
Buccancer Hotel
Mayhew Derryherry
Tae Realith Field
Water Saving Project Bill Moves In Senate Debate
A Texas Senate panel approved a constitutional amendment to fund up to 300 million in water conservation projects, supported by a three cent per hundred valuation tax and up to 100 million in bonds. Sponsors include Sen. Dorsey Hardeman and Sen. William Shireman. Debate was sharp as critics urged restraint and local towns spoke against cross‑county taxes. If approved by both chambers, the measure would go to voters on Sept. 20. The House meanwhile blocked a plan to create an automatic state congressional district remapping board.
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C. B. Lloyd WK
Austin
Sendite
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo Ertyrtax
William Shireman
Corpus Christi
Hardeman
House
Backers See Bill Passing To Raise Congressmen's Pay
Washington reports supporters forecast House passage of a 10000 dollar annual pay raise for congressmen with a three to one margin. Sponsor Francis E Watler said only about 130 House members would vote against it. Judiciary chair Thanual Celler said the no vote would not exceed 150. The bill would lift pay from 12500 to 25000 dollars yearly, replacing 2500 expense allowance.
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Washington
Fep
House
Francis E. Watler
D-Pa
Thanual Celler
D-N
Judiciary Committee
HIN
Flont
Government bids calm fears on H-bomb fallout
An Atomic Energy Commission briefing explains the H bomb’s wide fallout area and outlines simple precautions. Outdoors, seek shelter. indoors, close windows, remove contaminated clothing, and rinse exposed skin. Prompt evacuation and protective measures can reduce casualty risk.
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Lebomb
United States
Hikiai
AEG
Two Crystal City men sued by Texas in veterans land case
The state filed suit in 3rd District Court seeking recovery of 76 790 paid under the Veterans Land program. Aimed at two Crystal City men B J Holsomback and HLBR Stallings the action accuses them of false and fraudulent representations to induce 13 veterans to buy land in Zavala County. The suit is the eighth by the attorney general in this program area. The Senate investigative committee recessed amid questions over allegedly falsified records.
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Austin
Crystal City
Veterans Land Program
John Ben Sheppard
3Rd District
B. J. Holsomback
HLBR
Stallings
Senate
Holseminck
Zavila
Veterans Land Board
Devel
Harmony Restored in Midland Board Keeps Its Chief
Midland Texas February 16 trustees refused to accept board president J Holt Jowell’s resignation then gave Superintendent William M Hadley a one year contract. Hadley’s salary remains 15800 with 1200 expense fund. Jowell and Hadley shook hands as the board pledged cooperation for Midland’s schools.
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Midland
Tex
Midlands
J. Holt Jowell
Midland School
William M. Hadley
Jowell
Hadley
Sec
Death Notice Trapped In Refinery Telephone System
Baytown police dispatcher Rosalie Myers reports a delay in notifying Alton Smith of his father’s death due to touting a refinery switchboard. Nine busy signals and misrouted extensions delayed contact, with the caller finally learning Smith had died and was en route to Florida for the funeral.
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Rosalie Myers
Wester
Neel Seeley
Baytown
Alton Smith
Monticello
F' Tey
Smith
Seeley
Secloy
Share
Rubber Planta
General Tire and Rubber Co
Humble
Alin
Humble Company
General Tire
Rubber
Humeble
Nimber
Slebe
Man- Herl
UP President Awarded Bradley Medal in Washington
Frank Ravihalamen, United Press president and president-elect, received the Opia M. Bradley Medal and citation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars at their congressional dinner. VFW Commander-in-Chief Marian R. Bice lauded him as a press executive and veteran war correspondent with front-line service in World War II across New Guinea, Okinawa, the Philippines, and the Aleutians.
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Washington
Frank OH. Ravihalamen
Fester
United Press
Opiar M. Bradt
VFW
Armed Services
Marian RB
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bartholomew
New Guine
Okinawa
Philipspines
Aleutians
Pacific
Barbers Hill Bond Vote Demands Rendition Signatures
Barbers Hill Supt W C Tinderwood urged taxpayers to sign rendition sheets if voting in the 225000 bond election set for February 26. State law requires those taxed on property to render it before the vote deadline with signatures due by Saturday.
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Barbers Hill
W. C. Tinderwood
D. Wo
Tyesilas
Dulles to Speak on U S Foreign Policy Tonight
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will deliver a major address on U S foreign policy. He will back Eisenhower on defending Formosa and clarify Quemoy and Matin policy while denouncing Soviet moves and Red China actions.
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Dulles
Washington
First Atomic Test in 55 Series Set For Thursday
LAS VEGAS February 16 The Atomic Energy Commission will decide Wednesday whether the first shot of the 1955 test series can be fired Thursday morning The initial test was slated for Yucca Flat atop a 500 foot tower but was postponed by weather delays and further postponements followed due to continued poor conditions The decision comes as test crews prepare for the year’s first detonation in the Nevada testing area with weather cited as the main factor controlling timing.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca
Redeployment Near Formosa Is Increased
William Miller reports from Taipei that Communist forces have stepped up redeployment opposite Formosa for attacks on Quemoy and Matsu. TATO notes a mass movement into Fu Hhen Chekiang and a buildup of air, land, and naval strength near Formosa, following Tachen Island evacuation. Chiang Kai-shek warns of potential offshore island clashes akin to Korea amid American cautions.
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William Miller
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
TATO
Ministry of Interior
Fu- Hhen-Chekiang
Tachen Island
Chiang Kai-Shek
Korea
United States
Nanchi
Tachen
Guerria
Mgain
Bill To Legalize Cap Guns Outlaw Fireworks Studied
A Texas Senate subcommittee studied a bill to legalize cap pistols while banning all other fireworks. The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee endorsed a middle ground plan to regulate sales without full abolition, killing a rival motion to return the bill with a favorable recommendation. Sponsored by Senator Latimer, the measure drew support from witnesses led by J. O. Musick of the Late ly Association.
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Austin
Legisla Fiom
Texas
Senate
Wirdlow Lane
Lane
Mitlee
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
Sun. 0
Latimer
San Antonio
J. O. Musick
Robert E Lee FFA Banquet Scheduled at School
Robert E Lee FFA plans a Saturday banquet in the school cafeteria with 8 to 10 tables. Tickets are 1.50 per plate for barbecued beef potato salad baked beans and tea coffee and frank bread. Proceeds support the chapter and beef donations come from Baytown merchants. Committee chairs include Vernon Selensky Jerry Wilpat, Tommy Plato and James Stricklin. Tickets from any FRA member or chapter sweetheart Norie Williams.
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Robert EL Tay High School
Tirleteria
Baytawa
FRA
Vernon Selensky
Jerry Wilpatsick
Tommy Plato
James Stricklin
Noriie Willams
S. B. Stricklin
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Pineville
Southiwest City
State Highway Patrol
New. York
Serge Rubenstein
Telton Jr
Court of Criminal Appeals
Carrel Farres
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Rencher Mas
Sal Antonio
Richard i Fosthott
Santa Rosa Hospital
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kiwanis Brotherhood
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
GOP
Leonard Hall
Eff
Robert Humphreys
International Soundphoto
U.S
Justice Department
Kammarskjold
Seader
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Muennink
Landry
Mrs. Russell Firestone
John W. Galbreath
Miami, Fla
John W. Galebreath
Columbes
Pittsburgh Pirates
Russell Firestone
Harvey Firestone
Alcan
Fike 7 Company
International
Joseph Be. Myler Ashington
AEC
Texas Inland
Hidley
Madey
Alien
Scholai Guidet
Bradley
Ister V
Robert E. Lee Ffa
Otickies
Ken Reynolds
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