Weather Bureau film teaches tornado protection nationwide
The Weather Bureau began distributing a 14 1/2 minute film to show citizens how to protect themselves in tornadoes. Available through local offices to individuals, clubs, civic groups, and TV stations, it accompanies the bureau's efforts to expand warning networks and reduce property loss. Tornadoes kill about 225 people annually, with most twisters forming between March and July.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United Gas and Tel Transmissi
Kansas City
Rocky Mountains
Stepk
Hyes
Tormadoes
General Motors Heads Calls to Curb Bootlegging Ads
Los Angeles UP report says General Motors president Harlow H. Curtice urged the company’s 21 000 dealers to drop unethical advertising bootlegging and price packing measures in a revised selling agreement. He asked dealers to emphasize merit of products in closed circuit TV briefings.
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Los Angeles
Harlow H. Curtice
General, Motors
Curtice
Truck And Car Collision At West Pearce Corner
A Jewel Tea Co truck and a car driven by G. C. Swint of 2 West Homan collided Monday morning at the West Pearce and South Gaillard corner. Officers reported damage to the tar and to the truck.
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Jewel Tea Co
G. C. Swint
West Homan
West Pearce
South Gaillard
Spore
Italian Lines Orders 4 Super Constellations
In Burbank California Italian airline iLAN ordered four Lockheed 284 Super Constellations for a Rome to New York nonstop service. The planes cruise about 350 miles per hour with a 4281 mile range and could complete the route in about 12 hours.
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Burbank
Calif
Lince Aeree Tadliana Ilan
Banker Sees Bright Economic Future for Mexico
A Bank of America official in San Francisco described Mexico as having a bright economic future and new opportunities for U.S. traders after a visit noting great economic recovery since the peso devaluation in 1954. He cited rebuilding foreign exchange reserves to $410 million, the largest in Mexico's history.
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San Francisco
International Banking Department
Bank of America
Mexico
U.S
H.W. Drath
Crisis in Middle East Near Sea of Galilee Escalates
Two other Israelis were reported captured as Israel warned of broader gains after a Sunday clash near Lake Tiberias. Both sides gave conflicting accounts of the incident, with Israel claiming a patrol boat ran aground and Syrians fired during a salvage attempt, while Syria said its forces fired on boats attempting to land saboteurs. United Nations officials reported bodies and a capture, signaling a flare up near the northeastern lake shore.
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United Nations
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TV Schedule Fragment Shows Dense Daytime Lineup
A scrambled broadcast log for Tuesday lists a long chain of programs and times from 5:30 to 12:00, including Wild Bill Hickale, World At Large, Tonight, News, Weather, and various dramas, talk shows, and games. Multiple station names appear in a jumbled sequence, reflecting a typical era schedule.
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Werther
Gordon McRae
Robert Montgomery
Dr. Finch
Les Pauk Marys Ford
Mann
George Roesner
Ernie Kavac
Tennessee Erne
TV Kitchen
NBC Theater
Hamar
Tangle
Dinah Share
Martha Raye
Jane Wyansa
Circle Theater
Mary Ford
Television Schedule Fragment with Daytime and Prime Listings
A dense list of channel times and programs across the day showing news, soap operas, game shows, comedies, dramas, and late night features. Names include Don Mahoney Burns and Allen Arthur Godfrey I Love Lucy and Dateline Europe among many others.
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Don Mahoney
Doug Edwards
Robin Hood
Burns and Allen
Arthur Godfrey
Studio One
Channel 13 Schedule Snippet Shows Programs and Time Slots
A fragmented TV grid lists Channel 13 offerings for Monday including Mouse Cult, Readers Digest, Voice of Firestone, Medical Horizons, St Nick's Boxing, Patti Page, Mystery Omnibus, News, To Be Announced, Sign Off, Anthem and Weather. The lineup also mentions Romper Room, The Ruggles, Sky King, Mickey Mouse Club, Danny Thomas, Tomorrow's Careers, Curtain Call, and Town And Country with various daily times and delays.
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Mouse Cult
Voice of Firestone
Texas Outdoors
Medical Horizons
St. Nick's
Patti Page
Tufsda
Beulah Hollywood Thrater
Chitirik
the Ruggles
Kansas Citians Lauded For Latin America Tour
Henry F Holland said the Kansas City commission for international relations and trade made an excellent impression on its goodwill tour of Latin American countries. He called the trip very successful, a worthwhile contribution to mutual understanding between the United States and Latin America.
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Washington
Henry F. Holland
inter-American Affairs
Kansas City
Mart 4
Holland
Kansas City Commission For International Relations and Trade
United States
Latin America
Of Interest To Women Some Dolls Dress Better Than People Now
Elizabeth Toomey reports on a Manhattan week of doll fashion shows ahead of the toy fair. Jaci Barrett, a Garden City student, designed four outfits for Paris Doll Co. and sketches gave way to direct fabric work. Grandmother designer Jennie Graves displays 69 ensembles from two factories making authentic Paris copies for two dolls Ginny and Ginette at the Stork Club in New York. The piece notes a trend toward longer hair and a shift in fabrics with new sheer cotton fiber suitable for warm weather outfits.
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New York
Manhattan
Jaci. Barrett
Garden City
Doll Clothes Designers
Jacl
Paris Doll Co
Fred Gardel
Jack
Jennie Graves
Stork Club
Mars
Graves
Medfori
Mass
Mts Watil
Shivers Presses Interposition for States Rights Push
Governor Shivers outlines support for interposition as a vital democracy right. He says it could apply to segregation and other issues and plans a July primary referendum to challenge federal authority. He cites Texas tidelands fight as precedent and says citizen protest is a core right.
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New England
Othe
Texas
South
Shivers
Shivery
Mwe
Tidelands
Eisenhower
Congress of
United States
Local Schools Invite Public to Open House Week
Visitors are welcomed during the week at De Zavala and San Jacinto PTA open houses with refreshments, plus a FORO program Friday at 9 a.m. Admission is 19 cents. Open houses and classroom visits continue at Sam Houston and David G. Burnet. The Mothers' Club hosts next Thursday evening, and Raytown Public School Week events are coordinated by Homer W. Alford with updates to follow.
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de Zavala
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David G. Burnet
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Homer W. Alford
Citiveng Committee
Raytown
Rotary Ann Night Set In La Porte
La Porte Rotarians announce Rotary Ann Night on March 27 at Nobles Hall with Frank Baker in charge. Chicken barbecue for members and wives. visitors may attend for $2. Foreign student wheels will be observed April 7-8 as members host students from Rice University, UH, Texas A and M, and UT. Rotary officers to be elected before April 15. Hyde chairs the nominating committee with Langston Wadsworth Sharp and Rigby on it.
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Nobles Hall
Frank Baker
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University of Texas
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D. Rigby
Two 1955 Chevrolets Stolen From Marion County Courthouse Lot
In Indianapolis two cars were stolen on the same day from the Marion County courthouse parking area. Both vehicles were 1955 Chevrolets owned by former assistant city attorneys who served in the prior administration. Both owners reportedly unhappy. The U S Coast Guard operated a Nantucket Shoals Lightship for 11 years.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Governor Shivers and Daniel to address Texas cattlemen
Fort Worth will host the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association annual convention March 13-14 with Texas Governor Allan Shivers and Senator Price Daniel among the speakers. Roy Parks of Midland, president, says a large attendance is expected from the association’s 10 000 members. Other speakers include Don Collins Kit Carson Coin, Col. Homer Garrison Jr., Dr. P H Stephens and Dr. B T Simms. The group, founded 72 years ago to combat cattle rustling, now covers several southwestern states and deals with tax, legislation and livestock disease issues.
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Roy Parks
Midland. Tex
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Don Collins
Kit
Carson
Coin
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Col
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P. H. Stephens
Wichita
Kan
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Hveestock Research
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
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Mitchell's Firm To Car Insurers
Mitchell's Baytown agent reports State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co again led in 1955 figures for earned premiums and cars insured. Adlai A. Rust, president, cites over 4,090,160 cars protected, with auto premiums at 225,755,000 and direct premiums written at 245,800,000, up about 14 percent.
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Adlai A. Rust
Gloomington
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John ©. Mitchell
Baytown
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Mitchell
State Farm
Com Munty’s
American Motors To Give Away Insurance Offer
American Motors Corp said it will give every buyer of a Rambler Nash Hudson or Metropolitan car after next Wednesday a $25,000 automobile accident life insurance policy. The policy covers the buyer and spouse with $25,000 in coverage and pays $12,500 if either is killed while riding in their car.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
Avery
American Motors
Cost Of Milk In Two-Cent Drop In Baytown
Milk prices in Baytown fell by two cents per quart effective Sunday and Monday as stores passed the decrease on. The reduction, set by the South Texas Producers Association, followed price cuts in other Texas milk areas. Fire cuts amount to four tents on half-gallon and two cents on quart, applying to both gallons and bottled milk.
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Baytown
Moni
Biunday
South Tesas Producers Association
B. J. Staliones
Texas
Goth Mik
No Poetry In Way He Treated Wife No Poetry In Way He Treated Wife
Leicester divorce case reveals Harold Frankel a poetry lover told the court he used self defense to justify conduct toward his wife Mrs Eileen Frankel was granted a divorce after she testified he assaulted her and abused water and confinement harming her. The husband, secretary of the local party society, denied actually using his judo methods on her.
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England
Harold Frankel
Eileen Frankel
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