Moscow says Turkey sends troops to bolster Iraq army
Moscow radio quoted sources claiming two Turkish battalions were sent to aid Prime Minister Nouri al Said against rising withdrawal demands. No official confirmation followed. The report coincides with Western plans to reinforce Baghdad Pact members and counter Soviet arms shipments to Syria.
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Moscow
Turkey
Iraq
London
Nouri El-Said
Mid-East
Damascus
Jordan
United States
Britain
Syria
Middle East
News - Chronicle
Suez Canal
Trial Of Parr Resumes After Short Recess
Trial of south Texas mob boss George B. Parr and eight associates on mail fraud charges resumes after a four day recess caused by a death. The defense notes few witnesses remain as the government rested heavy with 100 witnesses and 700 exhibits presented over five weeks.
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Houston
South Texas
George B. Parr
Parr
Santiago Garcia
Percy Foremen
Allen B. Hannay
Benavides
Foreman
Hilda Gonzales
Uncle of Long-Time Local Resident Dies
Funeral rites for Samuel Lewis 81 uncle of Stanley B. Fyfe of Childress were set for 4 o clock today in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Amarillo by Rev Bill Everheart Burial was to be in Llano Cemetery Mr Lewis an Amarillo resident for 55 years died of heart attack Saturday afternoon at his residence in Amarillo He was a retired engineer to the Fort Worth and Denver railroad and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Burlington Veterans Survivors are his wife Maggie of Amarillo a daughter Mrs Winnie Myrick of Tucson Ariz one sister and one grandchild
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Samuel Lewis
Stanley B. Fyfe
Childress
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Amarillo
Bill Everheart
Llano
Lewis
Fort Worth
Denver
Maggie
Winnie Myrick
Tucson, Ariz
Soviet Armored Units Readied on Budapest Front
Soviet armored units massed on the outskirts of Budapest amid anti Russian demonstrations. Workers in Pest burned government papers while police and troops pressed security checks as protests flared along Lenin Street.
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Budapest
Lenin Street
Buda
Danube
Pest
Red
Moscow
Hungary Stands by Refusal to Admit UN Observers
United Nations observers remain barred in Budapest as Hungary repeats its stance. The note, signed by Acting Foreign Minister Istvan Sebes, says talks with Dag Hammarskjöld could occur later, either in Rome or New York, without delay. The U S resolution, supported by 13 countries, urged Kadar to allow on the spot U N observers by Friday for border information gathering.
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United Nations
N. Y
UP -Hungary
Dag Hammarskjold
Budapest
Hammarskjold
Rome
New York
Istvan Sebes
United States
General Assembly
Russia
Hungary
U. N
U.S
Latin America
British Commonwealth
Western Europe
Asia
Assembly
Middle East
Syria
Britain
France
Israel
Turkey
U. S
Janos Kadar
Arctic Cold Front Angers Texas Tuesday Night
An Arctic front from the Northern Plains moves toward Texas with predicted upper 20s in North Central Texas and possible snow for the Panhandle. The front, slowed by a Pacific low, brings the season's coldest air, while Dalhart reports 25 degrees and coast areas in the 50s with no rain.
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United Press
Plains
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Cutbank
Mont
Dalhart
Panhandle
Army-Navy Handbook Details Red Military Power
Newly declassified 397 page Army Navy Handbook analyzes Russian forces. It praises maturity and balance while warning of weaknesses in the army party relationship. The guide describes aggressor forces and notes infatuation with wartime successes shaping training.
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Washington
Russia
Communist Party
Red Army
Hitler
Soviet Union
Newsman Gets Visa Extension for Budapest Stay
Russell Jones, the sole American newsman in Budapest, was allowed a six day extension to his temporary visa after an earlier order to leave by midnight. Defense Minister Frene Muennich limited the extension to Sunday, with no clear word on British correspondent Peter Kempt. Jones first entered Hungary on October 29 without a visa and then received a one month stay from ex-prime minister Imre Nagy before that authorization expired Friday.
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Budapest
United Press
Russell Jones
Hungary
Jones
Defense
Frene Muennich
Peter Kempt
Imre Nagy
Rebels Wined Out By Cuban Planes
Reports say Cuban warplanes and ground troops annihilated the 40 man high command of the 26th of July movement including rebel leader Fidel Castro as they landed in southeastern Cuba. The government acknowledged the landing and air attack. sources claim Castro led the assault before being killed.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Coast Guard
Cape Cruz
Caribbean
Cuba
United Press
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Niguero
Manzanillo
Oriente
Mexico
Batista
Britain and France urge UN peace push in Middle East
Britain and France call on the United Nations to promote peace in the Middle East in return for withdrawing Anglo French troops from Egypt. The declaration seeks UN initiative on the Arab Israeli dispute and Suez crisis with no set withdrawal date, possibly before Christmas.
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London
Britain
France
United Nations
Middle East
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Gerard Jacquet
Jacquet
Dag Hammarskjold
Pineau
Two Turncoats Hope To Spend Holiday In US
Two American soldiers who defected to China after Korea say they hope to spend Christmas back in the United States. Arlie Pate and Aaron Wilson, both in their early twenties, left Red China with Chinese Red Cross escorts and cited homesickness and family hardship as reasons for wanting to return home.
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Hong Kong
Communist
China
Arlie Pate
Carbondale
Aaron Wilson
Kaina
Red China
Red Cross
U. S
Korea
Pate
Navy to Recall Reservists to Crew Six Tankers
Navy plans to base six re commissioned oil tankers at Port of Houston to rush petroleum to military bases in Europe. About 1000 sailors and their families will relocate, with 160 aboard each vessel, to support fleet logistics. The Kankakee Monongahela Kaskaskia Chipola Sabine and Chikaskia move from reserve fleets and will be de mothballed then recommissioned.
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Houston
Port of
Europe
Navy
Military Sea Transport Service
Kankakee
Monongahela
Kaskaskia
Chipola
Sabine
Chikaskia
Outlaw Captured After Shooting His Companion
Jim Whiteard 20 of Phoenix admitted to shooting his half brother with a sawed off shotgun in the Texas Panhandle after a 12 hour gun battle where Vic tor Lee Stephens a 19 year old volunteer was killed. Whiteard was captured by officers and faces murder charges before a Wheeler county grand jury as investigators sort out who killed Stephens and Myers.
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Tor Lee Stephens
Stephens
Childress
Texas High Department
Whiteard
Texas Panhandle
Junior Bard Myers
Texas Rangers
Bus Dorman
Bill Waters
Wheeler County Grand Jury
Myers
Arkansas
Page
Old Arctic Cold Snap Hits North Plains States
An arctic air mass plunged into the North Plains bringing the coldest weather of the season for parts of 13 states. Temperatures fell sharply in Cutbank Montana and warnings extended into several western states as zero readings were forecast tonight. Snow and strong winds accompanied the cold with a warming trend in the east offering relief from sub freezings in Mississippi and northern Florida.
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North Plains
Cutbank
Mont
Montana
Ilinois
Wiscnsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Wyoming
Divide
Towa
Arctic
Alaska-Yukon
Canada
Mississippi
Florida
New York Acres
Flare Drop First Mission for Oklahoma Guard Unit
Oklahoma air national guard units executed a novel early morning flare drop over the Texas Panhandle to aid a manhunt for two killers. Brig. Gen Maurice Marrs supervised as Lt Art Hamilton reported from above. The C47 transport conducted a three hour flight while ground units pursued clues near Shamrock.
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AIR National Guard
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Air
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Art Hamilton
Texas
Marrs
Texas Panhandle
Shamrock
Water Conservation Seen As Top Problem For Legislature
AUSTIN water conservation tops the agenda as the No 1 issue for the Texas legislature with the session opening Jan 8. Lawmakers, from more than 40 responses, call water policy the priority amid talks on spending, taxes, segregation, mental hospital improvements, lobbying rules, teacher and state worker salaries, and juvenile delinquency.
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Austin
Texas
United Press
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Texas Water Resources Committee
David Ratliss
Stamford
Cotton Ginning Totals In Childress County
An estimated 8,252 bales of cotton have been ginned in Childress County with slowing activity at four of six gins this morning. Some pickers still worked fields while collection shifted to Loco by machine. Ginning has slackened since last week across Tell, Loco, Kirkland, Tindall, West Texas, and Farmers Co-Op gins.
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Childress County
Loco
Tell
Kirkland
Tindall
West Texas
Farmers Co-Op
Local Officers Take Part in Area Merchant Roundup
Sheriff Gayton B. Smith and deputies joined a county and state task force in a night hunt near Shamrock for two fugitives, engaging multiple positions along Highway 1c and coming within feet of the captured survivor. The operation began after a call from Sheriff Raney’s wife and involved officers from Texas and Oklahoma.
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John
Raney
Wellington
James Whitcard
Junior Myers
Gayton B. Smith
Shamrock
Smith
Hollis Wilson
Bill Prescott
Texas
Oklahoma
Stinnett Merkel Clash Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets for the Stinnett Merkel football game Friday at Fair Park Stadium go on sale at the Childress School Administration building Merkel and Stinnett. Reserved seats cost 1.50 and student tickets 50 cents with no general admission. Stinnett will be home team in north stands with concessions by FFA boys and Bobcat Mothers and Quarterback Club.
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Stinnett - Merkel
Childress
Merkel and Stinnett
Fair Park Stadium
Stinnett
Merkel
Twe Ffa Boys
Bobcat Mothers
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National Association For the Advanement of Colored People
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Searcy Bracewell
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