Sub Zero Cold Grips Northern US in Widespread Freeze
A Pacific storm soaks the West Coast while a deep cold snap grips the nation. Wisconsin sees 12 to 15 below, Fraser Colorado hits 16 below, Wyoming reports 35 mph winds. Rain and snow sweep from California to the Pacific Northwest with power outages and train delays in San Francisco. Snowfalls also touch New York Syracuse and Erie Pa.
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Midwest
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Wausau
Eau Claire
Rockies
Fraser
Colo
Wyoming
California
Pacific Northwest
Istais Creek
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Texas
Amarillo
Maine
Florida
Syracuse
N. Y
Erie
Warming Trend Starts Today Across Texas
A gradual warm up begins across Texas after Dalhart recorded the state’s coldest overnight reading at 10 degrees. Temperatures rise to 51 in Brownsville, with scattered snow melt in Amarillo and nearby towns. Lows Monday ranged from 23 in Wink to 43 in Laredo, while highs reached 65 in Laredo and 37 in Dalhart.
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Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Amarillo
Clarendon
Claude
Laredo
Wink
Junction
Childress
Lubbock
San Angelo
Midland
Salt Flat
Wichita Falls
Abilene
el Paso
Presidio
Alpine
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
del Rio
Corpus Christi
Houston and Beaumont
Galveston
Lufkin
Texarkana
City Councils Converge to Discuss Greenbelt Water Authority
Area councils from Quanah Childress Paducah Shamrock Wellington McLean Clarendon Hedley and Memphis will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hotel Childress to discuss the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority announced by City Manager Joe Howard.
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Joe Howard
Hotel Childress
Quanah
Childress
Paducah
Shamrock
Wellington McLean
Clarendon
Hedley
Memphis
East German press blasts Conant over Berlin status
Neues Deutschland denounces American ambassador James B Conant for clinging to four power Berlin status. East German and Soviet authorities push sovereignty claims and threaten to control travel and traffic into West Berlin while denying long standing four power arrangements.
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Berlin
James B. Conant
United States
West Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Nant
West
Britain
France
Russia
P. A. Dibrova
East Germany
German Democratic Republic
Conant
NEA Telephoto
Rayburn predicts Democratic landslide and blasts Republican gains
House Speaker Sam Rayburn told Arkansas officials the Democrats will win in 1956 and that Republicans lost trust. He warned against surpluses in farming and said the 1952 GOP victory came from a desire for change. Rayburn remained in Arkansas until Wednesday for a medical checkup and may not be present when Adlai Stevenson visits for duck hunting.
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Little Rock
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Arkansas State Electric Co-Operative, Inc
Rayburn
Senate
House
America
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Adlai Stevenson
Negroes Boycott Buses in Jim Crow Law Squabble
About 4,000 Negroes voted at a mass meeting in Montgomery to boycott city buses until arrangements are made with Montgomery City Lines over seating. The protest followed a seamstress’s conviction for refusing a Jim Crow seat and the rally urged delegation talks with city officials and the company.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery City Lines, Inc
Montgomery City Lines
Page
Lions Club hears Salvation Army drive update
The Lions Club program highlighted the Salvation Army Christmas drive with a film Behind The Salvation Army Shield. Dan Johnston from Abilene spoke on Army work and presented the film. County Chair Bill Adams and drive chair Charles Reynolds appeared. President Bonnie Newberry thanked the club for its carnival proceeds of 680 dollars. LeRoy Gaines led the program. District Governor W. T. Nelson will visit next Tuesday per President Newberry.
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Lions Club
Salvation Army
Dan Johnston
Abilene
Bill Adams
Charles Reynolds
Drive
Bonnie Newberry
Newberry
LeRoy Gaines
W. T. (Dub) Nelson
Judge Denies Change Of Venue In Arson Trial
District Judge Luther Gribble denied the change of venue request in the Jack Gibbs arson case after hearing four more witnesses for the state and six for the defense. The trial remains set for January 9 in Childress District Court. Additional witnesses included H D Cordell Sr Gid Atchley Jr Alton Ryan Morris Higley Dr L W McClendon Roger Denton Alex Saied Vernon Eubank John Gay and J B Johnson.
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Jack Gibbs
Luther Gribble
Gribble
Allan Harp
Childress District Court
H. D. Cordell, Sr
Gid Atchley, Jr
Alton Ryan
Morris Higley
L. W. McClendon
Roger Denton
Alex Saied
Vernon Eubank
John Gay
J. B. Johnson
Variety Show Raises 76 Dollars for Rawlings
Approximately 76 dollars was raised from a high school auditorium variety show to aid Walter Lee Rawlings, a Childress High School student injured in a car accident November 25. He remained in Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo with his condition unchanged.
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Walter Lee Rawlings
Vernon Eubank
Rawlings
Childress High School
Childress
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Eubank
Stores Set Late Closing Five Days
Childress stores will stay open until 8 PM on Thursday December 8 and Thursday December 15 for late shopping. On Wednesday Thursday and Friday December 21 23 they close at 8 PM and Christmas Eve at 5 30 PM.
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Childress
Practice Alert Staged By US and Canada
Colorado Springs reports a seven hour war practice alert dubbed Operation Crackerjack carried out by United States and Canadian defense forces. Interceptor aircraft patrolled the skies as SAC units simulated attacks to probe defenses. About 400000 civilian aircraft spotters were placed on alert with branches ordered to emergency duty. Continued on Page Two.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Canada
Continental Air Defense Command
Strategic Air Command
América
SAC
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine
National Guard
Corrections on Korean War Casualties Named in Index
The Index prints an erratum for funeral notices for Cpl Huey P French. The correct listed casualties include Ray G Dillard Roy Morgan Cecil Floyd and Charles Russell Avery as county casualties. The paper invites readers to report any additional names for proper memorial publication.
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Cpl
Huey P. French
Childress
Harry C. Trout Jr
Ray G. Dillard
Roy Morgan
Cecil Floyd
Charles Russell Avery
Price seeks new post bulletin
Ed Price head coach at the University of Texas since 1951 asked the university board of regents to be relieved of his job in favor of a comparable position within the university. United Press reported Tuesday.
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Dallas
Ed Price
University of Texas
University Board of Regents
United Press
Telephone Ordinance Passed by City Council
The City Council approved on second reading an ordinance regulating Southwestern Bell Telephone Company operations. It preserves basic rates for routine service but raises charges for extensions switchboards and other equipment and increases local pay phone calls from five to ten cents. Representatives Wayne Palmer and Bill Leavy attended. The council was assured no general rate increase would be sought before April 1954.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Wayne Palmer
Wichita Falls
Bill Leavy
Vernon
Palmer
Services Plan To Continue Civilian Trials
The Army and Air Force will continue court martial of civilians overseas, citing a federal judge’s ruling as unconstitutional against military overreach. Judge Edward A. Tamm struck down a section of the military justice code affecting families of service members abroad, freeing Clarice B. Covert in a prior case. The Defense Department weighing an appeal.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Edward A. Tamm
Clarice B. Covert
England
Defense Department
Bobcats to honor players at Thursday banquet
The Bobcat banquet is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. in City Auditorium with the Bobcat Mothers Club as hostess. Mrs Oveta Mullins, president, urged all attending mothers to submit reservations at tonight's Bobcat Mothers meeting at Mrs Dave Brummett's home.
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Bobcat
City Auditorium
Bobcat Mothers Club
Oveta Mullins
Dave Brummett
Mullins
State Wins 33000 Judgment Against Former Land Chief
The state secured a 33000 civil judgment against ex Land Commissioner Bascom Giles and he received a prison term of not less than two nor more than six years for bribe related crimes. Giles, previously sentenced to three years at Austin and six years in Bexar for related offenses, must pay installments as the state pursues further appeals.
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Crystal City
Bascom Giles
Giles
Ross E. Doughty
Austin
Bexar County
J. Paul Little
Veterans Land
Clint Small Sr
Doughty
Small
Court of Criminal Appeals
Plans Completed For Grid Play-off Clash Saturday
Chairmen were named at the Quarterback Club meeting to manage the Stinnett versus Ranger football playoff at Fair Park Stadium this Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the School Administration office with reserved seats $1.50 and students 50 cents. Community volunteers handle concessions, programs, ticketing, ushers, signs, and parking. Central officials note only center sections of the stands will travel to both towns, keeping strong seating for local sale.
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Stinnett- Ranger
Fair Park Stadium
Bobcat
Guy Jones
W. T. Nelson
Sam Privitt
H. D. Cordell
Aubrey Rogers
Joe Howard
Avenue F
Fair Park
Charles Churchill
Ranger
Stinnett
Newell Odell
Business Tax Experts See Large Tax Cut Possibility
A seven member subcommittee of the private CED group urged a 3 to 4 billion dollar cut in income, corporation, and excise taxes next year with the largest relief in income taxes. Six economists told Congress the 1956 election year tax cut is unnecessary for a booming economy and urged funding highways and schools instead.
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Washington
Comittee For Economic Development
CED
Congress
Nomic
Beardsley Rum
Walter Williams
Harriman Criticizes Taft Hartley Use Against Unions
New York Governor Averell Harriman charged that Eisenhower appointees are using the Taft Hartley Act to bust unions. In a speech to the merged CIO AFL labor group, Harriman named Nixon Wilson McKay and Teeter as unfriendly to labor and urged amending or eliminating the act to curb what he called anti labor injustices.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
Harriman
CIO
AFL
Richard M. Nixon
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Interior
Douglas McKay
Commerce
Lothair Teeter
Merged
Labor Organization
Marty Durkin
Labor
Martin P. Dukin
Nixon
Wilson
McKay
Teeter
NLRB
UAW
Indiana
Wanted Trip in Childress Jail
Police hold Willard McCain 20 of Burbank California Lynn Low en 18 and Phylis Lowen of California on a California grand theft warrant. A suspicious panel pickup was linked to the trio and found soda water stolen from Village Market. arrests followed in Memphis.
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Memphis
Hassell
Roy Hassell
Tom Ewards
California
McCain
General Motors Dealers To Jet New Agreement
President Harlow Curtice announced GM will revise franchise terms with dealers to a five year contract instead of the current one year. The change follows Senate Monoply subcommittee hearings into GM practices and aims to curb dealer drop risks amid criticism from former and current dealers.
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Washington
Harlow Curtice
General Motors Co-operation
Senate
Curtice
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
General Motors
O'Mahoney
Lost billfold recovered by Good Samaritan at The Index
James Moore lost a billfold with 41 dollars. Mrs. Boone Simpson of Northfield found it and brought it to The Index. Moore identified the item, demanded the return, and tried to reward the finder which she refused. He slipped a dollar into her pocket and left.
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James Moore
Boone Simpson
Northfield
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