Top Officials Work To Patch Up NATO Big Three Alliance
In Paris Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Lloyd meet ahead of a NATO council session to discuss uniting Western powers. The talks focus on a potential Little Marshall Plan to aid Europe after the Suez crisis, with Pinault also in discussions.
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NATO
Paris
Selwyn Lloyd
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Lloyd
Christian Pineau
U. S
Europe
Egypt
NATO Council
Britain
France
Wealthy Tyler Negro Testifies During Hearing
In Tyler Texas a wealthy local man testifies at a hearing over an NAACP related park discrimination suit filed in Travis County. He acknowledges political activity while denying it as NAACP an official. The case seeks a permanent injunction to challenge alleged Negro discrimination at Tyler State Park.
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Tyler
Texas
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Austin
Dallas
H. M. Morgan
Texas Conference of
Progressive Voters League of
Davis Grant
Morgan
A. Maceo Smith
Tyler State Park
Travis County
Grant
Continued
Elks Move Regular Meeting To Tuesday Night
Exalted Ruler Woodrow Czewski announced Childress Elks Lodge No 1113 will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night at 8 with a buffet starting at 7. The change avoids a conflict with the Bobcat Mothers football banquet and aims to finalize plans for the Christmas party.
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Childress Elks Lodge No 1113
Woodrow Czewski
Bobcat Mothers
Czewski
Clinton High School Reopens Peacefully After Shutdown
Clinton Tennessee reopens its integrated high school without incidents after a five day shutdown over racial disturbances. Eight black students enter with 700 white pupils. federal injunction explained and enforced. FBI observers present. authorities warned troublemakers would be held accountable.
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Clinton, Tenn
Foley Hill
Clinton
FBI
Britain to cut commitments after Suez crisis impact
British sources say the Suez Canal closure will force drastic revisions in Western defense commitments. Eden, resting in Jamaica, returns Friday amid questions over his future while reports of large cuts to forces, possibly 50 percent of the army of the Rhine, dominate British press.
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London
Britain
Suez Canal
Anthony Eden
British West Indies
Eden
Jamacia
Egypt
Washington
Rhine
Germany
Jamada
Americans Observe Day Of Prayer For Russian Brutality Victims
Thousands across the United States paused for prayer on United Nations human rights day in response to Hungary's brutality. President Eisenhower urged remembrance, noting Soviet repression in Hungary repudiates the UN rights declaration. Bells tolled at noon and flags flew at half mast in several cities.
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Eisenhower
Hungary
San Francisco
Terror Campaign Launched By Kadar Regime In Hungary
Vienna dispatch reports the Moscow imposed regime enacting martial law and outlawing regional workers councils. A 48 hour general strike is urged by Budapest workers to protest mass arrests, with Soviet troops in Hungary amid the crackdown.
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Kadar
Vienna
Janos Kadar
Hungary
West
Budapest
Tragedy Hits Trans-Canada Plane With 62 Aboard
A Trans-Canada Airlines North Star liner with 62 people on board including at least six Americans disappeared Sunday night in a Fraser Valley snowstorm and presumably crashed. Seventeen search planes scoured the area while ground teams prepared in snowbound communities. Among the Americans were pro football players Mel Beckett and Gordie Strutridge of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, plus Mrs. A A Kafouri Mrs L C Burt Anthony Folger and M L Bright.
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Vancouver
B.C
Trans - Canada Airlines
Fraser Valley
Here
TCA
Hope
Mel Beckett
Indiana University
Mario de Marco
University of Miami
Fla
Saskatchewan Roughriders
A. A. Kafouri
Portland
Ore
L. C. Burt
San Francisco
Anthony Folger
Dallas
M. L. Bright
Fort Worth
Gordie Strutridge
Ray Syrnyk
Canada
Becket
Strutridge
Patterson Rites Slated Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane M. Patterson will be held at 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon at the Church of Christ with minister Harrell Collard presiding. Pallbearers are Ben Hardison Sim Vaughn W A King Dee Cawthon Watts Leach and Joe Cooper. She died Friday in Mercedes after about two years of ill health. The couple had lived in East Machias Maine for four years after moving from Denver Colorado where she worked as a stenographer for the president of a sugar beet company. She was sister in law to Mrs Neil Gage of Childress and was in Mercedes for the winter. Burial will be in Childress cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home. Surviving is her husband Cecil Patterson.
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Jane M. Patterson
Church of Christ
Harrell Collard
Ben Hardison
Sim Vaughn
W. A. King
Dee Cawthon
Watts Leach
Joe Cooper
Patterson
Denver
Neil Gage
Childress
Mercedes
Newberry Funeral Home
Cecil Patterson
Legion Junior Rifle Club Postpones Meeting Time
The American Legion Junior Rifle Club has postponed its regular meeting to 7 30 Tuesday night instead of tonight, according to an announcement by Dewey Bushon.
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American Legion Junior Rifle Club
Dewey Bushon
Cotton Referendum Set for Tuesday in Five Communities
Ballots will be available from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday as county cotton farmers and their wives vote in the 1957 referendum. Voting boxes will be at the Childress ASC office Kirkland gin Loco gin Harrell Chapel Community House and Tell gin with acreage allotment notices mailed to cotton growers in Childress County.
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Childress
ASC
Kirkland Gin
Loco Gin
Harrell Chapel
Tell Gin
Childress County
Pickup Fire at Smith Motor Co Causes Minor Damage
A fire reported around 8 15 Saturday morning at Smith Motor Company involved a pickup with a butane tank on board. Firefighters said the blaze caused slight damage and was extinguished with no further loss.
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Smith Motor Company
El Paso Snow Blankets Area After Bitter Cold
A two inch snow blanket covered the El Paso area with ice and light freezing rain extending to Salt Flat. Temperatures rose to 32 in El Paso and 37 at Salt Flat signaling a short-lived cold snap across western Texas and southern New Mexico.
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el Paso
U. S. Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Salt Flat
Dallas
Midland
Abilene
Childress
Wichita Falls
Panhandle
South Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Galveston
Brownsville
President Works On 1958 Budget Message In Augusta
President Eisenhower completed totals for the 1958 budget and began drafting the budget message for the new Congress. Budget Brundage said all big figures were settled, with the plan to send the budget to the government printing office by December 15. The President, in Augusta, will return to Washington next Thursday after briefings and will host Indian Prime Minister Nehru the following Sunday.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Percival Brundage
Washington
Brundage
Charles E. Wilson
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Government
Navy
State Department
Nehru
Football Banquet Scheduled Tonight
The annual Bobcat Mothers Banquet is set for 7 30 tonight at the City Auditorium. SMU backfield coach Henry Stram will be the feature speaker. For the first time the public may attend, and the Most Valuable Player of the year will be honored.
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City Auditorium
Henry Stram
SMU
Icy Roads Trigger A Broad U S Weather Toll
Snow and ice across the United States blamed for a rising death toll from weekend storms. A family of six drowned near Moose Wyoming after skidding into the Snake River. Five girls died near Patterson New York in a collision with a tractor trailer. A Wyoming family of four and others died in separate accidents as rescue crews responded to slick highways and icy bridges. Four people aboard a Texas shrimp boat were feared dead after it sank 400 miles south of Tampico during a storm. Tramp caught in a squall with 50 mph winds led to no contact since the loss of an Air Force trainer in Indiana.
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Texas Panhandle
New England
Moose
Wyo
Snake River
Patterson
N. Y
Albert Oakley
Casper
Marguerite
Longmount
Colo
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Mexico
Ince
Civil Air Patrol
Indiana
Air Force
Nations unite in demand Russia withdraws from Hungary
United States and 15 other powers push UN General Assembly to condemn Moscow for depriving Hungary of liberty. Resolution calls Russia to withdraw troops under UN observers and desist from meddling. Names include Argentina Australia Belgium Denmark El Salvador Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Pakistan Sweden Thailand Chile Peru Philippines.
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United Nations
Right of Way for Three Farm to Market Roads
The Commissioners Court discussed obtaining right of way for three Farm to Market roads to be built in 1957: Carey to Baylor Creek, King's Corner to Rivercamp, and Shores Creek extension. Ownership may provide the land at no cost. Cliff Campbell, incoming Precinct 1 commissioner, attended.
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Commissioners Court
Carey
Baylor Creek
King’s Corner
Rivercamp
Shores Creek
Roy Willyard
First National Bank
U. S. Fromm
Cliff Campbell
Precinct
Services Pend Here For Former Resident
Charles R. Melton 65 died about 4:30 Saturday afternoon in Mojave California of a heart attack. Born August 7 1889 in Bowie he was a former Childress resident and a retired farmer now living in California since last August. Funeral arrangements by Newberry Funeral Home. Surviving: daughter Charlene Decker of Childress five sisters and two brothers and three grandchildren.
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Charles R. Melton
Mojave
Calif
Mr. Melton
Bowie
Childress
California
Newberry Funeral Home
Charlene Decker
Clarence Burton
A. Brune
Teachers Group Demands Emergencypay Increase in Texas
The Texas State Teachers Association urged an emergency pay hike of 45 million dollars for about 61 000 public school teachers and called for a study of adequate salary schedules and school building needs to be presented to the 1959 legislature. The plan would raise starting pay from 2805 to 3204 dollars and boost annual raises from 54 to 90 dollars, funded by Texas money rather than federal aid.
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Austin
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
H. W. Stilwell
Texarkana Junior College
Tsta House of Delegates
Houston
Texas
McKinney and Collins to Present Class AA Trophy
Doyle McKinney president of the Chamber of Commerce and Troy Collins president of the Board of City Development will present the runner-up trophy in Class AA Regional football at Canyon High School. A special assembly is set for 10:30 Tuesday morning and funds for all post season trophies come from the C of C and BCD.
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Doyle McKinney
Chamber of Commerce
Troy Collins
Board of City Development
Canyon
Canyon High School
C of C
BCD
Expelled American Reporter Details Spark Behind Hungarian Revolt
Russell Jones reports from London on how he believes Communist rulers provoked a demonstration in Budapest to ignite resistance. He links Ernce Geroe to planning with the Russians, notes key dates from Oct 21 to Oct 23, 1956, and describes Soviet movements that escalated into a wider uprising.
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Hungary
Budapest
Kremlin
Ernce Geroe
Beria
Geroe
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Francis Moore
United Press
Iste
U.S
Augusta Ga., National Golf Club
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U. N
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