Johnson Urges All Out U S Effort To Beat Russia In Space Race
Lyndon B. Johnson told a Dallas dinner that the nation must live as though there will be no tomorrow and act tonight to outpace the Soviet Union in missiles and satellites. He called for mobilization, emphasized education, and urged tapping retired professionals to teach science and math. Continued on Page Two.
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Dallas
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Russia
Soviet Union
Bus Operations May Break Down During NYC Transit Crisis
New York City confronted a growing transport crisis as a subway strike expanded with bus maintenance workers joining. A pipe damaged a Canarsie line train window, slighting a passenger, while subway service loss crippled commerce and traffic. Frank Zelano faces court after ignoring an injunction, with Joseph Carin named as substitute MBA leader.
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New York City
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BMT
Canarsie
Transit Authority
Motormen’s Benevolent Association
Transport Workers Union
Norman
United Press
Frank Zelano
State Supreme Court
Arctic Cold Sweeps Texas As Panhandle Delivers Freeze
An Arctic air blast dropped temperatures across Texas with Amarillo at 9 degrees and Dallas at 21 as the front moved from the Panhandle to the Gulf. Gusts up to 62 mph sparked dust storms and fires that destroyed five cotton gins while forecasters warned of another hard freeze statewide except the lower coast.
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San Antonio
Amarillo
Dallas
Panhandle
Gulf Coast
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Upper South Plains
Upper Texas
Pecos Valley
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Abilene
Fl Paso
Laredo
Austin
Waco
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Childress
Applications Open For Five Year Reserve Conservation Program
Applications may be made now at the ASC office for the five year Reserve Conservation program. Manager Gene Frisbie said the deadline for applications is April 15, 1958. He urged farmers to apply early in case funds run short.
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ASC
Gene Frisbie
Social Security Payments Top Old Age Aid in Texas
Texas reports social security recipients outnumbered old age pensioners for the first time. The Department of Public Welfare says as of Jan 1, 14,785 more Texans received social security than old age assistance.
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Austin
Department of Public Welfare
Department
Price Daniel
Four Bobcats Named To All-District Team
Four Bobcats earned spots on the All-District Football Team with Omar Carlisle and Bob Crain at end and guard respectively. Others include Jerry Smith center and Jimmy Lowe back, plus a range of teammates from Wellington Quanah Shamrock Perryton and more. District coaches announced the selections.
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Childress Bobcats
Omar Carlile
Bob Crain
Senor
Jerry Smith
Jimmy Lowe
Jerry Elbert
Wellington
Alvin Scott
Quanah
Tommy Carter
Perryton
Don Walkup
Billy Ennis
Charles Brothers
Shamrock
Rus Thomas
Tank Forrester
Don Tillerson
Link S ex offender eyed in Maria Ridulph mystery
Authorities linked ex convict Donald Arbuckle to the Ridulph disappearance after a nine year old girl and Arbuckle were found asleep in his Rockford car. Police report Arbuckle admitted molesting the girl and faced charges of statutory rape and related offenses. FBI and Rockford police searched a remote abandoned building linked to the case.
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Maria Ridulph
FBI
Here
Donald Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Ridulph
Johnny
Jewelry Stolen From St Regis Suite in New York
Eugenia Bankhead sister of Talullah Bankhead and DuPont heir Louisa Carpenter reported a theft of jewelry worth 40500 dollars from their hotel suite at the St Regis in New York on Tuesday night.
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Eugenia Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
DuPont
Louisa Carpenter
St. Regis Hotel
Government May Rest In Hoffa Case
In New York the government could rest its case against James R. Hoffa and two co defendants Bernard Spindel and Owen Bo Brennan in a wiretap inquiry. Witnesses described Hoffa ordering taps to monitor union underlings at the Detroit headquarters.
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Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Hoffa
Bernard Spindel
Owen Bo Brennan
Senate
Bernard Chamine
Hoffa Williams
Chamine
Spindel
Hofta
Grand Jury
McElroy Tours West Germany Ahead of NATO Summit
Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy conducted a rapid tour of NATO frontline units in West Germany visiting Seventh Army commands in Munich and near Augsburg. He inspected the 280 millimeter Honest John cannon and Corporal missile and planned talks on interim IRBM bases and nuclear stockpiling for Europe ahead of a NATO meeting in Paris.
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Germany
Neil H. McElroy
NATO
West Germany
McElroy
West Berlin
U. S
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Fren
Bruce Clark
Augsburg
Honest John
Misile
Paris
Beron
U.S
Europe
Britain
Salvation Army Finance Drive Advances Slowly
Finance Drive Chairman Herb Betts reports slow progress as many volunteers have made no solicitations. Through this morning only 462 dollars and 50 cents have been turned in and Betts urges all solicitors to work this week.
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Salvation Army
Finance Drive
Herb Betts
Betts
Elks Lodge appoints Newberry transportation chairman
Howard EF Newberry named transportation chairman for the Elks Lodge Christmas Party for Needy Children. Sterling Buster, the general chairman, says Newberry will manage transport to and from the party, held the afternoon before Christmas at the Elks Lodge. Marvin Dobbs volunteers ice cream. Stoney Jackson named assistant.
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Howard EF. Newberry
Elks Lodge
Sterling Buster
Newberry
Buster
Marvin Dobbs
Stoney Jackson
AFL-CIO to press wage increases next year
Atlantic City report says AFL-CIO will demand wage boosts to restore consumer buying power and support economic growth. Walter Reuther criticizes wage freezes, urges unions to seek hikes despite inflation concerns while defending labor’s role in national defense.
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Afl-Cio
Atlantic City
N. J
AFL - Cio
United Auto Workers
Walter Reun- Werwee
Marketing controls favored by farmers in eight states
County farmers and upland cotton growers voted to accept federal marketing controls for the 1958 crops with 162 for and 22 against. Returns from eight states and Puerto Rico show about 95 percent of upland cotton and over 90 percent of rice farmers supporting the program as Agriculture Department officials predicted.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
Agriculture Department
Allies Can Bomb All Russian Cities
Sgt. Joe Lacky told Rotarians that two years ago Allies could drop atomic bombs on every Russian city over 15 000 population in one day. A film The Thunderbirds was shown. EK FE White led the program with Sid Reid of Hollis and Mills Roberts of Memphis visiting, along with Claude Hipps, Dan Johnston, and Sgt Doyle Robertson.
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Russia
Joe Lacky
Amarillo Szet
Lacky
Thunderbirds
FE. White
Sid Reid
Hollis
Mills Roberts
Memphis
Claude Hipps
Corpus Christi
Dan Johnston
Abilene
Sgt Doyle Robertson
Political row over missile lag blame sparks Truman Nixon clash
In Washington a debate over who misled voters about missile delays heats up. Vice President Nixon and the Republican National Committee accuse Harry S. Truman, while DNC Chair Butler points to Wernher von Braun and Butler’s claim aligns with von Braun, amid wider questions on 1945 to 1951 missile development. The Truman administration has cut national defense spending in response.
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Richard M. Nixon
Republican National Committee
Harry S. Truman
Mr. T
Nixon
Committee
Democratic National Committee
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Truman
U. S
Independence
Third Missile of Week Fired Tuesday Night at Cape Canaveral
A Redstone test rocket was launched Tuesday night from Cape Canaveral marking the third missile firing in a week. The night flight produced a bright orange plume seen for several minutes as observers anticipated potential Jupiter satellite missions and an Atlas test.
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Navy
Edwrds A&b
Calif
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Patrick Air Force Base
Ida Mae Pleming Dies Here Tuesday
Ida Mae Pleming 74 wife of O D Pleming died Tuesday night at 9 10 o clock or 2 o clock Thursday afternoon at her son's home W J Pleming following several days illness Funeral services set at First Methodist Church with Rollo Davidson and Dr Ebbe White Newberry Funeral Home in charge Survivors include husband another son Mrs Ola May Downs of San Francisco three sisters two brothers and two grandsons
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O. D. Pleming
W. J. Pleming
First Methodist Church
Rollo Davidson
Ebbe. White
Newberry
Pius XI Names Msgr Victor Reed Titular Bishop in Tulsa
Pope Pius XI appointed Msgr Victor Reed as titular bishop of fans and auxiliary to the bishop of Oklahoma and Tulsa. Reed previously served as parish priest at the cathedral of Tulsa within the Oklahoma and Tulsa diocese.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Msgr
Victor Reed
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Msgreed
Eisenhower Prepares for Paris Summit After Stroke
President Eisenhower presses ahead with plans for the NATO heads of state meeting in Paris next week. A medical clearance and a briefing with Secretary Dulles precede a high level exchange over Bulganin’s proposed talks as European leaders react cautiously to the looming summit.
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Eisenhower
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Russia
Dulles
Pulganin
T Ris
Bales Ginned Over 10 000 in 1957 Cotton Harvest Progress
About two thirds of the 1957 cotton harvest is complete with 10 294 bales ginned as of today. Projections suggest totals could exceed 16 000 bales after remaining ginning and harvesting. Counts from Tindall West Texas Farmer's Co-Op Loco Kirkland and Tel gins show steady loads despite a one day wind slowdown.
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Tel
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