Jury Finds Dave Beck Guilty of Embezzlement
A seven man five woman jury in Seattle convicts Dave Beck president of the Teamsters union of embezzling 1900 from the sale of a union owned Cadillac. Sentencing is continued after a private post verdict session. Beck vows no comment.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
George H. Revelle
Revelle
Washington State
Charles Hickling
Bellevue
Wash
Beck
Senate Rackets Committee
Rackets Committee
Senate Committee
King County Grand Jury
Dave Beck Jr
Dave Jr
Work To Save Child's Feet
Physicians at Children's Hospital in Louisville work to restore warmth and circulation to Rosella Auxier a 15 year old frostbite patient after six days of exposure with minimal food. Doctors caution that rapid heating risks tissue death and note oxygen is needed for healing while the girl recovered after being found at a Prestonsburg roadside market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
Rosella Auxier
Childress Records State's Lowest High At 60
Rain dotted the Gulf Coast while most of the state stayed mild and clear. Kingsville topped the nation at 81 degrees and Corpus Christi reached 80 as a warm spell continued. Beaumont reported .49 inches of rain and Galveston .28.
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Gulf Coast
Kingsville
Corpus Christi
Beaumont
Galveston
Gulf
Texas
Childress
Apartment House Burns In Odessa Fire Kills Woman and Child
A frame apartment building in Odessa Texas burned today killing a woman and a small child and injuring six others. At least two of the injured were reported in critical condition. None of the dead or injured was identified immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Tex
Poll Tax Payments Slow This Year
Tax assessor U S Fromm reports poll tax payments lag behind typical totals. By Saturday only 490 poll taxes have been paid, with a deadline for 1953 taxes set for January 31, 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fromm
Non-Service Connected Benefit Cuts Proposed by Administration
Washington reports the administration will curb non service connected veterans benefits to fund missile and space programs. President Eisenhower plans to merge pensions with Social Security and cut immediate payments, with billions saved over time. An appointed veterans administrator faced delays as officials, including H. V. Higley, resisted the plan.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
H V. Higley
Higley
Budget Bureau
East Rallies From Early Season Cold Snap
The eastern United States rebounded from a cold snap that had pushed temperatures 20 degrees below freezing as far south as Florida. Readings ranged from the 60s along the Texas coast to the 40s in the Ohio Valley, while northern Florida saw sub-freezing temps around 24 to 27 degrees. The Florida Citrus Commission halted all citrus shipments for seven days to prevent selling damaged fruit, with crop damage projected around 25 million dollars for fruit and vegetables. Farmers south of Miami reported 25,000 acres of vegetables, mainly tomatoes, undamaged and hopeful for higher prices to offset lean years.
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Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Ohio Valley
Ocala
Cross City
Florida Citrus Commission
Miami
Navy Chaplain Conducts Last Antarctic Service
Lt Cmdr Paul W. Reigner conducted his first and last service in McMurdo on a litter in the chapel after a Dec 14 injury. The Air Force evacuated him to Christchurch New Zealand, ending his 13 day Antarctic tour.
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Mcmurdo
Antarctica
Navy
Paul W. Reigner
Antarctic
McMurdo Chapel
Air Force
Christchurch
New Zealand
Rocket Set Off By TU Students In Beeville
A UT Austin team launched a home made torpedo shaped rocket named Shorthorn 1A from a Beeville pasture reaching near three miles. Johnny Swoboda designed it and said it stayed aloft about seconds before vanishing southwest of the launch site as efforts to locate it continued at dusk.
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Beeville
Tex
University of Texas
Johnny Swoboda 21
Southwestern Rocket Society of
Austin
Swoboda
Victoria Tex
Thousands Buried in Iran Earthquake Toll Mounts
In northwest Iran the Hamadan province reports 1100 buried in Farsanj town alone after Friday’s quake. Up to 150 towns affected with 800 dead per Tehran press tallies and 40 000 to 50 000 homeless. U S aid envoy Clark Gregory surveys the damage to speed immediate relief efforts. Continued on Page Three.
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Tehran
Iran
Hamadan
Farsanj
United States
Clark Gregory
U. S
Point Four
Tran
Hold Down Test Of Thor Missile At Cape Canaveral
Scientists conducted a hold down test of the Air Force Thor intermediate range missile at Cape Canaveral. The missile remained attached to its pad while engines ran. a red danger light was not raised, indicating static firing. Thor is designed for 1500 miles at supersonic speed and had previously fallen short of its target in an earlier test.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Thor
United Press
Russ Yoder
Recover Victims Of Plane Crash In Ga Swamp
Salvagers recovered the last of four victims from a private plane that crashed and buried itself in coastal swamp mud en route from a Miami football game to Pittsburgh. Civil Aeronautics Administration agents investigated the crash after a 15 man salvage crew removed the bodies of Henry McCrory, John O'Hara, Louis Kuchinie, and George P. Airhart from the wreckage.
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ST. Marys
Pittsburgh
Miami
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Henry McCrory
John O’hara
Louis Kuchinie
George P. Airhart
Eisenhower Returns To Lead NATO Unity In Paris
President Eisenhower arrived in Paris in high spirits despite a prior stroke. He greeted Western Europe with vigor, waved through wintry streets, and said the Communist threat would be met effectively in unity. He planned conferences at the U S embassy and attended church while Rene Coty praised his condition and strength.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Europe
U. S
Rene Coty
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Western Europe
Orly
Snark Intercontinental Missile To Enter Special Unit Training
Washington reports a special military unit will receive the Snark, a subsonic 5,000 mile range intercontinental missile. The 740 men will train at Patrick Air Force Base Florida before moving to Presque Isle Maine for a 12 million dollar base to fire in war. The Snark fills an interim role until proven IRBM and ICBM are ready, with a speed around 500 mph on its 5,000 mile flight. It differs from ballistic missiles by air breathing propulsion and an onboard guidance system.
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Washington
Russia
Patrick Air Forcs Base
Fla
Presque Isle
Maine
Air Force
United States
Boy Swallows Watch. Doctors Say Kenny Likely Survives
Detro it reports Kenneth Rogers aged 2 swallowed a watch. Doctors at Henry Ford Hospital found the timepiece in his upper intestine and say both child and watch are ticking along. They expect the problem to be resolved in time.
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Detroit
Kenneth Rogers
Kenny
Kenneth
Henry Ford Hospital
Betty Rogers
Keny
Four Ministries Abolished By Reds
The Soviet Union abolished four ministries Aviation Industry, Radio-Technical Industry, Shipbuilding Industry and replaced them with four state committees of the Soviet Council of Ministers. The shakeup continues the administration reform in Soviet industry begun after Khrushchev's proposals. The move reverses May Supreme Soviet modifications that kept defense production ministries.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Social Security Worker to Visit Childress Tuesday
Curtis M. Watts from the Amarillo Social Security office will be in Childress Tuesday at the courthouse morning hours to provide assistance and information available to the public.
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Curtis M. Watts
Amarillo
United States Threatens Special UN Session Over Hungary
The United States warned it will seek a special General Assembly session if Soviet backed Hungary persists in persecuting patriots after the 1956 revolt. Ambassador Lodge reported executions and trials in Budapest while Assembly President Sir Leslie Munro closed the session amid protests from Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Hungary
Russia
Assembly
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pal Maleter
Budapest
Maj Antal Palinkas
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
General Assembly
Old Settlers To Give Free Coffee Doughnuts Saturday
Childress County Old Settlers Association announces its annual Free Coffee and Doughnut Day for Saturday December 21. The Chowhound Wagon will be stationed north of Saied’s on Main Street with Sam Privitt in charge and T R White leading the event.
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Childress County Old Settlers Association
T. R. Whitehead
Childress
Saied
Main Street
Sam Privitt
The
Old Settlers
Von Braun urges US space agency to catch Reds
Rocket expert Dr. Wernher von Braun tells the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee the United States should create a national space agency with about 1.5 billion dollars a year to gain space dominance. He warns the US risks mortal danger if Russia leads in space and backs a five year manned program.
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Space Agency
Washington
Winoher von Braun
United States
Russia
von Braun
Senate
Tee
U. S
John B. Medaris
Army
Missile Test Center
Contributions Received For Elks Lodge Christmas Party
The Elks Lodge Christmas Party for Needy Children will be held December 24 in the lodge building with Sterling Buster as general chairman. Contributions announced by Guy Jones include gifts from G. C Fox Jack Fox John Childers George Weatherby in memory of Martin Coyne Floyd Mitchell and many others plus nurses at Childress General Hospital and local residents.
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Elks Lodge
Guy Jones
Sterling Buster
G. C Fox
Jack Fox
John Childers
George Weatherby
Martin Coyne
Floyd Mitchell
J. E. Benham
Jim Ragsdale
B. B. Burton
W. R. Rutledge
W. T. Ross
H. A. Rogers
Dale Philpott
John Herren
Gene Slingerland
John Cates
the Childress General Hospital
T. R. Whitehead
Troy Collins
Fires Break Out Regularly At Air Field Warehouses
Local Rock Island Grain Company manager John Clover and elevator superintendent Buck Pierce report ongoing small blazes at one of the two large warehouses at the air field that burned on November 29. Winds fanned sparks, destroying an empty building in the afternoon and igniting the second around 9:30 that night. Glover and employees have watched the site constantly since.
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Rock Island Grain Company
John Clover
Buck Pierce
Air Field
Glover
Mrs. Gertrude Holt Dies in Amarillo at 64
Mrs. Gertrude Holt, 64, died Saturday afternoon in an Amarillo hospital. The body will be returned to Childress by Newberry Funeral Home for burial. She was wife of E. J. Holt of Childress and a member of the First Baptist Church. Survived by her husband, two daughters Vivian Morris of Afton and Benelle Robison of Tranquility California, two sisters, and her mother. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Gertrude Holt
Amarillo
Newberry Funeral Home
Childress
Holt
E. J. Holt
First Baptist Church
Vivian Morris
Afton
Benelle Robinson
Tranquility
Calif
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Teamstars
Hoffa
William Johnson
Children's Hospital
Prestonsburg
East Point
East
Harry C. Gallon
Betty
Los Angeles
Gallon
New Orleans
Burlingame
Ike
Western
White House
Defense Department
William M. Holaday
Holaday
Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
NEA
Reds
Arady A. Sobolev
Lodge
U.S
Uruguay
Netherlands
Endre Sik
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Ullrich
Ld Settlers
Elks Lodge Party
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