Insurance Department Examiners Ousted Over Gift
A Texas insurance department examiner J W Pierson of Dallas was dismissed after admitting a 2000 cash gift from Estate Life Insurance Co president John L McCarty of Amarillo. Insurance Commissioner William A Harrison seeks to revoke Estate Life’s Texas certificate amid a Senate probe and potential legal action.
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Austin
State Insurance Department
William A. Harrison
Harrison
J. W. Pierson
Dallas
Insurance Department
John L. McCarty
Estate Life Insurance Co
Amarillo
McCarty
Estate Life
J. D Wheeler
Senate
Potter County
Wayne Bagley
Gene — Fondren
Fondren
Pierson
Physicians Life and Accident Co
Physicians Life and Accident
Physicians Life and Accident Insurance Co
Wheeler Harrison
Physicians Life
E. A. Simpson
John McCarthy
Physicians Life Insurance Co
Commission
Wheeler
Dalla Simpson
McCarthy
Pearl McCraw To Be Buried Here Tuesday
Pearl McCraw 61 died at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a December stroke. Funeral at 4 pm Tuesday at Childress Church of Christ with ministers W R Craig and Dale Pearson. Burial in Childress cemetery. Survivors include husband Roy McCraw a daughter a son four sisters four brothers and two grandchildren.
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Pearl McCraw
Roy McCraw
Childress
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Childress Church of Christ
W. R. Craig
Dale Pearson
McCraw
Newberry Funeral Home
Dill
Okla
Clarendon
Memphis
Ponca City
Joe Stone
Frank McCraw
Arlie Russell
Cecil Sims
Madera
Calif
Ira Graves
Houston
George Wells
Phillips Wells
Jack Wells
Joe Wells
Attorneys plan appeal in 17 year old Rodrigues life sentence
Dallas prosecutors announced Simon Rodrigues Jr. 17 will appeal his life sentence for the rape and murder of 12 year old Jeanette Mangan. Investigators said Mangan was found shot to death last New Year's Eve in West Dallas after a six day trial.
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Dallas
Simon Rodrigues Jr
Jeanette Mangan
Citrus prices rise in Edinburg due to Florida frost embargo
Citron growers and shippers in the Rio Grande Valley report citrus prices up 25 to 50 cents per carton as a frost embargo in Florida tightens supplies.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Florida
Johnson urges rapid decision on new space agency
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson pressed for an early outcome on a proposed civilian led space agency to direct the nation’s race to the moon. He argued practical work must begin immediately to surpass the Soviet Union and warned delays in missile leadership risk national security.
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Johnson
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Govrnment
Mike Mansfield
Ralph Flanders
James R. Kilher
Eisenhower
National Space Agency
Wernher von Braun
Army
Saaturday
von Braun
Atlas Big A Rocket Set For Firing
Cape Canaveral reports the Atlas Big A three stage ballistic missile ready for launch as part of a NATO summit related test. Two missiles stood on pads at a top secret center with one expected to launch today and the other on Wednesday. Officials note Atlas can reach 5 000 miles but previous tests ended in destruction due to malfunctions.
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Cape Canaveral
U.S
Paris
America
Air Force
Atlas
San Diego
Convair
Stores Set Individual Dec 23 Late Hours For Christmas
Bill Thompson of CofC-BCD announced that stores will determine and publicize their own late hours through Christmas. Retailers previously planned 9 p.m. closings on Monday December 23, but hours will now be up to each firm. Shoppers should check local ads for specifics.
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Cofc-Bcd
Bill Thompson
Girard Homebound After Manslaughter Trial
Pvt William S. Girard arrived for discharge from the Army en route home after his manslaughter trial for the killing of a Japanese woman sparked an international incident.
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San Francisco
William S. Girard
Two Gunmen Killed At Drive In
Police report two gunmen killed at a movie drive in after a holdup spree across Texas. Suspects Mack Floyd Wooten Jr and James Marvin Fisher were linked to hold ups at Bergstrom Base Austin and multiple Dallas Houston sites. Officers Sanchez Brand Moran Woodley were wounded or killed during the arrest and shotout. Police recovered 7000 dollars from supermarkets and 5000 from a Phoenix market in the bandits’ car.
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EL Paso
Texas
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Mack Floyd Wooten, Jr
San Antonio
James Marvin Fisher
Wille Sanchez
Gus Moran
Sanchez
T. J Brand
Brand
Fisher
Moran
AH Woodley
Woodley
Phoenix Ariz
Subway strike drains New York economy and vows to end
New York faced eight days of service loss as a motormen’s strike cut subway reliability. City losses reached about 16 million dollars in the first week, with daily costs near three million and potential fare hikes. Mayor Wagner condemned the strike as illegal and warned against blackmail while the Motormen’s Benevolent Association prepared a vote on the mayor’s settlement proposal.
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Lalla Amina
Mohammed V
Morocco
New York City
New York
New
Robert F. Wagner
Motormen’s Benevolent Association
Therm
Emma Gartrell Dies Burials Planned in Dallas
Emma Gartrell 77 longtime Garden Valley Union Flat resident died Sunday at Twilight Rest Home Childress. Services and burial set for today in Dallas. Survived by two sons Bill and Arthur Gartrell. two daughters May Culpepper and Mrs. Stamps. 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
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Union Flat
Emma Gartrell
Garden Valley
Twilight Rest
Childress
Dallas
Gartrell
Billie Stamps
Bill Gartrell
Arthur Gartrell
May Culpepper
Stamps
Tickets Sold Dallas Cotton Bowl Tickets Sold Navy Returns
A Cotton Bowl official said 2000 tickets returned by the Navy last week vanished amid a flood of mail applications. The office stressed the need for orderly ticket handling.
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Dallas
Navy
Cotton Bowl
Eisenhower Opens NATO Summit With West Perseverance
President Eisenhower told the Paris NATO summit the West still holds the margin of power but must work to keep it. He urged unity, strength, and readiness to deter the Soviet bloc and discussed future U.S. missile bases in Western Europe as a key issue. He spoke from Chaillot Palace amid high security and cold weather.
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West
Eisenhower
Paris
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
Isenhower
NATO Alliance
Harold Macmillan
Lisenhower
U. S
Europe
Fesenhower
Chaillot Palace
Seine
Eiffel Tower
Hopkins
FDR
Adams
St. Peter
Navy sought privacy for Vanguard satellite test
Navy officials desired a private test of a Vanguard satellite after an unsuccessful firing. Assistant Navy Secretary Garrison Norton said he was overruled by Assistant Defense Secretary Murray Snyder who ordered full public disclosure. Norton testified that the nuclear missiles program should conduct test firings in privacy.
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Washington
Navy
Garrison Norton
Norton
Defense
Murray Snyder
Senate
Snyder
Defense Department
Senate Preparedness
Motion For New Trial For Beck
Defense attorney says juror misconduct is a ground for a new trial for Beck the Teamster boss convicted of grand larceny. He notes the state statute on juror separation may not have been strictly followed during a two week trial with seven men and five wives kept together.
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Seattle
Wash
Dave Neark
Nac
Beck
Charles S. Burdell
Three Childress Firms Burglarized Over Weekend
Police report that three downtown Childress businesses Circle N Cleaners Bikman's Service Station and Hi Way Cafe were burglarized Saturday night or Sunday morning likely by the same culprits. Evidence shows entry by glass cutter and door prying with small cash amounts and goods stolen including pennies.
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Childress Firms
Roy Hassell
Circle N Cleaners
Bikman
Hi-Way
High Way 287
Buriars
W. J. Sharp
Hi Way
A. V. McFarland
Eikman’'s
Mild Weather To Persist In Texas Through Tuesday
Mild weather continues in Texas through Tuesday with little precipitation. Central and East Texas report overcast skies and fog. morning lows range from 32 in Dalhart to 64 in Laredo, with other many readings across El Paso to San Antonio.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Laredo
el Paso
Salt Flat
Amarilla
Lubbock and Childress
Wichita Falls
Pre
Midland
Junction
Wink
San Angelo
Abilene
Mineral Wells
Lufkins
Houston
Fort Worth
Waco
Corpus Christi
Galverton
Brownsville
San Antonio
Cotulla
College Station
Austin
Childress
Hearing Postponed Over Texas Naturopathic Assn Suit
A Texas court reschedules a hearing on a state suit to close the Texas Naturopathic Physicians Association. The hearing is set for December 23, 1991, at 9 a.m. in Austin. The action seeks to revoke the association’s license to practice.
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Austin
Iif
Texas Naturopathic Physicians Assn
Biden
Washington rumor says Eisenhower could face calls to remove Secretary Ezra Taft Benson. White House staff note Republican pressure grows as Adams acts as gatekeeper to the President amid election-year tensions. Continued on page two.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Sherman Adams
Adams
Benson
Giles Hearing Ends In Verbal Clash Over Clemency Bid
A clemency bid for Hascom Giles, former land commissioner, faced a heated hearing in Austin as Rogan Giles and Dist. Atty Wiley Cheatham clashed over disclosure of information for prosecutions of other veterans. Giles nears release, with discharge possible in January 1959 after serving six years starting January 1953.
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Austin
Hascom Giles
Pat Stite
Rogan Giles
Orney
Dist
Att
Wiley Cheatham
Cuero
Wn Cur
Khi Giles
Giles
Cheatharm
Myther
UT Students Prepare Second Home Made Rocket Flight
A Southwestern Rocket Society team from Austin plans two more launches after their 58 pound Shorthorn 1 A rocket reached about 14 400 feet on a test near Beeville Texas. The craft stayed aloft 54 seconds and disappeared southwest of the launch site.
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Beeville
Tex
University of Texas
Southwestern Rocket Society of Austin
Johnny Swoboda
Swoboda
Jimmy Leonard
el Paso
Jim Infante
Venezuela
Dudley T. Dougherty
Twin Kidney Transplant Between Twins in Oklahoma Airman Flight Trial
RICHMOND Va Bill Merriman of Shawnee Oklahoma received a kidney from his twin brother in a rare transplant. Dr David Hume said Bills condition remained fair and the kidney functioned well. Sam Merriman Bills twin remained in good condition as he undergoes a flight fitness exam at Hondo Air Force Base Texas.
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Richmond
Bill Merriman
Shawnee
Okla
David Hume
Hume
Mume Alse
Sam Merriman
Bill
Sam
Hondo
Tex
Air Force Base
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