Ben-Gurion Resigns as Israel Cabinet Collapses in Fight
Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his five party coalition resigned amid a bitter dispute over cabinet responsibility. The crisis arose after the left wing Ahdut Avoda leaked plans for a top secret arms mission to West Germany. President Itzhak Ben-Zvi will be asked to form a new government.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Ahdul Avoda
West Germany
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
Ben Gurion
Ahdut Avoda
Israel
Two Car Crash Injures Passenger at Busy Intersection
At 5 05 Sunday afternoon at Commerce Street and Avenue Northwest W M Stiner of Childress and his son Raymond G Stiner of Amarillo were in a rear end collision with a northbound truck driven by Lawrence Mitchell of Childress. Stiner suffered slight neck injuries. Mitchell received a ticket for negligent driving. Both vehicles sustained considerable damage.
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Commerce Street
Avenue
W. M. Stiner
Childress
Raymond G. Stiner
Amarillo
Lawrence Mitchell
Stiner
Mitchell
Sheriff Delivers Prisoner to Huntsville Penitentiary
Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith took Wesley Miller to Huntsville penitentiary on Saturday to begin a two year burglary sentence. Miller had been previously sentenced here months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylon B. Smith
Huntsville Penitentiary
Wesley Miller
Estate Life Airing Focuses on 11.5 Million Physicians Life Deal
John L. Mc Carty former president of Estate Life Insurance testified he once eyed taking over 11.5 million in Physicians Life and Accident Insurance business but now says the deal threatens solvency and seeks Board of Insurance to halt it Estate Life faced scrutiny at a board hearing over compliance with an order removing McCarty from the presidency and the handling of the July 16 agreement under which Estate Life took on the business but not the assets of Physicians Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John L. McCarty
Estate Life Insurance Co
Physicians Life and Accident Insurance Co
Amarillo
State Board of Insurance
McCarty
Estate Life
Will Davis
Insurance Board
Physicians Life
Harrison
Arctic cold mass brings heavy snow to Michigan and Midwest
An Arctic air mass surged into the Midwest bringing one of the heaviest snowfalls in a decade to Michigan's upper peninsula with 18 inches at Houghton and 14 inches at Sault Ste. Marie. Snow varied from two to three inches in the Lake Michigan region as colder air spread southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Houghton
Mich
Hee
Sault Ste. Marie
Grand Marais
Lake Michigan
Iown
Missouri
Nebraska
Atlantic Seaboard
Central Rockies
Central
Plateau
Wash Neton
Oregon
Ilinois
Carmi, DL
Little Wabash
Central Plains
mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Gifts Readied By Merchants For 1958 Baby
Local merchants prepare gifts for Childress first newborn of 1958. A list of participating stores will appear in Tuesday's Index. The first baby born after midnight January 1 1958 will receive gifts for him and his parents. a photo and data will appear in The Index ads.
Fire department answers two alarms Sunday
The Fire Department answered two alarms Sunday. No fire was found after a tenant at 1601 D. N. smelled smoke. Firefighters checked the house around 10 15 a m. They also put out a small blaze in a trash box behind the FF Woolworth store around 6 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. N
FF. W. Woolworth
Mansfield signals tough Senate clash over Eisenhower foreign policy
Sen. Mike Mansfield assistant Senate Democratic leader warned in a Meet the Press interview that the administration will face a rough session in Congress over foreign policy and defense. He urged stronger leadership and new ideas for foreign aid, and argued the U.S. has been outmaneuvered by the Soviet Union. Hagerty rebutted claims from the Gaither report, calling them misleading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
NBC
Meet the Press
Mansfield
White House
United States
Soviet Union
James C. Hagerty
Gettysburg
Hagerty
Mark
Montana Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Texline Woman Dies On Train Near Childress
81 year old Texline resident Mrs Carrie Eleanor Kitching died about 2 a m Sunday on a train near Childress while traveling with sister Mrs Charles Davis of Fort Worth to visit there. Body to Dallas by Newberry Funeral Home. Survived by brother William W Peebey of Dallas.
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Luther Albertson
JL. W Albertson
Childress
St. Joseph Hospital
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church
James Bass
Dallag
Joe Allen
Bill Clynch
Roy Swain
George Spear
Preston Mills
Merle Mowery
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Albertson
Houston
Anna Lou
Max
Allen Daggett
Ovid
Oklahoma City
Roy Holley
Whittier
Calif
R. R. Hansen
Los Angeles
Carrie Eleanor Kitching
Texline
Charles Davis
Dallas
William W. Peebey
One Ticket Issued In Three Car Traffic Mishap
A three car collision Sunday afternoon at 4 15 near Avenue C and Commerce Street left all vehicles with heavy damage. No injuries were reported. Janet Wakefield of Childress received a ticket for negligent driving after rear ending Alton Clifton, with Bobby D. Williams of Kirkland stopping at the light ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue C
Commerce Street
Bobby D. Williams
Kirkland
Alton Clifton
Childress
Janet Wakefield
Clifton
Miss Wakefield
Boys Admit Bombing Amarillo Theater
Two 14-year-olds confessed to placing a homemade bomb in a downtown Amarillo theater Friday night injuring four people. The youths, son of a doctor and son of a contractor, were taken in by detectives after a teen hangout sweep and appeared before probation officer Ray Whitmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex
Ray Whitmore
Ralph V. Funderburk
Dale Founds
Grand Jury List Released for January Terms
The sheriff's department announced a grand jury list mailed with members including Troy Hackler Earl Preston Mrs Bertha Holland J O Cobb W F E Andrews Mrs Paul Leach H P Scott Mrs P V Harper Carroll Seals Karl Alexander Gus McDaniel W W Boykin J D West Bill Adams Mrs Louise Bowers and Guy Moseley. A grand jury commission comprises Irby Martindale Mrs Clair Lawrence C B Halford and Arlie Key. A venire for the January 14 murder trial of Henry Lee Brown will be released Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Troy Hackler
Earl Preston
Bertha Holland
J. O. Cobb
W. F E. Andrews
Paul Leach
H. P. Scott
Babson Sees Tight Money, Profits to Tighten in 1958
Babson predicts continued tight money and profit squeeze in 1958 with a intensified cold war, Russia and Western powers shaping policy. He warns of higher costs, potential taxes or inflation, and possible political shifts affecting business and consumer spending.
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Babson
Russia
England
Western Europe
United States
Middle East
Hoover Commission
Eisenhower backs expansion of federal school program
President approves a seven point plan to expand science and math education with about 1.8 billion dollars over four years. It calls for 10,000 federal college scholarships annually and 50 50 state matching for aptitude testing and guidance programs targeting seventh to ninth graders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Congress
Marion B. Folsom
Folsom
Mousenik Flopnik Passengers: Ulysses Delayed Launch
Austin Rocket Society and U S Navy shared a failed effort as a mile high Mousenik rocket refused to launch due to ignition and manual failure. A test rocket with a transmitter exploded in smoke similar to Vanguard. Ulysses the mouse survived the second rocket, while a prior mouse perished in a ground crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Minn
Austin Rocket Society
U.S Navy
Ulysses
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Dan Scotus
Russia
Earth
Space
Double Killing Fugitive Dies In Collision
Gai Clay Overton, the Washington double killing fugitive, died in a high speed head on collision while fleeing a Georgia officer. A Florida man, who could not move the stolen auto, was killed when the 1958 car struck in the wrong lane at 110 mph. Wayne Carpenter, 22, who aided Overton in the Washington bar shooting, vanished after the crash. The FBI continued inquiries at the wreck scene for Carpenter’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrens
Gai
Clay Overton
Washington
Florida
Overton
Wayne Carpenter
Washington, D. C
R. L. Knight
Talcon
Georgia Highway Patrol
Charlie Wray
Cocoa
Fla
FBI
Carpenter
Little Rock Negro Pupil Accepts Dallas Education Honor
Melba Patillo sixteen of the nine Negro pupils who integrated Little Rock Central High under paratrooper protection accepts a certificate in Dallas on behalf of the group from Zeta Phi Beta sorority and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. The award honors the nine for pioneering school integration and their education efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Melba Patillo
Central High School
Little Rock
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Melba
Safe Sunday Slows Texas Death Toll
A safe Sunday slowed Texas deaths with only four fatalities, keeping the nine day total at 152 and the overall toll near the DPS forecast. The period from Dec 21 to Jan 1 included 71 traffic deaths and 45 homicides or personal crisis deaths, plus 36 due to miscellaneous causes. Notable victims include Jonah Lynn Calloway 22 of Weslacr and two Rosenberg sisters Brenda Carr 4 and her 3-year-old sister, and a 51-year-old Alvord farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department of Public Safety
United Press and
DPS
Jonah Lynn Calloway
Westacr
Mercedes
Rosenberg
Brenda Jean Carr
Sunday
Alvord
Justice of the Peace Ray Nobles
William Martin King
Texans Watch Approach Of Big Cold Front
Texas forecasters monitor a massive Arctic cold front advancing from Canada. It threatens bitter temps if it drifts south, with Inter national Falls reporting 24 below zero. The five day outlook calls for continued cold, with some precipitation and fog across Central and North Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Ponca City
Okla
Arctic
Canada
International Falls
Minn
M. (. Harrison
Chhef
Dallas Weather Bureau
South
Sec
Dalhart
North Central
Panhandle
South Plains
Philippines swears in Garcia as new president in Manila
Carlos P Garcia was sworn in as the Philippines fourth president at Luneta Park. He pledged to preserve historic U S ties in an inaugural address. Diosdado Macapagal took oath as first opposition vice president amid pomp under a hot noon sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Carlos P. Garcia
Philippine Republic
Philippines
United States
Garcia
Luneta Park
Manila Bay
Diosdado Macapagal
Craveia
Nactionalist
Rights Issue Shelved as Congress Faces No Civil Rights Bills
Washington reports that prospects for major civil rights legislation look dim for the coming session. Senate leaders predict no civil rights measures will pass, and the Eisenhower administration will not seek new rights legislation. Senator Javits plans to reintroduce a measure to empower the attorney general to file civil injunctive actions on written complaints alleging rights deprivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Congress
Eisenhower
Hills
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Javits
Bathtub Booze Recipe Explodes in Port Worth Stovetop
A 35 year old man suffered first and second degree burns after a gas flame ignited while he was cooking 55 gallons of wheat mash in a bathtub still. Patrolman Coward Kearns found 200 gallons of white lightning in the tub and warned the danger of such a setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Worth
Coward Kearns
Kearns
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Upper Michigan
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West Texas
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