Democrats Rally Against Eisenhower Health and Policy Plans
Democrats pressed opposition to President Eisenhower health, trade, military and power policies. They supported the overall medical care relief program but clashed over the reinsurance plan to expand health insurance. House and Senate leaders signaled cautious but mixed reviews.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
J. Percy Priest
Dtenn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Lions View Pan Am Race Film At Club Meeting
Lions Club members watched a film of the Fifth Annual Pan-American Road Races covering each day of the 1,908 mile event from Old Mexico to Juarez. The meeting was moved to February 23 to hear A T DeGroot speak on America’s Greatest Discovery. Visitors John Forbis and Buster Harrison of Lubbock joined. Jack Gibbs and Charlie White were welcomed back.
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Lions Club
Old Mexico
Jaurez
Mexico
A. T. DeGroot
Chester Hufstedler
Woodrow Czewski
John Forbis
Buster Harrison
Lubbock
Jack Gibbs
Charlie White
Hufstedler
Land Probe Shpperd Asked To Testify Under Oath
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd is summoned to testify under oath before a Senate committee probing irregularities in the veterans land board. A House committee approved a resolution urging an independent probe of the program, with the panel meeting Wednesday at 4 p.m. Shepperd, a veteran land board member, previously testified without oath.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Senate
Veterans Land Board
Shepperd
House
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
General Land Commissioner
Allan Shivers
Senate Committee
Cooler Weather Brings Relief Across Texas From Front
A weak cold front from the South Plains lowers temperatures across Texas for the next 24 to 36 hours with no severe weather. Lows by region range from 25–35 in the Panhandle and South Plains to 35–45 in the northern East Texas, while showers are unlikely and skies stay mostly fair. Winds of 20 to 25 mph shift around cold air from the Midwest and Pacific fronts, stirring dust in West Texas in scattered spots.
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South Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Midwest
Dallas
Eagle Pass
Panhandle
East Texas
Inventory on file from Precinct 1 shows items listed
Gaylon B. Smith former commissioner and O. T. Rothwell current commissioner accepted a detailed inventory of Precinct 1 property during the first week of January. The list includes tools and equipment such as saws drills grinders and various hand tools. Two commissioners were re-elected and John Turk Fowler became Precinct 2 commissioner.
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Gaylon B. Smith
O. T. Rothwell
Grand Jury
Smith
L. A. Sachse
Louis Richards
John Turk Fow
Ler
Charlie Anderson
Precinct
Rothwell
Poll tax receipts total 1516 for 1955 in county
Approximately 1516 poll taxes for 1955 were paid by last night, county Tax Assessor-Collector Fred B. Mitchell reported. The 1955 figure is about 1000 fewer than 1954’s 2473, while Mitchell says it is typical for an off election year. The office then began selling 1955 Texas auto licenses this morning.
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Fred B. Mitchell
Mitchell
Texas
J. A. Scott
Wellington
Scott
Fred GB. Mitchell
Watkins Victim of Hold-Up Men
Mr and Mrs Elven Watkins former Childress residents now at Alexandria Motor Lodge Melbourne Fla held up January 16 by two men at gunpoint for about an hour. They took about 100 dollars in cash and a guest's car which was recovered. robbers not yet captured.
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Elven Watkins
Childress
Alexandria Motor Lodge
Melbourne
Fla
Dannelly Family Patriarch Dies in Pueblo Colorado
W U Dannelly of Childress aged 85 died this morning at Woodcraft Hospital in Pueblo Colorado. He was a former local resident and father in law to Mrs Loretta Dannelly. Funeral arrangements by Newberry Funeral Home are incomplete. The body will be brought here for services by Newberry’s.
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W. U. Dannelly
Childress
Loretta Dannelly
Woodcraft Hospital
Pueblo
Colo
Newberry Funeral Home
Newberry’s
Herefords Take Top Show Honors
The Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show awarded grand and reserve honors to Hereford cattle after Monday judging. A 945-pound Hereford steer owned by K. O. Dixon of Grove Oklahoma won the grand championship, with the reserve champion owned by Dub Sims, a Haskell County 4-H member, earning junior show top honors.
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Fort Worth
Hampshire
Southdown
Chester
K. O. Dixon
Grove
Okla
Dub Sims
Haskell County
Construction Near Completion On Barn
The new veterinary hospital corral barn is near finish within three days on the original foundations. The heated barn, to include an operating and drug room for large animals a feed room and four large stalls, is being built by Bill Weyles after the original barn burned weeks ago.
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Veterinary Hospital
Bill Weyles
Groundhog Day Warmup Eases Nation From Deep Freeze
A brutal cold wave eases nationwide as readings rise up to 38 degrees in the Ohio River Valley while northern New England remains frigid. Maine and Vermont stay extreme cold with readings far below zero, as warmer weather returns ahead of Groundhog Day.
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New England
Ohio River Valley
Canada
Maine
Houston
Caribou
Burlington
Red China Demands U N Label U S Aggressor
The article reports Red China threatening to refuse UN Security Council participation unless it labels the United States as an aggressor over Formosa. Peiping broadcasts press the reply from Chou En Lai may be negative, while the council delays further discussion awaiting official word from Beijing.
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Red China
United Nations
China
United Nations Security Council
United States
Formosa
Peiping
New Zealand
Formosan Strait
Hong Kong
Hong Kong New Evening Post
Security Council
Chou En-Lai
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou
Church Crusade Meeting Sets February 20 for Campaign Plans
Final plans for the Church Atendance Crusade from March through Easter Sunday were set at a Sunday meeting of church and organization reps. Materials will be distributed to all participating groups and a $5 donation per organization is requested to support the crusade. Jaycees have donated $5, with Mrs. John Ballew named to organize speakers. Mrs. A A Bush prepares a skit for PTA and other groups.
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Mel Capenses
Jaycees
John Ballew
A. A. Bush
PTA
Ballew
Nationalists Repel Red Air Attacks Near Tachen Island
Nationalist forces on Yushan repelled multiple attacks as Chinese warships planes and artillery targeted Nationalist islands off the China coast. The defense ministry said eight MiG 15s hit Tachen while Red forces shelled it from Yikiang shan. Nationalist bombers struck north of Tachen sinking a 2,000-ton Communist supply ship. civilians and wounded were evacuated.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Defense Ministry
Tachew
Yushan Island
Tachen
Tachen Island
4 H Club Council Plans Activities
The 4 H Club Council met at the courthouse to adopt standing rules for the new group and plan 4 H Club Week observances in March. Regena Bearden was elected co chair for girls. A March 13 picnic is planned with sandwiches and dime soft drinks. The finance committee announced concessions at the March 20 Farm Implement Show at Fair Park.
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Regena Bearden
Gerald Wakefield
Fair Park
Vet Sponsored Dance Elevates March of Dimes Drive
The veteran sponsored March of Dimes Dance raised 114 dollars for the drive. Drive chairman Rowden Cordell reported incoming donations from Saturday's radio auction and noted 81 dollars from a hat auction at the Livestock Commission sale last Wednesday. Coin banks in local business houses will be collected Saturday.
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Drive
Rowden Cordell
Suill
Neal Musgrove
Livestock Commission
Red Atrocities Recounted By Sergeant During Trial
Fort Sill Okla Feb 1 4 an A tough infantry sergeant told a court martial board how North Koreans murdered 28 American POWs in one day because the Americans were too weak to walk. Sergeant Austin D Flack of Fort Benning testified in Maj Ambrose Nugent case about POW camp conditions including a forced march of over 700 men and near starvation.
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Fort Sili
Okla
M-Set
Austin D. Flack
Fort Benning
Ambrose Nugent
Flack
Yalu River
Probers May Have Name Of Trigger Man
Investigators in San Angelo have a name and description for a man they suspect as the trigger man in the January 19 bombing that killed Mrs. Helen Harris Weaver. Harry Washburn and Carl Heninger, both linked to Houston, are jailed in Tom Green county for the murder.
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San Angelo
Helen Harris Weaver
Harry Washburn
Cecil Turner
Ralph Rohatsch
Pioneer Airlines
el Paso
Firemen Schedule Regular Meeting
Regular monthly meeting of the Childress Firemen's Association will be held tonight at 7 o'clock at the Fire Station in City Hall. The start time was changed from 7:30.
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The
Childress Firemen’s Association
Last Minute GI Bill Rush Expands Military Enlistments
Thousands of young men crowded recruiting offices across the nation on Monday night to enlist before the GI Bill benefits expired at midnight. The surge caused hundreds to be turned away as quotas filled and many offices stayed open late. Enlistees rushed to qualify for remaining benefits such as medical care and burial expenses while hoping for possible legislative extensions.
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Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Cers
Congress
New England
Boston
California
Portland
Ore
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Moscow
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Tachen Islands
NEA
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Felix Stump
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
Stump
the Tiger
Charlie
Page
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