Childress Woman KilledBy Automobile Near Church
Mrs. John L. Shelton 59 died instantly Sunday about 7 30 p m when struck by a car on Avenue F N in front of King Memorial Methodist Church as she and her husband walked to evening services. Driver Jes sie Robert Lyons 18Awaiting possible charges. Survivors include husband two daughters three sons and several relatives. First city fatality since 1951.
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John L. Shelton
Avenue F
King Memorial Methodist Church
Newberry
Newberry Funeral
Jessie Robert Lyons
James Cutcher
Cutcher
Young Lyons
S. T. Lyons
Avenue G
Marvin Gilliland
Lyons
Shelton
Commanche County
Childress
Ballinger
G. L. Stamps
Lena May
Alvin Shelton
Chi
Republicans Say Too Many Demos Still On Job
Congressional Republicans voiced displeasure that Ezra T. Benson keeps too many Democrats in Agriculture Department policy making posts. A survey found 43 of 78 top policy jobs held by Truman holdovers. GOP leaders urged more two party control and criticized Benson aides for lack of cooperation.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
GOP
Agriculture Department
Benson
Actress Abigail Adams Ended Life After 11 Year Wait
Beverly Hills reports Abigail Adams 31, a part time actress who waited 11 years for George Jessel to marry her, died from an overdose of sleeping pills. Max Marks found her Sunday after escorting her to nightclubs. An autopsy was planned. Jessel was notified and reportedly fainted upon hearing the news.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Abigail Adams
George Jessel
Calabasas
Max Marks
Marks
Miss Adams
Paul Moss
Jessel
Hillcrest Country Club
Important Meeting of the Childress Quarterback Club
The Childress Quarterback Club will hold an urgent meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow night at City Hall announced by president Arvene Bellah. All members are urged to attend and make every effort to be present.
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Childress
Arvene Bellah
Directors To Meet At Hotel Childress
A C of C BCD board of directors meeting is scheduled for 6 30 p m Tuesday at Hotel Childress.
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BCD
Bcd-C of C
Direc- Be
Hotel Childress
Organized Labor Opposes Shivers Gasoline and Cigarette Tax
The Texas State Federation of Labor, led by an AFL executive board, condemned Gov. Allan Shivers backed tax proposals on gasoline and cigarettes as a creeping sales tax. They urged funding shifts toward natural resources taxes and supported oil, gas, and sulphur levies, while noting education and other initiatives. Lawmakers focus on Veterans Land Board investigations during the 54th session.
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B. Lloyd
Austin
Allan Shivers
Organized Labor
Texas State Federation of Labor
AFL
Pital
Federation
Curtis Ford
Corpus Christi
Texas
Veterans Land Board
Nixon Convinced On Guatemala Aid Speedup
Guatemalan officials and informants say Vice President Nixon believes U S aid to Guatemala should move faster to bolster President Carlos Castillo Armas's government against economic and Communist pressures. Sources note Nixon worries aid and reconstruction are too slow, with about 3.2 million of 6.5 million appropriated already allocated.
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Guatemala City
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Guatemala
Nixon
Washington
Carlos Castillo Armas
U.S
U.S. Congress
Last Preparations Made For Another Atomic Explosion
LAS VEGAS February 14 Officials prepared for the first atomic blast of Operation Teapot a 1955 series to keep U S strength at peak level Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis L Strauss said the tests will yield crucial data for civil defense and national security Weather observers tracked conditions to avoid postponement and officials weighed if the device would be detonated from a tower with troops present and amid public fallout protests
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S
ABC
Defense Department
Shivers Vacation in Palm Springs
Gov. and Mrs. Allan Shivers have traveled to Palm Springs California for a brief vacation the governor's office announced Monday in Austin.
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Shivers
Palm Springs
Austin
Allan Shivers
Calif
Martin Says U S Can Wipe China Off Of The Map
Dallas reports House minority leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. asserted the United States could "polish off Red China" in 30 days if war occurred. Speaking at a Lincoln Day dinner, he said he remains cautiously optimistic about the international situation despite high military costs.
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Dallas
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
China
Martin
Republican Party of
United States
Vandals Wreck Arlington Heights School
Fort Worth students returned to Arlington Heights elementary on Monday after Friday night vandalism left windows and doors broken and interior in disarray. Principal C A Stingleton said most debris was cleared but damage included destroyed records and unknown total cost.
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Fort Worth
Arlington Heights
C. A. Stingleton
Jewish Couple Barred From Adopting Children
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a Massachusetts law barring adoption by foster parents of a different faith. A Jewish couple were blocked from adopting three year old twins surrendered by a Catholic mother. The court dismissed the appeal without comment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Shepperd Sues Over State Land Program Seventh Time
Attorney General John Ben Shepperd filed Texas seventh lawsuit to recover money paid under the veterans land program seeking 125 719 in one case and 1 382 000 total across seven actions naming six promotion defendants from Carrizo Springs Crystal City and two others. The suit accuses them of falsely claiming veterans desired land supposedly owned by them in Dimmit County and asserts the representations were knowingly false. Continued on Page Two.
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Austin
Feb
Lur Io
John Ben Shepperd
Veterans Land Program
53Rd District Court
James Granger Anderson
Asher Richardson McComb
Jimmy Lee Anderson
Mary McComb
Carrizo Springs
J. Paul Little
H. R. Stallings
Crystal City
Little
Stallings
Senate General Investigating Committee
Dimmit County
Veterans Land Board
Russia Reaffirms Support Of Red China In Formosa Row
The Soviet Union reaffirmed its backing of Communist China’s claims on Formosa. U.N. diplomats expect new Soviet pressure to have the Security Council debate a resolution branding the United States an aggressor. Chou En-Lai rejected NZ’s invitation to discuss a cease fire and pressed for the Russian resolution. Chiang Kai-Shek urged sanctions on Peiping and rejected Peiping’s council representation.
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United Nations
N .Y
Soviet Union
China
Formosa
United States
Security Council
Formosa Strait
Chou En-Lai
New Zealand
Chou
Haps
VY. M. Molotov
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taipei
Peiping
County Bond Quotas Set for 1955 Report
Childress County's bond quota for 1955 is set at 250000 dollars announced by county chairman Gene Smith after a bond chairmen meeting in Lubbock. The district totals 1035000 dollars with quotas listed for Cottle Dickens Toll Kent King Motley and Stonewall. Morris Higley is district chairman. state quota fixed at 201900000 dollars.
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Childress County
Gene Smith
Smith
Lubbock
Cottle
Dickens
Toll
Kent
King
Motley
Stonewall
Morris Higley
Spelling Bee Opens Tuesday at Junior High School
The spelling contest starts at 9 a.m. with a junior winner from fifth and sixth grades to be named first. A senior winner will represent Childress at the Amarillo Bee. After eliminations, seventh and eighth graders will determine the county winner. Prizes awarded to two local winners. E. A. Sanders will pronounce the words. Judges not named yet.
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Childress
Amarillo
E. A. Sanders
Lawmaker Pay Across Southwest States Revealed in U P Survey
United Press surveys nine southwest states find state legislators underpaid compared with Congress. Pay ranges from Kansas 5 dollars a day plus 7 expenses to Louisiana 30 dollars daily. Legislators work limited sessions and must seek voter approval for pay raises. Governors and attorneys general also paid unevenly, with mansion allowances in most states.
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United Press
Southwest States
Kansas
Louisiana
Congress
Texas
Arkansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
New Mexico
Hall predicts Eisenhower available for second term in '56
Washington report notes National Chairman Leonard W. Hall says Eisenhower will likely seek renomination in 1956. Chicago Philadelphia and San Francisco are top convention sites with a late campaign favored by both parties. Democrats eye Chicago July 23 start. Ballot deadlines may push Aug 13 or later.
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Hall
Eisenhower
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Noth
Ing
GOP
White House
Paul M. Butler
Butler
GOP National Committee
Youth Electrocuted in Wichita Falls Kite Incident
Donney Dee Taylor, 12, was electrocuted when a wire kite string touched a high voltage line. His father J Merrill Taylor found him and attempted artificial respiration. Donney Dee was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
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Wichita Falls
Donney Dee Taylor
J. Merrill Taylor
Donney Dee
Evacuation Of Nanchi Island Planned By Nationalists
Nationalist forces prepared to evacuate about 2000 civilians from Nanchi Island 120 miles north of Formosa in anticipation of a Communist attack. General Peng Meng-Chi said the island would be defended, while U S warships remained offshore and Quemoy shelling had not resumed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nanchi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peng Meng-Chi
Quemoy
Amoy
Security Council to restart bid to halt Formosa conflict
United Nations officials report the Security Council met to salvage its Formosan cease fire plan after Russia vetoed the New Zealand proposal for face to face talks between Nationalist and Red China in the Taiwan area. The council overrode the objection by a 9 to 1 vote. The next step remains unsettled amid diplomatic maneuvering.
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United Natons
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Russia
New Zealand
China
Security Council
Formosa
Sheriff's Office to Begin Issuing Speeding Tickets
The Childress sheriff Gaylon B. Smith announced the department will issue tickets to speeders rather than only giving warnings. Previously speeding arrests were mainly handled by the Highway Patrol and city police.
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Sheriff's Department
Childress
Gaylon B. Smith
Smith
Gov Lee Sought Splinter Party Presidency in 1956
Sen Bennett quoted saying Utah Governor J Bracken Lee aimed to lead a third splinter party for the 1956 race. Bennett attacked Lee's attack on President Eisenhower during a Chicago rally billed as a GOP right wing gathering. Also speaking were Sens McCarthy Dirksen and Malone.
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Washington
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Bennett
Eisenhower
Chicago
Lee
Joseph R. McArthy
Wis
Everett M. Dirksen
George W. Malone
Ney
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