Snow Expected Across Panhandle and North Texas
A cold front moving southward brings snow flurries to the Panhandle early Wednesday with rain across North Central and East Texas. Forecasters predict a cold, wet spell as snow spreads from the Panhandle to the South Plains by Thursday, with temperatures near normal in Central and East Texas.
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Panhandle
North Central
East Tex
Red River Valley
Texas
Upper Texas
South Plains
Brothers Seek To Make Bonds At Plainview
Two brothers in Plainview face serious charges with long bonds. C W Bill Phares, 21, is charged with murdering his wife Andrea last May. His bond was reduced to 12,500 after initial set at 25,000. His brother Jack, charged with perjury for changing his account, is held on 2,500 bond. Both sought writs of habeas corpus but were denied.
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Plainview
FE. A. Bills
C. W
Bill) Phares
Judge Bills
Phares
Jack
Bill Phares
Bill
Jack Phares
Tippett Bond Set After Forgery Charge
Bill Tippett had bond set at 1500 by Justice of the Peace L C Elliott. He remains jailed in Childress County custody.
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Bill Tippett
Justice of the Peace
L. C. Elliott
Tippett
Childress County
Eisenhower consults doctors on health as term decision looms
White House medical consultations with Dr Paul Dudley White and five other physicians assess President Eisenhower's post heart attack recovery after five weeks of work. The panel will report findings but not advise whether he should seek a second term. Eisenhower met with aides and Republican leaders before economic briefings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Howard McC. Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed Hospital
Byron E. Pollock
County Won't Appeal Civil Suit Against Lake Sachse
County commissioners decide not to appeal a civil suit over a motor grader allegedly sold by L A Sachse Plains Machinery Co and Frank Montgomery. Attorney James L Cutcher cites lengthy appeal time and higher costs than the grader's value as the deciding factors.
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Lake Sachse
Commissioners Court
L. A. Sachse
Plains Machinery Company
Frank Montgomery
Cutcher
Sachse
Clarendon
Childress
Luther Gribble
University to Appeal Autherine Lucy Case to Supreme Court
The University of Alabama announced plans to appeal the Autherine Lucy case to the US Supreme Court. Attorney Andrew Thomas said the appeal targets overturning a federal district ruling requiring Lucy to be admitted, a decision upheld by the Fifth Circuit on December 30. The university cites safety concerns for continuing exclusion pending other suits.
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Alabama University
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
US Supreme Court
Andrew Thomas
Thomas
University
Federal
Hobart Grooms
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
DE Club Hosts Lions Luncheon With Student Skit
Presley Wright of Childress High School led a Lions Club noon program praising local business support for the distributive education program. DE Week was noted as students Kenneth Ferguson Bobby Riker Jerry Hassell Melton Smith and Eddie Miller demonstrated correct change and merchandise presentation in a skit for Lions members. Participating Lions included Carl Hudson Cecil Pryor and others while Truman McFarland returned as a member and Clifton Tennison and Les Brummett attended as guests.
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Presley Wright
Childress High School
Lions Club
Wright
Kenneth Ferguson
Bobby Riker
Jerry Hassell
Melton Smith
Eddie Miller
Lions
Carl Hudson
Cecil Pryor
George Barry
LeRoy Gaines
Earl Preston
Walter Lockhoff
E. J. Huddleston
Jim Cutcher
Truman McFarland
Clifton Tennison
Les Brummett
Initial Plans Made For Cub Scout Feed
Cub Scout Pack No. 61 prepares for the Blue and Gold banquet. Exalted Ruler James Ragsdale names Glen Stiner, Guy Jones and Woodrow Czewski to the banquet committee to organize the program and food at the Community House with Lawrence Cramer handling the cooking. The date remains to be set.
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Cub Scout Pack No. 61
Childress Elks Lodge
James Ragsdale
Glen Stiner
Guy Jones
Woodrow Czewski
Lawrence Cramer
Death Toll From Cold Stays Near Four Hundred Fifty
Europe endures a brutal cold wave with nearly 450 deaths reported across nations.France leads with 124 fatalities followed by Italy 93 and Yugoslavia 58 as Denmark fights frozen seas and ships trapped by ice.
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Denmark
Europe
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
West Germany
Britain
Portugal
Greece
Switzerland
Sweden
Austria
Reds Accused of Increasing World Tension
Britain formally accuses the Soviet Union of escalating Middle East tension by meddling in the region. Moscow counters that Washington and London threaten peace and violate the UN charter with possible deployment of troops, while claiming the Kremlin would aid allies under attack.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Middle East
Washington
Foreign Office
Moscow
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Kremlin
Mid-East
Northern Plains hit by wintry blast Tuesday
A cold front unleashed near blizzard conditions across the Northern Plains with light snow and sharp temperature drops. Cut Bank Montana fell to 17 below, Bismarck North Dakota four below, and Minot North Dakota six below after a 32 degree drop.
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Northern Plains
Plains
Dakotas
Montana
Cutbank
Mont
Bismarck
Minot
Minnesota
Ilinois
Indiana
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Ohio
Texas
Illinois
Two Men Hired As Policemen
Raymond Cummings and Frank English were hired by the Childress Police Department announced by Chief Roy Hassell. Cummings, a Cottle County native and recent Marine discharge, and English, a Childress native with recent work on a Colorado geophysical crew, replace W. O. Hindman and Eugene Cabon.
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Raymond Cummings
Frank English
Childress
Roy Hassell
Cummings
Cottle County
Marines
English
Colorado
W. O. Hindman
Eugene Canbon
Khrushchev: Soviet Call for Global Arms Race and Economic Battle
In a five hour speech to the 20th Communist party congress Khrushchev urged a worldwide arms race and economic struggle with capitalism. He warned the United States of an intensified clash unless Moscow and Washington seek peace and cooperation.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khru Shchev
Communist Party Congress
Josef Stalin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Russia
GOP fights civil rights split as Nixon addresses Negro vote
In New York Nixon claimed the Eisenhower era advanced Negro rights more than any since emancipation while labeling Democrats a weak civil rights party. Stevenson defended gradual rights during Oregon stop amid party tensions. Butler assailed Hall as Nixon’s split deepens.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Eisenhower
Nixon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Oregon
Butler
Paul M Butler
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Paul Marion To Speak At Soil Fertility Day Program
Paul Marion of Spur Agricultural Experiment Station will headline a Soil Fertility Day program on Saturday at Childress High School. Marion helped show yellow beef fat results from vitamin A in feed not breed and led grazing tests proving moderate pasture boosts meat weight. The event starts at 9 a.m. and ends in the afternoon, with sponsorship by the Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development and Burlington Lines.
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Paul Marion
Spur Agricultural Experiment Station
Marion
Childress High School
Bill Moore
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Burlington Lines
Hazel Graham to Quit Post at East Ward School
Miss Hazel Graham principal of East Ward School resigns effective February 20. She will join Gainesville schools. replacement at East Ward not announced. Board renews one year contracts for Roe Smith J A Steed and H P Powers and interviews two coaches for Churchill vacancy.
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Hazel Graham
East Ward
Childress Independent
Miss Graham
Gainesville
Roe Smith
J. A. Steed
H. P. Powers
Wilson
Charles Churchill
County Election Judges Selected for 15 Precincts
County Commissioners Court named election judges for Childress County 15 voting precincts for the fall general election. Precinct 1 W A King and Nell Rogers, Precinct 2 Arlie Key and Charles Casstevens, Precinct 3 Edwin Crowder and J F Lawrence, Precinct 4 Cecil Phillips and R B Phillips, Precinct 5 Wilbur Williams and Mrs Paul Effird, Precinct 6 Monroe Hackler and G M Atchley Jr, Precinct 7 Jess Stinnett and H B Rhodes, Precinct 8 Frank Mitchell and W C Schaefer, Precinct 9 Troy Hackler and M E Jones, Precinct 10 Allen Jones and F J Henley, Precinct 11 Shelby Smith and Ollie Lankford, Precinct 12 Flonnie Byrd and Mrs E S L Dewis, Precinct 13 Roy Key and Bernie Steed, Precinct 14 L M Bartlett and Bill Wolf, Precinct 15 Loyd Fowler and Jake Crisman.
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Childress County
Commissioners Court
W. A. King
Nell Rogers
Arlie Key
Charles Casstevens
Edwin Crowder
J. F. Lawrence
Cecil Phillips
R. B. Phillips
Wilbur Williams
Paul Effird
Monroe Hackler
G. M. Atchley, Jr
Jess Stinnett
H. B. Rhodes
Frank Mitchell
W. C. Schaefer
Troy Hackler
M. E. Jones
Allen Jones
F. J. Henley
Shelby Smith
Ollie Lankford
Flonnie Byrd
L. Dewis
Roy Key
Bernie Steed
L. M. Bartlett
Bill Wolf
Loyd Fowler
Jake Crisman
Musgroves Bonded At 1500 In Kirkland Theft Case
Bonds of Joseph Franklin Musgrove and his son Forrest were set at 1500 each by Justice of the Peace L C Elliott. The pair, arrested in Vernon Friday, are charged with theft of property from Clyde Nippert of Kirkland.
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Joseph Franklin Musgrove
Forrest
Justice of the Peace
L. C. Elliott
Musgroves
Clyde Nippert
Kirkland
Vernon
School Board Names Judges For Election
Fred Story and Norman Love named election judges for the April 7 trustees election. Voting in Precincts 1 and 3 at the courthouse and other locations. Precinct 2 vacancy to be filled at Feb 29 meeting. Kirkland District candidates filed by petition. current members Hinton and Royal. Incumbents Fink, Inman, Wakefield seek re election in Childress district.
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Fred Story
Norman Love
Childress Independent
Childress
J. C. Smith
Iley Compton
Carey
Wade Kimbrough
Herbert Loter
Plainview
Kimbrough
J. C. Hinton
L. V. Royal
Six Arrested In Attempts To Smuggle Dope
Customs agents stopped six men in two border crossings for narcotics smuggling. Pedro Garcia, 27, Eagle Pass, and Pedro Olvera Rios, 23, Piedras Negras, were found with 66 pounds of marijuana in a car door panels and face charges of transporting narcotics. Ibarra Alcorta and Cardona Salas, both from Texas, had 72 marijuana cigarettes in a spare tire. Virgil Lee Schwab, 19, and James Harvey Gibbs, 21, Houston, were arrested after heroin traces were found in a car search.
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Eagle Pass
United States
Pedro Garcia
Pedro Olvera Rios
Piedras Negras
Mex
A. D. Richards
Uvalde
Jackson
International Bridge
Virgil Lee Schwab
James Harvey Gibbs
Houston
Humphrey to Give Opinion on Proposed Road Program
The Ways and Means committee invited Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey to assess the Democratic pay-as-you-go highway plan. He warned Republicans last week the plan is fiscally unsound and would not raise enough money for the highway network. The hearing opened amid charges that motorists pay more while truckers benefit. the plan would lift highway user taxes by about 800 million dollars annually for 15 years. Federal taxes would rise on auto and truck fuel and tires. Other actions: a federal grand jury probes the $2,500 campaign contribution to Sen. Francis Case. The Un-American Activities Committee resumed hearings on Communist influence in government. An Agriculture Department official said part of a President Eisenhower requested extra 18 million for farm research could go to aid newspaper publishers to see if timber can be used to ease the newsprint shortage.
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Washington
House
Ways & Means Committee
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
House Agriculture Appropriations
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