Mobsters Pushing Singers Records Tied to Juke Box Operations
The Senate Rackets Committee heard that Chicago mobsters allegedly pushed singer Tommy Leonetti’s records to hits. Juke box operator Joey Glimco asked distributors to place Leonetti on top machines, a request rejected. Witnesses described mob influence over juke box and pinball operators in northern Illinois and overcharging by Lormar Distributing Co.
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Dick West
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Senate Rackets Committee
Chicago
Tommy Leonetti
Robert F. Kennedy
Joey Glimco
Leonetti
Kennedy
Underworld
Glimco
Robert L. Lindeloff
Skokie, Ill
Music Operators
Northern Illinois
Lindeloff
Teamster Local 777
Lormar Distributing Co
Charles English
Lomar
Lindeloffs
Illinois
Lormar
Sam J. Ervin Jr
DN. C
Commercial Phonograph Survey Co
Michael Dale
Translator Television Exp lained to Farm Bureau
At a Farm Bureau meeting in Childress County officials discussed translator television to bring better rural viewing. Odell Setliff and Lloyd Hickman of Turkey explained the system noting Amarillo stations already serve the area and FCC power increases enable wider coverage. Estimated costs run to 60000 for two channels or 85000 for three with an honor-based funding model. The bureau took no action while a film titled A Tenderfoot in Europe was shown.
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Childress County
Farm Bureau
Odell Setliff
Lloyd Hickman
Turkey
Setliff
Amarillo
Ernest Rea
FCC
Caprock
Quitaque
Childress
Wheeler County Farm Bureau
Collingsworth County
Untts Hickman
Europe
Fort Worth Dallas Fight Houston Over Trinity River Water
Fort Worth and Dallas vowed to resist Houston over Trinity River water rights with mayors McCann and Thornton leading the charge. Houston seeks 50 percent of future Trinity water and goes before the Texas Board of Water Engineers on April 6. A 190 mayor meeting in Huntsville is set to discuss the issue, with Grand Prairie’s Sargent joining the opposition.
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Dallas
UPI
Fort Worth
Houston
Tom McCann
R. L. Thornton
Trinity River Water
D. A. Hudy
Robert F. Windfolr
State Board of Water Engineers
Austin
Trinity
Texas Water Development
Huntsville
C. R. Sargent
Grand Prairie
Vernon Chamber of Commerce Meeting Ticket Notice
Vernon citizens may buy tickets at the door for the Vernon Chamber of Commerce meeting on February 24 at Wilbarger Auditorium. Gov. Frank Clements of Tennessee will be the keynote speaker at the 1956 annual meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. No meal will be served due to expected large attendance.
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Vernon
Drilling Of Wildcat Resumes On Travis Johnson Well
The Travis Johnson No. 1 wildcat north of Childress will resume this afternoon after a morning hole clearance. A six day fishing job for lost equipment is underway. The test target is 5 500 to 6 500 feet of oil or gas drilled by Jack Grace Drilling Co of Wichita Falls four miles west of Memphis. Granite was struck at 7 048 feet.
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Travis- Johnson
Singing Convention at Childress Church This Sunday
A singing convention will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Childress Fundamental Baptist Church. The event is open to the public.
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Childress Fundamental Baptist Church
Teen Canteen Tonight At City Auditorium
An adult sponsor announces Teen Canteen will open tonight at 9 30 at City Auditorium. The event invites local youths to join for an evening of supervised activities and socializing.
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Teen Canteen
City Auditorium
Third Near Miss Of Planes Reported In UPI Dispatch
Capital Airlines reported another airliner had to take evasive action to avoid a U S Air Force C123 south of Charleston West Virginia. It was the third such incident in two days and the fourth near miss this week involving a civilian plane.
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Washington
Atlanta
C. Cassel
Capital
Constellation
U. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Pasternak Plans Hidden Stay Away From Western Reporters
Russian author poet Boris Pasternak said he would leave his villa in the Peredelniko writers colony and go into hiding from Western journalists. He did not specify new whereabouts or time frame for his concealment.
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Moscow
UPI
Boris Pasternak
Peredelniko
Heart Sunday Finance Drive Substituted by Workplace Kits
Heart Sunday originally planned for February 22 is canceled in favor of a workplace drive in Childress. Large kits will be distributed to firms with envelopes for each employee to contribute to the Heart Fund through the month. Donations may be mailed to Mrs. George Barry or Dr. J. J. Westenburg.
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Heart
J. J. Westenburg
George Barry
Childress
Heart Fund
Barry
Dr. Westenburg
Hopes High Pay Won’t Hurt Pop
Steven A. Carter, 19, son of a congressman, said he hopes his father won’t be hurt politically by employing him on the federal payroll at 11 087 a year. He earns 213 25 weekly as public relations man, top paid of six in Rep Stev en C. Carter’s Iowa district staff.
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Washington
UPI
Steven A. Carter
Carter
Steven C. Carter
Iowa
Congress
House
Young Carter
Dulles Cancer Claimed Contained to Abdomen
State Department noted indications that Secretary John Foster Dulles has cancer confined to the abdomen. Canada plans to scrap the C105 Arrow and seek U S nuclear warheads for Bomarc and Lacrosse missiles as its future defense. An Atlas ICBM exploded during a South Atlantic test hop, disintegrating in a massive flame.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Canada
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fia Upi
South Atlantic
Texas oil allowable set for March at 3,138,565 bpd
The Texas Railroad Commission approved the March oil allowable in nine minutes, setting daily production at 3,138,565 barrels, down 30,566 barrels from the current permissive level.
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Austin Ups
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Gambler Frank Costello Stripped by Federal Court
The 68 year old mob figure Frank Costello was stripped today by a Federal Court order. He is currently in Leavenworth serving a five year sentence for tax evasion.
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New York
UPI
Frank Costello
Leavenworth
Congress Told Reds Likely To Put Man In Space Soon
NASA official Dr. Hugh L. Dryden warned the Senate Space Committee that the Soviet Union can place a man in orbit before the U.S. program finishes and that Americans must prepare for the impact. He said the edge remains even if U.S. space funding rises, noting rockets powerful enough for a manned satellite exist and it would take at least two more years for the United States. Other hearing notes:Pennsylvania and Florida superintendents urged federal aid to education without fears of centralized control. Representative Powell sought a nondiscrimination clause for FHA mortgages in rental housing programs.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Russia
United States
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Space Committee
Vania
Thomas D. Bailey
Florida
Adam Clayton Powell
D. N.Y
Federal Housing Administration
Plane Crash Near Pine Spring Kills Two Tucson Men
A private Swift single engine plane crashed between Van Horn Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico near Signal Peak killing two Tucson, Arizona men Roy Doyle Housewright and Kendall Harrand. The Department of Public Safety identified the victims and listed their Tucson addresses.
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van Horn, Tex
UPI
van Horn
Carlsbad
N. M
Tucson
Ariz
Department of Public Safety
Swift
Signal Peak
Texas
Pine Spring
Roy Doyle Housewright
34Th St
Kendall Harrand
Sth St
Oldster Refuses To relinquish Her Companion Taxi Driver
Mrs. W C Knox Starling 73 inherits two million dollars and tells Justice of the Peace she will not give up taxi driver D B Starling 39. Court of inquiry prompted by her children probes how the couple obtained an air conditioned Cadillac in his name. Lawyers refuse comment. sons list Longview and Kilgore as their homes.
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Dallas
W. C. Knox Starling
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Richburg
Richburg
Starling
W. C. Halcombe
Longview
J. B. Halcombe
Kilgore
Tex
New York
Living Costs Edge Upward in January
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in January to 123.8, led by higher beef veal and poultry costs while fruit pork coffee eggs and milk fell. Officials say overall living costs remain relatively stable and have fluctuated within a narrow range for nine months. Price expert Ewan Clague calls it the longest period of narrow stability in 19 years.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Cyprus To Join West in NATO
Cyprus moves toward alignment with the West as Greece Turkey and Cyprus sign a new defense pact. Archbishop Makarios, poised to lead the island after independence, returns from exile amid Turkish Cypriot protests and a security patrol along Nicosia’s divide.
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United Press International
London
UPI
Cyprus
NATO
Greece
Turkey
Evangelos Averoff
Averoff
Athens
Constantin Karamanlis
Yugoslavia
Britain
Russia
Makaries
Adnan Menderes
Kitium
Ethnarch
Makarios
Nicosia
New York Stocks Hold Near 600 Level On Moderate Volume
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged toward the 600 mark as trading remained moderate. Investors watched for signals from key sectors and corporate results amid a cautious market tone.
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New York
Snow, sleet linger in parts as Texas warms
Drizzle and lingering snow exit a wide stretch of North Central and East Texas after a surprise snowfall of up to two inches. Freezing drizzle remains in the Abilene area while northern East Texas may see light snow before temperatures rise above freezing.
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East Texas
Abilene
San Angelo
Big Spring
Mercury
Louisiana
Austin
Palestine
Lufkin
Red River
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Green Belt Bowl Group Sets Tuesday Night Meeting
The Greenbelt Bowl Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at city hall to elect officers and directors for the coming year. President Troy Collins urged sports enthusiasts to attend. Dr. Robert Jones chaired last year’s game committee.
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City Hall
Troy Collins
Collins
Robert Jones
Conner on Dean's Honor Roll at WTSC
James R. Conner, a freshman geology major at West Texas State College, is to be inducted into Mary E. Hudspeth honorary society for freshmen and sophomores on February 25. Eligibility requires one Dean's honor roll listing and top five percent in class. Conner, son of Mr and Mrs JfT Conner of Childress, is named.
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Canyon
James R. Conner
Mary E. Hudspeth
West Texas State College
Conner
J Ft Conner
Childress
Candy Barr Granted 90 Day Breathing Spell
The Court of Criminal Appeals granted stripper Candy Barr a 90 day delay before she serves a 15 year prison sentence. The ruling postpones imprisonment as the court considers final spell before execution of the term.
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Austin Ups
Court of Criminal Appeals Today
Candy Barr
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