Congress opens election year session amid domestic debates
Members of Congress return for an election year session focused on taxes farm income and social security with President Eisenhower's priority budget and foreign aid proposals set to spark debate while the fate of his re election bid remains uncertain. House and Senate leadership expect a busy agenda after the State of the Union.
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Eisenhower
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Senate
Lyndon Johnson Cleared to Resume Senate Duties
A panel of six doctors announced Lyndon B. Johnson has recovered from his heart attack and may return to his Senate duties and major activity. They cautioned a slower pace and suggested frequent short vacations as he resumes leadership work for the 1956 session.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Eisenhower
Texas Democrat
Douglas Green Forms New Insurance Real Estate Partnership
Floyd Green owner of the Hotel Childress Coffee Shop joins Frank Douglas to form Douglas-Green Insurance and Real Estate. They previously partnered on the Hi-Way Cafe in 1948 and the Pullman Cafe at Quanah before Green’s 1955 coffee shop move.
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Floyd Green
Pullman
Quanah
Douglas
Childress
Green
Britain halts export of all surplus war material
Britain announced an informal halt on exporting surplus war material with no licenses issued for tanks and other items. The Foreign Office defended the move amid criticism over shipments to the Middle East and accusations of policy missteps by Prime Minister Anthony Eden.
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London
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Israel
Daily Mirror
Radio Moscow
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Board of Trade
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Eden
Radio
Moscow
Governors urged to back bill for state gas control
Texas official Ernest O Thompson urges all 48 governors to support the Fulbright Harris bill in Congress to grant states power over natural gas production. He warns federal takeover would threaten state taxation and autonomy, contending utilities oppose the measure as the main obstacle.
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House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
White House
Austin
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Congress
Thompson
Thomposn
Texas’ Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency
Bonehead Boys Kick Off 1956 March of Dimes Drive
The Childress Bonehead Boys and Advisor Edwin Cato will launch the 1956 March of Dimes Drive Tuesday afternoon by distributing drive coin collectors. County campaign chairman Sam Miller notes the 1956 Coin Collector features Tommy Woodward of Baltimore, a polio survivor who uses crutches and braces yet remains active with his family and hopes for a cure.
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Edwin Cato
Sam Miller
Miller
Tommy Woodward
Baltimore
Tommy
Farmers Union To Name Officers In Childress
The Childress County Farmers Union will meet Monday at 7 in the Vocational Agriculture building at Childress High School to elect officers for the coming year. The group will also discuss and plan the annual membership drive starting January 13.
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Vocational Agriculture
Childress High School
Rawlings Youth Dies Of Injuries In Car Crash
Walter Lee Rawlings 16, son of Mrs. Esther Rawlings of Childress, died at Childress General Hospital from injuries in a Nov 25 auto crash five miles north of the city on Community Center Road. Burial in Childress Cemetery. services at Church of Christ. pallbearers named.
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Walter Lee Rawlings
Esther Rawlings
Childress
Childress General Hospital
Rawlings
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
Church of Christ
Harrell Collard
Billy Veal
Donald Sterling
Buddy Edmondson
Jim Heath
Leslie Sims
Jimmy Parker
James Edmondson
Verna Steed
Shirley Weaver
Georgia Sims
Mary Hudson
Carol Trammell
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Childress High School
Harp Kicks Off Local Politics
The 1956 political season opens with Allen Harp seeking re election as District Attorney. Amendments to the state constitution created four year terms and several offices will not run. Open seats include district clerk county treasurer county judge commissioners four precincts justice of the peace constable tax assessor collector county attorney sheriff and state representative.
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Allen Harp
Justice of the Peace
Former Resident J Ross Bell Joins Local Bank Staff
J Ross Bell Jr former Childress resident has been hired as a teller at First State Bank announced by cashier Roy Key. Bell, ex First National Bank Paducah employee, will start Tuesday and move with his family to live with his mother until Paducah home is sold.
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J. Ross Bell, Jr
Childress
First State Bank
Roy Key
Bell
First National Bank of
C. A. Williams
Paducah
Childress High School
Texas Tech
Texas University
Holiday Observance Slated For Monday
Stores and governmental offices will be closed Monday January 2 in observance of one of the six holidays they observe a year The Monday edition of the index will be published at the regular time.
Traffic Toll Plunges as Guardsmen Aid Police Nationwide
National Safety Council reports about three deaths per hour during New Year holiday, with 61 deaths over a near three day period. Illinois Oklahoma Louisiana Wisconsin Kansas Arizona Michigan Tennessee and Pennsylvania mobilized Guardsmen and extended police shifts to curb wrecks as air patrols watched highways.
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United Press
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Kansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Anker Olsen
Chicago
Safety Council
Wisconsin
Arizona
Michigan
Pennylvania
Grotewohl Declares East Germany a Legal State
East German Premier Otto Grotewohl said East Germany is the legal German state and urged West Germany to engage in talks to reunify the country. He urged improved East West relations and said the German problem must be solved by cooperation and negotiations, not force. The remarks followed border clashes in West Berlin.
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Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
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China
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Germany
German Democratic Republic
Commandery Names New Officer State
Dewey Bushon was elected commander of the Childress Commandery No. 77 at a lodge meeting held Thursday night. Other officers elected included G. E. Highsmith generalissimo A. H. Lankford captain general W. M. Watson senior warden Eddie McConnell junior warden R. E. Gentry prelate E. Lassen treasurer Ben Hardison recorder. Additional special officers will be elected later, Alvin Caldwell recorder said.
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Dewey Bushon
Childress Commandary No
G. E. Highsmith
A. H. Lankford
W. M. Watson
Eddie McConnell
R. E. Gentry
E. Lassen
Ben Hardison
Alvin Caldwell
Schools Open Monday In Childress After Holidays
Superintendent Newell Odell reminds parents and students that schools reopen Monday after the Christmas holidays. Childress schools dismissed December 16 for the break.
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Newell Odell
Childress
Texas Motorists Heed Traffic Pleas
Traffic officials reported renewed pleas for safe driving as figures showed two, possibly three, traffic deaths since 6 p m Friday. The Kerrville crash killed Dr James O Loftin 68 of San Antonio and his wife Matilda 53. A separate fatality was Joseph G Isaac Jr 28 of Taft in a San Patricio county overturn.
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James O. Loftin
San Antonio
Matilda
Loftin
San Antonio College
Texas A&i
Joseph G. Isaac Jr
Aluminum Company
Taft, Tex
San Patricio County
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Gainesville
FE. E. Chansler
Chansler
Hood
DPS
Lord's Acre Plan Shines for Tell Methodist Church
Tell Methodist Church reports success of the Lord's Acre plan for a new parsonage. Harvest Day on December 18 raised 1147 for the building fund. the church owes about 1000 on the parsonage. Dr. E. E. White preached. Rev. R. H. Knight led devotional. funds included in kind gifts like feed and cotton.
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Tell Methodist Church
Tell
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E. E. White
R. H
Quints End Visit On Note Of Harmony
Two of the surviving Dionne quintuplets Yvonne and Cecile returned to Montreal after a brief home visit to patch up a family quarrel. They left Annette with their parents and reunited with Marie who remained in Montreal due to illness. The three sisters then drove 400 miles overnight to kiss and make up with their family before returning to Montreal.
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Callander
Dionne
Montreal
Yvonne
Cecile
Quint Annette
Marie
Annette
Cecile Sudenly
Montt
Devile
First Baby To Get Presents In 1956 Event
The first baby of 1956 born after midnight Saturday will receive presents from numerous merchants. Over 35 firms participate in the annual First Baby affair. The First Baby Derby winner is announced in Monday's Index, with a potential Sunday stork visit. The index page lists participating merchants and gifts, plus a photograph of the new arrival and mother.
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Childress
Stork
Deok
Index
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