FHA Loans Here Total 288 655 For Ten Months
Farmers Home Administration reports 284 455 in loans for ten months ending April 30 1957 in Childress County led by operating expenses livestock equipment and irrigation needs. Across Texas 18 500 farmers received 54 773 000 in operating emergency and real estate credit this period, up from last year. County supervisor Arrell Cummings and State Director Walter T. McKay note rising demand from family type farms and plan training with National Administrator Kermit Hansen to boost next year service.
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Childress County
Farmers Home Administration
Arrell Cummings
Texas
Walter T. McKay
McKay
Kermit Hansen
Texas club nets 2800 fish in Ontario lake tournament
In Doug Hook's Separation Lake near Kenoba 33 members of the Texas Game Fishing club hauled over 2800 fish in the second annual tournament held last week. Sherman L. Cotton Loyd of Dallas won the bass division and placed runner-up to William Borough of Chicago and Palm Beach Fla, who topped the event with 295 points.
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Kenoba
Ontario
Texas Game Fishing Club
Doug Hook
Separation Lake
Here
Sherman L. Cotton Loyd
Dallas
William Borough
Chicago
Palm Beach
Fla
Tragedy Involving Migrant Workers Kills Thirteen Aboard Truck
Eleven to thirteen migrant workers from Georgia Florida Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama died when a truck crash killed 13 people. Vander volunteers battled the blaze after the crash as Erskine McCullough of Florida reported seeing bodies along the road and estimated about 33 workers on the vehicle. Aralac, an artificial cloth, is produced from skim milk casein.
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Vander
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Erskine McCullough
Survey Shows KKK Has No Real Power In Southern States Today
The 1957 Klan is a diminished, fractured movement with limited footholds in the South. Laws ban masks on public property, while Georgia and Louisiana have cracked down in the past. Two rival leaders, Bill Hendrix of Florida and E L Edwards of Georgia, claim factions but no unified national body remains. Estimated total membership tops 5 000.
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KKK
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
South
Louisiana
Georgia
Bill Hendrix
Florida
E. L. Edward
Parr’s Trial Testimony Highlights Board Minutes Omission
U S Attorney Malcol m Wilkey stated no Parr minutes record shows him presiding over a board meeting and Parr’s remarks were not included in minutes. The defense halted the trial seeking access to confidential federal records and to question Heras after a Supreme Court ruling.
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U. S
Malcolm Wilkey
Parr
Wilkey
Chapa
D. C
Heras
Percy Foreman
U.S. Supreme Court
Foreman
Supreme Court
Algerians Arrested For Killing Soldier in Metz Clubbing
French police detained two Algerians after the fatal beating of American soldier Robert Burns 28 of Alabama near a Metz Algeria quarter. Sgt. Abie Watson of Arkansas was seriously injured. Suspects Hachami Mohammed 28 and Belkacen Bousenhour 27, both Algerians living in Metz, were arrested.
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Paris
France
Pfe
Robert Burns
Route 10
Powderly
Ala
Metz
Abie Watson
Jonesboro
Ark
Hachami Mohammed
Belkacen Bousenhour
Algeria
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Priscila Alden Kiefer
Montclair
England
Priscilla
Priscilla Alden
Dispatch
Wausan
Wis
Loz
Petter
Ajax
Gerber
Crisco
Coens
Cannister
Tin
Gient
Kentucky Wonder
Rey
U. S. Choice
Chuck
Morrel
Libby
Sunkist
Mee Tre
HAM
Lindae
Ben
Board of Insurance Commissioners of the
State of Texas
Austin
Amarillo, Texas
Joann Nenrin
Parr’s
Orient
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