US Secretary Warns Red China Not To Attack Quemoy Matsu
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned the Chinese Communists not to attack the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu, saying the United States would defend Nationalist forces under a formal defense treaty signed with Chiang Kai-shek. He spoke after a two hour meeting with Chiang, delaying to Washington but leaving experts to bolster Nationalist forces.
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Taipei
Formosa
John Foster Dulles
Matsu
Quemoy
Dulles
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Washington
Chiang
Generalissimo
Grass Mountain
Peiping
American Priest Expelled From Soviet Union
Father Georges Bissonnette, a 33 year old American Catholic priest from Central Falls Rhode Island, tearfully prepared to leave the Soviet Union after the government ordered his expulsion by March 5. He said farewell to his Moscow flock in the diplomatic colony before packing.
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Moscow
Georges Bissonnette
Soviet Union
Russia
Central Falls
R. L
Bissonnette
Order of the Assumptionist Fathers
Cotton Acreage Action Stalled in Senate Agriculture Panel
The Senate Agriculture committee delayed action on a bill to raise cotton acreage and planned public hearings for Friday Saturday and Monday. A subcommittee headed by Sen. Olin D. Johnston has approved a 3 percent increase in the 18.1 million acre allotment, with a different distribution among cotton states. The measures aim to ease farmer hardships from the year’s reduced acreage ceiling.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Olin D. Johnston
Ds.c
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Tractor School Draws Leaders From Sixteen Counties
Sixteen counties represented at the 1955 Tractor Maintenance School in Texas with 30 junior and adult 4 H leaders and about 50 boys enrolled. Participants from Childress, Motley, Hale, Fisher, Wilbarger, Foard, Hardeman, Archer, Haskell, Knox, Wichita, Collingsworth, Shackelford, Young, Jones and Stephens counties attended. The event, part of nine district schools, aims for Better Care Less Repair and is sponsored by the Texas A&M College Agricultural Extension Service and Stanolind Oil and Gas Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SH Goys Ang Auvwuit
D. L. Brummett
Childress
Wayne Jones
Childress Club
Community Center
van Sparkman
Goodlett
Bob Stafford
Roaring Springs
Weldon Tabor
Ed Wickhorst
Stanolind Oil Co
Tulsa
Charles Musgrove
Vocaional Agricultural
Motley
Hale
Fisher
Willbarger
Foard
Hardeman
Archer
Haskell
Knox
Wichita
Collingsworth
Shackelford
Young, Jones and
Stephens
Texas
Texas A&m College Agricultural Extension Service
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Jaycees Invite Spaghetti Chefs for Supper Monday
Childress Jaycees announce return visit of famous spaghetti chefs Roberto Polsonia and Troy Collinza for a spaghetti supper at City Auditorium starting 6 30 p m Monday. Event features beauty contest with ten Childress High School girls, Jaycee Queen prize, service pins for 59 teachers, and varied prices 1 50 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Jaycees
Buddy Cordell
Roberto Polsonia
Troy Collinza
Senors Polsonia
Collinza
Jaycee Club
Senor Polsonio
Thes Club
Senor Collinza
Cordell
Childress High School
Childress
Board of
Rivercamp Completes Red Cross Fund Drive 1955
Rivercamp becomes first rural community to finish its Red Cross fund drive, reporting completion yesterday. Bud Adams and Bill Monroe announced progress, with local chairmen L. B. Holman Cleon Mullins J. B. Johnson and Robert Riker guiding the campaign. They urged workers to finish blocks by Saturday and noted a report on KCTX from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday aiming to reach a $5 000 quota.
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Rivercamp
Bud Adams
Bill Monroe
L. B. Holman
Cleon Mullins
J. B. Johnson
Robert Riker
Red Cross
Adams
Monroe
KCTX
Cooler Weather May Develop In State Friday
A weak cool front may or may not bring cooler weather to the Panhandle and into Central Texas. The slow moving system could cause cooler conditions in the upper Panhandle late Thursday night and into Central Texas Friday with scattered showers in the northeast. Skies were cloudy in the southeast and partly cloudy elsewhere with no measurable precipitation and no stations recording subfreezing temperatures.
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Panhandle
Texas
Upper
Communists Defeated in Indian State Election
New Delhi reports a stunning rout of the Communist party in Andhra state. Congress leaders celebrate wins as results show 62 seats out of 85 counted, with Communists securing five, Preja Socialists five, and Independents thirteen.
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New Delhi
India
Communist Party
Andhra
Congress Party
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lava Threatens Kapoho As Kilauea Erupts Again
Lava surged to within a mile of Kapoho village as the east rift of Kilauea erupted after a 24 hour pause. 335 residents were evacuated and a fissure stretched up to a mile long with lava 30 to 50 feet high threatening farms and sugar cane fields. Authorities prepared a limited state of emergency as volcanologists warned ongoing danger.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Kapoho
Kilauea
Samuel Wilder King
Vncano
India Wharf Fire Ravages Historic Boston Pier
Boston suffered its worst waterfront blaze in 20 years as India Wharf burned through the night. Flames 200 feet high sent 30 feet of the pier into the harbor, causing over 100000 dollars in damage to the wharf and adjacent warehouses. Coast Guard Navy and city boats fought the blaze as 300 firefighters battled in two inches of water.
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Boston
India Wharf
New England
Manchester
N. Hf
Fulton Box Co
Coast Guard
Navy
William Torrenzi
Evans Services To Be Conducted Friday
Funeral services for Ernest Brown Evans of Fort Worth formerly of Childress will be held at 2 p m Friday in the local First Baptist Church. Rev W E Norman of Quanah will officiate with interment in the Quanah cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home. Quanah American Legion post will conduct military graveside rites. Evans died yesterday morning in Amarillo Veterans Hospital. He was a World War III veteran.
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Ernest Brown Evans
Fort Worth
Childress
First Baptist Church
W .E. Norman
Quanah
Newberry Funeral Home
Shivers Reiterates His Stand On Independence In Texas
Texas Governor Allan Shivers, a key Texas Republican shift leader, used Independence Day to reaffirm Texas will stay independent in national politics. At a Dallas dinner, about 500 attendees supported his claim of oath to state and nation, not to any party chairman. He warned against blind loyalty to the Democratic Party, calling for state autonomy in political affairs. The event at the Adolphus Hotel raised funds for a tax free group promoting public affairs.
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Dallas
Npr
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adolphus Hotel
Mexico
Brazos River
Shivers
United States
National Democratic Party
Shous
Water Bills Clash as Senate Reconsiders Packages
Texas Senate wrestles with water bills including a revived multi million dollar fund proposal for local dam projects. House action sent two measures to the Senate, one requiring districts to disclose acts and boundaries, another shifting veto power on federal water projects to the State Board of Water Engineers. A separate bill would exempt most Texas women from jury duty.
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Austin
Texas Senate
House
Capitol
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Martin
Texas
State Board of Water
Senate
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
New Jet May Lead To Production Of Commercial Transport For US
The Air Force aims to use a forthcoming jet design by Lockheed to extend the bomber fleet range and, if military orders materialize, to create a continental passenger transport traveling over 600 miles per hour. Air Secretary Talbott also announced plans to buy about 460 million dollars more in jet tankers from Boeing, with potential global use alongside the KC-135. Authorities anticipate Boeing building 200 Stratotankers at their Seattle facility, while Lockheed’s Marietta plant could produce a dual military and commercial airframe.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold FE
Talbott
Lockheed Aircraft
Delan
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Wash
Boeing
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
Hughes elected president of Texas Exes Association
W. J. Bill Hughes was elected president of the Texas Exes Association at the annual meeting held last night at Hotel Childress. He succeeds Dan Davis. Elected vice presidents from surrounding counties were Carroll Robertson Paducah Henry Sullivan Wellington John Deaver Memphis and Gordon Connelly Quanah. Mrs Gus Leftwick was elected secretary treasurer and Dr I J Nelson of Texas University was the principal speaker.
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W. J. “Bill” Hughes
Texas Exes Association
Hotel Childress
Dan Davis
Carroll Robertson
Paducah
Henry Sullivan
Wellington
John Deaver
Memphis
Gordon Connelly
Quanah
Gus Leftwick
I. J. Nelson
Texas University
Band Boosters Plan Meeting and Short Program
Band Boosters Club meets at 7 30 tonight in the high school auditorium for a regular session. The band will present a short program.
Polson Named Jaycee of Month for February
Bob Polson, vice president of Texas Jaycees Region 2, was named Jaycee of the Month for February for outstanding local club work. He received a certificate from President Buddy Cordell. Alyeen Ater presented a Red Cross certificate of appreciation. Cordell accepted the award as Bill Randall of Wichita Falls attended the luncheon.
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Bob Polson
The
Texas Jaycees
Buddy Cordell
Alyeen Ater
Childress Red Cross Chapter
Red Cross
Cordell
Bill Randall
Wichita Falls
Irving Teachers Strike Ties to State Politics
Gov. Allan Shivers is blamed for the dispute that led to the firing of 11 Irving public school officials and a 200-strong teachers strike. Dr. John L. Beard, ousted superintendent, cites July precinct conventions and Yarborough backing as the row’s spark. Beard appeals to the state education commissioner after clashes over curriculum and conditions.
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Irving
Allan Shivers
Irving Public Schools
John L. Beard
Beard
Childress
Oklahoma
Ralph Yarborough
State Board of Educaion
State Commissioner of Education
Three Men In Race For Two School Posts
Three candidates, Jesse Cannon, Marvin Weir, and M. K. Wilcoxson, compete for two trustee posts on the Childress Independent School District board. Filing closed with no new contenders. County superintendent Wade Kimbrough says no opposition elsewhere. March 23 is the filing deadline in other districts.
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Childress Independent School District
Jesse Cannon
Marvin Weir
M. K. Wilcoxson
Wade Kimbrough
A. T. Smith
Guy Moseley
Tell Board
Tell
Networks face potential nationwide strike by NABET members
The National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians Union says a nationwide walkout against NBC and ABC is imminent after rejecting a new contract. Issues include wage scales for non technicians, film production jurisdiction, job security, and a three year term. The union represents about 2500 workers in major markets.
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San Francisco
National Association of Broadcast Employer and Technicians Union
CIO
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Cliff Rothery
Rothery
NABET
New York
Chicago
Hollywood
Local 4-H Grass Judging Team Leaves for Amarillo Show
A Chil dress grass judging team with County Agent W. E. Hafner traveled to the Amarillo Fat Stock Show. Members are Bobby Riker Earl Willard Charles Holman and alternate Erwin Willard. BE J. Anderson also accompanied the team. Results expected late this afternoon.
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Childress
W. E. Hafner
Amarillo
Bobby Riker
Earl Willard
Charles Holman
Erwin Willard
BE. J. Anderson
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Red China
United Nations
Republic of China
Kuomintang
Jaycees
United Press
Hughes
Jaycee
Dr Beard
Charles Young
Yarborough
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