Bevan Expelled From British Labour Party in Parlia m ent Fallout
Aneurin Bevan the left wing Labour figure was expelled from Labour ranks in Parliament by a 141 to 112 vote after an extended conflict with leader Clement Attlee. The move ends Bevan’s immediate party influence and signals a deep split within British socialism ahead of the next general election.
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London
Bevan
Attlee
House of Commons
Labor
Cians
Medrates
Times of London
Labor Party
Warming Trend To Start In Panhandle After Cold Front
A weak cold front crossed Texas Wednesday dropping lows to 30 in Dalhart and Amarillo while other areas saw milder readings. By mid morning the front stretched across the state with light sprinkles in the front region. A warming trend begins in the Panhandle and South Plains Thursday, though the rest of the state stays cool.
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Texas
Panhandle
Austin
Guadalupe Mountains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Big Spring
Wink
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Waco
el Paso
Houston
San Antonio and
Laredo
Brownsville
South Plains
VFW and Legion Add Funds to Childress Summer Baseball Program
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion each pledged $50 to support Childress summer baseball. The joint session at the Veterans Building led by Garland Collins and Bill Stephens approved the contributions, continuing their tradition of sponsorship for local teams.
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Childress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Veterans Building
Garland Collins
Bill Stephens
Legion
VFW
Hospital Film Shown To Rotarians At Meeting
"Operation Herbert" on the modern hospital was shown at the Rotary meeting with Everett Solomon directing. Brief talks on the upcoming Jamboree at the High School were given by Jan Smith Joe Cooper and Pat McNallen. Visiting Rotarian W E Hamilton of Quanah attended. Guests included Howard E Newberry Mrs Morris Higley George Robinson Jan Smith and Joe Cooper.
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Herbert
Rotary
Everett Solomon
Jan Smith
Joe Cooper
Pat McNallen
W. E. Hamilton
Quanah
Howard E. Newberry
Morris Higley
George Robinson
McClellan Delays Action On McCarthy Request
Senator McClellan postponed a decision on Joseph McCarthy’s bid to subpoena Attorney General Brownell and other top officials in the Irving Peress case. The Senate subcommittee will meet later, while continuing questions with Army officers about Peress and related administrative issues before his discharge.
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Washington
Ipp
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Joseph R. McCarthy
Suboena
Herbert Brownell Jr
Irving Peress
McClellan
Senate
McCarthy
Army
New York
Peress
Curtis R. Kirkland
Willard E. Stambaugh
Mc.Carthy
Senate Investigating Committee
Army Secy
Robert Stevens
Joseph McCarthy
Mrs. Preston Named City Tax Collector
The resignation of city tax assessor collector Mrs. Ronald Lon Atkinson became effective yesterday as Mrs. Delois Preston assumed the office. Mrs. Atkinson left for Lubbock to join her husband who has served overseas in the Army for 18 months.
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Ronald Lon Atkinson
Delois Preston
Classifieds Help Find Missing Watch After Name Mix Up
A mis filed classified ad listed John Adams instead of Bob Adams. The wife’s lost watch was found and returned Wednesday morning after the listing appeared in the Index classifieds.
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John Adams
Bob Adams
Former Red Sentenced to Three Years
Harvey Matusow former Red and witness on communism was sentenced to three years in federal prison for criminal contempt. Judge R Thomason set bond at 10000 dollars and Matusow said he would appeal and post bond to gain his freedom. He repudiated his prior testimony aiding Clinton Jencks in a 1954 non-Communist affidavit case in New Mexico.
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EL Paso
Harvey Matusow
R. &. Thomasow
Matusow
New Mexico
Clinton Jencks
Thomason
Jencks
Bayard
National Labor Relations Board
House Group Okays Sale Of Rubber Plants
The House Armed Services committee approved the plan to sell 24 government rubber plants to private firms for 10.565 million dollars. A Patman plan to kill the disposal was rejected 27 to 3, while a Doyle resolution to stop California plant sales to Shell Chemical for 30 million dollars failed 28 to 4.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Clyde Doyle
House
Patman’s
Doyle’s
Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission
Congress
Patman
Doyle
Philip J. Philbin
D. Mass
George P. Miller
Dcalif
California
Philbin
Miller
Robert B. Mollohan
D-w. Va
Eisenhower backs tactical atomic use against military targets
President Eisenhower said the United States may use small tactical atomic weapons against strictly military targets if involved in major fighting. He echoed Secretary Dulles, noting war risks rise and that nuclear options exist with varying conditions to be examined before use.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dulle
Governor defends vet land deal inquiry and letter
Governor Allan Shivers told a Senate committee he never heard of a questionable Mitchell Lake Ranch purchase by the Veterans Land Board. He acknowledged a letter to Dr. A J Ashmore about expediting the inquiry and said expedite has become a bad word despite the inquiry’s referral to Bascom Giles.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Vetrans Land Board
Senate
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Shivers
A. J. Ashmore
Corpus Christi
Ashmore
Mitchell Lake Ranch
Robertson County
A. E. York
John Blair
Victoria
Bascom Giles
Veterans Land Board
Giles
Phillips
Tanker Aruba Diverted From Communist China After Crew Strike
A 42 man crew strike forced the Finnish tanker Aruba to abort its voyage toward Communist China with 13,000 tons of jet fuel. The ship, owned by Re-Be shipping, heads for a non Communist port in the Indian Ocean, with possible calls in Colombo or an Indian harbor. Lloyds of London backs the cargo insurance.
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Finland
Aruba
China
Ocean
Colombo
India
Lloyds of London
Lloyds
London
Ife
Finnish Seaman’s Union
Prosecution Resting In Negro Poisoning Case
The state rested on the second day of Victoria Alexander murder trial in district court after calling seven witnesses yesterday and four more today. Testimony linked a strychnine poisoning to the death of Ida Mae Hammonds, a Negro woman, following a bay rum drink.
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Victoria Alexander
Edwin Cato
Kathrine Lawrence
Hilda Havens
Jack Gibbs
BE. L. Hamm
Jack Preston
P. R. Jeter
Murray Cartlidge
Dick Whaley
Roy Key
Vivian Jones
Jess Cannon
Dick Preston
Oveta Mullins
Allen Harp
Troy Rogers
Roy 4Rassell
Vernon Eubank
Louis £. Weltman
Terrell Laboratories
Lawrence Cramer
Bernard Greer
Dan Johnson
Leroy Sims
Mayfield Harris
Ernest Smith
S. H. Townsend
Ida Mae Hammonds
Hammonds
Local Salk Polio Vaccination Plan for Grade 1 and 2 Students
County health officials outline a mass vaccination program for Chil dress County targeting all first and second graders. Parents will sign requests for vaccination with the Salk vaccine, with three shots over five weeks to be given at doctors offices or clinics.
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Childress County
G. C. Fox
Polio Foundation
Uranium Rush Sparks Sierra Prospecting Frenzy
A thousand fortune hunters swarm the High Sierras after the Atomic Energy Commission released a uranium map showing three hot spots near Bakersfield. Kern county reports 10 claims with hundreds more expected as buyers sell $1 reproductions and geiger counters outside the AEC office. Prospectors rush to map out plots and assemble teams to work veins near Democratic Hot Springs Caliente Bodfish and Miracle Springs.
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Bakersfield
Calif
High Sierras
Atomic Energy Commission
Kern County Recorder’s Office
Greenhorns
AEC
Robert Donerty
Hanford
Sierras
Easteen
Kern County
Democratic Hot Springs
Caliente-Bodfish
Miracle Springs
Kern River Canyon
Kirkland School Board Candidate Withdraws From Race
Kirkland candidate John Pelley has asked that his name be withdrawn. Ralph Sides and Wayne Hardin remain in the race for three board seats. Filing deadlines run to March 23 for most districts. Childress Independent School District filing is closed with one absentee ballot cast and three candidates for two seats.
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John Pelley
Kirkland
Wade Kimbrough
Ralph Sides
Wayne Hardin
Childress County
Childress Independent School District
Mark Graham
Kirkland Board Rehires Teachers Despite Coach Rejection
Supt Alvis Dennington announced all Kirkland School teachers will be rehired for next year except basketball coach Gene McKibben who requested non re employment. Rehired staff include Dennington and several teachers named Mrs Dennington Mrs Delaney Mrs Lynn Austin Mrs Bracy and Mrs K Smith.
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Kirkland
Alvis Dennington
Gene McKibben
Dennington
Dick Delaney
Mary Lynn Austin
Alice Bracy
K. Smith
President Sees Stock Market Generally Satisfactory
President Eisenhower said stock market conditions are satisfactory and urged caution to avoid actions that might undermine public confidence. He noted no Senate probe findings have damaged confidence but warned against steps that could harm a expanding economy, while expressing concern over drops in markets and agricultural prices.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
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