Daniel Blasts Gas Lobby Over Tax Plans In Texas
Gov Price Daniel accuses big gas companies of backing a broad based tax drive to shift the tax burden onto households and wage earners. He criticizes proposals like the Roberts Strickland and Blanchard bills as disguised general sales or gross receipts taxes that would hit retailers and consumers.
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Austin
UPI
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
House
Waggoner Carr
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Texas Tax Study Commission
Daniela
Roberts - Strickland
Wesley Roberts
Lamesa
R. L. Strickland
San Antonio
University of Texas Medical Branch
Robert L. Strickland
George T. Hinson
Mineola
Hinson
W. L
Bo) Ramsey
Beckville
General Revenue Fund
Gas Price War Reloads in Childress
Gas stations in Childress again trigger a price war with regular unleaded at 22.9 cents. Dealers report district offices closed, delaying price cuts while awaiting authorization to adjust, causing uncertainty about lowering prices.
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Childress
Reguar
Carey Homecoming to Feature C W Brown Speaker
Carey Homecoming on March 28 will feature C W Brown of Commerce as principal speaker at the 8:30 assembly. Mrs Oliver McKee will give the welcome, with Rev George Clark conducting memorial services and Mrs Reuben Arnold offering closing announcements. Registration starts at 1 with a $1 ex-student fee. community club serves meals at $1 per plate, advance reservations to Bettye Estes.
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Carey
C. W. Brown
Commerce
Oliver McKee
George Clark
Carey Baptist Church
Reuben Arnold
Community Club
Bettye Estes
Box 16
Absentee Balloting Opens for City and County Races
Ballots are ready at the County Clerk's office for absentee voting in county and city school board races. Absentee voting deadline is March 31 with election day on April 4. City Council absentee voting opens Wednesday at city hall with a Friday April 3 deadline.
Senate Rejects Free Pinball Awards Bill in Texas
Texas Senate refused to advance a measure by Sen. George Parkhouse to allow one unrecorded free game award on pinball machines. The vote was 17 to 8 to permit introduction, but the motion failed to meet the four-fifths requirement after the 60 day rule.
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Lloyd Larra
United Press International
Austin Upi
Senators Today
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Parkhouse
Eisenhower to address nation on Berlin crisis tonight
President Eisenhower will speak to the nation in a radio television broadcast about the Berlin crisis. He is expected to emphasize the West will not abandon West Berlin and outline the seriousness of the situation without revealing new strategy. Prime Minister Macmillan plans talks in Ottawa after Moscow with Khrushchev and de Gaulle and Adenauer. observers say summit talks may include Poland and Czechoslovakia as observers.
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Eisenhower
Berlin
U.S
White House
West
West Berlin
Washington
Harold Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Canada
Macmillan
London
Ottawa
Johan Diefenbaker
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Grass fire put out with no damage near town
Firefighters contained a grass fire five miles southwest of town yesterday afternoon with no property damage reported, according to a morning report.
Doctor says Cariker's condition satisfactory after heart attack
The progress of Dr. Fred Cariker who suffered a severe heart attack Saturday night was reported satisfactory by his physician today. He will have no visitors under any circumstances according to the doctor.
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Fred Cariker
UAR Iraq Tensions Plunge After Riots and Deportations
Al Ahram reported Damascus, Iraqi authorities ordered all UAR citizens to leave Iraq within 24 hours amid escalating Arab world hostilities. The crisis followed last week’s Mosul revolt blamed on the UAR, with 12 UAR diplomats expelled and Cairo staging a massive anti Kassem demonstration.
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Beirut
UPI
United Arab Republic
Iraq
al Ahram
Damascus
U.A.R
Mosul
Baghdad
Kassem
Nasser
CAP Cadet Meeting Schedule At Local Air Field
The CAP Cadet meeting is set for 6 30 this Tuesday night and senior members will convene at 7 30 p.m. in the CAP Building at the air field.
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CAP
Air Field
Chowhounds Plan Lunch for Career Day at First Baptist
The Chowhounds will serve a noon meal for the Career Day Conference at First Baptist Church on March 20. If weather permits the chuckwagon style service will be outdoors behind the church. otherwise in the Fellowship Rooms. About 280 junior students from nine area towns including Chil Dress, Matador, Wellington, Crowell, Estelline, Guthrie, Paducah, Wheeler, and Eldorado will attend with consultants from TCU Harris School of Nursing, Midwestern University, Texas State College, Hardin-Simmons University, Draughon’s Business College, and Jessie Lee's Hair Design Institute. About 15 local professionals will also participate.
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First Baptist Church
Sam Privitt
Childress
Matador
Wellington
Crowell
Estelline
Guthrie
Paducah
Wheeler
Eldorado
Okla
TCU Harris School of Nursing
Midwestern University
Texas State College
Hardin- Simmons University
Draughons Business College
Lubbock
Jessie Lee
Hair Design Institute of
Legion Observes 40th Birthday Tomorrow
The American Legion Post Cox-Fur No. 65 and its Auxiliary join 17,000 posts in marking the 40th anniversary during American Legion Birthday Week ending March 21. A covered dish family night follows the post session Tuesday at Veterans Building. Observance honors the 1919 founding by the American Expeditionary Force in France. About 14,000 auxiliaries and 17,000 legion posts participate nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Cox-Fur No. 65
Veterans Building
Scotty Clements
Rudiene Scott
United States
The
Legion
France
Herter Warns Against Cut in Foreign Aid
Acting Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that deep cuts in Eisenhower's foreign aid plan could require more American troops. He called reductions to the 3.93 billion dollar request shortsighted and said they would weaken U S policy. The proposal faces strong Democratic opposition in Congress.
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United Press International
Christian A. Herter
Congress
Eisenhower
Herter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
House
Texas milk spokesman calls health official statement irresponsible
A Texas milk industry spokesman branded a State Health Department warning of potential radioactive contamination risk as irresponsible. The clash centers on safety concerns amid ongoing dairy production discussions.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Traffic Deaths Down in Austin in 1958 Report
Texas DPS reports an eight percent drop in traffic deaths in Austin for 1958, the lowest since 1949, while the total accidents and injuries rose.
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Austin
Ups
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Snow, Wind, and Fires Hit Texas Across Counties
Texas faced snow hail and rain with violent weekend winds fanning brush fires across thousands of acres. Montague county fires blackened over 100000 acres, killed cattle, damaged homes and barns, with losses potentially reaching a million dollars. The Panhandle reported 70 mph winds and dust storms. 15 injuries occurred in a chain collision on U S Highway 66.
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United Press International
Texas
Pecos
el Paso
San Antonio
Panhandle
Montague County
Department of Public Safety
Howard Middleton
Forestburg
Loyal Birchfield
St. Jo
Tex
Clay
Cooke
Eastland
Shamrock
U. S. Highway 66
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Laredo
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Houston
Galveston
Beaumont - Port Arthur
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Junction
Texarkana
Pearl Russell Dies at 70. Funeral Tuesday in Childress
Mrs Pearl Gertrude Russell 70 died at 3 45 am today at 311 Avenue E Northeast after long illness Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Newberry Chapel with Rev Rollo Davidson First Methodist pastor officiating Burial in Childress cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home She was born January 8 1889 in Lee County Mississippi and lived in Childress County 50 years from Vernon Survived by husband W J Russell two daughters Mrs Lloyd Price and Mrs Roy Palmer son Lawrence Russell one step son Eli Russell two step daughters Mrs Jay Teague and Mrs Carl Hudson two brothers Hurbert Morris and Finis Morris seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Pearl Gertrude Russell
Avenue E
Russel
Newberry Chapel
Rollo Davidson
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Russell
Lee County
Miss
Childress County
Vernon
The
Baptist Church
W. J. Russell
Childress
Lloyd, Price
Roy Palmer
Amarillo
Lawrence Russell
Eli Russell
Fort Worth
Jay Teague
Amarila
Carl Hudson
Death Claims Newlin Pioneer George B Mullins
Funeral services for George B. Mullins 93 longtime Hall County Newlin area pioneer will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Newlin Baptist Church with Reverends Luther Crawford and Elvis Pitts officiating Burial follows at Newlin Cemetery under Spicer Funeral Home Memphis Mrs Mullins died suddenly of a stroke March 13 while visiting a son in California He was born February 19 1866 in Texas and had lived in the Newlin area for the last decade
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George B. Mullins
Hall County
Newlin
Newlin Baptist Church
Luther Crawford
Hedley
Elvis Pitts
Wellington
Newlin Cemetery
Spicer Funeral Home
Memphis
Mullins
Childress County
California
Texas
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Last Civil War Vet John Salling Dies at 112 in Tennessee
KINGSPORT Tennessee UPI General John Salling 112 a Confederate veteran and one of the last two Civil War survivors died pneumonia and age at a clinic near Slant Virginia where he spent most of his life His daughter Mrs Hugh McCamy and grandson H E Hawkins were with him He had lived healthily past 110 and slipped into a coma before death at 7 45 am The other surviving veteran Walter W Williams 116 lives in Houston bedridden and blind and heard of Salling s illness by radio
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Kingsport
Tenn
UPI
John Salling
Slant
Salling
Hugh McCamy
H. E. Hawkins
Southwest Virginia
Wiliams
Houston
R. L. Wolfe
Williams
Plane Crash Near Midway Airport Injures Crew
Federal investigators probed the American Airlines freight crash at Chicago as a weather approach to Midway caused the plane to plow into a railroad yard. Pilot Capt. Lawrence W. Larsen of Springdale Connecticut and co pilot Kenneth W. Kinne of Whittier California, the lone crew, escaped with bruises and were treated in New York later.
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Chicago
UPI
American Airlines
Midway Airport
Lawrence W. Larsen
Springdale
Conn
Kenneth W. Kinne
Whittier
Calif
New York
One-Car Crash On Rural Road Left Vehicle Heavily Damaged
No injuries reported after a single vehicle accident near Highway 287. Mrs. Geneva Trammell Wesley of Route 1 Childress drove south on a dirt road, lost control on loose dirt, and the car overturned once. Vehicle damage described as heavy.
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Highway 287
Geneva Trammell Wesley
Route 1
Childress
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W. Brown
Senate
Wise County
Pearl Russell
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