Spotlight On Lost Records In Parr Trial
Houston report details the Parr trial entering its second week with focus on vanished microfilm records from the Texas State Bank of Alice. Testimony shows checks cashed 1949 to 1953 to fictitious recipients drawn on Benavides school district funds, with Parr countersigning in groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Duval County
George Parr
Texas State Bank of
Alice
Mildred Daniel
Parr
Allen B. Mannay
Daniel
Alice Bank
Benavides
Carl Williams
B. F. Donald
Diego Heras
Williams
Heras
D.C. Chapa
B. F. Donald Jr
Jesus G. Garza
Santiago Garcia
Octavio Saenz
Jesus Oliveira
O. P. Carillo
Oscar Carillo Sr
Benavides School Board
U S Mothball Oil Fleet Readied During Suez Crisis
U S Navy and Maritime Administration prepare the mothball fleet to carry oil as Suez Canal remains closed. Tankers Logan's Fort Mission San Francisco Mission San Juan Mission Buenaventura French Creek Lone Jack Paoli and three others are being reconditioned or de mopped at yards in Galveston Beaumont and Orange Texas.
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Galveston
U. S
Middle East
Suez Canal
Logan's Fort
Todd Shipyards
Beaumont
Orange
Tex
Gulf Coast
Navy
Mission San Francisco
Mission San Juan
Mission Buenaventura
Bethlehem
French Creek
Maritime Administration
Washington
Lewis M. Free
Clear and cool nationwide Veterans Day weather
A new cooler air mass moved across the northern plains toward the Great Lakes lowering Veterans Day observance temperatures. Most of the nation enjoyed fair weather for services and parades with only the Great Lakes region and northern Rockies facing scattered showers or snow flurries. A light precipitation pattern included Mt Washington reporting about .23 inch. northeast saw a brief mix of rain and snow. Temperatures rose in the east and northwest as the southeast trend warmed continues.
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Great Lakes
Rockies
Mt. Washington
UN moves rapidly to beat Russia to Egypt
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold announced Egypt agreed to accept a UN police force and first elements will arrive in Cairo by Thursday. Canadian Major General Burns and five UN observers moved to enforce the cease fire as the UN races Moscow to influence the Middle East environment. An air raid alert sounded in Cairo with anti aircraft guns heard near Heliopolis as UN members prepared for the 1956 session opening amid Hungary chaos.
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Russia
Egypt
Nasser
United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Suez Canal Zone
Moscow
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Mid-East
Naples
Italy
E. L. M. Burns
Cairo
Jerusalem
Port Said
Heliopolis
Mid- East
UN General Assembly
Hungary
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Eisenhower
Cardinal Mindszenty Calls UN Action Urgently Needed
Cardinal Mindszenty urged the United Nations to intervene in Hungary warning of greater oppression if not. He sought sanctuary in the U S legation in Budapest saying Russians ignore the UN and that immediate action is required. He spoke as Soviet troops moved against the rebel government and fears for his life grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
United Nations
U. S
Legation
Mindszenty
Lessie Ballogh - Bain
Alliance
Parliament House
Vienna
Cattle Roundup Follows Santa Fe Train Derailment at Pampa
A Santa Fe freight derailed near Pampa Texas sending twenty boxcars loaded with cattle off the tracks. Dozens of cattle spilled and a posse including Sheriff Rufe Jordan and the Pampa Roping Club hunted the livestock as crews cleared wreckage delaying passenger trains. No humans were injured.
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Pampa
Tex
Santa Fe
F. L. Ponder
Amarillo
Rufe Jordan
Pampa Roping Club
Wilson Undergoes Surgery at Veterans Hospital Amarillo
Deputy Sheriff Hollis Wilson underwent surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Amarillo over the weekend. His condition is reported as satisfactory.
Two West Reporters Die on Egyptian Front
American David Seymour of Magnum Photos and Frenchman Jean Roy of Paris Match were killed near El Kantara in the Suez Canal zone after driving into no man’s land. British officers said the jeep was fired on by Egyptian troops as Anglo-French forces held a cease fire. The incident followed fighting around the front and the jeep’s crash into the canal area.
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Paris
Fl Kantara
Suez Canal Zone
Ministry of Defense
David Seymour
Magnum Photos
Jean Roy
Paris Match
Cyprus
Port Said
el Kantara
No Man's Land
Bailey Showcases 1957 Cadillac At Bailey Motor Co
Bailey Motor Company displays the all new 1957 Cadillac tomorrow with Don E. Ahrens GM executive noting it as Cadillac history’s most complete model change. The car features horsepower ratings of 300 and 325.
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Cadillac
Bailey Motor Company
Don E. Ahrens
Cadillac Motor Car Division
General Motors
Cadillac Motors
Cold Front Brings Quiet Wind Shift and Cooler Temps Across Texas
A cold front crossing the Red River into Texas is expected to cause only a wind shift and a few degree drop in temperatures. Forecasters reported clear skies for most of the state with fair weather through Tuesday. Early readings ranged from 32 degrees at Salt Flat to 58 at Laredo. No rain was reported statewide in the last 24 hours.
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Red River
Texas
U. S
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
Rio Grande
Salt Flat
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Dalhart
Presidio
el Paso
Junction
Amarillo
Lubbock
Wink
Mar
Supersonic US Bomber Test Flown Sunday
Fort Worth reports that B 58 pilot B A Erickson flew Convair built Hustler for 40 minutes on its maiden flight. The 95 foot long bomber can reach over 50 000 feet and speeds above 1000 mph as it replaces the B 47.
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Fort Worth
America
B. A. Erickson
Erickson
Convair
General Dynamics Corp
Air Force
Uneasy Truce Among Red Leaders
London reports say a fragile truce exists among Kremlin factions with the Red Army acting as umpire. Marshal Zhukov has grown influence over Molotov and Khrushchev as the power struggle nears a climax at the Communist Party Central Committee meeting next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Kremlin
Red Army
Georgi Zhukov
Vyacheslav Molotov
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchevy
Nation pauses to honor veterans of all U S wars
Air Force Reserve Col. James Stewart, famed actor, led Veterans Day ceremonies at the tomb of the unknowns and urged that peace be kept through strength. Observances nationwide mark Armistice Day with services in Europe noting renewed conflict in Hungary and the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Air Force Reserve
James Stewart
United States
Stewart
Eisenhower
Europe
Hungary
Middle East
Paris
Hartley Edwards
Dennison
Tex
Kansas City
Truman
129Th Field Artillery
General Strike Grips Hungary Amid Communist Pressure
Soviet backed Hungary buckles under 20 day general strike as Premier Janos Kadar admits rebels are crushed. Guerrilla fighting continues in Budapest and provinces with thousands dead, as bread promises aim to lure workers back. Russia deploys tanks to quell the rebellion.
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Vienna
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Moscow
Imre Nagy
Kadar
Nagy
Budapest
Russia
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County Approves 19 127 60 For Highway 287 Right of Way
County commissioners announce payment of 19127.60 for U S Highway 287 right of way from city limits to county line funded by bond re issue and warrants. Payments to individuals total 3000 to 291 with other sums. Highway construction underway. Official election canvass matches unofficial. Court approves $594.97 car radio half from state and bids for jail communications upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Commissioners’ Court
Yne Courtly
G. A. Robinson
Kit Williams
W. H. Frazier
J. M. Crews
Dilton Yarborough
R. O. Yarbrough
Dan Atkinson
Bertha Stephens
Lois Arnold
O. E. and
J. E. Meador
Carl Parrish
US Likely Postpones Military Manpower Cutback
A Defense Department official indicates Washington will defer planned manpower reductions due to tense world conditions. The earlier 4 to 6 percent cut was paused, keeping the force at about 2.8 million as the budget moves to Congress next January.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
United Press
Pentagon
Congress
Sea Island
Carter L. Burgess
U. S
Gillespie Named President Of Green Belt Hereford Breeders
The Green Belt Hereford Breeders Association postponed its annual sale due to drought and insufficient animals. G. Y. Gillespie of Goodland was elected president replacing Lee Atkinson of Throckmorton. Jake Hess and Bill Thompson were named vice president and secretary respectively. Potts was re elected sales committee chairman and several new directors were chosen.
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Greenbelt Hereford Breeders Association
Tomie Potts
Memphis
G. Y. Gillespie
Goodlet
Lee Atkinson
Throckmorton
Gillespie
Jake Hess
McLean
Bill Thompson
Childress
Potts
Floyd Roberts
Hollis
Jay Pumphrey
Old Glory
Cap McNeill
Crosbyton
Ernest Rea
Ders Association
Hereford
Bree Atkinson
Thrckman
G. Y
Will Thompson
Lee Gillespie
Ed Silk
Wichita Falls
Glenn Ross
Jack Hess
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U.S
Perry Bros
Childress County
American Legion
VFW
Bernie Steed
Howard Preston
Joe Howard
Rube Arnold
Carey
Claude Dudley
Legion
Jimmie Buster
The
Legion Auxiliary
Jack Collins
New York
Cardinal Mindszenty
Ballogh-Bain
Travis White
Midwestern University
Childress Lions Club
Kenneth Jones
Ardmore
Okla
Reds
Atkinson
Doyle McKinney
Childress C of C
Goodlett
Bob Jones
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