Witness Reports Troop Bill Threat to Texas Schools
A Episcopal clergyman Dr Das Kelley Barnett told the Senate State Affairs Committee the anti troop bill would incite mob violence and destroy public schools in Texas. He urged governor not to use state forces to block federal orders and cited Little Rock as a failed example. Lane proposed changing compel to may for school closures when troops are present. The House adjourned after a brief session and considered NAACP membership reporting and Texas A&M’s 7-6 loss to Rice.
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Price Daniel
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Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest
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Senate
Daniel
Austin Commission On Human Relations
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
Ark
Sen
Wardlow Lane
Center
Lane
Wood
Joe Pool
Dallas
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Tower Chamber
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Lubbock
Texas A&m
Rice
Carrier Returns With 19 Aircraft Crash Victims
The aircraft carrier Philippine Sea docked at Long Beach with 19 bodies and wreckage from a Pan American Stratocruiser that crashed into the Pacific on November 8. Investigators from the CAB and FSI examined the wreckage and bodies, noting the victims were shoeless and some wore life jackets, while no distress radio signal was detected. Rear Admiral Ahroon said current evidence rules out a midair explosion.
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Calif
Philippine Sea
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
William S. McNamara
CAB
Alameda Naval Air Station
Coast Guard
T. A. Ahroon
Cotton Quotas To Be Voted On In Texas
Cotton growers in Texas and nationwide will vote on December 19 to decide if marketing quotas will be imposed on the 1958 cotton crop. This marks the 12th ballot on the issue. Quotas were imposed on the last four crops and in 1957 farmers voted 92.4 percent in favor. A two thirds majority of voting farmers is required to keep quotas. Marketing quotas operate through acreage allotments with penalties for excess production.
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College Station
Tex UP Cotton Growers
Texas
Supreme Court Gives Gulf States 45 Days to Limit Offshore Rights
The Supreme Court ordered five Gulf states Texas Mississippi Florida Alabama to respond within 45 days to a federal suit seeking to restrict offshore oil rights to three miles. The government had sued Louisiana last term, and may amend complaints to include the other states if they do not intervene.
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Supreme Court
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High Court
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Texas
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Justice Department
Jap Courts Move Fast In Handling Case Of Girard
Japanese courts moved quickly in the William S. Girard manslaughter case. Judge Yuzo Kawachi of the Maebashi district court held 16 hearings in 85 days, including sessions at the scene, a pace unusual by U S standards. The world watched as the case progressed from an initial session on August 26.
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Tokyo
William S. Girard
United States
Yuzo Kawachi
Maebashi
Kawachi
Second Fatality Reported From Amarillo Crash
The second death from Friday night car truck collision was listed Sunday as H. E. Stovall aged 59 of Vega died. A third person Adrian Hill, 52, remained in poor condition with a broken neck and internal injuries.
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Amarillo
H. E. Stovall
Vega
Adrian Hill
4S Accuses Reds Of Korean Build-Up
United States testimony before the United Nations General Assembly accuses the Communists of a vast buildup in North Korea. Rep Judd says more than 700 combat aircraft have been illegally introduced to support 35 Communist divisions, with many more aircraft previously reported.
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United States
North Korea
U.S
Welter H. Judd
Rminn
General Assembly
Judd
United Nations Command
Childress Man Injured in Quanah Area Car Crash
A two car collision six miles north of Quanah left three people injured. Abe Garcia of Chillicothe suffered severe chest injuries and facial cuts in Gurley’s car, while Gurley had minor chest injuries and head wounds. Walden Gurley received facial and head cuts. Early Ennis and Peter Pritchard escaped injury. Both cars burned after the crash. Gurley was dismissed from Quanah hospital this morning.
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Quanah
Abe Garcia
Chillicothe
W. R. Gurley
Gurley
Walden Gurley
Early Ennis
Peter Pritchard
Ernie Landrum Plans Holiday Meals After Hunt
Ernie Landrum and his son Bill of Dallas returned from a Canadian hunting trip with an eight point deer and a duck weighing 140 pounds, plus three turkey gobblers at 10 13 and 14 pounds. Landrum stated the catch “takes care of the holiday meals.”
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Ernie Landrum
Bill
Dallas
Landrum
Pineau Says Arms to Tunisia Anger French Public
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau arrived in New York denying Soviet arms plans for Tunisia and criticizing Anglo American shipments. He cited French public opinion, urged concerns ahead of NATO talks, and reiterated Bourguiba’s stance against Soviet arms.
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Tunisia
Moscow
Pipeauy
Paris
Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Britain
Pineau
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Habib Bourguiba
Dng
Communist Party
France
Idlewild
NATO
Extension Granted for Cotton Plowup in Central East Texas
Agriculture Commissioner John White issued a 15 day extension to the cotton plowup deadline for 21 Central and East Texas counties to allow farmers in rain flooded fields more time. Zone 6 counties move from November 30 to December 15, covering Bell Milam Burleson Falls Robertson Brazos Leon Burnet Madison Grimes Houston Walker Montgomery Trinity San Jacinto Polk Angelina Tyler Hardin Jasper Newton.
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John White
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Bell
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Burleson
Falls
Robertson
Brazos
Leon
Burnet
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Grimes
Houston
Walker
Montgomery
Trinity
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Polk
Angelina
Tyler
Hardin
Jasper
Newton
Youth Suffers Head Injury From Pick-up Fall
Sidney Aldridge Montgomery 16 of Childress is hospitalized after a head injury from a Sunday afternoon fall or being thrown from a pickup in Fair Park. Police report facial cuts and a head blow. a brain specialist from Amarillo is treating him. condition improved today. Joe Bob Thomas drove the pickup.
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Childress
Childress General Hospital
Amarillo
Fair Park
Joe Bob Thomas
Man Burns To Death At Home After Power Bill
Roy Stillwell Story 63 died of fatal burns sustained while cooking in his backyard Saturday. Neighbors said he could not cook indoors because his power was off due to an unpaid bill and he lived alone.
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Roy Stillwell Story
Story
Public traffic safety talk tonight at Chamber of Commerce
The Ministerial Alliance reminded residents of a community traffic safety discussion tonight at 7:30 PM. Local law enforcement officers will attend in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium inside City Hall.
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Ministerial Alliance
Chamber of Commerce
Stevenson to Review NATO Proposals For Paris Summit
Adlai Stevenson met with John Foster Dulles for about 99 minutes to study administration ideas for strengthening NATO ahead of the Paris December 11 summit. Stevenson pledged to review the proposals and comment to be as useful as possible while noting he may not approve. He described the meeting as cordial and said he would work with G. Frederick Reinhardt to coordinate plans for the conference.
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John Foster Dulles
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Stevenson
Dulles
State Department
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Paris
Stevenso
G. Frederick Reinhardt
Illinois
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Tornadoes Rake Gulf Region Sunday Killing Five
A string of tornadoes hit Alabama Mississippi and Texas killing five including a couple and their 14 year old daughter near Jasper Alabama and an elderly couple near Macon Mississippi. A Fort Worth suburb also sustained damage as snow blankets Colorado Wyoming and the Plains with up to 18 inches in parts. widespread travel hazards and flooding risks followed.
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Flu Death Toll Rises Across States Amid Epidemic
In Wyomine four deaths linked to influenza type disease push the national total above 800. Health officials report widespread impact with more than one in 12 residents affected. Georgia and Minnesota also report multiple flu related fatalities as the nation continues to feel the outbreak since last summer.
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Eqid
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Teo York
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Recluse Farmer Ed Gein Admits To Butcher Slayings
Plainfield district attorney says Ed Gein confessed partially to the slaying of Bernice Worden. Investigators found skulls and human remains in Gein's home, and a heart in a kitchen pot. Gein was moved from jail under guard as the investigation continues.
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Earl Eileen
Ed Gein
Gein
Kileen
Bernice Worden
Wautoma
Eileen
Wisconsin
Turkey Shoot To Be Held Again Sunday By Legion Club
The American Legion Senior Rifle Club will hold a Sunday turkey shoot starting at noon after yesterday's rain postponement. Shooters from West Texas and Oklahoma are expected. Three events are planned: big bore, lucky shotgun, and trap shooting.
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American Legion Senior Rifle Club
Jimmy Harmon
Burglary Suspect Dines Then Polo Barely Escapes
A man entered the New Deal Cafe late Sunday night ate a chicken dinner, used a knife to enter Hix Grocery next door, and stole items including a razor, blades, clothing, and cash. He left a window putty scraper blade as a clue and changed clothes and shaved before police traced him.
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Burelar
New Deal
Hix
Lopez Mateos outlines broad program for Mexico
Mexico's likely next president Adolfo Lopez Mateos, labor secretary and PRI nominee, told 70,000 party members in Olympic Stadium that raising living standards would be his chief aim. He pledged to advance water works, communications, transport, ports, power plants, schools, health centers, and oil-industry financing.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Lopez Mateos
Olympic Stadium
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Rainfall Totals Reported Across Area After Light Shower
Light but steady rain fell Sunday afternoon into night, leaving small moisture totals. Downtown Childress measured 0.25 inches, the airfield 0.35, Union Flat 0.50, High Point 0.20, with Memphis at 0.41 inches. Wellington lacked a report while winds kept chill temperatures near 28 degrees.
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Childress
Union Flat
Town
High Point
Burlington
Memphis
Quanah
Wellington
Former Resident Dies In Kerrville
Funeral services for Guy L. Taylor 67 who lived in Childress 19 years will be held tomorrow in Kerrville. He died in his sleep Friday night after months of ill health. While in Childress he was district manager of the North Texas Gas Company. Survivors include his widow and three daughters.
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Guy L. Taylor
Childress
Kerrville
Mr. Taylor
North Texas Gas Company
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