Cold Front Roars Across Texas Dropping Stateside Temps
A strong cold front driven by winds up to 45 mph swept across Texas overnight bringing freezing temperatures to two thirds of the state. Dalhart posted 14 degrees while Dallas and Fort Worth hovered around 23. Forecasters warned of a colder Monday night in southern areas before a warming trend Tuesday.
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Texas
Regional Weather Bureau
Amon Carter Field
Fort Worth
Panhandle
South Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Alpine
Abilene
Midland
Dallas
San Angelo
Waco
Austin
Lufkin
Brownsville
Mississippi River
West
East
John Zimmerman
Dallas Weather Bureau
Widow Acquitted In Fort Worth Oilman's Murder Case
Mary Clark, 42, widow of oilman William P. Clark, is found not guilty by a 12 jurors panel after three ballots. Prosecution claimed she promised $1,000 to hoodlums to kill Clark before a marriage annulment. Clark was slain in his 23 room Fort Worth mansion on May 19, 1953.
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Fort Worth
Mary Clark
William P. Clark
Clark
Criminal District Court
LeRoy
Tracy) Egleeston
Harry Huggins
No Visitors Yet For Wiley Shires
Mrs. Wiley Shires reports her husband, Wiley Shires of Southwestern Bell Telephone, is recovering after a heart attack in Fort Worth. He was transferred to Childress General Hospital and is not yet allowed visitors for several days, with updates to be shared through the Index.
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Wiley Shires
Fort Worth
Childress General Hospital
Shires
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Childress
Wiley
More Entries Noted In Lighting Contest
Mrs. Mart Coyne of 1103 Avenue K NW entered the second and third divisions Outdoor Scenes and Decoration of Christmas trees in the Christmas Lighting contest sponsored by the C of CBCD. She had earlier announced for the first division. Mrs. Jimmie Sport of 100 Avenue J SE has withdrawn from the Picture Windows Windows and Doors division.
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Mart Coyne
Avenue K
CBCD
Jimmie Sport
Avenue J. Se
Hall Very Encouraged After Parley With Eisenhower
Republican National Chairman Leon A. Hall said he is very much encouraged that President Eisenhower will seek re election. Hall spoke after a 45 minute talk in Gettysburg noting the President did not state his decision. Eisenhower continues a cautious political return as leaders plan upcoming conferences with Martin Knowland.
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Ipp
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
White House
GOP
Washington
Hal
Will
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Faure Faces Likely Fall as Parliament Votes
Paris reports say Premier Edgar Faure's chances of surviving Tuesday's confidence vote have collapsed amid Communist bloc opposition. Faure urged reforms to curb government turnover and warned defeat would block his disarmament plan before the United Nations.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Faure
National Assembly
Communist Bloc
Chamblay
Assembly
France
United Nations
Lausche Seen As Remote Possibility By Democrats
A United Press poll of Democratic governors and state chairmen finds Ohio Governor Frank Lausche to be a remote choice for the 1956 presidential nomination. Of 25 governors and 44 chairmen, only two named Lausche as their first option, with comments noting conservative Democrats and potential dark horse dynamics. The poll aimed to rank Lausche among Democratic candidates.
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Lausche
Washington
United Press
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
The
N. B. Carstarphen
Louisiana
George Sandlin
Texas
Carstarphen
Sandlin
Louisiana Priest Reports His Life Was Threatened
EARTH Louisiana priest Father A J Labbe says his life was threatened after Bishop Jules B Jeannard excommunicated two women accused of beating a teacher in an integrated catechism class The church orders posted on Our Lady of Lourdes Church doors warned of automatic excommunication for any more violence and threatened closure of the church Labbe said he was not afraid and defended loyalty to God the pope and his bishop
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Earth
A. J. Labbe
Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church
Jules B. Jeanmard
Lafayette
God
Pope Pius XII
Louisiana
Rawlings Still On Critical List
Walter Lee Rawlings a 16 year old from Childress remains on the critical list at Northwest Texas Hospital Am aramo after a Friday accident north of Childress. Citizens have donated over 400 to the Walter Lee Rawlings Fund to cover hospitalization and treatment with drives organized by friends and his widowed mother Esther Rawlings. Donations may be left at First State Bank or J C Jones Food Market.
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Walter Lee Rawlings
Childress
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amaralo
Esther Rawlings
First State Bank
J. C. Jones
Rawlings
Jones Leslie Sims
Chilaress General Hospital
Deep South cold wave grips nation from Rockies to Gulf
A bitter Arctic air mass swept from the Rockies to the Appalachians and to the Gulf Coast. Warnings spread through Virginia to Pennsylvania as temperatures plunged into subzero and near zero levels in the north and into single digits in parts of Illinois and Missouri. Snow and gusty winds slowed traffic and caused heavy accident totals in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.
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Rockies
Appalachians
Canadian
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Middle
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
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Driver Believed to Crash Bus On Purpose in Illinois
Police suspect Ralph Rowley drove into a Greyhound bus on US 20 in Belvidere, possibly to die or evade capture after an earlier Chicago shooting. The crash killed Rowley, injured 25 others, and the bus driver barely avoided death as investigators search wreckage for a gun.
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Belvidere
Ill
Chicago
Boone County
Ralph Rowley
Rowley
Jerry Mrowinski
Perry Bennett
Harold Marquardt
Bennett
Marquardt
Americans Held At Gunpoint by East German Police in Berlin
Four Americans including Rep. Harold Ostertag and Rep. Edward Boland along with Mrs Ostertag and Lt James McQueen were detained for four hours in East Berlin after allegedly using a radio in a vehicle. Army commandant Major General Dasher planned to protest to Soviet authorities. The group, touring the Soviet memorial, faced a pistol drawn by an East German officer, while US officials argued Berlin’s four power status nullifies East German laws.
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P. A. Dibrova
German Democratic Republic
Charles Owsley
State
Ment
Berin
Ostertag
Attica
Naval Academy
Comission
Roland
Springfield
Mass
East Berlin
Truman Denies He Called Nixon a Vulgar Name
Former President Harry S. Truman denied calling Vice President Richard M. Nixon a vulgar name after a Los Angeles Examiner report. Pauley backed Truman’s denial, saying the remark was not made. Truman declined to discuss Nixon or the Democratic candidate field amid party controversy involving Stevenson and two governors.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Los Angeles Examiner
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Averell Harriman
New York
Little People’s Christmas Coloring Contest Promises Grand Prizes
The Index invites children to enter four color drawings for a national prize set including a New York trip and NBC Perry Como show appearance. Grand winner flies with a parent for a three day tour of New York sights. National prizes include Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior sets bicycles radios and more. Local winners announced later.
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New York
Perry Como
NBC
Statler Hotel
Statue of Liberty
United Nations
City of New York
Empire State Building
Radio City
United States
Tha Twn Tan Antrnee
Childress
Cleveland
Ohio
Canada
Daniel's Mother Dies Sunday
Mrs. Nannie Partlow Daniel, 69, mother of U S Senator Price Daniel of Texas, died Sunday in Kersting hospital Liberty after a short illness. Funeral services were set for Monday with burial in Liberty city cemetery. Senator Daniel, who had flown from Washington, arrived at his mother's bedside three hours before she died along with two other children.
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Nannie Partlow Danie
United States
Price Daniel
D-Tex
Kersting Hospital
City Cemetery
Liberty
Daniel
Washington
Ellen Virginia Daniel
Austin
Bill
Cub Scout Pack 63 Meeting Tuesday
Cub Scout Pack No 63 will meet Tuesday night at the First Methodist Church. The session starts at 7 30 o clock with refreshments and entertainment provided by pack members. All members and parents urged to attend, according to Cubmaster Bud Adams.
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First Methodist Church
Bud Adams
Adams
AFL CIO Leaders Move Toward Unified Union Pact
Ten executives from the AFL and CIO meet in New York to prep for separate conventions and the first joint AFL CIO meeting. A unity committee has drafted a joint constitution awaiting approval, with some grumbling from Michael J. Quill and Dave Beck over merger hurdles and dual unions ahead.
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New York
AFL and Cio
Afl-Cio
Michael J. Quill
CIO Transport Workers’ Union
Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters
Elk Official To Visit Childress Elks Lodge No 1113
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler A Boxwell of Amarillo will visit Childress Elks Lodge No 1113 tonight at 8. A buffet supper will precede the meeting and an initiation ceremony will be held. Exalted Ruler James FE. Ragsdale urges all members to attend and help finalize plans for the Christmas party for needy children.
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A. Boxwell
Amarillo
Childress Elks Lodge
James FE. Ragsdale
Boxwell
Childress
Ragsdale
Morris Higley
Sterling Buster
Glen Stiner
Pete Darling
Guy Jones
Larry Lawrence
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