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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1956

Page

12

Eisenhower Presses for Peace and Soviet Reforms

President Eisenhower urged renewed U S policy toward the Soviet Union stressing patience and peaceful methods to resolve major postwar issues. He outlined three guidelines including a collective shield against aggression and aiding free nations while pressing Moscow to correct injustices and pursue peaceful aims.

Lother United States Russia Nikolai Bulganin Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev England Eisenhower Stalin Germany Eastern Europe Korea Asia American Society of Newspaper Editors Soviet Bloc

Textile fears shadow Texas cotton and U S textile exports

Bankers hear bleak forecast as synthetic fibers undercut cotton. Speakers warn if tariffs stay low and imports rise, the American textile industry faces decline and quotas may be needed to protect cotton farmers and related jobs. The talk cites Japan's growing share of U S cloth markets and the economic weight of Texas cotton.

Jonanea Page Georgia Love Japan Mexico Brazil U.S Geneva

Burglary Spree Hits Denton Cars and Local Stores

Investigators determined a rash of thefts and burglaries with no items reported missing from some incidents. Denton men Wayne Bowers Don Kennedy and Taylor Black reported suits and shirts stolen from a car at 1402 Texas Ave after a window was broken. A $243 check and driver’s license were taken from Sarah Bailey Mitchell’s purse at 2640 Railroad Ave. A cigarette machine at Noble Service Station lost change after entry through a broken window. Two cars at a hospital parking lot were burglarized with items missing in one case and damage to another. A lavatory and commode were stolen from W L Williams at 212 Ave P. La Feria store suffered a front door breakage from a rock.

Denton Wayne Bowers Don Kennedy Taylor Black Texas Ave Sarah Bailey Mitchell Railroad Ave Noble Service Station Clovis Road Toby Penn Lubbock Rt. 7 Bertha Hockleman 20Th St W. L. Williams Ave. P la Feria Ave. G

Housing meet leaders named for FHA program role

Ten were selected for proven discussion leadership and three others named as experts. Administrators will reimburse transportation costs to and from their homes across the country. Women express eagerness for a return to normal housing program operations.

Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency Siesta

ITT President William H. Harrison Dies at 63

William Henry Harrison, 63, president of International Telephone and Telegraph, died at his Garden City home from a heart attack. He joined ITT in 1948 after a long career starting at American Telephone and Telegraph and serving as vice president of communications.

Garden City William Henry Harrison International TelePhone & Telegraph Corp Harrison ITT American Telephone & Telegraph Vice Communications New Yorke Telephone Co

Second Big Crowd Attends Shopping Center Opening

About 4000 people attended the Family Park Shopping Center opening in Lubbock on its second day with several hundred joining a square dance. The event featured shows by the Gillette and Richards banjo team and other acts. Local bankers and civic leaders, including Ray C. McPherson and J. Chess Lovern, helped run the proceedings, with nearly 700 bankers and spouses at the annual session closing at the Caprock Hotel.

Family Park Mth St Ave. H Gillette and Richards del Ray Professor Backwards New York Chickasha Okla Bill Colling Lubbock Chamber of Commerce James P. Simmons Commercial Bank and Trust Co Midland Iweta Miller Houston National Assn. of Bank Women J. Chess Lovern Lubbock First Methodist Church H. T. Swanner Citizens State Bank Slaton

Soil Bank Bill Maneuver Tied to Congressional Support

The fate of the soil bank bill hinges on parliamentary progress and Democratic cooperation. The Rules Committee will discuss the appropriation measure Tuesday, with a House vote anticipated Wednesday.

Rules Committee House Appropriations Committee

Mother Plans To Appeal For Child In Nazi-Era Custody Case

US mother Melitta Real of San Diego travels 6000 miles to Metz to seek return of her 13 year old daughter Ursula from foster mother Mrs Maurice Ferry. Real plans to appeal to the State Department and file suit for custody after meeting police at Voelkingen Saarland where the girl refused to embrace her mother.

Metz France U.S. State Department Melitta Real San Diego Calif Ursula Maurice Ferry Mrs. Real

Showers Due

Central and East Texas expected to see occasional showers while rivers in Idaho and eastern Oregon rise toward flood levels. Blackfoot Idaho and Baker Oregon face immediate danger as workers reinforce river banks. Eisenhower allocates 100000 dollars for Idaho flood areas. Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry climbs to 166 feet, ahead of projected snowmelt.

Texas Idaho Oregon Blackfoot Baker Frank Bischoff Washington Eisenhower Kootenai Bonners Ferry

Margaret Truman Weds Daniel Schiff in Stately Ceremony

The wedding at a red brick church featured Margaret Truman and Daniel Schiff exchanging vows in a traditional ceremony. The newlyweds, praised by guests including Vietta Garr, headed to the Truman White House for a reception before launching a two week Nassau honeymoon with plans to live in New York afterward.

Madame Miccl Fontana Margaret William Coleman Branton John E. Horton John Knox Barrow Daniel Bess Truman Miss Vietta Garr Vietta the Trumans Griff Meg Clift Chicago Nassau Countess de la Fregonniere Montague Bay Caribbean Harry Truman Cliff New York Manhattan

Airman Wounded In Nightspot Shooting At Birch Avenue

Early morning shooting at a Negro nightspot in the 1900 block of Birch Ave left Billy Bellamy of 212 E 22nd St with a minor head wound. Witnesses report an argument with another Black airman before two shots were fired by an unidentified assailant using a small caliber pistol.

Reese Afb Birch Ave Billy Bellamy 22Nd St Bellamy Ives

Six Tots Perish As Flames Sweep Home

In southwest Washington a two story row house fire killed six children aged three months to seven years and burned three others. The victims were children of Mrs. Dorothy Parker and her sister Mrs. Mary Saunders and were alone on the second floor when mothers were away. Cause under investigation by Fire Capt. Bernard A. Essex.

Washington Dorothy Parker Brenda Parker Mary P. Saunders Bernard A. Essex

Cooking School Offers Four Day Cookery Course

The program continues with lessons on meat identification basic cookery and nutritive value of meat and lard. Dishes include Parmesan veal Park Avenue cake stuffed beef log fiesta ham kabob and more. Lectures by Misses Lion and Bohm cover planning buying caring for foods and storage. Each day is a complete program with four sessions and lectures run Tuesday through Friday with sponsor days at Piggly Wiggly Farr's and others.

Pioneer Natural Gas Co Farr's Super Markets O'Keefe-Merritt Prity In Foods Bell Dairy Products Birds Eye Foods Borden's Bruce Wax Burleson C&h Clorox Deardorff Fruit Co Dunlap's Gladiola Godin’s Hacker's Hemphill-Wells| Co. Household Supply Co Hugester Co Aunt Jemima Pan Ben E. Keith Co Kraft Marsh-_ mallows Libby's Frozen Foods Lux Toilet Bath Margaret's McCormick’s Morton| Foods Nunn Electric Corp O- Del-O' Sponges Puffin Biscuits Royal Crown Bottling Co Ronco Products Sil-O-Sheen Skinner Products Southwestern Public Service Co Trapper’s Products White King Soap Co Wish Bone

Birth announcements in ailing OCR fragment period record

Readable lines report multiple birth notices with parents names and addresses, child weights in pounds and ounces, and hospital times. Several entries include occupational notes for fathers such as farmer, cleaner, or garage worker, with locations and hospital names, but OCR is garbled and fragmentary.

Singing Program Draws Big Crowd

About 2 000 people packed the auditorium of C S Slaton Junior Alpha Beta second. First place in the fraternity division went to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phi Gamma Delta won second place. Injured in wreck faces in Port Conn into Saturday night at West Tex Hospital where she was under treatment for a fractured hip and minor lacerations suffered in a car wreck about 7 p m Friday. The accident occurred about three miles south of the city on Quirt Avenue when Mrs Boffs 1951 sedan left the road and hit a tree after the reportedly blind.

C. S. Slaton Junior Alpha Beta Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phi Gamma Delta West Tex|s Hospital Quirt Avenue

Shivers Fights Email Sparks Texas Delegation Debate

Shivers confronts Sandlin over public alignment with anti Shivers forces for Texas delegation chairmanship. Questions address pledged party names, voting rules, and two thirds restoration. Brownell meeting with Shivers cited as pivotal in Texas politics.

Sandlin Gov Shivers Texas Johnson

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