UN Chief seeks face to face talk with Chou En Lai
UN Secretary General Pag Hammarskjold urged Chinese Premier Chou En Lai to meet in Peiping soon after December 26 to seek the release of 11 Americans imprisoned as spies. He requested help from Britain Sweden and India plus San Francisco and Shanghai channels. The General Assembly backed Western plans for UN supervised Korea elections and rejected liquidation of the UN Korean Commission.
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Shanghai
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Sweden
India
United States
Red
UN General Assembly
Russia
Korea
UN Korean Commission
Golden Gate City
Washington
Senate
William Knowland
China
Bid Call Set On Tech Infirmary
Texas Tech board approved advertising bids for the Len and Harriett McClellan Memorial Infirmary on campus. Estimated cost is 250000 dollars with part funded by the McClellan home donation. Working drawings and specifications were approved at the February meeting in Dr. E N Jones's office. A contract with Atcheson and Atkinson of Lubbock was approved.
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College of the McClellan
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Tech
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Lub- Bee
Probe Set On Land Deals
The State Senate Investigating Committee will meet in Austin December 27 to probe irregularities in a $100 million veterans land program. State Agencies are to align reports from the attorney general, public safety and state auditor. About 15,000 veterans bought farms under terms funded by the state, with several Cuero men charged in fraud cases.
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San Angelo
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Cuero
Last-Minute Entries Boost Home Lighting Contest Total
The eighth annual Christmas Home Lighting Contest in Lubbock, sponsored by the Avalanche-Journal, reached 62 registrations after a finalist dropped out. Judging by seven garden-club judges will cover four divisions with prizes totaling 195 dollars, and winners are set for December 19.
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den Clubs
Clyde R. Owens
29Th St
Carl B. Odom
Flint Ave
Elsa Dockray
24Th St
Robert L. Scott
E. 32Nd St
Dorothy Heath
Harold J. Williams
39Th St
Amon H. Wade
32Nd St
Manuel D. Ibarra
Ralph R. Cahill
42Nd St
Ann Millikin
Croft Bigham
W. R. Roberson
31St St
J. M. Holloway
26Th St
E. H. McMurtry
30Th St
Jimmy Bruckner
19Th St
J. E. Murfee Sr
14Th St
Don Slaughter
21St St
K. L. Riggs
33Rd St
Billy Bownds
J. O. Kuykendall
Geo Home Lighting
Lubbock Shoppers Pack the Streets for Yuletide Bets
Grain and cotton crops fuel multi-million dollar trade as Christmas buying hits peak in Lubbock. Merchants report ahead of last year with a citywide shopping rush, jammed parking, and rising toy demand. Salvation Army kettle bells add to holiday mood as next week may push figures into record territory.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
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South Plains
Lubbock
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Santa Claus
Eisenhower Creates Agency to Direct Foreign Aid Policy
President Eisenhower orders a new super agency to oversee U S foreign aid trade and investment policy and names Joseph M Dodge to run it He will form a council of foreign economic policy to coordinate the nation's anti communist efforts and work closely with the National Security Council and the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
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Moscow
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Negro Ex Con Held In Knife Attack Here
A Negro ex convict was held by police after a fatal stabbing of a white couple. Mrs Eddie Pope 52 Fort Worth and Gene Lotspeich 34 Floydada were attacked as they hired the man to clean a cabin at Buffalo Lakes. Lotspeich was stabbed in the arm shoulder and chest and was in satisfactory condition at St Mary's Hospital. Pope was treated for a deep cut and released. The assailant identified as Thurman Ambrose Wesson 36 of 1806 Ave A denied the stabbing saying he was Alvin Fllis. A capsule bottle marked Thurman Wesson was found. The victims had brought him back to Lubbock and were letting him out when the assault occurred at 23rd Street and Ave A.
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Gene Lotspeich
Floydada
Buffalo Lakes
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St. Mary's Hospital
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Alvin Fllis
Thurman Wesson
Make Your Christmas Gift Last All Year Card
A holiday note invites readers to order a greeting card that proclaims a year round gift. The brief suggests a seasonal promise extended beyond Christmas with a mailed greeting card for the recipient.
Children Rescued After Fire Hits City Apartment
Fifteen children aged two to nine were dropped from a second floor fire escape as flames engulfed a three story building in New York. Two gas station attendants made perfect catches, while five adults on the fire escape aided the escape.
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New York
Morning Paper Index and Section Listings Revealed
A reader guide displays the newspaper layout with references to pages for editorials radio and TV programs sports and regional news. The listing notes sections and page numbers for quick navigation.
Russia Warns U.S. On Fighter Escorts
Moscow warned Washington that providing fighter escort for reconnaissance flights near Soviet territory would raise the risk to American lives. The note referenced the Nov. 7 downing of a U S RB-29 photo mapping bomber near Japan and was delivered to the U S ambassador and broadcast by Moscow radio.
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Japan
Brownfield FFA Wins Record at State Leadership Meet
Brownfield High School FFA chapters set a 24 year record by taking three firsts a second and a third at the state Leadership contests at Sam Houston State Teachers College. Coached by Wes Hicks and Walter Myer the teams won the radio broadcasting junior farm skill and junior chapter conducting contests with a senior chapter conducting runner up and senior farm skills third. Brownfield previously earned national recognition in meats judging in October.
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Sam Houston State Teachers College
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Walter Myer
Winnsboro
Central Texas
Kesten
Carthage
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Hicks
Big Spring
Brownfield
FFA
Snow Falls Across South Plains In Wintry Dose
Snow covered a wide South Plains belt from Seminole to Dickens with 1 to 2 inches near Lubbock. Minor accidents occurred, and a lightning strike caused a brief power outage at Lubbock Municipal Airport. The weather system brought widespread moisture, sleet, and a late snowfall fading by early night.
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Dickens
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New Mexico Mountains
Country Club Addition
City Electric Department
Ike Wins Praise at Gridiron Club Dinner
The Gridiron Club roasted President Eisenhower and 500 notables in a winter dinner, with satirical sketches targeting figures from Sen. McCarthy to Adlai Stevenson and James Roosevelt. Eisenhower, guest of honor, was praised as a man who knows war and will keep the nation out of another.
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Gridiron Club
Eisenhower
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Messrs
Edgar Dixon
Eugene Yates
Adlai Stevenson
James Roosevelt
William F. Knowland
Wayne Morse
Marshall Lee
32 Wrecks Reported In City On Icy Streets
Eight persons were injured in a string of auto collisions on slick streets in Lubbock on Saturday. Police investigated 32 Wrecks inside city limits with twelve accidents in about two hours. A Slaton crash left one Latin American in critical condition and two others injured. Robert Lopez underwent brain surgery in Methodist Hospital.
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Lmits
Slaton
Robert Lopez
Villa Acunia
Mexico
Methodist Hospital
Roberto Anandas
Tony Garcia
Wilson
Slaton Mercy Hospital
Weather map brief for Lubbock and area
Cloudy morning clearing to cooler afternoon with high near 50 and low around 32. Northerly winds around 15 mph. Official readings show max 55 min 32 with sunrise at 7 42 am and sunset around 5 30 pm. Precipitation reports include Abilene 0 2 inches and Amarillo 0 5 inches.
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