First Toys Reach 341 Children in Needy drive
Lubbock Jaycees opened the Toy Store to help 81 needy families with 341 children, distributing about 1400 toys. The event runs 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday with 12 volunteers led by Winfield Moore, in cooperation with Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army at 4th Street and Avenue T. Aiming to give 15,000 toys to over 800 children.
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Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Winfield Moore
40Th Special Infantry Company
Marine Corps Reserve
The
Community Planning Council
Salvation Army
4Th St
Ave. T
United For
40Th Infantry
Texas Tech
Carolyn DeSpain
Jo Jackson
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Kappa Gamme
Tech
Panama Weather Station Records 2.47-Inch Rainfall
In 1911 a Panama weather station recorded a record rainfall of 2.47 inches in three minutes, marking an extraordinary short-duration downpour for the period.
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Panama
Farm production in 1954 fifth largest in history
Washington December 18 UPI farm summary shows 1954 output resilient despite drought and rust. Corn and wheat under crop-control programs fell from 1953 but gains in oats barley sorghum cranberries and vegetables kept total production near record levels. Wheat and corn yields offset acreage cuts while farmers face further acreage reductions next year under federal controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Wiggins
Washington
Southland
Dakota
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Drouth
Rockefeller Charter For Museum Of Indigenous Art
New York state regents grant Nelson A Rockefeller a charter for a Museum of Indigenous Art. The museum, to be housed in a Rockefeller building near the Museum of Modern Art, will honor primitive civilizations and begin with gifts from Rockefeller’s private collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Board of Regents
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Museum of Modern Art
mid-Manhattan
Navy Transports Freeman and Patrick Due With 2142 Passengers
Transport ships Freeman and Patrick expected in Seattle Tuesday carrying 2,142 passengers from the Far East. The arrival date is listed as December 18.
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Seattle
Navy
Gen. Freeman
Gen
Patrick
Far East
Judge Grants Christmas Freedom To Jailward Man
A St Louis circuit court judge grants Coney L Coffey probation for the Christmas period allowing the 52 year old prisoner to spend the holiday with relatives in Tulsa. Coffey, jailed 15 months for petty larceny with a 28 arrest record, will remain on probation through the three month end of his sentence. Court staff provided bus fare and spending money for the trip.
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ST. Louis
John Regan
Coney L. Coffey
Coffey
Actress Marie Me. Donald to remarry in Las Vegas New Year Eve
Actress Marie The Body Me. Donald and her ex husband Harry Karl will remarry on New Year s Eve in Las Vegas Nevada where they were divorced a month ago The couple s courtship spanned Nevada France and England as the wedding climaxes their romance
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Las Vegas
Hollywood
Marie
Donald
Harry Karl
Nev
Nevada
France
England
For Sale in Fort Wayne: Lions Bears Pheasants and Fox at $200
Fort Wayne police report a bankruptcy sale by Avetenche-Joernet Labiweh Tez. of a 120 pound lion two large black bears two golden pheasants and a red fox priced at 200. He appeals to the Fort Wayne Humane Shelter manager Edward Mayfield to take the animals.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Tonio D. Alvarado
Alvarado
Circus Animals Trade Sparks Feud Over Care
Ben Veel agrees to keep bears and a lion for 10 days in exchange for feed. Tonio offers daily care and cage cleaning while supplying horsemeat eggs milk vegetables and grain. Mayfield questions the gag as Tonio, from a defunct circus, seeks safekeeping for pheasants fox and a badger. Alvarado delivers a badger to Franke Park for $40.
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Ben Veel
Tonio
Mayfield
Alvarado
Franke Park
Park Board
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo. No Damage Reported
A light quake rattled Tokyo on December 18 with no damage. the epicenter was in northern China prefecture bordering Tokyo.
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Tokyo
China Prefecture
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South Seal. & Beauty
Morning Star
China
Shelly
Harbel
Syracuse
Ronson—Zippo & Evans
Seth Thomas Mantel
Seth Thomas Colonial
Seth Banjo
ALL Eastern Star
Masonic
U.S
Museum of Indigenous Art
Grassfel Drapery
Sona Tees
PAT & Supply
Ave. K
Aan
Stoo
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