Soviet Farm Minister Reports Crops Below Goals For Year
Moscow December 21 Agriculture Minister Vladimir Matskevich told the Supreme Soviet that 1957 harvests fell short of last year’s crop and this year’s goals. He blamed weather, urged more land under production, bigger herds, and new farm machinery to lift totals. He noted a 20 percent milk increase but warned a 60 to 65 percent herd expansion is needed in coming years.
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Moscow
Vladimir Matskevich
Supreme Soviet
Russia
U.S
Matskevich
Communist Party
Central Committee
D. V. Pavlov
Strips Deemed Unconstitutional Crime by East German Court
In Berlin the communist regime rules strip teases illegal and a dancer Marga Schlotte-Indra receives two and a half years for recruiting Leipzig girls for a West German tour. The Young World paper detailed dances and a garment-tearing game dubbed lingerie fishing amid a mixed crowd of American occupiers and sailors.
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Berlin
East Germany
Marga Schlotte-Indra
Leipzig
West Germany
Newspa
Young World
First Methodist Service Guild Holds Annual Christmas Party
First Methodist Church unit 2 held its annual Christmas party at Miss May Glenn’s home on 3414 43rd St with Miss Bettie Greer in charge and Miss Glenn delivering the devotional. The program reflected the Women’s Society of Christian Service goal to recruit for missionary and deaconess work. Educational toys were donated to Lubbock Day Nursery. sixteen people attended, including two guests.
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Wesley Service Guild
First Methodist Church
May Glenn
43Rd St
Bettie Greer
Miss Glenn
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Lubbock Day Nursery
Roosevelt Roaming Fates in Early 20th Century Elections
The text notes that in eight of the twelve presidential races from 1900 to 1944 a Roosevelt sought either the presidency or the vice presidency. It also includes a stray line about odds on foaling, mentioning a figure around 100,000 but lacking context.
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Roosevelt
Poe
Czech Reds Endorse Moscow Declaration Unanimously
The Central Committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party approved the Moscow declaration unanimously. It ordered the Politburo to take all necessary measures to realize the declaration’s aims, Prague Radio reported.
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Vienna
Communist Party
Moscow
Prague
Local Navy Apprentice Woodall Graduates at San Diego
Gerald W. Woodall apprentice petty officer first class USN son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Woodall 105 Walnut St Levelland recently graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center San Diego. The Lamesa First Methodist Church choir will present the Christmas Cantata Glad Tidings of Great Joy at 7 30 p.m. today. A workmen compensation suit in 140th District Court ended Friday in a hung jury with Willie G. Martin seeking 19025 against Texas Employers Insurance Assn for injuries alleged April 8 while employed by West Texas Compress Co. The jury reported deadlocked at 3 15 p.m. and Judge Robert H. Bean dismissed it at 4 p.m. The Cicero Smith Lumber Co employees held their annual Christmas party Saturday night at Lamont’s 401 N College with manager C H Brown as host.
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Robert Allen
Melvin Hugh Butler
University
Edward T. Haney
Snyder
DWI
Carl Haliford
6Th St
Elvin Lois Jones
Diego Valezquez Navarro
N. Ave. M
Neuer
Victor Falcon Rogers
Hart
Texas
Nancy Janette Wallace
E. 31St St
Beatrice Delorise Ward
Birch
Gerald W. Woodall
USN
Stanley Woodall
Walnut St
Levelland
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Lamesa First Methodist Church
Richard Kouitz
140Th District Court
Willie G. Martin
Texas Employers Insurance Assn
West Texas Compress Co
Robert H. Bean
Cicero Smith Lumber Co
Lamont’s
N. College
C. H. Brown
Sloe-Eyed Princess Joins College Life Amid Court Watch
Princess Suga Takayo, 18, daughter of Emperor Hirohito, attends Gakushin University to study English literature. She is escorted to and from campus with a tutor and lady in waiting, while enjoying tennis four evenings weekly and maintaining a guarded royal privacy.
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Sid White
Tokyo
Hirohito
Suga
Britain
Princess Margaret
of All Things College
Suga Takayo
Japan
Gakushin University
Gakushin
Yashuhiko Kakehi
Takeda
Shizuko Takeda
Women's Department of
Saga
Plano
University
Debutante Patricia Rawlings Linked to Aga Khan
The London Daily Mail reports 18-year-old English debutante Patricia Rawlings may wed the Aga Khan, 21, leader of the Ismaili Moslem sect. Patricia’s father denied any marriage reports as baseless. AP Wirephoto.
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Aga Khan
Patricia
Rawlings
London Daily Mail
Aga
Lubbock Man Charged With Car Burglary In Justice Court
Frank Louis Pinkard, 35, of Lubbock, faces car burglary charges after officers say they saw him break into a rental car on Main Street. Justice of the Peace F. R. Land set bond at 2500 dollars.
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Lubbock
Justice Court
Frank Louis Pinkard
Main Street
Justice of the Peace
F. R. Land
Pinkard
Taylor Still Accused of Trying to Abolish Christmas
The National Greeting Card Association accuses Army Chief Maxwell D. Taylor of trying to abolish Christmas after his 1950s ban on Army personnel exchanging cards. Taylor said he would not issue a new Pentagon ban but invited no Christmas cards from him. The exchange sparked a fiery response from the greeting card group and its executives.
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Gen. Taylor
Washington
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Greeting Card Association
Taylor
Defense Department
Dallas Man Burned To Death In Rooming House Fire
Dallas police report John Bracking aged 44 died in a rooming house blaze. Authorities say he likely fell asleep while smoking in a second floor room. Firemen wearing gas masks reached an adjoining room to rescue 21 year old Delmar Cline who was overcome by smoke.
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Dallas
John Bracking
Brackin
Delmar Cline
Glasses Hat Clues In Illinois Doctor Killing Case
Authorities traced two men who killed Madison County physician Dr Maurice Sanderson after a Christmas home invasion. A pair of horn rimmed glasses and a brown hat bearing a San Jose label were found in the kitchen. The doctor died after being shot while trying to seize the gun during the robbery. He is survived by his wife and two sons Maurice Jr. and Rickie.
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Edwardsville
Trl
Maurice Sanderson
Madison County
San Jose
Calif
Carolers in Citywide Walk Delivers Christmas Songs
Four Lubbock churches organize carolers to sing in groups of 10 to 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Monday. About 500 youths from Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian and Lutheran churches join, guided by leaders, under the Lubbock Youth Council chaired by Troy Jarvis Jr. and Wilma Nowell with Jackie Horner as secretary treasurer.
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Lubbock
Jackie Horner
Challenged Owner Gets Last Laugh
In Oxnard California John Robinson faced a teardown order for a residence claimed to encroach on Dr. George Quillen's property. Robinson’s own survey uncovered buried stakes showing the street datum was incorrect and Quillen’s home trespasses on Robinson land by inches. County officials pursue a rapid inquiry. A Cape Town firm searches for fiberglass swimming pools.
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Oxnard
Calif
Llp
John
Robinson
George Quillen
Quillen
State OK Seen for Buffalo Lakes Plans in Lubbock County
Directors of Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 authorize engineers to finalize Buffalo Lakes development plans after purchasing 1,600 acres in Yellowhouse canyon. Bonds totaling 1.86 million were approved, with 860 thousand remaining. state board approval awaited. Dam planned about 70 feet high, 1,600 feet long, creating a 5,000 acre foot lake over 217 acres with a six and a half mile shoreline.
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Lubbock County
George Kitz
W. H. Rodgers
Yellowhouse Canyon
State Board of Water Engineers
Buffalo Lakes
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First Methodist Service Guild
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Texas Tech Rotc
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Lubbock Gun Club
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