Expansion Of State Patrol And Salaries Recommended
The National Safety Council urged Texas to boost highway patrol to at least 1,800 by 1960, more than doubling the current force of about 600. Dallas representative James D. Hill released the council's report arguing for higher salaries to handle growing traffic volumes.
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Frank N. Manitzas
Natonal Safety Council Today
Texas
James D. Hill
Dallas
Texas Safety Assn
Hill
Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
James G. Allred
Vandalism Spreads Across City Amid Missing Signs
Fresh vandalism reports to police Saturday detail offenses at three 34th Street locations including the UW Blake Record Center Toy Town and Pix Book Store. Officers found letters knocked out and signs damaged while other incidents involve a missing purse a robbery attempt and a missing child alert.
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34Th Street
UW Blake Record Center
34Th St
Toy Town
Stth St
Pix Book
Ign
Football Sweetheart Crowned At Floydada Banquet
De Lene Witkowski, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Witkowski, was crowned Football Sweetheart at Floydada High School cafeteria banquet honoring the Whirlwind squad. She was escorted by Capt. Rusty Tinnin as about 150 attendees watched Coach Preston Watson name captains Grant Cooper and Ronnie Down.
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Floydada
De'Lene Witkowski
Vernon Witkowski
Floydada High School
Miss Witkowski
Rusty Tinnin
Sonja Wilson
Ronnie Downing
Naomi Koker
Jerry Patterson
Preston Watson
Grant Cooper
Ronnie Down
Es Word
Robert Stovall
Tinnin
James Teague
Professor Makar Defection to Russia Investigated by Senate Panel
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee says it is probing the reported defection of O. S. Makar, former St. Louis University physicist, to Russia. Counsel Robert Morris said staff seeks to determine Makar access to classified nuclear secrets before leaving the United States and noted he had access to secret documents at White Sands proving grounds in New Mexico. Tass reported Makar, 47, and Mrs. Makar renounced U.S. citizenship and will reside in Russia.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
O. S. Makar
St. Louis University
Russia
Robert Morris
Subcommittee
Morris
Atomic Proving Grounds
White Sands
N.M
Tass
Makar
U.S
Rus
Four Hurt In Rash Of Traffic Mishaps
Four people were injured in four automobile crashes across Dawson and Howard counties. Mrs. Preston Tatum and her daughter Merlin were treated after a collision two miles south of Lamesa at U S 180 and 87. Claude O Dell Parks was treated for chest injuries after leaving the road north of Ackerly while attempting a pass. Mrs Wilma Sandlin received treatment after a city collision in Lamesa. Victor Suenter was charged with driving on the left side after his car struck a truck near Ackerly. no injuries were reported.
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Lamesa
Dawson
Howard
U.S
Preston Tatum
Merlin
Lamesa General Hospital
Tatum
Carlsbad
N.M
Dale Herbert Wood
Tiff
Cole
Wood
Claude O'Dell Parks
Ackerly
Wilma Sandlin
Price Black Hospital
J. T. Walton
Victor M. Suenter
Brownfield
Ray Thomas Busby
Snyder
Howard County
Port Said Children Named for Nasser After Invasion
In Port Said, 56 babies born since the Suez crisis were named after Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Of the newborns, boys were named Gamal or Nasser and girls Ni Nasira Nasra or Intissar, according to officials.
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Port Said
Nasser
Suez Canal Zone
Gai Abdel Nasser
Gamal
Ni Nasira
Nasra
Intissar
Teen-Ager Forgery Suspect Placed on Strict Probation
A 16 year old and other juveniles faced hearings after a December incident involving a bad check ring and a service station burglary. One teen was placed on probation while others were released to guardians or referred to county juvenile officials for supervision. The group included a 11 year old girl and a 15 year old boy questioned over theft and break in. Authorities reported $56 recovered from the burglary.
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Lubbock
Robert H. Bean
Florida
Fond Place
Bailey County
Muleshoe
Peiper Freed From War Crimes Parole Board
Col Joachim Peiper commander of the SS unit that killed 142 American prisoners at Malmedy is released from Landsberg prison in Bavaria under a parole board decision. The six member panel of U S Britain France and three West Germans approved the release, despite ongoing controversy over the massacre in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Heidelberg
Germany
War Crimes Parole Board
Joachim Peiper
Malmedy
Peiper
Jallers
U.S. Army
Landsberg
Bavaria
Army
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Spencer Phenix
Chocorua
N. I
Free Europe Committee
New York
Hitler
Belgium
Seven Teens Admit Vandalizing Disabled Plane
Seven Petersburg area youths ages 12 to 15 admitted smashing the fuselage of a two place plane owned by Delbert Williams. Damage and loss were estimated at 1000 dollars. The suspects were rounded up by Hale County Deputy Sheriff Paul McDaniel after an all day inquiry. Williams declined to press charges as parents agreed to pay for the damage.
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Petersburg
Delbert Williams
North Petersburg
Williams
Hale County
Paul McDaniel
McDaniel
Floydada Rites For Mrs. Robbins
Funeral services for Mrs. W. A. Robbins 79 will be Sunday at Floydada First Methodist Church with Rev. Tilden B. Armstrong officiating She died in Dallas while living with her daughter Ora Mae Wrigley Born in Johnson County she came to Floyd County in 1889 Her husband died in 1930 and organized the First State Bank Survivors include her daughter son Wallace of San Antonio four sisters and one brother from Miller Plainview Florida and Floydada locations
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Floydada
W. A. Robbins
Floydada First Methodist Church
Tilden B. Armstrong
First State Bank
Robbins
Lubbock
Wallace
San Antonio
G. L. Morse
Price Scott
Buena Park
Calif
Martin Green
Seagraves
Hal Thomas
Olin
Miller Plainview
Lubbock Woman Hurt in Floydada Car Crash
Betty Brown, 25, of Lubbock, suffered minor cuts and bruises when her car collided with a truck inside Floydada city limits on the Rails highway. She was treated and released from Floydada hospital. The truck driver’s name was not provided. Brown was en route to Melean for Christmas with relatives.
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Floydada
Lubbock
Betty Brown
Baker's Office ‘Supply
Miss Brown
Melean
Missing Oil Maps Found In Hollywood
FBI seized a briefcase of oil maps believed tied to Gulf Oil theft at a Hollywood hotel. The maps, including leases, were linked to a nationwide heist by trusted Gulf employees and a New York racket selling maps to oil speculators. John Marvin Lemvin was arrested in the case.
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Hollywood
Gulf Oil Corp
FBI
Gwank Hollywood
Gulf
New York
Garden of Allah
John Marvin Lemvin
Live Christmas Nativity Scene Set At Abernathy
Abernathy, Dec. 22 Special A live nativity scene and Christmas pageant will be shown on the First Baptist Church grounds for a second straight day Sunday. The program starts at 7 p.m. and runs about an hour with the pageant repeating every 15 minutes. Mary Joseph and three shepherds are portrayed by church members along with two sheep a cow twin calves a burro and several ducks. The pastor Rev. Joe R. Griffin said a Monday encore is possible if turnout warrants and reports a sizable crowd has already viewed the scene.
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Abernathy
First Baptist Church
Mary
Joseph
Shepherds
Joe R. Griffin
Plainview clothing store owner Purcell dies after illness
Dan Olen Purcell 50 co owner of Corcorran Purcell Mens Clothes in Plainview died at Plainview Hospital after a sudden illness at a clean shop. He was born in Coleman and served three years in World War II, later returning to Plainview and partnering in the local store. Survived by wife Cleone Scott two daughters Pebble and Patti his mother Mrs Pebble Purcell a brother Norris and sister Mrs Carroll Land. Funeral arrangements pending at Lemons Funeral Home.
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Fred Graves
Gene Bradley
Snowton Ariz
Plainview
Arizona
Dan Olen Purcell
Phoenix
Texas Tech
Purcell
Plainview Hospital
Lemons Funeral Home
Coleman
Lubbock
Corcorran's Men's Clothing
Abilene
Normandy
Corcorran’s
J.D. Corcorran
Corcorran-Purkett's
Misa Cleone Scott
Palacios
Pebble
Patti
Pebble Purcell
Norris
Carroll Land
San Angelo
Tech Professor To Address Science Meeting In New York
Texas Tech studies of green bugs that destroy wheat will be reported by Dr. Donald Ashdown, horticulture and park management professor, at an afternoon session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The 23rd meeting, called the World Series of science, runs Thursday through Sunday, December 27 to 30. The association has over 52,000 members across major scientific fields.
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Texas Tech
Donald Ashdown
New York City
Ashdown
American Assn
Assn
Sea of Galilee Known by Several Names
The Sea of Galilee is also called the Sea of Chinnereth the Sea of Gennesaret and the Sea of Tiberias reflecting its biblical and historical nomenclature.
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Sea of Galilee
Sea of Chinnereth
Sea of Gennesaret
Sea of Tiiberias
Balloon strangling death at Denver Christmas party
A suburban Denver child died from asphyxiation after a party balloon became lodged in her throat. Debbie Newton, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Newton, is identified by the Arapahoe County coroner's office.
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Denver
Arapahoe County
Debbie Newton
Sam Newton
Strict Regulation Of Lenders By State Proposed At Meeting
State Rep Tony Korioth of Sherman proposed tight regulation of lenders handling 1 to 500 loans. The plan calls for licensing and supervision by a state agency, plus a ceiling on total charges. He urged a three percent per month cap on unpaid loan balances, beyond existing 10 percent interest.
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Austin
Tony Korioth
Sherman
Korioth
House of Representatives
University of Texas Law School
Tom Reaviey
E. C. Buehner
Houston Better Business Bureau
Konnoth
Eisenhower Forms Fact-Finding Board Over Rail Dispute
President Eisenhower created a 60 day fact-finding board to probe wage overtime and rule change conflicts between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and more than 140 carriers. Members named are Nathan Cayton, Francis J. Robertson, and A Langley Coffey.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Brotherhood of Railroad
Independent Railroad Union
Nathan Cayton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Francis J. Robertson
A. Langley Coffey
Sandy Springs
Five French airmen die in Istres crash near Marseille
A French military aircraft crashed at Istres Airfield near Marseille on Saturday, killing five airmen. Investigators began examining the wreckage for cause.
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Marseille
France
Istres
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