Holiday travel traffic death toll rose amid fog and crashes
The report recounts deadly holiday travel incidents including a three car head on collision on foggy US Highway 19 near Clearwater Florida causing four instant deaths and five survivors uninjured. A trucker aided a stranded motorist in Minnesota before another car hit the truck. Two servicemen died near Hillsboro New and six others were injured. State tallies list deaths from traffic and other accidents across the nation.
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Austin
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Holiday Death Toll In State Rises Amid Violent Toll
The Texas holiday violent death count reaches 26 with wrecks and injuries across the state. A young man James Whisenhunt, 28, and his wife Neva June, 26, plus a baby girl were involved in a fatal top-of-hill crash near Centerville. Fort Worth worker Richard W. Thomas, 33, drowns after a fishing trip at Benbrooke Lake. Other victims include Harv Murch, 20, a Jordanian student, and Mrs A T McCarley, Vernon. DPS warns speeding endangers life as 205 deaths expected in the 32 day period.
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Brees
Neadan
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
O. L. Hindman
Leon County
J. B. Kyle
Hindman
Kyle
Centerville
James Whisenhunt
Freeport
Tex
Madisonville
Neva June
Currie Hall Smith
Kerens
Fort Worth
Richard W. Thomas
Benbrooke Lake
Thomas
Alringen S. McCann
Houston
John Ralph Brandon
Fort Davis
Harv Murch
Jordan
San Angelo College
A. T. McCarley
Vernon
Hillsboro
Montgomery White Faction Plans Boycott After Bus Integration
In Montgomery Alabama and Tallahassee Florida Negroes join a bus boycott halt claiming the right to sit anywhere. Whites in Montgomery prepare a counter boycott using private buses as integration proceeds on a second day.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tallahassee
Fla
Monterey
Inter-Civic
Lahassee
Storms and charity drive blend as Lubbock aids spread
Weather storms disrupt travel while Salvation Army nears completion of Christmas baskets in Lubbock. Volunteers, including Boy Scouts, prepare 500 baskets and load gifts for distribution from 13th Street, with police on site and Goodfellows badges urged for all helpers.
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Lubbock
Broadway
Salvation Army
Army
Boy Scouts
13Th Street
Yugoslav Airlines Plane Crashes Near Munich
A twin engined Yugoslav Airlines passenger plane crashed near Munich amid a storm. Three people were killed and high temperatures earlier in the week gave way to colder conditions forecast statewide. Police aided in the response as investigators began work on the wreck.
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Olen
Munich
Germany
Deei
Uruguay
Ies
Aston Ek Beygorria Hydro
Nixon Seeks Extension Of Hungarian Refugee Airlift
Vice President Nixon said there are enough Hungarian refugees in the pipeline to extend the airlift to January 10. The Safe Haven program began December 11 and is days behind due to bad weather. Nixon, arriving in Munich from Austria, noted changes in his views on the refugees and their productive potential and pledged to seek full facts before reporting to Eisenhower.
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Munich
Germany
Nixon
America
U.S. Air Force
Austria
United States
Eisenhower
NATO
Goodfellows Set Cation Raises Total to Six Thousand One
The message notes a total of 6,001 children aided, about 1,000 more than last year, with emphasis on the charity drive led by Goodfellows and the city’s response.
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Goodfellows
Cation
Lubbock Auto Show Benefits Texas Tech Red Raider Club
Lubbock officials announce a four day auto show at Municipal Coliseum to aid the Red Raider Club with athletic scholarships. Proceeds from admissions will fund the club after covering show expenses. Allied lines and experimental car displays join new models from 13 dealer members with cutaway chassis and motor exhibits. A top band is planned for entertainment.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
Vernon Thompson
W. G. Alderson
Auto Dealers
Tom Murphey
Red Raider
Everett Fulgham
Dee Weaver
Tech
Ralph E. Penney
J. Ray Dickey
Wayne Prather
J. D. Hutstedler
Lubbock New Car & Truck Dealers Assn
Texas National Automobile
Willlers
Municipal Coliseum
Raider Club of
Lubbock New Car & Truck
Tisslare Aeon
J. D. Hufstedler
Yall
Hutstedler
Mrs Robin son Injured in Dallas Wreck
Mrs Anna Robin son of 2613 22nd Street was listed in poor condition at Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas after a Friday morning wreck. She teaches at Dupre School here.
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George W
Anna) Robinson
22Nd St
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Dallas
Robinson
Dupre School
Egyptians Reach End of Suez Withdrawal in Port Said
UN forces take over Port Said and prepare turnover to Egyptian administration within a week. British French withdrawal ends seven weeks of combat after the Nov 7 cease fire, as Lt Gen Stockwell and Brig Gr ishman depart aboard Tyne and the last LST.
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United Nations
Port Said
Hugh Stockwell
Anthony Moorhouse
Port
Stockwell
Harry Grimshaw
Tyne
Grimshaw
Egypt
Withan
Suez Canal
Port Fuad
E. L. M. Burns
Raymond A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Burns
Five Man Hungarian Leadership Tests Tank Capacity
Budapest observers joke the government contains only five members because a single tank can carry that many officials. The quip reflects satire on postwar Hungarian leadership structure and capacity limits in local discourse.
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Budapest
Christmas Tree Recall Honors a Marine's Memory
A Christmas tree saved by Mrs. Salvador Lopez for her son Marine Cpl. Richard Lopez endures as a wartime memento. Richard survived a 1951 escape from Chonan reservoir forces but died in a Kobe, Japan, drowning on the way home from leave. The tree, lit each Christmas Eve, remains a symbol of devotion and awaits visitors.
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Douglas MacArthur
Cpl. Richards. Lopez
Salvador Lopez
Richard
Chonan Reservoir
Kobe
Japan
Lopez
Mavis
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
1St Marine Division
Man Dies In Wreck On Three Lane Highway
The crash on a three lane highway involving the Roop Wayland and Odom cars injured several and killed Judson Roop who sat in the right front seat. James Robert Wayland and his brother suffered head injuries and a leg fracture while Theodore Roop and a May girl sustained various injuries. The Roop family and several others were treated at local hospitals. Roop’s body was taken to Rix Funeral Home. Theodore Roop, a WWII veteran, had lived in Lubbock four years with Amarillo roots.
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New Deal
Joe Kvehtclett
Roop
Raid Roop
Wayland
Roop Lear
Judson Roop
Lenty
James Robert Wayland
Odom
Theodore Roop
Wayland and Odom
Methodist Hospital
May
West’ Texan Hospital
Rix
Lubbock
Amarillo
Charlene Blackman
Barbara June Holland
Verma
Calif
Mise Lona Beth Roop
Theodore Persons
18Th St
Bost
Iver
Weston Lyndell Kennedy
Avenue
The New Star of Bethlehem Amid Rockets and Missiles
A dramatic fictional account depicts a UFO over Bethlehem. nations debate secret weapons and a UN pledge to unite against an alien threat. A Christmas Eve decision culminates in a hydrogen rocket strike destroying the invader, followed by reflections on peace and sacrifice.
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New Star of Bethlehem
Earth
Space
Kremlin
America
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hussein
Jordan
Bethlehem
Ussr
Hobbs Woman Dies In Road Accident
Lea County reports a 23 year old Hobbs woman, Mrs Cecil Grimes, killed in a highway crash two miles east of Hobbs on U S 180 Friday night. Authorities cite excessive speed as the cause. She was a former June Gibbons and a Hobbs High School cheerleader. Survivors include her husband and four Hobbs brothers. Funeral services are set for Sunday at Griffin's Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens.
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Hobbs
Lea County
Cecil Grimes
Clovis Neighbors Die In Separate Auto Mishaps
Two residents were killed in separate automobile crashes Saturday in Clovis County. A man and a woman died in incidents reported Saturday with investigators citing fatal injuries and the crashes under police review.
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Clovis
Leona Russ Dies After Alamo Auto Crash
Mrs. Leona Russ of Clovis died in an Alamogordo New Mexico hospital from injuries after an automobile accident one mile south of Alamo at 3 am Saturday.
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Leona Russ
Clovis
Alamogordo, N.M
Alamo
Amarillo oilman and real estate man J Ray dies at 81
J Ray, a millionaire Amarillo oilman and real estate man, died Saturday after a prolonged illness at age 81. He once owned and published the Hereford Brand, a weekly newspaper in Texas. The report notes his Pine family tree research context.
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Amarillo
Ray
J. Ray
Hereford, Tex
Winners Of New Autos Announced In Local Contest
Winners of six Ford automobiles in a regional drawing by Piggly Wiggly and D H Supermarkets were revealed Saturday night. Recipients include residents from Lubbock and nearby towns with Mrs D E Miller and Johnnie D Matsler among the Lubbock winners.
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D&h
Lubbock
Post
Snyder
Brownfield
D. E. Miller
Baylor
Johnnie D. Matsler
Lain B
Lee
Joe Henderson
E. Tate
Brown
Italian airliner wreckage search continues after fatal crash
Hope held as rescue teams reach the ice coated slopes of a mountain where the LAI DC airplanes crash killed 34 of 35 aboard on the Paris to Milan leg. Officials report a 5:59 p m last radio message “we are in trouble” with later calls and a silent final moment.
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Coca-Cola Co
Air Rescue Center
Romano’ Damico
Milano
LAI
Rome
Ede Gray
Carabinieri
Alpin
Pasadena
Calif
Queen Charlotte Islands
Inndian
British Columbia
Mibia
Charles Richter
Cali
Ciampini
Fornia Institute of Technology
Birth of a Daughter at St Marie Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Benton welcomed a daughter born at St Marie Hospital. The delivery occurred at 8:48 with a weight around 2 pounds 3 ounces, noted in the hospital report.
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Jimmy Benton
Mere
John
St Marie Hostal
Lubbock
Orteopathic Hospital
Hallmark Cards to Share Profits With 4000 Employees
Kansas City based Hallmark Cards Inc announces a profit sharing plan for 4000 full time employees in Missouri Kansas and Connecticut. Eligible employees with two or more years service will receive a credit equal to 10 percent of annual earnings. The plan also includes medical and life insurance and a retirement program. The company recently opened a new headquarters factory in Kansas City Missouri with branches in Mission Topeka Leavenworth Emporia Par imp Kan and Thompsonville Indiana.
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Hallmark Cards, Inc
Missouri
Kansas
Connecticut
Joyce C. Hall
Greeting Card Company
Mission
Topeka
Leavenworth
Emporia
Parim Kan
Thompsonville, In
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