Army proposes pentomic units to meet atomic warfare needs
The Army will shift to five-group pentomic divisions, cutting overall division manpower. The plan envisions 13,700 fewer troops in infantry divisions, 5,600 fewer in airborne divisions, and a smaller cut in armored divisions, with the change to begin next year and require time to apply across all 19 divisions.
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Army
Atomic Warfare
Elton C. Fay Twashington
White House
Defense Department
Europe
1957 May Be Better Year Inflation Top Problem
Secretary Weeks forecast a slower growth but said 1957 should set records overall. Inflation tops concerns as consumer prices rose 244 percent from November 1955 to November 1956, while output reached 412 billion dollars, with income up 6 percent and employment averaging 35 million for the year.
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Amaciaieneres
Ashington
Sec. of Commerce
Weeks
Malibu Fire Reports Losses Reach Sixty Million
A second brush fire near Malibu on December 27 grew rapidly with 60 homes destroyed and about 200 people made homeless. One man died and more than 60 were injured as 1,000 residents were evacuated along Pacific Coast Highway. The new blaze, started by sparks from the first fire, was of incendiary origin.
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Harry Boyle
Alibu
Calif
Malibu
Contol
Set
Sheriff's Deputies
California
Keith Klinger
Eight Die In Alaskan Air Crash With Tanker Crew
An Air Force tanker aircraft with eight crew members crashed on a snow covered mountainside northwest of Anchorage Alaska. Ground teams and two helicopters reached the burning site. Officials withheld details on cargo or fuel.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Elmen
Gentleman Farmer Gardener Joke Echoes In Paper
The note humorously defines a gentleman farmer as a gardener who avoids soil and dirt, joking about modern rural life. It appears in a quirky caption within the paper’s miscellaneous section.
Court Orders Florida City To Enforce Bus Segregation
Turbulent clashes erupt on Tallahassee buses as white teens jeer at Negro riders. City sues to force segregated seating or cancel the transit franchise. federal judge halts action with a temporary restraining order. Negro leaders vow sit ins continue if needed.
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Eet Tan
Tallahassee
Cities Transit
Dozier Devane
Birmingham
Ala
Finals Today Judging Opens At Memphis
Preliminary judging in the national Maid of Cotton Contest began in Memphis for Miss Sherry Sinex and 22 other finalists. A Rotary Club luncheon at the Hotel Peabody Skyway featured introductions and remarks on cotton production from the South Plains region, which accounts for about one fourth of world cotton.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pat Cowden
Marcia Grover
Bartlesville
Okla
Kay Holloway
Atlanta
Jo Ann Deason
Enoree
Sherry Linex
Texas Tech
Texas Tech Coed From Lubbock, Tex
South Plains
Emphis
Sherry Sinex
Peabody
Miss Sinex
Plig
Miss Linex
Mra
Candy Jones
Gas Station Manager and Helper Hurt In Kerosene Explosion
A kerosene wash at Melfinn's Service Station in Lubbock caused a blast that burned manager Donald McMinn and helper Herman White. McMinn, 31, was treated at Taylor Hospital and released. White, 29, was hospitalized at St. Mary's with severe facial and arm burns. The explosion shattered windows and damaged a door. both men were attended by Rix ambulance crews.
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Lubbock
Donald McMinn
Melfinn
N. College
Taylor Hospital
Herman White
St. Mary's Hospital
Rix Ambulance
White Inter
St.Mary's
Four Die in Three-Way Highway Crash Near DeKalb
A three vehicle wreck on a highway about 10 miles west of here left four dead Bessie Hopper 48 and her daughter Marie Wood 26 both of DeKalb Curtis Carlton 34 of Brazoria and an unidentified soldier. A fifth person Mrs Harry Grossom of Mt Pleasant sustained head and back injuries and was taken to a Texarkana hospital.
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Here
Bessie Hopper
Marie Wood
DeKalb
Curtis Carlton
Brazoria
Harry Grossom
Mt. Pleasant
Texarkana
Grand Central finds new device as $25,000 reward offered
A bomblike device was found at Grand Central Terminal hours after officials announced a $25,000 reward for the Mad Bomber. The device differed from past bombs, raising fear of a second offender. Hoax calls disrupted police operations as city officials prepare the reward and Patrolmen’s Benevolent Assn adds $1,000. A note warned another bomb would appear at Grand Central.
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New York
Grand Central Railway Terminal
Grand Central
Coast Guard
Tom Desmon
Costly Clock Alarm For Beau Case Opens City Court
Dorothy Genesity testified in city court that she triggered a fire alarm box to wake her boyfriend last night after failing to rouse him. Judge John Rice fined her $25.50 for the incident.
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Associatedress
Dorothy Genesity
John Rice
Serious Anti-Soviet Riots Reported in Ukraine Cities
Reported riots in Ukrainian cities with anti-Soviet sentiment flaring amid unrest. The article notes Hungarians described as intellectuals among displaced or returned groups connected to the rebellion.
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Ukraine
Eee Oe
Seminole Man Dies In Car Truck Crash
Calvin John Gothard 43 a Seminole oilfield worker died when his 1956 sedan rear ended a large oil well cementing truck about five miles west of Seminole on the Seminole Hobbs highway He was pronounced dead at Gaines County Hospital from the collision Roger Lee Lanpher 29 Hobbs resident drove the truck The body was taken to Davis Funeral Chapel with arrangements pending
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Seminole
Calvin John Gothard
Here
Seminole-Hobbs
Gothard
South Plains
Gaines County Hospital
Roger Lee Lanpher
Hobbs
Davis Funeral Chapel
Nixon calls Hungarian refugees a national asset at Kilmer
Vice President Nixon visits Camp Kilmer to speed up resettlement of Hungarian refugees. He sees no bottlenecks, backs raising the 21,500 quota, and meets with Hoover and the President's Committee on Hungarian Refugee Relief. About 7,100 of 13,000 refugees remain at the camp as thousands more arrive daily.
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Richard M. Nixon
Camp Kilmer
N. J
America
Sidney
Moody
Amp Kilmer
N.J
Nixon
Austria
Herbert Hoover
United
Hoover
New York
NIKON
Missing Link Found in Africa Says Smithsonian Report
Scientists claim Australopithe cus, more advanced than Neanderthal man, completes the chain of human evolution. Identified in the Smithsonian Institution's annual report, the South African fossil links Java man, Neanderthal, and modern humans, dating to about a million years ago. Skeletal remains were found a decade ago, with over 100 specimens since.
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Ashington
Smithsonian Institution
South Africa
Sage Chain
Raymond A. Dart
University of Witwatersrand
Johnnanesburg
Java
Weather map notes for Lubbock area forecast
Weather page from a day by day map covers Lubbock and vicinity with forecasts for today tonight and Saturday Expect cool high around 64 degrees Westerly winds rise to 15 20 mph with occasional gusts and period of light rain unlikely.
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Lubbock and
Faraday
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