Weather Tops Texas News Of 1957 In Editors Poll
A poll of Associated Press editors ranks the 1957 Texas weather as the top story with 266 points, while the ICT Insurance Co collapse and BenJack Cage trial follow. Tornadoes, school integration actions, and Ralph Yarborough’s Senate win also score highly amid a list of other notable events.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Texas
ICT Insurance Co
ICT
BenJack Cage
James Cox
Conroe
Ralph Yarborough
Dallas and Houston
Lone Star Steel Strike
Rice
A&m
George Parr
University of Texaconera
John Griffin
Physicians Life and Accident. Co
Clifford White
Bic Bend Park
Robert McMean
Houston
the Weather
Cox
Dallas
Texas Tech
Tle
Lampasas
West Texas
Texas News Ratings Spotlight Top Stories Of The Year
The Associated Press ranks the year’s top Texas stories with weather and major trials leading. Weather events dominate the list including Dallas tornado and possibly the worst blizzard. legal cases such as Rep. Cox bribery and RTC collapses also figure prominently.
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Dallas
Texas
Audrey
Lampasas
Three Delegates Attend Youth Fellowship Meet In Brownwood
Mrs James Russell and two youths Judy Morton and Carol Courtwright travel from First Christian Church to Brownwood for a state wide Youth Fellowship conference at Lake Brownwood Christian Retreat. Mrs Russell leads counseling sessions while Judy and Carol join high school counselors for panel discussions on vocational opportunities in religious fields. About 50 youths attend the Texas Board of Christian Churches sponsored event.
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James Russell
First Christian Church
Judy Morton
Carol Courtwrict
Brownwood
Youth Fellowship
Lake. Brown'sood Christian
Russell
Judy
Carol
The
Texas Board of Christian Churches
New Form Proposal Expected To Cause Furor In Congress
The government announced bids will open February 14 in New York for sale of Ellis Island surplus property. The item is long known as an immigration station in upper New York harbor and the proposal is expected to provoke opposition in Congress.
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New York
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Congress
Rural migration debates loom over farm policy in Congress
Washington dispatch notes Congress returns January 7 with farm state legislators poised to clash with plans to shift small scale farmers to cities. The commission for economic development supports a national program to move marginal farmers off the land. Agriculture officials push a pilot project to create off farm jobs while critics warn of effects on labor costs and rural communities.
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Washington
Congress
Committee For Economic Development
Agriculture
Esra Taft Benson
Agriculture Department
Ceverab
Agricultural Economics Department
Purdue University
Son
Ezra Benson
National Committee For Economic Development
Census of Agriculture
Marriage Licenses and Legal Notices Across Lubbock Area
The notice lists multiple couples from Lubbock and nearby towns obtaining marriage licenses including Roy Hickman and Patricia Ann Howell. It also notes several divorce actions in district court and ongoing civil cases. Court entries mention declaratory judgments and damages claims amid regional legal activity.
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Roy Hickman
Henstex
Patricia Ann Howell
Lubbock
Melvin Cleon Sorrells
Eva Lavone
Watson
Bendamin
Qavens
Mary Helen Bishon
William Louis -Hamilton
Garbara Lee Smitha
Lorenzo
Malcolm Eugenes Stroud
Jara Ross Young
Lubbock Alton
Marsallis Davis
Takoka
Eillan Ophelia
Wilson
Rte
Lubbeck
Wallace -Gavion Moore
Clune LaVey Ford
Crowell
Jack Leres-Purtell
U S Envoy's Wife Jewel Theft Stuns Rome Embassy
Jewelry valued at 30000 dollars was stolen from a case in the dressing room of U S ambassador's wife in Rome. The maid reported the loss and Italian police and embassy security officers investigated. The Dec 18 night theft prompted questioning of 15 household staff members and possible inside involvement.
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Rome
U.S
Embey
Jony
James D. Zellerbach
Zellerbach
Tech Biologist Presents Papers At Science Meet
Texas Tech biology instructor Thomas C. Barr Jr. presented two papers at the 124th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Indianapolis. Barr, a Vanderbilt PhD candidate in biology, had made an.
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Indianapolis
Texas Tech
Thomas C. Barr Jr
The
American Assn
Barr
Vanderbilt University
Love Affair Blamed in Bank Officer Embezzling Spree
Albert A. Schwenker 62 a River Edge bank official was arrested by the FBI for embezzling about 117000 from the Oradell branch of People's Trust Co over 20 years to finance a love affair. He pled guilty and faced sentencing after confessing to the crime.
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River Edge
FBI
Albert A. Schwenker
U.S
Theodore Kiscaris
Rutherford
Schwenker
Oradell
People's Trust Co
Kiscaris
People's Trust
Oradell Bank
Hackensack
Tis
Harold Green
Dutch Reformed Church
Five Young Duck Hunters Presumed Dead in Mississippi Capsize
In Louisiana Missouri five teen and young adult duck hunters were lost when their small boat capsized on the Mississippi River. Clothing and items linked to the group were found, but no bodies. Prosecutors say the victims likely drowned. Names include Niffen brothers 17 and 18, James Saunders 14, John Clark 71, Ben Clark 19, and others from Pike County.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Paul Fe. Williams
Pike Coimats
Old Niffen
George
James Saunders
John
Clark
Ben
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Joint Congressional Subcommittee On Farm Policy
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Zeheles Tarrish
Connie Parrish
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Bob West
Robert Stolle
Hercard
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Ivan G. Mansfield
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