German Youth Arrives for Year at Littlefield High School
Udo Strasilla a 17 year old German student arrives in New York and travels to Littlefield to begin a year of study funded by the Littlefield Rotary Club. He will live with Mrs. T. J. Jones and take mostly senior courses as a special student with plans to study science and possibly attend Texas Tech after graduation.
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Littlefield High School
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Czechoslovakia
Germany
South Plains
Costa Rican Troops Recapture Bastion From Rebel Forces
Government airborne units retook the jungle town of Los Chiles in northern Costa Rica from a rebel group that had seized it yesterday. The recapture returned control of the town and its airstrip while a planned release of Col. Guillermo Nunez remained unresolved amid rebel demands and threats.
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Costa Rica
Los Chiles
Guillermo Nunez
Costa Rican Air Force
Nunez
Poptice
Chiles Vs
Conant Heads Home from Bonn for Capitol Hearings
U S high commissioner for Germany Dr James B Conant departed Bonn by air Saturday bound for Washington to take part in congressional budget hearings and meet with President Eisenhower and Secretary John Foster Dulles.
Plane show set in Dallas for Bell convertiplane demo
Government officials and military men will attend a Thursday showing in Hurst of Bell Aircrafts radical new convertiplane that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a conventional airplane.
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Dallas
Hurst
Bell Aircraft
P A Wiese Rites Set At Petersburg
Funeral services for Paul A. Wiese a Petersburg resident since 1909 will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Petersburg Methodist Church with Rev T G Craft officiating A World War II veteran Wiese died Saturday in the Big Spring Veterans Hospital after a three week illness He was born September 4 1906 at Cambridge Iowa and came to Petersburg from Chickasha Oklahoma at age three He was a gasoline distributor at Hale Center Surviving relatives include his wife two step children his mother four brothers and five sisters Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery.
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Petersburg Methodist Church
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Big Spring Veterans Hospital
Cambridge
Iowa
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Lorenzo
Max
Austin
Matt Greggory
W. D. Kennedy
Don Melton
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Austin Flemming
Pembroke
Petersburg Cemetery
Wood-Mitchell Funeral Home
Plainview
Depositors Of Lewisville Bank To Get Money Monday
Washington reports that the First National Bank of Lewisville Texas, closed by federal examiners January 27, will begin disbursing funds Monday. President C V Milliken said shortages totaled about 253000 dollars. Former cashier E R Wolters was found dead the day examiners arrived. suicide is ruled. FDIC insures up to 10000 dollars per account.
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First National Bank
Lewisville
Tex
Federal Bank
C. V. Milliken
Dallas County
E. R. Wolters
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Philadelphia Symphony to visit Stockholm in June concert
The Philadelphia Symphony will make its first trip to Stockholm to perform at a music festival in June, an official announcement said. The visit marks a major cultural event for the city and the ensemble.
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Sweden
Philadelphia Symphony
Navy Transport Gen. Mitchell Returns with 2246 Men
The Navy transport Gen. Mitchell docked in Seattle today carrying 2,246 service members from the Far East.
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Seattle
Gen. Mitchell
Far East
Crime Prevention Theme Earns Ticket in Hereford
Dave Heck 16 sought crime prevention tips from a police officer. He found one by driving until he spotted an officer across the street, made a U turn and stopped. The officer fined him for an illegal turn.
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Hereford
Tex
Dave Heck
Polite Denver Gunmen Get Serve From Manager
In Denver two gunmen demanded money at a food store. Clerk Cassie Spradlin, 37, told them to wait for the manager. James L. Sabey, 45, gave $50 from the register and indicated the other drawer as requested, delivering another sum.
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Denver
Cassie Spradlin
James L. Sabey
Rites For Pioneer Plainview Resident Slated For Monday
Mrs. Ma Harrison 86 a pioneer Plainview resident will be honored with funeral services at 10 a m Monday at First Methodist Church Plainsview with Rev J O Haya officiating She died Friday night in a convalescent home She taught 40 years her husband 50 years in Plainview schools He was superintendent from 1914 Mrs Harrison born November 14 1868 in Bristol Virginia married August 1 1896 in Sherman The couple came to Plainview in 1911 from Collinsville She was active in church Busy Women's Sunday School United Daughters of the Confederacy Survivors include five children eight grandchildren one great grandchild and a sister Interment at IOOF Cemetery Wood Mitchell Funeral Home directed
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A. Harrison
Pioneer Plainview
JO. Haya
Harrison
Plainae
Bristol
Sherman
Plainview
Collinsville
Car Truck Crash Leaves Woman Dead In Dalhart Area
Mrs Her Schel Wilson of Lyndh Minn died from injuries after a car truck crash two miles southwest of Dalhart. Her husband a son and four soldiers in the Wilson car were hurt. The truck driver Wayne Grone of Wichita Kan was uninjured.
Will Scott 100th Birthday Dance Wins Lone Bet
A former slave Will Scott of Texas danced a jig recalling Yankee Soldiers on his 100th birthday and collected a $1 bet from Postman Jack Clark that Scott would not reach another birthday. Scott's celebration drew attention as the wager was settled.
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Dallas
Tex
Will Scott
Jack Clark
Scott
Minnesota Woman Killed in Dalhart Car Truck Crash
Mrs. Marie Wilson of Lynch Minnesota was killed and six people injured in a collision between a car and a truck near Dalhart Texas on Saturday. The driver Wayne Allen Grone of Wichita Kansas was uninjured. Wilson family members including Herschel and Marvin and four soldiers were among the injured but not seriously.
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Minnesota
Dalhart
Tex
Marie Wilson
Lynch, Minn
Wayne Allen Grone
Wichita
Kan
Mrs Thompson Faces New Write-In Charge Hearing Set
Pauls Valley Oklahoma February 5. Garvin county officials say Lawrence Thompson is charged with aiding in a write-in scheme and has pleaded innocent. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday. The item also notes fashion notes on new suits and courteous driving.
Arthritis Rheumatism Vital Facts Explained
Thousands suffer from arthritis and rheumatism but non medical, non surgical methods offer relief. A 44 page illustrated book explains causes and a drugless healing method used for 35 years. Free copy with no obligation from The Ball Clinic Dept. 2311 Excelsior Springs Mo.
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Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
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