Disintegration Of National Airlines Plane Alarms North Carolina
Bodies of 34 victims arrived as relatives came to claim kin killed when a National Airlines four engined craft ripped apart in rain near Olivia North Carolina. No survivors found. investigators weigh sabotage as a possibility though foul play is not yet indicated. A metal fragment found at Kure Beach supports the crash’s scale.
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Charles L. West
Olivia
N.C
National Airlines
Here
Kure Beach
Airlines
Florida
John L. Morris
Wilmington
Bolivia
N. C
New York- Miami
Four Nation Trip Starts Next Month
President Eisenhower will visit Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay in late February and early March, with Mamie and his mother accompanying him on a 10 day flying tour. Charles de Gaulle plans a April 22 U.S. visit for talks at the White House and a West Coast trip. Secretary Christian A Herter will be the top official on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis Tashington
Eisenhower
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Charles de Gaulle
United Staates
White House
West
Mamie
Milton
New World
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Sec
Staate
Christian A. Herter
Congress Opens 86th Congress With Civil Rights Drive
The 86th Congress convened with Democratic leaders pledging civil rights and social legislation while denying major tax cuts. Lyndon Johnson predicted eight bills, with Rayburn pushing a higher minimum wage and civil rights action. Nixon presides in Senate. Rayburn celebrates 78th birthday as House opens.
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Avalanche-Journal
86Th
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
White House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
House
Richard M. Nixon
Local Case Splits Court Local Case Splits Court
Judge Lloyd Davidson contests Court of Criminal Appeals ruling upholding a $500 liquor law fine against Gaynelle McCormick of Lubbock. He dissents, arguing officers entered the Cotton Club illegally and a flawed search warrant taints the evidence, noting misidentified highway and club location.
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The
Associated Press
Austin
Lloyd Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Davidson
Gaynelle McCormick
Lubbock
Aer
Cotton Club
McCormick
Slaton Highway
Pressure on Teachers Over Poll Taxes Denied in Lubbock
In Lubbock on Wednesday night Geena of two teachers groups denied pressure on teachers to pay poll taxes during school. Mullican, president of the Lubbock Classroom Teachers Assn., said slips showing payment were circulated in at least one school. Protests claimed subtle pressure and invasion of personal rights from within school organizations as backers urged every member to pay to become qualified voters.
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Geena
Lubbock
Mullican
Waymon Mulkey
Lubbock County Assn
Lubbock Classroom Teachers Assn
Wreckage of U S plane found off Libya coast
U S military plane with 10 servicemen aboard located 75 miles south of Bengali Libya after disappearing Tuesday. A search plane confirmed the wreckage with no signs of life. British naval HQ said destroyer Delight and frigate test were ordered to suspend Mediterranean search efforts.
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Valletta
Malta
U.S
Libya
Bengali
Wheelus
Tripoli
Delight
Test
Mediterranean
Five Killed In Christmas Toy Rush In Guatemala
A crowd of mothers and children surged toward a school door during a free toy distribution by the Children’s Christmas Committee. Five people died and fourteen were injured, including two boys, in the crush as Latin Americans typically exchange gifts on January 6.
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Guatemala
Children's Christmas Committee
Rayburn Honored and Sizing Up Sins of Fathers
The page lists Rayburn honored in a column and editorial notes, with brief remarks on a comment about Racketeering linking sins of the fathers to stocks and bonds. It references multiple sections including sports scores, market quotations, area farm news, radio and TV programming, and a comic dictionary.
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Area Farm News
Bear seen blowing horn at Milwaukee nightclub mystery
Milwaukee residents ponder a New Year’s Eve bear sighting after L W Barnes reported a shaggy black bear blowing a car horn outside a cocktail lounge. The tale drew attention, prompting a humorous personal ad seeking others who saw the bear. The report also notes record Texas Baptist church membership in 1959.
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Dion Henderson
Ilwaukee
Wis
Braves
L. W. Barnes
Barnes
Milwaukee Journal
Dallas
Texas Baptist Churches
Bapitist General Convention of Texas
Snowstorms Sweep South in Decade's Heaviest Winter Toll
A wide storm from the southern Plains to the Atlantic dumped heavy snow and ice, causing at least 19 deaths and widespread travel disruption. Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee reported multiple traffic fatalities, with Texas and Missouri also hard hit. Memphis logged 6.4 inches, the snowiest in 12 years, and schools closed. Meanwhile the North warmed as Pierre and other plains towns rose from 20 below to 20 above.
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United Press International
Plains
Atlantic Coast
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Panhandle
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arkansas
Mississippi
Maryland
Memphis
Tenn
Shelby County
Pierre
St. D
Warmup in Area Brings Snow Melt and Ice Caution
Cold South Plains weather with temperatures dipping to a predicted 15 degrees at night and a 45 degree high in Lubbock. Snow and ice lingered with an accident injuring 68 year old W. M. Whitaker after a fall on ice. Warm trend expected to end by noon today with patchy ice melting except in isolated spots.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
W. M. Whitaker
7Th St
West Texas Hospital
City
Pal Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
U Dallas
Denver
W. Falls
Night of Terror in Finch Murder Trial
Maid Marie Ann Lidholm testified that Dr. R Bernard Finch chased his wife into the garage with a gun after a scream. She reported a gunshot, the doctor forcing her into the car, and Mrs Finch entering from the passenger side before the incident escalated, as the trial of Finch and Carole Tregoff proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial Torgersonos Angeles
Barbara Jean Finch
Marie Ann Lidholm
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Waylaigher
Finch
Miss Lidholm
Dr. Finch
Mrs. Finch
Prison Riot Squelched at Connecticut State Prison
About 400 to 500 inmates rioted for two hours at the state prison in Wethersfield before fear gas and high pressure hoses subdued them. No injuries or hostages were reported as officials checked for escapes and calm returned.
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Wethersfield
Mark S. Richmond
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