Renewed Probe Of Peress Case Shapes Up
Senate investigations loom as Army disclosures prompt renewed effort led by McCarthy and Democrats. Major figures Weible and Adams approved Peress’s honorable discharge, drawing criticism from Senator Jackson. McCarthy convenes a closed session to push for testimony from top Army officials. case centers on Peress, a New York City dentist, and his earlier questions about Communist ties.
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Peress
Army
McCarthy
Ashington
Jane
Senate
Irving Peress
Walter L. Weible
John G. Adams
Jackson
D-Wash
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Democrats
Fup
Committee
New York City
Weible
Adams
City Banks Set Pace For State
Texans hold billions in deposits with Dallas leading Texas banks at more than 2 billion across three institutions. Lubbock and Plainview posted the highest percentage gains on the South Plains, while Greenville and Sherman registered declines.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
Eaton
South Plains
Lubbock
Plainview
Greenville
Sherman
Controversial 34th Street zoning dispute expected to continue
The 34th Street zoning case in Lubbock pits residents against R&W Development and the city over rezoning from residential to business to allow a shopping center near 35th Street. Judge Denton recessed the case to Monday after three days of testimony. Witnesses included city official W B Holmes who defended the plan as good planning with buffers and screening.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
34Th Street
Lubbock
Indiana Avenue
Joliet Avenue
35Th Street
R&w Development Co
City of
Holmes
Kidnap victim says ransom seeker held in New Jersey home
Joel Robert Katz, 16, son of Yonkers realtor, told police he was held overnight in a Monmouth County NJ cellar with a $100000 ransom. Anthony Staikos, 31, is charged with kidnapping as authorities issued a 13 state alarm. Katz says Staikos, a former summer camp cook, lured him after an after school ride and bound him in Willow Avenue residence. Staikos’ relatives were questioned and cleared.
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Anthony Staikos
Monmouth County
J. Victor Carton
Young Katz
Staikos
Lackawaxen
Carton
New Jersey
Harry Vallianatos
Willow Ave
Raritan Bay
Staten Island
N. Y
Vallianatos
Angelo
Roosevelt High School
Yonkers
Abraham Katz
Poll Tax Payments Lag in Lubbock County 1954 figures
County officials reported by Saturday that about 200 fewer Lubbock County residents qualified for voting by paying poll taxes and securing exemption certificates than last year. By the Jan 31 deadline, 2,857 had paid the tax and 1,508 had exemptions, a favorable comparison for an off year. The public vote Tuesday picks two county committeemen for the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District.
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Lubbock County
High Plains
Lawmakers Converge in Austin for 54th Legislature
About 151 lawmakers arrive in Austin to open the Texas Legislature session amid a storm of controversy. Key issues include water policy for growth, finances and taxes, insurance law reform, veteran land program safeguards, and desegregation. The session aims to finish in 120 days with a $15 daily pay raise.
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Dave Cheavens Ustin
Texas
Tte
Capitol
Shivers
Mississippi Man Robs Boss Over Tax Deductions
Wade Bowman, 24, wearing a towel mask and armed with a revolver, robbed his former employer of nearly 5000 dollars after claiming eight dollars per week in taxes was excessive. Police say he admitted the armed robbery, a crime carrying possible death penalty in Mississippi. The incident occurred as Joe Pellegrini and partners A. E. Mullen and Dave Clarkston counted daily receipts in the company office.
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Jackson
Miss
Jan
Wade Bowman
Mississippi
Joe Pellegrini
A. E. Mullen
Dave Clarkston
Canadian River meet headline prompt this morning
Editorial note previews today’s paper with radio and TV listings, area agricultural news, and a comic dictionary entry defining a citizen as someone who works for the government or for those who work for the government.
Possible Rain Over South Plains And Panhandle
The Lubbock Weather Bureau forecasts mostly cloudy skies with a chance of drizzle or light rain today over the South Plains and Panhandle. Temperatures are expected to hold with little change after a cool front moved through last night. Saturday’s high reached 45 and the low 32, while Lufkin in East Texas recorded the heaviest rainfall at .35 inch.
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South Plains-Panhandle
Texas
Lufkin
Weather Forecast Summary for Lubbock Vicinity
Mostly cloudy today with a chance of light rain in the morning and little temperature change into Monday. Low around 32, high near 45, with humidity values and regional city data from the U S Weather Bureau records for Texas cities including Abilene El Paso Amarillo Houston Dallas Denver and Oklahoman entries.
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Lubbock
Ity
Tow
Otc
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cody
City
Abilene
EL Paso
Amarillo
Houston
Oka. City
Dallas
Romwell
Denver
City's First Home Show Scheduled At Coliseum In March
Lubbock's first Home Show runs March 13 through 20 at Fair Park Coliseum. Demonstrations and exhibits cover roofing to landscaping under the theme Tomorrow's Home Today. Sponsored by The Avalanche-Journal and produced by Home and Trade Expositions of Denver, the event aims to boost Lubbock as a Panhandle marketing hub and stimulate regional trade with the latest home furnishings and services.
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Lubbock
Fair Park Coliseum
Avalanche-Journal
Denver
Colo
Panhandle Plains
Costa Rica Suspends Local Air Services Amid Aggression Fears
SAN JOSE Costa Rica January 8 officials suspended all local air services as a precaution against possible aircraft capture by raiders from across the border. The cabinet asked the Organization of American States to investigate potential aggression from Nicaragua citing recent arrivals of Venezuelan planes.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Organization of American States
Nicaragua
Jose Figueres
OAS
Venezuela
Americans Free From Soviet Camp in Berlin Return Home
Two Americans released from a Soviet slave labor camp in East Berlin report seeing a third American, Pvt. William Verdine, while held since 1945 in harsh captivity. John H. Noble and Pvt. William Marchuk arrived at Soviet Command before U.S. authorities, with Noble vowing he has much to tell.
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John H. Noble
Detroit
William Marchuk
Norristown
Berlin
Tom Reedyerlin
Free West
U.S
Pvt
East Berlin
U .S
Noble
William Verdine
Starks
Verdine
State Department
Marchuk
Selier
Washington
Charles A. Noble
Dresden
Germany
Johnny
Sai Marchuk
Elmer Clemson
Clemson
UN Talks On Fliers May End Monday
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Red China's Premier Chou En-lai recessed discussions in Peiping with a strong indication the next session, scheduled for Monday, could conclude the talks. No update was provided by Peiping radio or Hammarskjold. The outcome concerns freeing 11 U.S. airmen jailed as spies and hundreds of UN personnel held from the Korean War.
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United Nations
Jan
Pun
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Hammarskjold
U. S
Republicans May Hold 1956 Convention In September
GOP leaders discussed renominating President Eisenhower at a September 1956 convention in Chicago or Philadelphia. Democrats set August 27 as the start of their 1956 convention, with site decisions deferred. National Chairman Hall said a committee will meet in 30 to 40 days to choose a venue amid bids from Chicago Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
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Avalanche Journal
Washington
Eisenhower
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N.J
Leonard W. Hall
National Committee
Hall
Tech Coach First Choice For Vacant Arkansas Post
Avalanche Journal reports Texas Tech head coach and athletic director Dewitt Weaver, in his first year under a five year pact, is the leading candidate Arkansas plans to hire to replace Bowden Wyatt. Weaver said he is interested but would need to think, while Arkansas athletic director John Barnhill hinted at the hire. Weaver, Tennessee alumnus and former captain, is due home late Tuesday to discuss the offer after meetings in New York.
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Joe Kelly
Avalanche-Journal
Dewitt Weaver
Texas Tech
Lubbock
University of Arkansas
Bowden Wyatt
Wyatt
University of Tennessee
Weaver
Urday
Tennessee
Fayetteville
Ark
Arkansas
New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
John Barnhill
Barnhill
Explosives Used In Safe Burglary At Tom French Co
Burglars ripped into a 500-pound safe at Tom French and Co on Avenue H pocketing about 800 in cash plus more than 1000 in other cash values. The damage suggested inexperienced burglars and nitroglycerine may have been used. Sheriff deputies noted the torn safe and large explosive remnants. See SAFE BURGLARY Page 8
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Tom French and Co
Sheriff's
George Eubank
Don French
Tom Franch and Co
Ave. H
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Loretta
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Three City
New Yorker
Atawan Township
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Yonkers, N. Y
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Austin
KFYO
CBS
Radco
Area Agricultural News
South Plains Oil News
William
Cox
Tech
Weaver 'Wooed
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