Local Firm Establishes Employee Profit Sharing Plan
Bell Ice Cream and Milk Company announces a profit sharing program for 53 eligible employees at 201 College Ave. Employees contribute 3 percent of salary after one year, with company matches based on net profits and three-to-one potential from profits. Funds go to a trust managed by Jack Payne of American State Bank with investments approved by a committee. The plan complements a $1000 life policy and group hospital coverage for all staff.
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Bell Ice Eam & Milk Company
College Ave
Earl B. Collins
Collins
American State Bank
Jack Payne
Bell
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Appropriations Committee
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate
Tahoka Boy Wins First Place In Sears Litter Pig Contest
Tahoka July 18 special Denver Ford reports that 13 county Sears heavy litter pig contest winner is Denver Ford son of C E Ford Tahoka route 5 weighing 485 pounds earning 30 dollars for first place. Jack Spears Tahoka route 4 age 14 won second place with 18 dollar prize. John Herr age 12 and Roger Munn ages 12 14 also earned 9 and 8.50 dollars respectively.
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Tahoka
Denver Ford
C.E. Ford
Sears
Bill Jiffin
Denver
Jack Spears
Carl Spears
Route 4
John Herr
Pete Heci
Roger Munn
Lubbock Police Complete One-Week Firearms Training
Police Chief Harold McInroe announced the completion of a joint one-week firearms training course by 80 Lubbock officers and FBI instructors. Special Agent L. L. Robertson led the Dallas FBI field office staff in class room theory and range firing.
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Harold McInroe
Lubbock
Food shortages spark new revolts in East Europe
Washington July 18 top agriculture expert Fred J. Rossiter warned that acute food shortages in East Germany Czechoslovakia and other Iron Curtain regions could trigger fresh revolts against Communist regimes. He cited land abandonment lower production hunger and labor reallocations as key factors driving unrest and noted Russia may offer only temporary appeasement.
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Robert E. Thompson
Washington
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Fred J. Rossiter
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agriculture Service
Rossiter
Kremlin
Ers
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Bulgaria
Russia
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
China
Orient
Ceylon
Benson speech draws fire from critics over farm price supports
Secretary Ezra Benson drew fresh opposition for advocating flexible farm supports and delaying fixed price levels. Senators Kerr Young and Humphrey criticized his Fresno remarks, warning a shift away from parity-based pricing could undermine agriculture and cattle producers. The 90 percent parity limit on six crops expires next year, with Benson indicating no firm program yet.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Fresno
Calif
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
Congress
Milton Young
R-X.d
Young
Hubert H. Humphrey
Shoeshine Boy Admits Killing Government Secretary
A 19 year old shoeshine boy, Clarence F E Watson, confessed to the July 4 killing of Alyce Taggart a government secretary beaten to death with a ceremonial pin. He also admitted rape and multiple burglaries and was held in Washington.
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Washington
E. E. Scott
Clarence FE
Watson
Alyce Taggart
Scott
Miss Taggart
Jet Ace Jabara Receives Oak Leaf Clusters Before Homeward Flight
Maj. James Jabara, history’s first jet ace and second triple jet ace, earns three more oak leaf clusters to his Distinguished Flying Cross. He departs for home in Wichita Kansas after receiving the award from Lt. Gen. Samuel Anderson and heads to an airfield for Japan duty. The 29 year old shot down 15 MiG 15s in Korea flying an F 86 during two combat tours.
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Seoul
James Jabara
MI6
5Th Air Force
Samuel Anderson
Japan
Wichita
Kan
Jabara
Korea
Emergency Feed For Solons Pledge Fight Lynn County Okayed
Emergency relief for Lynn County stockmen moves ahead with 100000 pounds of cottonseed meal approved and 80000 more requested as drought aid. The plan, administered by PMA official Dee Green, covers three cars of cottonseed cake, oats and corn deliveries, with prices set for meal, oats, and corn. A local Emergency Feed Program committee names S L Walters as chair and outlines conditions for 30 days supply.
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Solons
Lynn County
Tahora
Dee Green
PMA
Plains Co-op Mill
Lubbock
Green
New Mexico Cotton Farmers Face Drouth By-Product
Roswell New Mexico reports a drought by-product as jack rabbits invade irrigated cotton fields in southeastern New Mexico. One farmer said rabbits destroyed at least 25 acres of cotton on his property.
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Roswell
N. M
New Mexico
Tay lor of Austin named assistant U S district attorney
Federal Post reports P Kerns Tay lor of Austin has been named assistant U S district attorney for the Western District of Texas. He serves on the Travis County Republican Executive Committee.
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Federal Post
P—Kerns Taylor
Austin
U. S
Western District of Texas
Travis County
Republican Executive Committee
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