Demo Solons Predict Eisenhower Will Sign Amended Farm Bill
United Press reports on March 17 that Democrats forecast President Eisenhower will sign the amended farm bill despite GOP opposition. Senator Aiken cautions veto chances depend on the bill's parity and price support provisions, while Sen. Ellender defends the measure and House Chairman Cooley criticizes Benson for schedule conflicts.
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Demo Solons
Eisenhower
United Press
Sen. D. Aiken
Administration
Senate
House
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Ellender
Harold D. Cooley
Sec. of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
House Agriculture Committee
Jaycees Rally To Save Girlstown In Levelland
Levelland Jaycees push Save Girlstown campaign mailing statements to South Plains clubs. The clarifications cover deed clauses reverting the ranch to Duggan heirs if operations end, Duggan heirs offering to donate to another charity, Welfare Department not intending to close Girlstown, and continuation without director Amelia Anthony.
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Levelland
Girlstown
Levelland Junior Chamber of Commerce
South Plains
Girlstown Ranch
Tom B. Duggan
Tom Duggan Jr
Lubbock
John Winters
Welfare Department
Amelia Anthony
Jaycee
Charlie Bird
Martin and Nolan Win Top Emmy Awards of 1955
Mary Martin of Peter Pan and Lloyd Nolan of Caine Mutiny Court Martial won best actress and best actor TV awards in 1955. Phil Silvers achieved a first triple triumph as top comedian and best actor in a continuing performance and his show won best comedy series. Wanette Fabray and Perry Como were double winners. Toast of the Town won best variety show. Hit Parade best musical show. Producers Showcase best dramatic series. Peter Pan named best single program.
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Hollywood
Mary Martin
Lloyd Nolan
Phil Silvers
Bilko
Wanette Fabray
Perry Como
Ed Sullivan
Native Signers of Declaration from South Carolina
South Carolina stands as the only state whose Declaration signers were all natives of the state and educated as college men abroad.
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South Carolina
Union
Hale Farmer Dies At Wheel Of Truck
Hale County farmer John F. McDonough 82 died of a heart attack while driving his pickup through a field 16 miles southeast of Plainview at 6 30 p m His son found him at the wheel the truck through a barbed wire fence Survivors include his wife three daughters and three sons Funeral services will be held Monday at the East Side Church of Christ in Petersburg with Lemons Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Plainview
Hale County
Here
John F. McDonough
Earl
Clifton
McDonough
Minnie Lee Saunders
Richardson
Tex
Juanita Rasco
Lubbock
Dorothy Burkert
Denver
Colo
Virginia Hoegegins
Fort Worth
John F. Jr
East Side Church of Christ
Petersburg
Lemons Funeral Home
Russia raises Autherine Lucy case at UN Women session
The Soviet delegate referenced Autherine Lucy’s expulsion from the University of Alabama during a UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting. Mrs. Lorena Hahn of the United States objected, calling the reference unfair and noting the Soviet Union’s own shortcomings in criticizing others.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
N. S. Spiridonova
Miss Lucy
United States
Lorena Hahn
Stock Show Events Highlight Three-Day Judging Schedule
The 1956 South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show continues with 275 lambs and 179 calves among 15 swine entries. Judges include Dean W. L. Stangel of Texas Tech for calves and Dr. Robert H. Black for lambs, with Stanley Anderson handling swine. Open houses run Tuesday and Wednesday as sale times approach.
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James Mead
Darrell Lindsey
Lubbock
Hilton Wood
Tohoka
Shorty
South Plains
Wood
FFA
Byron Denning
Lubbock County
Berkshire
Byron
Dean W. L. Stangel
Texas Tech
Robert H. Black
Tech
Stanley Anderson
Texas
New Mexico
George W. Brassell Jr
O. L. Byrd
Frank Junell
O. J. Sexton
O. A. Green
Dave Sherrill
L. M. Hargrave
W. B. Griffin
Tahoka
Fat Steel
Ollie Liner
Plainview
South Plains Rabbit Breeders Assn
Fairgrounds
J. J. Scharnberg
Albuquerque
Charles Odell
Amarillo
Widow Olive Dixon Dies in Amarillo at 83
Olive K. Dixon, 83, historian author and reporter and widow of Billy Dixon, famed Indian fighter, died tonight in Amarillo. She worked as a reporter for the Amarillo Globe-News until Friday and is remembered for her husband’s role in the 1874 second Battle of Adobe Walls in Hutchinson County.
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Billy Dixon
Amarillo
Olive K. Dixon
Non-Red Oath Should Have Included Bosses, Hartley Says
Fred Hartley co author of the Taft Hartley Act says the non Communist oath for employees should have applied to employers or not used at all. He adds he would have supported both signers if the option had been proposed. A banquet for exhibitors is planned at the Slide Road Community clubhouse at 1 p.m. today, with rabbit judging results pending and to be announced later.
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Hartley
New Orleans
Fred Hartley
Robert Taft
Ohio
New Jersey
Slide Road
Scharndberg
Mendaco
Chain-Wielding Boy Declared Delinquent Child in Lubbock
A 14-year-old Lubbock boy was ruled a delinquent child and placed on rigid probation after a chain wielding attack on a 15-year-old. Judge Victor H. Lindsey set eight probation rules including school attendance limits and curfew, with another hearing set for May 19 as police crackdown on youth violence continues.
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Lubbock
Victor H. Lindsey
72Nd District Court
Avalanche- Journal
New York Delegation Urges Arms Sale to Israel
New York state's Democratic congressional delegation sent a joint letter to Secretary Dulles urging President Eisenhower to sell Israel 50 million dollars worth of U S arms to prevent war in the Middle East. The 17 congressmen criticized administration fears of sparking an arms race.
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Washington
New York State
Eisenhower
Israel
U.S
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Largest Meteorite Crater Near Canyon Diablo Arizona
The object lies in northeastern Arizona near Canyon Diablo. It forms a circular desert depression measuring about 4200 feet across and 570 feet deep, described as the largest meteorite crater in the world.
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Canyon Diablo
Arizona
Youth Dies In Area Construction Job
An 11 year old Odessa youth Marvin L Crow was killed when a semi trailer backed over him on a construction site 15 miles east of Littlefield Territory near Hale County. Crow worked for Bo Moore Construction Co of Odessa on a Pioneer Natural Gas Co pipe line project. Funeral arrangements were in progress at Hamlin Funeral Home.
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Littlefield
Odessa
Here
Marvin L. Crow
Bo Moore Construction Co
Hale County
Cletus Dyer
Young Crow
Dyer
Crow
Bo Moore
Moore
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
127 Dead in Lebanon Earthquakes Battle to Find Bodies
Beirut reports troops and rescue workers combing 25 towns for quake victims. Initial toll tops 121 dead with over 200 injured in Lebanon's worst quake event in memory. Shiheem, the mountain village, suffered the fiercest impact as 32 bodies were recovered amid ongoing tremors.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Shiheem
Thieves Loot Dilley Home For Gyminum Siding Value
In Custer South Dakota thieves ransacked the D M Dilley residence and stole about 800 dollars of Gyminum siding and exterior wiring leaving behind only the kitchen sink according to local reports.
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Custer, S. D
D. M. Dilley
Custer
Faith N Begorra! 40000 Carry The Green At Shamrock
Shamrock Texas hosted a St Patrick Day parade drawing at least 40 000 spectators surpassing last year’s 35000. Local and visiting chiefs of bands competed with Tipton Oklahoma, Groom Texas, and McLean Texas earning top Class honors while Miss Mary in Holcom Oklahoma was named Miss Irish Rose 1956.
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Shamrock
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Ireland
Southwest
L.W. Lunn
County Cork
Lunns
Lubbock
Bob Douglas
Mary
Holcom
Sayre
Okla
Julia Holmes
Tipton
Groom, Tex
McLean
Texas
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