Churchill May Step Down As Prime Minister In Weeks
Informants say pressures from wife and doctor Lord Moran along with health fears push Sir Winston Churchill toward stepping down in weeks. Despite doubts in the Conservative party, some favor Eden to lead before another general election while Labour splits open between Bevan and moderates.
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Churchill
Lord Moran
Eden
Russia
Sicily
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Personality Not Principle Cited In GOP Platform Claim
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler charged at a Fresno convention that the 1956 GOP platform rests on personality rather than principle or achievement. He said Eisenhower must be the nominee to win, criticizing the administration and its appointees as failing to secure broad public support.
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Fresno
Calif
Paul M. Butler
Republican Party
Butler
California Democratic Council
GOP
Eisenhower
Ike
Wartime Yalta Papers Prompts Calls for More World War II Records
U S senators press for public release of Yalta and Tehran Potsdam records claiming openness will curb secret deals. Dulles reports no firm date while noting editors handle publication and no British objections yet. Critics warn against premature disclosure and urge measured timing. A Filipino soldier killed five in Morong near Manila before shooting spree ended.
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Yalta
Britain
Russia
Sec. of
John Foster Dulles
Tehran
Potsdam
Canada
Dulles
Heaid
Congress
State Department
U. S
Korea
Eisenhower
John Sparkman
North Vietnam
Knowland
Rowland
Geneva
London
Winston Churchill
Far East
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Byrd
Manila
Morong
Here
Stassen to lead new disarmament post at NSC
Former Minnesota governor and 1952 presidential candidate will join the National Security Council as a special assistant on disarmament. He will retain FDA salary of 22 000 annually and consult State Defense Atomic Energy and UN staffs while studying global disarmament policy. He does not expect a separate new agency and does not plan a trip to Russia.
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Stassen
FDA
Sec
James E. Haggerty
National Security Council
State
Defense Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Russia
Home Show Highlights and Big Plans
Three performances slated include Miss Joan Brandon the hypnotist Captain Russell Bradshaw the escape artist and Miss Landon billed as the world’s greatest mass hypnotist Awards worth several thousand dollars will be given on the final day Attendance is expected to break the previous one day record of more than 6000 spectators The show is sponsored by the Avalanche Journal and produced by Carl Olson of Denver Colorado Admission is 40 cents for adults and children over 12 with younger kids free.
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Joan Brandon
Russell Bradshaw
Landon
Bradshaw
Brandon
The
Avalanche-Journal
Carl Olson
Denver
Colo
West Texas Sheriff Posses Back Enlargement Plan at Caprock
The West Texas Association of Sheriff’s Posses and Riding Clubs discussed enlarging into a nationwide group at a Caprock Hotel breakfast meeting. The board of directors will consider the proposal, with attendance around 250 including delegates from West Texas and eastern New Mexico.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
West Texas Association
Lubbock
National
Caprock Hotel
F. G. Collier
Hereford
Collier
Association
Caprock
Sheriff's Posses
Texas
Hemphill-Wells Co
Excel Frontier Store
Dean W. L. Stangel
Texas Tech
Mattie 5
Denton
French Robertson
Washington
Dean Stangel
Treadwell
West Texas Association of Sheriff's Posses
Cvil
Waco
Spur
Posse
Crate Snider
Ropes
Miron Ireland
Howard Johnson
Mattie E. Treadwell
Joe Moise
West Texas Association of Sheriff Posses
Whiteside Enters City Race Amid Family Ties and Local Ties
Longtime Lubbock resident Whiteside campaigns for school board with wife Rosemary and children Rose, David, and Tom at 3118 21st St. He runs Plains Laundry and has farm oil and finance interests, formerly a grocer and linen supplier. He is city church vestry chairman and Parks Board member, brother of ex mayor Clarence Whiteside, first bid for public office. Other candidates include Martin vice president of Dunlap's Murphey general manager of Hub Motor Medlock building contractor Armistead optometrist and Herman secretary treasurer of Lubbock Bag.
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Rosemary
David
Tom
21St St
Plains Laundry
Whiteside
Lubbock
Ryan
Okla
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
Cold Front Expected to Reach Texas Sunday
The Weather Bureau forecast a cold front entering the Panhandle before dawn Sunday that could cool North Texas though distance into the state was unclear. Drizzle and fog covered East Texas, while warm temps persisted south of a stationary front from near Houston to Del Rio. Rain totals for 24 hours ending Saturday evening included Dallas 0.38, Junction 0.41, Fort Worth 0.33, Houston 0.05, Tyler 0.02, with 0.01 at Waco Abilene and El Paso. The seeds meeting featured Rev Turnipseed as opening prayer, prompting amused chatter over the name Rhett Turnipseed.
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Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Texas
East Texas
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
del Rio
Big Bend
Dallas
Junction
Fort Worth
Tufkin
Waco
Abilene
el Paso
Miss Billie Buckner Injured When Car Hits Parked Vehicle
Miss Billie Buckner age 17 of 1915 7th St was injured about 8 30 p m Saturday when her car struck a parked car in the 1700 block of 24th St Heavy smoke from the motor brought the fire department but no fire occurred She was taken to St Marys Hospital by McDonald ambulance and confined with a broken nose last night
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Billie Buckner
7Th St
24Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
McDonald Ambulance
Giles Faces Bribe Allegations in Texas 662 Acre Land Deal
Testimony focused on a $35,000 bribe to raise a land price from 203000 to 238000 for 662 acres sold through the state to 32 veterans. Objections blocked questioning of Giles and co defendants. Giles and associates left as proceedings paused and a notary prepared a record.
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Bexar County
Dulles Backs Ike’s New Reserve Setup
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles endorses a voluntary military reserve plan as part of Eisenhower’s push for a universal military training program. Treasury Secretary Humphrey and Harold Stassen join, following a House subcommittee vote to scale back and confine the proposal to voluntary service only. Nonvolunteers would still face the regular two year draft.
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Washington
Sec
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Dulles
Treasury Sec
George M. Humphrey
Foreign Aid
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
House Armed Services
House
Famous Commodity Trader Butler Faces Market Probe
Fabulous Trader Butler noted for vast wealth and secrets, denying charges as a houseboy places him at a Crump & Co office while the firm distances itself from his private bets. Authorities allege he aimed to manipulate soybean prices, seeking to expel him from the markets. Butler, born in Charleston, grew up in Vicksburg before moving to the area in 1936.
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Butler
F. M. Crump & Co
Charleston
W. Va
Vicksburg
Miss
New York
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Chicago
Baby Kidnapped At Beaumont Hospital Shocks Family
A woman abducted a newborn from Beaumont Hospital causing a hospital-wide search. Police checked linen closets and bins, set roadblocks, and questioned staff. The baby, unnamed, wore a bead bracelet and could go 24 hours without feeding. ransom was not suspected. Desi Arnaz hospitalized with leg strain after golf.
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Dle
Wharton
Whartons
Beaumont Baptist Hospital
Birth notices for multiple families across area hospitals
Birth announcements list several newborns with weights and times at Abell Genie Hospital Porter Clinic Lunbock Osteo Dathie St Mary's St. Marca REA Shook The Co Hankee Trailer Co and Wont Texas Howpits. Fathers are farmers city employees or office managers. names include Mr and Mrs George H Dorman W P Blake L G Davie Riley L Rush Billy C Jolly Clyde Brazell and Frank Wigmaten.
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Riley L. Rush
St Mary's Hospital
Shook the Co
Clyde Brazell
St. Mars Hospital
Hanke "Trailer Co
Lubbock Leads Texas Retail Index In March Survey
The Texas cities list shows Lubbock ninth among national city indexes with 112.5 and seventh in Texas for total retail sales at $14 610 000 in March. Data derive from bank debits sales tax and federal reserve reports with three index figures comparing 1955 to 1939 1954 and 1955 to national changes. The compilation outlines city and national growth trends for retail activity.
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Lubbock
Texas
Department of Commerce
Federal Reserve
Sains
Bureau of Censi
Local Spelling Bee crowns Doris Reynolds and regional picks
Doris Reynolds, 12, sixth grade from Cooper School, wins the Lubbock County Bee after spelling mimic correctly, with sister Sandra also present. Anita Weiss, 11, sixth grade from Seminole Elementary, is Gaines County’s regional representative, with Robert Pittman as alternate. Roger Pearson, 12, seventh grade, Spur, represents Dickens County.
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Avalanche Journal Bee
Roy Boyd
Lubbock County
Doris Reynolds
Cooper School
Wade Reynolds
Charles E. Lawrence
Gaines County
Anita Weiss
Seminole
Ernest Weiss
Robert Pittman
B. M. Pittman
Roger Pearson
Spur
Dickens County
Robert Williams
Roger
Gracie Pearson
Doris
Sandra
Paula
Tennessee Reporters Approve Correction In Tag Legislation
Tennessee reporters covering the Legislature praised a house action to fix a typographical error that would have required a special auto tax on newsmen instead of granting special auto tags.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
House Acton
Bear Escaped Zoo Follows Quebec Man Home
In Granby Quebec a man says a bear recently escaped from Granby Zoo followed him home. Police were alerted after he reported seeing a large black bear the size of a horse near his residence. Officers searched the area but details of the bear’s capture were not immediately available.
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Quebec
Zoo
Granby
NSA
Toes
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Beaumont Journal
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