President's Plan Wins Support for Civil Defense Funding
House Democrats pledge swift action on Eisenhower's request for 12 million dollars to fund evacuation shelter programs against atomic attacks. Committee chairs plan quick review after budget release, while debates unfold over shelter policy and medical readiness amid fallout risks.
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House
Demos
Rose McKee
Washington
Eisenhower
Clarence Cannon
Dmo
House Appropriations Committee
al Thomas
Tex
Congress
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Strauss
Gore
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Peterson
Strauss
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Civil Defense Subcommittee
Ralph E. Spear
Civil Defense
AEC
New Jersey
Dallas Woman in Critical Condition After Emergency Heart Massage
Mrs. Floy Carter, 47, was revived after a doctor opened her chest and massaged her heart at Baylor hospital when she collapsed upon learning her mother Mrs. Alice Myrtle Davis, 67, died during X rays. Carter remained in critical condition Saturday though described as improving.
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Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Floy Carter
Alice Myrtle Davis
Baylor
Suspect Held in East Texas Check Swindle Case
Marshall officials report a Californian, 2%, held for investigation of a hot check swindling scheme. He allegedly signed bogus checks at eight or ten East Texas and Oklahoma towns. Hold orders filed by Longview Sherman and Denison officers.
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Marshall
F—County
Phillip Baldwin
Baldwin
East
Texas
Oklahoma
Nnts
Longview
Sherman
Denison
Monday Rites Set For O. M. Unger 94 Plainview Pioneer
Funeral services for O. M. Unger 94 longtime Plainview resident and civic leader will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Lemons Funeral Chapel with Dr G K Rogers presiding. Burial follows in Bourbon Indiana Unger arrived in West Texas in 1908 from Bourbon Ind where he was a merchant with banking and farming interests He was first president of the Plainview Commercial Club and later secretary He aided agricultural projects and exhibitions and was a census supervisor in 1930 He was born March 3 1861 in Elkhart Ind His widow Minnette Karg Unger survives and will attend with other relatives from Fort Wayne Ind Funeral services are by Lemons Funeral Home.
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Plainview
O. M. Unger
Lemons Funeral Chapel
Presbyterian Church
Bourbon
Ind
Unger
Temple Hospital
West Texas
Plainview Elks Lodge
Elkhart
Minnette Karg Unger
Sir H. Pinson
Fort Wayne
Lemons Funeral Home
Dallas Traffic Drizzle Blamed for 116 Auto Accidents
Slick streets and a rush hour drizzle in Dallas led to 116 automobile accidents. At least six people were injured, but none suffered serious injuries.
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Dallas
City Residents Read Old Indian Sign Forecast For Crops
The wind at sunrise on March 22 is said to predict the South Plains crop yield. Local observers led by Mrs. Mullican test the legend yearly using smoke and a plumb bob, noting accuracy in 20 of 22 years.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
J. S. Wilborn
Garza County
Wilborn
W. Q. Stevens
Post and Lubbock
Mullican
20Th St
Tom C. Holden
C. B. Cook
Judge Mullican
South Plains Farmers Watch Wind at Sunrise Tuesday
Calls regarding this year's observation prompt farmers to cast wary eyes toward any evidence of the wind direction at sunrise Tuesday, regardless of the scientific basis for the legend.
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South Plains
Plainview Youth Faces Juvenile Delinquency Petition
A 16-year-old Plainview high school student was filed against by County Attorney Frank Gaston on a petition to declare him a juvenile delinquent after a beating of James Perry, another 16-year-old. The incident occurred a few miles outside Plainview on Tuesday. A closed hearing is set for March 22 before County Judge Lee Nowlin. Perry’s condition improved after admission to Plainview Hospital and Clinic Foundation, with surgery not needed.
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Plainview
Frank Gaston
James Perry
Lee Nowlin
Perry
Plainview Hospital and Clinic Foundation
Man Pleads Innocent to Liquor Transport Charge
Travis Leon Butler aged 23 of East 15th Street posted a $500 bond after pleading innocent to illegal transportation of intoxicants. The hearing before Justice of the Peace George H. McCleskey occurred in Judge Robert J. Allen’s absence due to illness. Butler was arrested Friday by liquor control inspectors who said quantities of whisky and gin were found in a compartment under the driver's seat of a late-model sedan.
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Travis Leon Butler
15Th St
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
Robert J. Allen
Butler
Liquor Control Board
Leningrad Commander Govorev Dies After Illness
Moscow radio reports the death of Soviet Army Marshal Leonid Govorev 58 who led the Leningrad front in World War I after a prolonged grave illness in the early hours.
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London
Leonid Alexandrovich Govorev
Leningrad
Moscow Radio
Desk and Derrick Club Region 5 Presidents Meet
More than 50 attendees joined day-long sessions of the Desk and Derrick Club Region 5 presidents convention Saturday at the Caprock Hotel. Irma Cline of Wichita Falls directed the meet with Frankie Frensley of Dallas also in attendance. The club includes secretarial staff from petroleum firms.
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Desk and Derrick Club
Caprock Hotel
Comanche
Underwood’s
Irma Cline
Wichita Falls
Frankie Frensley
Dallas
National Association
Treas
Independence High School ends spring term early for strawberry harvest
Independence Louisiana notes its high school year ends Friday with 71 seniors in the graduating class. Classes resume in midsummer and the school closes early each spring to aid in the berry harvest, as Independence bills itself the Strawberry Capital of the World.
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Independence
Independence High School
The Amazing Story Of A Fabulous Hospital
An advertisement touts a Denver chiropractic hospital promising relief for illnesses from cancer to epilepsy. It claims a Wichita Beacon feature proving results and invites inquiries from the public, asserting profits go to patients and calling for written testimonials.
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Wichita Beacon
Spears Chiropractic Hospital
Denver
Colu
Adv
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