Eisenhower to use helicopter lift for Cabinet and Security Council meetings
President Eisenhower arranged a helicopter shuttle to Camp David in Maryland mountains for a Cabinet and National Security Council gathering next week. The two sessions will be 9 a.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Monday, with Allen Dulles and Vice President Nixon accompanying or joining from Washington. Snowy conditions kept him at Gettysburg but did not dull plans to address Geneva talks, Israel arms requests, and farm issues.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ettysburg
Eisenhower
Cabinet
National Security Council
Maryland
Security Council
Ike
Gettysburg
Camp David
Allen W. Dules
Central Intelligence
Nixon
Washington
Florida
Pentagon
James C. Hagerty
White House
George E. Allen
Hagerty
Geneva
Israel
Egypt
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
Four Die In Auto Train Collision Near Richland Missouri
Four members of the Gann family died when an apparently stalled car on Frisco tracks was struck by a freight train one mile south of Richland. Polly Gann 50 Fiona Mae 23 Bobbie Gene 95 Lilburn Gann 55 died in the collision. Norman 14 Robert Lathurm 1 were critically injured and Denny Baskam 1 sustained minor injuries.
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Richland
IMS
Frisco
Lilburn Gann
Buckhorn
Polly
Fiona Mae
Bobbie Gene
Norman
Robert Lathurm
Ganns
Denny Baskam
Marie Dionne Quits Convent Seeks Hospital Care
Marie Dionne, frail and shy member of the surviving quintuplets, left a Quebec convent for a hospital where two sisters study nursing. Friends say she grieves Emilie’s death last year and lacks appetite while remaining under church and family observation.
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United Press
Marie Dionne
Dionnes
Marie
Emilie
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Order of the Levants of the Most Holy Sacrament
Quebec City
Dionne
l'Hospital Notre Dame de l’Esperance
Ville St. Laurent
Montreal
Johnson called to White House for December summit on foreign policy
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson announced a December 13 conference with President Eisenhower on foreign policy. The Texan, recovering from a July heart attack, said he would attend if health permitted and spoke at Southwest Texas State Teachers College about unity on foreign affairs amid 1956 campaign issues.
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Dave Cheavens
Marcos
Tex
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
White House
Eisenhower
Johnson
Whitney
Texas Democrat
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Lee Lyndon Johnson
Feathers Admitted to Grid Hall of Fame Honor at Tech
Beattie Feathers, Tech backfield coach, received a Hall of Fame plaque at halftime of the Texas Tech versus Pacific game on Dad’s Day. Jimmie Stewart presented the award inside a circle of Kilgore JC Rangerettes. Feathers starred at Tennessee and with the Chicago Bears, acclaimed for playing ability and sportsmanship.
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Beattie Feathers
Texas Tech
Football Hall of Fame
Jimmie Stewart
Hall of Fame
Jones Stadium
Nan Ella Myers
W. C. Myers
28Th St
Kilgore Junior College Rangerettes
Rangerettes
Priscilla Abshier
Nacogdoches
Sharron Needham
Garland
Dorothy Jo Hess
Marshall
Raiders
College of Pacific
Tech
Feathers
Betty
Southwest Conference
Hall of Fame Board
Feather
University of Tennessee
Chicago Bears
Page
Car Hits Man At New Deal South Plains Traffic Death
A 66 year old farm worker, Joe Garza of Del Rio, died from head injuries after being struck by a 1955 sedan driven by Weldon Webb while crossing U S Highway 87 at the south edge of New Deal. Webb could not stop in time and traffic prevented swerving to avoid him. The death marked the 98th traffic fatality on the South Plains that year and the third consecutive fatal Saturday on the area’s roads.
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Laworer
Lubbock
New Deal
Joe Garza
del Rio
New Deal-Abernathy
Methodist Hospital
U.S. Highway 87
Garza
South Plains
Weldon Webb
10Th St
Webb
Hale Driver Wins Parking Dispute With Storekeeper
In Plainview a motorist who parked daily faced a store owner who let air out tires for unloading. Police ruled the area legal parking since no loading or parking zone was marked, ending the dispute with the driver’s win.
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Plainview
Uncle Sam’s Changing Image Sparks Editorial Gig
A light editorial notes Uncle Sam, once tall and slender, now appears with a noticeably larger waist. The piece comments on evolving national imagery and public perception in a concise opinion format.
Fire sighted near wreckage of plane in Mt Charleston crash
Maj. R A Windoffer reported a fire about 50 feet from the wreckage of a plane that crashed on Mt Charleston. He saw two people around the fire as rescuers fought freezing snow and near-impossible conditions to reach the site. Frederick Hanks, a former Floydada resident, aboard the plane, is identified in the report.
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Las Vegas
Charleston
R. A. Windoffer
Nellis Air Force Base
Here
Frederick Hanks
Sierra Madre
Calif
Floydada
John W. Kizer
Canton
Lubbock
Former Mayor Holcombe Wins 11th Term in Houston Race
Oscar Holcombe known as the Ol Gray Fox won re election to Houston city hall with a sweeping victory over Roy Hofheinz. Unofficial returns credited him with 238,642 votes to Hofheinz 21,178 and George W. Eddy 6,90.
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Houston
Oscar Holcombe
Gray Fox
City Hall
Roy Hofheinz
Holcombe
Hofheinz
George W. Eddy
Cotton harvest nears half completion on South Plains
Half of the South Plains cotton crop is about 50 percent harvested with 600000 bales ginned and classed by the Lubbock office. Officials estimate production between 1100000 and 1200000 bales, with the Exchange pegging the latest figure at 1150000 as sections vary in progress.
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Conrad Schoefer
Journal
Harvets
South Plains
Lubbock
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Stevenson Attacks Prosperity Slogan at Democratic Rally
Adlai E Stevenson denounced what he called special interest government in Washington and the slogan peace prosperity progress. Truman urged a liberal course and predicted a Democratic victory in 1956 while criticizing Eisenhower foreign policy and Geneva outcomes.
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Avalanche-Journal
Adlai E. Stevenson
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Geneva
Butler Heapid
Ee Butler
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Big Livestock Exposition Auditorium
Chicago
Fate Brought Them Together To Die 44 On Journey To Same Destination
Forty four passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 629 were killed when a bomb exploded in baggage compartment No 4 over Colorado on November 1. The victims ranged from a mother and baby reunion to a Texas Tech graduate and a 72nd birthday celebrant as investigators linked the crash to a murder for insurance plot by John Gilbert Graham.
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New York
Hollywood
mid-America
United Air Lines
Colorado
Chicago
Denver
John Gilbert
Jack) Graham
Daisie E. King
FBI
Graham
Portland
Ore
Russians Use Fear to Force Allied Concessions
In Geneva and as Cold War tensions rise after the Big Four talks end in failure, Moscow is reviving fear as a weapon to press Western powers toward Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. The breakdown of negotiations signals a shift to more intricate and aggressive Kremlin tactics, undermining earlier peace expectations.
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John M. Hightower
Eneva
Moscow
Russia
Europe
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin
Weather Map Highlights Lubbock Area Forecast
Generally fair with light southwesterly winds. Highs around 70 and low near 32. The table lists temperatures across multiple cities including Abilene Amarillo Dallas Houston and El Paso with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows ranging from mid 20s to 40s. Humidity peaks at 78 percent and midnight reading 56 percent.
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Pal
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
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