Cochran County Indicts Four Officials Over Misused Funds
A Cochran County grand jury indicted Lewis Cole superintendent of the County Hospital and three former officials Earl Cadenhead Odell Smith and T W Joe Pierce on charges of misapplying embezzling and theft of county funds totaling about 44 100 with most shortages repaid The indictments cover separate periods from 1941 to 1954 and include two counts against Cole Each count details misapplication embezzlement and theft records while a prior outside audit flagged larger shortages and criticized the county commissioners court.
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Earl Cadenhead
Odell Smith
T. W
Joe) Pierce
Funge
Cochran County
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Smith
Cadenhead
Pierce
Cale
Adenauer and Khrushchev clash over war guilt talks in Moscow
The 1945 war guilt dispute dominates a stormy Moscow session as Adenauer presses for the return of German war prisoners, while Khrushchev defends Soviet actions and rejects a prisoner settlement without East German participation. Bulganin cites a “real human act” in freeing prisoners.
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Presse Noscow
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Navi
Soviet Russia
Red Whrushchev
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Moscow
Russia
Hitler
Strong-Arm Robbery Probe Follows Saturday Night Incident
Officers investigated a late Saturday strong-arm robbery after Wesley Stout reported two women and a man attacked him near Ave I and 19th Street. He said they knocked him unconscious and took 5 to 7 dollars from his wallet after recognizing a two-tone blue late model Ford sedan.
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Stout
Ave. I
19Th St
Womble Olds
Knife stabbing at Lubbock club leaves man dead
A 72 year old man died from knife wounds suffered in a stabbing at the Hayott Club northwest of Lubbock. Weldon Hubbard, 33, is jailed on a murder charge after the victim Ellis, an employee, died in Methodist Hospital. Witnesses say a woman dancing with Ellis may have triggered the attack.
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Lubbock
Evelitus
Juniper Sr
Methodist Hospital
Weldon Burl
Hubbard
Justice of the Peace PD
WL Robertson
Lee Rice
Haylott Club
Clovis Highway
College Ave
John White
Ellis
White
Attacker Kills Self After Wounding Girl Shielding Mother
A 13 year old polio victim was shot in the hand as she wrestled with her gun wielding stepfather who then killed himself. Charlotte Kirkland saved her mother Juanita Kirkland during the home incident at 05 S Houston St. in Lamesa.
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Avalanche Journal
Amesa
Charlotte Kirkland
Juanita Kirkland
Henry Mayfield
Sam Floyd
Cochran Urges Close Scrutiny on Cotton Problem
Lubbock Cotton Exchange president James R. Cochran calls for active farmer business and government involvement to solve the cotton problem. He supports strict acreage controls and a high loan rate to reduce surplus and align production with consumption amid a 72.873 million bale national estimate.
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Avalanche-Journal
United States
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
U. S. Department of Agriculture
James R. Cochran
Cochran
Owl
Red-Haired Sharon Ritchie Wins Miss America Title
Miss Colorado Sharon Kay Ritchie, an 18 year old with red hair, won the Miss America contest in Atlantic City. Second place went to Miss Oregon Dorothy Johnson, with Miss Chicago Florence Gallagher third and Miss North Carolina Clara Arnold fourth. Ritchie, 39-24-35 and weighing 116 pounds, aspires to dramatics and was flown in from Colorado to compete among 49 beauties.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Colorado
Venus Ramey
Washington, D.C
Oregon
Dorothy Johnson
Chicago
Florence Gallagher
North Carolina
Clara Arnold
Oklahoma
Ann Campbell
Miss Ritchie
Lee Ann Merriwether
Denver
Lee Ann Meriwether
Miss America Contest Promises $50000 In Prizes and Appearances
A lottery style Miss America pageant offers a jackpot of $50000 in prizes and personal appearances. The article notes Miss Ritchie from Denver as a participant and directs readers to see MISS AMERICA Page 14.
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Miss Ritchie
Denver
Buffalo Lakes project listed in today’s Buffalo Morning section
The day’s pages announce the Buffalo Lakes project across multiple sections including Radio and TV Programs, Editorial, Oil News, Area Farm News, Church Page and a comic dictionary noting a Middle Age jest.
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Buffalo Lakes Project
South Plains Oil News
Area Farm News
White Backers Organize Club
A Texas capitol report says Texans for John White formed a political club as backers Rayburn Bell and Brown Bailey pushed the idea. They said White did not commit to a 1956 gubernatorial bid but indicated interest if his duties as agriculture commissioner allow. A Dallas headquarters will handle outreach.
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Austin
Capitol
John White
Reuben Senterfitt
Agriculture
Rayburn Bell
FBI
Farrers
Paris
Brown Bailey
Midland
White
Bell
Bailey
Ed Nichols
Dallas
Tornado Hits Farmhouse Near Augusta Kansas
A tornado swept into a rural area three miles south and one mile east of Augusta on Highway 77 Saturday afternoon. It damaged an unoccupied house by breaking windows and ripping hinges from the roof while heavy rain fell. no flooding was reported in Butler County.
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South Plains
Roaring Springs
Afton-Javiton
Spur
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Augusta
Kan
Here
State Highway Patrol
Butler County
Matador airman missing after B-29 crash in Pacific
A 32 year-old Matador airman, Leroy Nelson, is reported missing after a B-29 crash in the Far East about 250 miles from Okinawa. Official notification reached his wife and parents by telegram Friday night. Nelson was stationed at Kadena Base, Okinawa, and the Air Force said the fate of the craft remains undetermined.
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Avalanche Journal
Atador
Matador
T.set
Leroy Nelson
Far East
Pacific
Okinawa
Lee Nelson
Nelson
Kadena Base
Air Force
Vanguard Of 7 000 Tech Students Begin Invasion Of City
Texas Tech opens its 31st year with freshman orientation and tests from Monday to Wednesday. Fall registration will occur Wednesday and Thursday, with Friday marking opening of classes. About 7 000 new students expected, plus 2000 faculty and staff to travel to Austin for the Texas Tech UT game Saturday night. An All Freshman Mixer is set for Wednesday and a Norman Petty Trio appearance is planned for Thursday in the Student Union.
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Weather Summary for Lubbock Area and Southwest
Party cloudy to cloudy and cooler with showers and thunderstorms likely today. High near 77 and low around 53. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Record of temperatures and humidity provided for multiple southwest cities and times.
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Lubbock
Pohwl City
Abilene
Hi Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Ok. City
Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
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