Prepared To Surge Across Rhine From Red Army Threat
A half million combat ready Soviet and East German troops sit on the German border with 2.5 million more underground forces, ready to surge across the Rhine if war breaks out. The piece argues peaceful coexistence is a cover for expansion and urges Western support for those behind the Iron Curtain via economic aid, refugee integration, maintained contacts, and a coordinated propaganda push.
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Ernst Tillich
Washington
Germany
Kremlin
Fasten
Rhine
English Channel
Free World
United States
Wold
America
Iron Curtain
Feds 5
Tron Curtain
Encephalitis Cases Plague Plainview Winter 30 Reported
Encephalitis cases rise in Plainview with more than 30 diagnosed. Two patients at the Medical Center and three at Plainview Hospital and Clinic receive care, with three deaths this past week. State and federal health teams assess mosquito control in the Plainview and Lubbock area amid spraying efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Plainview Hospital
Cinic
Manuel Valzeraz i. Linton
Federal Health Department
Lubbock
South Plains
C. A. Pigford
Lubbock City County
Lubbock County
Pigford
Great Southern Life Group Heads to Phoenix Reward Trip
Representatives of Great Southern Life Insurance leave Lubbock for Phoenix Arizona as a reward trip for local agency growth and expansion. Geo J Young dean of the agency for 19 years receives recognition along with Max D Hulse for Leaders Legion honors. Other travelers include Robin Schuster and W B Bingham among several. wives join. The trip includes Scottsdale visits and Grand Canyon stay Friday September 21, with return next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Southern Live Insurance Company
Lubbock
Phoenix
Ariz
Geo. J. ‘Young
Great Southern
Leaders Roundtable
Max D. Hulse
Leaders Legion
Robin Schuster
W. B. Bingham
Keith A. Lane
Duane Byars
Dale Brown
Buster Hanks
Gene Lansing
Sid Cain
Scottsdale
Grand Canyon
Lubbor
Old Sanctuary to Be Razed by Methodist Church
Demolition of the First Methodist Church sanctuary and adjacent educational building at Broadway and Ave M will start 9 a.m. Monday with a service led by Dr. J Chess Levern. The Rev. Asa Avant reads scripture and Rev. T Ray Branton leads hymn. Gibbs and Worley Construction will do the work, mostly by hand, due to proximity to the new buildings. Job completion targeted within 99 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Broadway and
Ave. M
J Chess Levern
Asa Avant
T. Ray Branton
Publc
Gibbs and Worley Construction
Maurice G. Roberts Named Vice President of High Plains Credit
Maurice G. Roberts, a Fort Worth native now in Lubbock, was elected vice president and general manager of High Plains Credit Corp. He previously served 11 years as chief accountant for the Southwestern Division of American Steel and Wire Co. and nine years as a Fort Worth National Bank loan officer. A Navy veteran, he holds a permanent Navy lieutenant retired commission and attended Abilene Christian College, Polytechnic High School, and the American Institute of Banking. He and his wife and three children reside at 3810 7th St and will attend Broadway Church of Christ.
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Maurice G. Roberts
High Plains Credit Corp
Lubbock
Fort Wii
High Plains Credit Corporation
24Th St
U.S. Navy
Roberts
Judy
Marsha
Johnny
7Th St
Broadway Church of Christ
Elvis look fads sweep San Antonio high schools
In San Antonio Northside High Principal F R Farris reports about 50 boys showing long sideburns and open shirts inspired by Elvis Presley. Officials, backed by Oscar Miller, oppose such fads and may send a few remaining rebels home. Parents cooperate to curb purging fashion outside the norm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Ed Presley
Northside High School
F. R. Farris
Farris
Oscar Miller
University Exes Invite Exes To Lubbock Chapter Meeting
Ex University of Texas alumni in Lubbock invited to form a local chapter of the University of Texas Ex-Students Association. Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Citizens National Bank basement to elect officers and plan activities. A color motion picture of the 1955 Texas Texas A&M game will be shown. Cards mailed to about 350 ex-students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Lubeock
Lubbock
Citizens National Bank
Malcolm Kutner
Sam Counts Family Returns To City After Absence
After a year in Arlington and Houston, Mr and Mrs Sam Counts and daughter Jane Ann have come back to Lubbock. Counts will represent the Great National Life Insurance Company of Dallas. A longtime Lubbock resident, he attends St Christopher's Episcopal Church and Mackenzie Lodge No 1307. He trained at SMU's Institute of Marketing and is a member of the Texas and National Associations of Life Underwriters. The Counts family resides at 4802 Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Houston
Sam Counts
Jane Ann
Lubbock
Counts
Great National Life Insurant Company
Dallas
Lubbnck
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Mackenzie Sonic Lodge
SMU
Texas and
National Associations of Life Underwriters
Texas Leaders Roundtable
Detroit
Synthetic rubber industry poised for big bounce
The synthetic rubber industry, grown under wartime government control, looks ready to surge. Du Pont begins trial runs this weekend at a Montague Michigan plant to add about 50 million pounds annually of neoprene. B F Goodrich says it has a cheaper faster latex process, Faso Research and Engineering prepares to unveil a new transport rubber material. In 1955 synthetic rubber accounted for nearly 60 percent of US new rubber consumption with 894,900 long tons, and industry plans target over 1,300,000 long tons by 1957.
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New York
du Pont
Montague
Mich
B. F. Goodrich Sponge Rubber Products
Faso Research and Engineering Co
Malaya
Plane Crashes During Horse Show Prep Near Doniphan
A light plane circling a horse training field near Doniphan Missouri lost gas and crashed during horse show practice. The pilot, Rev. Harry Rankin aged 45, a Methodist minister from Bryan Texas, escaped uninjured after the craft burned. Rankin was en route from Chicago to Walnut Ridge Arkansas to visit his mother Mrs. Lee Rankin.
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Doniphan
Harry Rankin
Bryan
Tex
Chicago
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Lee Rankin
Postmaster At Post Elected As Officer Of Association
Harold Voss, local postmaster, was elected secretary of the 19th District Association of Postmasters and Supervisors at a recent Idalou meeting. He succeeds Melvin Ritchie of Hale Center. Spur postmaster Guy Karr was elected president succeeding R J Quinlivin of Talon. Next meeting set for Plainview in December with 18th District postmasters joining.
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Harold Voss
19Th District
Association of Postmasters and Supervisors
Idalou
Melvin Ritchie
Hale Center
Guy Karr
Spur
R. J. Quinlivin
Talon
Plainview
Oly Peer
Exchange Club to mail 22590 brochures for Children's Training Center drive
The Lubbock Exchange Club will mail about 22 590 brochures with letters on Monday to supporters across the South, seeking funds to expand the Children's Training Center at 17th Street and Ave M. The drive, led by Dr Robert Anderson, aims to raise as much as possible for the school which serves retarded youngsters and currently has 35 enrolled. Funds would add five rooms, a playground, and staff. the center operates with no federal or state aid and relies on volunteers from Tech and local clubs.
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Eli
CH. Schrader
Allan T. Stewart
Seminal
W. G. Mayhen
C. H. Schrader
Tech
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Billy Meeks
Lubbock Real Estate Board
Paul Pattillo
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Henry Holmes
A. R. Osborne
Bobby Jenkins
Harold Chapman
G. R. Kennedy
Betty Clawson
Building News
F& R Lumber Co
Hath
56Th St
36Th St
Caprock
55Th St
E. Broadway
G. G. Gilliland
Clyde E. Williamson
McLeon
Fred Hackel
19Th St
Ema
Manogant
Myrite Appliance CO
Elvis Presley
University of Texas Exes
Ropesville
Sam
Wes Tunnel
Nunn Electric Supply
Winston Manuel
Western Appliance
Midland
R.C.A. Whitpool
Carsten Davies
Davies Grocery & Appliance
New Home
RCA Whirlpool Imperial Washing Machine
Roy Bennett
Bennett's Merchantile
Andrews
RCA
Exchange Club
Pas Ty Ti Ola Floor Covering Company
19Th Street
Porter
Seo Coo
Rus
Wychwood
Witcusy
Asco Toon
Alo Goom
Uarwood
Oakwood
Lubbock Ready-Built House CO
North College
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