Left bloc attacks Faure over alleged censorship in France
In Paris Mendes-France and allied leftist leaders publish in LExpress to denounce Premier Faure for what they call unscrupulous censorship on radio and television to aid his re election bid. The united front includes Socialists Republican Socialists and the UDSR.
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Paris
Pleete Mendes-Frances
Edgar Faure
Mendes-France
Republican Socialists
UDSR
Faure
Mendes
Lexpress
Texas Gridder Named In Group That Beat Couple
A 22 year old University of Texas football player was named among four UH seniors who beat Dominic Como and his wife in a club fracas. The youths, identified as Benton T. McGarrah, Robert M. Seigal, and Kenneth Langford, were charged with aggravated assault.
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Houston
University of Texas
Dominic Como
Lawrence Graham
Larry
Lama High School
Graham
Austin
Como
Perry Como
Mal
Robert M. Seigal
Kenneth Langford
Joe Louis reveals marriage plans to Rose Morgan
Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis announced plans to wed Rose Morgan in St Albans, New York, on Christmas Day. The 40 year old cosmetics manufacturer will witness the ceremony as Louis ties the knot for the third time with a small circle of close friends.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Joe Louis
Rose Morgan
Miss Morgan
St. Albans
New York
AFL
CIO
Free World
71St Regimental Armory
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Harriman
Stevenson
Michael Quill
Transport Workers Union
Irishman Claims New Talking Record in Dartford
Kevin Sheehan, a former Irish Guards trooper, spoke for 133 hours without a stop at a local dance hall in Dartford England. He claims the feat sets a new world record, surpassing a prior 133 hour claim by a Russian individual.
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Dartford
England
Kevin Sheehan
Irish Guards
Mexia Band Wins First Division At Hillsboro Contest
Mexia High School Black Cat band earned a first division rating in Region 3 at Hillsboro, the school's first top marching award since 1942. Sixteen bands competed. Mexia tied with Duncanville and Waco for top honors. The 61-member band, directed by Charles Nickell, faced some illness but impressed judges. The troupe will perform in Mexia’s Christmas parade.
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Mexia
Hillsboro Band
Mexia High School
Black Cat
Hillsboro
Robert L. Maddox
Duncanville
Waco
Carolyn Stewart
Sandra Yarbrough
Jan Grice
Linda Parten
Emilee Massey
Genie Schuh
Frances Thornton
Dixie Cox
Christmas Play At Dunbar School By Sixth Grade
The Citizens Band organization will meet at Dunbar High School tomorrow night at 7 30. A short Christmas play Let Us Adore Him will be presented by the sixth grade under J D Pigford for members of the organization. Christmas carols will be sung.
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Citizens Band Organization
Dunbar High School
J. D. Pigford
Wil Arrant
Thedford Rhodes
Miss Ransom
An Mu
Bomber Crashes at Webb Air Force Base
A Blytheville Arkansas based B 7 bomber crashed while attempting to land at Webb Air Force Base. Two crew members were killed in the crash and ensuing explosion. Details are incomplete due to damaged text.
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Big Spring
Blythesville
Ark
Webb Air Fores Base
Rabbit Troubles Hit Marion After Dog Ordinance
In Marion Wisconsin residents report a rise in garden damage as rabbits flourish once dogs are restricted by a new ordinance. Officials note increased complaints about yard and shrubbery damage linked to the rabbit population surge.
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Marion
Wis
Five People Forced On Ride of Terror By Razor Brandishing Suspect
CHICAGO. A factory worker, Patrick Dillon, 25, held five captives at gunpoint and forced them into a stolen taxicab after entering a bar and declaring he wanted company. He slashed two people, forced a woman to strip, and later released the last captive yesterday afternoon. Dillon was arrested at his girlfriend’s apartment. he claimed, I did not know what I was doing.
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Chicago
Patrick Dillon
Dillon
Record Shop Owner Kills Wife Before Suicide
John Webb age 50 owner of a popular record shop strangled his wife 35 then wrote a will and two letters and shot himself. Bodies found at the Webb home at 7 25 a m after Webb telephoned Mrs Webb's brother in Houston to say he had killed a wife and would kill himself.
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Bryan
John Webb
Webb
Family injured as car crashes into wagon on Farm Highway 30
Four members of a Farrar community family in Limestone County were hurt when a car collided with the rear of their wagon on Farm Highway 30 about two miles south of Farrar. They were taken to Teague hospital.
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Farrar
Limestone County
Teague
Safety program planned in Mexia Lions Club
A safety program will be presented at the Mexia Lions Club tomorrow at noon by Joe Pike of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company He will give a short safety talk and show a film titled Driving 90 Horses The U S Army organized and planned the first weather bureau as a branch of the Signal Corps
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Mexia
Maxia- Lions Club
Joe Pike
Southwestern Bell: Telephone Company
Victim of Wreck Begins Fifth Year of Living Death
Stockton California reports Mrs Abbie Selah Howland 36 began another year in a coma since December 4 1951 after a car crash with a severe mids brain injury. Doctors say there is no hope for recovery and she remains unconscious fed by nasogastric tubes.
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Stockton
Calif
Abbie Selah Howland
San Joaquin General Hospital
Myrs. Howland
Howland
Little Change Expected In Texas Weather
United Press reports Texas weather will remain largely the same with cloud cover and cool temperatures. Amarillo sees an inch of new snow with lows in the teens in Dalhart and near 50s along the coast. light showers possible northeast from Corpus Christi, but no general rain expected. Snow plows clear northern Midwest as Dakotas and Wisconsin report heavy snowfall totaling up to a foot.
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United Press
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Dalhart
Marillo’s
Brownsville
Gulf
Béaumont
Corpus Christi
Bureau
Mexia
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Houghton
Mich
Cargill Promotes And Transfers Two Men From Mexia
Cargill Incorporated promotes and transfers two employees from the Mexia grain storage plant. J. D. Sunday becomes head of grain conditioning in Fort Worth after serving as grain inspector at Mexia. W. W. Mansell moves to Baton Rouge Louisiana as foreman, previously weighmaster at Mexia. The article also notes cocona fruit with apple sized berries in the Amazon Valley.
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Cargill, Incorporated
Cargill
Mexia
J. D. Sunday
W. W. Mansell
Mr. Sunday
Fort Worth
Mr. Mansell
Baton Rouge
Amazon Valley
Reginald Wakefield Funeral Services Held In Groesbeck
Funeral services were held today for Reginald Wakefield 53 of Groesbeck who died Saturday afternoon while hunting near Horn Hill from a heart attack. He is survived by his widow two sons Charles Glenn and Johnny Lee both of Houston a daughter Miss Reggie Nell of Groesbeck a brother Rodney of Wink six sisters and a lifetime Groesbeck resident buried at Fort Parker Memorial Park.
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Charles
Reginald Wakefield
Groesbeck
Wakefield
Horn Hill
Charles Glenn
Johnny Lee
Houston
Reggie Nell
Grosbeck
Rodney
Wink
W. A. Adams
Tehuacana
H. E. Rutherford
Mexia Band Boosters Plan Evening Meeting
Mexia Band Boosters clubs convene at Mexia High School band hall at 7 30 p m. O W Mansell reports on club activities. Hugh Pendleton outlines a food booth event to be run at 10 a m to 3 p m Saturday near Nabors Cleaners. Proceeds aid the band's Christmas party and expenses. Mrs Roy Cooper will report on selling old uniforms and M M Jackson proposes a new fund raising plan.
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Mexia Band Boosters Club
Mexia High School
O. W. Mansell
Hugh Pendleton
Jack Katz
Nabors Cleaners
Sherman Street
Roy Cooper
M. M. Jackson
Veteran Cobbler Keeps Craft Alive in Fall River
In Fall River Massachusetts Antonio Bue 85 remains busy at his last after 59 years as a cobbler. He continues repairing shoes and serving longtime customers with steady, meticulous work.
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Fall River
Mass
Antonio Bue
Georgia Tech Cleared to Meet Pitt in Sugar Bowl
Georgia Tech won approval from the State Board of Regents to play Pitt in the Sugar Bowl on January 2. The decision bars Tech and Georgia from non segregated or Negro-involved games within the state, jeopardizing future home and away intersecional schedules.
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Georgia Tech
Pitt
Atlanta
State Board of Regents
Pittsburgh
Tech
University of Georgia
Georgia
Education Commission
Marvin Griffin
New Orleans
Fire In Laundry At Brown Hospital Causes Minor Damage
A mangle in the Brown Hospital laundry caught fire yesterday afternoon and was extinguished before major damage. O W Mansell Mexia fire marshal says the blaze started from an electrical cord on the mangle used to press linens. Laundry room damaged with some sheets bed spreads and pillow cases burned. no damage estimate given.
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Brown Hospital
O. W. Mansell
Mexia
Mansell
Mexia FFA Youths Plan Clothing Drive Tonight
Mexia FFA youths organize their annual clothing drive to collect garments for Mexia School and Home residents. Chairman Derry Matthews and committee members Geoffrey Gore and Jimmy Gant oversee pickup from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight with donations sorted and delivered to the Mexia State School and Home tomorrow for redistribution.
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Mexia Ffa
Derry
Matthews
Geoffrey Gore
Jimmy Gant
Jenny Star
Mexia State Sehgal
Democrats Target Foreign Policy in 1952 Campaign
Republicans vow to push peace and prosperity as the campaign theme while Democrats pledge a sharp critique of the Eisenhower-Dulles foreign policy. House leaders and Senators indicate foreign policy will be a major battleground with both parties pledging vigorous debate.
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Washington
House
GOP
Joseph W. Martin Jn
Eisenhower
Homer ,Capehall
Indiana
Pat M. Butler
Republcan
House Foreign's Affairs Committee
Omari
Burleson
Texas
Wayne
Hays
Ohio
Dulles
Asia
Capehart
New- York
Avérell
Rman
Oklahoma
Russia
Tax booklet for farmers and ranchers issued by IRS
Congressman Teague announced a free IRS booklet on income tax laws and regulations for farmers and ranchers. The edition is distributed to county agents for broad access, with instructions to contact his Washington office for copies.
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Teague
Tnternal Revenue Service
Olin BE
Washington
D.C
Speeding mother and daughter briefly detained in chase
A 31 year old mother and her 18 year old daughter were arrested on speeding charges in West Warwick Rhode Island after a state police chase. The mother said she tried to overtake to warn her daughter that police were pursuing them.
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West Warwick
R. 1
Inducements offered to join services in Galveston
In Galveston a recruitment notice touts incentives to enlist. Prospective recruits are promised perks such as a free ticket and shrimp bowl food, with attractive offers presented by young women. The ad references the Ash or Navy and urges interest from local residents.
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Galveston
Ash
Navy
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Vernon Jones
Mexia Daily News
Dunbar School
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