Luxury Days Over In Military Camps
Senate Preparedness subcommittee reports waste in six Air Force training centers Langley Carswell Lowry Mather March and Keesler bases. It cites stale coffee stock Hotel style dormitories and upgraded mess halls furniture plus proposals for a golf course and baseball diamond as examples of frugality failures amid a push for economy in the armed forces.
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Senate
Crown
Langley Va
Carswell
Tex
Lowry
Colo
Mather
Cal
March
Keesler
Miss
Air Force
Carswell Field
Mather Field
Strangest Oil Well In Texas May Soon Become Dry Hole
In Dallas a peculiar oil well near a Rio Grande National Life Insurance Co building has leaked premium gasoline and water since Oct. 2 and now pumps about 15 gallons daily. Fire officials doubt the source, suspecting a large commercial user, and predict the flow may end with rain by week’s end.
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Dallas
Texas
A. W. Todd
Rio Grande National Life Insurance Co
Todd
Texan Is Assessed Death Sentence In Muleshoe Slaying
A six minute jury verdict in Muleshoe finds Lester Stevens guilty of murdering 85 year old Joshua Bucher. Death penalty imposed in the electric chair. Companion Thomas Livesay is awaiting trial after appendectomy recovery. Blecher founder of Progr was killed August 15. Authorities later found $10,000 hidden under the hermit’s floor.
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Muleshoe
Lester Stevens
Joshua Bucher
Bailey County
Stevens
Thomas Livesay
Livesay
Blecher
Progr
Musical Program At Forest Glade Tonight At 7 30
The Big State Jubilee show a two hour musical program will be at Forest Glade school tonight at 7 30. Proceeds go to buy books. Acts include Charlie Adams Decca Records star Western All Stars Little Elsie Wilbert and Filbert and more. The event is featured on radio WACO Thursdays at 7 30. Admission 65 cents for adults 35 cents for students.
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Forest Glade
Charlie Adams
Decca Records
Little Elsie
Wilbert and
Filbert
Princ Horace Sheffield
Ion Waco
National Guard Service Outlined To Mexia Rotarians
Lieut. Barker detailed Co. B Mexia unit work for Texas and nation. Sgt Price noted equipment funded by the federal government. Payroll $14613 last year. full strength would reach about $54690. Barker urged local support as patriotic service.
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Mexia
Charles QO. Barker
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Edwin G. Price
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Barker
Bob Montgomery
Tony Adams
Ronnie Burrows
Larry James
L. C. Wood
Harry Jacobs
Odessa Mayor denies rejecting state polio aid
Odessa mayor C. W. McCullum said the city has not refused state help in fighting the polio outbreak which has killed nine people this year. He called Dr. George Cox's claim that Odessa declined sanitation aid from the state health department an unfounded accusation and said outside assistance has not been refused.
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Odessa
C. W. McCullum
George Cox
McCullum
Cox
State Health Department
Man Freed of Murder Charges in Fort Worth
Doyle David Parks 40 was acquitted by a district court jury of murdering Paschal Truitt Simms 35 in Fort Worth. Parks testified he acted in self defense after Simms allegedly lunged at him when he entered a hotel room with Parks' ex wife.
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Fort Worth
Doyle David Parks
Parks
Paschal Truitt Simms
Godley
Simms
Sinatra divorce challenged amid Ava Gardner wedding
In Las Vegas attorney alleges Frank Sinatra's divorce from his first wife is invalid while Sinatra and Ava Gardner travel from Hollywood to London. The couple appears unconcerned as the dispute arises. A separate note states a chimpanzee can bite paws to escape a leopard attack.
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Nev
Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Nevada
Hollywood
London
Army perfects cannon to fire atomic shells
Army Chief of Staff Gen. J Lawton Collins said the service has perfected an atomic artillery cannon ready for battlefield use in the not too distant future. He noted tactical atomic arms will enhance defense and offer powerful offensive capability, with shells not yet proven in field tests.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
America
Russia
Collins
Murtal Broadcasting System
Nevada
Mexican cattleman accused in border fraud case
A bench warrant is issued for Salome Quintanilla, 54, Monterrey cattleman charged with masterminding a border fraud case involving fraudulent birth certificates and licenses to help Mexicans enter the United States. Bond raised to 25000 after he failed to appear. immigration officials estimate hundreds of buyers and up to 3000 clients in a million-dollar operation.
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San Antonio
Monterrey
Mex
U. S.mexico
Salome Quintanilla
James Allred
U.S
Quintanilla
Allred
John W. Holland
Man Guilty Of Smashing 24 Parking Meters In Port Arthur
Ref inery worker Joseph Bodin told Judge he suddenly became unhappy with the world and was found guilty on 24 charges for smashing heads from as many downtown parking meters. The court assessed a $528 fine.
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Port Arthur
Joseph Bodin
Bodin
T. B. Barber
Bridges Urges Bipartisan Policy to Treat Russia as US
Sen Styles Bridges of New Hampshire urged a bipartisan foreign policy and to treat Russia like the U S treats us. He spoke at a Dallas luncheon calling for closing U S harbors and the Panama Canal to Russian shipping and denying Russian tourist access. He also proposed a thorough cleaning of the State Department. The Appalachian Way, the world s longest footpath, runs 2183 miles.
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Dallas
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
America
Russia
Sen. Bridges
U. S
Panama Canal
State Department
World War II Era Cold War Dispatches From Asia Europe Iran Korea
A communist newsman in Panmunjom suggests fewer than 5 000 U S prisoners may return from Korea. Gottwald claims arrests and a plot to create another Yugoslavia in Czechoslovakia. Iran reports police colonel Nuri Shad dies from injuries after rioting and 50 officers hospitalized. In Busan two North Korean agents are jailed for blowing up the army arsenal wounding six and leaving 2 500 homeless. U S Army estimates 1 095 000 communist battle casualties in Korea, about triple UN losses.
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Panmunjom
Koreas
Korea
Chun Chi-Ping
China
Pusan
South Korea
Dust Storm Piles Up Topsoil Across Texas Farmlands
Dust storms across the Southwest fling topsoil from 4 million acres of farm and ranch land amid the worst drought in 65 years. Winds peaked at 60 mph in Lubbock and Hobbs, with little rainfall, threatening continued dust events through winter per Soil Conservation official Louis Merrill.
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New Mexico
Texas
South Plains
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Louis P. Merrill
Soil Conservation Service
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Hobbs
N. M
Admiral who planned Pearl Harbor recalls targets and regrets
Rear Adm. Sadatoshi Tomioka said the attack should have targeted oil tanks and shore facilities, not the fleet, and that it was not meant as a surprise. He urged Americans to drop the slogan Remember Pearl Harbor in favor of No more Hiroshimas.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Sadatoshi Tomioka
Washington
Tomioka
U. S
Hawaii
Tojo
Hideki Tojo
Mexia Hosts Region 3 Band Clinic With 650 Students
More than 650 band students are expected in Mexia for the first Region 3 clinic at Mexia High School. Col. Earl D. Irons and Bernard Fitzgerald lead the event with instructors from Bastrop La Vega Texas Christian and Baylor. A mass All-State tryout will select 18 players for Mineral Wells February 6 to 9.
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Earl D. Irons
Arlington State College
Bernard Fitzgerald
University of Texas
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la Vega
Texas Christian
Baylor
Mexia
Mineral Wells
Jacqueline Marrs
Tommy Johnson
Doyle Wayne Curry
Don Davis
David Eller
J&w Cafe
Ross Whitehead
Methodists to Hear Visiting Preachers at Sunday Services
Visiting preachers will deliver sermons at First Methodist Church on Sunday. Dr. W. W. Ward, former pastor and now chaplain commissioner at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth, speaks at 10:50 a.m. James Casparis of Southwestern University will preach at 7 p.m. and baptize the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Forrest. Casparis is nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Blake Forrest of Mexia.
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Mexia
First Methodist
W. W. Ward
Harris Hospital
Fort Worth
James Casparis
Southwestern University
Page Circuit
Austin
Casparis
Blake Forrest
Jack Forrest
Calvary Baptists Open Youth Revival This Week
Calvary Baptist church begins its annual youth revival tonight at 7 30 with Baylor University students assisting. Bailey Stone will preach, Ed Liles leads song services, and Mollie Waldrop plays piano as the event runs through Sunday night. A Pause for Power service is set for Saturday morning for youths and juniors with Singspiration Sunday at 2 30.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Baylor University
Bailey Stone
Joe. Ed Liles
Mollie Waldrop
Liles
Allies Yield To Enemy in Surprise Move
In Panmunjom Korea the United Nations proposed a new truce inspection plan and agreed to discuss troop withdrawal later in armistice talks. Communists tentatively rejected the plan but said they would study it. no decision on a second subcommittee for war-prisoner talks. UN also announced a possible troop withdrawal under armistice. For the first time in 12 days no Communist MiGs were sighted, ending 11 days of air battles with 22 planes destroyed and 29 damaged.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.S
Henry J. Hodes
Reds
Shiloh Elementary Honors Students Named for Second Six Weeks
Shiloh Elementary announced the honor roll for the second six weeks. Principal W D Hancock released the list of thirty students across eight grades, including Janice Ward and Violet McQueen in first grade and Kenneth Beene in eighth grade.
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Prin
W. D. Hancock
Janice Ward
Violet McQueen
Harvey Cox
Sue Phillips
Eddie Troy Martin
Neil Hawkins
Garry Sunday
Diane Collins
Betty Harrison
Duane West
Jerry Ballard
Ann Beene
Diane Ballard
David Collins
Jeannette Campbell
Martha Ann Roark
Wayland Hatfield
Joyce McMahon
Donnette Reese
Eddie Don Tooke
Elaine Ballard
Tommy Ballard
Betty Jean-LaFay
van Padgett
Micky Sunday
Dwane Weed
Don Lott
Betty Collins
Martha Kerzee
Robert Speck
Kenneth Beene
Water and Sewage Meeting Draws Texan Officials in Mexia
Forty five attendees from the Central Texas Water and Sewage association gathered in Mexia city auditorium for a barbecue and talk by Marvin Turner of Austin. He urged water and sewage department workers on the benefits of water main cleaning to reduce pumping costs and improve pressure. Mexia hosted the event with barbecue and meals.
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Central Texas Water and Sewage Association
City Auditorium
Mexia
Marvin Turner
Austin
Water and Sewage Department
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