62 Per sons Feared Killed As Airliner Vanishes In Storm
A Trans-Canada Airlines North Star liner vanished in a snowstorm near the Fraser Valley with 62 on board including six Americans. Seventeen search planes and ground parties combed routes from Hope to Vancouver as RCAF crews worked through the night. Two American football players were among the passengers.
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Vancouver, B, C
Trans-Canada Airlines
Fraser Valley
Here
TCA
Fraser “Valley
North Star
Hope
B. C
Vancouver
Mel Beskett
Indiana University
Mario de Marco
University of Miami
Dallas
M. L. Bright
Fort Worth
L. C. Burt
San Francisco
Gordie Strutridge
Ray Syrak
Saskatchewan Rough Riders
Canada
Becket
Strutridge
Royal Canadian Air Force
Mexia Black Cat Band Wins First Division in Killeen
Mexia High School Black Cat Band directed by Joe Tom Haney earned a First Division rating in a regional marching contest at Killeen, the second straight year with the top rating. Eleven bands entered. Mexia along with Kerens Hillsboro and Killeen won First Division in various classes.
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Mexia High School
Joe Tom Haney
Killeen
Mexia
Kerens
Franklin
Hillsboro
Rancier Junior High
Kileen
McGregor
Hearne
Duncanville
Gatesville
Thorndale
Dixie Cox
Carolyn Stewart
Emilee Massey
Jo Ann Hartnett
Haney
Black Cat
Baylor University
Robert Maddox
Fire damages half Natalia high school gym
Damage from a blaze at Natalia high school's gym extinguished after spreading through half the building. Officials estimated losses between 150 000 and 175 000 dollars and the cause remained undetermined. Fire Chief Cliff Holcomb of Bexar county reported the 10 30 p.m. Sunday blaze.
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San Antonio
Natalia
U.S. 81
Bexar County
Cliff Holcomb
Egyptian Fighters Attack British Patrol at Port Said
Egyptian underground fighters in Port Said attacked an eight man British patrol with hand grenades and machine guns injuring one soldier. Seven Egyptians were arrested in the first anti British outbreak since the city was occupied and as Anglo French troops evacuated the area authorities feared more violence ahead.
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London
Port Said
Hail Hail the Gang's All Here Tune Attributed
The line notes that Gilbert and Sullivan provided the tune for the song Hail Hail the Gang's All Here. This attribution links the well known operetta duo to the march song, suggesting collaboration or influence in its melody.
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Gilbert and Sullivan
Prairie Hill Honors 23 Students On Honor Roll
Prairie Hill School lists 23 students on the honor roll for the second six weeks of the first semester. Among the names are Elaine Burke Judy Burke Don Earl Hughes Danny Jackson Janet Burke Marcille Russell Sharon Dowdle Donna Crye Linda Taliferro Beverly White Louise Barnard Gerri Ann Lowrie Ray ford Black Vivian Bradford Joe Cochran Dorothy Hardin Jolon da Love Marjorie Mullens Ruby Isham Gilford Tramp Douglas Russell Jo Ann Hardin Nancy Hardin The honor roll requires an average of 90 or above in all subjects Supt Carl Cochran notes improved attendance and thanks parents for regular school attendance.
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Prairie Hill School
Carl Cochran
Elaine Burke
Judy Burke
Don Earl Hughes
Danny Jackson
Janet Burke
Marcille Russell
Sharon Dowdle
Donna Crye
Linda Taliferro
Beverly White
Louise Barnard
Gerrie Ann Lowrie
Rayford Black
Vivian Bradford
Joe Cochran
Dorothy Hardin
Jolonda Love
Marjorie Mullens
Ruby Isham
Gilford Tramp
Douglas Russell
Jo Ann Hardin
Nancy Hardin
Supt. Cochran
Farmer kills wife and son then himself in Texas
In Bexar county, 66 year old farmer George Gemb ler shot and killed his wife and 34 year old son before taking his own life with an ancient western revolver. A note reportedly stated the killings and planned suicide, though deputies would not disclose its contents.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
George Gembler
Bob Woosley
Mexia Delegates Attend Central Texas Youth Institute
Mexia Methodists took part in the Central Texas Conference Methodist Youth Fellowship Mid Winter Institute at Glen Lake camp from December 7 to 9. Attendees from Mexia were Richard Perking and Dianne Ellis. The report notes past president Taft swore Herbert Hoover into office as president.
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Glen Rose
Spl
Mexia Methodists
Central Texas Conference
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Glen Lake
Mexia
Richard Perking
Dianne Ellis
Taft
Herbert Hoover
Mexia Reports 27 Degree Low Over Two Days
Mexia posted a 27 degree low for yesterday and today with a 40 degree high yesterday as a cold wave gripped the state. The U.S. Weather Bureau noted snow confined to far western Texas and southern New Mexico with light freezing rain extending to Salt Flat before temperatures warmed toward 32 in El Paso and 37 in Salt Flat.
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Hy United Press
el Paso
Mexia
U.S. Weather. Bureau
New Mexico
Salt Flat
Dallas
Midland
Abilene
Childress
Wichita Falls
Panhandle
South Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Galveston
Brownsville
Victoria
B. C
Integrated School Opens In Clinton After Pause
Clinton Tennessee witnesses a peaceful restart of the integrated high school after a five day shutdown. Eight black students walk in as 700 white pupils arrive calmly. police report no incidents and officials explain the federal injunction on integration. Federal court actions loom in Knoxville for those charged with instigating earlier unrest.
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Clinton
Tenn
Foley Hill
Knoxville
Clinton High
Francis Moore
Weather storms trigger mass highway wrecks nationwide
Snow and ice from weekend storms swept the nation from Texas Panhandle to New England causing numerous traffic crashes. At least 38 dead, including a family of six drowned near Moose, Wyoming, and five girls killed near Patterson, New York, with other weather fatalities from exposure and shoveling snow.
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United Press
Texas Panhandle
New England
Moose
Wye
Snake River
Patterson
Albert Oakley
Casper
Wyo
Marguerite
Longmont
Colo
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Wyoming
Michigan
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Frank J. Klein
Dwight
Clarence Winter
Chicago
Joseph Preston
Texas Teachers Seek Emergency Pay Increase in Texas
The Texas State Teachers Association called for an immediate emergency raise of 45 million dollars for 61 000 public school teachers. They urged a full study of salary schedules and building needs via a citizen committee for the 1959 legislature. The plan would cost 36 381 600 annually to the state and 8 595 400 to local districts, with a 400 dollar base raise for starting teachers and higher annual increments.
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Austin
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
Mexia Weather Forecast Shifts to Warmer With Showers
The Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies turning warmer this afternoon for Mexia and North Central Texas. Expect increasing clouds with widely scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. low tonight near 36 and high tomorrow around 62.
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Weather Bureau
Mexia
Texas
Mystery Shopper Contest Ends As Jaycees Name New Shopper
Mexia Jaycees selected another mystery shopper identified as Dr. Bill Pittman at White and Gillespie Drug Store this morning. Mrs. W. J. Bleakney provided the winning clues and announced prizes for the ongoing contest with more firms joining, a list forthcoming, and the first clues to identify the new shopper to be published Wednesday.
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Bill Pittman
White and Gillespie
Mexia Jaycees
W. J. Bleakney
E. Sumpter
Mexia Daily News
Troop 60
Mexia High School
Bleankney
Gress
Charles Alsebrook
Pittman
Jaycees
Two Beer Elections Won By Wet Forces In Texas Saturday
Wet forces carried two beer elections in Texas on Saturday, with McLennan County voting 15 724 to 11 524 to keep beer sales and Bastrop County Justice Precinct 4 tallying 725 for sale versus 519 dry. Other upcoming votes include Baytown and Dallas Oak Cliff.
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Texas
United Press
McLennan
Elgin
Bastrop
Baytown
Green's Bayou
Houston Ship Channel
Houston Line
Oak Cliff
Dallas
McLennan County
Bastrop County
Justice
Mexia Teachers Plan Christmas Program
The Mexia Classroom Teachers Association will present a Christmas program at Mexia High School Homemaking Cottage on Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Mrs Mildred Burleson serves as association president.
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Mexia Classroom Teachers Association
Mexia High School
Mildred Burleson
Fortuneteller's Prediction Fails as Cumberland Man Turns 104
John W. Cummings of Cumberland Maine defied a fortune teller who warned he would die young by celebrating his 104th birthday on Sunday. He has outlived the presage and will mark the milestone in his hometown.
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Cumberland, Me
John W. Cummings
Cummings
Mexia Children Invited to Call Santa On Phone
Santa Claus opens a Mexia telephone to children inviting nightly calls from now until Christmas. Call GY6-2704 between 6 and 8 p.m. If no answer, try again the next evening. Children are urged to write letters to Mexia Daily News for a mailed reply from Santa.
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Mexia
Santa
Santa Claus
North Pole
Mexia Daily News
Limestone County Cotton Allotment Falls Slightly for 1957
Limestone County's 1957 cotton allotment is set at 76,368 acres, announced by G C Carothers of College Station, head of the state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees. The 1956 allotment stood at 77,? though details note a slight decline due to reserve factors and adjustments from the OCBA.
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LA Grange
Spl
Limestone
G. C. Carothers
College Station
Old Cotton Belt Association of Texas
OCBA
Mexia School Board Seeks $200,000 Bond Election
Mexia Independent School District trustees plan to discuss a $200,000 bond issue for a gymnasium and school construction at tonight’s 7 pm meeting in the Homemaking Cottage. Supt Bowen gathered 20 signatures on the bond petition. date to set election is not decided. Public meetings remain open.
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Mexia Independent School
Supt
A. QO. Bowen
Mexia
Mexia School Board
Nations Reluctant to Criticize Reds Over Hungary Crisis
United States and 15 other powers urge UN General Assembly to condemn Russia for depriving Hungary of liberty and independence and to withdraw troops under UN observation. The draft cites Kadar regime and potential Soviet retaliation as reasons some nations hesitate to condemn. Meanwhile about 10,000 armed Hungarian fighters battle Soviet troops north of Budapest amid martial law declared by Janos Kadar.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Russia
Hungary
General Assembly
U.N
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Denmark
el Salvador
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Sweden
Thailand
Chile
Peru
Philippines
Moscow
Budapest
U. N
Janos Kadar
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Romania
Russian
Kadar
Vienna
Corvin
Gelert
Buda
American Airlift For Hungarians To Start Tuesday
About 350 Hungarians arrived in Munich as the vanguard of 15,000 to be moved to the United States under Operation Safe Haven. MATS plans 9,500 refugees airlifted from Munich to McGuire AFB New Jersey by month's end, with 6,500 more to sail from Brunsbüttel via ship. Brig. Gen. George B. Dany said airlift teams would operate through Christmas.
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Munich
Germany
United States
White House
Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
N. J
George B. Dany
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
America
Brumerhaven
State calls wealthy Tyler Negro as witness
Texas seeks to prove he acted in politics while an NAACP official. The state objects to moving a hearing on a permanent injunction from Tyler to Austin or Dallas.
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Tyler
Texas
NAACI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Tysler
Austin
Dallas
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