Texas Christmas Toll Tops 90 Fatalities Across State
A United Press tally shows Texas suffered at least 90 deaths from Christmas weekend crashes fires and violence. The toll includes four Lamar County drownings in the Red River and multiple traffic and miscellaneous fatalities across cities such as Alvin Dallas Amarillo Graham and Vernon Robart family members among the victims.
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Lamar County
Red River
Texas
Mexia
Limestone County
Bill Green
A. B
Boss) McKenzie
National Safety Council
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U. S
Dominion
Alan
Vernon Robart
Paris
Joe Williams Evans
Al‘vin
Alvin
Efrain Jiminez Doussa
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Angleton
William Head
Dallas
Justice of Peace
Plyne
Frank Parker
Arlington
Eddie Johnson
Amarillo Ranch
Hope
Ark
Young Johnson
University of Texas
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So Fiske
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Edward B.johnson
Honest shoppers leave money and pay for goods in Houston
Houston grocer C M Eckstrom recalls Christmas when customers helped themselves after his store door wasn’t locked. Patrons served each other, left money on the counter, and even acted as cashiers. An Oklahoma City visitor finally locked the door to catch a train, completing the holiday scene.
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Coolidge Teacher Hurt In Automobile Wreck Near Dawson
Miss Marianne Long 21 of Corsicana, Coolidge High School faculty member, suffered a broken right leg in a two vehicle collision near Dawson. She was taken to Corsicana Hospital where she had prior leg injuries from an earlier accident last October. J J Anderson of Coolidge drove the car. J L Ratliff of Corsicana was reportedly the other driver and uninjured.
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Dallas Morning News
Marianne Long
Corsicana
Miss Long
J. J. Anderson
Coolidge High School
J. L. Ratliff
Anderson
Dry Norther on the Way From Dust-Hit Panhandle
A dry norther pushes into Texas from the dust ridden Panhandle bringing cooler air and dust. The U S Weather Bureau expects lows from 18 to 28 degrees across Panhandle to East Texas with a 22 degree low for Mexia. Readings early today ranged from 28 in Lubbock to 60 in Brownsville as the front moved in.
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Brownsille
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dallas
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Atlantic Coast
Midwest
Chicago
New York
Grand Forks
N. C
Duluth
Funeral Rites Held in Mexia for Waco Fire Victim
Funeral services were held at the Riddle Chapel in Mexia for James D. Wesson who died from burns after a Waco house fire Saturday night. Wesson, born November 6 1917 in Mississippi, was a Mexia resident and combat veteran who served overseas in World War III. He is survived by his parents a brother and three sisters.
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Waco
Wesson
Tom‘ Wesson
J. P. van Horn
Burns
Tom Madden
Calvary Baptist Church
Riddle Funeral Home
Mr. Wesson
Mississippi
Eenee Sees
W. F.wesson
Abernathy
Roy Hayes
Alvin Parrish
Dawson
Lorene Farmer
McGregor
Mysterious death on Houston Street investigated after car toss
Police investigate a mysterious death on Houston Street after an unidentified 200 pound Black man, clothed only in underwear, was thrown from a speeding car into another vehicle near midnight. A small public safety item was found 57 feet from the body.
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Houston
Truman Calls Cabinet Chiefs to Sudden Washington Meet
President Truman cuts short Christmas vacation to convene in Washington for a 6 30 p m dinner at Blair House with Dean Acheson George Marshall John Snyder and General Omar Bradley to discuss Korea defense and preparedness Eisenhower not summoned from Denver due to urgency level White House aides call the move routine and not urgent
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Treasury
John W. Snyder
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Dean Acheson
Defense
George C. Marshall
Snyder
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joseph Short
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
Mexia Chamber of Commerce Certifies 1951 Members
Mexia Chamber of Commerce distributes 1951 membership cards printed black on red for hanging or framing. Thurman Kerr urges local firms to beware of out of town solicitors after a Fort Worth woman claimed to solicit for a “home” in that city, a case Kerr warns against.
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Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Mexia
Texas
C. of C
Thurman Kerr
Mexian
Fort Worth
Kerr
Unexpected Death of Polish Child After First Christmas Tree
Authorities investigate the death of Ella Sochon a three year old Polish refugee girl from a farm family who recently arrived from a displaced persons camp. Her death comes after a first Christmas tree during the holiday period.
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Texas
Friendswood
Ella Sochon
Josef Sochon
Milk Bowl Tickets On Sale In Mexia For Saturday Show
Mexia Pee Wees prepare for a rugged week under coach J C Collier as they train for Saturday's game against the New Orleans Mites. The event, sponsored by the Waco Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be held in Baylor Stadium Waco with tickets in Mexia and Waco priced at 30 cents for students and $1 for adults. Proceeds after expenses go to youth development.
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J. C
Lefty) Collier
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New Orleans Mites
Waco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Baylor University
Waco
Mexia
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Jaycees
Mexia Jaycees
Waco Jaycees
Ike Takes Command of Atlantic Pact Army Amid Western Tensions
The article argues General Eisenhower faces strong opposition as he assumes command of Atlantic Pact forces in Europe. It notes potential frictions with Henaix and U.S. supply flow, predicting a year to year and a half before U.S. war goods can significantly aid Europe. Public confidence rests on his ability to show rapid progress.
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Federal Reserve Board
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Atlantic Pact Army
Europe
Henaix
United States
Eisenhower
Global War Tensions Rise Across Asia and Europe
Reports from Tokyo warn American troops to leave Korea and Formosa as China vows to drive out invaders. Washington notes stepped up guerrilla activity in China delaying Red Army supplies and diverting troops from Tibet. Army unveils a 105 mm jeep mounted recoilless rifle in production. Mexico City records nine deaths from exposure over Christmas amid freezing nights. A new parish church in Bethlehem opens with donations from 5,000 American Catholics. Paris Premier Pleven’s coalition faces defeat over immediate debate on a major rearmament program while US signals Russian propaganda as a growing threat to policy.
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China
Korea
Formosa
Tibet
Army
Paris
France
Rene Pleven
National Assembly
Chinese Reds Sighted Below 38th Parallel
U S forces merge to a 250000 man front across South Korea facing Chinese troops two miles south of the 34th Parallel and 28 miles north of Seoul. Hungnam evacuation completed, Ridgway arrives to command, Kaesong reportedly captured, as air forces strike columns along the invasion route.
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Igway
Matthew B. Ridgway
Washington
Walton H. Walker
Walker
Edward M. Almond
Peking
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Far East Air Force
Ike Is Picketed By Denver Ladies Objecting to War
Denver three housewives Mrs. Lee Wood Mrs. Susan Clute and Mrs. Baida Lindenauer picketed John S Doud home father in law to General Eisenhower during holidays The placards claimed a Nazi army would not bring peace and protested rearming Germany They said they oppose all fighting and remilitarization and asked not to send men to war
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lee Wood
Susan Clute
Baida Lindenauer
Gen
Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Lidice
Buchenwald
Dachau
Maidenek
Germany
Clute
Longview Couple To Seek Big Game In Africa
Mr and Mrs W Griffith of Longview depart by air for New York en route to London Paris and Africa for a big game hunt. Griffith is an oilman.
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W. Griffith
Longview
American Airlines
New York
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Paris
Africa
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