Tax tips and a Bible burning mentioned in local notes
A column by Ernie Deane discusses charitable tax deductions and urges timely advice from Len Mitchell on income tax returns. It also notes a controversial incident involving Rev. Martin Luther Hux burning a page from the Revised Standard Version Bible in Rocky Mount North Carolina.
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Internal Revenue
Len Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Internal Revenue Bureau
Martin Luther Hux
Rocky Mount
N.C
Rain Forecast for Texas Amid Mixed Winter Weather
Light rain fell along the coast with the heaviest measure at Galveston and Brownsville. Temperatures ranged from the 30s to the 40s in Texas, with freezing conditions in parts of the Panhandle and night snow in Amarillo. Officials warned drivers of icy highways as a mixed weather pattern continues northward.
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United Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Brownsville
Palacios
Mexia
Bing Area
Isc
Panhandle
Amarillo
Highway Patrol
Ana
Lubbock
Laredo
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Gulf
Airlines set safety record in 1952 with five passenger deaths
U S airlines reported a 1952 air time safety record with only five passenger fatalities from crashes. Domestic and international lines carried 27 million passengers and 15.4 billion miles flown, despite a Tehran crash that killed four Americans and a child injured as a survivor.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Charles F. Hore
Cie Line
Tehran
Iran
Heiress Patricia King Attacked at Houston Home
Heiress Patricia King a 10 year old girl and an attractive 20 year old friend were jumped by two men in the driveway of a Houston home. Miss Jean Bell suffered facial injuries and was treated at Hermann hospital. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. after a Christmas party. Police report unclear.
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Houston
Patricia King
Fiag Steackers
Jean Bell
Hermann Hospital
Miss King
Samia Gamed
Asti
Po- Pdt
Bett
Meere
Doomed Mother Gives Birth To Fourth Son
Mrs. Jean Garrett, 27, in Los Angeles, delivered a healthy boy by Caesarean section while battling Hodgkin's disease. Doctors warned the mother faces slim survival odds despite the newborn's cry and transfusion efforts amid critical condition.
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Los Angeles
Jean Garrett
Hodgkins
Communists Refuse to Pay Debts Survey Reveals
Washington reports that Moscow and allied regimes have defaulted on over 12 billion dollars in American debts. The survey notes failures to settle lend lease balances, repay loans, or compensate seized property, affecting thousands of Americans. Austin reports hunting accidents kill at least 12 Texas sportsmen this year, with totals likely behind last year’s 28 deaths.
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Washington, D.C
Russia
Austin
Texas
Texas Games and Fish Commission
Christmas Violence Kills 36 Texans on Holidays
United Press reports a Christmas blood toll in Texas rising to 36 by 9 am as DPS tallies show eight additional deaths since Tuesday. Victims include a post office worker and family burned in their home, a Dallas painter killed by a train, and several highway and hospital deaths across the state amid nationwide traffic surge.
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Department of Public Safety
Post’ Office
Shelia la Nelle
H. Z. Mathews Jr
Corpus Christi
Central Texas
Waco
Willis Neely
Itasca
Dallas
Patrick Henry ‘Riley
Houston
Frank Alderete
Lagt
David Guitierez
Alderete
A. M. Rogers
Housam
Iver
Tommy Simmons
Hurst
Cleveland
Tex
United Press
Ohio
Eisenhower to name eight agriculture experts to guide policy
President-elect Eisenhower plans to appoint about 14 members to an agricultural policy committee to aid rearrangement of the Agriculture Department and future farm programs. He also directs a new clearance procedure for undersecretary and board appointments to bolster state GOP ties and address senate concerns over patronage. Democratic senators anticipate renewal of the reciprocal trade program.
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Washington, D. C
Eisenhower
Ezra
Dal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
J. William ‘Fulbright
D-Ark
John J., Sparkman
D-Ala
U. S
War in Korea Remains Quiet
United Nations bombers scored heavily against Communist supply centers in Korea Friday, but American Sabrejets tangled with Red MiG-15s in four blazing duels without inflicting a scratch. UN ground forces sparred with Reds along the entire 155 mile Korean front after the Communist threat to the in Seoul by Christmas fizzled in a press for a Christmas cease fire.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Smiling Joe: A European Hangover Cure Story
Paris reports on varied European hangover remedies from catzenjammer to large meals and vodka mixtures. The term Smiling Joe notes a famed Soviet style mix at Crillen Hotel bar. experts warn the cocktail merely postpones symptoms rather than curing the indisposition.
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Louis
Crillen
Joe
Suspect in Brink's Holdup Offered Bribe for Escape
Boston officials report a Brink's robbery suspect Joseph O Keefe offered a 70000 bribe to Pennsylvania police and federal agents to secure his release. The case ties O Keefe to the 1221900 Brink's heist, described as the largest cash robbery in history, with affiliations to an identified Stoughton hoodlum and an unnamed Boston attorney alleged to act as a liaison.
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Brink
Boston
Pennsylvania
Joseph Specs O'Keefe
Taucell
Stanley Jora
Stoughton
Mass
O'Keefe
FBI
al Aea
Limestone County Veterans Re received 157 GI loans by Nov 25 1952
In Limestone County 157 GI loans were approved under the 1944 GI bill through Nov 25 1952 for WWII and Korean veterans. Of the towns, 83 funded homes 40 farms and farm equipment and 20 businesses. Total loan appraised value 872208 dollars with 582240 disbursed and 275360 VA guaranteed.
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Limestone County
Oes Tager
Veterans Administration Center
Waco
McMahan
Mexia
Siamese Twins Survive First Days After Skull Separation
Chicago AP report says Royt and Mrs Brodie hopeful as 15 month old Siamese twins survive 10 days after a 12 hour operation separating skull joined tissue. Roger Lee is comatose though improving, while Rodney Dee remains critical but eating a formula.
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Chicago
Royt Brodie
Roger Lee
Rodney Dee
Stalin signals potential talks with Eisenhower
Soviet Premier Stalin indicated he would welcome a meeting with President-elect Eisenhower if concrete peace proposals were offered. Washington and Moscow broadcast the prospect amid Western skepticism about Russia’s aims. France Britain and Churchill favored inclusion in any talks, with Churchill possibly visiting the United States within a week to discuss broader issues.
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Washington, D. C
Josef Stalin
Dwight Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
New York City
Stalin
Is Wer
Moscow Radio
Salin
Washington
New’ York
Bateshee
Don Farm
Russia
France
Britain
Paris
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
Korea
London
Jersey Dairy Herd Of Elijah Black Gets High Rating
Elijah Black of Mexia heads a Jersey herd classified by the American Jersey Cattle Club. Of 23 animals, 14 were rated very good and nine good plus with bulls over two years and unclassified cows calves included. Douglas Dean Black owns three animals. Professor I Walker Rupel of Texas A&M conducted the official evaluation to guide breeders toward breed perfection.
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Jersey
Elijah Black
Mexia
American Jersey Cattle Club
Mr. Picks
Mr. Black
Douglas Dean
I. Walker Rupel
Texas A & M College
Jersey Catue Club
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