Black Cat Band Heads To Cotton Bowl Telecast
The Mexia Black Cat Band travels to Dallas for Cotton Bowl activities with practice, a downtown parade, and a national television show debut. C. E. Carter leads a Wednesday prayer meeting at First Presbyterian as Dr. Frank M. Taylor is away. Grass and pasture fires prompt Mexia and Groesbeck volunteer responses, while Mexia police report a quiet Christmas weekend with two arrests and no accidents in Limestone County.
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Andrews
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C. E. Carter
First Presbyterian Church
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Haney
Mexia
North
Canton
Groesbeck
Bill Parten
Texas, Highway Patrol
Limestone County
Texas Snowstorm Dead Toll Sees Rise In Holiday Period
A Texas snowstorm is expected to push the holiday violent death toll higher. DPS warned drivers of dangerous conditions as 91 violent deaths have already occurred since last Wednesday, including 46 traffic deaths and 45 other fatalities. Among latest losses a 5 year old girl in Rockwall died after her mother's car backed over her. Four people in El Paso died by asphyxiation, with investigators probing whether foul play was involved.
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United Press International
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Ruby Cook
Rockwall
Dallas
el Paso
Weather outlook with freezing risk Tuesday
Colder and cloudy conditions bring occasional rain and a potential freezing rain event early Tuesday. Tonight lows near 32 degrees with a high around 42 expected tomorrow.
Record snowstorm grips Texas Panhandle and South Plains
A double front brings sleet and heavy snow across the Panhandle and South Plains with up to four inches expected by morning. Western highways are extremely hazardous andPlanes around Dallas Forth Worth area grounded as cold air moves southeast toward Central and Gulf regions.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Fatal Christmas Eve wreck near Grapeland claimed two lives
Mrs. Earl W. Thornton of Houston and Mrs. Charlie Wofford of Dallas died in a head on collision near Grapeland on Christmas Eve. Injured were Thornton, Carla Sue Thornton, and Mrs. Wofford. They were taken to Memorial Hospital in Palestine. Thornton and the baby girl survived with injuries. Fire rescue and hospital staff responded to the crash.
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Houston
Limestone County
Charlie
Survivors Listed in Arp Obituary Fragment
Survivors include her husband and daughter her parents Mr and Mrs G C Wellmaker one brother Charles Wellmaker and a sister Mrs C T Moore of Arp.
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Kerley
South Carolina
Thornton
thejAip
Ty- Ben Hur
Tyler
W. E. Stewart Blood Ithe Methodist Church
Houston
Ben Hur
Maggie Lou McDaniel
Calvin Dickinson
Ben Hur Methodist Church
Shelton
Groesbeck
Kenneth L. Kerley
Bay City
O. A. Kerley
Prairie Hill
C. L. Vaughan
Lake Jackson
J. W. Kerley
George Kerley
G. C. Wellmaker
Charles Wellmaker
C. T. Moore
Arp
Fisherman Saves Drowning Child in England Incident
Fisherman James Stansfield hooked the child's shirt with a 20 yard cast after spotting 3 year old Robert Reid fall into the water from an embankment in Fleetwood. He reeled in the boy and performed artificial respiration until he revived.
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Fleetwood
England
UPI
James Stansfield
Robert Reid
Stansfield
Robert
Five Skiers Die in Europe Amid Avalanches
A warm Christmas weekend in Europe brought deadly avalanches. In Switzerland four skiers were killed as melting snow cascaded down mountainsides. Bodies of two Germans and a Briton were recovered while a Swiss skier remained missing. Innsbruck area in Austria reported one Austrian killed with two others still missing. Rescue teams had little hope of locating the missing.
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Oswitzerland
UPI
Europe
Riviera
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Austria
Imperial wedding plan set for April in Tokyo
A Tokyo imperial committee announced Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda will wed between mid and late April. The imperial family and cabinet are expected to approve the date as preparations continue.
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TOKYO
UPI
Imperial Household
Akihito
Michiko Shoda
Imperial Family
Cabinet
Scientists Know How To Build Space House
Washington scientists at the AAAS meeting outline a practical 500 mile orbit space house built in prefabricated modules. Lockheed researchers Kramer and Byers propose a wheel shaped habitat with air locks, space tugs, and three man crews to study life in space within a decade.
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UPI
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lockheed Corp
Lockheed
Saunders B. Kramer
Richard A. Byers
American Astronautical Society
Aaas
America
Missing Balloon Believed Crashed Across Atlantic
New York based report states the Small World balloon departed Dec 12 from the Canary Islands on a trans Atlantic voyage with three men and one woman aboard. UPI reports the craft likely descended in mid Atlantic during a heavy rainstorm, about 1,500 miles west of the West Indies.
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UPI
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Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Peter Elstob
Elstob
United Press International
West Indies
Small World
Timothy
Elloart
Rosemary Mudie
Colin, Mudie
Armand Eiloart
Ocean
Cunard Line Adds Monthly US London Freighter Calls
Cunard Line announces two new freighters will start monthly calls to Gulf ports from Mobile Alabama and will inaugurate service linking the United States with London in January.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Cunard Line
Gulf Ports
United States
London
Mexia Debuts Bronze Medallion Home At 814 Holly Lane
Mexia visitors totaling about 500 toured the new 5 bedroom 3 bath Bronze Medallion Home at 814 Holly Lane hosted by Mr and Mrs Woodrow Perkins and R I Langston. The house features Italian marble birch paneling birch den and kitchen French Provincial kitchen full house power three carport Mohawk nylon carpeting and Dayna Prescolite lighting with tours led by the Perkinses.
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Hi-Stone
Texas
Woodrow Perkins
Holly Lane
R. I. Langston
Southwestern Electric Service Co
Perkins
Langston
Guiness and Taylor Top Film Critics Poll Honors
Alec Guiness wins best actor for The Bridge on the River Kwai with an Oscar already earned. Elizabeth Taylor named best actress for Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The Last Hurrah star Spencer Tracy is runner up. Kwai also leads in direction photography and screenplay in Film Daily poll of over 2,000 critics.
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NEW York
UPI
Alec Guiness
Elizabeth Taylor
Film Daily
Guiness
Kwai
Spencer Tratey
Peformance
Miss Taylor
Maggie
Allied Commander Takes Helm At Allied Headquarters
A rapid stop on the New Flaven Railroad Colonial express injures fifteen aboard the Boston to Washington service near Tan aelena Clintian Naples Italy Adm Charles C Cat Brown to assume command of allied forces Jan 2 arrived at headquarters and several injured were treated at St Vincent's Hospital in southern Europe passengers thrown in aisles as the train halted 80 feet short of its stopping point
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UPI
New Flaven Railroad
Colonial
Tan Eaelena
Clintian
Naples
Italy
Charles C
Cat) Brown
Rennsylvania Ouauun
Mander
New York Dailies Return to Streets After Strike Ends
Nine major New York City dailies resume printing after a 20 day strike as the Mail and Deliveries Union accepts a two year contract. Employees gain a $5.30 total wage increase, a ninth holiday, and expanded leave while publishers reduce paper bundles and raise production efficiency amid a revived city economy.
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NEW York
UPI
New York City
Mail and Deliveries Union
Reading
Dan Dailey in altercation with police in Hollywood
Actor Dan Dailey was restrained by two police officers after a ground rolling incident and faced arraignment in Van Nuys Municipal Court on a drunk driving charge. The report also notes goats’ tendency to lick minerals from unusual items.
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Hollywood
UPI
Alason
Dan
Paidy
van Nuys
J O Banks Class of 1958 Eagle Scouts Honored in Waco Banquet
J O Banks receives 1958 honor as Heart of Texas Council names the J O Banks Class of 1958 Eagle Scouts. The banquet at the Roosevelt Hotel in Waco honors twenty eight local Eagles including Lain Teel Mexia Don McBay George Boyd Teague Billy Gathright Groesbeck and others with Cullen Smith addressing look into the future for a career and entertainment by John Moehring Rockdale.
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Heart O' Texas
Roosevelt Hotel
Waco
J. O. Banks
Logic Scouts
John Moehring
Rockdale
Keith Hawkins
Temple
Boyd
Trinisota
Teague
Banks
Hi Nabor by Olin Miller es
A compact note on the short work Hi Nabor by Olin Miller, highlighting the author and title in a brief catalog entry style.
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Hi Nabor By
Olin Miller
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