Voters Set Two Bond Issues in Ector County Election
Voters at 31 polling places begin registering ballots for a 530000 bond package with 435000 for a courthouse wing and 95000 to expand the county library. Officials deny tax increases while noting added space for sheriff's, jail, and county offices and a future court at law.
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Sheriff's Department
E. C. Adams
Odessa
Elmer Killion
Fannin
L. B. Henson
County
Edna J. Williams
Floyd V. Stepp
Frances Evans
B. C. Hendrick
Lamar
iMars
J. F. Borcherding
Sid Wagoner
Alamo
E. E. Ayres
L. H. Simpson
Sam Houston
Earnest Scroggins
Bill Massar
E. M. Allday
Dowling
W. L. Pettit
Frank Riggs
Commissioners
J. G. Matthews
Bowie
Mary Shoopman
San Jacinto
H. B. Caddell
Arthur New
Odessa Junior College
Grace Hendricks
Goldsmith Recreation Center
A. N. Hailes
North Cowden
Paul Banner
Notrees
E. E. Senter
County Clerk’s Office
O. D. Rowell
Ben Milam
Bill Hyde
Rusk
Alton Si
East Sixth
North Jefferson
Ector County
Jack Munn
North Hancock
Marie Moore
North Muskingum
Yugoslavia Elected to U N Security Council in Lottery Deal
United Nations New York Yugoslavia won a seat on the Security Council today as part of a lottery arrangement with the Philippines to split a two year term. The General Assembly ended a record 36 ballots and cleared the way for quick adjournment of the 1955 session.
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United Nations, N.Y
Yugoslavia
U.N. Security Council
Philippines
General Assembly
Assembly
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Jose Maza
Violence erupts in Amman amid anti Baghdad Pact protests
A 2000-strong Arab mob stormed the U S Consulate in Jerusalem and set a car ablaze as Jordan’s King Hussein dissolves Parliament and calls new elections. Riots spread to Amman with police and Arab Legion troops dispersing crowds and some injuries reported. U N relief agency and other consulates faced arson and attacks while regional unrest grows over the Baghdad Pact alignment.
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Amman
Jordan
U. S
Jerusalem
Hussein
Arab Legion
Old City
Hazza el Majali
U. N
Beirut
Baghdad
Ramallah
Ment
el Majali
Bethlehem
U. N. Works Relief Agency
UNWRA
Jordan - Administered
U.S
Amercan
William Cole
Israel
Mandelbaum State
Solons Due Big Foreign Aid Request
Secretary of State Dulles announced a proposed foreign aid appropriation of about 4.9 billion dollars to Congress. The plan includes a 100 million dollar presidential fund for the Soviet threatened Middle East and explains a 2.2 billion increase over 1955 to keep military supplies flowing.
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Solons
Washington (Ap
Dulles
Congress
Middle East
Congressional
Wife backs accusation in Texas minister shooting case
Walter Vaughn of Denver City faces 7500 bond on a murder charge for fatally shooting Rev Chester Stevens in Weatherford Texas. Vaughn says the minister adultered with his wife and his wife confirms the accusation. Doyle, the minister's 4 year old son, witnessed the slaying.
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Weatherford
Tex
Walter Vaughn
Vaughn
Denver City
Justice of the Peace
Eddleman Pickard
Chester Stevens
Vaughns
Denver City Baptist Church
Rev
Stevens
Harmony Baptist Church
Here
Steven
Criti
Doyle
Solon Shoemake Threatened by Houston Business Leader
State Rep. Tom Joseph of Waco charged that A. B. Shoemake head of U S Trust and Guaranty Co threatened to spend 20000 to remove him from the legislature. Joseph told the Houston Press the motive was his sponsorship of a bill to place the firm under state banking commission oversight.
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Houston
Tom [Joseph
Waco
A. B. Shoemake
U. S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Joseph
Houston Press
Scripps-Howard
State Banking Commission
Extra Session Urged by Texas Agriculture Chief
John White state commissioner of agriculture urged a special legislative session to address insurance troubles and potential candidacy for governor.
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Houston
John White
Swim Taken In Spite Of Cold
CHICAGO The coldest weather of the season did not stop William Wohl a 47 year old railroad conductor from his daily swim in Lake Michigan yesterday. The temperature was 9 degrees above zero with a wind chill near 2 below as Wohl plunged in for his routine dip. He has been swimming daily for two years.
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Chicago
William Wohl
Lake Michigan
Wohl
Teen Wounded While Carolers Practice Near San Antonio Center
An 18 year old youth, Jesse Barbosa, was wounded when a passing car fired into a group practicing Christmas carols outside the Good Samaritan Center on San Antonio's west side. Barbosa was treated at Robert B. Green Hospital. The shooter fled in a red two door convertible.
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San Antonio
Good Samaritan Center
Jesse Barbosa
Robert B. Green
George To Ask Renomination In Georgia Primary
VIENNA GA Senator Walter F George announced he would seek renomination in Georgia s democratic primary next year dispelling rumors he would retire after 33 years in the Senate. The 77 year old dean of the Senate said major matters would come before the 84th Congress second session and he must stay in Washington. Herman Talmadge and Ellis Arnall were mentioned as rivals but neither committed.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Herman Talmadge
Washington
Talmadge
George
Ellis Arnall
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hernan Talmadge
Weather: mild days with 70s and cool nights
The weather forecast shows a fair and mild pattern through today tonight and Wednesday. Highs reach 70 degrees with overnight lows around 25 to 31 degrees and a 61 degree high recorded yesterday.
Four Air Force planes collide killing eleven over Florida
Four planes involved in two separate crashes across Florida killed eleven airmen and left three missing. Eight died when two B47 bombers collided near Tampa while a later midair between an F86D and a B29 over Port St. Joe killed three. both incidents involved Tyndall and MacDill Pinecastle bases. Descriptions note wreckage near a trailer park and along U.S. 98 with several eyewitness accounts and search efforts underway.
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Air Force
Florida
Tampa
MacDill Air Force Base
Pinecastle Afb
Orlando
Port St. Joe
Tyndall Afb
Panama City
Fla
U.S. 98
Clyde Leroy Pfeiffer
Rita Hayworth Returns From Europe Amid Columbia Contract Fight
New York film star Rita Hayworth arrived back from Europe claiming the sole reason was a legal dispute with Columbia Pictures over a breach of contract. She said she has no intention of pursuing her recently divorced fourth husband Dick Haymes.
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New York
Rita Hayworth
Europe
Columbia Pictures
Dick Haymes
Minot Jelke Sentenced to Prison on Vice Charges
In New York a judge handed down a two to three year term for Mickey Jelke 25 on society vice charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a high society scandal. The sentence followed prosecution findings linking Jelke to criminal activity within elite circles.
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New York
Olee
Minot
Mickey) Jelke
Case Society
Ike to Run Again Predicted by GOP Leader
Washington reports Republican Joseph Martin predicts President Eisenhower will run again after health clearance. Other items note Sen. George of Georgia seeking a seventh term, Kefauver considering challenging Stevenson in Florida primary, and GOP Dem campaign chiefs clashing over public sentiment on prosperity and war fears.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Mutual Broadcasting System
Florida
Kefauver
New Hampshire
California
Stevenson
GOP
Richard M
R-Pa
Leal Successor to Be Chosen by Duval County Officials
Duval County commissioners meet to name a successor to Victor Leal as treasurer amid a year of removals. Leal resigned citing worries and said he wished to avoid harming allies in disputes with George Parr. He figures in prior suits and an accusation of perjury tied to Parr and Luther Jones.
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San Diego
Duval County
Victor Leal l
Leal
Don Tobin Jr
George Parr
Duvall County
Parr
Alice
Cotulla
Corpus Christi
Luther Jones
Air Crash Kills Pilot In San Antonio Training Flight
A T-33 jet trainer crashed near San Antonio killing the pilot Ray Brown, a filling station attendant, who witnessed the event and described the plane diving into the ground followed by a burst of flames. Wreckage scattered across nearby farmland.
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San Antonio
Ray Brown
Farm of Time
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