Heavy Snow Forecasts Across Trans-Pecos Region
The U S Weather Bureau warns heavy snowfall this afternoon across the area. Infrared cold snaps bring. Alpine reports seven inches with six to nine degree lows in several towns. Roads remain hazardous with several counties reporting closures and numerous accidents.
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U. S
Odessa
Alpine
Marfa
Presidio
Alpine-Marfa
Lea County
N. M
Hobbs
Lovington
Tatum
Eunice
Jal
Trans-Pecos
Pecos
McCamey
Seminole
el Paso
Carlsbad
Oswalt Case Deliberations Resume In El Paso Court
A district court jury in El Paso planned to continue deliberations in the Mrs. Mildred Oswalt theft case. Oswalt, 42, is accused of misapplying 2545 in Andrews city funds in April 1954 while serving as assistant city secretary. The trial moved from Andrews after a hung verdict.
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EL Paso
Mildred Oswalt
City of
Andrews Worker Injured On Lease
W L Bud Larned age 27 of Andrews was hurt while working on an oil well on the Phil lips Lease seven miles southwest of Andrews at 5 45 this morning He was pinned between two trucks and suffered a fractured arm head and hip injuries He was taken to Permian General Hospital then moved to Midland Memorial Hospital after emergency treatment by a Singleton Funeral Home ambulance
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Andrews
W. L
Bud) Larned
Phillips
Here
Halliburton Oilwell Cementing Co
Larned
Permian General Hospital
Singleton Funeral Home
Midland Memorial Hospital
Deep Freeze Grips Texas In Worst Blizzard Of Season
Texas endures record cold with snow in El Paso Midland San Angelo and Dallas while freezing drizzle hits Tyler Longview Waco and Fort Worth. Schools close in multiple cities as ice disrupts power and communications and traffic grinds to a halt.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
el Paso
Salt Flat
Midland
San Angelo
Abilene
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Tyley
Longview
Waco
Fort Worth
Laredo
Junction
San Antonio
Beaumont
Sherman
Denison
Bon‘ham
West Texas
Panhandle
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Marble Falls
Jury Rebukes Efforts to Stir Racial Tension in Reese Case
Gregg county grand jury found no racial trouble in the murder of 15 year old John Earl Reese, indicting two white men from Tatum for his death. The panel commended law enforcement, denounced outside investigations, and said witnesses were not deterred from cooperating. Ronnie Dugger testified, denying a claim by Ralph Prince that investigators were to blame for unrest.
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Longview
Tex
Gregg County Grand Jury
Tatum
Dean Ross
Joe Simpson
John Earl Reese
Ross
Simpson
Mayflower
Reese
Davis C.moore
Texas Rangers
Grand Jury
Ronnie Dugger
Iives
Texas Observer
Austin
Dugger
Ralph Prince
Prince
Goldsmith Council Sets Two Year Term For Most Officials
The Goldsmith City Council approved a plan setting most officials' terms at two years while the three councilmen with the smallest votes serve one year. The election is set for April 3 and filing closes March 3.
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Goldsmith
Goldsmith City
Powers Reject Bulganin Plea For 20 Year Peace Pacts
Washington and London indicate the United States Britain and France will reject Soviet Premier Bulganins bid for 20 year friendship pacts. Diplomats expect a polite no following Eisenhowers past rejection and a unified Western reply after consultations with Dulles.
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United States
Britain
France
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Bulganin
John Foster Dulles
Bulgarin
Moscow
U.S
Anthony Eden
State Department
Eden
M Mr. Eisenhower
United Nations
Germany
Frigid Wave Brings Death Across Nation
A cold front produced freezing weather from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast with heavy snow in New Mexico and New Mexico reports two deaths from cold. George Sanchez 60 a sheepherder northwest of Albuquerque froze to death. Sylvan D. Greenwell 41 was found dead in his stalled car on an Albuquerque street. Snow depth reached 14 inches at Zuni and 11 inches at Carlsbad with 23 below zero at Fraser Colorado.
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New Mexico
George Sanchez
Albuquerque
Sylvan D. Greenwell
Sun Prairie
Wis
Dauphin
Punxsutawney
Santa Fe
N. M
Carlsbad
Zuni
Colorado
Wyoming
Fraser
Colo
Midwest
Plains States
Pacific Coast
Texas
Pioneer Odessa Resident Dies Rites Saturday
Mrs Mayme Henderson a pioneer Odessa resident died at Medical Center Hospital after a two week illness. She was 76 and came to Odessa in 1898 marrying Ira Henderson the same year. She ran a rooming house at First and North Lee for over 40 years retiring three years ago. Final rites are set for 2 pm Saturday at the First Methodist Church with Rev C E Jamison and Rev Ortfin Turner. Burial in Odessa Cemetery under Hubbard Funeral Home. Pallbearers named G K Kelly Hugh Ratliff Cal Smith R T Waddell Will Martin Earnest Broughton. Survivors include husband Ira Henderson four sons Lyle Leslie of Dublin Tommy Walter Odessa one daughter Mrs Henry Biggs Odessa three brothers Glenn McKee Hawley Babe McKee Dalhart Buck McKee Odessa eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Mayme Henderson
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa Cemetery
Hubbard Funeral Home
G. K. Kelly
Hugh Ratliff
Cal Smith
R. T. Waddell
Will Martin
Earnest Broughton
Dublin
Tex
Tommy
Walter
Henry Biggs
Glenn McKee
Hawley
Babe ‘McKee
Dalhart
Buck McKee
New Texas Health Director Named Dr Frank Bertram
Official report states Dr Frank Bertram named to lead the new dentistry health directorate in the Texas Health Department He previously held a similar post in Oklahoma and takes over a vacant Texas position since July 1954.
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Austin
J Dental Health
State Health Department
Frank Bertram
Oklahoma
Texas
Third Oil Worker Seriously Injured In Big Explosion
An Upton County oil well fire near Midkiff killed two and seriously burned a third. W. B. Howard and G. E. Hackney died. Henry Harrison, listed as fair, suffered second and third degree burns while trying to retrieve money. Buck Drilling Co and Midland firms operated the well. cause undetermined. Funeral plans set and arrangements by Sloan Funeral Home.
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Odessa
Upton County
Midkiff
W. B. Howard
East Fifth
G. E. Hackney
Henry Harrison
Muskingum
Fifth Sts
Seminole
Medical Center Hospital
Harrison
Buck Drilling Company of
Midland
Upton County Elkins
B. L. McFarland Drilling Company
Buck Costin
Costin
Howard
Jwitch
Hackney
Sloan Funeral Home
Nixon Details 35 Million Loan for Brazil Steel Expansion
Vice President Nixon announced a 35 million loan to Brazil to expand the Volta Redonda steel mill, increasing annual ingot capacity from 650000 to 1000000 tons. The loan follows 70 million previously provided by the Export-Import Bank as he met with President Kubitschek amid Brazil’s anti communist measures.
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Volta Redonda
Brazil
Richard Nixon
United States
U. S
Nixon
Juscelino Kubitschek
Kubitschek
Communist Party
Laborite
Kompidentt
Joao Goklart
Texas House Yet Again Calls Itself Into Special Session
Representatives Hughes of Sherman and Hardeman of Denison propose a special session on March 1 to investigate possible impeachment of any state official. They cite constitutional duty to pursue charges arising from alleged violations of Texas statutes or Constitution, notably amid insurance company failures.
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Sherman
Texas House of Representatives
Charles Hughes
D. B. Hardeman
Denison
House
Grayson County
House of Representatives
Eden Urges America to Meet Russians Without Fear
British Prime Minister Eden wraps five day Washington visit with a radio speech urging Americans to meet and argue with Russians. He cites Anglo American unity and the world wide benefit of sustained talks as he plans a trip to Ottawa after stressing self government and economic stability as bulwarks against communism.
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Washington
Eden
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Dulles
United States
Britain
U. S
Ottawa
Canada
Odessan Man Receives 15 Year Slaying Sentence
A 70th District Court jury convicted Artin E. Powell in the September Odessa hotel knifing death of Freddie Lee Shepperd. Powell testified self defense, claiming Shepperd attacked him. The jury sentenced Powell to 15 years in the state penitentiary with appeal anticipated.
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Artin E
Buster)Powell
State
Freddie Lee Shepperd
Odessa
Powell
Shepperd
Medical Center Hospital
Apgzements
Warren Burnett
Lester Boone
Ector County
Seven Senators Ordered To Testify In Trust Case
The McLennan county grand jury adjourned for a week and summoned seven Texas senators to return February 9 for further testimony in the U S Trust and Guaranty Co investigation. Testifying Thursday were William Moore, Carlos G Ashley, William Shireman, R C Lanning, and George Hutson.
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Waco
Tex
McLenshan County Grand Jury
Trust & Guaranty Co
U. S
Grand Jury
William Moore
Bryan
Carlos G. Ashley
Llano
William Shireman
Corpus Christi
R. C. Lanning
Austin
Texas Board of Control
George Hutson
Southwestern Bell
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
William Fly
Cuero
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Neville Colson
Navasota
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Kilmer Corbin
Lubbock
Kelley
Corbin
Senate
U.S. Trust
Senate Insurance Or Banking Committee
Insurance Commission
Bank Commission
Tom Moore Jr
Asit
Southern states push against Supreme Court rulings with compact calls
South Carolina Senate passes a sovereignty resolution to resist integration rulings. Virginia moves to amend the Constitution to conform to rulings. Alabama records a null and void stance without Gov Folsom's signature. Mississippi and Georgia plan interposition resolutions after leaders meeting in Richmond.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Senate
Virginia
High Court
Congress
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Mississippi
Georgia
Richmond
Crane Jaycees Cancel Charter Banquet Tonight
The Crane Junior Chamber of Commerce charter banquet scheduled for tonight is cancelled due to weather. Principal speaker John Ben Shepperd could not attend because of flight conditions, club officials announced.
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CRANE
Crane Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Ben Shepperd
Adenauer Sees Russia as Breather in Cold War Propaganda
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer says Russia offers a promise of coexistence as a pause between propaganda offensives. He spoke in Milan Italy about the Soviet Union's stance and postwar tensions during a period of diplomatic maneuvering.
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Milan
Italy
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
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