Five Odessa Residents Die In Sani Angelo Highway Crash
A 12 mile south of Odessa two cars collided near Big Spring killing five Odessans and critically injuring Evelyn Janet Arnold age four months. Victims include Orin Woolum 28 Cleo Sweeney 45 Athalene Arnold 44 Ruby Arnold McCann 18 and baby Evelyn Janet Arnold. The survivor is teen girl Evelyn Janet in iron lung.
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Big Spring
Odessa
Orin S. Woolum
Lauderdale
Cleo Mildred Sweeney
South Dixie
Athalene Arnold
East 23Rd
Ruby Ludean Arnold McCann
Cowper
Woolum
Here
Sani Angelo
Arnold
C. E. Arnold
East Eighth Street
McCann
Sweeney
Paul Thomas Sweeney
Phillips Petroleum Co
Rumbaugh Trucking Co
Three Lincoln Descendants Still Living
New York report notes only three direct descendants of Abraham Lincoln celebrate the 147th birth anniversary. They are Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, Mary Lincoln Beckwith, and Lincoln Isham, all grandchildren or great grandchildren of Robert Todd Lincoln. Beckwith and Beckwith’s sister live in Virginia and Vermont respectively, Isham resides in Dorset Vermont.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
Lincoln Isham
Isham
Robert Beckwith
Virginia
Manchester
Dorset
Big Narcotic Ring Broken
Dallas reports the arrest of Felix Stone Ramirez 34 after an 18 day watch on his home linked to a marijuana and heroin smuggling operation that federal officials say moved a million dollars from Texas to New York. 12 people are under arrest with indictments pending.
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Dallas
Texas
New York
al Scharff
Houston
U. S
Laredo
Bill Decker
Felix Stone Ramirez
Weather Forecast From the U S Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday with a high near 65. Monday will be cloudy and cooler. Tonight’s low around 32, today’s high 65, yesterday’s high 60 with a low of 24. Sunset at 6 33 p m, sunrise 9 34 a m Monday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bryan Senator's Name Emerges in Texas Insurance Probe
William Moore of Bryan, a former Senate Insurance Committee chair, confirmed to reporters that he was the Bill Moore named in a state auditor’s report for receiving $500 in 1953 from a U S Trust and Guaranty affiliate. The probe touched Shoemake’s defunct insurance empire as auditors and lawmakers clash over identities and disclosures.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
William Moore
Bryan
A. B. Shoemake
Bill Moore
U. S. Trust and Guaranty
C. H. Cavness
Moore
Senate Committee
Cavness
House Committee
Spilman
Shoemake
Shoemaker
Carnesy
U.S. Trust
Bryan Lawmaker
Senate Insurance Committee
Hidalgos County
General American Casualty Co
San Antonio
Texas Mutual Insurance Co
Texas Mutual
Texas
U.S. Trust and Guaranty
Insurance Commission
Houston
U.S. Automotive Service
Stevenson For Gradual Integration
Adlai E. Stevenson pitches a gradual approach to school integration while seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. He would not cut off federal funds or deploy troops, aiming for a 1963 target. Southerners and some Northern allies react with mixed support as primary maps shape delegate totals.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
U.S
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Supreme Court
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Humphrey
D-Minn
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Ohio
Michigan
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New Jersey
Missouri
Kentucky
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
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Mississippi
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South Carolina
Virginia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Heavy Snow Hits Midwest in Snow Storm Sweep
A Midwest snowstorm moved in Saturday night dumping up to 10 inches along Lake Michigan. Illinois Indiana and lower Michigan bore the brunt with five inches in Central Illinois and over five inches in Jackson Michigan. South Bend exceeded three inches. Motorists faced slick roads and minor accidents rose. In St. Louis a six inch fall aided police by leaving footprints to a robber's house, where the suspect confessed to a $66 service station robbery. Springfield N H Scouts joked about scrambling eggs on the courthouse lawn while mittens kept them warm amid forecasts of three inches.
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Midwest
Lake Michigan
Plains
Ilinois
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Illinois
South Bend
Jackson
Mich
St. Louis
Springfield
Court House
Weather Bureau
UT Institute Admits First Negro Student
The Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Texas has admitted its first Black student, Willie R. Conley Jr. The program trains students for government work at local, state, and national levels.
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Austin
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Willie R. Conley Jr
Fiery Crash Near Andrews Injures Eight to Nine
A violent collision eight miles north of Andrews on State Highway 51 injured eight or nine people Saturday night. A car and a pickup burst into flames. witnesses reported several bodies among wreckage. Ambulances and fire crews were dispatched as victims were rushed to Permian General Hospital.
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Andrews
Here
Permian General Hospital
Freedom Newspapers Buys The Lima News In Ohio
Freedom Newspapers announces the purchase of The Lima News in Lima Ohio. The deal, arranged by Allen Kander and Co, adds the 34,000 daily and 36,000 Sunday readers to Freedom’s chain, bringing total circulation above 200,000 across 11 papers.
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Ohio
Lima (Ohio
Freedom Newspapers
C. H. Hoiles
Santa Ana
Calif
Odessa American
Freedom Newspaper
Lima News
Freedom Papers
Register
Marysville-Yuba City
Appeal-Democrat
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gazette-Telegraph
Clovis
N. M
News-Journal
Pampa
Tex
Brownsville
Herald
McAllen
Monitor
Harl
Washington
New York
Superior Oil Head Denies Involvement In Case Donation
The $2,500 cash donation to Senator Francis Case, denied by Superior Oil Co. president Howard B. Keck as personal funds, is under Senate scrutiny. Elmer Patman and John Neff testified that the money came from Keck but there were no strings linked to Case’s gas bill position. The committee weighs broadened authority as it continues hearings into potential improper influence.
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Superior
Howard Keck
Superior Oil Co
Los Angeles
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Keck
United Press Telephoto
John Neff
Lexington
Neb
California
Neff
Washington
RSD
Oil and Gas
Howard B. Keck
Case
Elmer Patman
Austin
Tex
Superior Oil
John M. Neff
Case’s
Sioux Falls
S. D. Neff
Patman
Eisenhower
Sumor Oil Co
Sen. George
D-Ga
Charles W. Steadman
About 100 Planes Join Search for Missing Houstonians
An air armada of about 100 planes was ready to launch at sunrise to locate four Houstonians missing since Tuesday. Capt. D. E. Shaw of the 47th Air Rescue Squadron said they believed the men were alive. Houston Civil Air Patrol aircraft were aiding, with Corpus Christi units and others covering southern Texas and northern Mexico. Names of the missing are Joseph W. Shiver Sr., Eugene Mills, C. M. Ebersole, and George Simon.
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Houston
Iowa Republicans Push For Farm Aid
Iowa Republican congressmen arranged a second White House meeting to press the administration to use all buying powers to bolster hog and cattle prices. Rep. H R Gross urged Secretary Ezra Benson be fired immediately in a caustic letter to the White House.
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Washington
Iowa
White House
H. R. Gross
Ezra T. Benson
Stevenson Attacks GOP Shell Game in Oregon Speech
Adlai Stevenson accuses Republicans of shell game politics and dodging key issues in the 1956 race in Portland. He criticizes Eisenhower on farm and natural resource policy, urges parity support, and backs Sen. Morse for re election while noting uncertain Oregon primary dynamics.
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Portland
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Illinois
Eisenhow
Pacific Northwest
Stevenson
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Howard Morgan
Sen.Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Congress
Democratic Party
President Eisenhower Leaves Hospital After Tests
President Eisenhower spent 70 minutes at Walter Reed Hospital undergoing a new series of medical tests. White House aide James Hagerty said results would be released in three or four days and could influence his re election decision.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Walker Reed Hospital
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Youll Find It Page References Listed by Pages
A brief index listing page numbers 6 13 16 18 19 20 21 23 29 30 34 36 37 with page ranges for various sections and features. It guides readers to sections on different topics and notices throughout the newspaper.
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