Denton Senator, Fort Worth Lawyer Sentenced Week Ahead
Proffer and Atkison, ex leaders in Teachers Professional Investment, faced a Monday sentencing after a U S district jury found them guilty on all counts including 15 mail fraud and four securities fraud charges for about 120 000 entrusted by teachers. The trial also involved four co defendants who pled guilty. a fifth secured a trial postponement due to illness.
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Dallas
Upi
Robert L. Proffer
Denton
Hollis L. Atkison
Fort Worth
Teachers Professional Investment Co
U.S
T. Whitfield Davidson
Proffer
Atkison
William B. West I
Texas State Teachers Assn
Richland Hills
Eisenhower Urges Congress to Restore Foreign Aid Cuts
President Eisenhower, as he left for the Far East, appealed to Congressional leaders to reverse a House Appropriations subcommittee cut of about 800 million dollars from his 1.175 billion dollar foreign aid request. He warned the reduction would jeopardize free world defense and hurt NATO and Far East allies by limiting military aid and force modernization.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Far East
House Appropriations
Full
Appropriations Committee
Free World
U.S
Europe
Subcommittee
America
NATO
Bronze Statuette Stolen From London Gallery
Scotland Yard detectives hunted a thief who fled with an $840 bronze nude statuette by Reg Butler from Hanover Gallery in London. The nearly 20 inch high piece weighed over 10 pounds and was taken from a stand, according to a gallery spokesman.
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London
UPS
Scotland Yard
Hanover
Reg Butler
Odessan Hurt In Car Crash
A 35 year old Odessa salesman was treated at Medical Center Hospital for neck and forehead bruises after his car rear ended a parked truck in the 2400 block of West County Road. Robert Vernon Merritt of Midland drove the truck. The car was a total loss and the truck suffered about 75 dollars in damage.
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J. G. Ward
North Muskingum
West County Road
Ward
Medical Center Hospital
Lieved
Odessa
Ter Hospital
County Road
Robert Vernon Merritt
Midland
Movie Starlet Seberg Files Divorce in Iowa
Movie starlet Jean Seberg 21 filed for divorce from Francois Moreuil in Marshalltown Iowa on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. She said they mutually agreed to end their marriage, noting the couple wed in a hometown ceremony on September 5, 1956.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
UPD
Jean Seberg
Miss Seberg
Francois Moreuil
Railway Hostesses to Hand Timetables at Derby Station
British Railways will test a new passenger-relations idea at Derby Midland station this weekend. Trained hostesses will patrol platforms offering timetables and information on upcoming trains to travelers.
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Derby
England
UPS
British Railways
Midland
Burglary Attempt Fails at Hi-Spot Youth Center
Weekend burglary attempt at the Hi-Spot Youth Center on West 10th left two window screens torn and a window broken, but burglars did not enter the building. Police said no entry was gained and no suspects are in custody.
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West 10Th
Ma Observes 85th Birthday
Miriam A. Ferguson Texas' first and only woman governor celebrates her 85th birthday in Austin quietly. Former VP John Nance Garner may visit for a campaign dinner hosted by Lyndon B. Johnson. Ferguson has lived quietly at her North Austin home since 1944 after Governor James E. Ferguson died.
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Austin
UPI
Miriam Amanda Ferguson
Texas
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Ferguson
Garner
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Steinaire Tropical
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Stein’s Stores
Lubbock and San Angelo
The
TSO
Texas State Doritat
Beaumont
Ginger Hudler
Bill McKiernan
Kay Schramm
Houston
S. J. Rogers
N. Jay Rogers
North Grant
Midland Village
Big Spring
East 3Rd St
Odessan
Drs. Leach & Smith
Optometrists
North Lee
Towal Plastic ‘Wastebasket
Atad
Wacker’s Store
Odessa—Andrews
Kermit —Jal
Monahans—Crane
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