Professional boxer arrested after Midland store robbery
A 27-year-old Odessa ex convict and professional boxer William E. White was jailed after being identified in connection with two armed robberies, one in Odessa March 8 and another in Midland that Sunday. Detectives stopped his car near Odessa and recovered clothes, a gun, and cash matching the robberies. White denied involvement and had a long criminal record.
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Rip) White
Bernice
Fred Johnson
Lynn Snyter
White
J. R. Chism
Cabell’s
Minit Market
West County Road
13Th
State Penitentiary
City of
Chism
John Fowler
Midland Cabell
1000 South Big Spring
Roger Robbins
Midland County
Justice of the Peace
L. C. Stephenson
Court of Justice of Peace L. R. Steward
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Snyder
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Dobson
Odessa Cabell
al Smithers
Smithers
Big Spring
West County
Fowler
Tye
West Texas
Fort Worth
Nueces County
Huntsville
Reds Hold Gains in French Local Elections
PARIS dispatch reports Gavillist government claiming victory as Communists tout a 20 percent vote share. Interior Minister Berthoin cautions results are early with 17,670 towns counted. Front alliances blamed for limited success while coalitions against Communists score gains. In Texas, Gov. Daniel accuses big gas lobby of pushing a general sales or income tax, arguing it targets households and wage earners. He critiques proposed broad-based taxes and notes limited legislative action amid debate.
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UPS
Jean Berthoin
Austin
UPI
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Darel
Blanchard
H. J
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Lubbock
Texas Tax Study Commission
Kennedy Under Threats In Rackets Inquiry
Anonymous calls warned Chief Counsel Robert F Kennedy that acid would be thrown in his children's eyes. Kennedy, father of six with the oldest aged seven, said he did not report the threats as they could not be traced and there was nothing to be done. The committee opened no further inquiry into the matter.
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UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Illness Kills Next-To-Last Civil War Vet
In Houston AP report notes Col Walter Williams, predicted last Civil War survivor, has died near Kingsport Tennessee at age 73? Actually born 1842 Miss. He outlived John Stalling who died in Kingsport at 112. Williams spent later years in Houston near veterans hospital. He earned honorary colonel title in 1950 and recalled a rough life with little care for health.
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Kingsport
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Salim
Walter Williams
Houston
John Stalling
Salling
Williams
Mia
Wille Mae Bowles
Adawama
County
Miss
Cavalry
John Bell Hood
Hood
Texas Brigade
Texas
Fires Leave 37 Dead In Nation
The Associated Press reports fires across the United States killed at least 37 people, many children. In Superior Wisconsin a father and five children perished in a duplex fire, while Cross Hill Washington DC saw eight children die in a house blaze. North Philadelphia suffered eight child deaths in a three story home, and West New York New Jersey reports smoke deaths. In Halfway Oregon three young children died in a closet fire as parents were away.
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Superior
Wis
Cross Hill
D.C
Philadelphia
West New York
N.J
Halfway
Ore
Warren
Yardly
Jobless Pay Bill Pushed By Democrats
House Democrats pushed for passage of a reduced plan to prevent about 300000 people from losing jobless benefits on April 1. The proposal would provide federal funds only to those who exhausted state benefits and enrolled by April 1, replacing the originally proposed one-year extension of the emergency program started during the recession.
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Washington
UPI
Acer
Eisenhower to address Berlin crisis tonight from White House
President Eisenhower will speak to the nation at 3 30 pm from the White House detailing Soviet attempts to drive Allied forces from Berlin. He is expected to reiterate firm Western resolve and call attention to occupation agreements dating from postwar arrangements. Senator Mansfield urged outlining general terms for future Berlin talks with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
White House
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mant
Senate Foreign
Winter storms lash Midwest with twisters and snow
The storm system swept from the Rockies across the Midwest and into the Appalachians, bringing tornadoes to Arkansas and Illinois, winds up to 100 mph, and heavy snow in Wisconsin, Michigan, and surrounding states. About 380 passengers were stranded on four Chicago and North Western trains in Wisconsin, with 180 freed late Sunday. Casualties topped a dozen injuries and several deaths in Arkansas and Illinois. Coastal rain hit Florida while laminar fronts cooled, leaving road blockages and extensive property damage.
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Rockies
Iowa
Nebraska
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Ashland
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Randolph
Campbellsport
Appleton
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