Nitro Cache Sought in Weaver Death in Houston Area
Texas Rangers and Houston police hunt for a nitroglycerin cache linked to the death of Helen Harris Weaver after a man named by ex convict Andrew Nelson described rigging the bomb. A former son in law, Harry Washburn, is jailed in San Angelo on a murder charge, with Washburn alleged to have plotted the killing.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Rangers
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
Heard
Nelson
Rosenberg
Weaver
H. K. Thompson
Allen Titel
Cecil Priest
Titel
Washburn
Harry E. Weaver
Shell kills child in Rovigo meadow blast
A wartime mortar shell found in a Rovigo meadow exploded yesterday, killing one child and seriously injuring four others as rescuers worked at the scene.
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Rovigo
Italy
Weather Reading Shows Mild High Amid Cloudy, Cooler Turn
The Weather Bureau notes readings from 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today with highs near 65 and a low near 28. Precipitation is zero for the 24 hours, sunrise at 6 53, sunset at 5 31, and a forecast of variable clouds, cooler days ahead with a high near 58 and a low around 25.
Radical New Jet Unveiled at Bell Aircraft
Niagara Falls AP Bell Aircraft unveiled a jet powered vertical takeoff and landing craft with two side jet engines that rotate for takeoff and landing. It uses a compressed air reaction control system for stable maneuvers during takeoff and landing.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Corp
Lawrence D. Bell
Wright Brothers
Bell Engineers
Bell
David W. Howe
Howe
WAFB Auto Show Opens Hangar at Walker AFB
Feb 26 27 marks official opening of the $3.5 million B 36 hangar at Walker AFB to host a combined car and Air Force equipment show. Five B 36 bombers on display with autos inside and planes outside. Expected attendance about 30 000 with proceeds benefiting the Walkers Youth Association. Admission 25 cents adults 10 cents children.
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Walker Air Force Base
Automobile Air Force
Roswell
Air Force
Walkers Youth Association
Walker Youth Association
Fort Worth Show Focuses On Dairy Poultry And Horse Judging
Oklahoma and Fort Worth judges greeted the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show as it opened another day with emphasis on dairy cattle poultry and horse judging.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Government surplus jail goes to high bidder Milton Matteson
State Policeman Milton Matteson was the high bidder on a government surplus jail offered here. The report notes uncertainty over whether he plans to start his own business or join another venture.
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Los Alamos
Milton Matteson
Truck Kills Man Near Mescalero
Arthur Comanche about 35 was run over and killed by a heavy truck late last night on U S 70 near Bent four miles east of Mescalero. The driver, Francis Mack 45 St Paul Minn, was under investigation by state police federal agents and the sheriff. The death was the 27th of the year compared with 41 on the same date a year ago.
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Associated Press
Arthur Comanche
U. S. 70
Bent
Mescalero
Francis Mack
St. Paul
Minn
Arctic Cold Snap Hits Broad Nation With NYC Near Zero
An arctic outbreak blankets the United States from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. New York City endures near zero temperatures after a season’s first heavy snowfall of 3.7 inches. Readings dip to -23 in Newport Vermont and -9 in Albany New York. Snow falls in eastern Kentucky to southern New England.
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New York City
Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
New York
New England
Newport
Albany
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Kenucky
New York State
Gulf States
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Soviets Announce 1955 Defense Budget Up 12 Percent
The Soviet government unveiled the 1955 defense budget totaling 112 billion rubles, about 12 percent higher than last year, or roughly $28.0 billion at official exchange. Finance Minister Arseny G. Zverev defended the rise as necessary to strengthen military forces for peace.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Arseny G. Zverev
Kremlin
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
Soviet of Nationalities
Charles E. Bohlen
William Hayter
Soviet of the Union
Bishop Declares Church Marches Forward Against Hell
Bishop W. Angie Smith told First Methodist Church members that the church is on the offensive against evil and will endure beyond Communism, stressing divine power undergirds civilization. He described church membership as an endless circuit of love and life and noted tonight's service features adult Sunday School classes and choir music.
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W. Angie Smith
First Methodist Church
Smith
Jesus
Bishop Smith
First Methodist Choir
Youth Counselor Prepares Report in Beating and Robbery Case
Probation officer Pat O'Neill said he is preparing a report for the district judge on the beating and reported robbery of a Mexican national Sunday night. Seven youths including five boys and two of three girls met with him. boys remain in county jail while the girls were placed with their parents.
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Pat O’neill
O’neill
Aerial Task Force Prepares for Nevada Nuclear Tests
At Kirtland Air Force Base Col. Harry L. Donight announces a 160 aircraft aerial task force will support Nevada atomic tests starting February 15. Planes range from B36s to liaison types with F84s B51s B47s and F86s from Indian Springs. About 9 000 service members from Army Navy and Marines participate under Defense Department.
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Albuquerque
Nevada
Kirtland Air Force Base
Harry L. Donight
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Army
Navy
Marines
Defense Department
Pentagon
Fair Trades Act Battle May Revive
In 1955 New Mexico legislature a House bill by Rep Reuben Pankey would repeal minimum liquor price requirements echoing a Senate bill killed earlier. The measure would not alter the rule that retailers buy only from licensed New Mexico wholesalers. Lawmakers, industry spokesmen and the Legislative Service Council favored keeping the licensing rule, arguing repeal would raise taxes boost bootlegging and policing needs.
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Santa Fep
Liquor ‘Fair Trades Act
House
Reuben Pankey
Sierra
Senate
John P. Cusack
New Mexico
Legislative Service Council Service
Court martial details flights by Col Dunn in USAF plane
The Laredo officer Col Robert W G Dunn faces court martial over alleged misuse of government property and enlisted men. Testimony shows Dunn rode two engine transport flights from Laredo AFB to Kokomo Indiana with Maj James A Adams pilot and Dunn aboard. Dunn cites instrument time and reasons including leave, transporting airmen to work on halftracks and checking a fuel contract with Middletown Air Material Area.
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Laredo
Robert W. G. Dunn
U.S. Air Force
Dunn
Harrisburg
Kokomo
Ind
James A. Adams
Laredo Afb
Adams
Middletown
Robert C. Carswell Jr
Air Force
Carswell
Erosion Bill Proposed for County Wind Breaks
Legislature proposes a bill allowing counties to build wind erosion breaks on private property and bill owners. The New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau backs the measure along with other agricultural groups.
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New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Legislature Votes to Bare Welfare Lists
The New Mexico Legislature advances a plan to publicize welfare client names while barring listing of children. Debates continue on lobbyist registration, reapportionment reforms, and a constitutional amendment for four-year terms. A Senate welfare bill faces House amendments before returning for approval.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
House
Senate
Virgil McCollum
D-Eddy
McCollum
Privileges and Elections Committee
Simms
Mack Easley
D-Lea
Interstate Stream Commission
M. P. Carr
Detroit Student Receives Eisenhower S Apology
Elaine Solgat a 16 year old Detroit high school student received a written apology from President Eisenhower for the length of his January 7 State of the Union address. She copied the 7700 word speech in longhand as punishment for talking during the talk and then sent it to the president.
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Elaine Solgat
Detroit
Mich
Eisenhower
Congress
Elaine
Nationalist Air and Sea Attacks Across Formosa Strait
Nationalist bombers and artillery pounded targets along a 350 mile front from Formosa Strait to the East China Sea including Amoy and Tateng. Nineteen bombs damaged two vessels and an artillery position while two Communist trucks were destroyed. Gen. Partridge met Chiang Kai-Shek as Tachens fate hung on U.S. guarantees for Quemoy and Matsu.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Formosa Strait
East China Sea
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tachen Islands
U. S
Quemoy
Matsu
Yikiangshan
Fallen Island
Tachens
Quemoy Amoy
Amoy
Tateng
Defense Ministry
Earle E. Partridge
Far East
Tokyo
Partridge
Chiang
United States
Enlistments Rise as January Sees Record Figures
Washington reports more than 60,000 voluntary enlistments in January 1955, the highest monthly total since the Korean War end. Army 25,000. Navy 15,500. Air Force 17,914. Marine Corps 1,925, with factors including GI benefits ending and administration efforts to attract career personnel.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Korea
Corps
Eisenhower
City sides debate over land swap in flood control deal
A three alderman committee was named to negotiate with the flood control group and Allison & Hutchinson over a development deal tied to Pioneer Ditch Co. The plan would trade city land near West Second, downscaling from 200 to 160 acres, for water rights and $20,000, with parks needs cited. The proposal awaits a formal written plan before the Feb. 8 council meeting.
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Max Littell
H. D. Hughes
Dan Carpenter
Bert Ballard
Chamber of Commerce
Allison & Hutchinson
Pioneer Ditch Co
Nickson Hotel
C.M. Woodbury
Spring River
Woodbury
West Second
S. Elmo Henslee
Ditch Company
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WAFB
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Colorado
Plainview
R. S. Hemphill
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John Shropshire
Tempe
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Edgar W. Parrett
Farmington, N. M
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Parrett
Clovis
Arizona
C. B. Wilson
Phoenix
Harley Carringer
Pocatello
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Donald Dennis
Archie Himes
Cedaredge
FBI
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G. W. Burchim
W. J. Lesko
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