Dramatic clash marks civil rights inquiry in Alabama
At the U S Civil Rights Commission hearing in Montgomery Alabama segregationist leaders John Patterson and John S Battle clashed over cooperation. The panel pressed Alabama officials for voter records while registrars refused to testify. Negro witnesses described ballot denial in Macon County due to race.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
John Patterson
John S. Battle
Virginia
Offi
Justice Department
Tuskegee Institute
Macon County
William P. Mitchell
Tuskegee Civic Association
Commission
Robert G. Storey
Rev
T. M. Hesburgh
Freeze Drops Texas Low to Eighteen Degrees
A norther drives record cold across Texas with Snyder posting an 18 degree low at 7:30 a.m. The Weather Bureau predicts continuing cold and cloudy skies, with little warming expected. Predawn temps ranged from 64 at Brownsville to 18 at Dalhart as frigid conditions spread from Beaumont northward.
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Snyder
David Strayhorn
Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Houston
San Antonio
del Rio
Pecos Valley
Texas
Panhandle
Brownsville
Dalhart
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Midland
Wink
Lubbock
Childress
Wichita Falls
South Plains
Post Office Receipts Likely Break Yearly Record in Snyder
Postal receipts in Snyder for 11 months totaled $126,063.62, about $5,000 behind last year’s final figure, with December usually near $18,000. November posted $10,477.11, not a new record, while the 1957 November high was $10,885.67.
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Snyder
Cold Spell Grips Much Of Nation
The coldest weather of the season covers most northern states while the northeast end of a snowstorm hits. Temperatures dip to record lows from Minnesota to Maine with heavy snowfall in Oswego and Chicago tied to two deaths from exposure. Snow plows and milk delivery efforts struggle to restore city supply lines as ships freeze in the St Lawrence Seaway.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Hibbing
Minn
International Falls
Bradford
Ill
Mason City
Iowa
Presque Isle
Maine
Dubuque
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Moline
Rockford, Ill
Madison
Wis
Fargo
N.C
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Fort Wayne
Ind
Omaha
Neb
Dayton
Ohio
Oswego
N.Y
New England
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ogdensburg
Paul Manion
Soulanges Canal
Top Soviet Cop Relieved Of Job
Gen. Ivan A. Serov, long time head of Soviet state security, has been relieved of his duties and transferred to other work. No successor was announced, fueling speculation he may have a different post or a demotion. Serov, 53, is a Khrushchev ally known for security on his trips and for the Baltic operations in 1940.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Ivan A. Serov
newsaper _ Izvestia
Serov
Committee For State Security
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Izvestia
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Lier
Baltic Countries
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Lavrenty Beria
Stalin
Committee
Ukraine
Crowds Prepare for Snyder Yule Christmas Events
Downtown Snyder bustles as Christmas season opens with Santa visits for children this afternoon and 7 30 tonight on the courthouse square. A 4 p.m parade features the high and junior high bands and 17 religious floats. Carol groups sing at stores and in the courthouse parking area at 7 p.m. A 6 30 p.m gathering precedes the county wide carol sing. Most stores stay open until 8 30.
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Snyder
Santa Claus
Courthouse Square
Pellets Hit Car of Houston School Board Pioneers
Mrs. Charles White, the first Negro elected to Houston School Board, reports air rifle pellets hit her car windshield at a church parking spot last night. A small cross was burned on her lawn Nov 10, six days after her election. she suspects pranksters. She will take office Jan 1.
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Houston
Charles White
Houston School Board
Hill-Burton Grant For Hospital Here Okayed
The Texas state board of health approved a 250000 Hill-Burton grant for Cogdell Memorial Hospital to cover half the 500000 addition. County officials outlined plans to Austin to secure funds while the project, now a 1200000 plant, will expand to 1750000 with 53 new beds and enhanced facilities including nurseries and new medical spaces.
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State Board of Health
Texas
Hill - Burton Hospital
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Austin
Doyle Palmer
T. B. Knight
Pat Moore
Edgar Taylor
Hugh Taylor
County Hospital Board
Bill Newsom
Cogdell Hospital
Leonard Crockett & Associates
Odessa
Waco
Dallas
Pampa
Midland
Bay City
Fort Worth
Commissioners Court and Hospital Board
the County Hospital
Women’s Auxiliary
Abilene Man and Companion Die in Early Morning Crash
An Abilene man, 27 year old Walter Russell, and his female companion were killed when their car missed a bridge on U S Highway 83 277 ten miles north of Abilene. The wreckage was found at 7 a m. The woman’s identity was not released immediately.
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Abilene
Here
Clear Fork
Brazos River
Walter Russell
T. A. Russell Jr
Tank truck crash claims Houston driver near Mauriceville
The Department of Public Safety reports a liquid hydrogen tank truck overturned and burned near Mauriceville killing driver Hugh Amy of Houston. He worked for Chemitron Corp. of Houston.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
Mauriceville
Hugh Amy
Houston
Chemitron Corp
Goldfine Indicted on Contempt of Congress Charges
A federal grand jury indicted Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine on 18 counts of contempt for refusing to answer 22 questions from the House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight. The questions concerned his financial dealings with the Boston Port Development Co. and other Goldfine enterprises. Goldfine faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine per count. arraignment set for next Friday.
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Washington
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Congress
Goldfine
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Adams
House
Grand
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Boston Port Development Co
East Boston
Humphrey Reports Khrushchev Secrets to Eisenhower
Sen. Hubert Humphrey returned from Moscow with an 80 minute oral briefing for President Eisenhower about Khrushchev's confidential information on Russian nuclear explosions and rocket developments. He conveyed Khrushchev’s suggestions on Berlin and noted Western opposition to them. He refrained from detailing the confidential data, leaving public disclosure to the administration.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Humphrey
Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
London
New York
Pasadena Schools Evacuated Over Bomb Scare
An anonymous call prompted the evacuation of 4,150 students from Pasadena High School and two junior highs in suburban Pasadena. All three buildings were checked while classes were halted for over an hour as officials secured the campuses.
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Houston
Pasadena
City of Houston
Independents Face Charges On Hot Oil In Texas
Federal official says charges are being prepared against independent oil operators in connection with hot oil. Hunt Oil Co. of Dallas and Placid Oil Co. of Shreveport pleaded guilty to 29 counts each and were fined 49,700. Overproduction totals: Hunt 83,125 barrels and Placid 20,773 from 1954 to 1955. The government indicates further actions may follow.
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Tyler, Tex
Sai
Hunt Oil Co
Dallas
Plaid Oil Co
Shreveport
Hunt
Gregg
Sith
Rusk
James Knapp
Washington
Department of Justice
Joe Sheehy
Knapp
Nelson Puett
Federal Petroleum Board
Kilgore
Hunt and Placid
Placid
Raph Swank
Negro Beats Aged Widow In Houston Robbery
An 84 year old widow, Mary Walker, was beaten in her Houston home by a Black assailant who stole her wrist watch and $3. She was hospitalized for shock and injuries after the intruder grabbed her around the neck, threw her, and fled with her purse.
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Houston
Mary Walker
Weather snapshot across Texas with cold nights
Snyder reports a high of 71 and a low of 18 at reading time. East Texas and North Central Texas expect heavy clouds through Wednesday with nightly lows from 22 to 38. Central and West regions see cooler and cloudy conditions with isolated showers and winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Snyder
Texas
North
Norn
West Texas
Panehandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Gulf
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Battle
South
Patterson
Aing
Harold K. Miles
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Krush
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