Defense Proposal Studied By White House Leaders
President Eisenhower’s defense plan calls for a billion dollar boost in military spending with emphasis on B52 bombers, jet interceptors, and guided missiles. The budget faces opposition over tax cuts and foreign aid, with leaders insisting on a balanced budget before tax reductions.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Bridges
R-Nh
GOP
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Official Warns Of Snyder Dog Biting Cases
Snyder city animal officer E. D. Allen reports two dog incidents this week. Lee Prince was bitten in the north part of town after driving a screwdriver into the dog. Mrs. Raymond Alexander, east Snyder, contacted authorities to impound a dog that did not bite but later died at the pound. All dogs must be licensed and vaccinated. licenses available at city hall or Dr. Kidd’s office on Big Spring highway.
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Snyder
E. D. Allen
Allen
Lee Prince
Clairemont Road
Prince
East Snyder
Raymond Alexander
Avenue L
Alexander
City
Austin
Robert J. Kidd
Big Spring Highway
South
Johnson in Atlanta for Medical Checkup
Senate majority leader Sen. Johnson of Texas arrived in Atlanta from Washington for a medical checkup. He will consult with his physicians, Dr. J Willis Hurst, at Emory University Hospital today.
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Atlanta
Sen. Johnson
Dtex
Washington
Senate
J. Willis Hurst
Emory University Hospital
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Eisenhower
Texas Cotton Marketing Controls Vote Across State
Scurry County farmers voted 274 to 52 to extend marketing controls for next year with 326 total voters and an 84 percent approval. Nationally 267,235 favored quotas to 20,191 opposed, needing two thirds for approval. West Texas counties like Runnels and Tom Green showed mixed results amid debates over allotments and acreage.
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Scurry County
Scurry
China Grove
Snyder
Union
Helmleigh
Camp Springs
Ira
Dunn
Fluvanna
Knapp
Texas
West Texas
Runnels
Tom Green
San Angelo
J. S. Johnson
Webibest
Wichita Falls Seeks Air Force 2 Million Claim
The Wichita Falls City Council voted to file a formal claim seeking 2 million dollars from the Air Force for alleged damages to Kell Field. The measure, approved unanimously on a chamber of commerce recommendation, targets funds to help build a new airport in cooperation with the county. The joint-use contract from 1952 is cited as not being fulfilled and Kell Field’s condition has worsened with only one runway usable for twin engine or smaller aircraft.
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Wichita Falls
Air Force
City Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Kell Field
Lake Dallas Woman Killed in Train Collision
A 58 year old Lake Dallas resident Mrs Mabel Brady died instantly when her car ignored warning signals and struck the 36th boxcar of a Cotton Belt freight train north of Dallas.
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Dallas
Lake Dallas
Mabel Brady
Cotton Belt
Here
No Charges Planned Against Otto John
West Germany considers Otto Johns return from East Germany with Interior Ministry saying interrogation could last four or five days. Authorities suggest no charges likely as evidence of treason remains unproven while Schroeder doubts any treasonable intent.
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Otto John
Brack Curry
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Interior Ministry
John
West Berlin
Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
Wohlgemuth
East Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Schroeder
East
U S Blasts Soviet Vetoes Over UNO Membership
Washington denounces Russia for vetoing 15 nations seeking United Nations membership after Moscow backed Outer Mongolia. State Department accuses Soviet line of denying the will of the majority as nations press for new members. Nationalist China labeled a satellite of the United States.
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Washington
United States
Russia
United Nations
State Department
Lincoln White
Reds
China
U. N. Security Council
U. N
Outer Mongolia
Holding Of Official From U.S. Is Claimed
Unconfirmed reports from north Afghanistan allege U S Ambassador Angus Ward was held by police for three hours after entering a restricted area in Mazir Sharif near the Russian Afghan border. No confirmation from Afghan authorities or the U S Embassy was provided.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Angus Ward
Mazir Sharif
Cyprus Violence Follows Outlawing of Communist Party
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously upholding the removal of Mrs. Estella G. Garcia from the Duval County commission confirms the validity of District Judge Laughlin’s suspension order. The decision touches on authority for removal actions and a legal fight over about 750000 dollars in Duval County funds linked to Parr and related prosecutions in La Salle and Jim Wells counties.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
Estella G. Garcia
George Parr
Duval County
State Supreme Court
Meade F. Griffin
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Garcia
John Ben Shepperd
Sam Burris
79Th
Atty
R. F. Luna
South Texas
Parr
Shepperd
Burris
Laredo
la Salle
Jim Wells
Dallas youth fights for life after family slayings
In Dallas a 19 year old, John Warren, wounded while trying to intervene during Buford V. Calhoun’s massacre that killed his wife Mary and three children and left Calhoun dead by his own hand. Warren remains in critical condition with multiple injuries including a destroyed right kidney.
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Self
Buford V. Calhoun
Dallas, Tex
Calhoun
Dallas
John Warren
Baylor Hospital
Warren
Mary Calhoun
Pamela Sue
Patricia Lou
Bobbie Lynn
Glenn Byrd
Mary
Frank Tennison
Fort Worth
Deley Calhoun
Buford
San Antonio
Sainburg Gets Time To Prepare Case For Extradition
Dr. Frank P. Samburg was granted until 2 p.m. Thursday to mount a defense for a hearing on New York's extradition request. The delay shifts from 10 a.m. today as he remains jailed in Longview serving a contempt sentence for defying a court order to surrender his four year old son. The boy is alleged kidnapped by Samburg from his mother Doris Blanchard of Ithaca New York, who had returned to reclaim him.
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Austin
Frank P .Sainburg
New York
Big Spring
Samburg
Sec. of
Tom Beavley
Longview
Philip Samburg II
Doris Blanchard
Ithaca
N.Y
Texas
Eden Has Cold Keeps Prime Minister in Downing Street
Prime Minister Eden has a cold and is confined to his bedroom at No. 10 Downing Street with a slight fever. Officials said the illness is not serious and he remains able to carry out duties.
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London
Eden
No. 10
Downing St
Annual Choral Festival Set Here Monday
The Snyder schools hold the second annual Christmas Choral Festival Monday in the high school auditorium. About 400 students perform in two programs at 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. with elementary sixth graders in new uniforms, and a nativity scene finale by the junior high drama club.
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Snyder
Bob Clinton
West Elementary
LaMoyne Harrell
East
Tim Dennis
Central Elementary
Bob Beams
North
Buster Pilcher
Landis Lee
Lee
Clinton
Joe Craft
Christ
Four Snyder Men Nabbed on Aggra ted Assault Charges
Four Snyder men were arrested yesterday by Fisher County sheriff's deputies on aggravated assault and disturbance charges. Travis L. Steele said the residents of Air View Courts were taken into custody at Thirteenth Street and Avenue S. The suspects are Jim Yarborough, Robert Doyle, James Doyle, and Kenneth Moore. Sheriff’s deputies later transported them to Roby.
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Snyder
Fisher County Sheriff's Department
Travis L. Steele
Air View Courts
Thirteenth Street
Avenue S
Jim Yarborough
Robert Doyle
James Doyle
Kenneth Moore
Roby
Homer Goode
Price Hagar
Police Department
Bill Love
Scurry County
Two Students Die In Car Bus Crash Near Canyon
At an underpass north of Canyon Texas two West Texas State College students were killed and two others injured after a car collided with a Greyhound bus. The deceased are Winfred Doyle Russell 20 of Estelline and Helen Ruth Rittenhouse 17 of Borger. Critically injured are Gene Roy Peggram 21 of Quail and Dynrthia L Bradshaw 18 of Bovina.
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Canyon
Texas
West Texas State College
Greyhound
Here
Winfred Doyle Russell
Estelline
Helen Ruth Rittenhouse
Borger
Gene Roy Peggram
Quail
Dynrthia L. Bradshaw
Bovina
Snyder Board Reports On Education Conference And School Plans
The Snyder school board heard Paul Keaton report on the White House Conference on Education in Washington. He noted Texas delegates opposed further federal aid but endorsed education benefiting families and local control. The board set a January joint meeting with the city council to discuss education conference findings.
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Snyder School Board of Trustees
Paul Keaton
White House
Texas
Keaton
Eisenhower
Deffebach & Yorgesen
Russell Yorgesen
Charles
Weather Snapshot for Texas Regions
Weather reports show cooler conditions across North Central West and East South Central Texas with cloudy skies. Yesterday reached 73 degrees and 31 overnight with light snow possible in the northwest Panhandle and South Plains areas.
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Snyder
North
Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Upper South Plains
Britain bans Cyprus Communist party in crackdown
In Nicosia 135 AKEL leaders are rounded up as Britain bans the Cyprus Communist party and related groups. Strikes and protests erupt while a bomb injures three British soldiers in Limassol and another explodes at Famagusta. Local workers walk out and police disperse crowds with tear gas.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Communist Party
Limassol
Famagusta
Larnaca
Cyprus Communist Party
AKEL
Red
Labor Federation
Communist Youth Organization
AON
Red Farmers’ Association
EAK
Red Women’s
Pody
Neos Democratis
John Harding
Harding
East Mediterrean Island
Middle East
Greece
Cold Front Delays Freeze Across Texas Panhandle to Central Texas
The Associated Press reports a slow moving cold front bringing freezing rain and drizzle to the Texas Panhandle and extending into Central Texas. Temperatures may dip to 10 degrees Thursday morning with minimums from 24 in Dalhart to 53 in Brownsville and widespread reduced visibility due to heavy fog.
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Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Texas
South Texas
Victoria
Brownsville
Alice
Austin
San Antonio
Dalhart
Amarillo
New Mexico
Ennis School Superintendent Resigns After Student Strike
J F Gardner superintendent since 1947 submitted his resignation amid a student strike over the firing of football coach Dave Ryan. The resignation was announced at a meeting attended by about 500 parents citizens and students. Enrollment remained normal.
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Ennis
Tex
J. F. Gardner
Dave Ryan
Gardner
Lindsey Decries Creation of New State Districts
Gainesville Texas House Speaker Jim Lindsey warned Rotary Club that adding districts and agencies weakens state and county government. He cited water, sewer, irrigation, flood, soil and school districts and argued for clear policy authority, constitutional modernization, and tax system reforms.
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Gainesville
Texas
Jim Lindsey
Lindsey
House
Texas Good Roads Assn
Rotary Club
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