Ford Foundation to Sell 10 Million Ford Shares in Historic Issue
The Ford Foundation will offer 10.2 million Ford Motor Co shares next month in the largest equity issue to date, boosting from seven million. Ford earnings for the first nine months of 1955 totaled $312.2 million and the foundation plans a 60 cent per share dividend in Q1 1956 with potential future changes.
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Washington
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Co
Securities & Exchange Commission
Pioneer Auto
SEC
Henry Ford
Ford
National Press Club
Eisenhowers Return to Washington for Christmas
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower return to Washington from Gettysburg to spend Christmas at the White House with their three grandchildren while plans for the holiday and the next State of the Union address proceed.
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Washington
Eisen- Lowers
White House
Santa Claus
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Pennsylvania
Dulles
NATO
Paris
Maj
Congress
Red Leaders Return From Eastern Tour
Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev returned from a monthlong Asia tour visiting India Burma and Afghanistan. They were hailed by Soviet officials as conquerors and Khrushchev proclaimed colonial regimes a blot on mankind while critiquing Western press coverage.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Asia
Optimist Tree Lot To Close for Christmas Sales
Final day of the Optimist Club Christmas Tree sale announced at the weekly meeting. Those with Christmas tree cards must pick up their trees tonight. Proceeds benefit the Optimist Club Boys Work fund. Loyd DeArmon spoke at lunch, urging Snyder to improve traffic and support the new zoning system.
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Optimist Club
Hilander
Zeke Bridgemen
Optimist
Central Tire Service
Ave. S
Optimist Club Boys Work Fund
Loyd DeArmon
DeArmon
Snyder
West
Texas
Boy To Be Quizzed In Spangler Slaying
A 16 year old in Milwaukee was seriously injured in a stolen car case and is sought for questioning in the Jack Spangler shooting. Spangler, 26, a city tax office clerk, was found shot four times at close range with a .38 caliber pistol after last being seen Friday night. Spangler’s car remains missing.
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Wichita Falls
Milwaukee
Wis
Jack Spangler
Spangler
Byrd blasts foreign aid use and opposes new spending
Senator Byrd accused foreign aid funds of subsidizing British tax cuts and Denmark debt payoff and called for ending economic aid. He backed military aid at the administration’s level while opposing a reserve fund and urging congressional authorization before expenditures. Secretary Dulles projects next year’s aid at about 4.9 billion dollars, with military reserves lagging.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Denmark
Virginian
Congress
Eisenhower
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Britain
Dulles
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Ford Doubles Its Business In Nine Months Of 1955
Ford Motor Co has more than doubled its business since 1948 as of the first nine months of 1955. Sales totaled 4.0426 billion dollars, compared with General Motors 9.5438 billion and Chrysler 2.4663 billion. Ford's nine month total nearly matches 1954 full year and shows payroll growth from 1948 to 1954. Ford employment reached 171,019 with GM at 576,667 and Chrysler 167,800.
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Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Emergency Relief Sent To Lebanon From U S Navy Planes
Four U S Navy planes departed for Beirut carrying emergency relief for flood victims in Lebanon. The Tripoli flood in the north coastal town killed about 160 people and left around 200 missing.
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Naples
U.S. Navy
Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Insurance Scandals Trigger Senate Investigation In Texas
Texas Senate leaders call a briefing on the U S Trust and Guaranty receivership amid a wave of insurance scandals. Gov Shivers praises enforcement actions while a grand jury inquiry is floated as legislators seek accountability for past failures and mounting investor losses in U S Trust and Guaranty Co. collapse.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Sen. Searcy Bracewell
Houston
US. Trust and Guaranty Co
State Insurance Board
Bracewell
Angleton
Ralph Yarborough
U.S. Trust and Guaranty
Allan Shivers
Waco
Charles O. Betts Grant
Range Grass Is Dwindling
AUSTIN The supply of dry range grass continued to dwindle across Texas last week prompting supplemental livestock feeding. In the northwest stocker yearlings and calves were moved from eaten out fields while early December rains revived east Texas grass briefly. No additional wheat or oats pasture is expected until moisture returns. Marketing of stockers and feeders remained heavy as dryland wheat held on with scarce rain and winds sapping moisture. Progress of winter vegetables in the Lower Rio Grande Valley was only slightly retarded by frosts and citrus harvests remained active.
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Austin
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Northwest
Rio Grande Valley
Poor Cook Denied Marriage By Court In London
Bertha Wimhurst, 19, was refused permission to marry 23 year old Alexander Harbor by a magistrate's court in London. The judge cited her father's objection that she cannot cook and dislikes housework, noting couples under 21 require parental consent to wed in England. Harbor argued he would be the loser if the marriage is blocked.
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London
Bertha Wimhurst
England
Bertha
Alexander Harbor
Seventeen Die In Flaming Plane Crash Near Jacksonville
An Eastern Air Lines Constallation crashed on its landing run near the Jacksonville airport, killing all 17 aboard including five crew members. The craft struck top of trees, burst into flames, and firemen fought the blaze for hours before removing bodies as witnesses described the low approach and silent final moment.
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Layton Dinning
Jacksonville
Fla
Eastern Air Lines Constellation
Miami
Tom McBrien
Leroy Connell
William Hess
Boston
Washington
New York
W. F. Johnston
Duval County Highway Patrol
Florida
Air Force
Living Costs Rise Sharply Across Nation
Costs rose slightly between October and November by about one tenth of one percent, the Labor Department reported. Take home pay of factory workers hit a new record for the third straight month, averaging 72.85 dollars weekly for workers with three dependents and 65.49 for those with no dependents, both up about 80 cents from October. The rise came from higher hourly pay and longer factory weeks, with food prices down but other outlays up, notably for transportation, medical care, and housing.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Large Hotel Is Picketed in Miami Beach
Pickets formed at the Fontainebleau, Miami Beach's largest hotel, triggering a fist fight between Matty Nashway and Ernesto Garcia. Both men were arrested on assault charges as union tensions rise in a city-wide hotel strike now in its third week of activity.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fontainebleau
al Berlin
Hotel
Miami Area
State Supreme Court
Leftist Painter Cured Of Skin Cancer In Moscow
Diego Rivera, noted leftist Mexican painter, has been cured of skin cancer completely and miraculously by Soviet doctors. His wife said he is able to leave Botkinsky Hospital for several hours and may be discharged in about two weeks.
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Moscow
Diego Rivera
Severe Cold Grips Northeast Amid Freezing Temperatures
A brutal cold wave grips the Northeast with official readings as low as 29 below zero in New York and New Hampshire. Old Forge reports 47 below unofficially. Berkshire region faces mass vehicle immobilizations and power failures in Cheshire and Pittsfield as trains run late and moderation is expected tomorrow.
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New York
Old Forge
Adirondack Mountain
Weather Bureau
Watertown
N.Y
Mt. Washington
N.H
Massachusetts
Berkshire Mountain
Berkshire
Cheshire
Pittsfield
New York City
Boston
Trash Hauler Found Dead. Cash Hoard Discovered
In Wichita a destitute trash hauler 79 year old Jim Ross was found dead from gunshot and beating. Police recovered an estimated 10000 to 15000 dollars in cash hidden in his cluttered garage and home.
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Wichita
Kan
Jim Ross
Ross
Eden Cabinet Shakeup Reshuffles Key Posts in Britain
Prime Minister Eden announced a broad cabinet reshuffle with seven ministers moved, one department elevated, and another dropped. Richard Butler becomes government leader in the House, Macmillan moves to the Treasury, Lloyd to Foreign Affairs, and Monckton to Defence.
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London
Eden
Sir Anthony
Richard A. ‘‘Rab” Butler
Exchequer
House of Commons
Harold Macmillan
Butler
Treasury
Defense
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
Macmillan
Walter Monckton
Labor
Lloyd
Works
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
Commons
Nigel Birch
Pen
Officer Convicted Of Collaboration At Fort Lewis
Lt. Col. Paul V. Lilies was found guilty by a court martial of aiding the enemy while a prisoner of war in North Korea during 1950 to 1953.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Paul V. Lilies
North Korea
Weather Update for Texas Regions
Snyder reports yesterday high 77 and low 26 with 7 30 am reading 26. North Central Texas cloudy and mild with drizzle, mornings. West Texas clear to partly cloudy with warm days. East and South Central Texas cloudy mild with drizzle in mornings. Winds: southeasterly along coast, then variable.
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Snyder
Texas
Nominees Named For Snyder Chamber Board in 1956
A list of 15 nominees was chosen for six seats on the Snyder Chamber of Commerce board for 1956. The nominating committee led by G. Edward Bolger will mail ballots to 450 members, with installation set for February at the annual banquet.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
G. Edward Bolger
H. W. Cargile
Bob Crowell
Chamber
Wilton N. Jones
Bud England
Jay Rogers
Bob Bickerstaff
Gene Richardson
Gene Best
C. O. Holder
Bob Wilson
Bob Taylor
R. C. Patton
L. A. McClanahan
Don Hire
Bob McCormick
Wad McNair
Tommy Deffebach
Cargile
Frank Wilson
Rex Miller
Weldon Kincaid
Olan Griffith
R. L. Grimmett
George Killam
Steve Birdwell
Chamber of Commerce
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