Dust Storm Rips Texas Panhandle Ahead of Front
A massive dust front called the worst of 1955 swept across Texas from the west with winds near 70 mph. Visibility dropped to zero in many spots, stranding planes and stopping trucks from Colorado to Texas and Oklahoma. Temperatures ranged from 66 to 90 as the front moved east, with forecasts for extended cooling across the state within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dalhart
Upper
Panhandle
Berger
Amarillo
Amarilo
Kit Carson
Colo
Lamar
Springfield
Clayton
Odessa-Midland
el Paso
Ballinger
Dallas U.S. Weather Bureau
Dallas
Bob Curtin
Lamesa
KPET
la Junta
Weather Bureau
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
East Texas
Panhandle Plains
Recreation Panel Plans Booth at South Plains Show
The Chamber of Commerce recreation committee met yesterday and outlined a booth for the South Plains Sports Show in Lubbock. The show runs April 28 to May 1 and promotes Lake J. B. Thomas in cooperation with the Colorado River Municipal Water District. Phil Burns leads the committee with members Forrest Beavers G. C. Coleman Archie Logan Ford Kenner Harold Denson John Boren Jim Mixon O. L. Nichols Coke Williams J. M. Newton R. A. Schooling and Nolan von Roeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Recreation Committee
South Plains
Lubbock
Colorado River
O. L. Nichols
Coke Williams
J. M. Newton
R. A. Schooling
Nolan von Roeder
Big Four Session Appears Certain
Washington reports indicate Western powers likely to meet Russia on key global issues within months. President Eisenhower seeks strong reasons and an agenda to justify any Big Four talks, fearing ill prepared talks could worsen tensions and misreadings of Soviet aims.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Eisenhower
Bulgaria
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Stalin
Yalta
Japan
Continental Flight Set for Merger Driven Service Expansion
Continental and Pioneer Air Lines merge to form Continental effective tomorrow expanding service to 50 communities across six western states. Flight 180 will depart Friday at 6:52 a.m. with earlier arrivals and departures for flights 183 184 and 185. Braniff sought stay orders in New Orleans and Washington, while CAB rehearing actions neared final rulings.
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Snyder
Continental Air Lines
Dallas
Houston
Continental
Pioneer Air Lines
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orelans
Braniff International Airways
Pioneer
Braniff
New Orleans
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
CAB
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Jim Babcock
Winston Field
A W Browning 78 Dies in Local Hospital
Albert Washington Browning aged 78 resident of Fluvanna died at 3 35 a m today in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after fifty years in the county. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be conducted by Bell Funeral Home.
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Albert Washington Browning
Fluvanna
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell Funeral Home
State Plans To Fight Negro's Suit Against El Paso College
In San Angelo Texas the wife of a Menard man alleges investigators scared her husband into signing a false statement about Zavala County land deals linked to L V Ruffin and others. The disabled World War II veteran still owns the land, leases it, and hopes the matter clears up.
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el Paso College
San Angelo
Tex
Menard
Zavala County
Ruffin
L. V. Ruffin
Brady
Raymond A. Martin
Senate Panel Okays West Germany Treaties
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the West German rearmament treaties 13 to 1 with Sen. Langer voting no and Sen. Hickenlooper absent. The pacts authorize a 12 division army a small air force and a coastal navy to join NATO and restore West German sovereignty. The second treaty would admit West Germany as NATO's 15th member and move to ratification before Easter recess.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Hickenlooper
Iowa
United States
Europe
Senate
Congress
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Martin In Race For Fluvanna School Post
O M Jack Martin is a candidate for the Fluvanna School District board of trustees. His name was omitted in error from an earlier ballot list. Voting will be held at the school on Saturday with other candidates Dee Pylant James Stansell Leo Beaver Ray Fulford Clay Reeder Bunyan Evans Robert Jones Bobby Warren and C D Burrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M
Jack) Martin
Fluvanna
Martin
Dee Pylant
James Stansell
Leo Beaver
Ray Fulford
Clay Reeder
Bunyan Evans
Robert Jones
Bobby Warren
C. D. Burrow
Armory for Snyder National Guard Approved for 1955
The Snyder National Guard unit is assured an armory in 1955 after a letter to Capt. Weldon Kincaid from state Rep. Robert Patterson. Architect H. M. Ainsworth says construction is scheduled, with site near Towle Memorial Park and four acres donated. The 12,426 square foot white tile brick building will house 148 men and may be ready for occupancy by September. The guard now uses a city-owned building on Twenty-seventh Street at Deep Creek.
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Snyder National Guard
Weldon Kincaid
Robert R. Patterson
Patterson
Kincaid
H. M. Ainsworth
Texas National Guard Armory Board
Ainsworth
National Guard
Charles H. Neuhardt
Midland
The
Towle Memorial Park
Armory
Lamesa
Sweetwater
Snyder
Armory Board
Chamber of Commercce
Auto Tax Sales Here Exceed Rate For 54 As Deadline Nears
The county tax office by noon today had registered 8 515 vehicles with 1955 license plates since Feb 1 exceeding by 183 the 8 332 figure of a year ago today. Current law requires used vehicles to be registered for the current calendar year on or before April 1 or face penalties and possible criminal fines. Registered totals include 5 961 passenger cars 1 320 commercial trucks 72 truck tractors 730 farm trucks 2 farm truck tractors 370 trailers 10 house trailers 18 motorcycles and motor scooters and 32 dealer registrations.
Union Fight Run Away Shops With Guaranteed Pay Plan
The CIO United Auto Workers urge year round pay guarantees to prevent shops from relocating to new communities and to protect workers from automation job losses. The resolution endorsed by the convention argues guaranteed employment would deter management from abandoning centers of production and force new workforces to move. President Walter Reuther won a sixth term with key aides reelected, while two new VP posts went to Leonard Woodcock and Norman Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Walker
Cleveland
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Cal
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Carl Stellato
Detroit
Ford
Stellato
Child Bitten by Dogs Hospitalized for Observation
Linda Iverson the daughter of Mr and Mrs P C Iverson 1312 Avenue T was bitten several times by two dogs owned by a neighbor. E D Allen city dog officer said the child was not seriously injured and was taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital for observation at a veterinary hospital.
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Linda Iverson
P. C. Iverson
Avenue T
E. D. Allen
Allen
Iversons
Iverson
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Teachers In Parley Pupils Get Holiday
Snyder schools will be closed tomorrow as teachers attend a scheduled work conference all day per Superintendent Cecil Yarbrough. The day off applies to all students with no classes held.
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Snyder
Cecil Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Weather outlook for Texas regions
North Central Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers mainly east late today. Cooler tonight with low 35 to 45. Friday remains fair and cooler. West Texas expects fair conditions with wind and a drop in temperature today and tonight. Friday stays fair and cool with lows 26 to 36 in the Panhandle and upper South Plains. East Texas warms slightly this afternoon then showers, interior cooling tonight. Friday fair and cooler. Coastal areas face moderate to fresh southerly winds, shifting to northerly Friday. South Central Texas similar: partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with scattered storms then cooler tonight. Friday fair and cooler. Winds shift from south to north along the coast by Friday.
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Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
East Texas
El Paso girl sues Texas Western for college admission
Thelma White, a 1954 Douglass High School honor grad, sues Texas Western College seeking admission alleging race discrimination. The state attorney general says Texas segregation laws prevent undergrad integration while the Supreme Court ruling on desegregation is pending. Thurgood Marshall is named as an attorney for White.
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EL Paso
Tex
Austin
el Paso Herald-Post
Attorney General
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Texas Western
University
Miss White
A. A. Smith
J. M. Whitaker
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Sweatt
High Court
Heman Sweatt
Houston
University of Texas Graduate School
New Mexico A&m
Las Cruces
United States
Atty. A. Simpson Tate
Dallas
TWC
Texas College
Thurgood Marshall
Polio Vaccine Shows Safe Results in Texas Tests
Texas officials report that several children who received the Salk polio vaccine developed polio but none were seriously paralyzed. Among Harris County 10,000 recipients only four took polio, Corpus Christi saw three cases, and Dallas County had two cases from 7,000 vaccinated. Most cases were mild and recovered quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Harris County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Corpus Christi
Houston
Fort Worth
W. V. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Dallas County
Filibuster by Wagen Sails Through Long Night in Texas
Sen Wayne Wagen, a 33 year old North Texas lawmaker, kept a filibuster rolling for 18 hours to block a bill reducing bus registration fees. He spoke steadily from 2 p.m. yesterday into the next day, saying he was not tired as dawn broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Wayne Wagenseller
Bowie
Senate
North Texas
Snyder Sees Warmup As Heat Arrives Early
The temperature rose to 87 degrees in Snyder yesterday with a 56 degree overnight low. By 7 30 this morning the mercury climbed one more degree and the day showed the start of a dust haze.
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Snyder
Indochina Premier Won Over One Foe in Civil Strife
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem gained a major victory as Gen. Nguyen Thanh Phuong of Cao Dai and 42 officers defected to Diem with about 10 000 troops. The Cao Dai switch leaves Hoa Hao and Binh Xuyen as remaining anti Diem forces amid a 24 hour truce after predawn fighting killed at least 26 and wounded 112 in Saigon.
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John Roderick
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Xuyen Society
anti-Diem
Nguyen Thanh Phuong
Cao Dai
Diem
Independence
Phuong
Cao Dai Army
le van Tat
South
Hoa Hao
Tran van Soai
Saison
le Quang Vinh
Bacut
Viet Nam
Bao Dai
French Riviera
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Joel
Orin
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Sid
Associated Press
the Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
A. W. Browning
Fluvanna School
Sam
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
White House
John Foster Dulles
Rayburn
Mercury
Indochina
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