U S Rushes Work On Satellite Vehicle
Concentrated work has started on project Big Brother to launch a reconnaissance satellite within five years. It aims to transmit detailed Earth images to the United States, locating Communist bases and monitoring military activity. Major firms like RCA, CBS, and Lockheed are involved, with high priority and sizable missile funding.
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Washington
Big Brother
George Orwell
Radio Corporation of America
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Lockheed Aircraft
Weather Forecast for Waco Area
Partly cloudy and warmer today through Monday. Today’s high near 45 degrees and tonight’s low around 32. Temperature ranged from 28 to 38 with a peak 38 at 5 pm and a low 28 at 8 am. Rain totaled .02 inch in 24 hours, .62 inch this month, 3.37 inches year to date. River stage 5.7 feet at 7:30 am Saturday.
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Bape
Waco
Vikinity
Ten Generals To Appear At CC Fete
Ten generals will sit at the head table for the 56th annual Waco Chamber of Commerce banquet at Heart O' Texas Coliseum. Gen Nathan will be the main speaker, joined by Air Force leaders Lt Gen Charles T Myers Maj Gen G P Disosway Brig Gen Fred M Dean and Army generals Maj Gen Thomas L Harrold Maj Gen W N Gillmore Brig Gen T J Sands Brig Gen W Paul Johnson Brig Gen Theo T King Gen F S Burom and Gen Twining in attendance with Waco leaders.
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Waco Chamber of Commerce
Heart O' Texas Coliseum
Waco
Nathan
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Charles T. Myers
Air Training Command
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
G. P. Disosway
Flying Training Air Force
Fred M. Dean
Thomas L. Harrold
Third Corps
Fort Hood
W. N. Gillmore
Fourth Armored Division
T. J. Sands
W. Paul Johnson
Theo T. King
F. S. Burom
Oklahoma City
General Twining
Proposals for sweeping overhaul of Civil Aeronautics
A Senate Aviation subcommittee released a long secret management study urging major changes to the CAA and U S airways. The report calls for a three level flight control system adding eight express centers and consolidating control, plus closing 304 of 348 facilities and shifting weather duties to the Weather Bureau.
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Washington
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Commerce Department
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Eisenhower Administration
Louis Rothschild
Commerce
Senate
CAA
Interstate Airways
Weather Bureau
United States
Public invited hearing on Waco master planning consultant
Waco aldermen set a public hearing Tuesday at 2 p m to hear views for hiring a master planning consultant to guide growth. Mayor O B Robertson invited both pro and con input as city officials consider two firms, with Howard Bartholomew and Associates bidding 82500.
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Waco
O. B. Robertson
Jack Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Howard Bartholomew and Associates
Panel Votes Rigid Props For Cotton
The Senate Agriculture Committee, in an unusual night session, approved the administration’s billion dollar soil bank program with amendments. It backed a tight 8-7 directive to restore rigid mandatory price supports on cotton and other staples, threatening a Senate political battle as the 1956 election year unfolds. Senator Aiken warned the fight over flexible versus rigid controls will reemerge, noting many decisions may not final.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Ellender
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Farm Prices Decline in Texas Report
A U S Department of Agriculture index shows Texas farmers and ranchers received lower prices on February 4, sliding one point below the December 15 level. The drop indicates weaker market conditions for agricultural goods in the state.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agricultur
Boys Ordered to Put Flowers on Graves
Dist. Judge A P Mas ordered two boys aged 13 and 14 to place flowers on three graves weekly for eight weeks in a local cemetery. They were punished for desecrating graves on January 4 by shooting grave markers with air rifles. The boys' parents must cover damages to the markers.
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Corsicana
Dist
A. P. Mas
Neely Elected President of Texas Fairs Association
Othel M. Neely executive vice president and general manager of the Heart of Texas Fair in Waco was elected president of the Texas Association of Fairs and Expositions at its 29th annual Dallas meeting. Also elected were Joe Cooley of Abilene as vice president and Bob Murdock of Tyler as secretary.
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Othel M. Neely
Waco
Dallas
State Association
Joe Cooley
Abilene
Bob Murdock
Tyler
VA Asked to Explain Shoemake Admission
Rep. Teague pressed for details on how A B Shoemake of Waco gained admission to a Veterans Administration hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He sought the application’s statements on the veteran’s ability to pay, while VA officials in Waco and McKinney insisted the admission followed legal procedures and noted Shoemake was a Navy veteran of World War I. Meanwhile four Insurance Commission examiners tied to a fraud conspiracy suit will not be rehired, officials said with leaves of absence granted.
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Washington
Teague
D-Tex
A. B. Shoemake
Waco
Veterans Administration Hospital
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Shoemake
Shoe‘make
Dallas
Buckholtz
McKinney Hospital
Austin
J. Byron Saunders
Insurance Commission
Commission
Saunders
County Officials Say Wacoans Getting Their Money's Worth in Tax Payments
Waco area leaders defend county financed services claiming road and highway investments boost city stability. They note 1955 road spending and a decade of bond issues support growth feeding Waco merchants and industries. County tax figures show a major share funds roads, with urban and rural residents benefiting.
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Waco
Bill Logue
Tom Craven
McLennan
Phillipe Company
McGregor
Universal-Atlas Cement
James Connally Air Force Base
Chamber of Commerce
McLennan County
Area paralysed by worst blizzard in 50 years across Texas Panhandle
The AP reports a historic blizzard paralyzed much of the Texas Panhandle and South Plains with nine foot drifts and at least 16 deaths. Intercity buses halted, shoppers stayed home, streets blocked in Hereford Amarillo Canyon Lubbock Plainview and Borger. Rescue crews used tractors to reach stranded travelers.
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Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Brainview
Hereford
Amarillo
Canyon
Borger
Lubbock
Texas Baptists
Texas
Plainview
Panhandle
Canadian River
C. L. Abernethy
Plainview Hospital
Plains
Southwestern
Bell
Paris
Blossom
Detroit
Ben Franklin
Pecan Gap
Windom
Bovina
Panhhandle
Bedspread Tom Joseph Jr Captures Leap Year Prize
Waco house builder and State Representative Tom Joseph Jr spoke about radio host Don McNeil’s show in Chicago and became a nationwide lure for marriage proposals. Single women across 48 states flooded him with letters after McNeill highlighted his nickname Bedspread and address in Waco Texas.
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Tom Joseph JR
Waco
Don McNeil
Chicago
Wago
Joseph
McNeil
McNeill
Texas
Fight to Keep State Segregation Moves Ahead
A statewide drive to win legislative support for interposition to preserve racial segregation in Texas was launched. The Association of Texas Citizens Councils plans a Feb 10 decision in Waco on organizing the campaign, following a three hour Dallas meeting with Atty Gen John Ben Shepperd.
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Austin
Texas
Association of Texas Citizens Councils
Waco
Aii
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Shepperd
Dallas
Ross Carlton
Citizens Councils Assn
Carlton
Citizens Council
Dickens Work House Damaged by Big Freeze in Broadstairs
The Dickens home in Broadstairs England suffered water pipe damage during the week long freeze. Two armchairs in Dickens study were saved by a wading caretaker.
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Dickens
Southern Baptists Plan Rain Prayer Sessions in Texas
Southern Baptist churches will hold 7 am prayer relays on Saturday Feb 11 to seek rain. Dr Forrest C Feezer of the Baptist General Convention of Texas urges more than a million Texas Baptists to attend Feb 11 12 services with some churches extending prayers Sunday. Pastors report ongoing rainfall prayers.
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Southern Baptists
Southern Baptist Churches
Forrest C. Feezer
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Woman Breaks Leg After Ice Fall in Waco
Mrs. Bobbye Gates of 1704 Columbus Avenue fractured her left leg when she slipped on ice at home in Waco. She was treated at Hillcrest Hospital after the fall.
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Waco
Bobbye Gates
Columbus Avenue
Lay
Hillcrest Hospital
Weather warms after sleet and freeze in Central Texas
The region thawed from a string of sleet and subfreezing days with a rise in temperature to 33 degrees by Saturday afternoon after a high of 38 later that day. Roads opened but remained hazardous in spots as skies cleared and dry conditions returned for Sunday. Farmers report thawed ground and better moisture as sleet runoff continues.
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Waco
Central Texas
The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Galveston Mayor Floats Monthly Bawdy House Raids
Galveston Mayor Roy Clough plans a monthly raid policy on bawdy houses to raise funds for the city budget. He estimates about 1000 dollars monthly, with madames receiving 100 dollars and each girl 25, as ministers protest and district attorney negotiates. The plan follows previous padlocking actions and faces mixed reactions from officials and residents.
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Galveston
Roy Clough
Dist
Atty
Marsene Johnson Sr
Clough
Ministers’ Association
Ern
FBI Joins Senator's In Probe
The Justice Department ordered a full FBI inquiry into an alleged bid to influence Senator Francis Case over the gas bill. The move follows plans by Senate leaders to form a special investigating committee. Acting AG Rogers said the FBI would determine if federal law was violated.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Sen
Francis Case
R-S.d
Senate
Case
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Westinghouse Pickets Clash With Workers in Lima
In Lima Ohio on February 4 Westinghouse pickets and sympathizers clashed with about 300 workers returning to the strike bound plant. Sheriff Cotterman called the situation out of hand and asked Governor Lausche to send National Guard. Lausche declined and urged court action to curb picking. One person was injured and vehicles were damaged as the melee began at 7 a.m. and continued into the afternoon.
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Lima
Ohio
Westinghouse
Clay T. Cotterman
Frank J. Lausche
National Guard
Index Lost in Swamp Seventeen Swamps In Louisiana Naked
A two day ordeal leaves a man stranded in seventeen Louisiana swamps. Police search records note his naked condition as the escape ends. The second item reports a teenage boy killed in a fist fight over a girl with soft sunset eyes.
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Louisiana
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U. S
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Neely
Waco Tribune-Herald
Associated Press
By Bob Sadler
Citizens Councils Movement
Weatherman
Ed First National
Lausche
Amusements
Eteenees
Central
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