Waco School Board Plans $2 Million Bond Issue
The Waco school board intends to issue two million dollars in bonds on March 21 to mortgage funds for two new grade schools. With bids looming, the plan targets a 20 year level repayment at about 2.75 percent, totaling around 605000 in interest. This bond cost rivals construction of two or three elementary schools and frames a yearly million dollar building budget.
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Edna
Jefferson Elementary
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el Paso
DAC Adopts No Contest on Delegates in Texas
The Democratic Advisory Council at a Houston workshop adopted a no contest pledge, backing Gov. Allan Shivers forces for the May presidential conventions. Attorney Creekmore Fath of Austin led the adoption, signaling a one way deal amid liberal conservative clashes.
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George W. Sandlin
Creekmore Fath
DAC
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Waco
Tom Moore
Insurance Commission
A. B. Shoemake
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United Fund to Choose New Officers Meeting at YMCA
United Fund will elect 26 directors for the 75 member board at the annual meeting at 7 30 p m at the YMCA. The event includes a financial report by A C certified public accountant and a vote on vacancies to fill a one year unexpired term and three year terms.
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Vocation
A. C
Con‘simian United Fond Campaign
Weather data notes highs and rainfall figures
Sunset tonight is at 6 20 with sunrise at 7 07. At 4 pm the high is 84 and the low this morning 43. Jan 6 high 84, Jan 19 low 21. Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 6 30 pm is none, monthly total 1 25, normal 2 63, year to date 4 01 inches, accumulated deficiency 0 01 inch.
Nominations For Oscars Announced In Hollywood
Hollywood reports the 28th annual Academy Awards nominees with Susan Hayward Katharine Hepburn Jennifer Jones Anna Magnani Eleanor Parker among best actress contenders. Jimmie Cagney Ernest Borgnine Frank Sinatra and Spencer Tracy lead best actor nominees. Best picture contenders include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Picnic and The Rose Tattoo.
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Katharine Hepsburn
Jennifer Jones
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Acady
Jimmie Cagney
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Jimmie Dean
Frank Sinatra
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FTC Would Study Nation's Gas Market Nationwide
The Federal Trade Commission is willing to conduct a nationwide study of gas market practices if financing is provided, said FTC Commissioner John W. Gwynne on Saturday.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC Coma
John W. Gwynne
Surgeon Enters Alderman Race In Waco April Election
Dr Neill Simpson a 46-year-old Waco surgeon announced he will seek the Northeast Ward alderman post in the April 3 election. He is the third candidate for three seats with incumbents Melvin Gilliam and Truett K Smith. Simpson cited education gained through the Grass Roots Association as a factor in his decision to run.
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Neill Simpson
Waco
Simpson
Melvin Gilliam
Truett K. Smith
Ee Reren
H. F. Connally Jr
British Plane Crash Kills 50 Aboard York Liner
A transport plane carrying British troops home from Suez crashed on takeoff in Malta killing 50 people. All 49 men and one woman aboard the four engined York liner perished, including 45 Royal Air Force personnel and the civilian crew and stewardess. Initial reports listed 51 dead before a Scottish radio officer’s arrival in England clarified the tally.
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England
Suez
Royal Air Force
Suez Canal Zone
Senate to Debate Farm Legislation
The Senate will begin debate Tuesday on its second major bill of the year with prospects it may end, like the first bill, in a presidential veto.
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Washington
Senate
Wrong Kin Notified In Marine Plane Crash
A Marine transport crash near Niles California left 32 Marines misidentified as dead due to a list mixup. Wires sent to families of non aboard victims and five crewmen. total death toll still unclear as bodies are recovered east of San Francisco.
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Here
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San Francisco
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Bomb injures two clerks in New Orleans post office blast
A bomb exploded in a socked railway mail sack from Chicago at the New Orleans post office injuring two clerks. Inspectors said the booby trapped package would have killed the addressee. Fire spread on the loading platform but damage was minor. Clerks Leonard Payton Sr. and Bourbon Wells Sr. suffered burns.
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Reds Reject U S Reply On Balloons
Moscow reports that Russia rejected Washington’s assurance that weather balloons only were flown over Europe. The Soviet note offered to display in New York and Washington proof that U S balloons conducted aerial reconnaissance over Soviet territory, despite U S denial and a pause in European balloon flights.
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Masonic Rites For Lampasas Man
Masonic rites will honor Charles Wachendorfer 66 pioneer teacher business leader and civic figure at 2 30 Sunday in Lampasas Rev Donald Price First Presbyterian will officiate He served as Georgetown High School principal 1924 28 superintendent of Lampasas 1928 37 and was a Lions Club president He is survived by his widow and son Maj Charles Wachendorfer Jr of Fort Worth
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Charles
Republic
Wachendorfer Jr
U S Lifts Middle East Arms Embargo Amid Israel Aid Moves
The United States cancels the 43 hour old arms embargo to the Middle East. Immediate shipments include 18 M 41 tanks to Saudi Arabia and 110000 in automotive, signal and aircraft equipment to Israel. Acting Secretary Herbert Hoover Jr led day long talks at the State Department and notified Senate Foreign Relations Chair Walter George.
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United States
Middle East
Eisenhower
State Department
Saudi Arabia
U. S
Herbert Hoover Jr
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thomasville
Safety Responsibility Law Faces Gaps in McLennan County
J B Alderdice of the Safety Responsibility Division in Austin says the states liability insurance rule helps in many areas but notes weak spots in McLennan County. Since 1952 he has ordered hundreds of driver license suspensions for refusal to show financial responsibility after accidents.
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McLennan County
Sen Knowland Hints Bipartisan Probe Over Gas Bill Fight
Washington February 18 Senator Knowland suggested Republicans may push to keep the Senate inquiry on the natural gas bill in bipartisan control. A Senate Elections subcommittee led by Senator Gore plans a sweeping probe into improper efforts by selfish interests to influence federal elections and legislation.
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Calif
Senate
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Baptist minister in Missouri recommends Waco to family
A Missouri Baptist minister urges a family to relocate to Waco as they purchase the Smoke House restaurant and move in. The brief references a follow up story on page 13 section II. It also notes highway tax proposals under the House Democrats program could raise 410 million dollars, adding to the 400 million projected by President Eisenhower, with details on page 12.
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Waco
House Democrats
Eisenhower
Probers Access List Of Trade Items To Soviet Bloc
Senate investigators obtained a list of 100 to 150 items the United States advised for relaxation to Soviet bloc nations in 1954. Commerce Department officials promised to deliver the list to the committee Monday to study, as public hearings were postponed.
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Commerce Department
Senate
Ting
United States
Soviet Bloc
Nee
McClellan
Philip A. Rey
Free World
Georgia NAACP Leader Killed in Columbus Shooting
Dr. Thomas H. Brewer Negro physician and local NAACP leader and GOP state central committee member was shot to death Saturday night in a Columbus department store. Initial reports say he was shot seven times.
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Thomas H. Brewer
NAACP
Georgia
Republican State Central Committee
Brewer
LSU Votes Against Ban On Integrated Games
LSU rejects a proposed ban on integrated games after a seven hour meeting behind closed doors. The split factions argued whether LSU should allow Negro players and tighten entrance requirements.
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LSU Board Votes to Permit Negro Opponents in Games
Baton Rouge Louisiana February 18 The LSU board of supervisors votes 10 to 2 to continue the current sports program allowing LSU to play against Negro opponents while keeping entrance requirements unchanged The action follows a long closed meeting and a brief open session with officials praising the resolutions
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Louisiana State University
LSU
Leaders Take Poke At Stalin
Moscow leaders challenge Stalin era policies amid party congress. Mikoyan and Zhukov warn of Soviet delivery systems and intercontinental missiles while endorsing collective leadership and disowning Stalin era economic writings.
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Georgi Zhukov
Anastas Mikoyan
Russia
Communist Party Congress
Josef Stalin
Mikoyan
Lenin
Yugoslavia
Air Secretary Sees Russia Close On Missiles
Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles told the House subcommittee Russia may lead in some missile elements but no current weapon will shift the balance. He said the United States likely stays ahead overall in guided missiles. The remarks, given Feb 10 in secret testimony, were released with redactions.
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Donald A. Quarles
Russia
United States
Quarles
Air Force
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
U. S
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