Gusty Winds and Rain Sweep South Plains Area
A violent wind and rain storm struck the Plainview area near midnight Saturday, dumping 1.00 to 2.90 inches within 15 miles. U.S. Highway 84 near Plainview was underwater for about three hours, and wind whipped dirt as late-planted corn was washed out in places.
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Plainview
South Plains
Plainview City Limits
U.S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Childress
Hobart
Okla
Guymon
Dalhart
Tucumcari
N.M
la Junta
Colo
Raton
Lubbock
Roswell
Albuquerque
Dalhart Area
Cruel Comical Civil War Scenes From Beirut Front Page
The piece describes a chaotic civil conflict in Lebanon with bombings and disguises as both sides commit senseless outrages. It notes Beirut and Tripoli deteriorating with hundreds killed, money lost, and trade harmed as a tragic outcome of political strife and a muddy, ongoing fight.
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Beirut
Mediterranean
Tripoli
West
Lebanon
Nixon backs Adams as White House aide under probe
Vice President Nixon defended Sherman Adams amid a White House probe of alleged wrongdoing related to his role and actions at the executive mansion. The administration emphasized Adams’s steady leadership while awaiting further evidence.
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Washington
Nixon
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Adams
Versy
Truman
Bernard Goldfine
Kenneth B. Keating
Soviet scientists join talks amid test ban hopes rise
The arrival of Soviet and East Bloc scientists in Washington fuels expectations they will join talks on a test ban and international inspection. U.S. officials say participation could break the disarmament deadlock, with delegation leaders including Tsarapkin and Nobel laureate Semyonov among the visitors.
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Washington
U.S
Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
U.N
Security Council
Disarmament Commission
Fedorov
N. N Semyonov
Brussels
Britain
John Cockcroft
British Atomic Energy Authority
Harwell
William Penney
James B. Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Eisenhower
Jet refueling planes demonstrate global reach in record test
Two Air Force Boeing 707 based Alpha and Bravo jets flew New York to London in 5 hours 27 minutes 42.8 seconds and 5 hours 29 minutes 37.4 seconds respectively. Each aircraft costs three million dollars, carries 150 tons of freight and 25 tons of payload. Military versions of the 707, they feature swept wings and four jet engines and aim to show the Air Force can deploy high performance tankers anywhere in the world.
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Bastrop
Allen Evans
Bramwell
New York-London
Freigh
Air Force
How Scatterbrained Are You
July Reader's Digest presents a short scientific test from Baylor University to reveal personal traits. It is not a right or wrong score but a self insight tool for readers and guests at a party.
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Baylor University
July Reader's Digest
U S Denies Violating Soviet Frontier in Plane Incident
The United States protests a Soviet claim that a U S aircraft crossed the Soviet Armenian border and flew up to 105 miles inside Soviet territory. Washington says the flight was on instruments with no ground reference and requests the crew's safe return as diplomats seek resolution.
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Teheran
Iran
Department of State
United States
Moscow
Andrew Gromyko
Thompson
Thorripson
Gromyko
U. S
Cuban Rebels Report Missing U S Naval Base Crew
Rebels said 27 Marines and sailors were missing from Guantanamo Naval Base after an overnight outing. A service bus was found empty on a road near the base and an enlisted man was seized outside the perimeter. The embassy indicated the group was believed held by Fidel Castro's forces with efforts ongoing to secure their release. Ten U S and two Canadian engineers were previously seized. A second item notes a Prescott mechanic inventing a garden hoe that attaches to a shoe to hoe weeds.
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Nounced
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Base
Fidel Castro
U.S
Park Wollam
William D. Bowdler
Prescott
Wash
NEA Convention Links Money to Education Reform Goals
At the NEA convention Dr. Ginger argues money is essential to improve public education. He outlines four priorities: better funding, stronger teacher preparation, expanded construction and full six-month classroom terms, plus enhanced guidance services. The platform also seeks 25 pupil per class targets, 180 day school year, high school continuation, and higher teacher salaries.
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Ginger
NEA
Senate hearing set on Mafia control of U S economy
Senate Rackets Committee chair John L. McClellan says evidence shows a Mafia underworld drive to seize economic power in the United States. Hearings will probe labor, business ties, and a 1957 Apalachin meeting with witnesses including James R. Hoffa as investigators seek legislation to curb alleged syndicate influence.
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Underworld
Apalachin
N. Y
Robert F. Kennedy
New York State
Edgar Cresswell
McClellan
College ‘News
James R. Hoffa
Giant
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
One Dead Two Safe After Plane Mishap in Colorado
In Montrose Colorado a twin engine Piper Apache from Texas crashed on Mesa Peak 12,958 feet high after refueling near Alamosa. Pilot Bernie Grace of Houston died. Passengers Wallace Davis and his wife from La Pryor Texas survived and were hospitalized for observation. Rescue teams and CAP aircraft searched the rugged region north of Alamosa for the missing craft.
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Montrose
Colo
Air Force
Texas
Colorado Rockies
Civil Air Patrol
Mesa Peak
Alamosa
Paul Polton
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Polton
Bernie Grace
Houston
Tex
Wallace Davis
la Pryor
del Norte
Army
Cap
Spokane
Wash
Grand Junction
Colorado
Obituary notices and funerals listed for Hayes Keys Larisch Lawrence Whisenant
Obituaries list Emma Augusta Hayes 90 of 1604 South Julian service in Galesburg Ill. Theodore Daniel Keys husband Maurine and family, service with memorial markers. Manfred Larisch 31, buried Llano after Memorial Chapel service. Richard Lee Lawrence infant service Graveside Memorial Park. Ada May Whisenant 79 with service at Memorial Chapel burial Llano.
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John
Ricks
Inglewood
Calif Services
Monday
Memorial Park
Whisenant
Ada May Whisenant
Highland
Pearley Kuykendall
Zora Tice
Doris Chambliss
Lida Arnold
Jackie Thompson
Bill
Johnny
Marvin
Allen Whisenant
Dee Henderson
Bertha Gollihugh
W. R
G. M. Kuykendall
Liano
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Prague
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Ernest ©. Lawrence
University of California
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
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France
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Bowdler
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Moa
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
MccClellan
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Boxwell Bros. Funeral Howes
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Spearman Rma al Rom
Army-Navy
Taylor
Optical Service
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Esquire
Gov's Little Acre
Robert Ryan
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