Wiesbaden Hosts Americans in a European Air Force Hub
In Wiesbaden Germany a 25 000 strong American community sustains the USAFE center for Europe with Lindsey Air Base directing a crescent of tactical air power across Central Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.
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Spain
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KGNC-TV Schedule Highlights A Matinee and Parties
KGNC-TV presents Colorcast Club 60 at 11 30 a m Matinee Theater at 1 p m and an Arthur Murray Party at 9 p m offering daytime viewing and evening dance program.
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Kgnc-Tv
Prisoner Is killed in Freak Mishap in Houston
In Houston on May 13 a police car hit a bump, a shotgun discharged fatally wounding Clyde Thompson, a 31 year old Black man who had confessed to raping a 15 year old white girl. Inspector Joe Clark claimed responsibility for the accident as detectives had Thornton Thompson in custody for questioning about a filling station robbery and the prior assault.
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Tex
Joe Clark
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A. E. Rockwell
Thompson
Thompson Can
Johnson criticizes Eisenhower spending policy in Senate
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson accuses the administration of a revolving door approach to government spending and demands President Eisenhower choose between an economy or spending administration. He cites conflicting official statements as evidence of growing confusion ahead of tomorrow night's budget address.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
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Builders Back Gen. Lees Housing Plan At Amarillo Base
The Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association endorsed on base housing for Gen William Lee at Amarillo Air Force Base. In a special meeting they agreed to send a letter of support while seeking to limit housing to minimum needs and to confer with the General on any extra units.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
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Flood Stricken Lampasas Faces Death Toll and Damage
Floodwaters surged through Lampasas Texas after a broken levee Sunday night. Five people were unaccounted for and searchers probed debris for more victims as 750 residents fled homes and 38 houses were destroyed. Community buildings and a church were damaged and water supplies were contaminated. Rescue teams delivered food water and medicine while photographers described houses picked up like a cyclone and fronts caving in in minutes.
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Texas
Lampasas
Fort Worth
George Smiley
Wichita Falls
Texas Floods and Tornadoes Leave Wide Destruction
The Red Cross shelters refugees as floods and tornadoes sweep north and east Texas. Dozens of twisters damage towns from Lampasas to Dallas and Waco, with 30 deaths reported and thousands displaced. Military and police aid relief efforts. Lampasas sees severe devastation and collapsing buildings. The four confirmed deaths include Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, Warren Doolittle, and Mrs. Minerva Richardson.
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Warren Doolittle
Minerva Richardson
Adamsville
Lampasas County
London to Los Angeles Super Saber Jets Set Nonstop Record
Three Air Force pilots landed in Los Angeles after a 14 hour 6 200 mile nonstop flight from London in the F100C Super Saber fighters. The crew refueled in flight three times and completed a lengthy westward route via Labrador James Town and Langley AFB. The mission aimed to train pilots to deter aggression and marked the first long nonstop jet flight of its kind. Capt. Jack Bryant Capt. Alain Engle and Lt. Theodore E. Workman led the Los Angeles leg after departing Blackwell England with a separate trio over Jamestown Va celebrating its 350th anniversary.
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Okla
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Mich
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Solons Whittle Stack of Work in Texas Legislature
Adjournment minded senators passed back to the House a lobby registration bill and a conservation water storage plan. The lobby law, recommended by the legislative council and Gov. Price Daniel, would make Texas the second state with such a statute. House action included a four million dollar measure easing funding by a bill aiding three gas companies.
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Texas
Teachers protest as tax refund plan eyed for state funds
An estimated 500 teachers from the State Teachers Association marched through the Capitol opposing an appropriations bill they say would freeze state aid at April 1 levels. Rep J T Ellis and Rep Max Smith defended the bill saying no such freeze is intended while the Senate considers the claims bill and possible uses for teacher pay raises.
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Joint Appropriations Committee
Assa
Association
Amarillo Weather Forecast Card For Today And Wednesday
U S Weather Bureau forecasts clear to partly cloudy skies for Amarillo and vicinity with warmer afternoons today and Wednesday. High around 75 degrees, low last night 48, with notable temperatures by hour and a .05 inch precipitation for the past 24 hours ending at p.m. May include Panhandle and South Plains as mild and sunny through today and tomorrow.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Lampasas Flood Devastates Town Center in Aftermath Visit
Army reporter describes Lampasas Texas flood damage as 100 percent wrecked in the courthouse square area. Pvt Bob Matheison interviewed victims and reported that a trailer resident, John Mulholland, was carried by the water after a wall of floodwater from a levee breach struck his trailer around 9 p.m.
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Bob Matheison
Hayward
Calif
Texas
Lampasas
David F. Engel
Matheison
John C. Mulholland
Mulholland
Tornado injures twenty one in Conway Arkansas
A tornado hit Conway Arkansas injuring at least 21 people including nine elementary pupils. The storm leveled eight homes damaged a school and business blocks. Twelve hospitalized with Mrs Elwin Lasley in critical condition. her three children were at home when the house was thrown. Teachers urged pupils to take cover as the tornado struck.
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Ark
Arkansas
Elwin Lasley
Lasley
Western League scores and results from five games
Colorado Springs defeated Des Moines 8 to 1 and Sioux City beat Pueblo 5 to 2. Topeka won 9 to 6 over Amarillo. Lincoln swept Albuquerque 3 to 2 after winning the second game 1 to 0. In the American League Washington edged Boston 5 to 3 in the only game scheduled while the National League had no games.
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Albuquerque
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Ike's Budget Message Broadcast Tonight at Seven
President Eisenhower's budget message to the nation will be heard at 7 p.m. today over KGNC-TV and on KGNO KYYN and KAMQ radio. The broadcast highlights fiscal policy and national priorities from the White House.
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Kgnc-Tv
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KAMQ
Pool Rezoning Sparks City Planning Hearing
The City Planning Commission met Tuesday night with a standing room crowd as it hears a rezoning request for a Log Altos Addition pool project and the Wolflin Georgia traffic island dispute. Chairman Hal Brown notes the commission can only recommend to the City Commission, and with four of seven members present no binding vote occurs.
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Log Altos
Wolflin
Georgia
Hal Brown
Planning Commission
Wolflin- Georgia
City Commission
Cab driver leads chase to arrest of doctor killer in Oakland
A cab driver while following a fleeing gunman at high speed radioed police and helped arrest a suspect within 11 minutes after Dr. Harold G. Trimble 61 was shot on a sidewalk near Pill Hill in Oakland. The suspect S Sydney Klass 53 later confessed firing six shots blaming his wife’s 1954 death.
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Harold G. Trimble
Klass
Anthony Bolger
Dr. Trimble
Pill Hill
Oakland
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