Stop Kennedy Nixon Drives Spark Politics In Illinois West Virginia
A trio of stop Kennedy drives plus Nixon and Stevenson actions shape the 1960 primaries. Illinois voters head to the polls amid Republican-Democrat contests and a six way fight for the GOP nomination while West Virginia faces a Kennedy Humphrey clash.
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Kennedy
Nixon
Avalanche-Journal
Illinois
Chicago
West Virginia
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Chicago Democratic Steamroller
Richard J. Daley
William G. Stratton
Winds Scatter Cloud Buildup Across Texas
Cloudy skies covered much of Texas as thundershowers formed from Wink to Fort Stockton but warm winds disrupted the line. Light showers touched Wink while officials expected little to no rainfall on the South Plains with mild spring weather likely to continue. Strong south winds 20 to 30 mph hit Lubbock with blowing sand, expected to ease before sunrise.
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Texas
Wink
Fort Stockton
Lubbock
Carpenter Union Leader Convicted in Contempt of Congress
Maurice A. Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters Union, was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions before the Senate rackets probers. Judge James W. Morris presided in the case, heard without a jury.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Maurice A. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters Union
Congress
Senate
Hutcheson
Morris
Sen Sorie
Charles Tuttle
New York
Aficio
Carpenter
Group Seeks Voting Machines For County
Representatives of the League of Women Voters met with the County Commissioners Court to urge purchasing voting machines. Spokeswoman Mrs. Robert Casperson cited secrecy, faster voting, and easier canvassing as advantages.
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Kenneth Irish
Avalanche-Journal
Ien
League of Women Voters
County Commissioners Court
Robert Casperson
60Th St
County to act on interim clerk vacancy soon
County Judge Bill Davis said the Commissioners Court will act soon to appoint an interim successor to the late Lubbock County Clerk Louie F Moore. The court may fill the vacancy on April 25, with Mrs Floe Swenson acting temporarily for up to three weeks.
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Demos
Bill Davis
Commissioners Court
Lubbock
Louie F. Moore
37Th St
aFn Ak
Lod Ees
Wm Monen
Bob Dennis
Lubbock County
Democratic Committee
Executive Committee
Commissioners
Dennis
Attorney General's Office
Dennis Sa
Buffalo boy 14 on 1200 mile spree ends in hotel
Dean Siering fourteen traveled 1200 miles in two days with help from airline workers, a train conductor and taxi drivers. He flashed a towel reading Kidnaped at Central Railroad Terminal and was traced to a Buffalo hotel by taxi drivers before police stopped the jaunt. He attributed it to domestic trouble and remained evasive as his family expressed concern.
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Stanford University
Philip Weaver
Nixon
Stanford
New York
Associated Press
Uffalo
N. Y
Dean Siering
Dean
Buffalo
Central Railroad Terminal
Chicago
Robert L. Siering
Sea
Sea Cliff
Houston U seeks state college status in Texas
A delegation from the University of Houston presented to the Texas Commission on Higher Education advocating full state college status in exchange for continued tax support. Frank C. Smith warned that without state funding the university would face closure or severe service cuts. The commission noted no substantial opposition to the petition, while approving $757,751 in extra funds for growing enrollments at other state-supported colleges.
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University of Houston
State of Texas
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Frank C. Smith
Commission
Smith
University of Texas
Texas Westerne
Texas A&m
Texas Tech
North Texas State
Lamar Fee
Houston
Extra funds boost Mercury program and NASA payroll
The House advanced a $23,000,000 increase for the man in space program for the current year, adding 250 NASA payroll positions. An additional $12,200,000 goes to research and development and $10,800,000 to tracking stations and Atlantic range mods. The plan supports a suborbital Mercury flight in 1960. A separate amendment provides $79,000 for expenses of an atomic policy study by the House Senate committee.
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United Press Internations
Washington
House
White House
America
Senate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Noa
Atlantic Missile Range
Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Infatuation hooks a hurried wedding and alimony
A satirical note questions the rush of passion that leads to marriage. It pokes fun at men who marry quickly to avoid commitment and face alimony later, using a light editorial voice. The piece reflects the newspaper's broader humor column style.
US Officials Honored at Moscow Lunch by Soviet Press
White House Press Sec James Hagerty and other American officials were honored at a Moscow luncheon hosted by the press group tied to Soviet Premier Khrushchev, per Tass. The American delegation is in the Soviet Union to pave the way for President Eisenhower's June visit.
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Moscow
UPI
White House
James Hagerty
Nikita Khrushchev
Tass
Americas
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Turkish Prime Minister Plans July Visit to Soviet Union
Ankara reports that Prime Minister Adnan Menderes will undertake an official visit to the Soviet Union in July, outlining momentum in Cold War era diplomacy and regional ties.
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Russia
Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Soviet Union
Go Kart Fatal Crash Claims Littlefield Youth
A 15-year-old Littlefield youth, Jackie Wayne Gage, died from head and chest injuries after a go-kart crash with a car driven by Leon Otis Gray near Littlefield. The crash occurred at 6:35 p.m. at the 17th Street and Wroe Avenue intersection, about 214 blocks from the high school, with Gage's kart shunted under Gray’s vehicle.
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Ittlefield
Littlefield
Jackie Wayne Gage
South Plains
Gage
Bill Gage
Leon Otis Gray
Charles Tue
17Th St
Wroe Ave
Tue
Gray
17Th Street
See
Peronista Leader Shot Dead in Rosario
Omar Orestes Negra, a Peronista political and labor leader, was machine-gunned to death early Monday in Rosario Argentina from a speeding vehicle. Police said they could not trace the killers.
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Peronista
Rosario
Argentina
Omar Orestes Negra
Giant Pacific cyclone seen from space spans 2000 miles
Navy and NASA officials described the 2000 mile wide cyclonic cloud sweep over the central Pacific as the largest observed from space. Televised by TIROS cameras, the view covered Hawaii to the equator with limited ground visibility. Prominent scenes included Lake Baikal and Lake Chad.
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Availanche-Journal
Ashington
Central Pacific
Hawaii
Equator
William Stroud
Tiros
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pacific
Stroud
Kaena Point
Lake Baikal
Ussr
Irkutsk
Lake Chad
Central
Africa
Kurile Islands
Japan
Anti Castro Rebel Raid Details Rise In Cuba Tensions
U S officials say shipments of helicopters and light aircraft to Cuba are being restricted as arms demands grow beyond self defense. In Cuba, 80 rebels led by Maj Beaton attack Castro forces at El Avero in the Sierra Maestra while reports say guerrillas shelled coastal naval units.
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Avalanche-Journal
United States
Cuba
Caribbean
U.S
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Manuel Beaton
el Avero
Sierra Maestra
Oriente
Santiago
Associated Press
William J. Schergales
West Hollywood
Fla
Howard Rundquist
Miami
Washington
State Department
Philip W. Bonsal
South African Arrests Boom
Police reinforced by armored cars arrested scores of Africans in Rand township near Johannesburg to quell violence linked to alleged Communist agitation. The rand raid followed Durban and Port Elizabeth arrests with no violence reported. Premier Hendrick Verwoerd had blamed agitators for the unrest.
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Johannesburg
UPI
Hendrick V. Verwoerd
Rand
Here
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Weather Map Page 7 B Lubbock Forecast
Partly cloudy and mild in Lubbock and vicinity with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Expect early morning low around 49 and afternoon high near 75 with little chance of precipitation.
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Lubbock
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