Twisters Strike Four States Across Midwest
A severe storm tore through Grand Beach near Monroe Michigan and the Kankakee area injuring students and faculty at Olivet Nazarene College. The campus suffered damage as the storm swept through nearby Trailerville court and surrounding areas. College officials called the low casualty count miraculous.
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Midwest
Grand
Monroe
Mich
Kankakee
Olivet Nazarene College
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Baylor University Chancellor W R White to resign
Dr W R White aged 70 will resign as Baylor University chancellor effective June 1, remaining as president emeritus and teaching in religion. He led Baylor in the past two years and previously served 13 years as president of the Waco school with branches in Dallas and Houston.
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Dallas
W. R. White
Baylor University
Baylor
White
Houston
Big Baptist School
Southern Senators Attack Civil Rights Commission Proposal
Southern senators condemned a Kennedy proposal to cut federal funds to Mississippi over racial disorders. They warned of a fight over expanding the Civil Rights Commission’s powers and extending its life beyond its 1963 expiration. Senator Stennis called the commission’s statements presumptuous and ridiculous and urged letting it die.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Civi Rights Commission
Kennedy
Mississippi
Paul HW. J Douglas
D-Ii
John Stennis
D-Miss
British A-Sub Set Apart By Traditional Gear
Barrow in Furness reports the commissioning of the atomic hunter killer submarine Sotemudion aboard a shipyard. It is the first atomite submarine built outside the United States or Soviet Union and is powered by an American reactor. Cmdr Peter Lasaborne led the ceremony as the crew, bareheaded in drizzle, vowed We fear nothing.
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United States
Sescet Union
Scotland Yard
Daternad
Go Decrees Fahrenhelt
Agaist Tz Deprees
AMO Suddie Tinees
Dreadnoughts
Cmdr
Peter Lasaborne
Houston Court Grants Death Penalty in Kidnaping Case
A district court jury sentenced Lawrence O Connor to death for kidnap rape of a 19 year old mother of two, the fourth man tried in the July case. James Echols also received the death penalty, Ru fus Freeman got 62 years and one day, and Willie Rivers received life.
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Houston
UPI
Lawrence O'Connor
O'Connor
James Andrew Echols
Rufus Freeman
Willie James Rivers
Goldfine Facing S10 Million Tax Claims
Tax liens totaling over a million dollars were filed against industrialist Bernard Goldfine his wife Charlotte and a corporation by the IRS in Suffolk County. The notices claim income taxes for 1958 1959 and 1960 totaling 1 140 012 72 181 and 31 032 respectively. A separate lien for 1959 taxes of 39 60 was filed against the Strathmore Woolen Co Boston. In February Goldfine agreed in federal court to the sale of assets to settle 103 million in tax claims.
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Bernard Goldfine
Charlotte
Internal Revenue Service
Suffolk County Registrar of Deeds
John O'Sullivan
Frank Murphy
Strathmore Woolen Co
Goldfine
Five Indicted in Baton Rouge Traffic Ticket Fixing
East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicts five individuals in a traffic ticket fixing racket. The group includes James Brewer, bondsmen William Cambre Vernon Raborn Roy Anderson and Cambre’s wife, with four bondsmen being former deputy sheriffs. The probe also touched on the disappearance of state police tickets and included a former district attorney’s secretary. CARACAS-Tallow is being bought abroad by Venezuela.
Births Across Lubbock Area Highlight Local Families
The notice lists multiple families from Fort Worth area and Reese AFB and Lubbock hospitals reporting births and newborn weights. Fathers hold various jobs including teacher, cattle buyer, hotel vice president, and base personnel.
Red Objects To Spying In Space
Soviet Ambassador Nikolai Fedorenko told a UN subcommittee that spying from outer space is no different from other spying. He supported a proposed declaration on the legal aspects of space exploration and said satellite intelligence gathering violates mankind’s aims in space.
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United Nations
N.Y
Nikolai Fedorenko
Outer Space
Mrs. Bullock's Rites Pending At Portales
Mrs. M. H. Bullock, 98, died Tuesday in Lovington. Services for Mrs. Bullock are pending at Wheeler Mortuary in Portales. She died at her daughter’s home, Mrs. Albert Burli. Survivors include son Houston of Portales and two daughters, Mrs. T. A. King of Portales and Mrs. Benton Bennett of Lamesa.
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Lovington
Wheeler Mortuary
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Albert Burlison
Houston
T. A. King
Benton Bennett
iLamesa
Rubber Gloves Dry Fast Over Standing King-Size Bottles
A compact note reports rubber gloves drying rapidly when laid over tall king-size pop bottles. The observation notes quick moisture loss and air exposure aiding drying.
Murray Defends Oil Deals At Austin News Conference
Murray describes BBM Drilling Co. of Corpus Christi formed in 1949 with $100000 borrowed from Baird. BBM drilled 10 wells on the Marshall Johnson lease in Brazoria County with eight good producers and claimed over $1 million net profit by 1959. He says some other ventures in West Texas Arizona and Louisiana produced dry holes. he notes consulting fees and ongoing payments to his church and asserts no favoritism. He recalls that BBM later leased West Bernard Gas Field producing nine horizons and valued reserves at about $2.5 million, though profits were not fully realized. He sold BBM in 1961 to a charitable foundation and now only has a marginal partnership in New Mexico with family.
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Austin
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New York
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Tex-Pac
Cowden Ranch
Midland
Throckmorton County
BGS Corp
First National Bank
W. J. Murray Sr
M. J. Brannon Jr
Fort Worth
New Mexico
Home Show Draws Prospects Amid Exhibits in Hall
The home show continues to attract audiences with nightly demonstrations. Exhibitors report steady prospects and early sales, while officials expect several thousand more visitors over three days. Organizers say displays interest 4-H clubs and Future Homemaker chapters as Mrs. M. J. Brannon Sr. of Coleman partners with the event.
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Panhandle
Spellman Holds Requiem Mass For Sub Crew
In Portsmouth New Hampshire memorials were held for 129 men who perished when the nuclear submarine Thresher sank. Cardinal Spellman led a Requiem Mass with about 1000 in attendance. Protesant services followed led by Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill as sonar efforts search a 10 mile square area for the sunken vessel. A naval court of inquiry recessed and to reconvene Thursday.
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UPD
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
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Henry Knox Sherrill
Episcopal Church of America
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Naval Court of Inquiry
Bond Granted for Ex-Majorette’s Accused Slayer
Ronnie Blankenship, charged with slaying former Texas Christian University drum major Neeta Green, was released on a $15,000 bond after the district attorney’s office concurred he should be granted bond. Justice of the Peace T. M. Sheffield had previously ordered him held without bond. Green, a night club hostess, was found murdered in her Fort Worth suburb home last month. her nude body was found alongside Blankenship, who was also nude and unconscious in another room as firemen responded.
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API
Ronnie Blankenship
Texas Christian University
Neeta Green
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Justice of the Peace
T. M. Sheffield
Green
Kaiser Steel among major producers in price hike wave
Retail price boosts ripple through industry as Kaiser Steel and others raise steel costs by 4 to 7 dollars per ton amid talk of a potential yearend steel strike. Kennedy's stance on selective increases cited by White House sources and industry observers expect modest, not across the board, adjustments.
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Special Funds Of Bar To Aid Accused Slayer
Dallas Criminal Bar Assn president C A Droby said the FACTS fund will aid indigent defendants in death penalty cases. Carl Hackathorn, 19, would be the first recipient as his May 6 trial nears for the March 4 slaying of an 18 year old housewife. attorneys sought expert medical data.
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Hackathorn
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Robert
Home Show Promises Modern Comforts at Coliseum
Visitors explore camping trailers and home recreation items at the Coliseum exhibit. A $2,095 stereo set and a range of pianos and organs attract shoppers while Texas Tech showcases push button molecular research with exothermic reactions and differential thermal analysis. A marionette show and fashion presentations round out Coliseum events.
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South Plains area hospital council to elect officers at luncheon
The South Plains Area Hospital Council will elect officers at a luncheon today in the Chalet Room of Lester's Hickory Inn Monterey Center Speaker Marion Sanford discusses Liabilities of Hospitals Lubbock insurance man. Judge Victor H Lindsey excused a 72nd District Court civil jury panel for the rest of the week after no suits were ready for trial A civil jury panel returns to 99th District Court at 9 am today Mrs Laura Kennedy patient at West Texas Hospital undergoing treatment. Creditors of bankrupt Coleman McSpadden meet at 10 am today in the Post Office Building Frank R Murray says trustee Roy Bass interim report and interim fees applications the McSpadden case notes he is free on bond after a 10 year penitentiary term tied to Billie Sol Estes. Les Clemens Texas Credit Union League will present Introduction to Family Financial Counseling at 7 30 pm at Chicken Shack 1710 34th St dinner is 168. SPCCU president Jack N House. Graveside services for Wayne B Tucker 45 scheduled 10 30 am today in Dimmitt with White Funeral Home of Tohoka in charge. Tucker died Friday in Tohoka city jail of smoke inhalation.
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Lester's Hickory Inn
Monterey Center
Marion Sanford
Lubbock Insurance
Victor H. Lindsey
72Nd District Court
99Th District Court
Coleman D. McSpadden
Frank R. Murray
Roy Bass
Bass
McSpadden
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Billie Sol Fistes
Les Clemens
Texas Credit Union League
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Credit Unions
Chicken Shack
34Th St
SPCCU
Jack N. House
Wayne B. Tucker
Dimmutt
White Funeral Home
Tohoka
Tucker
Cuban exile leader seeks money to raise army
The exile figure demanded $50 million to form and deploy an army against Cuba. The U S department says the maneuver aims to force U S policy and risk war. Costa Rica noted Miro inquired about permanent residence ten days ago but has not applied. He currently resides in Miami and could be admitted if he applies, Costa Rican ambassador says.
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Costa. Rica
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Texas Municipal Annexation Act Aims to Curb City Expansion
The Senate committee trimmed penalties and kept deannexation rules. Cities gain authority for industrial parks with tax deferral. Any census replaces 10 percent limit on annexation. Extraterritorial reach ranges from five miles down to half a mile by city size. Blanchard notes rapid growth prompting change. Texas Municipal League backs the bill.
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