Surprise 30 Inch Snow Storm Hits Rockies
A wintry storm dumped 30 inches of snow in the northern Rockies and a half foot in Montana wheat country while the eastern half of the nation saw mild warmth. Lubbock forecast 77 degrees with scattered thunder showers possible tonight or Monday as other western states report rain and showers.
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Avalanche-Journal
Montana Wheat Country
Texas
Lubbock
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Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Oklahoma
Montana
Weather Bureau
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
California
Pacific Northwest
Dakotas
New England
Minnesota
Florida
New York State
Castro Renews Blasts At U S
In Havana Revolucion reports Premier Fidel Castro's three hour and 20 minute broadcast denouncing U S sponsorship of a fifth column in Cuba. A second dispatch covers Red China's delegate arrival for the May Day parade. A firebomb raid on a cane field near Havana via a North plane is cited as support.
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UPI
Revolucion
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Red China
Castro
United States
North
Winners In Meet Listed By OPAL DIXON
Roughly 1,700 Texas students competed in Region I Inter scholastic League contests at Texas Tech on Saturday. About 5,000 spectators and officials attended. Quanah led Conference AA, Happy led Conference B, and Canadian led Conference A with high point totals. Quanah earned first in several events including slide rule and declamation. Denver City led Conference AA one act plays with The Lesson performed by Karen Beth Guerry and others.
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Opal Dixon
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Texas Tech
S. M. Kennedy
Quanah
Happy
Denver City
Karen Beth Guerry
Mary Bohannon
Don Ward
Sue Mitchell
Traffic Plan Aims To Boost City Safety Drive
Murrell Tripp chairs the Citizens Traffic Commission in Lubbock as trustees push revival of the T Men group and wider citizen participation. With 1959 traffic deaths at a record high and costs exceeding five million dollars, 35 businessmen met to approve a revised 30 thousand dollar budget for an effective program.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Citizens Traffic Commission
T-Men
Murrell Tripp
Lubbock
Traffic Commission
Tripp
Were You Counted campaign aims to reach all in county
1960 census progress reported by Earl E Kerr district supervisor in Lubbock County 90 percent complete with 148 enumerators assigned. He urged residents who may have been missed to submit the Were You Counted form to the U S Census District Office New Courthouse Lubbock to speed preliminary figures.
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Kenneth Irish
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Earl E. Kerr
Cen
Census District
New Courthouse
Lubbock
Kerr
Yoakum
Denver City
Ihead
Lee
Nixon says religion not a political issue in US race
Vice President Nixon told editors that religion should not dominate presidential politics. He argued Democrats and supporters rather than voters have raised Kennedy's Catholicism as an issue. He said religion would matter only if a candidate had no religious belief and praised candidates who uphold moral principles. The article also notes his remarks on the Big Four talks and arms control prospects.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Washington
John F. Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Khrushchev
Lee Nixon
Not Funny Students Face Stern Charge In Bank Prank
Six Santa Rosa Junior College students dressed in Roaring 20s garb staged a bank prank at Bank of America with toy guns and a note demanding change. They were jailed on federal bank robbery charges after a teller screamed and police intervened. film was confiscated and the six remained jailed on bail of 5000 each.
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Calif
Bank of America
Pat
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Scott O'Leary
Randolph Newman
Patricia
Pilot dies as parachute fails in jet trainer crash
First Lt. Bernell A. Mason, 25, of Aurora Texas, died when his parachute failed after he jumped from a disabled F104 B Starfighter at Hamilton Air Force Base. His instructor Capt. Orland Wayne Jensen, 39, bailed out safely. engine flameout caused the crash.
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San Rafael
Calif
Updfirst
Bernell A. Mason
Aurora
Tex
Mason
Orland Wayne Jensen
Hamilton Air Force Base
Imen
Rhee Allies Desert, Power Shift Considered in Korea
United Press International reports President Syngman Rhee faces mass defections as Vice President elect Lee Ki poong resigns as National Assembly speaker. Rhee weighs a parliamentary prime ministership while retaining the presidency with reduced powers and faces party and trade union splits amid riots and US pressure.
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United Press International
Gesul
Syngman Rhee
Lee Ki-poong
National Assembly
Rhee
United States
Liberal Party
Korean Federation of Trade Unions
Korean Broadcasting System
De Gaulle Warns Berlin Threat Could Doom Summit
French President Charles de Gaulle warned the Soviet Union that a sudden brutal threat against Berlin would wreck prospects for East West talks. He urged a practical start toward world disarmament despite U S objections and cautioned against any crisis at the summit. He spoke during talks with President Eisenhower and on his way through a state visit.
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Ashington
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Berlin
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
U. S
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Monterey Tops Meet And More In Daily News Digest
In the Monterey area index the paper highlights top performances at a recent meet. Editorials and columns cover current issues while Plains Farm News reports on agricultural topics. Church News and Fine Arts pages spotlight local events and cultural notes.
Legal liquor returns to area in calm opening day
Garza County deputies and Post police oversaw four open package stores as legal liquor sales resumed on the South Plains. Officials described the first day as peaceful with crowds buying and leaving, while taverns plan openings in the next two weeks and a buy and go home policy was encouraged.
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Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Garza County
Red Floyd
Floyd
Post
Charles Rains
One Survives as B 58 Dives Into Salt Lake
A B 58 Hustler on a cross country flight crashed into Great Salt Lake Utah ILI AFB. Flight engineer Kenneth G Timpson 29 Fort Worth parachuted to safety and saw the jet hit water. Pilot Ray Edwin Ten Hoff 38 and navigator Walter Simon 32 both Fort Worth civilians aboard. Timpson reached shore and rode to Ogden after a night on the beach. The crash was the sixth B 58 lost since production with four crashes and two ground accidents.
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United Press International
Ili Afb
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Kenneth G. Timpson
Fort Worth
Air Force Base
Timpson
Ray Edwin Ten Hoff
Walter Simon
Convair
Air Force
Ten Hoff
Ogden
Weather Map Page 3 A Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm in Lubbock and vicinity with afternoon winds 15 to 25 mph. Early morning low 53, afternoon high 77, and scattered showers possible late tonight. Humidity high around 85 percent, low about 15 percent, sunrise 6 07 p m, sunset 7 24 p m.
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Lubbock
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