Navy lab unveils rocket telescope for ultraviolet astronomy
Dr. Herbert Friedman announced a new rocket astronomy method using a rolling yawing rocket as a flying telescope to detect ultraviolet radiation from interstellar nebulae. The tests, 60 miles aloft, aim to advance knowledge of the heavens by leveraging ultraviolet and radio techniques amid the International Geophysical Year programs.
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Naval Research Laboratory
Herbert Friedman
Friedman
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U.S
International Scientific Radio Union
Institute of Radio Engineers
Insured Jobless Rise Hits Record 3.363 Million Week Ended April 12
Government report shows insured unemployment climbed by 49 000 to a record 3 363 000 for the week ended April 12 with the rate rising to 8 1 percent among 43 million insured workers. Sec. of Labor urged swift congressional action to extend benefits as 500 000 workers exhausted their claims.
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Nine More File For Positions On Demo Ballot Here
Nine more candidates filed for spots on the Democratic ballot by Saturday as County Democratic chairman Robert E. Dennis noted. The filing deadline is Monday May 5. New entrants included A. W. Ward Johnson for county commissioner Precinct 4 and Mrs Frank Laurence Slaton for justice of the peace Precinct 2. Incumbents Fred Gentry and George Green along with Roy Boyd Emry Pieratt Robert J Allen and U S Rep George Mahon filed for re election. Sam Brown Lubbock attorney sought the judge position County Court at Law No 2, created by April 1957 legislature act and not filled by appointment.
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Robert E. Dennis
Dennis
A. W. (Ward) Johnson
Precinct 4
Frank Laurence Slaton
Justice of the Peace
Precinct
Fred Gentry
George Green
Roy Boyd
Emry Pieratt
Robert J. Allen
U.S
George Mahon
Sam Brown
Lubbock
Commissioners Court
Delinquent Youth Found After Dallas Drowning
A Dallas jury ruled two youths connected to the drowning of Felipe Hernandez, 8, as delinquent. Benedicto Caudill, 14, and Francisco Moreno, 11, faced a potential state reform school confinement with penalties to be set later. Neither showed emotion as the verdict came at sundown amid the case details.
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Benedicto Caudill
Francisco Moreno
Felipe Hernandez
Usumbura
Ruanda Urudi
Kigali
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Central Africa
VFW Official to Speak at Lubbock District 7 Convention
Oscar B Jones junior vice commander of the VFW's Department of Texas will speak at 1 30 p m today as about 150 delegates attend the VFW District 7 Convention in Lubbock. The event opened Saturday with registration and a dance.
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Longview
VFW
Department of Texas
Lubbock Vfw
Ave. N
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Jones
N. T. Conner
Lubbock
Ann Blumberg
Spur
District 7 Auxiliary
Korea
Gregg County
Texas Tech Vocational Ag Judging Contests Winners Named
Monterey High led in land and crops judging while Happy and Robert Lee each won multiple events at the 31st annual Texas Tech Vocational Agriculture Judging Contests. About 1,580 FFA members from 138 West Texas chapters participated. top teams advance to College Station.
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Brownfield Ffa Boys
Texas Tech
Monterey
Maane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Monterey High
Happy
Robert Lee
Brownfield
Texas
West Texas
Future Farmers of America
Plains Co-operative Oil Mill
Monterey Ffa
Waylon Carroll
Collins
Byron Bind
Jay Wiginton
Mike Connelly
Tom Neely
Tal Oto
Shallowater Youth Wins County Tractor Contest
Donny Bishop, 13, of Shallowater, wins the Lubbock County 4H Tractor Operator Contest at Texas Tech with 241 points, edging Charles Vickers 240 for the county title. He will represent the county in the district contest next Saturday, among 23 competitors. Leon Lincecum took third with 236.
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Davis Bishop
Shallowater
Lubbock County
Texas Tech
Charles Vickers
D. T. Vickers
Petersburg
Denny
Leon Lincecum
L. F. Lincecum
Cooper
Cecil Brashear
Lubbock
Tech Agricultural Engineering Building
Lions District queen crowned at Dalhart convention
Sall Shaffer Amarillo High School senior sponsored by San Jacinto Lions Club was crowned Lions District 2-T-1 queen at a three day Dalhart convention. She was chosen from 43 candidates as district officers and the site for 1958 was Plainview. District 2-T-1 elected Bill Hunter Amarillo Downtown Lions Club district governor and Jim Waller Lubbock and Don Stark Amarillo were named district representatives on the Texas Lions League for Crippled Children. Ives John L. Stickley of Charlotte spoke as keynote. A redistricting plan to expand Lions districts from eight to 15 was approved in principle, pending consent of all eight districts.
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Amarill
San Jacinto Lions Club
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Bill) Smith
Ralls
Shaffer
West Texas
Plainview
W. F
Bill) Hunter
Amarillo
Lions Club
North Carolina
Jim
Ed Waller
Lubbock
Don Stark
Texas Lions League For Crippled Children
Ives John L. Stickley
Charlotte
Lions International
Mother blocks teenager from Miss Universe trip
London report says June Cooper an 18 year old Sheffield shopgirl had her tire of Miss England rejected by her mother who deemed her too young to go to America for the Miss Universe contest. A new Miss England contest will be held Friday. June, daughter of a coal miner, won the Miss England title last week in a contest with 23 rivals. W Hagerty, 42, dean of Delaware's engineering school, is named to a comparable post at the University of Texas.
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June Cooper
Sheffield
America
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Texas Post
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W. W. Hagerty
University of Delaware
School of Engineering
University of Texas
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