Rayburn Says Shivers Using Alley Tactics
The Lyndon Johnson Allan Shivers battle for Texas influence at the national Democratic convention intensified as both sides prepared for crucial precinct conventions next Saturday. Rayburn dismissed Shivers tactics as alley politics while supporters predict sweeping sentiment for the governor, with Stevenson hinted to address a political talk Tuesday. Johnson silent and campaign managers urge supporters to act at precincts.
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Cress Ustin
Lyndon Johnson
Threshhold
Byron Skelton
Democratic Advisory Committee
Democratic Party
Tex
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Johnson
Bailiwick
South Texas
George Parr
Austin
Washington
Texas
Savage Oklahoma tornadoes and hail hit four states
Tornadoes and hail flared across Oklahoma Texas Kansas and Missouri Saturday night with at least twelve funnel clouds reported and tennis ball sized hail in Wichita Falls. Shawnee suffered roof damage and broken windows as storms moved eastward, with no deaths or serious injuries reported and a torrent of rain.
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Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Tex
Shawnee
Okla
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Kansas City
Arkansas
St. Louis
Jacksboro
Weather Bureau
Moore
Judging Contest Winners Named by Local FFA Chapters
Conrad Schoffer reports the 28th South Plains and West Texas vocational agriculture judging event at Texas Tech drew over 1,500 FFA students from about 150 schools. Brownfield FFA took first in dairy products and dairy cattle judging, while Tom S. Lubbock FFA won in cotton and meats judging. Other firsts included Monterey in live stock, Fort Davis in wool, and Snyder.
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Conrad Schoffer
Avalanche-Journal
Future Farmer of America
Tom
Lubbock
Brownfield
South Plaine
West Texas Vocational Agriculture Gang
Texas Ech
FFA
Tech
South Plains
West Texas
Brownfield Ffa
Tom S. Lubbock Ffa
Monterey of
Fort Davis
Snyder
Ellender measure would freeze 1957 58 cotton acreage
Senator Ellender proposes a farm bill compromise to freeze cotton acreage for 1957 and 1958. The measure aims to stabilize prices and limit production, seeking support from farm groups and lawmakers amid ongoing debates over acreage controls.
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Ellender
Congress
Washington
Sen
Eisenhower
Louisiana
J. Ellender
Crat
Senate
House
FOUR ARE TOPS Awards Given In Music Meet
Musicians from Hutchinson Junior High School in Lubbock swept both band and orchestra at Region 1 Interscholastic League contests. Plainview High School earned its 20th consecutive band sweepstakes, O J Slaton Junior High orchestra also won, and Littlefield High School captured its first music award after years of competition.
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South Plains
Levelland
Palmer McCown
Cammie Hulse
Littlefield High School
Beryl Harrs
Lubbock
J.T. Hutchinson Junior High School
Gary Garner
Hutchinson
Billy Marquam
Rucker Barrett
Phillip Eubanks
Kilmer Key
G. C. Clapp
Avalanche Journal
Evelland
Hutchinson Junior High School
Plainview High School
O. J. Slaton
George Truett
Southern Baptist
Radar detects record 6000 traffic violations in 60 days
In Lubbock police report more than 6,000 tickets issued for moving violations within 60 days, with radar credited for catching about half. March totals hit 3,077, April already surpassing that, as traffic leaders push continued radar use to reduce deaths on city streets. Capt. Kittrell and Bill Lamb defend radar while residents favor its continuation.
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Lubbock
Trafic
Lewis Kittrell
Bill Lamb
Lamb
Plot to assassinate two Russian leaders thwarted by Scotland Yard
London April 28 Scotland Yard disclosed a plan to assassinate Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev was foiled by security steps. Emigre groups from Eastern Europe allegedly organized the plot with men in Europe and Britain. Police tightened ports and visa checks while the Foreign Office noted actions against anti Russian extremists.
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Avalanche Journal
London
Scotland Yard
Crack Special
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Yard
Europe
Britsi
Foreign Office
Gift Bomb Maims Bridegroom-To-Be On Wedding Day
A homemade bomb in a box opened as a gift exploded at the Dixon home in Englewood during a wedding and funeral gathering. Andrew Donald Dixon, 77, was seriously injured. three women relatives had minor injuries. The wedding was canceled, the funeral for John C. Dixon, 64, proceeded as planned. Police offered no identity clues and suggested a possible grudge by a former inmate of a detention home where Dixon once worked.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Andrew Donald Dixon
University of Dayton
Andrew
John C. ‘Dixon
Dixon
Englewood
Bownds
Soap Box Derby Set in Battorial Page
The morning edition highlights a Soap Box Derby story on the Battorial Page with coverage across sections and pages including Farm, Oil News, and South Plains listings. The layout notes multiple sections and pages, signaling a broad community interests spread.
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Battorial
Ares Farm
South Plains Oil News
Negro Is Victim Of Strong Eye Holdup In Seagraves
Seagraves Texas April 27 two unknown African American men approached A T Thompson about jobs then hypnotized him to steal his watch valued at 250 dollars and his cash Thompson a 50 year old farm operator was in his pickup downtown when the incident occurred both suspects described as similar in age with one tall and slender with a squinch eye and the other short and heavyset with pock marks both wore dark clothing and dark blue items.
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Seagraves
Texas
A. T. Thompson
Thompson
Here
Two Believed Dead In Lake Accident
At Conchas Lake near Tucumcari New Mexico two boats collided around 9 p.m. Saturday. Lee Morrison of Dumas Texas is missing and Lawson Bare of Dumas is presumed dead. Mrs Morrison and Mrs Bare were seriously injured. The other boat carried Clovis men Jack Dorris and LeRoy Wilson who escaped with minor injuries.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Conchas Lake
Lee Morrison
Dumas
Tex
Lawson Bare
Morrison
Bare
Clovis
Jack Dorris
LeRoy Wilson
Lorenzo Mystery: 1940 bank slaying still unsolved
The Lorenzo bank robbery and murder of Irvin Bownds remains a 16 year old unsolved case. Bownds was found slain inside the Lorenzo State Bank vault after lunch at his home. Part of a pistol handle and scattered bills were found. witnesses saw a fast eastbound car.
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Tanner Laine
avalanche-Journal
Orenzo
South Plains
Irvin Bownds
Lorenzo State Bank
Bownds
Lorenzo
Man Hurt in Electrical Mishap at Buffalo Lakes Cabin
Wardell Wright a 38 year old Levelland man is critically burned after his arms touched a live 7 200 volt line while attempting to connect a wire from a cabin to a high line at Buffalo Lakes. Ed Jones Eugene Gatlin and Barney Robertson three Lubbock men at a nearby cabin rendered artificial respiration and called for an ambulance. Wright reportedly fell about 30 feet from a utility pole.
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Wardell Wright
Levelland
Buffalo Lakes
Wright
Magnolia Oil Co
Sundown
Lubbock
Ed Jones
Eugene Gatlin
Barney Robertson
Jones
Gatlin
Robertson
Chester Waller
Weather Forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler with upper 70s daytime temperatures and a low around 45. High near 79 with light northerly winds 2 mph, gusts up to 30 mph, minimal dust. Humidity around 3 percent.
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Lubbock
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Britain
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