Night session stalls Texas teachers pay raise
ASTIN AP Texas Senate blocks a 10 percent cut in funding for proposed teacher salary boosts amid a tense night session. A 155 vote tied to table an amendment, House adjourned to 10 a.m. Friday as Gov Price Daniel urges lawmakers to study bills and resume work.
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Astin
Texas Senate
Ben Ramsey
Senate
Jarrard Secrest
Dorsey Hardeman
House
Price Daniel
Toin
James Surman
Sigan
Bumper Crop Due As First Grain Sorghum Cut In Area
Duane Howell reports on the first load of 1961 grain sorghum harvested near Wolfforth by FE Hutcheson. The dryland DeKalb C-45 field yielded with about 17 percent moisture, an early date Hutcheson notes as potentially record-setting for the region. Lubbock County’s prior year shipments are cited as context.
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Duane Howell
Jarnal
FE Hutcheson
Wolfforth
High Plains
Tatum Bros. Grain Co
Hutcheson
Herb Henderson
Wattforth
Lubbock County
Rghum
Illinois Floods and Weather Sweep Across the Midwest
A series of five inch downpours and heavy floods hit Illinois and surrounding counties as cold fronts moved east. Heat eased in the north central states while warm humid conditions persisted in the east. Farmers reported strong sorghum crops and noted drought relief amid the stormy weather pattern.
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United Prees Intaran
Middle West
Grouth
States
Five Killed In Michigan Wreck Near Sturgis
AP report from Sturgis Michigan states a family of five from Illinois were killed in a highway crash when their car sideswiped a pickup and struck a tree. Local authorities said the wreck occurred Thursday near Sturgis as conditions worsened.
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Sturgis, Mich
Henderson
Wolfforth
Congress OKs Kennedy defense boost and civilian shelter plan
Congress approved the president’s full defense request and funded a nationwide civilian shelter program. The defense draft quota for September was set at 25 000, the largest since Korea, nearly doubling August calls.
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United Areas International
Ashington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Senate
Altiow
Berlin
Defense Department
Nikita “Khrushchev
East Germany
Iangowee
City Commission OKs zoning report for shopping center plan
The Center zoning issue triggers a day long session in the Central Fire Station hearing room as City Commissioners approve a local shopping center plan between 32nd and 34th Streets near O L Slaff, after debate and a revised vote.
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Jerry Halling
City Commis
Avalanche-Journal
Sion
Center
David Casey
Iday Afternoon
Central Fire Station
O. L. Sla
Dallonston Junior High School
Ave. P
Ave. Q
32Nd St
34Th St
Tragic Crash Claims Vercoe Family Near La Grange Park
Police identified the victims as Frank Vercoe 56 his wife Dorothy 36 their daughter Patricia 5 and Mrs Vercoe's mother Ruby Page 72 all at La Grange Park Illinois on U S Highway 112 just south of Burr Oak near the St Joseph Branch County line. The driver of the other vehicle a Bronson Michigan man was not injured.
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Frank Vercoe
Dorothy
Patricia
Britain
Frank B
Ten
Manila
Memdolphin
Dolphin
Phil
Yjayay
Othe
Philos
Elphin
Admiralty
Hennedy
Ms Iing
London
Comic Dictionary Faultfinder Strike Keeps Seeking
The Faultfinder column delivers a quip about persistent searching after discovery. A light editorial tone notes the habit of people who continue to look for meaning or fault even after an answer appears. The piece leans on wordplay and the columnist persona to provoke reflection.
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Womens
Kennedy seeks peaceful path over Berlin crisis
President Kennedy rejects war talk from Nikita Khrushchev and pledges every diplomatic means to solve the Berlin crisis while preserving Western rights. He backs reopening Geneva talks August 24 to press for a no fly zone and no loan guarantee agreement, and orders tighter hijack controls and cockpit door security.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
United States
U. S
Khrushchev
Geneva
Russia
Dent
Secord
Pan
Cuba
Aulkly
Prayer Note Emphasizes Gratitude for Doctors
A brief devotion thanks the Heavenly Father for doctors and medical care, expressing gratitude for healing and guidance. The fragment suggests a devotional tone honoring medical professionals.
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Heavenly Father
FBI study of Cadon shows hijacker born to trouble
The article profiles Albert Suaries Cadon, a Pan Am hijacker who seized a flight to Cuba, blaming a troubled life and persistent worries about world problems. Cadon, described as temperamental by his wife Chavitte, drifted from plans to Mexico to the West Coast amid growing notoriety.
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Nn Tas
York
Albert Suaries
Cadon
Pan American World Airways
Cuba
U.S
Chavitte
Germany
Paris
Mexico
West Coast
Baden
Chemstrand
Soviet General Takes Command Amid Refugee Crisis
The report notes Gena Konev assuming command of Viet forces estimated at 20 divisions as East German refugees flee to West Berlin at a rate of over one per minute. It cites Moscow moves to mobilize reserves and new defense pact forces, and mentions Lavrent Beria's fate in a tumultuous postwar context.
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Wester Front
Gena Konev
West Berlin
Eastein
German Democratic Republic
ADN
Ulbricht
Moscow
Soviet Union
Far II
Lavrent Berialof
Weather Map Page 4-B Update Lubbock Vicinity Temperature Change
Weather map notes cooler temperature in Lubbock area with a suggestive chance of showers this afternoon and Saturday. Slightly lower readings reported in the vicinity amid light precipitation.
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Lubbock and
Viciniserty
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