Texas Heat Wave and Tornadoes Reported Across the State
The region endured extreme heat with readings up to 110 degrees in Wichita Falls and Brenham. A small tornado hit Beaumont injuring five, while lightning struck a car in Baytown and high winds knocked out power near Houston. A front may bring isolated showers but no widespread relief is expected.
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Kennedy to address nation on economy seek no current tax cut
President Kennedy will speak Monday at 5 p.m. to say the economy is strong and does not need an immediate tax cut. He plans to push Congress to reduce rates next year as part of a permanent income tax reform while reassuring business and labor leaders.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Olton Mourns Teens Slain in Train Tragedy in Rural Texas
Seven teens died when a passenger train struck a car near Shallowater. Funeral services were set for five in Olton at 5 p.m., with Springlake and Sunnyside holding services for the remaining two. Names include Bill Shirey, James Loveless, Everett Baldwin, Barbara Fancher, Diane Smith, Sharon Kay Miller, Carolyn Carson. Immy Lawson survived. Parents and classmates recalled the victims as promising youths amid a quiet community grappling with loss.
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Sunnyside
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J. E. Shirey
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Everett Loveless
Orton
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Barbara Fancher
Cloma Fancher
Diane Smith
Cleo Smith
Sharon Kay Miller
Rebels Move as Crisis Deepens in Argentina
Rebel army troops demand the ouster of President Jose Maria Guido and move on Buenos Aires as loyalist forces converge. Sailors and marines block the capital while officials report scattered shooting and government ministers hold an emergency meeting amid a four day old crisis.
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Longtime sportscaster Ted Husing dies at 60
Ted Husing, a leading figure in the early radio era, died in Pasadena at age 60 after two years bedridden. The former carnival barker turned sportscaster helped define coverage of football, boxing, the Kentucky Derby, and golf, and helped found the Orange Bowl.
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Knute Rockne
Miami
California
Comic Dictionary Housework However Woman Must Work
The item notes a humorous look at housework as a perpetual duty for women. It reflects the era's view that women are defined by domestic labor even when idle, framing household tasks as unending and almost purposeful work.
Estes Indicted Again in Dallas Fraud Case
A federal grand jury indicted Billie Sol Estes on charges he lied to the Commodity Credit Corp about debts. The 10th indictment against the West Texas promoter follows earlier cases in El Paso and Amarillo, with brothers John Estes Jr and Bobby Frank Estes appearing briefly in the grand jury. Also named is Robert Earl Clements of Superior Manufacturing Co. in Amarillo. Trials set for September and months ahead in multiple courts.
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Abilene
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Pecos
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Clements
Superior Manufacturing Co
el Paso
North All-Stars Rally Past South In High School Clash
The North team toppled the South 44 to 38 before 7 500 fans at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in the first of Friday night’s double feature. The Texas High School Coaching School wraps with a North-South gridiron game at 8 p m in Jones Stadium, with about 20 000 spectators anticipated.
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Echo 1 Balloon Satellite Seen Staying in Orbit
Dr Luigi G Jacchia of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said Echo 1 launched August 12 1960 will likely stay in orbit about five more years. The satellite has completed about 9000 orbits, traveling roughly 280 million miles.
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Mass
UPI
America
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Prayer for strength duty and kindness to all beings
A devotional plea invoking Almighty God for strength to fulfill duties at home and work. The prayer asks for genuine selfhood, a pure heart, and universal kindness regardless of race or creed.
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Jesus
Ike and Churchill reunite in Middlesex Hospital visit
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill, two WWII victors, shared a quiet reunion in a hospital room at Middlesex. Ike, moved and tearful at meeting Churchill, recalled their earlier meetings and spoke of hope to see him again.
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Ondon
Dwight ‘D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Britain
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
Ike
Churchhill
Winston
Sir Winston
Eisenhower
Polio Fatal To Guy Man In Lubbock County
John Luther Crites, 28, of 2408 East Ninth Street, died of bulbar polio at 4 30 p m Friday in Porter Clinic Hospital hours after admission He was the first polio fatality in Lubbock County in at least two years Dr David M Cowgill said Crites had ensured his wife and two sons were immunized but he had not He received artificial respiration and an iron lung assisted his breathing The bulbar form was described as the most fatal with 90 per cent of victims not surviving Contagion was deemed no more likely than other polio forms Services are pending with Rix Funeral Home See POLIO DEATH Page
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Luther Crites
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Porter Clinic
Crites
Lubbock County
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Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Albert Crites
Jerry Stevens
Atlas Destroyed At Vandenberg AFB Launch
An Atlas F missile blasted aloft at Vandenberg AFB California but was deliberately destroyed less than a minute after launch. Debris rained over a nearby community. no injuries reported though some children sustained minor cuts from falling debris.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Weather map notes for Lubbock area calm warm fifty
Weather map page reports clear to partly cloudy skies in Lubbock and vicinity with continued warm temperatures near 100. Widely scattered showers expected late today into tonight. Light variable winds.
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