Star witnesses testify in Texas land case trial
In Lubbock, the 72nd District Court resumed after a Saturday adjournment as L. V. Ruffin and Alfonso Mireles testified regarding veterans land transactions. The prosecution hinted at a broader conspiracy involving Sheffield Bascom Giles, while Sheffield faces forgery charges tied to veterans land deals. The case heads to Monday with debates on evidence and indictment legality.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
H. B. R. Sheffield
Inj
Ruffin
Alfonso Mireles
Brady
Sheffield
Bascom Giles
Veterans Land Program
Veterans Land
Giles
Austin
Robert H. Bean
Mireles
Dangerous Hurricane Betsy Advances Toward Caribbean Sea
Hurricane Betsy roared west-northwest into the Caribbean tonight, with early reports placing it about 200 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. The U S Weather Bureau in San Juan warned of potential rapid intensification as the storm moves over open sea based on reconnaissance data.
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Puerto Rico
Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
U.S. Weather Bureau
San Juan
Navy
IKE AND SOLONS EYE SUEZ TALKS IN WEEKEND BID
Washington pushes peace plan as Soviet objections surface amid Suez crisis dialogue. Eisenhower prepares for Sunday talks with Congressional leaders to urge international control of the canal and a peaceful solution. Greece seeks to join the conference despite Greek delays.
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Traq
Jjuties
Arthur W. Radindon
Britain
L Ord
Joint Chiefs
Greece
Ofj
Congress
British Foreign Office
Dmitri Shepilov
White House
Moscow
Cyprus
Chicago
Washington
Eisenhower
Sandame Fan Binant
Ucauria di Wipacuer
Suez Canal
Farmers Seek Return of Lost Cotton Acreage in Texas
Proposals from an area farm group led by West Texas Cotton Growers Inc push to regain acreage lost to East Agriculture. They forward three recommendations to the U S Secretary of Agriculture aiming for fair and equitable distribution of the 1957 state allotment, limiting the state committee to small percentages for general and small farm adjustments.
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U. S
East Agriculture
Texas
Plains Cotton Growt
Fair, Equitable and Reasonable Ers, Inc
West Texas
Ethan Fan Tne
State Committee
Lamesa Counts First 1956 Cotton Bale in Dawson County
In Lamesa, the 1956 first cotton bale of Dawson County was produced by R. L. Holder and brought to the Lamesa Gin Co before noon on Saturday. Holder, farming 20 miles east of Lamesa, said the bale weighed 555 pounds and was planted April 16 and 17. The earliest 1955 bale had been from the C. T. McGowan farm in Arvanna, 7 miles north of Lamesa, on August 25.
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Lamesa
Dawson County
South Plains
Lamesa Gin Co
R. L. Holder
Lamesan
Holder
C. T. McGowan
Arvannan
Claimed He Was a Russian Flier Nabbed After Abduction
Everett Cooley of New Haven, 24, was captured near Branford after abducting Grace Drepperd, 27, and shooting her husband Air Force Sgt. Robert Drepperd twice. Police described Cooley in a pale-green plastic rubberized uniform with a Nazi swastika on the chest and false epaulets. The victims were found about a half mile from the home. Grace Drepperd was unharmed. The intruder spoke with a Russian or Polish accent and wore black loafers under the uniform.
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Branford
Conn
Everett Cooley
New Haven
Colley
Grace Drepperd
Cooley
Mra
Drepperd
Air Force
Robert Drepperd
In Today's Paper Twining Due Here Monday
A brief notice appears to inform readers that twining activities or items are due back Monday. The excerpt lists various pages and sections including church, farm news, oil news, radio and TV programs, and a comic dictionary entry redefining human being as the most popular blood donor for mosquitoes.
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South Platina Oil News
D Day Arrives For Lubbock Soap Box Derby Champion
Fifteen year old Carroll Dean Powell from Abernathy prepares to race his gravity powered car on the Akron hill tomorrow in the All American Soap Box Derby World Series. More than 50 000 spectators are expected as champion derbies from the U S Canada Alaska Ireland and Germany compete for the title and triumph.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Akron
Ohio
Abernathy
Carroll Dean Powell
Lubbock
U.S
Canada
Alaska
Germany
Ireland
Carroll Powell
Truman Endorses Harriman for Nomination
Former President Truman sided with Averell Harriman in a dramatic press conference, declaring Harriman the man best qualified to be next president. He avoided praising Adlai Stevenson while criticizing Stevenson supporters and bandwagon polling. The endorsement electrified Harriman backers and left Stevenson camps unsettled ahead of caucus voting.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Harriman
Douglas B. Cornell Xhicago
Harry Truman
Averell
Adlai Sayn
Adlai E
Scofta
Stevenson
I Nation
Iman
United States
Johnson Presses Open Convention Role in 1960 Nomination
Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in Chicago and began shaping his role at the Democratic nominating convention. He held news conferences and met with key party figures at the Conrad Hilton and Blackstone hotels, signaling a serious bid beyond a preferred son position and endorsing an open convention.
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Texas
Lone Star
Kefauver
Lyndon Johnson
Iicago
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vention
Johnson
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Blackstone Hotel
Truman
Martin Griffin
Georgia
Averell Harriman
New
Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock and Nearby
Fair to partly cloudy conditions with minimal temperature change. Isolated thundershowers possible late afternoon. High around 98 degrees, low near 68. Winds southerly 10 to 15 mph.
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