Texas Rangers Probe Sets Aug 26 Hearing for BenJack Cage
The House Investigating Committee orders the Texas Rangers to locate BenJack Cage for questioning as subpoenas are issued. Cage faces embezzlement charges of more than 600000 from ICT Insurance. He is reportedly out of state with a $10000 bond, and Dallas and Travis County grand juries have scheduled appearances.
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Texas Rangers
BenJack House
Frank N. Manitzas
House
Reagan Huffman
Marshall
Cage
ICT Insurance Co
Dallas
Cages
Los Angeles
M. R. Irion
Travis County
House Committee
Homer Garrison Jr
Waggoner Carr
Bonds Approved For White River Dam Project
Residents of the White Municipal Water District approved a 4 million bond issue to build a dam on the White River near Kalgary with strong support across four cities Post Spur Ralls Crosbyton. The plan includes a dam in Crosby County a filter plant and a pipeline to member cities. A water district board meeting is scheduled for 6 50 p m Tuesday.
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Post
South Plains
White Municipal Water District
White River
Kalgary
Spur
Ralls
Crosbyton
Crosby County
Board of Directors
the Water District
Mechanized cotton farming becomes High Plains Big Business
The South Plains and lower Panhandle region of Texas drive a multi million dollar cotton economy as mechanization and irrigation replace luxuries. A 320 acre typical farm now relies on a four row planter tractors irrigation wells and a mechanical stripper to stay productive. The shift marks a wider adoption of modern tools and practices across the region.
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Jay Harris
Avalanche-Journal
High Plains
Texas
South Plains
Lower Panhandle
Cotton Trade Journal
Bible of
Memphis
Tenn
Swedish exchange student arrives in Ralls for year in United States
An energetic 16 year old Swedish ambassador Margareta Sundstrom arrived in Ralls after a two day bus trip from New York. She is among more than 800 exchange students scheduled for a year in the United States on American Field Service scholarships. Margareta will live with Mr and Mrs Thomas G Lyle and attend Ralls High School with Betsy Lyle as her companion.
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Margareta Sundstrom
Sweden
Thomas G. Lyle
Ralls
Betsy Lyle
Betsy
Margareta Will
U Se
Jim Holleman
Avalanche-Journal
Ratls
United States
New York
Margareta
Ralls High School
Lyle
Marie Purvis
Typhoon Agnes Kills Six In Manila Floods
Six deaths attributed to Typhoon Agnes as it moves away from the Philippines toward Okinawa. Torrential rains flood rivers on Luzon Island and damage crops.
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Manila
Agnes
Philippines
Okinawa
Luzon
Secret Civil Rights Proposal Mapped by House GOP Leader
Rep. Joseph W Martin Jr after a White House conference with President Eisenhower says he has a secret civil rights proposal and claims Republicans will press for an adequately protective bill. He notes Democrat support may grow as details emerge while insisting no weakening of the President's aim to safeguard voting rights.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
White House
Martin
Capitol
Gee
Showers Hit Wide Texas Area with Thunderstorms and Rain Totals
Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved across the South Plains and Panhandle with totals from a trace to over two inches. Instances include Seminole about 1 inch, Clovis 2 inches, Amarillo 1.52 inches, Lamesa .12 inch, and Tulsa 1.51 inches as cooler air followed, with several towns reporting showers into night.
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Toop
Seagraves
Loop
Slaton
Tahoka
Lamesa
O'Donnell
Clovis
Lubbock
Muleshoe
Tulsa
Olton
Earth
Sudan
Abernathy
Brownfield
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dumas
Pampa
Borger
Claude
Dalhart
Hereford
Perryton
Vega
Childress
Sherman
Oy Flat
Wichita Falls
Texas
Good Morning Panhandle News Roundup Headed Into Day
Daybreak edition outlines last ditch aid fight within South Plains oil sector. Notices reference various page sections and listings across Paner publication including Fine Arts Radio TV programs and religious news.
Two Men Killed Six Injured in Oil Well Fire Near Hobbs
An oil well explosion and fire west of Hobbs New Mexico killed Elbert Tipton of Hobbs aged 22 and Joe Green of Odessa Texas. Six others were injured including Jeffreys of Hobbs and Daniel Van Huss of Eunice in critical condition with burns. Officials cited escaping gas igniting at the surface during cementing.
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Hobbs
N.M
Here
Elbert Tipton
Joe Green
Odessa
Tex
Judge Jeffreys
Daniel van Huss
Eunice
Professors At Texas Tech Denounce Firing Without Hearing
Three Texas Tech faculty members Byron Abernethy Herbert Greenberg and Per Stensland speak of bitterness and fear of public scrutiny after being fired by the college board effective Aug. 1. They claim the action was unjust and shrouded in secrecy and say they would have requested a hearing to defend themselves. They describe pressure from powerful figures and a clouded future for their careers.
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Texas Tech
College Board of Directors
Byron Abernethy
Herbert Greenberg
Per Stensland
Bee
Plane Crash Destroys Three Homes Killing Four Aboard
A twin engine B25 bomber based at Vance Air Force Base Enid Oklahoma clipped telephone poles and slammed into three houses in a quiet West Palm Beach district. Four officers aboard were killed. no ground injuries though two girls on a porch escaped with debris on them and a bed with a two year old boy was split. The plane had been cleared to land at the nearby Palm Beach Air Force Base.
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West Palm Beach Fla
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Palm Beach Air Force Base
Texas Tech Board Keeps Meetings Closed in Professor Firings
The Texas Tech board refused to grant hearings or reveal reasons for firing three professors, with an 8 to 1 vote. A new committee on faculty tenure was created to handle outside activities, and bylaws were amended to require a majority present for executive sessions.
Lubbock Boy Chipper Denton Aboard Soap Box DerbyCar
Frank Chipper Denton, 12, Lubbock’s 1957 derby champion, competes in the All American Soap Box Derby in Akron. About 60,000 spectators expected as Denton races his blue racer after a week of derby events and celebrity visits.
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Texas
Akron
Lubbock
Blake Talbott
Big Spring
Tommy Turman
Amarillo
Bill Frey
Dallas
Jimmy Spillar
Austin
Cliff Bunner
Corpus Christi
Frank Denton
Charles Robertson Jr
Fort Worth
Truman Hill
San Antonio
Jackie King
Waco
Arturo Cavang
Laredo
Donald Webb
Ei Pasa
AP Wirth
W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Kron
Ohio
Frank
Chipper
Derbytown
YMCA
Jimmy Stewart
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Lubbock Area Weather Outlook with Showers
Lubbock and vicinity report cloudy to overcast skies with scattered showers and thundershowers. Highs near 92 degrees, lows around 67, easterly winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Lubbock
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