Slaton to vote on beer sales in cafes and taverns
An election petition is filed in Slaton to legalize beer sales at local cafes and taverns. A separate bid for Justice Precinct 2 petitions seeks off premise beer sales in southeastern Lubbock County.
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Jim Holleman
Avalanche-Journal
Slaton
Lubbock County
Justice
Commission
Keele
F. Moore
Justice Precinct 2
Lawrence Melcher
Melcher
Loss Covers $142000 in Currency On Mail Train Run
A mail pouch with 142000 dollars in various bills disappeared on a 100 mile Erie Railroad run from Liberty to Hoboken. Bank president Joseph Fersch said the pouch was to be insured by Federal Reserve, with Post Office coverage up to 10000. Postal inspector McCarthy led a five man probe.
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United Press International
Hoboken
New York
Ferach
William T. McCarthy
Fersch
Federal Reserve Banks
Virginia Prisoners Escape After State Trooper Truck Incident
In Fredericksburg Virginia several prisoners overpowered guards and escaped from a state transport truck. Police reported guards were initially held in a garage as the escape unfolded.
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Virginia
Fredericksburg
Nieft
Peace group seeks unity as dictators cursed
Western Hemisphere ministers adopt the Santiago declaration condemning dictatorships as incompatible with democracy. Cuban air force transport carrying Raul Castro allegedly faces detentions and plots against Fidel Castro. Plane with crew and 40 passengers interned. weapons reported.
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Henry Raymont Antiago
Chile
UPI
Santiago
Rafael
Castro
Diers
Raul Roa
Los Carillos
Diegoment
Barros Ortiz
Fidel Castro
Domini
Pigel Castro
Search For Killer Covers Two States
Authorities in two states hunted an ex mental patient who killed his wife and shot his two daughters before fleeing. A special alert covered the Trenton area as Gilbert Moeller, 16, searched for his fugitive father Thomas Moeller, who fled with a shotgun after the killings.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Trenton
St. Louis
Thomas Moeller
Gilbert Moeller
Moeller
Sharon
Judy
Hadith
Fiery orange sodium flare lights Atlantic coast
Civilian scientists fired a sodium flare 150 miles up at dawn Monday, seen along a 1400 mile Atlantic sweep from Vero Beach to Baltimore. NASA estimated record visibility over a 500000 square mile eastern U S area and planned a repeat for dusk Tuesday.
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Vern Haugland
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Francis Washington
Compromise Sought On Labor Bill As Conconferees Meet
The joint committee moved to resolve differences over anti corrupt labor legislation after Senate leaders pledged no deadlock. Sen Mundt warned that failure could yield a milder Senate bill and no anti racketeering law. Johnson predicted a strong, workable curb on labor abuses.
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Hoffman
Ashington AP
Senate House
Senate
Geouee
Ieee
Karl E.mundt
R-Sd
House
White House
South Dakota
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Decision On 15-Cent Levy Stated In Lubbock County
Voters in Lubbock County head to the polls on August 18 to decide a 15 cent highway maintenance levy to fund right of way purchases for a four lane system. The plan would authorize 1.25 million dollars for acquiring routes on U S Highways 87 and 84, with opposition circulated in Idalou and other towns warning the tax would fall on residents while benefiting countywide road projects.
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Idalou
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock County
Lubbock
Hockley
Slaton
Lynn County
Jover
Thalou
Citizens Committee of Subject Sornty
Area Spotted Weather Woes Across The Nation
A day of heavy rains hail and winds disrupted multiple regions. Johnston City Illinois endured the worst downpour in 40 years causing substantial damage and fatalities while Wellton Arizona suffered eight homes destroyed and twelve damaged. South Plains areas including Lubbock saw showers and hail with crops damaged and highways briefly blocked. A tropical storm formed offshore as power failures hit New York amid heat. Civil War veteran Walter Williams shows slight improvement but remains gravely ill.
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South Plains
Illinois
Johnston City
Wellton
Ariz
Enochs
Bailey County
TV Antenneas
Lubbock
New York
Atlantic
Ilinois
Cathera
Pi Iparts
E. N. McCall
Morton
Muleshoe
Fragments of a Newspaper Page Readable Snippets
OCR fragment shows sections on zoning pleas editorial radio television sports market quotes farm news and a comic definition. It references page and section numbers without coherent events or names. The readable text hints at a miscellaneous page layout rather than a single story.
New York City Power Outage Strands Millions in Heat
A widespread blackout hits New York and parts of New Jersey as Con Edison cuts affect 10 000 repair crews. Power slowly returns to sections by late evening but 435 blocks remain dark. Heat soars to 89 degrees with humidity as subway service stalls and hospitals run on emergency lights.
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RCA
Rockefeller Center
New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
59Th Street
110Th Street
Central Park
George Washington Bridge
Central Park West
Tewage
W West Side Hospital
Flashlight Lee
Weather Map Page 3 Lubbock vicinity forecast report
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. Morning low 67, afternoon high 94. Wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. Humidity 84 percent max 18 percent at midnight. See precipitation and hourly temperatures for Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Roswell Denver for today. Maximum and minimum temperatures compared with yesterday shown.
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Lubbock
Nour
Lam
Gunnets
Pal Abilene
ElPao
Aloua'rque
Houston
Amarila
Roswell
Denver
Walle
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