Governor Daniel to press October special session on water laws
Gov Price Daniel declared he will call a October special legislative session to push water conservation laws. He warned against undercover lobbyists and asked for up to 1 million dollars to fund a statewide master plan. He denied direct pressure but said opposition rumors circulate among lawmakers. Page 12 refers to undercover lobbyists and lobbyist registration.
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Avalanche-Journal
Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Filibuster on Civil Rights Appears Quelled
AP reports the threat of a Southern filibuster against the civil rights bill faded as 11 Southern Democrats voiced opposition but showed no plans to talk the measure to death. Senator Russell led the group, with Olin Johnston denying revived long speech plans and Stennis unsure of any filibuster moves. The bill creates a federal civil rights commission and division in the Justice Department, with injunction powers and trial rules for contempt, aiming for passage by Friday.
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Associated Press
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Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Olin Johnston
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
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Justice Department
House
Plainview Man Killed in Lubbock Area Traffic Spree
A Plainview resident, W. R. Rodgers, 38, died after a one car crash on the Brownfield highway near Lubbock. Seven others were injured in five accidents across the South Plains and Lubbock area, including gunfire incidents.
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Avalanche-Journal
Plainview
South Plains
Lubbock
W. R. Rodgers
Plastic View
Post and
Lamesa
Rodgers
Methodist Srpital
Brownfield
Reynaldo Rios Reyna
W. E. Armstrong
Porter Clinic Hospital
Victor Trevino
Armstrong
Trevino
Chadwick
Tech Graduation Set Wednesday
Commencement exercises for 325 Texas Tech degree candidates will be held at 7 15 p m Wednesday in Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. More than 90 will receive advanced degrees including eight doctorates. Speaker will be Dorrance D RoderickEl Paso newspaper radio TV owner and president of El Paso Times Inc. The speaker is a Oklahoma University graduate known for Texas Good Neighbor Commission work.
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Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Dorrance D. Roderick
el Paso
University of Oklahoma
Roderick
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
el Paso Times, Inc
Krod Radio
Krod-Tv
Buried by Slide in Quarry Three Gurnsey Sisters Die
Muddy volunteers dug the bodies of Nancy 10 Ruthie 9 and Theresa 8 from an abandoned quarry near Dixon Illinois. Coroner says Nancy suffocated while Ruthie and Theresa died from head and neck injuries. The sisters were missing since Wednesday after leaving their home half a mile away.
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Associated Press
Ixon
Gurnsey
Nancy
Ruthie
Theresa
Robert Preston Preston
John Gurnsey
Mienois
Hue Pit
Medusa Portland Cement Co
Dixon
Rev Welch recalls Lubbock’s prairie days visit
The Rev. John Calvin Welch, first pastor of First Christian Church (1909 1911), visits Lubbock and contrasts early 1900s life with today. He recalls C W Post promoting the town of Post with rainmaking explosives, old courthouse posts, and cheap downtown lots selling for 50 to 100 dollars.
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Cathy Short
Avalanche-Journal
Abbock
C. W. Post
John Calvin Welch
Mr. Welch
First Christian Church
Lubbock
Chamber of Commerce
Post
Garza County
First National Bank
U S Plans Dual Strategy in Mid East Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles and advisers seek a defensive and offensive diplomatic plan to counter the Soviet threat in Syria. The United States urges Arab nations to take the lead while diplomat Lou Henderson is on a flying mission.
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Mid-East
Avtalanche-Journal
Ashington
Dulles
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Lou Henderson
Middle East
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Turkey
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Iraq
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Adan Nderes
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Passport Rules Spur Dispute Split Among U.S. Youths in Red China
A Reuters report states 41 American youth delegates from the Moscow Youth Festival split into leftists rightists and neutrals after arriving in Peiping. Passports were refused by Chinese officials for leftists while rightists resisted giving up documents, sparking a clash described as a struggle and criticism meeting.
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Red China
Reuters Today
Peiping
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Yale
Pass Christian
Miss
Tucker
Reuters
Elderly Plainview Man Missing On New Mexico Trip
A 70 year old Plainview businessman Herbert Dysart is missing after renting a car to drive to a ranch south west of Albuquerque. Neighbors fear flood conditions may have washed the car from the road and police were alerted to search along the Albuquerque Socorro corridor. Dysart’s son Bill chartered a plane to locate his father with no trace found by Friday night.
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Avalanche-Journal
Plainview
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Socorro
Herbert Dysart
Plainview Insurance Company
Dysart
Bill
Russell D. Hiller
Good Morning In Today's Paper Highlights
The note lists sections and pages across the paper including 40 winners on page 6, editorial page on page 10, area farm news on page 4, church page on page 2, stock markets on page 3, radio and TV programs on page 2, and comic dictionary retrospection about past life and marital tensions.
Lubbock Tot Falls Into Park Pond During Game Day
Three year old Glenn Dagley of Lubbock ran into a park fish pond thinking it was part of the lawn. He was pulled out after a splash and given artificial respiration. He told his mother there are big gold fish down there after the rescue.
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Fort Worth
Glenn Dagley
Elbert Dagley
Lubbock
President Eisenhower flies plane near Gettysburg
President Eisenhower, a licensed pilot, took the controls briefly during a two-engine flight from Washington to Gettysburg. Col. William G. Draper, his Air Force aide and regular pilot, said the 66 year old president did a real job of flying for about 23 minutes of the 80 mile trip before Draper took over for the remainder to Eisenhower's farm.
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Eisenhower
William G. Draper
Draper
Air Force
Washington
Eisenhower Farm
Explosives Sought After Air Force Plane Trouble
Authorities search a wooded area near Meridian for two unexploded 1000-lb bombs about 80 rockets and two barrels of napalm reportedly dropped from an Air Force plane when it developed engine trouble today.
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Meridian
Miss
Air Force
Teen-Agers Split On Age To Drive In Lubbock
In interviews with 26 students ages 14 to 20, 15 favored a 16 year old minimum, 6 backed 15, while a few supported 14. They argue laws are too lenient and that drivers should be mature enough, with calls for stricter enforcement and safer habits.
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Joan Abel
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Texas
Janelle Klenbusch
Albert B. Oh
Busch
1902
25Th St
Monterey High School
Tech
Gunplay Flares In Hit Run Case Here
A 17 year old Latin American youth confessed to causing a hit and run after striking pedestrian Julian Lopez 36 and being chased by Conrad Zavala 37 who was shot during the pursuit. Eusebio Castillo of 614 Ave R identified as the gunman. Both victims hospitalized at Methodist Hospital with Lopez described as not in critical condition.
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Joyce Bilberry
J. B. Claiborne
Lamesa
DeLeon
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Julian Lopez
Eusebeo Castillo
Ave. E
N. Ave
Castillo
Canyon Gin
Acuff Highway
Bill Wilkerson
Avalanche-Journal
Ave
Eusebio Castillo
Ave. R
Conrad Zavala
N. Ave. R
Lubcock’s
Littis
Mexico
Lopez
Zavala
Leo
Weather Summary For Lubbock And Vicinity
Partly cloudy with little temperature change expected. High near 90, low around 65. Light southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Temperatures recorded include 83 at 1 pm, 68 at 3 am, and 78 at 10 pm. Maximum 90, minimum 64, humidity peak 84 percent and low 33 percent. City data for Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, and Roswell provided.
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