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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1956
Page
7
In a photo finish, Yarborough and Daniel split votes with Wilson defeating Moore. Former Governor and U. S. Senator W. Lee O'Daniel attracted 347,737 votes about 22 percent of a 1,576,798 total. Daniel receded from July with 38.8 percent. Yarborough had 28.4.
Ralph Yarborough carried Lubbock and the South Plains in a decisive gubernatorial win. Brock, his area campaign manager, credited voter reappraisal of Yarborough and dissatisfaction with Daniel’s Austin record, noting strong support from area workers and a string of county wins. Daniel faced a UV vote shift amid regional discontent and intraparty tensions as primary and run-off results shaped the statewide race.
John LaMarea, jailed for the July kidnapping of 32 day old Peter Weinberger, was given a preliminary psychiatric exam in his Mineola cell. Investigators pressed to verify his confessions as another man faced questioning and a West Hempstead witness was sought.
Minel Bourgeois attempted to call President Eisenhower collect two weeks earlier and shot the telephone company door lock today. He terrorized operators after a second failed attempt, then returned home where police arrested him for aggravated assault.
Joseph F. Burke a 40 year old oilman from Bayonne New Jersey was elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the close of the DAVs 35th annual convention in San Antonio Texas The convention began Monday The Rev Joseph Pickett of New Orleans was elected national chaplain.
Former State Sen. G. H. Nelson of Lubbock cites area vote shifts to Yarborough, noting many Price Daniel backers stayed home in the runoff while Yarborough drew volunteers. Nelson says Daniel’s 1952 Eisenhower endorsement may have cost him with some voters as the 26-county South Plains backed Yarborough by over 9,000 votes.
A string of deadly incidents includes a Baltimore house fire killing five, a Chesterton crash killing five from two Chicago families, another two car collision in Port Washington claiming four lives, and separate fatalities in Elkhart and Sandlove. A boy and girl survived a five inch ledge ordeal above a building.
A Houston two story apartment fire killed a mother Dorothy Oliver 31 and her four daughters Elizabeth nine months Patricia Ann three Frances ten and Char lene Wilson 12 plus William Bowers 42. A Bible salesman Bruno Mileski 19 and Miss Janette Nevins 16 escaped. Firemen battled the blaze and rescued two victims but could not save all. The fire started in a first floor kitchen and quickly consumed the building.
Hale County grand jury convenes Monday to probe the disappearance of Andrea Phares. Bill Phares and Jack Phares face murder and perjury questions as subpoenas target Iva Bottoms and the Ellises. Andrea vanished after an argument. her car and papers found abandoned.
Dense smoke filled the Lockney school forcing delayed discovery of flames. Fire officials say most rooms will be ready by September 3, with only two affected areas unusable. Fire Chief Audie V. Barnett collapsed from heat but crews confined the fire to the starting rooms near an exterior vent.
Capt Holbrook longtime Plainview civic leader and former mayor died after a life spanning Colorado engineering early schooling at Watertown High School and University of Colorado. He directed Texas Land and Development Co from 1919 to 1954 and earned honors as a university engineer. He served on school boards Deerfield Kansas city council and Plainview development board. He left a widow Mrs Amelia Bacon and two children Raymond Holbrook and Mrs Bain.
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