Tropical disturbance nears Texas coast with potential storm
The Gulf disturbance off the Texas coast raises tides and showers from Padre Island to the coast while ships stay in port. Officials say a 50 50 chance of developing into a tropical storm as the circulation remains offshore. Farmers rush harvest as 10 million dollars of cotton remain in fields. Rain totals reach 4.50 inches on Padre Island and 1.98 inches in Corpus Christi.
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Gulf of the
Texas
Ueaday
Tyler
Longview
Bas
Oncy
Padre
Pitan
West Louisiana
Jeep Bureau
Advi
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Northwest Gulf
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Fugitive Pope Captured in Trailer Court Raid
Harry Raymond Pope once listed among the nations ten most wanted surrendered to FBI and local officers during a surprise 4:15 p.m. raid at a trailer court on the Tohoka highway. He faced federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, with bond set at 20000 and remand to Lubbock County Jail. Norris Clifton Thompson and Christine Lee Thompson were arrested with him. A supervising FBI agent led the seizure, finding a shotgun and pistol in the trailer.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Oere
Harry Raymond Pope
Pope
Dallas
Norris Clifton Thompson
Los Angeles
Thompson
Christine Lee Thompson
Rr Cimee Ee Wen Swen
Rita Louise Norris
Gene Paul Norris
Texas
Fort Worth
Pg Tare Sen
Peggy Ann Freye
U.S
Frank R. Murray
Murray
Lubbock National Bank
FBI
Harry Pope
Ater
Harry ‘Raymond Pope
Lubbock City
Tohoka Highway
Phoenix
Ariz
Trailer City
Tohoka
Weather winds shift across Texas with light to moderate rains
Rain totals stayed light with amounts under one inch spreading from East Texas to the Dallas area. Reports indicate activity reached Longview Tyler and Victoria while Beeville saw light showers along the coast.
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Paverin
Victoria
Palacios
Beeville
Longview
Tyler
Texas
Dallas
Fire destroys major Limerick department store
A three million dollar fire swept through a large business block in Limerick, Ireland, on Tuesday. The blaze began at the William Todd and Co department store, prompting a full scale emergency as eleven fire brigades and police and troops rushed to the scene. No casualties were reported.
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Sents
Ireland
Limerick
Relief Due Heat Kills Fish Balks Runners
Extreme heat across the eastern two thirds of the nation caused fish kills in Ohio and disrupted marathon events in Chicago. A week-long heat wave drew muggy tropical air, while a cooling front from Canada began to drop temperatures by as much as 30 degrees in the Dakotas and northwest Nebraska, with Aberdeen, South Dakota at 63 degrees.
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United Press International
Ohio
Chicago
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Plains
Dakotas
Nebraska
Aberdeen
S.D
Watertown
Rumors, Smugglers, and Laos War Struggles Reported
Laotia armed forces accuse rebels of using opium smugglers and villagers to spread rumors of revolution. Guerrilla strikes claimed in eight provinces as Pathet Lao seeks to revive propaganda. Bodies believed dumped in the Nam Seng river amid limited royal troop action near Luang Prabang.
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Malled Kron Avalanche Journal
Vientiane
Taos
Royal Laotian
Luang Prabang
Pak Seng
Laos
Pathet Lao
Defense Ministry
Nam
Seng
Laung Prabang
Phong Saly
Sam Neua
Nienglohouang
Thakhek
Saravane
Savannakhet
Eisenhower Plans Westward Tour To Reassure Allies
President Eisenhower announced a Europe tour to reaffirm America's commitment to peace and oppose aggression by force if needed. He aims to reassure Western allies and deny any secret deals with Khrushchev, visiting Bonn London and Paris before a Soviet visit.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
America
West
Elisen‘hower
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
London
Harold Macmillan
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
United States
Foreign Ministry
Felt a Little Dizzy Astronaut Completes Mock Earth Orbit
Air Force Captain LeRoy G. Cooper among seven spacemen in training underwent a four hour simulated orbit 150 miles above earth in a centrifuge. He told reporters the flight felt normal though he felt a bit dizzy and heavier than weightlessness.
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Charles. B. Engelke Johnsville
UPI
America
Earth
Air Force
LeRoy G. Cooper
Carbondale
Cole
Cooper
Navy
Malcolm S. Carpenter
Boulder
Colo
Alan B. Shepard Jr
East Derry
N.H
Sea Astronaut
Two Women Die In Dynamite Blast Near Bigneck
A dynamite blast on a farm near Bigneck Til killed two women, Lucille Krueger, 49, and her daughter-in-law Wanda Krueger, 25, as they prepared fuses and detonator caps to clear a drainage ditch on Tuesday. The explosion scattered wreckage across 14 acres.
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Bigneck
Til
Lucille Krueger
Wanda Krueger
Spaceman shot planned during Khrushchev visit
West German intelligence reports say Moscow prepared to launch a spaceman capsule to orbit during Nikita Khrushchev's American tour. A successful Soviet flight would yield a major propaganda and scientific win, potentially beating the U S spaceman program by years.
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United International
Hamburg
Germany
Nikita S$. Khrushchev
United States
Moscow
Earth
Khrushchev
U. S
Safe Jobs No Living Thug Says
Raymond Pope, a 39 year old captured fugitive, complains he cannot make a living peeling safes. He admits arriving in Lubbock about a week and a half ago, staying at a trailer house, and wearing a black eye patch as needed.
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Pjarry Raymond Pope
Lubbock City
Pope
Lubbock
FBI
Arkansas
Rita Louise Norris
Dallas
L. W
Safecracker
Meticulous husband yearns for smoother married life
A humorous column notes a husband who wishes his wife would manage him with less friction. The piece uses light tone to explore marriage dynamics and domestic harmony in a syndicated style.
Cracked Safe Brothers To Be Charged In Break-In
Lubbock brothers Larry C. Nichols 27 and Billy Gene Nichols 30 face charges after police tied them to a Sunday safe cracking at Miller’s Food Market on 19th St and Ave S. About 1300 dollars was reported missing with more than 1100 in cash. Both men admitted the burglaries in signed statements and mentioned other nearby breaks.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Brothers
Miller's Food Market
19Th St
Ave. S
Otters
Larry C. Nichols
Billy Gene. Nichols
Ave.u
Mathis-Wilson Lumber Co
34Th St
Weather Map Page Lubbock Region Forecast
Partly cloudy and mild with limited shower chances. Afternoon high around 88, morning low near 65, southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Regional readings include Albuquerque 82, Houston 92, Amarillo 6, Oklahoma City 6. A weather map outlines 24 hour period temperatures across multiple cities.
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Lubbock
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