Duties Offer Made To Bar Major Clash
Intell igence reports warned of a potential Middle East crisis as the United States proposed nonaggression pacts with Israel and the Arab states. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announced the plan amid fears of a broader war and urged firm frontiers and broader consensus from foreign powers.
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Inferno at Indiana Refinery Blows Warps Town
A massive explosion at the Standard Oil Indiana refinery near JHITING devastates parts of the city. The blast kills two, injures 44, evacuates 950 families, and causes extensive property damage estimated from ten to one hundred million dollars.
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Plains Ginners Gather In City
More than 209 members and guests of the Plains Ginners' Association heard Burrs Jackson of Hillsboro and Mr. Cotter of the American Cotton Congress warn that Texas's economic structure would collapse without cotton. Jackson spoke on Cotton's Vital Place at a luncheon in the Lubbock Hotel. Earlier, the ginners elected new directors and officers, naming Bilb Smith of Talism for vice president and Earl Hobbs of New Deal as 1955 president. See PLAINS GINNERS Page 6
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Rains Move into State Bring Widespread Showers
A Gulf coastal system moved inland over Texas bringing heavy rain in several areas including Beaumont and Presidio. Forecasters warned of lingering showers, cooling trends, and scattered rainfall totals with Brownsville recording 22 inches and Lufkin 0.5 inches as officials noted a bus wreck in rain and evolving moisture across the eastern and southern parts of the state.
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South Plains Cotton Forecast Hikes First Bales Ginned
South Plains estimates rise toward 1 190 900 bales as harvest nears. June projections reached near 1 0 6 0 0 0 0, boosted by rains with early ginning underway in places like Spur and Dawson County. Strong conditions persist around Lubbock.
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Johnson Predicts Serious Tax Reduction Efforts
U S Senator Lyndon B Johnson predicts serious efforts to reduce taxes by the next Congress at a birthday press conference at his Texas ranch. He blames the GOP for delaying tax cuts this session and calls for a balanced budget with tax relief in the 1956 election year.
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Murder for pay case twists with missing suspect
In a Boston area style plot, ex convict Leroy Eggleston vanishes after a gun and tools tied to a May 1953 ambush death of oilman William P. Clark surface. Police report a $10,000 reward deal and imply Eggleston may be dead.
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Speeders Warned To Slow Down In Wolfforth And Shallowater
Officials in Wolfforth and Shallowater urge drivers to reduce speed for school safety as time to start approaches. Acting city judge J A McWhorter warns stricter enforcement if speeds do not drop. Occasional complaints about aggressive enforcement have been received.
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South Plains sports season kickoff preview
The Avalanche Journal promotes the upcoming sports season with reminders of baseball pennant races football season tennis horse racing fishing hunting and bowling coverage. Staff writers will visit local high school grid camps and photographers will capture hometown teams for early season features.
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Tech To Open Grid Drives
Tech To Open Grid Drives reports on upcoming grid initiatives and infrastructure plans. It outlines anticipated impacts on communities, dates for implementation, and statements from officials warning of construction timelines and service expectations.
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Bus Overturns In Storm Near Alvin Injuring Two
A Texas Lines bus traveling from Galveston to Houston overturned eight miles south of Alvin during a heavy rainstorm on State Highway 6. Twelve people were hospitalized with two injured. driver R C McKee was uninjured. The bus ended on its top in a roadside yard after the front wheel slipped on a soft shoulder.
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Two City Youths Held In Break-In After Car Wreck
Two 14 year old Lubbock youths were arrested after a wreck near Canyon led to a break in at the Sports Center and other thefts. Police said the teens were found living at a Canyon tourist court with loot and clothes from the Central Courts. about 155 dollars taken from the Sports Center safe, 89 dollars on them, and led officers to a dry creek bed.
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Giant steel plate wrecks home after Whiting plant blast
A massive steel plate hurled by an oil plant explosion in Whiting Indiana demolished a house. An overturned car and a disrupted rowboat lie amid the debris as the enormous plate sits nearby. AP wirephoto.
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Police Seek Parents of Four in California Murder
Palm Springs authorities issued murder warrants for a young California couple, parents of four, in the death of Donald E. Graham the Palm Springs building inspector found beaten in his home. He had been tied with a sheet and was to have been seen with the couple Thursday night at night clubs.
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Truman Criticizes GOP In First Campaign Speech For Democrats
Former President Truman urged Indiana Democrats to back a Democratic administration and Congress. He criticized the Eisenhower era for misrepresentation and demagoguery, avoided foreign policy topics, and spoke at the Indiana Democratic Editorial Assn. diamond jubilee rally in Rench Lick.
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Weather Map Hints Plateaus and Temps For Lubbock Area
Partly cloudy with increasing showers and cooler trend. High around 90 and low near 65 with southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Regional readings include Abilene 46 6 El Paso 92 63 Amarillo 92 62 Oklahoma City 92 68 Dallas 97 71 and Denver 70 32. Sunrise 6 18 a.m. Sunset 7 20 p.m. Humidity highs around 63 percent, lows near 26 to 50.
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