City dads censure mayor over resignation move
In Lubbock the city commission censured Mayor Jack Strong for asking City Manager H. P. Clifton to resign without prior notice. Four commissioners demanded an open, formal explanation while Clifton did not attend the special session. Strong said he would back the city manager if the commission balked, and promised to bring conclusive proof on Clifton’s removal.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
ITV
Jack Strong
H. P. Clifton
Strong
City Commission
W. C. ‘O'Mara
City Hall
Clifton
Dreif
Tion
Avalanche- Journal
Commission
Lubbock
Local Officials Photograph in City Hall Lineup
In a staged staff photo five figures stand in a row at City Hall. Rolan Simpson Gene Alderson Mayor Strong W. C. O'Mara Marvin McLarty pose for the portrait, with photographer Ray Westbrook credited.
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H. P. Clifton
Rolan Simpson
Gene Alderson
Mayor Strong
W. C. O'Mara
Marvin McLarty
Ray Westbrook
Pioneer reunion draws 400 at Littlefield meeting
Lamb County older residents gathered at the Littlefield Community Center for the 7th annual Lamb County Pioneer reunion. Amarillo guest speaker Cotton John Smith introduced Michael Walsh of County Cork who toured Tahiti Australia and New Zealand with Smith. Walsh contrasted Ireland and Texas sizes while noting travel shrinks the world. Page 10.
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Avalanche Journal
Lee — Henry Miller
Olton
Lamb County
Dewey Walker
Albuquerque
Michael Walsh
County Cork
Ireland
Mth
Littlefield
Amarillo Man Speaks
Cotton John
Smith
Amarillo
Walsh
Tahiti
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Bribe charge hits Dallas oil probe witness
Witnesses invoke the Fifth Amendment in a Dallas oil scandal probe as Atty. Gen. charges assistant district engineer L Dwight Murphy with taking a 76000 bribe to shield slanted wells. E B Hearn Jr and Billy Bridewell refuse or partially answer while W T James recalls pioneering slanted wells.
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Dallas
David McAngus
L. Dwight Murphy
Texas Railroad Commission
Murphy
E. B. Hearn Jr
Longview
Hearn
Billy Bridewell
Tyler
East Texas
W. T. James
James
L. R. Jacobs
Flames Spread as Autry Ranch Hit by Major Fire
A massive brush fire in Los Angeles swept through Gene Autry's Melody Ranch and surrounding areas, destroying the sanitarium and major buildings. Two fires burning in Placerita and Hasley canyons consumed over 8,000 acres, prompting evacuation of about 700 patients and 400 residents as more than 1,000 firefighters and borate bombers fought the flames.
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Sherman Davis
Roberts
27Th St
Ave. N
Shockley
James King
Oley Youngblood
46Th St
Ave. P
Tommy Yelvington
Yelvington
1St St
Davis
Jim Ferguson
United Press International
Los Angeles
Gene Autry
Melody Ranch
Olive View Sanitarium
Placerita Canyon
Hasley Canyon
Borate
Murphy Defended By Democrats In Estes Probe
Senate Democrats backed by statements from Truman and Freeman defended Agriculture Undersecretary Charles S. Murphy amid criticism of his role in the Billie Sol Estes case. Morse Ervin Humphrey and others cited praise from farm leaders as Murphy prepared to testify before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee on Estes cotton allotment deals.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Harry S. Truman
Orville L. Freeman
Charles S. Murphy
Billie Sol Estes
Truman
Wayne Morse
Ore
Murphy
Agriculture Department
Morse
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Charles Murphy
White House
USDA
Estes
National Cotton Advisory Committee
Long Island Battered by Hurricane Alma
Hurricane Alma brushed eastern Long Island with rain and winds to 40 mph. The storm veered northeast into the Atlantic as its center stayed more than 100 miles east of the coast, delivering light rain across a wide arc from southern Rhode Island to the Virginia capes.
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New York
Alma
Long Island
Atlantic
Rhode Island
Virginia Capes
Comic Dictionary Hypochondriac A Problematic Woman
Hypochondriac defined as a problematic type of woman with no solution. The entry uses sharp, period-appropriate wording to mock a stereotype. This brief dictionary-style note reflects a 20th century newsroom tone on gendered labels.
Farmers To Withhold Crops In Price Battle
About 20 000 people packed Vet erans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines to back the National Farmer Organization plan to withhold hogs cattle sheep and grain until processors sign production and price contracts. Leaders hailed the rally as essential for fair prices and survival of family farming. The plan aims to push hog prices to 22 75 per hundredweight for certain hogs and to withhold cattle until market terms improve.
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Associated Press
EL Moines
Iowa
National Farmer Organization
Young Farm Organization
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
NFO
Auditorium
Esti
Vince Rossiter
Hartington
Nebbanker
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Rea. Mo
America
NFC
Prayer Request Box Seeks Short Submitted Blessings
Readers are invited to send favorite prayers for use in this column. Submissions must be brief and reflect spiritual themes of protection and gratitude.
Southwest Weather Map Highlights Regional Temps
The 24 hour precipitation report and temperatures ending at midnight show readings across cities including PuiL City Pan Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Amarillo Oklahoma City Dallas Roswell Beaver Falls and Dallas. Highs and lows are listed with figures such as 63 44 in some locations and 97 in others.
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el Paso
Albuquer
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Beaver
W. Falls
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