Thunderstorms Sook Soggy South Plains
Weather across the South Plains brings heavy rain and blowing dust with Levelland receiving about 1.4 inches in under two hours while Littlefield Plains and Lubbock report showers and warming temps. A cool front lowers Plains temps as Alaska fires burn and nearby states report varied conditions.
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Levelland
Plains
Lubbock
Gulf Coast
San Angelo
Dallas- Fort Worth
Red River Valley
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Texas
Mercury
Texas
el Paso
Waco
Laredo
Brownsville
Kansas
Central Plains
Midwest
Rockies
Miami
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Maid of Cotton Ball draws cotton industry leaders to Lubbock
The Maid of Cotton Ball in the Lubbock Country Club hosts 21 contestants with escorts as judges and reporters begin interviews at 10 am. Finalists include Ann Arnold and Susan Reginals among others from Houston to Crosbyton. Joe Reichman Orchestra provides music. tickets are 7.50.
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Bohlmann
Reinhart Co
Houston
Robert W. Twitty
Marion Manufacturing Co
Marion
N. C
Jeanne Ellefson
J. P. Stevens Co
Greenville
S. C
John B. Love
American Thread Co
New York
N. Y
Fletcher Terry
the Bible Manufacturing Co
Macon
Lubbock Country Club
Joe Reichman
Siagon
Municipal Auditorium
Lubbock
Hans Bohlmann
Jeanne Huetson
Ares 5. C
Hoto
Barbed Wire Collectors Showcase Varieties Across Counties
The article profiles local collectors Smitherman and Overstreet who amassed dozens of barbed wire varieties, noting 10 to 15 types in Floyd County and additional kinds in Motley and Dickens counties. It describes heavy Buffalo wire, vicious versus obvious designs, and their catalogs, splices, and tools.
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Black
Floyd County
Motley
Dickens
Dickens County
Smitherman
Possum Kingdom
Overstreet
Henry D
Francis McCallum
West
The Doctor and His Motorcycle in Frontier Times
Mrs. Merriman recounts life in West Texas beginning 1884 near Double Mountains. She recalls Dr. T. H. Blackwell a kind, brave physician who rode a motorcycle and endured cowboy pranks. She also remembers a swollen Double Mountain River crossing and a close call during a flood with her mother.
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Merriman
West Texas
Double Mountains
Tol
Swensons
Blackwell
Spur
Births Prompt Congratulatory Notices for Crosby Ton
Mr and Mrs Andrew Barbosa Crosbyton welcome a daughter weighing 9 pounds 13 ounces at 11 45 am Sunday Lauf Clinic. Mr and Mrs John Hesquibel Crosbyton welcome a son weighing 4 pounds 4 ounces at 2 50 pm Sunday Lauf Clinic. Fathers are both farmers and farm laborer respectively.
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John Roddy
Lubbock
Lauf Clinic
Andrew Barbosa
Crosbyfon
John Hesquibel
Crosby‘ton
Weigbhing & Pounds
Race Strife Provokes Night of Tension in Waukegan
Waukegan police report a night of race related hostility concentrated in the Negro area directed at officers. No injuries were reported and the confrontation is being investigated by the police chief.
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Waukegan
Walter Riley
Wisconsin National Guard Mobilized Over Civil Rights Dispute
Gov Warren Knowles called out 400 to 700 guardsmen in fatigues and helmeted gear to protect lives and property after failing to secure a truce in a 10 day civil rights dispute. An Army helicopter patrolled as about 100 pickets moved through downtown with a Catholic priest adviser, chanting while wearing Black Power shirts.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
UPI
Warren Knowles
Wisconsin National Guard
Assembly
Quake Jolts Budva Residents In Adriatic Resort
An earthquake rocked Budva in the Yugoslav Adriatic coast Sunday, lightly damaging several old houses and unsettling residents and visitors. Earlier quakes had affected resort towns further south along the coast.
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Budva Budva
Yugoslavia
Here
East Germany lagging five years behind West Germany says union head
In Cologne Bruno Gleitze head of the West German Trade Union Economic Institute says East Germany’s production level is about five years behind West Germany’s. He comments on the East bloc economy as part of a broader assessment.
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Germany
East Germany
West Germany
Bruno Gleitze
Economic Institute
Humphrey
Kennedy-Johnson
Johnson- Humphrey
Eisenhower-Nixon
Cursillo retreat features 70 participants and notable speakers
The three day Cursillo at Elizabeth's Catholic Church on Main Street included testimonies by 70 participants who studied the Bible, meditated, prayed, and heard clergy and Bishop DeFaleco and Rev Jamie Ozga. Barnes flew in from Big Bend to speak then returned to vacation with his family.
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Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Main Street
Lawrence M. DeFaleco
Amarillo
Jamie Ozga
Toledo
Ohio
Coliseum
Barnes
Big Bend
Red Guards Rampage Reported in Peking Clash
Dispatch cites coup by new leadership to crush opposition as Red Guards raid homes label reactionaries. Capital full of youths aiming to destroy capitalist or feudal elements with slogans banning tobacco and liquor. some guards attacked at night. two Red Guard girls missing after Saturday night clash in Peking.
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Liu Shao-chi
Teng Hsiao-ping
Red Guards
Red Guard
Peking
Asahi
Campaign clash over Vietnam economy and spending
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon differ on how Vietnam, inflation, and government spending will shape the November elections. Humphrey urges steady peace efforts and economic growth while downplaying Vietnam as an electoral factor. Nixon argues war divisions boost Republicans and cites rising costs and mismanagement as key issues.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Senate
House
Nixon
GOP
Barry Goldwater
HHH
Humphrey
Gop Nixon
Republican Party
Democratic Party
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Peking
Viet Cong Sink Minesweeper Near Saigon In Channel
Viet Cong blast a 50 foot minesweeper 19 miles southeast of Saigon on the Long Tao River, killing one Vietnamese crewman and wounding another U S adviser as two Americans aboard are rescued. A separate blast hits a river landing craft. a terrorist mine injures a cadet in Saigon.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Guam
North
Long Tao River
U.S. Navy
Baton Rouge
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thu Duc
Auto Mishap Injures Four
Abbie Phillip Wood and three others were injured in a two vehicle crash at Parkway Drive and Quirt Avenue around 8 20 PM. Wood has a broken wrist and facial cuts and was operated on later Sunday night. Also treated were Judy Ward Rhonda Ward and Jeff Ward in a separate roadside crash near Loop 289 and Slide Road with minor injuries. Mike Acres suffers an elbow injury and may be admitted. Mike Bryant treated for motorcycle crash injuries with details unavailable.
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Abbie Phillip Wood
138Th St
Methodist Hospital
Parkway Dr. l
Quirt Ave
Wood
Judy A. Ward
Loyola
Rhonda Lynn Ward
Ef, Bates
Jeff Edward
Mike Bryant
23Rd St
Truman Blasts Interest Rate Hike
Former President Harry S Truman condemned a drastic rise in interest rates, citing Fed actions that boosted the discount rate and tightened reserves. He warned the higher rates could trigger deflation or a severe depression, while inflation pressures remain a concern.
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Independence, Mo
Harry S Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
United States
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