Wind-Driven Fires Damage South Plains Cotton Gin
Fire officials report wind driven flames heavily damaged cotton at a South Plains gin yard as ginner J B Ponton recalls the moment the wind shifted. Fire units from Lubbock Wolfforth and Ropesville battled the blaze, sparing the gin plant and nearby elevator.
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South Plains
Ginner J
Ponton
Lubbock
Wolfforth
Ropesville
West Texas
Crosbyton
Floydada
Davis Gin
Hale Center
Satellite Failure Sparks British Press Mockery and Sympathy
London reaction to the U S satellite failure ranges from sympathy to ridicule. British papers label the setback as disappointing but not disastrous with comments on American boasting and rival space rivalry, while the Mirror emphasizes prestige hurt as the core casualty.
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London
U.S
Times of London
Communist Daily Worker
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Britain
Air
George Ward
the Mirror
Ronald Bedford
America
The
Daily Herald
U. S
Europe
New Rocket Gamut Reports News Blackout At Cape Canaveral
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris refused to release publicity unless ordered. At Cape Canaveral J. Paul Walsh said Vanguard updates would come from Washington and that cause of the launch failure remains unclear. Second Vanguard gear prepared, including a three stage rocket and a new satellite nose, as fire outbreaks strike several Texas cotton gins and related facilities across the region.
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John B. Medaris
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Cape Canaveral
J. Paul Walsh
Vanguard Project
Washington
Walsh
Thor launch ends short of target in mis fired test
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Dec 7 The Air Force launched a Thor missile from a Vanguard nearby test center hoping to lift morale but it landed short of the intended target area after a smooth liftoff and brief ascent Defense officials later termed the attempt a failure despite an earlier announcement that the mission was successful.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Defense Department
Washington
Rites On Arizona Mark Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor Attack
At Pearl Harbor the Arizona ceremony honors 1102 entombed men as floral tributes fall. A Marine honor guard fires three rifle volleys and taps echoes while a drive to raise 500000 for the ship’s memorial unfolds. Utah also bears 58 dead in the bowels of the battleship row.
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Pearl Harbor
John Green
Myade Unitedness
T.H
Arizona
Utah
America
Suspect Arrested After Wild Chase Through College Area
A suspect fled officers from Erskine to College Avenue then turned south and sped to Bates Street before being stopped in the 2500 block. The man told officers he stopped because he was tired of running. Numerous charges were pending late Saturday as police noted minor damage to their cars during the pursuit.
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Page One
Erskine
College Avenue
Bates
French Forces Claim 131 Rebels Killed in Three Operations
French army headquarters reported that 131 Algerian rebels were killed in three separate operations near Algiers. The claim centers on engagements with rebel factions during ongoing hostilities in the region.
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Algiers
Tech President Welcomes Sourthern Assn Closure Of Probe
Dr. E N Jones, Texas Tech president, says he is deeply gratified that the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools closed its inquiry with a polite rap on the knuckles. The board's new policy on tenure and open sessions are cited as safeguards to prevent similar dismissals. A separate AAUP review into the firings will be announced next spring.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Southern Assn. of
Texas Tech
E. N. Jones
Tech
Jones
The
Association
Richmond
Charles S. Davis
Florida State University
Tech Board
Byron Abernethy
Per Stensland
Herbert Greenberg
Southern Assn
Davis
Committee On
Missile tests face scrutiny amid secrecy debate and leadership calls
Congressional criticism grew as officials avoided detailing test locations and security constraints. Senators urged action on science education funding while Strom Thurmond proposed a national science academy under the Defense Department, arguing for essential defense aims.
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Snyder
White House
Hagerty
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services
House
GOP
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
National Science Academy
Senate
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Wayne L. Morse
Ore
Mike Monroney
Okla
Joseph Clark
Thurmond
Science Academy
Defense Department
Pact Survival in Reykjavik Talks Stated
In Reykjavik Iceland December the Progressive and Social Democratic parties declared they would retain the 1951 defense pact with the United States citing insecurity in international affairs.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Crop Outlook Shows Strained South Plains Farmers
Lubbock bankers describe the crop as unusually expensive with a downshift in cotton quality and prices. Harvest progress varies from 70 percent in the La Mesa area to under one third in the north, with widespread stripping and damp grain storage concerns. Bailey County reports 22,000 bales ginned, 80,000 acres of irrigated grain sorghum at 4,000 pounds per acre, and Terry County noting a record grain sorghum yield of over 1,500 pounds per acre on 290,000 acres.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Lamesa
J. K. Adams
Bailey County
Adams
Terry Outlook
Bright County
Jim Foy
Terry County
Foy
Hockley County
Bill Taylor
Hale
Floyd
Swisher
NATO Meet Aims For Military Gains Amid Summit Pressure
The Paris talks focus on four intermediate range missile bases in the United States and Western Europe. Norstad and NATO leaders would determine base locations while nations would negotiate weapon terms with Washington. U.S. policy seeks greater alliance interdependence, stockpiles under American custody, and expanded scientific cooperation amid a broad push toward pushbutton warfare readiness.
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Eisenhower
Paris
United States
Sec
Defense
Neil McElroy
Duncan Sandys
London
Allied
Europe
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Middle East
Asia
Dulles
Atlantic
America
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
State Department
Soviet Claims Western Rocketfall Reach Alaska Area
Khrushchev accused the United States of concealing rocket remnants after a carrier rocket from the first satellite fell to earth in Alaska and along the West Coast. U.S. experts said no confirmed landing location, while Soviet and Western scientists offered analyses of the burnt debris and atmospheric breakup.
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RED
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
North America
Moscow Radio Saturday
U.S
Irkutsk
Chukotka Peninsula
Siberia
Alaska
Moscow
Washington
Tass
White House
Khrushchev
Earth
Smithsoneian Astrophsyical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Manchester University
Britain
America
Moscow Radio
I. A. Pobedonostsev
Moscow Home Service
J. Allen Hynek
Hynek
Los Angeles Examiner
Examiner
Space Program
Deefense Department
Arizona
Gusty Winds Disrupt Cotton Fires and Decorations
Gusty winds of 25 mph subsided by night as dust cut visibility at Lubbock to 14 miles for a time. Winds blamed for cotton gin fires and damage to Christmas decorations across several area cities. A vast cold front stretched from Lake Erie to the Louisiana border with storm systems moving from Illinois to Ohio. High winds peaked 68 to 70 mph sweeping eastern Rockies as the storm drove through Colorado and Wyoming, upending seven planes at two Denver airports and trapping 13 duck hunters on Union Reservoir near Longmont, Colorado before all were rescued. Surging into Nebraska and the...
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Post
Slaton
Pleasant Valley
T. L. Adams
Burr Pit
Caldwell Gin
Lubbock
Shallowater
Plainview
Plainview Gin Co
Lockney Hwy
Hale Center
Farmers Gin Co
West Texas
Matador
Dakotas
Rapid City
S.C
Wyoming
North Dakota
Southland
Crossville
Tenn
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Lake Erie
Louisiana
Illinois
Ohio
Rockies
Colorado
Denver
Union Reservoir
Longmont
Colo
Nebraska
Birth Announcements From Local Clinic and Hospitals
Congratulations to numerous families in Littlefield Petersburg Levelland Lubbock and surrounding areas. Newborns include seven pound class daughters and a nine pound eight and a half ounce son born at Lauf and Latif clinics and Saint Marys Hospital with fathers working as farm laborers mechanics and police officers.
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Pedro Garcia
Littlefield
Lauf Clinic
Alvin Davis
Petersburg
Latif Clinic
George Rodriguez
Rt 5
Levelland, On
Porter ‘Clinic Hospital
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Daily Express
Ike
VU. S
Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Southland Gin
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Dan Siewert
Manacker
Muleshoe
Enochs
Morton
Japan
American Assn. of
Abernathy
Soviet
Russia
China
Simeria
AL Futian
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
Randolph Burgess
Vanguard
United State
Fred Phillips
Railroad Ave
Lauf Ce
Hub Oarts
Lewis
Caraway
Aspen Ave
Modern Chevrolet Co
J. E.° Evans
62Nd St
Methodist Hospital
Armstrong's
Bobby J. Haynes
Methodist
Reese Air Force Base
Carroll Parker
60Th St
Goodnight Hospital
City of
Jack Fields
8Th St
St Mary's Hospital
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