Lubbock County Tops Texas In Cotton Output Again
Lubbock County leads Texas cotton production with 1954 crop of 220,499 bales valued at 41,233,313 dollars, toppling Hale County. The South Plains total reaches 1,526,126 bales and 285,385,562 dollars, with Texas overall at 3,822,205 bales nationwide.
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Jim Compton
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock County
Texas
Lubbock County
Hale County
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Lubbock
South Plains
Lamb County
Cameron
Hidalgo
Gee Cotton Record
Six MIGs driven off in attack on U S plane near Korea
U S Sabres shot down two Russian built MIG-15s and forced six more to withdraw over the Yellow Sea. The action, the biggest since the Korean War, involved Sabres from an air base 40 miles south of Korea. No U S planes were lost. The report notes uncertainty over whether attackers were Russian or Chinese and cites a Pentagon briefing on broader Far East tensions and the Tachens evacuation order from Eisenhower.
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Far East
U. S
Red China
Yellow Sea
Korea
Tachen Islands
Yellow Sea Area
Adm
Robert Carney
Naval Operations
Washington
U.S
Gene Kramer
Okyo
Sabrejet
Sian
James P. Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Avalanche-Journal
Taipeh
Formosa
Eisenhower
Pepa
Pentagon
Seventh Fleet
Chiang
State Department
Chiang Kaishek
Pescadores
Quemoy
Matsu
United States
Liu Lien-yi
Abetena
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Helena
NAVY
March of Dimes fund boosted in Lubbock drive
Lubbock County polio fundraiser tops totals with the Teen Canteen Bail-a-thon and a KDUB telethon. Volunteers collected money through Saturday night into Sunday morning as locals supported the polio drive and the annual event continued on television.
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Lubbock County
Lubbock
Ge Tenminen
Kdub-Tv
Twins puzzle parents after babysitter mix up
Capt and Mrs Wood of Reese Air Force Base faced a mix up with their twin sons who looked alike. An Avalanche Journal story and AP wires brought vast mail, with advice ranging from practical to humorous from readers across North America.
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Douglas R. Wood
Reese Air Force Base
Avalanche. Journal
Associated Press
United States
Canada
U.S
North America
Boston
Alabama
California
Alaska
Harrisburg
Wood
Man Shot to Death in Sulphur Springs Street
Bruce Askew was shot to death today in a Sulphur Springs street. Officers are questioning a 30-year-old woman.
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Sulphur Springs
Tex
Bruce Askew
Soviet Hydrogen Device Test Claimed by French Official
A French government spokesman cited a Paris interview claiming the Soviet Union conducted a series of nuclear tests between September and November. He noted four new explosions with both A and H bombs, with sites and dates reportedly known to Western scientists.
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Parishi
Soviet Union
Aioe
Henri Long
Paris
France
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
AEC
Truman
Moscow
White House
Soaking Rains Sweep West Texas Drought Relief
Heavy weekend showers spread across a wide Texas region from San Angelo to Brownsville while a Pacific front brings more moisture by midweek. Houston and Marshall reported flooding and traffic deaths attributed to slick streets, with two fatalities linked to wet weather and a 14 year old boy among Marshall casualties.
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Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
San Angelo
Ozona
del Rio
Laredo
Brownsville
Gulf Coast
East Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Houston
Austin
Marshall
Donald Minter Smith
Billy Smith
Claude Conley
Sherry Lynn Haynes
Conroe
Donald Smith
Editor Pleads Case To Readers After Hitting Wife
Quanah Texas February 5 editor J A Koch of the Quanah Tribune Chief writes to readers after backing his pickup into his wife's car and facing a police charge for reckless driving. He laments loss of friends and insurance complications while defending his rights as head of the house.
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Associated Press
Quanah
J. A. Koch
Koch
Daily newspaper sections and pages listed
The reader is directed to specific pages and sections: Page 1 Section 3 for Editorial Page and Radio TV Programs, Page 4 Section 6 for Area Agricultural News, and Pages 6 and 7 Section ¢ for related items.
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Area Agricultural News
Gasoline Fire Destroys Red's Body Shop building
A gasoline ignition at Red's Body Shop on 3405 ve. H. sparked morning damage, then a later bulb ignition gutted the building at 12:15 p.m. destroying a 1951 Cadillac convertible and tools. Owner D. C. Rogers valued the structure at $6,000 and said it would likely be a total loss with no insurance coverage. Melvin Dull, foreman, could not provide a loss estimate.
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D. C. Rogers
Melvin Dull
Tor
Cemetery Meeting Reunites Brothers After 58 Years
Ed Williams of Fort Des Moines Iowa met his three brothers for the first time in 58 years during a Mackenzie Park Terrace family reunion. The reunion followed events that began last November in Batesville Arkansas after Ed, drawn by a cemetery visit, met an old friend who connected him with Jack Williams Tom Williams and Dan Williams.
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Lubbock
Ed Williams
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Mackenzie Park Terrace
Batesville
Ark
Jack Williams
Auburn St
Tom Williams
Cisco
Dan
Jack
Tom
Heme
Iaid Williams
Fort Deatest
Dill C
Tata
Tata Ae Dentiame
Home Invasions Target Lubbock Residents In Separat Hijackings
Two daytime and evening robberies in Lubbock netted a total of 125 to 150 dollars from two victims. A 68-year-old pensioner Fred Hoyt Eagleston reported two bandits invaded his home at 1 30 p.m. tying his hands and escaping with cash. Oscar Hernangiez, a 21-year-old Reese AFB airman, sustained a head wound in the second hold up.
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Lubbock
Fred Hoyt Eagleston
33Rd St
Reese Afb
Oscar Hernangiez
Eagleston
Grand Jury to Open Hearings in West Texas Extortion Plot
A grand jury in Angelo Texas will hear new details next week about a bomb slaying misfire targeting Mrs. Harry Weaver a cattle raiser and social leader. The case involves a former convict two women who call themselves Nature Girl and other suspects linked to extortion and murder.
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Associated Press
Angelo
West Texas
Harry Weaver
C Burn
Great Washburn
Adela Hesingers
Joma Mesinale
Sre
Ray
Washborn
Weather Map: Temperatures and Humidity Across Regions
Weather map page shows hourly observations with ranges and dates. Data include minimum humidity 21 percent and humidity at midnight 99 percent. Regional notes reference locations such as Paso, Dallas, Denver, and others with high and low temperatures for a 36 hour period ending midnight.
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Paso
Dallas Oawhoent
Denver
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Alfred M. Pride
March of Dimes Fund
West
South Plains Oil News
Relress
Gasoline Fire Guts Body Shop
Red’s. Body Shop
Ve. H
Grand Jury
Tech Ae
Incom
Percy Foreman
Washburn
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