Secretary Benson Slashes Farm Price Supports Across Crops
Secretary Benson cuts about 200 million dollars from government price supports for cotton oats rye barley sorghum grain soybeans flax seed and cottonseed while dairy rates remain. Cotton support drops to 77 percent of parity from 82.5 percent with a 72 million dollar annual decline. South Plains farmers face roughly 9.7 million in losses on a 1956 scale crop. PCG leaders vow protest as they weigh actions.
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Washington
Benson
South Plains
George Pfeiffenberger
the Plains Cotton Growers
W. O. Fortenberry
The
PCG
Pfeiffenberger
Nervous Driver Searched After Liquor Laden Crash
Police sought an unknown nervous driver after a collision near 26th Street and College Avenue at 2 13 PM. Meeks said his 1956 Buick was hit by the other car as three cases of beer and 55 fifths of whisky and vodka were found under the front floorboards and in the trunk of a 1954 Ford.
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Billy Meeks
27Th St
26Th Street
College Avenue
Meeks
Tech Upsets SMU 68 67 In Big SWC Showdown
Tech rallies from behind to beat SMU Mustangs 68 67 at Municipal Coliseum before a 6000 crowd. The upset mirrors last year's NCAA playoff result in Wichita where SMU won.
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Exas Tech
Red Raider
Southern Methodist
Raiders
Municipal Coliseum
SMU
Tech
Wichita
Kan
Commissioners face questions on Sherrill ouster and pay hike
County Court will be questioned Monday by a farmers and businessmen committee about the ouster of County Agent Dave Sherrill by County Judge Dudley Brummett and two commissioners. A separate Tuesday hearing by the Lubbock League of Women Voters will address a 12.368 percent salary increase for county and district officials, with details published earlier.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock League of Women Voters
Fet
League of ‘Women Voters
Caneaaiaias
British Press Reports Buckingham Palace Drama
The British Sunday press leads with headlines on the queen and Duke of Edinburgh amid rumors of a rift. Officials deny trouble, cite a four month separation and a planned two day second honeymoon in Portugal with a reunion set for Feb. 16 at Montijo airbase.
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Elizabeth
Margaret
Hurst Park
Windsor
England
Duke of Edinburgh
Windsor Castle
London
Avalanche-Journal
Ondon
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
U.S
Palace
Portugal
Lisbon
Montijo
Motley County Oil Prospects Stimulate Leasing Activity
A Pan American Oil Corp No 1 Fred E Brandon well five and a half miles east of Roaring Springs indicates a Permo Pennsylvanian oil discovery. The test shows oil and water across three drillstem tests with early reports of free oil and substantial salt water. Royalty sales near the prospect totaled 2,700 acres at $50 per acre, signaling rising interest in Motley County.
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Avalanche-Journal
Atador
Roaring Springs
Motley County
Pan American Oil Corp
Fred E. Brandon
Pan American
Lubbock
Alvin Stearns
Brandon
Elmer Stearns
Alvin
Seven Die As Auto Plunges Into Miami River
A car plunged into the Miami River in Hialeah Gardens killing seven people including six members of the Evans family. The deceased were Teresa Evans 22 George Evans 5 Henry Evans 4 Raymond Evans 2 Louis Evans 6 months Anthony Evans 6 months and Charles Wright 12. Ralph Evans 20 and Edwin McDonough 50 survived the submerged wreck and helped others escape.
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Miami
Fla
Miami River
Hialeah Gardens
Everglades
Florida
Teresa Evans
George Evans
Henry Evans
Raymond Evans
Louis
Anthony Evans
Charles Wright
Ralph Evans
Lete
Edwin McDonough
Victim of 1924 tragedy believed found by parents
Grace Reynolds of Barstow California says she is the missing Mary Elizabeth Edens after meeting with her aunt and the Edens couple. The 1924 Babbs Switch fire killed 36, with Edens unaccounted for and presumed dead.
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Associated Press
Hobart
Okla
Oklahoma
Grace Reynolds
Barstow
Calif
L.F. Edens
Babbs Switch
Middle East crisis pace tightens as sanctions loom
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles press for a Gaza Strip pullout and Gulf of Aqaba disengagement amid UN pressure to reopen the Suez Canal. Officials fear a new blowup could undermine diplomacy after talks with King Saud and ongoing UN deliberations at Nasser’s stance.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Middle East
Eisenhower
Sec
Dulles
Georgia
iDulles
Israel
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
United Nations
Suez Canal
Nasser
U. S
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
United States
N. J
Nassam
Cold Front Dims South Plains Heat Wave
A mild cold front passed through the South Plains around 7 50 p m Saturday lowering the region’s heat wave. Lubbock forecasts a high near 65 today, far below February’s record 81 set on Feb 9 and the all time high of 83 on Feb 8 1951. Winds should ease, dust reduced from Saturday’s gusts.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Panhandle
Area Farm News and Oil News Highlighted Sections
The paper lists editorial, farm, oil, church, and radio TV pages across sections 6 and 2. It notes page placements for today’s content including South Plains oil updates and area farming notes.
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Area Farm News
South Plains Oil News
Opposition Measure To Get Airing In Senate Runoff Bill
In Austin February 9 the Senate Elections Committee opens a hearing on the Pool runoff bill for the U S Senate race and a bill to cancel the April 2 special election leaving William A Blakley in Washington until November 1958 Gov Price Daniel Lyndon B Johnson and Sam Rayburn backed the bills while Republican Thad Hutcheson denounced the move as mid game rule changing The measure faces an upper chamber test with potential votes to secure passage before the April 2 election See Election Bill Page 10
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Ned
Austin
Senate Elections Committee
U. S. Senate
Senate
William A. Blakley
Dallas
Washington
Allan Shivers
Joe Pool
Price Daniel
Mackers
Thad Hutcheson
U-Nan
Daniel
U.S. Senate
Lyndon Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Johnson
State Senate
A&M Doctor Sees Tornado Pinpointing Prospects
Oklahoma A&M College tornado researcher plans to use high electrical discharges to locate tornado possibilities. He suggests 1957 advisories could target areas as small as 30 miles with improved storm warnings. Capt Edwin B Dixon of Air Weather Service evaluated the findings for the Weather Bureau.
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Associated Press
Qtillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A&m College
Jones
Air Weather Service
Oklahoma
A&m
Edwin B. Dixon
AWS
Kansas City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Zhukov in Delhi Attacks Eisenhower Middle East Policy
Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov, in New Delhi for a public appearance, criticizes the Eisenhower doctrine for the Middle East as a step toward war. He reiterates he sees Eisenhower as an old soldier friend, while questioning U S aims during the era's tense alliance diplomacy.
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Eugene Levinev
Delhi
India
Georgi K. Zhunov
Eisenhower
Middle East
Germany
Zhukov
Serkan
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Arabia
Ibn Saud
Victor B. Purse
State Department
Purse
Sherrill
Yasdorsil Station
Edeng
Mid-East
Lyle Lewter
Durward Lewter
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
Young Lewter
San Antonio
Chicago
Thakov
Ske
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