Raymond Walker Dies After Jump From Home Window
A Raynmond year old pipeline worker at a natural gas company died after leaping from his second story window in Chalk Hill near Banatoes. Police speculate he fled from something and was found shot near the road. The event occurred as Mrs Maes and Mrs Sisler drove to meet the minister of the City Baptist church in Pa. Police theorize motive and scene on Mountaineer page.
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Banatoes
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Fontown
Ken Tappen
Hampton
Texas Blizzard Grips South Plains and East Texas
A powerful winter storm swept Texas from border to border bringing snow ice and freezing rain. Lubbock and the South Plains faced subzero temps with 10 below forecast and 1 below at night while East Texas saw power outages and gas line freezes. Roads iced over causing dozens of accidents and school closures as the storm spread from El Paso to the Louisiana line.
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alanche-Journal
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South Plains
Abernathy
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el Paso
Louisiana Line
Panhandle
Houston
Dallas
Fort Plains
Worth
Associated Press
Vere
Small Town Heroine Survives Harsh Snow Storm
Harrisburg Illinois reports a dramatic escape from a blizzard as a 15-ounce infant, born to farm wife William E. Hall, fights for life. Doctors call the survival miraculous and note the child’s chance for life hinges on transfer to a specialized preemie center in East St. Louis.
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Irisburg
Hall
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St. Louis
Titan makes 5000 mile test flight to Ascension
A Titan intercontinental missile test flight reached 5 007 miles as the nose cone targeted Ascension Island. A data capsule with instruments survived reentry and was recovered two hours later by a support ship. The Air Force called the test a success.
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Associated Press
Ape Canaveral
Fla
America
Soviet Union
South Atlantic
Ascension
Air Force
Civil rights showdown on 24 hour Senate sessions debated
Southern Democrats threaten 24 hour sessions to force action on civil rights legislation. Lyndon B. Johnson pledges will against short cuts as Sen. Russell Long blocks unanimous consent for a finance committee meeting. Senate quorums are attempted to keep members in session overnight.
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Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Johnson
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Strom Thurmond
Eisenhower greeted by vast crowds in Rio de Janeiro
President Eisenhower attracted hundreds of thousands as he rode a long parade route past Guana Bay and Avenida Rio Branco in Rio de Janeiro. He urged world peace, warned against ideologies denying nations the right to choose their path, and called for global fight against disease ignorance and poverty. He spoke to Brazil's Congress and attended a dinner at Itamaraty Palace. De Gaulle began a tour of southern France on a separate note.
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Bara Bay
Gerlens
Eisenhower
Brazil
Itamaraty
Palace
DE Gaulle
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Chattanooga crowd uses fire hose as 20 arrested in racial clash
In Chattanooga Tennessee a mixed crowd of whites and Negroes in the downtown area led to 20 arrests including eight juveniles after 50 Negro high school students approached the area as classes ended. Police and mayor Olgiati ordered dispersal as fire hoses sprayed the crowd and stores closed lunch counters amid tense streets.
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Bill. Anderson
Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga
Second Mawr AG
P. R. Olgiati
Floods Leave 2 500 Families Homeless Across Regions
In Colombo the AP reports 2 500 families homeless as floods sweep east and other areas. Officials say 10 000 people in distress and rice crops damaged. Government efforts focus on affected villages as waters rise and rural areas face hardship.
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Ceylon
Crea
Argest
The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking serials begin
Readers are invited to follow Dr. Norman Vincent Peale’s book through serialized articles in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal starting next Monday. The feature promises positive help and inspiration for solving personal problems.
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Vincent Peale
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Fin ch trial ends as prosecution rests in murder case
Los Angeles prosecutors wrap final arguments in the Finch murder trial accusing Dr R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff of plotting to kill Barbara Jean Finch for wealth and divorce, claiming one envelope with talcum powder undermines the defense and noting a $25 000 life insurance payout.
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Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
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