Shivers Eyes Fourth Term as Texas Governor in 1950s race
Gov Allan Shivers announces he will reveal next Thursday whether he will seek an unprecedented fourth term. A conservative Democratic bid could unite Texas against forced school desegregation and realign with the Dixie bloc. Other contenders Jean White James Hart Ralph Yarborough Price Daniel await plans, with Shivers’ move shaping the race.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ustin
Allan Shivers
Texas
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Dixie Bloc
National Democratic Party
Agriculture
Jean White
James Hart
Austin
Hart
Supreme Court
University of Texas
Yarborough
Ralph Yarborough
Price Daniel
Senate
Veterans Land Board
Texas Insurance Commission
Death Toll Mounts In Midwest Storms Tornado Toll Reported
A savage weekend storm outbreak swept the eastern half of the nation with tornadoes in Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma and New York. At least 16 people were killed, dozens injured, and hundreds left homeless as towns like Summerfield and Millstadt suffered extensive damage.
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Ohio
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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St. Louis
Walter Freese
Willard Holloway Jr
Jerry Brown
Detroit
Southwest
Sharon
Stanley White
White
Avanell Brown
Chicago
Linois
Trenton
East St. Louis
St. Clair County
Rigid price supports victory seen in Senate poll
Informal Senate poll suggests supporters of high price supports for basic farm crops will win the fight as the Senate votes on an omnibus farm bill. The measure would restore 90 percent parity for corn cotton peanuts and millable wheat and maintain dairy programs soil bank and dual parity for rice.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Senate Agricus Dairy Products
Mystery slaying in Lamesa with pistol clues sought
Dawson County officers investigate the Friday night shooting of 60 year old Herman Lake Curtis at the Amesa service station. A small caliber pistol is in custody for testing, three empty cartridge cases were found, and relatives are being questioned to identify a motive as robbery is ruled out. Funeral services are planned.
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Avalanche Journal
Amesa
Dawson County
Herman Lake Curtis
Elton
Henry Mayfield
Curtis
Nuclear Blast Reported in Siberian Region by Norway
Norway reports a nuclear explosion in the Siberian region between January 23 and February 7. The defense ministry notes increased radioactivity in Oslo and other Norwegian locations, with winds from the northwest suggesting Siberia as the source.
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Norway
Oslo
Norwegian Defense Ministry
Siberia
31 Patrolmen on Two Shifts New Traffic Division Begins
The Lubbock Police Department launches a full traffic division at 7 a.m. led by Capt. Lewis Kittrell with Lt. Coulson Paxton and Lt. Jack Thomas. Thirty one patrolmen, one secretary, and recent reassignment of traffic records mark the new division as it enforces traffic laws and investigates crashes.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Police
Bill Lamb
Lamb
Kittrell
Lewis Kittrell
Coulson (Cotton
Florida Navy man killed in freak early morning crash
Alfred J. Rogers 18th traffic death in South Plains this year. His wife Patricia and two children injured as Rogers’ 1950 Ford hit a beam from a moving house on U S Highway 180. Truck owner R O Baker charged with negligent homicide.
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Florida Navy
Alfred J. Rogers
Gail
Rogers
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R. O. Baker
Seminole
Borden County
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Symington Heads Senate Probe Into Missile Progress
Sen Stuart Symington will chair a five member Senate committee to probe whether the Air Force lags Russia in guided missiles and related developments. Sen Henry Jackson and others join. Air Force Secretary Quarles rejects claims of Soviet lead and hints at more heavy bombers for SAC.
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Stuart Symington
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Russia
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Donald A. Quaknes
United States
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Strategic Air Command
Quarles
New York University Business Administration
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Truman
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Sam Ervin
D-Nc
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
James H. Duff
R-Pa
Senate
U. S
Jackson
Odessa Pair Seeks Daughter’s Release From Girlstown Suit
A habeas corpus hearing for a 14 year old girl held at Girlstown near Whiteface was postponed by Judge Victor Lindsey. Alvin R. Allison filed the suit on behalf of the Odessa couple claiming the child is their natural daughter and has not received proper ward care. The hearing was moved to 10 a.m. next Friday due to Lindsey’s Lubbock court duties. The girl has lived at Girlstown since November 1955.
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Avalanche Journal
Morton
Odessa
Amelia Anthony
Girlstown
Victor Lindsey
72Nd District Court
Anthony
Lindsey
Lubbock
Alvin R. Allison
Levelland
Allison
Whiteface
Pharisee Cartoon Defines a Church Nickel Snob
A comic dictionary entry humorously notes that a Pharisee is a man who places a nickel in the collection plate and then complains that the church is cold. The item reflects a satirical view of religious hypocrisy in a lighthearted glossary style.
Earl Ince Jr to Seek School Board Post
Earl Ince Jr 37 raborn Lubbock native and Ince Oil Co operator filed as fourth candidate for two upcoming Board of Education seats. He attended Lubbock High, played basketball and football, studied at Texas Tech, and lives with his wife and three children at 772A 33rd. He is active in Broadway Church of Christ, the American Business Club, the Masonic Lodge, and the South Plains Coaches and Officials Assn.
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Ince Oil Co
Board of Education
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Lubbock
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
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T. F. Brown
Broadway Church of Christ
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American Business Club
Masonic Lodge
South Plains
East Germany Rail Disaster Kills 35, Injures 40
A double engined freight train collided with a passenger train in Communist East Germany. At least 35 people died and 40 were seriously injured in the fatal crash, described as the worst rail disaster in the region in years.
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Berlin
East Germany
Hunt For Woman's Body Planned Today
Plainview February 25 Special. A body search to prove a murder will be conducted Sunday by 75 horsemen in Lamb County sandhills between Olton and Spade, near the Hale County farm home of Andrea Phares who disappeared May 4. Hale County Sheriff Ted Andrews and Texas Rangers will head the effort with deputies from Hale Lamb and Hockley counties and the Petersburg Riding Club participating.
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Plainview
Lamb County
Jetween Olton
Spade
Hale County
Andrea Phares
Ted Andrews
Texas Rangers
Hale
Lamb
County Spelling Bee Champs To Be Named This Week
In the final week of 1956 county spelling bees thirteen champions will be named this week to enter the Tub bock Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee March 17. About 2 000 students have spelled in school bees and a champion will be named from each of 14 counties. Bailey County champion was chosen Friday. The county bees will spell at 1 30 p m March 17 at O L Slaton Junior High School Auditorium. The winner goes to National Snelling Bee Week in Washington D C in May with expenses paid by the Avalanche Journal.
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Opal Dixon Avalanche-Journal
Tubbock Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal
O. L. Slaton
Washington, D. C
Avalanche Journal
Dust storm halts six flights over Lubbock with low visibility
Six scheduled airline flights failed to land in Lubbock Friday night as civil aviation officials cited low visibility of about a half mile and winds from 45 to 50 mph with gusts up to 60. Braniff International and Continental Air Lines were involved. three Braniff flights from Dallas could not land, one went to Amarillo, two returned to Dallas.
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Dallas
Continental Air Lines Inc
al See
Dust Storm Sweeps Texas as Winds Died Down
The duster region across Texas faded into the Gulf as winds eased and small craft faced pounding seas. In Lubbock residents cleaned sidewalks with forecasts of more dust, while Texas Tech reported gusts to 82 mph late Friday night, the highest since 1951.
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G. F. Warn
Texas Tech Geology Department
Tech Geology
Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock Area
Partly cloudy and mild with moderate blowing dust. Today's high near 67 and a morning low around 25. Winds from the southwest at 10 to 15 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
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Gulf of Mexico
Texas
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