Winds On Catalina Smash Boats Injure Six On Resort Isle
Gale force winds from Nevada deserts lashed Avalon California sweeping weekend sailors. Fourteen pleasure craft were wrecked and a 1 000 foot seawall cracked. Six people injured including Mrs Orbach with a fractured hip. Among those rescued were actress June Lockhart and her husband John Lindsay and Superior Court Judge Edward Brand. Harry V ch, 40, of Newport Beach, may be lost after being swept from a power cruiser with his wife and son aboard. Weather Bureau warned more winds to come.
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Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Calif
Nevada
Pacific
Los Angeles
U. S. Weather Bureau
Joe Scovel
June Lockhart
John Lindsay
Superior Court
Edward Brand
Harry V. Ch
Newport Beach
Betty Jean
Michael
Orbach
Judge Brand
Catalina
Plane Crash Fatal to Couple Near Mustang, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma City couple died when their single engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed during an attempted instrument landing two miles north of Mustang. Emmett R. Morris, 54, president of Morris Aviation Enterprises, Inc., and his wife Helen were killed. Debris covered a 100 yard field as the plane broke apart after disappearing from radar for more than two hours.
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Oklahoma City
Here
Mustang
Emmett R. Morris
Morris Aviation Enterprises, Inc
Helen
Retired Bank Official Lewis Ellis Dies
Lewis C. Ellis, long associated with the Lubbock National Bank, died at 5:40 a.m. at his home. He had retired in December and previously served as vice president from about 1920 and later managed oil lease rentals. He was educated in a rural school and completed a business course in a Waco college.
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Ane Co
Ellis
Waco Busines College
Fee
Five New Directors Named to Lubbock Chamber slate
Five members were chosen as six year directors of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development. The new directors are Clem Waverie Wayne Finnell Loyd Lanotte Clyde Owens and Chas A Guy. Balloting totaled over 1100 ballots with 20 nominees on the list.
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Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and
Board of City Development
Clem Waverie
Furr’s, Inc
Wayne Finnell
Lubbock W National Bank
Loyd Lanotte
T.I M.E., Inc
Clyde Owens
Tnm&o Coaches, Inc
Chas. A. Guy
Avalanche-Journal
Rebels Kidnap U S Official Near Saigon
Viet Cong abducted American civilian official Douglas Pembey 28 from Boulder City while he traveled with a South Vietnamese driver northwest of Cu Chi. Pembey, assistant province representative for the U S mission, was marched into the jungle with hands raised. The driver was lightly wounded and escaped.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Trung Lap
Douglas Pembey
Boulder City
U.S
Cu Chi
Ramsey
Burglars Busy Across City Amid Weekend Thefts
City police investigated multiple burglaries and vandalism cases over the weekend. A half ton pickup was stolen from Hufstedler Farm Equipment and loaded with wheels from Auto Accessory Center. Other break ins included Seven-Eleven Food Store and a truck at Anglia Catering Service, with various items reported missing.
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E. K
Hufstedler Farm Equipment I Co
Ave. H
Texas Ave
19Th St
Anglia Cathering Service
Brownfield Hwy
Gladys Gaines
Ave. D
NO FRIENDS NO BUSINESS GROCER HELPED OFFICER
New York AP report notes a heroic grocer who aided an officer faced social ostracism after assisting Siegel. The account mentions Negron and a two week lay in the events surrounding the incident.
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New York
APD
Sted
Negron
Siegel
Elf
Drivers Warned Of Icing
Cold air moved into Texas bringing near zero readings in the upper Panhandle and snow with a threat of freezing rain elsewhere. Ice formed on bridges in Crockett Reagan Glasscock Sterling Iraan Coke and Tom Green counties as snow spread from Dalhart to Abilene and beyond.
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Associated Press
Texas
Upper Panhandle
Abilene
San Angelo
Pecos
Bonham
Paris
Red River Valley
State Highway Department
Crockett
Reagan
Glasscock
Sterling
Iraan
Coke
Tom Green
Dalhart Big Spring
Midland
Panhandle
South Plains
Borger-Pampa
Clarendon
Tulsa
Olton
Dalhart
Lubbock and Childress
Wichita Falls
Panhanve
Lubbock Weather Stallion
Lubbock County
California
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Big Spring
Rio Grande
Weaver Confirmed as Housing Secretary in Senate Voice Vote
The Senate confirmed Robert C. Weaver of New York to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The nomination, approved unanimously by the Banking Committee, was fast tracked by a voice vote, with the chamber waiving its rules for immediate action. Weaver becomes the first person of color to serve in the Cabinet.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
New York
Council stalls on 15th Street College Ave highrise decision
A council meeting left the fate of a 15th Street and College Avenue highrise unclear after disapproving a project it had earlier approved. Proponents and opponents clash over the vote and status, with the earlier approval still on the books and no clear position emerging.
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15Th Street
College Avenue
Drifter confesses to coed slaying in Idaho desert
William H. Butler, 23, a Jersey City ex sailor with a troubled past, signed a 12 page statement admitting strangling Barbara Jean Dixon, 20, of Evanston Illinois, near Boise Idaho after a jealous confrontation. He walked to a downtown Chicago police terminal and confessed within 12 hours.
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Chicago
UPI
Ving
William H. Butler
Jersey City
N.J
Barbara Jean Dixon
Boise
Idaho
Miss Dixon
Evanston
Butler
Jersey
Boise College
Las Vegas
Nev
Dixon
Two Men Dead In Wrecked Car Near Kaufman
Deputy sheriff found two Dallas men dead from exposure on the west edge of Kaufman shortly after dawn. The victims were Adelino Canterino Games, 19, and James G. Matthews, 20, who had left Dallas early Saturday for an outing.
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Dallas
Kaufman
Here
Adelino Canterino Games
James G. Matthews
Mossler Trial Opens in Miami With Jury Selection
Miami AP reports the Mossler family case opening procedures as Circuit Judge George Schulz indicates a week-long trial will proceed after excusing one juror who pleaded while others questioned. The proceedings focus on Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers amid ongoing jury selection.
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Miami, Fla
Dace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
George Schulz
Beck
Kidney transplant debate echoes in Detroit
A garbled Detroit AP item hints at a patient named James Fitch facing a kidney failure risk. The text shows fragments of doctor and patient exchange about taking a chance on a transplant and timing for risk, with unclear surrounding details.
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Detroit
James Fitch
Chance Fitch
Lett
Wayne
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Lewis C. Ellis
O. Brandon Hall
W. G. McMillan Jr
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