Hooded trio robs Plainview gas station for 63 dollars
Three young masked men brandishing a toy pistol robbed Lonnie and Tom’s 66 station at 10th and Colgate in Plainview. They took about 63.50 in cash before fleeing, leaving attendant J W Mannell shaken and the phone line cut. Police chased leads as the South Plains saw its 18th armed robbery since November.
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Jim Seaver
Avalanche-Journal
Nother
South Plains
Reese Afb
Plainview
J. W. Mannell
Lonnie
Tom
10Th
Colgate
M Sanday
Maxwell
21 Killed In Five Tragic House Fires
A rash of fires across the East Sunday killed at least 21 people, 18 of them children. Fatalities occurred in South Bend Indiana Marion Indiana Tompkinsville Kentucky Manning South Carolina Dallas and Knoxville with gas heater and stove malfunctions cited as causes.
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Caled Press International
South Bend
Ind
Marion
Tompkinsville
J. B. Maxeys
Maxey
Rioting Algerian settlers challenge De Gaulle in Algiers violence
In Algiers a right wing uprising erupts as settlers seize blocks, police battle rebels, and casualties rise. At least 20 dead and 169 injured include eight police. Paris imposes a state of siege and bans public meetings as De Gaulle orders settlers to return to the nation.
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Charles de Gaulle
Iity
Paris
France
de Gaulle
Algeria
Maurice Challe
Michel Debre
North African
University of
Jacques Susini
Joseph Lee
Crash Kills Impersonator in Jamaica Plane Disaster
Police confirmed one of 37 victims in the Montego Bay crash was an impersonator who used Jaime Ruiz to board the flight. Ruiz remains listed as dead but is alive and en route to Bogota to resolve the mix up. The impersonator, Mario Campusano of Colombia, borrowed Ruiz’s passport to depart New York for Colombia. Campusano’s body was identified by his brother on a flight from Colombia to Kingston.
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Kingston
Jamaica
UPD
Montego Bay
Jaime Ruiz
Ruiz
United States
Bogota
Mario Campusano
Campusano
New York
Colomba
Ocean Liner and Tanker Collide Off Portsmouth
The 6125 ton American liner Santa Alicia and the 11000 ton Norwegian tanker Dorm collided off Portsmouth England early Monday. Initial reports indicated no casualties on either vessel.
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England
Portsmouth
Hammarskjold and BuncheArrive in Rabat for 3 day visit
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and his aide Dr. Ralph Bunche arrived in Rabat Morocco on Sunday for a three day visit.
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Morocco
Rabat
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Ralph Bunche
Private Eye Exposes Beatnik Scene In San Francisco
Robert Estes, a 23 year old private investigator, spent five months among beatniks at marijuana parties sex orgies and robberies. He helped cops round up 30 narcotics suspects and now calls beatniks dirty lazy bums and crooks noting many smoke weed.
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Associated Pres
Wan Francisco
Robert Estes
Estes
North Beach
Matthew O'Connor
San Francisco
Sco Beatniks
Four Unidentified Planes Sighted Over Havana
Four unknown light planes were reported flying low over eastern Havana Saturday night, police said Sunday. The Cuban air force denied any aircraft in the area at the time. The city has seen a pattern of mysterious flights in recent months.
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Havana
Cuban Air Force
Nine Police Die in Africa Clash at Cato Manor
In Durban area Cato Manor, nine policemen were killed when hundreds attacked a patrol conducting a search for illicit liquor. Four officers were white and five African, with reinforcements arriving to quell the unrest. The violence marks the first major flare since August.
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Durban
South Africa
Cato Manor
Newsmen on the Rim New AP editors tour plant
New officers of the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association toured the Avalanche-Journal plant Sunday afternoon. John Ellis, vice president of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, is shown looking over the shoulder of William Latham.
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RIM
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Assn
Avalanche-Journal
John Ellis
The
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
William Latham
Herter Gets Cuba Data From Bonsal at Home
Secretary of State Christian Herter received a first hand briefing on Cuba from Ambassador Bonsal at his Georgetown home. Assistant Secretary Rubottom joined for a 14% hour session, a preliminary talk to be continued Monday at the State Department. The officials avoided details amid signs of grave concern over Cuban developments.
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Ashington
Christian A. Herter
Philip W. Bonsal
U. S
Havana
Washington
Herter
Roy R. Rubottom
inter-American Affairs
Georgetown
Rubottom
State Department
Bonsal
New York
John Foster Dulles
Herters
Editors Hear Trust Essential To Newspaper Success
Kenneth May reports at the Texas APME convention that reader trust rests on accuracy completeness and fairness. Steven urges editors to earn confidence as readers call a paper my newspaper. Latham elected 1960 Texas APME president with Elis Hester Kilpatrick and Dozier in key posts. Poll tax worry noted by Dave Cheavens as editors tour Tech and local sites.
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Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Assn
Stevens
Steven
Caprock
APME
Tony
William Latham
el Paso Times
Texas Apme
John Elis
The
Fort Worth
Berore
Texas Tech
Auditorium Coliseum
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Cham
Texas Tech Foundation receipts total 492878 for 1959
The Texas Tech Foundation reported 1959 receipts of 492878, an 84 percent increase from prior records. Gifts supported Jones Stadium expansion, scholarships, student loans, research, library work and campus facilities, including a 45000 grant from Plains Cotton Growers for a new Textile Building wing and a 25000 grant from the Amon G Carter Foundation for a Jones Stadium trophy room.
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Texas Tech Foundation
W. H. Butterfield
iTech
Jones Stadium
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Amon G. Carter Foundation of
Fort Worth
Father Irked as Granny Blocks Gambles Daughter Access
Dr James Douglass Sharpe, father of Gamble Benedict, was refused permission to see his daughter at the Benedict home. Gamble, 19, was brought back from Paris by her brother Douglas and a family lawyer after a four week sojourn with a married Romanian lover. Sharpe, custody holder for Gamble and her brother since 1946, said the scene at Idlewild Airport showed Gamble’s happiness to see him.
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Associated Press
New York
Gamble Benedict
Paris
James Douglass Sharpe
East Side
Manhattan
Gamble
Katherine Geddes Benedict
Comic Dictionary Joke Turns On Husband
A light editorial note defines husband as a man who, after adjusting to his wife’s appearance, finds the style changes. The quip reflects a daily humor tone in the newspaper’s features section.
Arms Plan Defended By United Press Internationals
United States officials led by Air Force Secretary Dudley Sharp defended the administration’s missile program and budget aims. Sharp said Atlas missiles could be strengthened to match Moscow’s claimed range and that Russia is producing fewer intercontinental missiles than earlier estimates. Budget Director Lee White joined the defense amid Democratic criticism voiced at a Saturday dinner.
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United Press
VV Alington
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
GOP
Sharp
Eisenhower
U.S
Moscow
Pacific
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Russia
Lee
Diamond drill reaches toward trapped miners in South Africa
In Oalbrook South Africa a giant high speed diamond drill began boring a 4 inch bore toward 440 miners and 70 horses trapped 500 feet below in the Clydesdale coal mine. Rescue efforts paused after a rock fall, seven scouts were sent down but found no path to safety. Drilling foreman Dave Mackenzie said the bit had sunk 55 feet by afternoon and would take about 40 hours to reach the men.
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United Press International
Oalbrook
South Africa
Clydesdale
Dave Mackenzie
Carr to File for Texas Attorney General Race
Speaker Waggoner Carr of the Texas House announced he would formally file today for attorney general of Texas at the State Democratic Headquarters in Austin. His official candidacy will appear on the May 7 Democratic Primary ballot as the lone challenger to incumbent Will Wilson who seeks re election.
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Waggoner Carr
Texas House of Representatives
Texas
Carr
Democratic
Austin
Will Wilson
Weather Map Hourly Values for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer for Lubbock with a low near 21 and high around 56. Winds southerly to southwesterly 10 to 25 mph. Humidity 93 percent at noon, 40 percent at minimum, midnight 84 percent. Precipitation and temperature figures shown for Abilene Dallas Denver and other Southwestern cities.
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Dallas
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