Atomic Blast In Nevada Felt In Four States
A bright sunburst blast from Nevada testing grounds was seen heard and felt across four states. The AEC called it one of its periodic tests and described it as a dry run to test low order nuclear bursts. The event shook Las Vegas Cedar City Pioche and Indian Springs with windows rattling and a reported flash.
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Nevada
Associated Press
Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
AEC
Washington
Cedar City
Utah
United States
Civilization
Alamogordo
S. M
Japan
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
Truman
INS
Roy Orr
Lincoln County
Pioche
Indian Springs
Orr
Wayne McDorman
Bell Agrees To Truce In Phone Dispute
Rural telephone cooperatives announce plans to offer service to all area farmers and expect Bell Telephone to pause activities until a Friday meeting. Leaders from Plainview Hereford and South Plains foresee a settlement after Washington talks with government officials and Bell reps. A large farm meeting is planned for February 5 at the old South Plains Army Airfield.
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Area Telephone Co-Ops
Moan
Lubbock Municipal Airport
Washington
Goeco-Op
Bell Telephone Company
Raymond Aikin
Hale County Farm Bureau
Melvin Glantz
Plainview
Leo Free
Deaf
South Plains
Bell
Area Rural Telephone Co-Operatives
South Plains Cooperative Telephone
Leo C. Forrest
Smith County
Hereford
Glantz
Lubbock Municipal
REA
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Old South Plains Army
Senate panel backs draft revisions to induct older and nonveteran men
Senator Johnson urged 4-F and non veteran husbands be inducted before 18 year olds if a draft is used. He favors delaying blanket 18 year old drafts and extending service to 27 months while hearings review lowering the age from 19 to 18.
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Internationsl News Service
Ashington
Senate War Preparedness
Johnson
Texas
Senate
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Hiss seeks Supreme Court bid to quash perjury conviction
Alger Hiss asks the Supreme Court to overturn his perjury conviction in the Hiss Chambers espionage case. He contends insufficient evidence and prejudicial error in the lower court. Hiss, a former State Department official, was sentenced to ten years for lying about passing secret information.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Supreme Court
Hiss- Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Shallowater and South Plains News Overview
The page citations list local sections and page numbers across Shallowater and South Plains outlets. Highlights include tech judging notes, an editorial page, city radio feature, farm and oil news, and church coverage across Sections 1, 4, and 5 with pages ranging from 4 to 10.
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Radio
South Plains Farm News
South Plains Oil News
Bevin Shows Small Improvement Amid Pneumonia
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, stricken with pneumonia, shows a little improvement according to his physician tonight.
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Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Area May Get Four House Seats In Texas Redistricting
State Senator Kilmer B. Corbin predicts a new senatorial district of 12 to 14 counties between the South Plains and upper Panhandle as Texas lawmakers redraw districts. He says the South Plains may gain four or five new House seats from the 30th district area, with poll tax payments as a guiding issue.
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Panhandle Plains
C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Upper Panhandle
Texas
Kilmer B. Corbin
Corbin
Senate
el Sion
Lubbock County
Airman killed crossing highway near Reese AFB
Sgt. Lawrence J. Gaspard 25 of Crowley La was killed instantly when struck by a car at the Levelland highway entrance to Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock. Nine others were injured in area crashes. two near Hale Center and seven in Lubbock. Cecil Carl Allford of Shallowater drove east and claimed he did not brake until impact. Gaspard lived on postal Route 5 Carlisle and was a radio technician assigned to RAFB. The incident occurred about 3 p.m. Saturday.
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TAFF
Lawrence J. Gaspard
Crowley
Levelland
Lubbock
Reese Air Force Base
Hale Center
Gaspard
Cecil Carl Allford
Shallowater
Alteon
Allford
Carlisle
RAFB
Two Firms Here Are Burglarized
Burglars struck two Lubbock businesses on Saturday, stealing 12.50 in cash and about 87 dollars in merchandise from Lawrimore gas station at Eighteenth and Texas, plus motor oil and anti-freeze. Rhodes Brothers Safety Center at 615 Ave H lost 60 dollars worth of red upholstery leather. both break-ins involved broken rear windows. Three Lubbock juveniles held by Vernon police over a separate car theft will be returned to Lubbock.
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Lubbock
Lawrimore
Eighteenth
Texas
Pete Thompson
Rhodes Brothers Safety Center
Ave. H
Vernon
John
Pleven to Begin Talks With Truman on Indo China Aid
French Premier Rene Pleven arrives in New York en route to Washington to press President Truman for a statement of U S backing for France against Communism in Indo China. Officials expect informal assurances of military supplies and diplomatic support but no U S troop commitment.
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Washington
Rene Pleven
Truman
America
France
Indo-China
Plevens
Southeast Asia
Pleven
U. S
Korea
Europe
Paris
New York
Air France
Truman Tells Senate Leaders of Heavier Taxes Plan
President Truman met with Senate Democratic Policy committee leaders at Blair House in a two hour, highly secret session to outline plans for substantially higher taxes and emergency measures to confront Communist Russia. A special message to Congress asking 16.5 to 20 billion dollars in new taxes was indicated for next month.
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Felix Cottenins
Ashington
Truman
Senate
Blair House
Russia
Democratic Policy Committee
White House
Congress
Joseph Short
Body Of Tattooed Man Found In Pit
The unidentified man was beaten and shot, found in an abandoned grave pit near Big Spring. Justice of the Peace Leonard noted murder likelihood. Sheriff Bruton described head injuries and a bullet wound at the back of the head. Tattoos read "Mom and Pop" and "Laura" on arms and "Bussy" with an "S" on the hand.
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Big Spring
Justice of the Peace
W. O. Leonard
Jake Bruton
Bruton
Mom and Pop
Laura
Cold Weather To Blanket Most Of State
A slow moving Arctic air mass swept into the region Saturday afternoon, driving temperatures from 51 at 4 pm to freezing by 7 pm and predicting a low near 10 Monday morning. Snow flurries were possible early today, with a 20 degree reading by 1:15 am and winds up to 25 mph. A Mexican itinerant farm worker, Heronario Trejo, died from carbon monoxide exposure during the cold spell. his son survived. The cold front was expected to ease but freezing temperatures would continue through Tuesday and possibly bring more flurries.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Heronario Trejo
Saturuan
A. Duran
Juan
Weather Bureau
Alaska
Austin Rejects Arab Asian Plan at United Nations
American Delegate Warren R. Austin rejected Arab-Asian proposals for a conference with Red China on the Far East and Korea. He urged an immediate UN verdict that Red China is an aggressor and said this would not trigger American bombing of Chinese territory. The UN committee adjourned for more debate on Monday.
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Austin
United Nations
Red China
Korea
United States
Douglas Lee
U.S
Allied Push Advances Against Reds Near Seoul
UN forces moved northward along the western front with patrols probing within 11 miles of Seoul on the third day of the offensive. Despite slow progress, UN units advanced from 13 miles south of Seoul as Red forces mounted increasing pressure in the center of the 40 mile front.
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Robert Eunson
Associated Press
Sheehee
United Nations
Seoul
U. S. Eighth Army
Jim Becker
Western Front
Kumyangjang
Ichon
Tahoka Man Helps Hitchhiker After Shootout Escape
Tahoka mechanic Lee B Archer, 58, who escaped a gunman during a Dec 30 incident, recounts helping a hitchhiker near Lawton Oklahoma while returning from Oklahoma City grand jury testimony related to the Mosser family murder case. In the same report Allied forces face limited counterattacks as UN troops push forward in Korea.
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Lee B. Archer
Tahoka
Bill Cook
Archer
Tohoka
Oklahoma City
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Lawton
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cook
East Broadway
Mossers
Joplin
Tahoka Man
Early thaw eyed in price wage freeze overhaul
Harassed officials moved to ease the rigid new price wage freeze with anticipated amendments next week. John H. Hoover resigned as enforcer amid claims of political interference, while stabilizers planned general control orders to ease hardship and address coal pay boosts for John L. Lewis.
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John B. Owen
Associated Press
Ashington
John L. Lewis
John H. Hoover
Right of Way Meeting On North College Avenue planned
City and state officials prepare to widen East Nineteenth Street and Avenue A south of East Broadway. Steve Matthews will testify to urge state backing for the project while the City Commission discusses acquiring unse cured right of way. If state funds are granted the street will be designated a system thoroughfare, offsetting most costs for property owners along the corridor. The proposal covers North College from Fourth Street northward to the See STUDY OF Page 13.
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College Avenue
H. L Kiefer
Avalanche-Journal
Steve Matthews
East Nineteenth Street
Avenue A
East Broadway
North College
Fourth Street
Weather report for Lubbock area with cold, snow flurries
Much colder today with partly cloudy skies and a few snow flurries this morning. The high around 30 degrees and the low near 23 degrees. Monday will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer in the afternoon with various time marks and temperatures recorded and the sun rising around 6 14 a m.
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Lubbock
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Naure
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Avalanche
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Heart Fund
Cam
Ima
Today’s Church News
Rafe Airman
Hitchhiker
Tanyang
Eighth Army
Inchon
Pyongchang
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