Light Rains Drench Plains Amid Flood Fears
Heavy rainfall across the South Plains dumped four inches in Odessa and over 5 inches in 24 hours, flooding buildings and closing US Highway 80 between Midland and Odessa. Ten residents, including a Weather Bureau chief, reported funnel cloud sightings near Lubbock, though the cloud did not touch ground.
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Odessa
Oil City
U.S
Midland
Lubbock
Senate
Weather Bureau
Harold Frost
South Plains
Woodrow
Wilson
Tahoka-O' Donnell
Brownfield
Dawson County
$30 Million Loss Fire Tears Through Pentagon Data Center
A Pentagon blaze damaged Air Force computing equipment and about 7,000 magnetic tapes, destroying records: officials say most data involved personnel matters with some installation and operations details. About 30,000 workers were sent home as 300 firefighters contained the fire at the sprawling building.
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Elton
Fay Ashington
Air Force
Pentagon
Washington Post
Hospisel I S
Defense Department
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
America
Armed Services
Allington
Potomac’ River
Washington
Air Force Statistical Center
Airy Force
Woman Is Given Death for Murder in Ohio
In Cincinnati a criminal court jury sentenced Edythe Klumpp to die in the electric chair for the murder of Louise Bergen. Six men and six women returned the guilty verdict with no mercy recommended. The defendant showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Edythe Klumpp
Louise Bergen
City Bans Nondomestic Animals Amid Blitz Controversy
Montclair's Town Commission passed an ordinance banning nondomestic animals, forcing Miss Height to sell her one year old cheetah Blitz. She defends Blitz as domesticated while critics cite attacks and safety concerns. The rule takes effect next month.
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The
Reney Press
Montclatin
Miss Height
Blitz
Governor Long Moves to Baton Rouge Amid Heart Tests
Gov Bart Long left Covington motel and traveled toward Baton Rouge where an electrocardiogram was reported planned for his heart. He refused to answer reporters at the Roosevelt Hotel and prepared to campaign for reelection with a tour through several towns before a beauty pageant in Lake Providence.
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James. Melwan
Orleans
Bart K. Long
Covington
Long
Roosevelt Hotel
Associated Press
Ville’ Platte
Eunice
Cameron J
Lake Arthur
Lake Providence
Roosevelt
Haberdasners
Senate House clash over tax bill sparks conference
State senators approved a 280 million tax bill but the House killed it 107 to 5, prompting a joint conference committee. The panel began work after a brief adjournment as leaders named House and Senate members to negotiate the measure, with minor changes noted and no snuff tax added.
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Siles Vines
Joint Conference Committee
House
Pan
Ata State
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Wardlow Lane
Davie Willis
Fort Worth
House-Senate
Waggoner Carr
House Confernes
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Frates
Seeheeson
Elderly Lubbock Man Beaten and Robbed at Home
A 70-year-old Lubbock man was assaulted and robbed Thursday afternoon by a man who loomed over his bed. The suspect fled after the victim yelled for help. two men were arrested nearby within an hour. Walter Thomas Fulcher of Hamilton and a 28-year-old Amarillo man were booked on robbery and vagary charges respectively.
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Lubbock
Thomas
Earl
Flake
Skeet) Forrester
Forrester
Walter Thomas
Buck) Fulcher
Hamilton
Amavilla
Belgrade Parliament Approves Weekly Holidays for Convicts
Yugoslav parliament this week adopted a law granting each convict a holiday two a week every year. The measure aims to provide rest periods and improve welfare for prison inmates awaiting release or parole.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Four Tulsans Die in Tulsa Plane Crash
The Tulsa oil firm president David Alex Garvick aged 48 and vice president William Gibson Wood aged 44, pilot Ward Fletcher Rogers aged 30, and Harry J. Richey were all killed when their twin engine plane crashed. An 11 year old boy was critically injured and Garvick’s son suffered multiple fractures and severe injuries requiring surgery.
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Springfield
Iap
Tulsa
David Alex Garvick
William Gibson Wood
Dward Fletcher Rogers
Harry J. Richey
Garrick
Dictionary Worker Cartoon Punches Burden of Trouble
A comic caption defines a dictionary worker as a person who always borrows trouble and is generous about sharing. The quip reflects a lighthearted take on everyday burdens in the workplace.
Texas Insurance Board approves nationwide rate cuts
The Texas State Board of Insurance announced a new rate schedule cutting comprehensive coverage and collision rates up to 16 percent in Gulf Coast counties and overhauling deductibles. A typical Texas driver in Waco would save from 120 to 107 dollars on full insurance packages, with statewide premium reductions estimated around 22 million dollars from 266 million.
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United Press International
Texas
State Board of Insurance
Minn
Waco
Comprehensive
Gulf Coast
Western
Northwestern
Panhandle Coun ‘Ies
Pair Arrests In $12 Million Canadian Theft
Pittsburgh report says two men from New Kensington and Fort Lauderdale were arrested as partners in a Canada to Florida theft scheme involving Canada government bonds jewelry cash and a Swiss bank fraud. The two Canadians named by federal prosecutors joined in the case stemming from a Brockville Ontario bank theft. A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted the group on charges including aid abetting wire communications and defrauding a Swiss bank in a related scheme involving stolen Canadian government bonds.
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Peited
Pittsburgh
New Ken
Head
Fla
Awere ' Uel Manndrino
New Kensington
King
Pittsbuteh
Norman Rothman
Siside
Ope
Cuba
Chicax
Brockville Trust and Savings Co
Brockville
Ontario
Mannarino
Rothman
William W. Rabin
Chicago
Rabin
Daniel Sounds Warning On DWI Licenses
Gov. Price Daniel warned that persons convicted of driving while intoxicated will have their driver's license suspended with no hope of restoration, signaling strict enforcement of DWI penalties.
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Daniel Sounds
Austin
UPD
Price Daniel
Edi
Dirit
Kozlov warns USSR will meet force with force over Berlin
Soviet Deputy See Bal Kozlov renewed demands for Moscow's plan to make West Berlin a free city and warned Washington and its allies that force would be met with force if military action occurred. He spoke on television amid talks in Washington and rejected any Western concession, signaling no change in Moscow's position.
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Bal R. Kovlov
Soviet Union
Berlin
Kozlov
Moscow
Kremlin
West Berlin
Ussr
East Germany
Downs Town
White House
United States
Weather Map Page Lubbock Vie Cloudy Warmer with Showers
Weather map page reports cloudy conditions for Lubbock and Vie with warmer temperatures and a chance of showers this afternoon. Southerly wind 19 to 25 miles per hour. Low temps this morning, higher this afternoon.
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Lubbock
Vie
Southerby
Hay
Fay - Fk
Mhetithvas
Sipura
Masini
Dla Vevey
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