Death Toll Rises On South Plains Holiday Roads
A pre-dawn head on collision near Idalou killed two and injured 11 during the July Fourth weekend. Among the dead were A/3C James W. Morris and his aunt Ernestine Morris Davis. Several others remained hospitalized or seriously hurt, as Highway Patrol units increased road coverage across the area. The crash marks the third and fourth deaths in three days on South Plains highways. Page 10 references continue.
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Fort Worth
Carroll Davis
Ernestine Davis
Irma Morris
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Flood Toll Figures Reach 200 At Piedras Negras Across Border
The Associated Press reports a Mexican informant says 200 flood victims identified and buried in Piedras Negras across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass Texas. Officials have denied the higher figure though census efforts to count dead and missing may begin tomorrow.
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Coahuila
Piedras Negras
Robert H. Johnson Jr
Texas
Dallas
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Johnson
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Lehmann
Holiday Toll Soars Across Nation On July Fourth
Holiday traffic deaths climb to 124 with 87 in car crashes and 20 drownings. Texas tally reaches seven with 31 expected. several drownings and a suffocation death raise violent toll to 10. Family of four killed in crash near Mahwah. National Safety Council predicts 420 more traffic deaths before midnight Monday. Weather disruption and thunderstorms affect travel as 40 million cars on the road. Local Chicago crash injures 17 as a street car short circuit amid flooded streets.
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National Safety Council
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Midwest
Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Benson Attacks Rigid Farm Price Supports
Secretary of Agriculture Benson argues against rigid price supports saying they distort resource use and create wealth illusion for farmers. He spoke at the Queen Isabella Causeway dedication with Spanis h Ambassador Don Jose Felix de LeQuerica as ribbon cutter and proposed a flexible program.
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Tollgate
Refugees Find New Life In Lubbock On July Fourth
In Lubbock a paperbound booklet from the Immigration Service guides new arrivals toward citizenship on Independence Day. Fritz Jakobsmeier, a watchmaker at Reese Air Force Base, plans a quiet yard celebration reflecting on loss, history, and freedom as he remembers wartime service and his journey from Germany to America.
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Jakobsmeiers
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Bottrop
Westphalia
Rhine
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Munich
Hitler Jugend
Afrika Korps
America
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Germany
Julia
Gabriele
Declaration ink fades yet fame endures at archives
A faded National Archives display shows John Hancock’s signature on the Declaration of Independence. Historians note the enduring words “We hold these truths to be self evident” despite ink fading after 178 years. The piece recalls the colonies’ push for independence and references See INDEPENDENCE Page 10. Meanwhile a Tetuan bus disaster in Spanish Morocco leaves 17 dead and 29 injured after plunging into a 150 foot ravine between Uadlau and Tetuan.
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John Hancock
King George
National Archives
A. J. Beveridge
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Spanish Morocco
Uadlau
West splits over Red China entry to United Nations
The United States rejects Red China admission arguing it is not committed to peace while Adlai Stevenson doubts a two thirds Assembly vote will be reached. Britain signals support for admission next fall despite allied and domestic pressure.
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United States
Independence Day Celebrations Across Lubbock and South Plains
Crowds gather for picnics reunions and fireworks with Reese Air Force Base staging a large display and Mackenzie State Park expected to draw over 26 000 people. A deadly head on collision near Idalou and a statewide safety warning from the Texas Highway Patrol punctuate the holiday observance as Belton hosts one of the region s oldest rodeos and political events.
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Idalou
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Belton
I Was the Target Exposé From Reds in U S
The Avalanche Journal reprints an American Legion Magazine Readers Digest piece titled I Was the Target by Rep Gordon Scherer of Ohio. It presents subversives and a master mind directing investigations in plain terms. The article aims to strengthen individual patriotism on Independence Day.
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American Legion Magazine
Reader's Digest
Avalanche-Journal
Gordon Scherer
Ohio
Millionth citizen named in Houston ceremony
Barney Clifton McCasland Jr. 36, Houston's millionth citizen, is district geologist for Tide Lands operations at Cities Service Oil Co. A Coleman County native and Texas Tech 1938 graduate, he received about 10 000 in gifts including a new car and a two week tour of other U S cities with populations of a million or more. His parents live in Lubbock.
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Tidelands
Cities Service Oil Co
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Coleman County
Texas Tech
U.S
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Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
McCasland Jr
Frances Tyler
Pecos
Avalanche and Journal circulation notice
Dial 3-4343 Ask For CIRCULATION berr. Don’t miss copy of the Avalanche or Journal while you’re away.
Good Morning South Plains Page 7 News
A brief southwest regional page 7 item notes the morning publication of regional news items. It highlights local updates and community notices in the South Plains area.
Jenkins declines run for U S Senate in Tennessee
Knoxville July 3 Ray H Jenkins a lawyer who led the Arm McCarthy hearings for the Senate Investigations subcommittee said he will not run for the United States Senate. He stated I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate and that the decision has not been an easy one.
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Ray H. Jenkins
McCarthy
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U. S. Senate
United States Senate
Jenkins
Guatemala City Greets Rebels as Firing Squad Executes Judge
In Guatemala City the anti-Communist regime troops arrived to drum up support for their campaign against Reds. A former Communist judge, implicated in past assassinations, was executed by firing squad in the capital’s prison yard.
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Guatemala
Romulo Reyes Flores
Carlos Castillo Armas
Elfego H. Monzon
Castillo
ARMAS
Two Ralls Men Hurt In Crash Near Slaton
Two Ralls men were injured three miles north of Slaton when their car veered off a county road into a 2 foot draw. Murry E. Parker, 53, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations and was in serious condition at Mercy Hospital in Slaton. Driver T. W. James, 40, had a broken collar bone and was treated and released.
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Old Fiddlers At Hale Center Draw Big Crowd
Eck Robertson from Amarillo headlines the Hale Center Old Fiddlers Contest finishing in the open division after a belated start. Major Franklin of Muleshoe and Benny Thomason of Arlington joined him in the finals as about 10,000 spectators filled Hale Center city park. Robertson, RCA Victor recording star, played the old time style while Thomason and Franklin impressed with newer fiddle traditions.
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the-Journal Statt
ALE Center
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Hale Center
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Vicinity
General fair conditions prevail with little change in temperature. Low around 60 and high near 93 today. Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph with records of recent highs and humidities noted.
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