Wilson testimony sparks Senate clash over defense honesty
Senate critics accuse Defense Secretary Wilson of shading his assessments to aid budget aims as Sen. Stuart Symington presses a charge of inconsistency with military officers. The hearing ends its third day with Wilson denying an apology to Congress and trading pointed jibes with Sen. Jackson.
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Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Sec
Charles E. Wilson
U.S
Symington
Wilson
Armed Services
State of
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Jackson
Congress
Bee Wilson
Hubber franchise returned. Lubbock faces baseball loss
Hubber General Manager Jay Haney surrendered the Hubber Big State League franchise after failing to raise 20 thousand dollars to operate it. Sayles set Thursday 1 PM as the deadline for a new Lubbock operator. if none appears the club folds or moves. Odom said he plans no action and may sell the park, but favors keeping baseball in Lubbock if a local operator emerges.
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Charles Gillespie
Avalanche
Aseball
Lubbock
Hubber
Jay Haney
Ball Park
Warning Issued On Holiday Driving In South Plains
The Texas Highway Patrol cancels all days off to place officers on 14 hour shifts patrolling highways and using radar to curb dangerous speeding as Independence Day celebrations proceed across the area. Levelland hosts all day events Hale Center hosts country style program Buffalo Lakes sets off fireworks and Larbbock Teenage Park hosts drag racing. City and district officers coordinate inspections and licensing offices to ensure traffic safety during the holiday period.
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Levelland
Hale Center
Buffalo Lakes
Larbbock Teenage Park, Inc
Texas Highway Patrol
EF. J. Posey
Judge To Study Cotton Dispute In Amarillo Court
In Amarillo on July 3 Judge Joseph B. Dooley took the 12 West Texas cotton producers case under advisement after about two hours of testimony. The court adjourned until 9:30 a.m. July 9. Defendants won the first round by a motion to dismiss.
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Conrad Schoefer
Amarillo
West Texas
Joseph B. Dooley
Dooley
Austin Wilson
Houston
Waggoner Carr
Cotion
Total Abstainer Opines On Will Power and Talk
A satirical line in the comic dictionary mocks a total abstainer as someone who can quit drinking and smoking yet cannot stop talking about it. The joke relies on a sharp contrast between personal restraint and boastful chatter.
Crash probe finds blue paint clues in Grand Canyon disaster
Investigators report positive signs of in flight collision in the Grand Canyon crash that killed 128. Blue paint scratches were found on debris from the TWA Constellation, and United’s DC-7 carried blue markings, with rescue teams to lab test the fragments.
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Rand Canyon
Ariz
Byrd Ryland
March Afb
Calif
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles
Ryland
United
TWA
Defense steels ordered frozen for defense production
The government will freeze selective steel products needed for defense work due to a nationwide strike. The temporary order begins Friday and lasts up to two weeks, targeting stainless tubing, carbon plate, and alloy bar to keep defense construction going while non defense use is discouraged. The decision followed talks among Arthur Flemming Sinclair Weeks and defense officials.
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Washington
Defense
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Arthur Flemming
Commerce Sec
Sinclair Weeks
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Naval Aerobee Rocket Set To Fire July Fourth
The Naval Research Laboratory will launch an Aerobee Interim-Hi rocket from White Sands Proving Ground, aiming to reach nearly 100 miles high in darkness. The test, scheduled for early Wednesday, seeks clues about the night air elusive to astronomers.
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Nam
Aerobee
Naval Research Laboratory
Rmoré
Three Inches Of Rain Flood Anton Sector
Three inches of rain fell near Anton in 44 minutes around 5 p.m. flooding country roads and inundating U S Highway 84 between Anton and Littlefield. The Anton-Spade area and parts of Lamb County suffered extensive crop damage and power outages while Tann County and Floyd County reported heavy rains and hail. Local residents reported up to 800 acres hailed out and described a belt of hail stretching across the area.
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Ail
Anton-Spade
South Plains
Anton
U.S
Littlefield
Tann County
Draw
Wey
Lames
Lackley
Lamb Counties
Faron
Spade
Port Camp
Olton
Tye
Alton Lee Stone
Stone
Lee Stone
Woo Staey
Auton
Boost In Disability Pay Wins Approval
Washington July 3 a general 10 percent boost in payments to veterans for service connected disabilities won unanimous approval of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Chairman Teague called the bill moderate and said Democratic leaders favor action this session though Senate passage remains uncertain. The plan would add about 172 million dollars in the first year to disability compensation, which now totals roughly 1.8 billion annually.
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Washington
House
Veterans Affairs
Teague
Missing Woman Feared Dead In Oklahoma Kidnapping
A jilted suitor broke into the Dugecan home in Okla and hacked parents nearly to death before abducting their daughter Katherine Hudgins. Husband Pall Thadeins, an Army serviceman in Okinawa, and wife Sylvia are hospitalized. Authorities say charges of felonious assault and kidnapping will be filed. murder possible.
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Barry Culver Jecumser
Okla
Bill Dugecan
Bao Yee
Powell Shines In Coliseum Opener Dedication Show
Jane Powell tops a star packed dedication at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum as 4 500 plus crowd enjoys a Fourth of July gala. Mayor Forrest cuts the ribbon while a parade of acts led by Powell and the Winged Victory Chorus delivers applauding excitement.
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Jack Sheridan
Eforfe
Lubbock
S.S. Forrest
Miasor Forrest
Jer
Hally Wowk
Moss
Howard
Wanda Bel
Acronais
Gil Lamb
Laibbnock
Ken Kennamer
Glen
Paul Neighors
Charles R. Meeker Jr
Forrest
Lubbosk Coliseum
Dane Cowell Neighbors
Meeker
Fire sweeps four-story Worcester apartment block three-alarm
A three-alarm blaze in Worcester Massachusetts killed one man and injured between twenty and forty people, mostly firefighters. The victim’s identity was not released as the fire raged through the four-story building.
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Worchester
Mass
Weather outlook for Lubhosk area amid scattered thundershowers
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs near 957 with a low around 6 and moderate southerly winds.
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