Arlington Man Gets City Manager's Post
JERRY HALL reports J. Pitstick, 40 year city manager of Arlington since 1956, was named city manager of Lubbock at a salary of 17500 dollars per year. He succeeds H P Clifton who began duties in Abilene last Monday. Mayor Jack Strong announced the appointment at a called City Commission meeting with four commissioners present.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
J. Pitstick
Arlington
Lubbock
Pitstick
H. P. Clifton
Abilene
Jack Strong
Clifton
Strong
Rolan Simpson
Gene Alderson
Texas Municipal League
Corpus Christi
Painters Strike Looms As City Faces Heat and Storms
Commercial painters in Lubbock threaten a midnight strike over an hourly wage clause after PDCA talks stalled. The article also notes chaotic weather with two-inch to 2.7-inch rainfall totals on the South Plains, a confirmed tornado near Brownfield, and high temperatures reaching the 90s across the region.
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Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Denver City
Brownfield
Lubbock
Pitstick
Wichita
Laredo
Betas
Hale Center
Tulsa
Grassland-Lamesa
Terry County
Lamesa
Jury study possible in home loan forgery probe
The 72nd District Court grand jury, meeting next month, may hear more cases linked to forged residential loan papers involving Gov. John Connally. Dist. Atty. Alton Griffin said the probe covers six city sub-divisions and possible double contracting, with handwriting experts to review papers for possible indictments. See LOAN PROBE Page 10.
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John Connally
Iitrict
Sueemrey
Grand
Alton Griffin
Avalanche Journal
Griffin
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Hope Fades as Snow Boy Debris Found in Caribbean
The Coast Guard reports a body found by the USS Wasp in the Caribbean near Jamaica while debris from the missing Snow Boy fishing ship surfaces. Eleven aboard 40 on board, Jamaicans, included 31 fishermen and 8 crew. The ship left Kingston for Northwest Cay, 80 miles from Jamaica, under charter by Byron Hill and owned by Robert Braman of Miami.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Jamaica
Wasp
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Kingston
Northwest Cay
Louis Tole
Montego Bay
Byron Hill
Robert Braman
Island youth survives 40 days on raw potatoes
Kenneth Youngman, 13, says he endured a 40 day isolation on an unnamed Peace River island after his evangelist father left him with schoolteacher Anna Thiessen in a cabin. Flooding forced them to the roof as they waited for rescue.
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Associated Press
Ort Smith
N. W.T
Missouri
Kenneth Youngman
Alexander Youngman
Northwest Territories
Youngman
Kenneth
Anna Thiessen
Coaldale
Alta
Miss Thiessen
Glenn Seen as Ohio Senate Candidate in 1964
Rumors in Washington military circles claim Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. may leave the space program to run as the Democratic candidate for U S Senate from Ohio. Columbus sources note Sen. Stephen M. Young has unclear reelection plans for 1961. Glenn in Houston denied any contact or plans for politics, saying he is focused on the space program.
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Tenet Avalanches Journal
Ashington
John Glenn Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Glenn
U.S. Senate
Stephen M. Young
Ohio primary intrigue reshapes Kennedy strategy in 1960 plan
The piece notes a trial balloon to enter Glenn in the race as a move to bolster Kennedy's hand in Ohio. It cites a potential May GOP clash between Taft Jr and Bricker, with Young considering re election options and Bricker signaling a bid for a Senate comeback.
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Kennedy
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Young
Oheen
D. Is. Jol
Eeen
Psarly
Taft
John W. Bricker
Senate
Bricker
Fon
Second Man Hurt In Fall At Rural Highline Death
13-year-old Bobby Gene Sloan electrocuted by 240 volt highline while installing lines on a Gus Parish farm pole south of Earth. He died at Littlefield hospital after rescue attempts. Fellow worker J T South injured from fall, treated for fractures and burns. Sloan, a 1962 Springlake High School and Abilene Christian College student, leaves parents and a sister. Funeral arrangements with Parsons Funeral Home Olton.
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J. T. South
Earth
Sloan
South
Clarence Hazlett
Hap
Joan
Hazlett
Abilene Christian College
Prayer Note Seeks Shared Prayers for Calm Faith
Anonymous EMISTOR note invites readers to share prayers and wishes. The message asks for calm hearts, time to pray, meditation, and courage born from faith in Christ. The note encourages submissions up to sixty words for future reading.
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Christ
Emistor
Grim Holiday Toll Soars Across Nation
The Independence holiday traffic toll rose sharply with the National Safety Council reporting the 102 hour period likely to surpass the 1961 record of 509 deaths. Early rates were below that pace but a late surge brought the count near the record as motorists prepared for homeward travel. California led with 29 deaths, New York and Pennsylvania also high, while multiple states reported fatal accidents including two car collisions that killed five youths in Michigan and six from a West Virginia family in Ohio.
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Pom Avalanche Journal News Services
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Fhpan
California
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Holbrook
Butler
West Union
Towa
Mankita
Minn
United Press Internationais
Rail Union Balk Seen Facing Wirtz Plan Amid Talks
Washington reports indicate rail unions likely to reject a plan by Labor Secretary Wirtz as union and railroad officials meet for a crucial session. AFL CIO leaders voice objections while a “glimmer of hope” phrase surfaces as discussions continue. A related Castro-linked pipe line attack in Venezuela is noted.
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J. Gilbert
Prosser
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Glimmer of Hope
Cedar Rapids
George Skuris
Vicw
Independent Order of Railway
Labor Department
Reynolds Riises
Asl
Arecept
KALIL
Khrushchev Skips Moscow Meeting as China Talks Drag
Khrushchev left Moscow during China Russia talks in Kiev during a week end session. Diplomatic circles call his absence a snub as Soviet and Chinese delegates continued behind closed doors. Tass reported Kennedy's peace appeal, seen as a rebuff to Beijing. Negotiations focused on position papers with no disclosed pact content.
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Moscow
Nikitas Khrushchev
Peking
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Liso
Weather Map Page 11-C Near Liuthboc Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy with highs in the middle 90s and scattered thundershowers likely late afternoon into night. Winds mainly southerly 10 to 20 mph. Overnight lows around the upper 70s to 80s with continued stability and warm humid conditions.
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Nudniget
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