Lightning and hail sweep plains causing farm damage
Severe storms with high winds and hail roamed across the Panhandle South Plains region Friday. Muleshoe suffered outages and crop losses while Perryton and Andrews saw fires from lightning. KMUL knocked off air by a fuse box fire. downpours drenched Perryton and Andrews reported tornado activity unseen on the ground.
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Bert Brewer
Avalanche-Journal
Panshandle-South Plains
Muleshoe
Perryton
Andrews
KMUL
Vernon Wood
Bailey County
Gil Lamb
Perrytown
Berger
May Lay Groundwork For Test Ban Talks
Envoys optimistic on starting Monday in Moscow as Big Three discuss a partial nuclear test ban. Hariman comments and Thurmond proposes halving US fissionable production to win Russian agreement. Secrecy planned, talks likely a week to 10 days with Kuznetsov or Zorin named chief negotiator.
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Rom Avisancnes Journal
Moscow
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
London
Harriman
Jeaders
Washington
Stromp Thurmond
D-Sc
United States
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sec
Dean Rusk
Virginia Bar Assa
Atlantic Uni
Vasili Kuznetsov
Valerian Zorin
Red Chinese Admit Flop in Moscow Talks
The Communist Chinese acknowledged with heavy hearts on Friday that their talks with the Soviet Union in Moscow have failed but left open the possibility of new attempts to heal the widening breach. The official People’s Daily said unity is desired, yet the situation is grave. Negotiations aimed to reconcile Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence with Mao’s tougher line, conducted by lower-level negotiators, with top leaders not present.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Peking People’s Daily
Khrushchev
Mao Tzo-Tung
Peking
Bribery Case Brings Guilty Verdict Against Rail Official
State Rail Commission engineer Murphy convicted of conspiring to bribe a coworker to falsify oil well inclination surveys in East Texas. Jurors deliberated three hours. he faces a minimum five year maximum. Mathews testified for the state, receiving $1000 via envelope from Scates of Longview. Murphy fired during last year slant hole probe.
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Murphy
East Texas
Robert W. Mathews
Mathews
E. W. Scates
Longview
Robert Smith
J. W. Tyner
Railroad Commission
Kilgore
David S. McAngus
The Arcadia Theater Robbery Stuns Lubbock Cashier
A Latin American man grabbed $22.95 from the Arcadia Theater change tray in downtown Lubbock. Police issued a lookout for two suspects in a yellow 1957 car. The cashier, Alma Gschwend, described the 6 foot tall man as about 30, who spoke of talking to his son before fleeing as a board rattled near the window. The incident occurred around 9 15 p.m. and police continue investigations. Odessa College wins a permit for an educational FM radio station on 91.3 megacycles with 5 kilowatts capacity.
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Arcadia Theater
Lubbock
Alma Gschwend
40Th St
Gschwend
Itheater
Gschwendid
College
Washington
Odessa College
West Texas
The
Communications Commission
Soap Box Derby Inspection Day Opens Racers Preps
Inspection of 125 racers begins at 1 15 p m at Modern Chevrolet Co 19th St and Tejas Ave. Holland Graves leads inspectors to stamp cars ready for Monday race night. Cars move to Buck's Irrigation Engines warehouse for overnight storage then to the track Monday morning. Trial runs, then 7 p m parade and heats in two divisions culminating in the local winner heading to Akron for the All American Derby.
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Lubbock
Modern Chevrolet Co
19Th St
Holland Graves
He Hill
Armstrong
Buck
Amarillo Hwy
Prade
Rodney Palmer
Big Red
Akron
Duchess Robbed Of 280000 In Jewels On London Street
Scotland Yard hunted six gunmen who robbed the Dowager Duchess of Northumberland in broad daylight seizing jewels worth 280000. The Duchess, a high aristocrat, was consoled by Queen Mother Elizabeth. Detectives traced a stolen car believed used in the ambush near the Duchess of Hamilton's residence.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Duches
Northumberland
Elizabeth
Duchess of Hamilton
Stray Snyder Resident Slain by Husband After Brief Marriage
Alma Geneva Duke Brown, 49, a former Snyder resident and recent Guyman, Oklahoma worker, was found beaten to death in a car Friday. Her husband Barl Brown, 41, said he killed her claiming he wanted to assert who wore the pants in their marriage. The tragedy follows a Thursday ceremony at Raton, New Mexico, with Brown also a former Snyder resident.
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Avalanches Journal News Services
Tratford
Alma Geneva Duke Brown
Snyder
Guyman, Jokla
Raton
Barl Brown
Guyman
Elkhart
Kan
Spyder
Brown
Oklahoma
Bill Tomblin
Maryland Page 6
Stratford man charged with bride's murder after party
A man was charged with murder after police found a severely beaten bride in a wheat field near Stratford. The body was discovered in the front seat of the suspect's car after he earlier stopped for cigarettes and backed into a gasoline pump. A preliminary hearing was set for Monday morning. Brown allegedly admitted to beating his spouse to death at noon on Thursday. Witnesses described a party and a search of the field where evidence including a necklace and bottles was found.
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Brown
Stratford
Sherman County
Lebar
Maryland Mounties Quell Cambridge Protest With Guard Presence
National Guardsmen in Cambridge Maryland moved under martial law to quell a Negro demonstration as whites and blacks clashed the night before. Brig Gen George Gelston walked with demonstrators offering a prayer then urged them to return to their church. In Chestertown the first ten percent voluntary integration vote was announced while other cities faced sporadic violence and delayed desegregation plans.
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Cambridge
George M Gelston
Tris
Gene
Chestertown
Marylatyl
Savannah
Danville
Main Luther King
New Orle
Bir Ala
Akt
Hamal
Circuit Court of Appeals
Today’s Prayer Our Father We Often Forget Thy Love
The reader offers a prayer noting human forgetfulness of God’s love and asking for guidance. It asks to be kept in God’s grace this day and acknowledges divine generosity. An anonymous reader signs as the author.
Gas in Mine Hampers Quest for Missing Youths
Rescue teams searched an abandoned Castle Shannon coal mine for three missing boys Robert Abbott 15 Danny O’Kain 13 and Billy Burks 13 but the operation was halted by toxic gas. A marked diagram of the mine drawn by one boy surfaced, suggesting plans to explore. Authorities believe the youths may have entered despite bans while the mine remains sealed and unused since 1938.
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Ittsburgh
Castle Shannon
David Butler
Mount Washington
Robert Abbott
Danny O'Kain
Billy Burks
Butler
Abbott
The
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co
Barnett Attacks Kennedy Civil Rights Bill At Senate Hearing
Mississippi Gov. Ross R. Barnett accused President Kennedy and Attorney General Kennedy of fomenting civil rights demonstrations he called largely Communist inspired. He warned the civil rights bill would end constitutional government and trigger unprecedented racial violence. Senator Monroney challenged his charges. Rep Waxxonner criticized the administration for inviting street unrest while pledging equality. Barnett, who opposed segregation ending measures, testified against key provisions of the proposed law at the Senate hearing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ross R. Barnett
Mississippi
Kennedy
Friday
Barnett
Senate
Billy
Tullnwil
Monroney
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Dokla
Kennedys
Viond
Joe D. Waxxonner Jr
Congress
Waxginer
House
Judiciary
Xanner
Harnett
University of Mississippi
Commeter Committee
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Kansas City
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Margery Gould
Richmond
Maine
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Bishop
Inland Fisheries and Game Department
N KR
State Rail Commission
Kefy
Gatlin
Avalanche-Journal Station
News Index
Maryland
Georgia
Him
Pittsburgh and
West Virgina
Thursty
JFK
Lubbeck
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