Nation Sizzles Across The Plains In Deluge Of Heat
Nationwide heat wave drives readings above 100 across Texas Oklahoma and Missouri with Lubbock reporting 101 the state’s hottest of the year. Fort Worth and Amarillo record 105 and 102 while towns from Joplin to Conway report triple digits amid scarce cooling relief.
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Wink
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Twin Landslides Kill At Least 100 Near Medellin
Reports from Medellin say at least 100 people died in two landslides that crushed homes in a suburb of the city. Dozens more were injured as onlookers trapped by the second slide died after gathering at the first. Ciudad Guzman was the site of a prior fatal slide.
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Paris Talks Stir Indochina Peace Efforts
United States officials report a pretty well agreed partition of Viet Nam with a line likely between the 16th and 18th parallels. Secretary Dulles met with British and French leaders at the Hotel Matignon as Eden Mendes-France and others pressed for a unified Geneva front.
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London
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Washington
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Matignon
Anthony Eden
Eden
Mendes-France
Geneva
Sec
John Foster Dulles
Britain
Pierre Mendes France
Red China
Chou En-lai
Truck Kills Lamesa Boy in Bicycle Crash
Funeral services for Charles Monroe York, 11, who died when a bicycle with two companions was struck by a truck near Lamesa on Highway 87, will be held at Higginbotham Funeral Home chapel. Alton Ray Latham, 11, survived with serious head injuries. condition not critical.
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Lamesa General Hospital
York
Alton Ray Latham
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Los Angeles Man Dies at 115 After Outliving Seven Wives
Jose Soto died at his East Los Angeles home at 115 years old. He outlived seven wives and left three surviving sons and 10 grandchildren. Soto recalled hiding in a field to avoid serving in the Mexican army of Gen. Jesus Gonzales against Maximilian’s forces.
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Soto
Jesus Gonzales
Maximillian
Other Woman Angle In Murder Case Captured
In Los Angeles a 24 year old hospital technician Susan Hayes is questioned as the other woman in the murder of Mrs Mar ilmm Sheppard found hacked to death in Cleveland Ohio. Hayes said she accepted a wrist watch from Dr Samuel Sheppard the slain woman's husband during a West Coast medical convention visit. She reported losing the watch at a wedding party in San Diego.
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Cleveland
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Los Angeles
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Downey
Calif
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Bay View Hospital
Bax Village
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Segregation and Communism Dominant in Texas Governor Race
Gov Allan Shivers amid East Texas crowds attacks the Supreme Court race ruling and presses opponent Ralph Yarborough to state clear views on segregation and anti-Communist laws. City officials estimate about 3,000 listened as Shivers accused Yarborough of being a captive to certain critics and demanded a definitive stance.
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Texas
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Governors Take Dim View Of Ike Highway Plan
Governors, stunned by President Eisenhower's $50 billion road-building proposal, were invited Tuesday to offer their own ideas and alternatives. The United Press report notes initial skepticism from state leaders about the scale and feasibility of the plan.
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N. Y
Eisenhower
Washington
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Pennsylvania
Dan Thornton
Colorado
White House
Thornton
Sherman Adams
Young Heir's Body Dug Up For Cause Of Death
Three gravediggers exhumed Mont gomery Ward Thorne in Rosehill Cemetery as four pathologists prepare a second autopsy to investigate an unnatural death ruled in a prior post mortem. The 20-year-old heir to $2.6 million, great grandson of Montgomery Ward cofounder, was found June 19 in a North Side apartment.
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Cook County
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Gold Coast
School Board Meeting Highlights In Today’s Paper
The morning paper reports on a school board meeting held today, outlining agenda items, votes, and upcoming district decisions. Notable topics include budget considerations, curriculum updates, and community input sessions.
Shivers Plans Second Campaign Visit to Lubbock Area
Gov Allan Shivers campaigns for a third term with a second tour of the South Plains on Saturday. Elmer Tarbox of the pro Shivers forces says the governor will land at 9 45 a m and speak on the Courthouse lawn in Lubbock at 2 p m with rallies planned in Brownfield and Plainview and a night appearance in Amarillo.
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South Plains
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Vacationers Attention A 3-434 Snow Avalanche Journal Ahead
Vacationers are urged to grab a copy of the Avalanche or Journal before leaving town. The notice highlights timely access to local news and updates while travelers are away.
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Avalanche
Journal
Knowland presses foreign aid cut over European pact
Senate GOP Leader William Knowland renews push to bar U S aid to France and Italy if they fail to ratify the European Defense Community by December 31. He says the Armed Services Committee may revisit the $3 1 billion aid bill as debates continue. In London sources say U S Britain plan to restore West Germany sovereignty by autumn irrespective of French ratification.
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Grantland Rice Dies in New York at 73
Grantland Rice, famed American sports writer known as the dean of syndicated columnists, died in New York of a stroke at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 73, and his wife Kate Hollis Rice was by his bedside. Born November 1, 1880 in Murfreesboro Tennessee, Rice began his career in 1901 and chronicled top athletes for decades.
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McCarthy Plans Subcommittee Meeting on Defence Plant Communists
Senate investigating subcommittee will meet Thursday as Democrats push for a staff "housecleaning" after Senator McCarthy returns from a mission. He argues urgent need to probe communists in defense plants while delaying Army dispute fallout. Jackson says Democrats will press topics in advance.
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Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Weather Map Lubbock Area Forecast Hot With Thundershowers Possible
The forecast for Lubbock and vicinity calls for fair and hot weather with a low around 68 and a high near 100. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible, with sunrise at 5 47 and sunset at 7 59. Humidity highs around 62 77 percent and a low near 21 percent.
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Traveling Bees Seek Work With Big Bend Honey Co
A Plainview feature profiles the Big Bend Honey Co of Marathon and its migratory bee operation. Owners Harvey and Howard Hatch move 1500 hives annually from the Texas Rio Grande Valley to High Plains crops, offering four months of paid vacation and lodgings as bees travel from clover and alfalfa to irrigated cotton.
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Big Bend Honey Co
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Rio Grande Valley
High Plains
Texas
Big Bend
Harvey
Howard Hatch
Plainview
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