Nationwide Rain Breaks Drought in Heavy Weekend Storms
Torrential rains across Mississippi Texas and surrounding states ended a drought and cooled temperatures. Dallas Fort Worth area received 2.14 inches statewide totals topped several inches in places while a severe weather forecast was canceled hours before expiration. Racial tensions flared in Cambridge Savannah with protests and counter demonstrations as leaders urged action. Weather reports noted a tornado claim near Ackerman Mississippi and flash floods near Boone Colorado.
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Texas
Dallas, Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Dalhart
Dlen
Denison
Tarmersville
Dallas
St Trenton
Plainview
Rockies
Appalachians
Atlantic
North Carolina
New York
Weather Bureau
Ackerman
Miss
Orlin Moore
Boone, Colo
Pier Fire Destroys Tacoma Dock Amid Heavy Smoke
A blaze on the Tacoma waterfront engulfed a 900 foot pier causing up to 2 million dollars in damage. An unidentified man was found dead while three other firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation as two timber laden Japanese freighters were moved away from the dock. Heat from the fire melted part of a fire truck and the blaze likely started when a crane severed a power cable igniting creosote soaked pilings.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harvard climbers located on Mt McKinley by Don Sheldon
Veteran bush pilot Don Sheldon spotted seven Harvard University climbers Sunday night on Mt McKinley at about 17 000 feet five days after they were last seen. The group was reported to be all right as they were in the area of the dangerous Wickersham Wall.
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Talkeetna
Alaska
Don Sheldon
Harvard University
Mt. McKinley
Sheldon
Wickersham Wall
Sheldon and
Lowell Thomas Jr
Anchorage
Derby
Holland Graves
Timi
Toledo
Norman Koxsman
Hub City
Bill Brazel
Exehans Club
Baldridge
Bombs Fail to Harm Lubbock Home in Early Sunday Attack
Crude tire bombs filled with kerosene were thrown at a Lubbock residence injuring no one after a Saturday night dispute with two men. Two windows were shattered and a couch was lit by a bomb inside. Police seek a 23 year old Negro hitchhiker who robbed Jessie Washington of 128 dollars earlier that evening as they searched the downtown area.
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Esiquio Falavia
Southeast
Lubbock
Jessie Washington
13Th St
Washington
Lubbock Soap Box Derby Opens With 16th Annual Race
The 16th annual Lubbock Soap Box Derby begins at 7 30 p m with a field of bright colored racers. Action continues through the night with Class B winners to race for the championship after 10 30 p m. The derby site sits along US 87 near a railroad underpass north of Amarillo Highway.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Jess Derby
Lubbock
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Amarillo Highway
Derby
Chevrolet Co
Buck's Irrigation bin Sins
Amarillo Hwy
Derby Hopefuls Readied For Lubbock Soap Box Race
The Av lanche Journal and local sponsors host a free public derby along Ens kine Rd to Municipal Dr with 116 boys racing gravity carts. Rodney Palmer sets pace at 7 15 p m followed by heats and finals amid parade, inspections, and track preparations.
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Enskine
Municipal Dr
Avlanche Journal
Lubbock Exchange Chub
Modern Chevrolet Co
Khiva Shrine Motorcycle Corps
Marine Reserve
Rodney Palmer
Lubbock
Sam
Saga of Widow Jane and Comanches in West Texas
The Glasgow Evening Citizen story reappeared in Texas lore about Jane Adeline Wilson a frontier woman who survived Mescalero Apache attacks while her wagon train moved from Lamar County to California and back to El Paso, then pursued by Hart to retrieve stolen mules along the Brazos Clear Fork. The tale highlights frontier resilience and widowhood in early Texas migration.
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Blaine
West
Glasgow
Scotland
Plains of Texas
Lubbock
Nion
West Texas
Jane Adeline Wilson
Fane
Lamar County
Tex
Ames Wilson
California
James
Guadalupe Mountains
el Paso
Elf
Jane
Laemar County
Hart
Brazos
Wilson
Page
Radio Programs Shine on Editorial Page
The newspaper highlights radio offerings across sections, noting program variety and scheduling insights. Industry context suggests growing listener engagement and a push for unique local content.
Khrushchev to lead talks heightening ban hopes
Premier Khrushchev would personally head the Soviet delegation to the Big Three nuclear test ban talks in Moscow. U.S. envoy Harriman and Britain's Lord Hailsham arrived for discussions aimed at a comprehensive or partial test ban, with optimism rising in both East and West. The talks could pave the way for a broader summit on Sino Soviet tensions and other disputes.
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Iy Coltedrone Internationals
OSCO
Nikita Sail Khrushchev
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Moscow
Hohe
Vipein
Khrushchev
Revere
Harriman
Iisham
London
Pekin
Hailshany
Kennedy
Ronchide
Ewe
Ifex Yards
Phurman Sa
Soviet Criticism Over Cuba Missile Crisis In Open Letter
An open letter from the Soviet Central Committee to Chinese Communists, distributed by Tass, defends Khrushchev for sending missiles to Cuba and portrays the USSR as forced to remove them under U S pressure. It condemns U S action and claims a failed invasion attempt.
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Moscow
Caribbean
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
Peking
Khrushchev
Caine
Prive
Tass
Ace Communists
Yurik Khrushches
Ort
Amis
Ies
Kennedy
Cube
Cubia
Central Committee
MIS
Chinese Demand Khrushchev Ouster as Peace Price
Reports from Moscow claim Chinese officials demanded the removal of Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev as a condition for improved Sino Soviet ties during talks in Meissen and Peking. Russian officials denounced China as hypocritical as Sino Soviet ties appeared to fracture amid weekend developments.
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Nikita
Uy United Prey Internativne Oscow
Nikita S. Khrushehes
Kremlin
Meysens
Peking
di P Lomentie
Souters
Masena
Soviet Union
Averel Harriman
Lor Hasistant
Moscow
United States
Bour-Geois
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Savannah
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Farlier
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