Absentee voting opens for liquor and primary ballots
Absentee turnout hits 165 in a Democratic primary as mail ballots from outside Lubbock County are barred from counting. Liquor local option ballots will begin absentee voting Monday with Tuesday as a key transfer deadline for voters who moved counties. County officials plan a Thursday executive committee meeting to issue final instructions and parking arrangements for courthouse polling.
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Asentee
Lubbock County
Louie F. Moore
Moore
L. C. Ellis
Democratic
H. B. Bryan
Ellis
Gas Storage Tank Blast in Terre Haute Causes Substantial Damage
A gasoline storage tank exploded in Terre Haute Indiana causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. A truck driver sustained minor injuries while a bulk storage plant at Mid-Continental Petroleum was destroyed by a subsequent fire. Police blame prowlers for the blast after two men were seen hammering on a tank.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mid-Continent Petroleum Company
Carl Lee
Ochoa Refuses To Return To U S To Face Murder Charges
Mexican resident Jorge Guillermo Ochoa Vidal refuses to return voluntarily to the United States to face two murder charges in Laredo. He claims Mexican citizenship, asserts innocence, and says his great grandfather founded Laredo when it was part of New Spain. He remains in a Mexico City penitentiary awaiting extradition hearings.
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Mexico City
George W. Ochoa
U. S
Laredo
Ochoa
Jorge Guillermo Ochoa Vidal
Texas
California
Reynosa
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Excelsior
New Spain
Telesfero A. Ocampo
San Antonio
Mexicali
U.S
Red River Arsenal ramps up activity near Texarkana
At the Red River Arsenal near Texarkana officials report accelerated activity tied to worsening Korea fighting. Public information officer H. S. Dorsey notes increased railroad yard output and talks with B. F. Goodrich to mobilize Lone Star Ordnance if needed. Swing and graveyard shifts have begun in some departments to meet demand.
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Texarkana
Red River Arsenal
Korea
H. S. Dorsey
Dorsey
B. F. Goodrich Company
Lone Star Ordnance Plant
Red River
Gringos Go Home Slogans Spark Embassy Guards in Mexico City
Anti-U S Mexicans scrawled Gringos go home on walls of the U S Embassy in Mexico City as police guard both embassies. Another slogan attacked Edward G Miller Jr assistant secretary of state for inter American affairs who is visiting. The embassy says it did not request protection.
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Mexico City
U. S
Miller
Edward G. Miller, Jr
inter-American Affairs
Air leak clue at idle points to manifold seal issue
Whistling heard as engine idles signals an intake manifold air leak. This suggests a possible gasket or seal failure allowing unmetered air to enter the intake system.
Navy Seeks Limited Lawyer Vacancies for Special Duty Officers
The Navy announces a small number of law category vacancies for the special duty officer group with entry as lieutenant junior grade. Requirements include a ABA‑accredited law degree, bar membership, citizenship, age 21–31, and fitness. Law students may apply if expected to graduate and bar admission before Oct 1. Visit Navy Recruiting Station Room 206, Post Office Building, 9 am–5 pm daily for details.
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Navy
American Bar Association
Naval Reserve
Three Children Die in Kerosene Explosion at Hugo
In Hugo Oklahoma on July 15 a kerosene range exploded burning three Poindexter children. Twinned 13 month olds William Earl and James Harold and their four year old brother Thomas Anthony died as neighbors held back their mother from entering the blaze. Mrs Poindexter and six year old John Raymond survived after going to a neighbor for aspirin. The cause of the blast remains undetermined.
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Hugo
Okla
Paul Poindexter
William Earl
James Harold Poindexter
Thomas Anthony
Poindexter
Mass X Ray Survey To Discover TB Cases In Terry County
A mass X ray survey is set to uncover tuberculosis in Terry County residents 15 years and over. A mobile unit from the state health department will operate, inviting all eligible adults to be examined regardless of prior tests, with mailed cards reporting individual results.
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Terry County
State Health Department
Local Furniture Firms Listed Across Texas Towns
A terse OCR fragment lists several furniture dealers by name and town including M and O Furniture in Lubbock, W M Smith Butane in Andrews, Pierce Furniture Co in Jayton, Ketner Furniture Co in TTlefield, and other shops in Seminole, Texas.
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Lubbock, Texas
M & O Furniture
Andrews
Texas
W. M. Smith
Butane Jayton
Pierce Furniture CO
Ttlefield, Texas
Ketner T Furniture CO
Seminole, Texas
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Indiana
Lubbock
Tex
Avalanche- Journal
Sun
Admiral
Admirals
Admiral Refrigerators
Edwards Distributing Company
McWhliams Furniture CO
Lamesa "Builders Supply Smith | Furniture Co
Morton, Texas
Slaton Furniture CO
Slaton, Texas
HUB Furniture Co
Wweaoee
Oller Auto Company
Levelland Hardware
Berry Electric Co
Sundown ‘Household Supply
Sundown
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