Lubbock Soap Box Derby Night Race At 7 P M
About 12 000 to 15 000 spectators are expected for the 15th annual Lubbock Soap Box Derby at 7 p m at N Ave H and Erskine Rd preparations began at 5 a m with racers moved to the track John Denton the 1961 Derby champion will drive his car to signal the start of heats KFYO radio will be the official Derby station and announce race conduct Changes in plans due to weather will be aired The track is reused from last year with ramps east of the Roy Cooper Motel under the railroad overpass The event is sponsored by The Avalanche Journal Modern Chevrolet and the Exchange Club Pit area is closed to all except officials and drivers No parents or friends in the pit area The Exchange Club awards banquet is Wednesday noon at Vanns Catering All boys invited, awards at luncheon except the Champion's Trophy to be awarded after the race The derby parade includes the US Marine Corps Color Guard Shrine Club units John Denton Engineer Crain and Asst City Mgr Lanham Also mentioned are ArmStrong Warehouse trucks and preliminary preparations begin at 8 a m with highway closure The story references DERBY DAY Page 10
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Dorrance
Guy
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
N. Ave. H
Erskine Rd
John Denton
KFYO
Roy Cooper
Avalanche Journal
Modern Chevrolet
Exchange Club
Vann
Ave. A
Oscar L. Crain
Mgr
Fritz Lanham
Armstrong Warehouse
USDA Bond On Estes Defended In Hearings
The Agriculture Department released figures claiming no favoritism in Estes bond setting for grain stored in his warehouses. Dabney Townsend testified the bond method was changed to reduce criticism as hearings on Billie Sol Estes resumed. Estes is charged with fraud and bankrupt. grain storage is overseen by a receiver.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Dabney Townsend
Townsend
House
Pecos
Tex
Estes
Isis
Khrushchev Boasts of Anti Missile Capability in Space
In a two and a half hour interview with American editors, Nikita Khrushchev claimed Russia has an anti missile that can “hit a fly in outer space” and asserted the Soviet Union’s global rocket cannot be destroyed by anti rocket means. He urged West Berlin pressure and hinted at a new nuclear test series after U S tests.
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Moscow
UPD
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Soviet Union
West Berlin
East Germany
Khrushchev
Felix McKnight
Dallas Times-Herald
U. S
Farewell party for prison-bound doctor in Grove
Dr. J. Bryan Henrie bids farewell at Grove Oklahoma as former Sheriff Mike Buchanan shakes his hand and offers good luck. A send-off marks the physician’s transfer to a prison assignment.
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J. Bryan Henrie
Mike Buchanan
Grove
Okla
Weekend thefts and vandalism reported by city police
Two thefts and multiple vandalism incidents were added to police investigations. Douglas C. Peterson from Reese Air Force Base reported a sport coat and bag missing from the bus station restaurant about 3 a.m. A tire and wheel were stolen from a Cumberland Texaco Station on Idalou Road Sunday afternoon. Pellets damaged windows at Tandy Leather Co and Phil's Hotel with varying losses. A portable radio was stolen from Johnny Franklin's car and a rock damaged Joe Gladden's sliding glass door. Curtis Kendrick reported an air conditioner stolen from a roof. See Pellets Page 10.
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Douglas C. Peterson
Reese Air Force Base
Aisport
Peterson
Cunningham Texaco
Idalou Rd
James Austin
42Nd St
K. N. Clapp Pool
Tandy Leather Co
Ave. H
Phil’s Hotel
Ave. G
Johnny Franklin
38Th St
Joe Gladden
29Th ‘St
Curtis Kendrick
79Th St
Farewell party for jailed Grove doctor before prison
Dr J Bryan Henrie 66 receives a large sendoff in Grove Oklahoma as he heads to McAlester prison for four years after pleading guilty to manslaughter and abortion tied to a Tulsa housewife's death. More than 400 townspeople, many former patients, attend at City Park.
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Grove
Okla
J. Bryan Henrie
Oklahoma
McAlester
Tulsa
Dr. Henrie
City Park
Space balloon launch eyed over Atlantic in predawn view
U S space agency plans a 4 to 6 am EST predawn inflation of a 135 foot sphere dubbed Big Shot 230 miles up over the Atlantic. The goal is to test Echo satellite launch techniques ahead of an Echo II trial later this year.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Space Agency
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thor
Floods and tornadoes sweep central and southern regions
Across the Great Plains and Midwest, storms caused deaths and destruction. A 70-year-old woman drowned as Banklick Creek overflowed in Kenton County Kentucky, and an Iowa City service station owner died from burns after floods inundated tanks and explosions. Tornadoes damaged homes near Pampa Texas and Ponca City Ohio, while rivers and dikes burst, flooding parks and threatening hundreds of homes. Losses run into thousands with widespread rain and property damage reported in multiple states.
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Avalanche-journal
Great Plains
Midwest
Banklick Creek
Kenton County
Kentucky
Iowa City
Iowa
Pampa
Tex
Ponca City
Ohlo
Bismarck
N.C
Wright
Kan
Elizabethville
Ohio
Loraine
Marshalltown
Rantoul
Wichita Falls
Cincinnati
Columbus
Charleston
W. Va
McAlester
Okla
Fort Worth
Weather Readout From Santa Fe See Great Plains Page 10
The note lists rainfall or precipitation figures for Abilene Stratford Bonita Paris Wolfe City Bonham and Honey Grove with values ranging from .01 to 2.60 inches. It is part of the Santa Fe See Great Plains Page 10.
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Velo
Abilene
Stratford
Bonita
Paris
Wolfe City
Bonham
Honey Grove
Santa Fere
Great Plains
Man confesses to killing wife after 25 years
Mack Stewart, 50, told police he stabbed his wife Ethel Mae Stewart, 52, while she slept in their Van Nuys home after a night without arguments. He called authorities and was booked on suspicion of murder. He gave the remark I just stabbed my wife. Come and get me.
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van Nuys
Calif
Mack Stewart
Ethel Mae
Stewart
Widow of Ike aide Margaret Talbott dies by plunge
In Manhattan a 62 year old socialite, widow of Harold F. Talbott, secretary of the Air Force under Eisenhower, leapt from a Fifth Avenue apartment window. She left five notes, four to servants and one to family, citing low mood after her husband's death five years prior. Police found her body in a rear courtyard. Her son John E. Talbott 23 and Harold E. Talbott III were in the apartment. two daughters survive. Talbott was from Philadelphia's Thayer family and married in 1895.
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New York
API
Margaret Talbott
Harold
F. ‘Talbott
Air Force
Eisenhower
Manhattan
Talbott
Palm Beach
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
John B. Thayer
Pennsylvania ‘Railroad
Hess Gets Award and Change of Command at Reese
Col James A. Gunn assumed ceremonies to bid farewell to Col Hess who will command the Fighter Interceptor Wing at Naha Air Base Okinawa. Hess relinquished command Aug 17 1959 and heads to the West Coast with Mrs Hess and three children.
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James A. Gunn
Aide Robs Church Till Charged In Louisiana
A 60-year-old church housekeeper in Donaldsonville is charged with stealing between 8000 and 10000 dollars over five years. Sheriff H M Waynespack said Malusine Francis admitted taking the money after counting Sunday collections in two parishes. She was held on a 10000 dollar bond. The sheriff noted marked bills were found in her wallet and in an envelope addressed to a bank.
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H. M. Waynespack
Malusine Francis
Col Gunn Assigned Command At Reese AFB In 1949 Return
Col Gunn takes command of Reese Air Force Base at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls as the base reopens since its October 1949 activation, with Lt Col Burdick reading the orders and Brig Gen Hilger noting the posting. A band performance and a troop review followed, including a flyover of training planes as Lubbock officials joined Reese representatives at the Officers Club.
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Reeks Hanes Ree
Gunn
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Reese
Joseph Burdick
Col. Gunn
J. A. Hilger
Air Training Command
Col. Hess
Lubbock
Officers Club
Father and two sons die in submerged car on canal
Gerald Donahue 32 of Cohoes and his two sons Allen and Michael, both age 3, were found dead in a car submerged in the Barge Canal. Police found a death by own action note in the vehicle as Mrs. Donahue sought a kidnapping warrant. The bodies were recovered about 24 hours after the car was found in about 18 feet of water.
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Waterford
N. Y
Gerald Donahue
Cohoes
Donahue
Chili Eggs End Protest at County Jail
In San Antonio AP report, 140 prisoners in maximum security cells protested a meal by beating on tables for 20 minutes. Jailer Cliff Ramchissel said the disturbance ended after guards offered chili and eggs at about 5 20 p m.
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San Antonio
County
Cliff Ramchissel
India China Row Flares TOKYO
Communist China charged today that New Delhi had escalated border tensions sparking renewed exchanges with Indian officials in Tokyo. The dispute centers on long standing border claims and recent moves by both sides to bolster troops near the Himalayan frontier.
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USDA
Estes’ Bond
Carl Miller
Nikita
Inside News
Pame
Vienna
U.S
Libbock
Erskine St
Govan Thomas Jr
G. L. Thomas
David Lunsford
D. E. Lunsford
Rt. 1
Ike
Mrs
Hess
Lee Col. Gunn
Donaldsonville, la
India
China
Tokyo
Communist
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