Rain and hail lash stretch of Texas Panhandle area
Isolated showers and up to six inch rainfalls drenched Brownfield Loop and surrounding Terry Gaines counties over Friday and Saturday. Crops damaged homes flooded yards and one butane tank floated as waters rose two feet in Gaines County. Local farmers reported extensive field losses and scattered hail with storms extending toward Muleshoe and Tarzan in Martin County.
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South Plains
Brownfield
Loop
Terry County
Jim Foy
Nail
D. R. Floyd
Gaines County
Leo Hawkins
Jack Wagner
Mueshoe
West Camp
Sandhills
Muleshoe
Andrews
Tarzan
Martin County
Spur
Plains
Crosbyton
Matador
Crosbyton Seminole
Miss Peru Kept Miss Universe Crown Amid Rules Controversy
A dispute over Miss Universe eligibility led officials to uphold Miss Peru’s title after disputes over age and previous marriages. Miss Zender’s age entry caused a tense hour long session before confirming Peru’s claim. The Peruvian ambassador and consul general in Los Angeles aided telephonic negotiations.
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Athionst
Enalte S
Belet Meenee
Mary Leona Gage’ Ennis
Misa
United States
Misa Zender
Lawrence Collins
Peru
Collins
Washington
Don Fernando Berckemeyer
Los Angeles
Poll Shows Many Favor Milder Civil Rights Bill
An Associated Press canvass shows 40 of 64 senators willing to state they favor limiting the civil rights bill to voting rights enforcement. Twenty four of 95 present would retain enforcement provisions, and 48 votes would be needed for any amendment. Sen Knowland cautioned that jury trials remain a battleground as Anderson and Aiken push to strike Section 3, limiting federal enforcement powers.
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Jack Bell Ween
Associated Press
Knowland
Sen
R-Cash
House
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
R-Vi
Foll Agen Wis Een
Farm News And Media Columns Summary In Paper
The morning paper lists sections including Farm News Over Area on pages 4 and 5, Radio and TV Programs on page 3, Church Page on page 3, and Area Oil News on pages 10 and 6. A cartoon dictionary pun highlights wit as a measure of humor.
Graham draws Yankee Stadium crowd with Nixon as guest
Billy Graham attracted an indoor crowd totaling about 100,000 at Yankee Stadium with Vice President Nixon in attendance. Police reported nearly 20,000 turned away as seats filled and standing areas packed. 93.9 degree heat marked the day.
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Tom Crane
New York
Billy Graham
Richard Nixon
Yankee Stadium
Ball Park
U. 8
Graham
United States
Wembley Stadium
London
Tahoe
Eisenhower Rejects Zhukov US Visit Probe Aired
The Eisenhower administration decided against inviting Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov to the United States. Officials say Eisenhower never intended to invite him, while Republicans in the House criticize him as the butcher of Budapest.
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Red Press
Ashington
Eisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
United States
Zhukov
Wilson
Reblican
Butcher
Budapest
Kremlin
Mally
Russia
Red Army
Red Star
Defense Ministry
Soviet Union
Hungary
Final inspections complete for Lubbock Soap Box Derby racers
Final inspection of 102 entrants aged 11 to 16 preceded Lubbock's 10th annual Soap Box Derby on U S Highway 87. A number of youngsters faced weight and rule challenges including Joe Tom Brown who endured an elaborate weight cut at Bert Kahn's Health Club to meet the 250 pound racer limit.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
U.S. Highway 87
Modern Chevrolet Co
Lubbock Exchange Club
Bert Kahn
Main St
Joe Tom
Kahn
Chevrolet
Navy Plane Missing Over Italian Med Flight North of Venice
A U S Navy Neptune with 11 aboard disappeared during a familiarization flight over the Mediterranean after being seen near Padua. It departed Port Lyautey and was based at Jacksonville. Nine of the crew were reservists from Willow Grove on a summer duty tour. the crash is suspected on tidal flats between Venice and Treviso.
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Venice
Italy
Navy
Air Force
Formosa
Port Lyautey
North Africa
Mediterranean
Padua
Treviso
Jacksonville
Fla
Adriatic
Willow Grove
Amari Raids Seize 1000 Bottles of Booze
Amari looses 50 persons in raids by liquor control agents who seized 1000 bottles of alcohol. Police arrested 55 people at the Planta tion and Hackmey clubs. a woman escaped through a window losing her shoe. A quarrel erupted outside a Justice of Peace Court after arrests at the clubs.
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Amari
Amarillo
Hackmey
Justis
Peake Court
Pompenions
Oppa
Four Churches In Michigan Observing Christmas Today
Four Protestant churches in Vicksburg Michigan population 2171 will celebrate Christmas tomorrow with services, carols and Yuletide decorations. Church tower chimes will also ring out. The Methodist church marks its fifth year of the service led by Rev. Gace D. Stanford who describes it as a protest against commercialism.
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Michigan
Vicksburg
Mich
Methodist
Evangelical United Brethren
Assembly of God
Free Methodist
Methodist Church
Gace D. Stanford
Snyder Man Killed as Car Overturns in East Snyder
A 35-year-old Snyder man Van Sumruld Jr. was killed when his 1957 station wagon ran off 37th street, skidded through a pasture and railroad embankment, overturning in east Snyder. Funeral services are pending at Bell Funeral Home. Sumruld is the 60th traffic fatality in the South Plains this year, matching last year’s total. survivors include his wife two sons and a daughter.
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Sumruld
South Plains
Show Cause Petitions Hit Ousters Early At Tech Hearing
Texas Tech professors facing ousters eight days ago prompted a statewide storm. The board of directors will decide midweek if hearings will be granted for the professors and for the Adult Education Program. Vice Chairman Jim Lindsey said a meeting to discuss procedure and a hearing is possible, with Chairman W. D. Watkins expected back from Hawaii.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Grant
Jearix
Citizen
SUSE
Prwswewus
Cculty
Warner
Jim
Ree
Lindsey
Midland
Las Vegas
Nev
W. D. Watkins
Abilent
Hawaii
J. William Davis
Government Department
Tech
Davis
Watkins
Aber- Lee Tech
U S claims lead in missile and space race says Dornberger
The report notes Mose Farsteer and Dr Walter Dornberger discuss U S dominance in long range missile development and space flight. They say inner scientific breakthroughs are key and manned spaceflight may be feasible. Dornberger cautions Vanguard could be premature and two nations pace each other with progress.
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Germany
Raftsman Found After Long Galveston to Brownsville Trip
A California man, Michael Golden, attempting to sail from Galveston to Brownsville in a rubber raft, was found in Palacios today. He said he aims to earn funds to continue the voyage.
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Corpus Christi
Michael Golden
Galveston
Brownsville
Palacios
BenJack Cage Delays Texas Return to Aug 7 8
In Brazil, BenJack Cage postpones his Texas return from July to Aug 7 8. The former Texas businessman faces tax liens and grand jury inquiries, with accusations of bad management and lavish use of company funds. Cage resides in Paris amid ongoing investigations and financial pressures.
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BenJack Cage
Texas
Julius Golden
DE Janeiro
Paris
Americas
Wonder
BenJack
Lioniz
Cage
Maeve Ao
ICT Corp
Austin Grand Jury
Weather Map Pg 10 See Tif Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy today in Lubbock and surrounding area with a mild, unsettled pattern. No significant precipitation expected and highs near seasonal norms.
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Lubbock and
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