Wall Street Clerk Held in $11 Million Stock Theft
A Wall Street clerk, Gordon A. Tallman, is accused of stealing more than $11 million in negotiable securities from Bache & Co. The missing stock was hidden in a tin can across from a Broadway bar. $1 million remains unaccounted. Co-defendant Robert Dodge and others were arrested as investigations continue. FBI recovered nearly $200,000 in Newark.
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Arthur Everett W York
District Attorney’s
Wall Street
Bache & Co
Bache
Frank S. Hogan
Upper Broadway
Hogan
XN Oe
Newark
N.J
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Gordon A. Tallman
Tallman
Robert J. Dodge
Bronx
Dodge
Carl H. Loeb, Rhoades & Co
Alan L. Fisher
New Yorker
Denver
Michael Gus Lavan
Miami Beach
Michael Lekacos
Brooklyn
John Lombardozzi
Joseph G. Martinelli
Jersey City
Lemnitzer to lead NATO Europe command amid reshuffle
Gen Lyman Lemnitzer will become U S commander in chief Europe and Gen Maxwell Taylor will be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen George Decker to retire. Gen Earle Wheeler to succeed him. NATO council to name Norstad successor. Kennedy aide says Lemnitzer favored. Page 6 text notes Taylor remains Kennedy adviser.
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Earle G. Wheeler
Army
George H. Decker
White House
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U. S
Europe
Yannisport
Mass
U.S
Lemnitzer
Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Salinger
Army High Command
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Taylor
NATO
NATO Council
Paris
Norstad
United States
Lemmnitzer
Washington
Lightning Kills Panhandle Youth and Family
A Panhandle farm youth, Len Baker, 17, was killed by a lightning strike while his mother and brother were nearby as they chopped cotton near Quail in Collingsworth County. Mrs. Baker and the other son were severely shocked but survived. A tornado in Michigan also killed three others as storms swept isolated areas.
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Panhandle
Michigan
South Plains
Len Baker
Quail
Collingsworth
Britton
Steel Gains Highlight Weathered Week on Wall Street
The New York stock market posted a second modest gain as volume fell to 2.61 million shares. Steels led advances with Jones & Laughlin up 1.87, U.S. Steel 1.25, and Bethlehem 1. The AP average rose to 215.40 as 563 issues gained and 377 fell. In Michigan a deadly tornado near Britton killed a mother and son and a niece, with several injured. See AREA RAINS Page 6.
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New York
Steels
Jones & Laughlin
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
New York Stock Exchange
International & Telegraph
General Motors
Standard & Poor
Senate approves modified foreign aid bill after Red ban
The Senate passed a 4.7 billion dollar foreign aid measure in a 56 to 26 vote, removing the Red ban and sending the bill to the House. The package, about 206 million below Kennedy’s request, authorizes spending ceilings and positions Kennedy to extend aid behind the Iron Curtain if it strengthens independence from communism.
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Ashington
Senate
House
Senate House
Kennedy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Houston Space Center to Control Two and Three Man Missions
NASA and the Manned Spacecraft Center announced in Washington and Houston that Houston will run the nations two man space flights and three man moon shots. The mission control center will connect a global network of tracking stations and was not expected to open until the three man moon missions began.
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Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Manned Spacecraft Center
Mission Control Center
Houston Control Center
Space Center
Fire follows Baytown oil well explosion
An oil well near a propane tank concentration exploded and caught fire in Baytown. Police said one man was injured and the blast felt like an earthquake across much of the town. Baytown lies on the Houston ship channel about 25 miles east of Houston.
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Baytown
Houston Ship Channel
Houston
USDA Says Grain Shortage At Estes Elevators Questioned
Senator Williams charged 68 000 bushels of government wheat were missing from Billie Sol Estes warehouses. USDA rejected the charge but later found a 36 616 bushel barley shortage at an Estes elevator in Plainview Texas after unloading. Net shortage 19 136 bushels after allowances. Estes liability and storage pay covered missing grain. The department cited bookkeeping losses shrinkage and overselling of privately stored barley as causes.
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Williams
Estes
Plainview
Tex
McSpadden
Joseph Campbell
Lee
Orville L. Freeman
Comptroller General
Coleman D. McSpadden
Lubbock, Tex
Agriculture Department
Sen. Williams
USDA
Cox Sees Change in Texas Winds on Campaign Swing
Texas gubernatorial candidate Jack Cox toured the South Plains declaring a mood for political change. He criticizes John Connally over labor ties, says labor balked at Connally, and touts Republican outreach to labor at Fort Worth. Cox led a two day campaign with events at Holiday Inn East and a $5 banquet in Tohoka.
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Avalanche Journal
Epublican
Jack Cox
South Plains
Texas
Cox
John Connally
Tohoka
Labor
Connally
San Antonio
Don Yarborough
Texas Afl-Cio
Republican Party
Fort Worth
Holiday Inn East
Brown
Moore
Lubbock County
GOP
Charles Shortt
Texas Tech
Studen Cox
Political pledge shapes Texas bloc votes during campaign
Cox a Breckenridge oilman speaks of Texans voting as a solid bloc while noting individuals can decide for themselves. He describes the political stage with a confident campaigning tone and hints at long experience in the oil business.
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Texas
Cox
Breckenridge
Chamizal Dispute Highlights Across Pages and Sections
A catalog of coverage across the paper noting the Chamizal dispute appears in multiple sections including editorials and columns, sports highlights, women’s news, market reports, radio and TV programs, and comic dictionary entries. The reference indicates cross‑sectional mention rather than a single focused article.
Prayer for missionaries and peace across nations
A devotional prayer asks God to bless those who evangelize the world and work for peace and understanding between nations and races. The text invokes Jesus and repeats themes of mercy and devotion to spreading faith.
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Jesus
Welborn
Mariner-1 Venus probe readied for first space shot
At Cape Canaveral the Atlas Agena rocket with the Mariner-1 probe is set for a predawn launch to fly 225 million miles in 140 days. Six instruments will study Venus atmosphere and surface temperatures to assess the planet's potential to support life.
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United Press International
Canaveral
America
Venus
Earth
United States
Mariner-1
Solar System
Weather map forecast for Lubbock area
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with high temperatures in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Widely scattered thundershowers possible in the afternoon and evening.
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Lubbock
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Trio
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Francis
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Tecumseh
Solon
Avalanche-Journal
By Jerry Hall
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