Soap Box Derby Set For Lubbock Monday Night
Lubbock racers passed final inspections for the Avalanche Journal Derby held at the Lubbock Amarillo highway track. Open house at Modern Chevrolet today from 2 to 4:30 pm allows public inspection. Winner earns trip and trophy to Akron and a share of scholarship prizes totaling $15,000.
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Vernon Sto- Abernathy
Chevrolet
19Th St
Texas Ave
Lubbock
Avalanche- Journal
Modern Chevrolet
Exchange Club
Lubbock-Amarillo
Lennis Baker
Abernathy
A. W. Reid
Akron
Armstrong Transfer and Warehouse Co
Ohio
Marlene Sendejas
Sherman
James Richardson
George Richardson
Clyde Richardson
Pilot Kinche dies in Mojave jet crash
Captain Ivan Kinche designated as one of the first spaceflight pilots was killed when his 604 supersonic jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.
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Ivan Kinche
Air
Space
Space pioneer Kincheloe dies in test flight era
Kincheloe, a Detroit born air force pilot and Michigan’s only jet ace, was part of the North American X15 test team aiming to reach space. He died in an accident while pursuing spaceflight on a rocket plane with Scott Crossfield and Joseph Walker. He trained at Williams AFB and Imperial Test School, served in Korea, and dreamed of becoming one of the first space men.
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Air Force
Acheloe
Icheloe
Detroit
Ived
Robert
Anothald
Scott Crossfield
North American Aviation
Joseph Walker
National
For
Aeronautics
Cassopolis
Mich
Kinche
Sven
Al- 3
Kincheloe
Michigan
Car Thief Strikes Ralls Couple In Parking Lot
A visitor from Ralls reported a theft Saturday in Lubbock. Darwin Sesgs had a 1956 pickup stolen from a parking area while attending a movie with a small companion who later found the vehicle missing. Police investigated multiple complaints.
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Ralls
Lubbock
Darwin
State Chooses To Return Incumbents In Congress Races
Texas voters largely re elected incumbents in Democratic and Republican primaries. Bruce Alger John Dowdy Lindley Beckworth Renominated while Beckworth faced no GOP opposition. In Dallas County races Barefoot Sanders led Joe Pool and James Shepard for the Democrat nomination. District 22 saw Casey Bradley ahead with others in Harris County results.
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Associated Press
Texas Voters
Bruce Alger
Dallas
John Dowdy
Athens
Lindley Beckworth
Gladewater
Texas
Alger
Dowdy
Beckworth
GOP
Dallas County
Congress
Barefoot Sanders
Joe Pool
James M. Shepard
Houston
Bob Casey
Martin
Texas Election Bureau
Hudson
Pool
Sanders
Shepard
Stanfield
Harris
Bradley
Casey
Eddy
Oakes
Cunningham
Werlein
Abbott
Williams
Blakley Defeats Yarborough in Senator's Home Precinct
William Blakley won Bryker Woods precinct with 929 votes to Ralph Yarborough's 320 in unofficial returns. The 1,735 eligible voters area noted the tight outcome as Blakley carried the hometown precinct Saturday.
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Austin
William Blakley
Ralph Yarborough
Blakley
Yarborough
Bryker Woods
Whittenburg Urges Changes To Elect Federal Judges
Amarillo Texas Roy S Whittenburg Republican nominee for U S Senator said after Saturdays primary that if elected he will seek a constitutional amendment to require election of federal judges He argued the Supreme Court answers to no one and would restore congressional powers and states rights He urged honest governance and rejected reliance on Russia for disarmament.
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Whittenburg
Amarillo
Tex
Roy S. Whittenburg
U. S
U.S. Supreme Court
Russia
U. Supreme Court
Summit Hope Amid Cold War Tensions In Middle East
The United States and Soviet leaders clash over a United Nations summit as Khrushchev and Eisenhower push for a high level meeting. De Gaulle weighs Europe venue while Hammarskjold readies diplomatic steps and Baghdad Pact talks signal US backing in the Middle East.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
U. N
Eisenhower
Security Council
Charlies de Gaulle
France
Europe
New York City
Geneva
de Gaulle
U.N
New York
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Council
Middle East
Incumbents Lead In Area Legislative Races
Incomplete returns show incumbents leading in most South Plains legislative contests. Charles T. McReynolds trails Wesley Roberts in the 99th District as Andrews delays. Ratliff leads Patterson in the state Senate with eight of 13 counties reporting. Wash leads Thurman in the 85th District in Stamford. Rosson leads Houpt and Payne in the 90th District. In the 30th District Senate race, Rogers holds a large edge with 2 of 15 counties unreported. in the 89th District, Wells leads Swisher County with several others still awaiting results.
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South Plains
Charles T. McReynolds
Wesley Roberts
Andrews
McReynolds
Bhut
Lamesa
Roberts
Ratliff
David Ratliff
Stamford
Snyder
Robert T. Patterson
Garza
Howard
Nolan
Scurry
Shackelford
Michael A. Wash
Leon Thurman
Anson
Jones County
Renal B. Rosson
Rosson
Ray Houpt
Cliff Payne
Lorenzo
Andy Rogers
Childress
Rogers
Leroy Saul
Kress
Karl Lovelady
Muleshoe
Swisher
Briscoe
Floyd
Hale
H. G. Wells
Frank Stovall
Floydada
Thomas Toliver
Hale County
Willie Tennyson
Briscoe County
Tourist villages spread along Italian highways by sea
Cottages with a central restaurant and other services spread along coastal Italian highways. They are rented for a full season to clubs, forming organized seasonal retreats.
Rebel Leader Eyes Talks With U S Diplomat in Lebanon
Beirut reports Fedde, rebel head allied with Saeb Salam, open to meeting with U S diplomat Robert Murphy to push for ending civil strife. Salam opposes elections while Chamoun and U S troops remain, signaling a caretaker government as a way out. Fighting persists around the presidential palace. a girl is wounded.
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Beirut
Fedde
Middle
Saeb Salam
U.S
Robert Murphy
Lebanon
Murphy
Salam
Basra
Hig
Chamoun
Elie Aboujaouideh
Raymond Fide
Fimile Edde
Fde
National Bloc
Edmond Gaspard
Faad Chehab
New Satellite Circles Earth on Fourth Flight
The latest Jupiter-C satellite, weighing 38.43 pounds, completed its first global orbit in 111 minutes joining Explorer I and Vanguard as U S and Soviet efforts push space research. Dr James Van Allen notes radiation data will aid space travel despite earlier concerns.
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Navy
Vanguard
James van Allen
State University of Iowa
Washington
van Allen
Newfoundland
England
Europe
Turkey
India
Australia
Pacific Ocean
California
San Diego
von Braun
Russia
Soviet Union
Miss Universe Crown Goes To Luz Marina Zulo of Colsabia
Luz Marina Zulo a 19 year old coed from Colsabia wins the Miss Universe title at the world beauty pageant in Long Beach California on a late Friday night. She stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 116 pounds. This marks the second consecutive win for South America following Miss Peru the previous year.
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Luz Marina Zulo 1
Colsabia
Maes Universe
Long Beach
Calf
Colombia
Luz Marina Zuloaga
Margarita
Hugh O'Brian
Gladys Zender
Peru
Brazil
Hawaii
U.S.A
Poland
Miss Universe from Colombia seek marriage and family
Rav en-tressed Luz Marina Zuloaga, newly crowned Miss Universe, says she wants to marry and have many children. She notes she has never been kissed in real life, aside from a TV co star kiss reported by her mother. The event also mentions other local incidents and community notes from Lubbock, Texas.
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Tirk
John Saari
John K. Saari Sr
John
By Clayton Hickerson
Bob Kroplewnicki
Plains
Villanova
Cinleinnadd Redlegs
Kawame Nkumrah
Ghana
United States
State Department
Dulles
Baghdad Pact Council
Pact Council
Baghdad
Iraq
America
Geiger-Mueller
Earth
Explorer
Maryland
Chile
Army
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian
South Africa
Argentina
Curacao
Venezuela
Italy
Auto Club
Rome
Ferree
Polat
Kral ‘Terpreter
Jana A
Nelle Pinkerton
2Nd St
4 St
Ave. K
West Texas Hospital
Sylvia Nell Cunningham
36Th St
Texas Tech
Colgate
Bob Blanton
1St St
Donny
Bobby
Lub.bock
Mexico
Blantons
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Mexico City
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
Spur
West Lubbock
Tommy G. Miller
USN
A. A. Miller
Desteaset
John A. Bole
Sin Bu
Elseo Bay
Wwe
Mary
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