Storms bring scattered rain and lightning across South Plains
A series of electrical storms swept the South Plains Saturday night delivering up to .60 inch of rain in short bursts. Lightning caused minor damage, with parts of southwest Lubbock dark for up to an hour. Weather officials predicted more moisture as thundershowers continued across the area.
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Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Flovdada
Joe Hutcheson
Wolfforth
Reese Afb
Avalanche- Journal
Plainview
Lockney
Petersburg
Abernathy
New Deal
Idalou
Tito in Moscow Seeks Pact to End Soviet Yugoslav Rift
Yugoslav President Tito arrives in Moscow for a state visit and vows that Communist nations will never again be split. He sits with Premier Bulganin, Khrushchev, and Voroshilov as he discusses unifying the socialist bloc after the 1948 rift. Molotov and Shepilov also present amid a broad welcome.
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Stanley Johnson Oscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Kievsky
Lenin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Knrushchev
Klementi Voroshilov
Dmitri Shepilov
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Shepilov
Molotov
Nehru
Russia
Stalin
California Demo Showdown Near California
The California primary tightens the Democratic battle between Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver. With 68 votes at stake, forecasts vary from a close horse race to a Stevenson win by 100,000 votes as results approach Tuesday’s ballots.
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Associated Press
California
Florida
Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
F. Joseph Donohue
Kefauver
Stevenson
James Finnegan
Paul Ziffern
Illinois
Last Stand of the Mixed Train on the South Plains
A nostalgic portrait recalls the mixed train daily that once ran a round trip to Crosbyton Lamesa Bledsoe Seagraves delivering milk merchandise grain cotton and people. Henry Ford and better roads ended its era as the iron horse gave way to paved highways and modern coaches.
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Mac Sebree
Avalanche-Journal
Nce
Tabhock
Tih
Crosbyton
Lamesa
Bledsoe
Seagraves
South Plains
Henry Ford
Santa Fe
Brownfield Highway
Lovers drown fleeing flood during Elopement in Acapulco
Two youths An gel Otero and Graciela Solis died near Acapulco while eloping on horseback. A flash flood swept them from their horse in the Tecpan river Saturday, ending their attempt at marriage.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Angel Otero
Graciela Solis
Tecpan
VA Official to Speak at Lubbock Veterans Meet
John S. Patterson deputy administrator of veterans affairs will address a 14 club luncheon at Fair Park Coliseum in observance of West Texas VA office anniversary. The West Texas regional office began 10 years ago at the former Lubbock Army Air Base Reese Field.
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Kenneth Rhodes
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Fair Park Coliseum
John S. Patterson
Veterans’ Affairs
Washington, D. C
West Texas Veterans Administration Office
Veterans Administration
West Texas
Lubbock Army Air Base
Reese Air Force Base
Robert W. Sisson
C. R. Hale
Muskogee
Ohio
Albuquerque
N.M
Dallas
Waco
Officials disagree on eligibility for soil bank payments
President Eisenhower signed the $1.2 billion soil bank bill but Agriculture officials say it may take 10 days to two weeks to decide which farmers qualify. Regulations are unsettled due to conflicting views and late Congress action delaying implementation for 1956 crops.
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Ovid A. Martin Tashington
Kuisenhower
Agriculculture Department
Sec. Benson
Soil Bank
Benson
Long Range Planning Urged at Cotton Congress Closure
Delegates to the 17th American Cotton Congress returned home from Lubbock after a three day session described as the most successful. More than 400 registered with crowds at talks exceeding 500 at times. The program featured Texas Tech discussions on long range planning for the industry and calls for undersecretaries for each major farm commodity.
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Conrad Schoefer
Avalanche-Journal
Elegates
American Cotton Congress
Tarbbock
Jackson
Texas Tech
Texas High Plains
Earl Weard
West Point Mfg. Co
Shawmut
Ala
Heard
Lubbock
Tech
Secretary of Agriculture
Secre
Death Ends Famed Film Radio Career Of Jean Hersholt
Hollywood notes the death of Danish immigrant and actor Jean Hersholt after a year of illness. He would have turned 70 on July 12. Hersholt known as Dr. Christian died at Beverly Hills home with his wife Via at his bedside. Diagnosed as progressive pancreatic cancer, his career spanned five decades with film and radio fame and numerous honors.
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Jean Hersholt
Associated Press
Hollywood
Christian
Hersholt
Beverly Hills
Via
Maynard Bransma
Clever Woman Definition Sparks Light Banter
The item presents a humorous editorial caption defining a clever woman as one who can make a man think she is clever whether she is or not. It appears in a light hearted dictionary-like entry within the page layout of today’s paper.
Nine Killed in Weyburn Head On Crash In Saskatchewan
Regina dispatch reports nine people died and two were seriously injured in a head on collision between two cars near Weyburn Saskatchewan. Six adults and three children perished. names of victims were not released by police.
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Regina
Sask
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Ten drown when overcrowded boat capsizes near Umatilla
In Umatilla Florida on Saturday night ten Black men died when an overcrowded 12 foot boat capsized in a small lake. Rescue units pulled bodies from the water as authorities investigated the accident.
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Umatilla, Fla
Here
Olton Jubilee Festival to Draw Governor Candidates
Olton Texas hosts a Jubilee birthday celebration with a parade and a noon barbecue. U S Senator Price Daniel and Ralph Yarborough are slated to speak, with likely J Evetts Haley also attending, as candidates for governor appear at the Olton Enterprise event.
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Avalanche-Journal
Olton
U. S
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
J. Evetts Haley
Canyon
Lamb County
Wilson May Witness Test of H Warhead
The U S was reported ready to test a hydrogen warhead light enough for the proposed 1500 mile guided missile. Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson left for the Pacific proving ground and is expected to witness the test. Army and Navy experts say final specs for the huge rocket depend on successfully setting off the hydrogen warhead it would carry.
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Washington
U. S
Defense Ser
Charles E. Wilson
Pacific Proving Ground
Army
Navy
Woman Dies In Dawson Crash On U S 180
An El Paso woman, 45, Mrs B B Lambert, died while her daughter was seriously injured when her 1954 Chevrolet struck a stalled 1947 Ford on U S 180 near Dawson. Ernest Abbitt 24 of Big Spring was pushing the stalled car with another motorist when the collision occurred. Lambert’s daughter, Mrs Robert W Wilson of El Paso, was taken to Las Vegas General Hospital. See Dawson Crash Page 14.
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Avalanche Journal
Amesa
el Paso
Here
U. S. Hwy
B. B. Lambert
Sears Roebuck & Co
Ernest Abbitt
Big Spring
South Plains
Dawson County
Henry Crump
Abbitt
Matt Tinsley
Denver City
Tinsley
Pacific Northwest Floods, Idaho Dam Bursts Across Regions
Floods hit the Pacific Northwest with the Columbia and its tributaries rising and threatening Bonners Ferry. An Idaho dam burst killed two people. British Columbia deployed troops to flood-threatened areas as southern Indiana recorded record low temperatures.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Indiana
Idaho
British Columbia
South Bend
Evansville
Bonners Ferry
Canada
Kootenay
Dikes Hold as River Forecast Notes Slow Snowmelt
Forecaster Elmer Fisher from the Portland forecast center reports snowmelt easing in headwaters and only small rises anticipated in upstream tributaries. In southeastern Idaho the Dry Creek Reservoir Dam near Idaho Falls breached, with two youths reported missing: George Dennis Whitworth, 13, and Gerald Whitworth, 15. The Kootenai River remains in flood mode.
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Portland
Elmer Fisher
Idaho
Dry Creek
Idaho Falls
George Dennis Whitworth
Gerald Whitworth
Kootenai River
Weather roundup for Southwest cities ends last night
Precipitation and temperature ranges reported for major Southwest cities. Amarillo peaked at 93 and 62, Abilene 93 and 65, Dallas 87 and 60, El Paso 90s and 69, Denver 89 and 61, Albuquerque 89, with Oklahoma City 78 and 38 and Houston 85 and 69.
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Amarillo
Houston
Abilene
Dallas
el Paso
Okla
Rosweil
Falls
Denver
Albuerque
Lubbock
Sears
Eanee
Seer
Ozzes
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Bob) McReynolds
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