500000 Acres of Cotton Lost to Severe Weather on South Plains
The South Plains farm belt suffered major damage as torrential rains and battering hail flattened beds and filled playa lakes. The Lubbock Cotton Exchange reported about 500000 acres of cotton already lost with 250000 to 500000 more to replant due to seedling diseases, amid ongoing storms and uncertain totals.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Bill Errors Bemoaned in Texas Criminal Code Revision
Gov. John Connally is urged to veto a revised Texas criminal code due to printing errors. Rep. Bob Hughes says the measure, the first complete revision in 100 years, could erase convictions if declared unconstitutional. The bill differs on admissibility of pre magistrate evidence and contains misplaced pages. See VETO, Page 10.
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John Connally
Texas
Bob Hughes
Dallas
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
House
Connally
Tuesay
Hughes
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Connallys
Conference Committee
Hardeman
Kennedy appeals to business leaders on voluntary integration
President Kennedy urged 100 business leaders from 25 states and the District of Columbia to advance voluntary integration of stores restaurants and theaters with a warm reception. Some South businessmen urged more study before any forced federal rules, while Kennedy announced steps to curb racial discrimination in apprenticeships and construction programs and planned to send a civil rights message to Congress next week.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
South
Congress
Secretary of Labor
White House
District of Columbia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Milton Elsberg
Drug Fair Stores
Alexandria
JFK
Man Electrocuted While Installing Washing Machine Pipes
AP reports Paul Maderno aged 47 was electrocuted Tuesday while assisting a neighbor with installing pipes for a washing machine in Austin.
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Austin
Paul Maderno
Grand Jury seeks new laws on mortgage fraud in real estate
Grand jury recommendations to curb illegal and unethical real estate dealings will reach Gov. Connally today. Dist Atty. Alton Griffin flies to Austin for a 10:30 a.m. meeting with Gov. Connally as Sen Blanchard urges action. Investigators continue reviewing loan files focusing on forgery and double contracts across the state. See GRIFFIN Page 10.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche Journal
Grand Jury
John Connally
Dist
Alton Griffin
Austin
Connally
H. J
Doc
Blanchard
Griffin
Lubbock
Lubbock Airport begins phase one July 15 with FAA grant
Work on the north south runway taxiways and terminal parking apron will start July 15 at Lubbock Municipal Airport. Pioneer Pavers Inc. of Lubbock is the low bidder for phase one pending City Commission approval and FAA concurrence. The grant offers 660 328 dollars and total project funds reach 1 321 856 dollars with FAA and city match.
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Lubbock Municipal Airport
Ed Colby
Lubbock
Pioneer Pavers, Inc
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
FAA Southwest Regional
Fort Worth
AFL CIO Meet Set in Austin to Review Legislature
The Texas AFL CIO will hold open and closed meetings in Austin on Thursday to review actions of the recent legislature.
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Aflcio
Austin
Texas Aflcio
Disaster cloaked in mystery as DC7 crash claims lives
Debris and torn bodies recovered after the DC7 disaster off British Columbia. Coast Guard cites evidence of a high-force impact. 101 aboard including 58 servicemen, 22 dependents, 15 civilian employees, six Northwest Airlines crew. Thirteen women and 20 children among passengers.
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Tacoma
Wash
Anchorage
Alaska
Defense Department
Northwest Airlines
Thousands Gather In St Peter's Square For Pope John XXIII
Mourners massed in darkness outside St Peter's Basilica to view Pope John XXIII’s body. The basilica remained open all night as the pontiff’s casket lay in state, with thousands expected to file past the coffin. The body will be placed in a crypt in the grotto.
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St. Peter’s Square
John XXIII
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Apostolic Palace
St. Peter's
Vatican
Dieting: The period when you can eat as much as you like
A humorous look at dieting as choosing foods you dislike, implying limited satisfaction while maintaining restraint. The piece uses light satire to contrast appetite with personal discipline in everyday eating habits.
Prayer for Fellowship and Obedience to God
A devotional prayer asks for close fellowship with God to discern His will. It seeks strength and courage to follow revealed commands and reject unworthy thoughts.
Turbulent South Plains Storm Wrecks Homes Stores Autos
A massive cloudburst covered the northern South Plains with heavy rain and baseball size hail. Tornadoes touched down from Muleshoe to Hale Center, damaging homes, farms, and a Muleshoe store. Pecos also suffered roof loss and aircraft damage. Flooding closed roads as officials warned of more severe weather to come.
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Beat Brewer
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Muleshoe
Littlefield
Hale Center
Department of Public Safety
Lubbock
Fieldton
Far
Texas
Pecos
Abernathy
Ropesville
Olton
Hereford
Sudan
Earth
Friona
John Gilbreath
Thriftway Discount Center
Mule- Shoe
Tornado Levels Barn and Damages Farm Nearby near Lubbock
Dee Hight recalls a tornado two miles north of Lubbock Municipal Airport that leveled a barn and garage and damaged farm machinery and autos. The twister passed within 75 yards of his home but spared the house, striking around nine and missing a nearby seed shed.
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Lubbock
Erwin Glover
Gene Hight
Dee Hight
Sarge Klinger
Leon Fleming
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Municipal Airport
Hight
Mercury Officials Seek Open End Flight to Extend Mercury Program
NASA officials will consider MA-10 an open ended Mercury mission that could beat the Soviet orbital record. If approved, Alan Shepard Jr. would likely orbit in a Cooper style mission with the spacecraft left in orbit. If rejected, Mercury ends with Cooper’s 34 hour flight and no US manned missions until late 1964 or 1965.
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United Press International
Ouston
Project Mercury
Federal Space Agency
United States
Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Alan B. Shepard Jr
L. Gordon Cooper
Nikolayev
Earth
NASA
Manned Space Craft Center
Houston
Weather Map Page 2-A Lubbock Vicinity Outlook
Partly cloudy with possible afternoon thunder storms in Lubbock area. Cooler temperatures with highs in the low 80s.
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Lubbock
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