Wide Area Rainfall and Hail Hit South Plains Texas
Multiple counties report heavy rain and golf ball sized hail from a weather system. Crop damage cited near Alas ka and Foster with irrigated cotton hailed out. towns such as Tahoka Brownfield Plainview and Lubbock area note variable rainfall totals and a hot humid pattern with upcoming partly cloudy skies.
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Quitaque
Lane
Turkey
Alga Gipson
Hall County
W. B. Houser
Alaska
Tahoka Tahoka
New Moore
Tohoka
Terry Fields
Terry County
Foster
Brownfield
Everett Crume
Plainview
South Plains
Crosbyton
Post
Lorenzo
O'Donnell
Petersburg
Spur
Hale Center
Tahoka
Cotton Center
Idalou
Matador
Roaring Springs
Dickens
Lubbock
Texas
Houston
Texas City
la Marque
Orange
Conroe
Shifts in U.S. Goods Policy Toward Soviet Bloc
Washington debate centers on export controls and embargoes affecting Poland Yugoslavia and other Soviet bloc allies. Congress seeks stricter limits while executives push flexibility as Kennedy and Eisenhower eras debate Battle Act exemptions and PL 480 zloty use amid a tangled export control framework.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Poland
U.S
U. S
Soviet Union
China
Europe
Congress
Executive Branch
North Korea
Viet Nam
Far East
Yugoslavia
Soviet Bloc
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Sec
Dean Rusk
House Select Export Control Committee
Railroads Agree on 10.2 Cent Wage Increase
Negotiators for railroads and 450000 off tram workers reached a 10.2 cent hourly raise as urged by the presidential emergency board. Union chief George E. Leighty said 11 non operating unions accepted the offer, while railroad spokesman J B Wolfe warned the extra cost could trigger rate hikes and job cuts.
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Chicago
UPI
The
Riall
George E. Leighty
Leighty
J. 8
Wolfe
Woman Mistakes Rembrandt Portrait For Plato At Stanhope
A guest in the Rembrandt Room at the Stanhope Hotel in New York remarked that Rembrandt’s Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer looks more like Plato. The comment drew a smile from companions observing the scene as the reproduction drew attention.
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New York
UPI
Rembrandt
Aristotle
Homer
Stanhope Hotel
Plato
Dry Year Drives Water Revenue Boost in Lubbock
City water officials report ongoing drought raises consumption and revenue beyond last year. May 1962 revenues reach 252 317 dollars versus 242 237 dollars in May 1961, with daily use spike from 19 928 009 to 48 610 000 gallons by May 20.
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Hamistan
Doug Roberts
Aro
Hamiston
Lubbock
Water Department
Altthough
Huniston
Births Announced In Local Hospitals
Congratulations to several families on newborns reported this week. Jose Guerrero and wife at 108 East Broadway welcomed a son weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces at 12 19 a m Tuesday in Lauf Clinic. Rodolfo Garcia and wife at 509 39th Street welcomed a daughter 6 pounds 3 ounces at 1 40 a m Tuesday in Lauf Clinic. Ismael Villanueva and wife at Route 5 Lubbock welcomed a daughter 7 pounds 1% ounces at 8 33 a m Tuesday in Lap Clinic. Gregoria Hernandez and husband at Granell welcomed a son 7 pounds 10% ounces at 1 42 p m Tuesday. Fellon Ray Walton and wife at 1516 LE 27th Street welcomed a daughter 2 pounds 4 ounces at 12 40 a m Sunday in Porter Clinic Hospital. Darvin Huddleston and wife at 4902 37th Blvd welcomed a daughter 6 pounds 4 ounces at 7 47 a m Monday in St Marys Hospital.
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Jose Guerrero
E Broadway
Lauf Clinic
Rodolfo Garcia
39Th St
Ismael Villanueva
Rt. 5
Lubbock
Phillips 66
Gregoria Hernandez
Granell
Fellon Ray Walton
Weigghing
Porter Clinic Hospital
Skibell’s
Darvin Huddleston
Weeks delay seen for nuclear test above Johnston Island
The United States likely will wait about seven more days to attempt another high altitude nuclear test above Johnston Island. Joint Task Force 8 said this on Tuesday as the Christmas Island danger zone was closed and reports said the 15th shot in the Pacific series was being prepared in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8
Christmas Island
California Aims for Presidential Influence as Voter Spirit Rises
California gains political clout with a growing population and a large independent voter base. The piece traces California’s past presidential tie-ins, cross-filing history, and the rise of figures like Nixon while noting diverse political currents from communists to John Birchers shaping the state’s 1960s outlook.
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Jerry Reynolds
United Press International
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Elisen' Shower
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
New York State
Kennedy
White House
White House By A Californian. Joseph P. Harris
University of California Election Authority
House of Representatives
Congress
New York
Empire State
Machine
Hiram W. Johnson
Johnson
Earl Warren
Goodwin J. Knight
Brown
U.S
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
John Birchers
John Birch Society
The
Minutemen
America
GOP
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Shell
Birch Society
Peter Harris earns BA from Houghton College in New York
Peter Harris son of Mr and Mrs Gwin C Harris 3212 36th St received a BA degree from Houghton College Houghton New York Monday He a 1959 Monterey High School graduate plans to teach and pursue graduate study He was active in Pre Med Club and intramural sports at Houghton.
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Peter Harris
Gwin C. Harris
Houghton College
Houghton
N.l
I Monterey High School
Peter
Bond failure in Agriculture Dept hearings over grain stores audit
Atty Gen Will Wilson led hearings where Kuykendall said Estes tried to shield bond liability by routing Estes Jackson audits to the U S Department of Agriculture. Jackson was paid six thousand dollars after Estes pressed for a favorable balance sheet and a covering letter.
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Agriculture Department
Atty
Will Wilson
F. L. Kuykendall
Austin
Estes
Jackson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kuykendall
Edwin O'Connor III
Lubbock
Dunnacknowledged report in Estes case arouses FBI
Dunn, co owner of the Pecos Independent, said he prepared documentary evidence for the Federal Government in the Estes case. Oscar Griffin and The Independent pursued irregularities in fertilizer tank mortgages prompting FBI interest and Estes' arrest on March 29. Dunn had sold his Pecos Independent stock May 31, 1961 to Dr. H S Avery.
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Gation
Dunn
Texas
The
Independent
Pecos
Oscar Griffin
FBI
Estes
Executive Branch
Jane
Legislative Branch
Pecos Independent
Lubbock Teens Questioned In Drive In Blast
Police questioned three Lubbock teens after an explosion at Cloverlake Drive In on 400 block N College Ave. A Dale Teague Texaco sign window was shattered and damage pegged at $5. Witnesses saw three youths in a 1957 automobile drop the object. Officers found cardboard strips believed to be from an Army simulator firecracker. the three boys denied involvement.
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Lubbock
Cloverlake Drive- In
N. College Ave
Dale Teague Texaco
Lubbock Youth Competes In 1962 National Spelling Bee
Casey Mahon, a 13 year old from Lubbock, is in Washington for the National Spelling Bee. He earns letters from home, exchanges with Congressmen, and reports on his Washington visit as he targets the national title amid meetings at the House and Senate.
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Bill Phelps
Loyall
House
Senate
Ivy Savage
Roscoe Wilson School
Washington
Sunday Avalanche Journal
Opal Dixon
Spelling Bee
Lubbock
Casey
Boby Hope
Kelly
Barbara Hymes
Lowell
Mass
Delight Ousley
Knoxville, Tenn
Delight
News—Sentinel
Barbara
Capitol
White House
Smithsonian
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Library of Congress
Washington Monument
Baptist Pastors Urged To Face Race Problems
SAN FRANCISCO UPI The evangelism director for Southern Baptists urged about 2,000 pastors at the opening of the Southern Baptist convention to confront race issues with Christian ethics. W. Herschel Ford was elected president, with T. L. McSwain and Robert N. Stapp named to key posts as the convention draws about 10,000 attendees.
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San Francisco
UPI
Southern Baptists
C. E. Autrey
Dallas
Tex
Southern, Baptist Convention
Autrey
W. Herschel Ford
el Paso
Ford
Southern Baptist Convention
Carl Bates
Charlotte
T.L. McSwain
Owensboro
Robert N. Stapp
Yuba City
Calif
White House weighs tax cut or public works to curb inflation
The Kennedy administration debates options to offset steel price hikes and inflation. Secretary Dillon may back a tax cut next year or later, while economic advisers consider both tax relief and a large public works program amid election-year concerns.
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Essary
White House
Dillon
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
New York
Kennedy
Luther Hodges
Kenneth Galbraith
U. S
India
Washington
Harvard
Walter W. Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisors
Theodore C. Sorensen
Jamison Reports 61 Backers in Speakership Bid
Rep. Alonzo Jamison of Denton announced 61 pledged supporters, leaving 15 votes short of the 76 needed to clinch the Texas House speakership bid.
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Austin
Alonzo Jamison
Denton
Texas House of Representatives
Primary races shape California and several states in 1962 Senate bids
Heavy Republican turnout in California counties accompanies Nixon's bid for public office. Kuchel leads in the GOP renomination while Richard Richards seeks the Democratic nod. South Dakota polls feature Frances Case vs one rival as George McGovern runs unopposed for Democratic nomination. Idaho sees Frank Church renominated as Hawley and Hansen grapple for the GOP spot. Smylie faces two challengers for renomination. Montana sees Olsen and Battin unopposed in their party primaries.
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Senate
California
Nixon
Kuchel
Thomas H. Kuchel
Richard Richards
South Dakota
Frances Case
George McGovern
Kennedy
Food For Peace
Archie Gubbrud
Ralph Herseth
Idaho
Frank Church
Jack Hawley
George W. Hansen
Robert E. Smylie
Montana
Arnold Olsen
GOP
James I. Battin
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Sinclair
Francis E. Townsend
Glenn Wall
Lubbock Communication Workers of America
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Abilene
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34Th St
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