Night storms pound South Plains causing floods and road closures
Severe thunderstorms raked the Bailey County area near Mule Sh o e with quarter inch hail and heavy rain, flooding ditches and closing Farm to Market Road Clay's Corner to Larbuddie and State Highway 214. Rain spread from Midland to Hobbs and across the Panhandle, with more showers forecast overnight.
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South Plains
Bailey County
Permian Basin
New Mexico
Panhandle
Muleshoe
Clay's Corner
D. T. Clements
H. E. Kirby
Larbuddie
State Highway Department
Bovina
U.S
Lubbock
Midland
Hobbs
Seagraves
Brownfield
Denver City
Levelland
Littlefield
Morton
Points
Tohoka
Plainview
Squirrel feeder job floats in presidential patronage bid
In Huntington West Virginia Senator John F Kennedy declines to commit before the election to a seeker for the so called official White House squirrel feeder post. The applicant Steven Joseph Heyman nine months old applied via his mother Victor Heyman Kennedy jokes about reestablishing the position after the election.
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Huntington
W. Va
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Post
White House
Steven Joseph Heyman
Victor K. Heyman
Eisenhower
Balloon a 500 foot sphere seen over Alabama
A 500 foot balloon was observed Monday drifting 30 miles northeast of Mobile in a west northwest path at over 30 mph. It gathered information on cosmic rays as it moved through the stratosphere, seen by several observers over North Mobile.
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Brunswick
Alabama
Mobile
Mobile Noet
Court Blocks FBI From Inspecting Alabama Voter Records
Circuit Court Judge Walter B. Jones issued a temporary injunction halting federal agents from examining voter registration records across Alabama. The order followed Alabama Attorney General MacDonald Gallion's challenge claiming the Justice Department overstepped state sovereignty in probing alleged racial discrimination under the 1960 Civil Rights Act.
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Montgomery
Ala
Circuit Court
Walter B. Jones
Alabama
MacDonald Gallion
Justice Department
Arguments Set Today On Castro Liquor Election
Oral arguments proceed in the 7th A District Court of Civil Appeals over Castro County Precinct 4 liquor sale approval in a 1959 election. Lawyers for dry forces seek an early ruling, which could affect Garza County, while Wet interests and the county Commissioners Court defend the process and Dimmit County precedent.
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Avalanche Journal
District Court of Civil Appeals
Castro County
Wall Farane
Dimmitt
Roy Bass
Lubbock
Garza County
Basy
Kennet Hobbs
Atty
Russel Moran
County Commissioners Court
James W. Witherspoon
Hereford
The
Wets
Harold LaFont
Austin
Looney, Clark, Mathews, Thomas and Harris
Dimmit County
Myers
Myers Vs
Martinez
State Supreme Court
Dry
Ike Recounts Normandy Anniversary at West Point Reunion
At West Point Ike Eisenhower, 69, led a five hour parade ground tour with 1915 class alumni. He recalled D Day on its 16th anniversary, visited familiar barracks, and asked if he could pray for a cadet while observing exams before the alumni march to the Plain.
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West Point
Eisenhower
Thayer Monument
James van Fleet
F. W. Boye
T. W. Larkin
Military Academy
ST Point
N.Y
West Point Grads
Washington
Academy
East Barracks
Davidson
New water charge formula set for Canadian River dam plan
Panhandle Plains cities face a tiered 12.79 to 38.01 cent per thousand gallon charge under a revised water pricing plan for the Canadian River dam project. Leon Hill of the Bureau of Reclamation presented the formula to CRMWA and 11 member cities, with costs including 5 cents per thousand gallons for treatment. Local officials express cautious optimism amid concerns the plan is a heavy burden.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Plainview
Panhandle Plains
Canadian River Dam
Amarillo
Borger
Brownfield
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Lubbock
Leon Hill
Bureau of Reclamation
CRMWA
Hill
Pampa
Slaton
Tahoka
O'Donnell
Lamesa
View Bureau
C.T. Johnson
South Plains
Lee Brownfield
Anti Nixon Vote Urged In California Primary
Supporters of Nelson Rockefeller urged Republicans to ignore Nixon in the California primary as a silent vote for Rockefeller. Nixon is unopposed for 70 Republican delegates while Brown and McLain contend for Democratic delegates. crossovers are not allowed. Brown is expected to lead among Democrats, but McLain could trim his tally.
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San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
California
New York
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Citizens For Rockefeller
Brown
Los Angeles
George H. McLain
McLain
Comic Dictionary Lover
A witty gloss defines a man who stays a bachelor when spurned in love but turns husband if double crossed, reflecting a tongue in cheek view of romantic hawks and hearts in a quaint newspaper culture.
Eichmann Captured by Israeli Volunteers in Argentina
Israel admits a secret group captured ex Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and flew him to Israel. The note says the volunteers acted without official knowledge, some Israelis among them, and Eichmann volunteered to accompany his captors. Israel regrets infringements on Argentine sovereignty while pursuing trial.
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Associated Press
AENOS
Eichmann
Israel
Hitler
Express
Argentina
David Ben-Gurion
Klaus
Buenos Aires
Richard Klement
Two Guard Planes Collide Off Florida Coast
Two Air National Guard planes collided during a night flight near Fernandina Beach. One pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. the second plane crashed on Cumberland Island near the Georgia line with the fate of its pilot unknown.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Air National Guard
Fernandina Beach
Cumberland Island
Georgia Line
Tremor Strikes Chile Sparking Tide Wave Fears
A major Chilean quake centered along a 400 mile coastal zone between Puerto Risen and Puerto Natales raised fears of a new Pacific tide similar to May 22. Officials expect possible 7 to 7.4 magnitude and mass evacuations of about 30 000 in the Valdivia area while relief efforts and artificial canals aim to avert floods.
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Chile
Hawaii
Japan
Puerto Risen
Puerto Natales
Chiloe
Tierra del Fuego
Cimma Domitz
Seismological Institute
United States
Mexico
Santiago
Valdivia
Lakes
U. S. Air Force
Southland
Beer Fancier Saves Bar From Sudden Calamity
Paul Wilkinson a 24 year old refrigeration man in Pauline's Bar and Grill Lower East Side acted quickly when the basement beer cooler valve failed He shut off the beer supply to the bar above causing the spigots to run dry Wilkinson then collapsed and was treated at Bellevue Hospital He recovered and was praised by customers who bought him a beer.
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York
Paul Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Lower East Side
Pauline
Samuel Hock
Hock
Bellevue Hospital
Truck Carrying Woodcutters Dives Into Biobio River
A tire blowout sent a truck with 40 woodcutters veering off a bridge into the Biobio River in Santiago Chile. Eight men drowned and seven were seriously injured as rescue efforts followed.
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Santiago
Chile
Biobio
Weather Map Page Report for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Overnight low around 60, high today near 80. Winds from the southeast 15 to 20 mph. Maximum humidity near 83 percent, readings around midnight show continued warmth and scattered precipitation chances.
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Lubbock
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International Assn. of Machinists
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N.M
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Normandy
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Sec. D
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