Damaging Hail and Winds Hit South Plains Area
A severe storm with golf ball size hail and high winds caused structural damage and power outages across Lubbock and surrounding towns. Downed power lines and shattered windows were reported in multiple blocks while rain totals ranged up to half an inch and dust storms reduced visibility to near zero in several communities.
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Ave. H
27Th
Ave. Q
22Nd St
23Rd St
24Th St
Walnut Ave
Paris Ave
Buffalo Lakes
Slaton
Santa Fe
Farm Road
E. 19Th St
Lubbock
Brownfield
Terry County
Hale County
R. R. Clements
Plainview
Providence
Earl Blocker
Blocker
J. M. Carter
Clements Place
C. M. McClendon
Slide
Wellman
Cecil Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Avalanche Journal
Woodrow
Wolfforth
Petersburg
Silverton
Tulsa
Levelland
Lockney
South Plains
Crosbyton
Denver
McLean
Amarillo
U.S. 66
Maorhoof
Glazier
Melean
Hemphill
Tesas
Presidio
Gabreston
Strike return threatens night letter cleanup at Dallas Lubbock plants
Massey said returning workers will help clear about 200 night letters. He noted plans to release employees after deliveries finish and that only minimal staff remain as telegraph operations shut down. Pickets may occur as union seeks 6 percent raises for all workers from $2.52 hourly, with the company offering 9 percent.
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Massey
Dallas
Lubbock
Man Killed Under Plow In Lone Texas Farm Incident
A 58 year old Loren Meekinee was killed when he fell beneath a tractor on the Earl C Ables farm two and a half miles northeast of Lorenzo Texas The tractor dragged for about a mile before the body was discovered by Meekinees son The death was ruled accidental and survivors include his wife two sons a daughter and other relatives.
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Avalance-Journal
Lorenzo Farmer
Homer McElwee
Justice of the Peace
L. WH. Baker
Lorenzo
Carter Funeral Home
Rails
Baker
Meekinee
Earl C. Ables
Sherif Lo
Starkey
Balls
Frank
Medulwer
McElwee
Ruby Fstelle
Leslie
Pamela Jane
Ruby Marie Stout
Lynder
Clarence McKinee
Old Union
Tex
Roscoe and
Chester
New Boston
Eastland Wins Democratic Nomination in Mississippi
In Mississippi Eastland won the Democratic renomination amid a record Negro turnout in congressional primaries. With 574 of 2005 precincts reporting Eastland led Whitley and Mosby 53 547 to 6306 and 2540, and will face Republican Prentiss Walker in November.
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Jackson
Miss
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Eastland
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Charles P. Mosby Jr
Meridian
Clifton Whitley
Holly Springs Neigro
Whitley
Mosby
Prentiss Walker
Mize
Walker
Indictments up for 44 of 49 cases in grand jury session
The grand jury seated Monday reported to Judge Davison after noon Tuesday. It indicted 44 of 49 cases. three were not presented and one moved to the next session. Indictments included narcotics possession from a May 19 raid on East Broadway, robbery by assault involving a machine and two Oklahoma men for jewelry store theft. Also listed are DWI, embezzlement, burglary, forgery, and other counts with names and addresses of defendants. Remaining jurors and foreman Troy Myers noted.
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Howard C. Davison
Grand Jury
East Broadway
Andres Lopez Ramirez
E. Broadway
Cecila Martinez Castanon Ramirez
San Antonio
Martin Gorostisa
Johnny Frank Gutierrez
Socorro Casarez
Ince
Amarillo Hwy
Gutierrez
Casarez
A. F. Tankersley
King
Clovis Rd
Oklahoma
Anderson Bros. Jewelry
Donald Eugene Sparks
Chickasha
Okla
Glen Roger Cunningham
Tahlequah
Oklahoma State Prison
S. P. Edwards
Slaton
John David Weston
35Th St
Pat Shockley
Medknight State Hospital
DWI
Teddy Royce Slaughter
Plainview
James Riley Jeter
Clovis Reb
Freddie Howard Hays
Ave. W
Karl Leon Mathews
Panhandle
James Forest Dickinson
Ave. U
James E. Findley
Rt 2
Lubbock
Hill
6Th St
Lorenzo Rendo Montana
Jimmy Warren Attwood
Richard Dodson
Mack Walker Jr
Joe Sherman Cornish
Hardin Herbert Landon
John Calvin Jennings
Galveston
Albert Johnson
Tulsa
Charles
Brown
Robert Glenn Tucker
Dallas
Ernnest Gilbert Garcia
Clifton Payne Williams
24Th St
Chofas
Rendon Montoya
Ted Freeman
Indiana J Ave
Clyde Terrell
18Th St
Wille Frank McCormick
Minard Hobart Holland
Kenneth Lee Franklin
Virgil Lee Thompson
Cornelius Dew Berry
Calvin Harrell
E. 8Th St
Raymond Thornton
Abernathy
Rebecca Stanley
Sherry Gail Moore
22Nd St
Jo Ann Moore
Lorenzo
Charles M. Wade Jr
Troy Myers
James Mitchell
A. L. Lawson
E. C
Mississippi marchers press on under guard and provocation
Civil rights demonstrators led by King, Carmichael, and McWissick marched Highway 51 toward New Orleans as four Mississippi state troopers ordered them off the pavement. After a brief conference they resumed the walk, with police promising guard support and a call to nonviolence while pressing Johnson to address voter registration.
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Young
Paul Johnson
Jin Jackson
National Guard
King
Stokely Carmichael
SNCC
McWissick F
CORE
Highway 51
Meredith
Mississippi
Carmichael
Weie
Montgomery
Selma
Ala
Mwedane
L. Y. aViffin
New Orleans
Fone Wolf
Memphis
Johnson
Rights Bill Seen Spurred By Shooting
In Washington the Meredith shooting and past civil rights crimes spur congressional moves to make killing civil rights workers a federal crime. House Speaker John W. McCormack said the attack would help passage of further civil rights legislation.
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Washington
UPD
James Meredith
Birmingham
Congressional Action
Meredith
House
John W. McCormack
Alma missile alert extends 225 miles from center
The Alma alert covers a 225 mile radius affecting Pinar del Rio and Havana provinces as well as Matanzas and Las Villas. Isle of Pines lies 76 miles south with residents evacuated and a prison housing anti Castro detainees nearby.
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Alma
Fidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Matanzas
Las Villas
Isle of Pines
Alma Hurricane Threat Pressures Florida Coast
The storm Alma pummeled 200000 square miles of ocean with squalls and 20 to 30 foot waves near its eye. Cayman Brac suffered a tornado wrecking homes and cutting power lines as Key West faced rising winds and forecasters warned uncertainty in Alma’s path ahead of a possible Florida landfall. A 30 inch rain deluge near San Rafael Honduras left 73 dead, while Miami prepared as military units moved Hawk missiles to higher ground at Key West.
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New Jersey
Lightnin
U.S. Weather Bureau
Palm Beach
Key West
Alma
Miami
Florida Keys
Key Larne
Dev Tortugas
Florida
Kissimmee
Ber
Cape Kennedy
Cayman Brac
Cuba
Florida Peninsula
San Rafael
Honduras
6Th Missile Battalion
Navy
Isles of Pines
Key Largo
Alligator in Space Clouds Gemini 9 Docking Effort
Gemini 9 mission faced a docking setback as a large spun glass shroud split into two shells like an angry alligator and remained jammed on wires due to potential misconnected lanyards. Debrief will also scrutinize Cernan’s helmet visor fogging that cut his space walk short to 2 hours 5 minutes.
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ATDA
Ihat Stafford
Stafford
Space
Cernan
80 Feet Of Movie Film Orbits Earth
At the Manned Space Center in Houston the Gemini 9 mission is recalled with 80 feet of color movie film showing Eugene A. Cernan during a two hour five minute spacewalk. He reportedly dropped the film magazine while returning to the capsule and failed to retrieve it as his faceplate remained slightly foggy.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Space
Earth
Eugene A. Cernan
Cernan
Loser Ends Up As The Winner In County Judge Race
Atty Clyde Sweeney was certified Democratic nominee for county judge after an official canvass corrected a clerical error at Dublin box. Unofficial returns had favored L L Martin with a 511 vote margin before the canvass reduced it to a 45 vote Sweeney victory.
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Stephenviless Apatty
Clyde Sweeney
L. L. Martin
Martin
Dublin
Sweeney
Atlanta Firefighters Walk Off Over Wages and Hours
More than 500 of Atlanta's 728 firemen left their posts in a Tuesday work stoppage over pay and hours and rejected Mayor Hivan Allen Jr. plea to return.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Hivan Allen Jr
Spelling Champion Sonya Heads to National Bee
Sonya, the 13 year old eighth grader from Evans Junior High in Lubbock, leads the Ava lanche Journal sponsored spellers on a Capitol tour before the National Spelling Bee. She studied practice books and dictionaries and expects to copy the word list for future champions as 71 spellers compete nationwide.
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George Washington
Christ Church
Mt. Vernon
Avalanche - Journal
Washington
Sonya
Avalanche Journal
National Bee
New York World Journal
National Spelling Bee
Evans Junior High School
Lubbock
Ava
Birth announcements and spelling contest update in Lubbock area
A long list of birth notices from Highland to University and West Texas Hospitals reports newborns to parents including Mr. and Mrs. Nolan R. Soleman and others with weights ranging from ounces to pounds. A separate item notes the Mayflower Hotel Chinese room get acquainted party for the Journal champion spellers, with finals continuing Thursday and a national winner to receive $1000 and a New York trip.
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Ray David Albrecht
West Texas Hospital
Kerr Construqion To
Westey Hill
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Janche-Journal
Mayflower Hotel
Hawaii
New York
California Primary Tests Intra Party Struggles For Governor
California voters faced a mixed GOP and Democratic field with Lt. Gov. Glenn M. Anderson winning renomination. With limited precinct totals in, Anderson led Braden Hand Finch for the nomination to face Anderson in November. Reagan drew support in Los Angeles amid a mild echo of 64. Christopher challenged Reagan from the right over past affiliations in a contentious closing phase.
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Glenn M. ‘Anderson
Anderson
Thomas W. Braden
Lloyd N. Hand
Robert Finch
Los Angeles
Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Goldwater
Christopher
Rockefeller
Brown
Fenewan
Yorty
William F. Knowland
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
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Methodist Hospital
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Jesse Lopez
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