Severe Mid June Storms Roar Across U S
Thunderstorms roared across the nation with hail up to two inches and gusts up to 160 mph in Danville Virginia. Heat waves baked the Southwest and central regions as the storm system moved from Illinois to Virginia causing outages and property damage.
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Illinois
Virginia
Danville
Washington Weather Bureau
Charleston
W. Va
Norfolk
Great Plains
North Carolina
Middle Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
North Georgia
Atlanta
Reed demands new economics to ease taxes and aid relief
Chairman Daniel A. Reed of the House Ways and Means Committee urged Congress to cut $4 billion from the administration budget for fiscal 1954 to provide quick tax relief for individuals and corporations. He warned against extending the excess profits tax and said no vote date was set. He also proposed trimming foreign aid by $2 billion and earmarking another $2 billion in 1954, tying aid to tax relief.
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Tashington
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Reed
Eisenhower
Doughty New York Republican
Reed Committee
Tornado Death Toll Near Record High in 1953 Year
Chicago reports 478 deaths and 3,086 injuries from tornadoes this year with more than 180 million dollars in damage. Unofficial counts show 255 twisters so far, as 1951’s record 300 tornados looms. | Note: Wholly fictional concise card based on provided text.
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Cleveland
United States
Flint
Mich
Waco
Texas
Worcester
Mass
U. S
Nebraska
Illinois
Michigan
Massachusetts
Alabama
Alfred Leech 'Hicago
Weather Bureau
Ohio
San Angelo
City Ends Heat Run As 101-Degree Day Hits Lubbock
Lubbock endures another scorcher with temperatures near 101 as Weather Bureau forecasts no relief for 48 hours. Presidio tops state readings at 108 while Laredo reports a brief shower. Downtown prayers for rain preceded a 0.56 inch rainfall in 29 hours. See Mercury Hits Page 12.
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Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Laredo
Presidio
Texas
Court Again Delays Rosenberg Decision
The Supreme Court deferred until Monday a decision on granting a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A court attache said no ruling would be announced until after the weekend conference, with a potential move to Sing Sing if clemency is not granted.
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Supreme Court
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
High Court
Sing Sing
White House
Conquerors Of Everest Reach Summit Amid Flags and Snow
New Zealander Edmond Hillary and Sherpa Tensing Norkay describe spending about twenty minutes on the perfect summit of Mount Everest on May 29. Hillary recalls a beautiful day with moderate winds and an embrace from his companion. The pair, part of a British expedition, photographed the scene as Nepal, Britain, India, and United Nations flags fluttered below with Lhotse visible in the distance.
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Peter Jackson
Reuters
INS
Hynagboche
Himalayas
Edmond P. Hillary
Tensing Norkay
Mount
Everest
Hillary
Norway
United Nations
Britain
Nepal
India
Ferry Sinks in Pakistan River Drowning Up to 188
A motor launch near Dacca overloaded with passengers sank in the Sitalaksha River on Friday night. Officials say as many as 188 of the 200 aboard may have drowned with only 12 survivors reported by midnight. The licensed capacity was 55.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Sitalaksha
Teen-agers Confess In Texas Decatur Slaying Case
A 16 year old girl at an Idaho training school confessed to a brutal Texas murder near Decatur in July 1952. The body was bullet riddled and unidentified, sparking robbery and revenge theories. Investigators linked the Texas case to the Yukon Oklahoma killing of a waitress later named Betty Stevens, first found headless and handless in a river ravine.
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International News Service
Ort Worth
Idaho
Decatur
Texas
Yukon
Okla
Betty Stevens
Dallas
Oklahoma
Tarrant County
Sheri J Buie
Fort Worth
W. E. Payne
See Girl
Flag Day Brightens Porch as Young Cheryl Womack Wavers
Three-year-old Cheryl Womack waved an American flag on her front porch at 2223 2nd St and shared with a photographer how her parents Malcolm and Mack Womack met in England in 1942 during World War II.
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Cheryl Womack
Malcolm (Mack) Womack
2Nd St
Watford Herts
England
U.S
Womack
America
Christine
Cheryl
Lubbock
See FLAG DAY Page 12
A fragment notes a prompt to "send that flag" and a directive from a speaker to a man to refer to FLAG DAY details on Page 12. The line hints at an agenda item or symbolic message connected to flag observance.
Meeting Monday and Soap Box Derby Headline
Morning edition lists Meeting Monday and Soap Box Derby across sections with notices for Guy Church News DeMolays and Radio TV schedules. The paper promotes Vacation Pack service and carrier savings during absence with the Circulation Department contact.
POW Board Shapes Up Riots Flare
Switzerland and India will serve on a five power neutral commission to supervise a Korea truce. Poland joined the commission while Czechoslovakia and Poland signaled acceptance. India to provide a division for guarding prisoners of war in Korea, with estimates of 5 000 to 10 000 troops. Meetings at Panmunjom were planned to finalize the truce details.
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Switzerland
India
U. S. State Department
Korea
Panmunjom
State Department
Federal Council of State
Berne
Alexis Johnson
Johnson
Bahadur Singh
Singh
Joseph Reap
Washington
South Korea
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Red
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Weather forecast for Lubbock area hot and fair
Continued fair and hot in Lubbock and vicinity with morning low near 70 and afternoon high around 100. Southerly winds around 15 mph, no blowing dust. Official 24 hour highs 101 and 67, with prior day figures 98 and 72. Sunrise 8 35, sunset 7 39, humidity ranged 59 to 17 percent.
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Lubbock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Armed Bandit Robs Service Station Attendant
An armed bandit fled with cash after forcing an attendant to surrender money at a service station on 34th Street and Avenue N. The precise amount taken was not released, but over 300 dollars lay in the register. It marks the station’s third robbery since February 24.
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Bob Fenley
Avalanche-Journal
34Th St
Ave. A
Archie Spears
John McKaskle
1620
Ave. N
Ince Oil Company
Staton
Sid
Ave
Hos Oto
Outpost Harry Blood Feeds Long Korean Front
American GIs endure brutal three day siege on Outpost Harry as 9,000 Chinese troops assault the slope. Third division officers estimate nearly 1,200 enemy dead on the crest amid heavy casualties on the UN front near Panmunjom.
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John J. Casserly
Korea
Outpost Harry
Panmunjom
Police Push Kidnap Probe in Graver Case
Chicago police widened their kidnap investigation into Illinois State Rep. Clem Graver’s disappearance. Detectives named two suspects William P. Sheehan 25 and Charles Specs di Caro 41, with di Caro’s statements described as confused. A search of abandoned cars trunks was ordered as the manhunt expanded.
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International News Service
Snhicago
Ilinois
Clem Graver
Chicago
William P. Sheehan
Charles
Specs) di Caro
di Caro
William J. Touhy
Touhy
Rep. Graver
Officers Seek Two Negroes in Highway Robbery
Police search for two Black men who forced Mrs. Joe E. Yarbrough to drive from her Idalou highway home to near the Avenue A traffic circle and robbed her of cash. The victim, unharmed, gave up her car keys and waited as officers tracked the suspects near the circle.
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Idalou Highway
Avenue A
Joe E. Yarbrough
Reds Mount Big Guns In Savane Blow
Reds unleash heavy bombardment as Chinese troops press in central Korea. Allied defenses hold with counterattacks by South Korean forces around Capitol Hill and the East Central Front. Tank ambushes and ground fighting persist as U N troops report high artillery activity. See REDS STAGE Page 12.
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Boul
15Th Regiment
Capitol Hill
Kuemhwa
No Man’s Land
Harry
Eighth Army
Dallas Fire Lt. Killed In Furniture Store Blaze
Dallas fire department lieutenant G. D. Crites died after falling through a roof while battling a two story Stanford Furniture Co blaze on Olive Street between Bryan and Pacific. Fireman A. B. Burns was injured but not seriously hurt as thousands watched the dramatic fire scene downtown.
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G. D. Crites
Stanford Furniture Co
A. B. Burns
Olive Street
Bryan
Pacific
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