Lubbock ISD Approves $200 Pay Raise for Teachers
The Lubbock Independent School District trustees at a Plainsman Hotel luncheon authorized a $200 yearly salary increase for 1,149 teachers and staff, lifting instructional costs above $6 million and narrowing the 1960-61 budget surplus to about $119,000. The raise will be funded from local funds with no tax rate change, and a public hearing on the budget is set for July 6 after a review on June 28.
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26Th St
West Texas
Texas
Family rescues bird fed hourly on town trips
Jan Anderson and sister Susan feed a small bird rescued from their cat in a Johnstown parking lot. The bird, requiring hourly meals, accompanies the family on errands with food given by tweezers, using hamburger and egg biscuit.
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Jan Anderson
Susan
Johnstown
Andersons
Record Heat Sweeps Texas As Regions Endure Storms
Temperatures surged above 100 across Texas with highs such as 112 in Presidio and 109 in San Angelo. A brush fire surge burned thousands of acres near Fort Worth San Antonio Austin and Menard while tornadoes near Perryton caused minor farm and residence damage. A migrant worker was killed and dozens injured in southeastern storms. Lake Whitney saw 96 and winds lashed areas from Levelland to Shallowater.
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Avalanche-Journal
SUN Nu
Texas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin
Menard
Mercury
Lake Whitney
Perryton
Panhandle
Levelland
Shallowater
Bid To Hike Wage Gains
The House Labor Committee approved a bill to raise the minimum wage to 1.25 dollars an hour in three steps and extend coverage to about 4.1 million workers. Senate opposition aimed to limit new coverage, while the Eisenhower administration favored smaller increases. The plan would set 1.15 next fall, 1.20 the following year, and 1.25 by 1962 with new workers starting at 1.00 and rising to 1.25 over three years.
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Associated Press
Ashington
House Labor Committee
House
Senate Labor Committee
Eisenhower
Dallas Planner Studies City's Downtown Area
Dallas area development and urban planning consultant Marvin Springer told the Lubbock Downtown Development Commission that a downtown must be an employment, finance, management and retailing center and also a social and cultural hub. He noted Lubbock’s downtown has regional retail significance and urged careful study before acting.
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Ubbock
Marvin Springer
Dallas
Downtown Development Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Springer
Lubbock
Formosans Rap Chiang Regime in Protest Letter
In Taipei Formosa, 48 hours before Eisenhower’s visit, seven Formosan officials and professionals issued a statement denouncing dictatorial tendencies. Kao Yu shu, an American-educated engineer and former Taipei mayor, noted the timing as coincidental with Eisenhower’s stopover.
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Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
Eisenhower
Kao Yu-shu
Chiang
Spendthrift Defined as One Who Wastes Rainy Day Funds
A brief editorial defines spendthrift as a person who spends as if rainy days vanish. The piece plays on the image of saving for hard times and urges prudent use of resources.
Tokyo Parliament Riot Leaves Students Injured
Images show students lying on the ground as police move to quell deadly rioting in front of Tokyo Parliament building. Officers deploy tear gas and clubs to drive protesters away amid clashes.
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Tokyo
AP Rephoto
Navy loses huge research balloon drifting toward Hawaii
The Navy admitted on Wednesday it had lost its 40 story balloon, last sighted drifting west of the Pacific toward Hawaii. Cmdr. Malcolm Ross said radar contact was lost Monday and called for ships and aircraft to report its position as crews had attempted to down the balloon near El Centro and over California coast.
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Hawaii
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Glynco Naval Air Station
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Mexico
el Centro
Calim
Bloody Battle In Tibet Reported
Kathmandu AP report says Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupation forces wage a bloody battle in Nagarjong western Tibet. Official K L Sharishaha says wounded Chinese troops are rushed to hospitals in Lhasa Shig Gyantse.
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Lhasa
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Riots at Tokyo Diet Gate As Mob Overwhelms Police
A mass of protestors in Tokyo surged toward the Diet south gate chanting down with Kishi and the security pact. Police in blue helmets faced the crowd with clubs as rocks flew. rioters toppled the gate and pushed inside before being repelled. About 500 rioters clashed with 500 police in a tense street confrontation.
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Tokyo
Diet
Japan
Body Found In Atom Sub Aboard USS Sargo
The body of a man killed in an oxygen explosion and fire aboard the submarine USS Sargo was recovered from wreckage in the after torpedo room. The accident occurred during transfer of liquid oxygen with hatches open as the stern was submerged to flood the compartment. No nuclear involvement. Lt Cmdr John H Nicholson, 35, commanded the stern dive after the blast. A second man initially believed missing was found ashore.
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Sargo
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Cmdr
John H. Nicholson
Leftist Demonstrations Hit Tokyo Ahead of Eisenhower Visit
Widespread protests in Tokyo linked to Communist and Socialist groups raise security fears for President Eisenhower's upcoming Japan trip. A violent assault on Japan's Diet left at least one dead and more than 1,000 injured as police used tear gas battles with demonstrators.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Lcal
Communist Party
United States
Socialist Party
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Fujiyama
U. S
Andrew J.goodpaster
St. Paul
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Bank guard flees with over 100000 from Needham branch
Eugene Hicks a 32 year old part time guard at the Norfolk Trust Co Needham branch allegedly removed about 102000 in cash after delivering time. FBI and state police launched a statewide search as Hicks vanished from the bank wearing disguise and carrying a pistol.
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United Press International
Bedham
Mass
Needham
Norfolk Trust Co
Massachusetts
Eugene Hicks
Boston
Roslindale
Hicks
Walpole State Prison
FBI
Norfolk County Trust Co
Federal Reserve System
Senate Changes Aid Law Repeals Subversive Affidavit
The Senate voted to drop the nonsubversive affidavit for government college loan recipients and impose criminal penalties for loans to those in or aiding communist groups. The act retains an oath to the United States. Kennedy sponsored the amendment while Johnson kept the chamber in session.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Communist Party
United States
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Walkout Ends at Cape Canaveral as Machinists Accept Offer
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP striking machinists voted to accept a new contract from Convair Astronautics ending a nine day walkout at the missile test center. Pickets were removed and about 300 machinists will return to work starting with the midnight shift.
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Fla
Convair Astronautics
Weather Map Page 4 D Lubbock Foretells Clear Heat
The page reports clear to partly cloudy skies in the Lubbock area with hot conditions. Overnight low 65 and daytime high near 100. Winds from the west and south west at 15 to 25 mph.
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