Savage Storms Ravage Texas Farmbelt With Tornado Damage
Tornadoes and hail battered farms around Plainview Floydada and Cone with five to six inches of rain near Mount Blanco. Homes barns and power lines were damaged, with farms turned to water and debris. Local churches reported shattered windows as residents assessed extensive losses.
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Sandhill
Baseball Line
Henry White
Plainview
Petersburg
Buster Glover
Floydada
Floyd County
Cone
F. L. McEachern
W. W. Heathington
Blanco
Mount Blanco
Crosbyton
Pam
Lockney
Akin
Edgar Hays
Joe Holt
POWs To Return and Select Stay Behind In China
Peiping radio reported that Red China will free three American and two Belgian UN soldiers in response to prisoners requests to “save China.” The Americans are William A. Cowart Dalton Georgia Lewis W Griggs Jacksonville Texas and Otho G Bell Olympia Washington One American died and two later declined repatriation and returned home Batchelor Cpl Claude J of Kerrville Texas was convicted of collaborating with the enemy.
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China
Peiping Radio
Red China
United Nations
William A. Cowart
Dalton, Ga
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Texas
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Panmunjom
Red
United States
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Vue Wap
Tay
van Vanversen
S. S. Court of Military Appeals
State and
Defense Departments
Washington
Defense Department
Peiping
Lin Shih-hsiao
Red Cross Society of China
Red Cross
Lin
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Shantung
Oe Richards
D-Sc
Judd
Peip Sen
Case
R-Sd
Japan
Tex
Albert Griggs
Jewell Bell
Bell
Bell Sa
Monticello
Ark
Chester Green
Two Lubbock Men Treated After Vehicle Rollover West of New Home
Emergency crews treated George M. Wells and Charles E. Wells after their pickup overturned on State Road 211 about four miles west of New Home. Both men suffered shaking up and bruises. Meanwhile 149 Air Force ROTC cadets are set to arrive at Reese Air Force Base for four weeks of summer training, drawn from 16 Midwestern, Eastern and Southern states.
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Lubbock
Tashoka Hospital
New Home
George M. Wells
Ave. E
Charles E. Wells
37Th St
Air Force
19Th St
Ave. A
Thomas Gestes
Broadway
Peggy Nease
Stanford St
West Texas Hospital
Revolt in Argentina and North Texas Storms Mark Turbulent News
In Argentina a failed navy air uprising backed by rebels sparked violence as Peron's regime imposed martial law and censorship while warning against looting. Separately, a severe North Texas storm battered Floydada to Plainview with hail up to golf ball size, high winds, and at least one tornado funnel report, causing extensive property damage and power outages.
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Peron
Ministry of Marine
Buenos Aires
Labor and Commerce
Labor Confederation
Argentina
Soviet Russia
Navy
Communist Party
Radical Party
Radical Bloc
House of Deputies
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Post-Spur
Ind
B. E. Erwin
Plainview
Floydada
Lockney
Sandhill
Caprock
Sherman County
Panhandle
Stratford
Ross Turmer
Pinky Plunk
Plunk
Turner
Dumas
Cleburne
Lemnon Floyd Jones
Pascagoula
Teen
Texas
East Texas
Bryan
Palestine
Greenville
Graham Prayer Meeting Fills Two Stadiums in Switzerland
American evangelist Billy Graham spoke to over 60 000 people in Zurich across Hardturm and Foerriebuck Stadiums. Interpreting into German, he urged faith and thanked the crowd after each sentence. He planned further stops in Geneva Frankfurt and Scandinavia.
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Graham Prayer Meeting
Switzerland
Zurich
Billy Graham
North Carolina
Graham
Hardturm
Foerriebuck Stadium
Southern Baptist
Wilfried Ziebell
Grman
Geneva
Frankfurt
U.S
Germany
Scandivania
Britain
Jet Plane Crashes Near Raleigh Pilot Bailed Out
An F 86 E Air Force jet crashed near the Merry Oaks community south of Raleigh. The pilot was believed to have bailed out. Authorities indicated the decision may not have been the primary cause of the crash.
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Raleigh, N. C
Merry Oaks
Raleigh
Butler tour highlights party unity amid liberal conservative strains
The Texas Democratic tour under Butler stresses unity amid factions as Sparkman cites victory plans. Butler notes progress toward better relations with state executives, hopes for governor attendance, and mentions Garner and White addressing tensions within the party.
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Shivers
Butler
Texas
Buttler
Prinhave
John Nance Garner
San Antonio
H. H. Weinert
Texas National
Seguin
Weinert
John Sparkman
Ala
Sparkman
Eisenhower
John C. White
White
Gov
John
Eustin
Youths blamed for barroom killing remarks and stabbing
Bohart cites that three youths claimed the slain Benton and two others made remarks at the bar and sought dances with their girlfriends. Benton and friends allegedly reacted when rejected. Bohart says suspects refused to admit stabbing Benton and that pressing the severed artery might have saved him.
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Page One
Bohart
Benton
New Wave of Extremist Attacks Roil North Africa
Paris reports a fresh wave of extremist incidents across France's North African empire they say within 24 hours. Seven devices exploded in Philippeville Algeria injuring two Europeans while in the Aures mountains rebels killed a French official and his son. A device exploded outside the home of Marc Desanti vice president of the Corsican association in Casablanca Morocco though he was away.
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Paris
France
Philippeville
Algeria
Aures
Army of Allah
Casablanca
Morocco
Marc Desanti
Association of
Corsicans
Mystery Deepens In Phares Case With Missing Hale Center Woman
Hale Center residents and investigators pursue clues in the Andrea Phares disappearance. A local man saw a woman and two men in a black 1955 Lincoln linked to the case, with uncertainty about the sighting time. Authorities question three bus riders seen leaving Hale Center the night she vanished and a ticket agent recalls a Weslaco connection. The car was found abandoned near Hale Center the next day as the search continued forty five days after the disappearance.
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Hale Center
Avalanche Journal
Phares
Andreas Phares
Weslace
Andrea Phares
Weslaco
Andy Lopez
Ivy Bottoms
Jack Phares
Orton
Plainview
Blackace
Four Missing On New Mexico Flight
A Cessna 180 with four aboard was reported missing Saturday night between Roswell and Albuquerque. The pilot was believed to be J. B. Champion of Artesia, a Champion Construction Co. partner. Passengers were not identified by the CAA. Civil Air Patrol was alerted to search. an air sweep would start at dawn if not located.
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Santa FE
Roswell
Albuquerque
New Mexico
J. B. Champion
Artesia
N.M
Champion Construction Co
CAA
Civil Air Patrol
Teachers honored at special remonies in Corsicana
In Corsicana Mrs Boyle was named Children’s Teacher of the Year and Miss Hornbeak Teacher of the Year as a staff photo highlights a ceremony. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church activities include a new moderator Rev E C Cross delivering sermons at First Methodist and Assembly services and planned speakers from Levern J Chess.
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la Corsicana
First Methodist Church
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The
Cumberland
E. C. Cross
Dyersburg
Itenn
J. Chess Levern
Five Methodist Church
Cumberland Presbyterian
Lubbock
Olton
Morris Pepper
Memphis
Tenn
Cumberland Presbyterian Christian Education Department
Broadway
Ave
Assembly and Missionary Convention
Raymon Burroughs
Bethel College
McKenzie
Board of Missions and Evangelism
General Assembly
Milford H. Smith
Nashville
Temm
Home Mission Board
Sidney Slaton
Wichita
Kan
Dudley Condron
Tulsa
Okla
Vernon Burrow
Parsons
J. T. Buck
Robert Forester
McGready Co-operative
Alabama
Allsboro
Calvin E. Baird
Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Forester
Sears Roebuck & Co
Emory University
R. E. Boyle
Petersburg
Clyde Whitwell
Trenton
Robert Minton
Trimble
Lily McCollum
Chattanooga
Katie Coleman
Sulphur Rock
Ark
Marvin Branum
Huntsville
Ala
Corsicana
Lois Hornbeak
Committee On Education
Douglas ’ J
Moore
Cookeville
A. D. Salisbury
Charles Lenning
Bowling Green
George W. Sparks
Paducah
Virginia Malcom
Jefferson City
Children’s Workers
Dr. Pepper
Missionary Convention
Assembly
Board of Foreign Missions
O. T. Arnett
Jackson
Mary Katherine Mize
London
L. M. Brockwell
Caprock Hotel
Miss Mize
Carl Ramsey
Brockwell
Mr. Estes
Arleigh Matlock
F. E.metzker
Pad
City Budget Talks Toward Salary Increases in 1956
City officials plan conferences with department heads starting Monday to trim estimates for the coming year and balance the budget while preserving salary raises. The 5 percent across the board pay hike for city workers had been missed last year due to auditorium coliseum issues and tax rates. The commission faces July 15 budget decisions and the search for a new city manager to replace Matthews, with no comment on candidates.
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Matthews
Auditorium Coliseum
San Antonio
Births Report From Texas Hospitals
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson and Al Tulane on the birth of a daughter weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces at 4 53 a.m. at Pepe Tease Texas Hospital. The father is a mechanic with tweeten air Craft. Also noted are births to Mr. and Mrs. C C Ake of EZ Std St and to Mr. and Mrs. Donnie W Kilien with a daughter weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces at 4 40 a.m. at Taylor Hospital. The fathers hold positions with Hemphill Wells Co.
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James Nelson
Tulane
Pepe
Texas Hospital
Tweeten Air Craft
C. C. Ake Af
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Donnie W. Kilien
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Ralls
Carl Losson
Kress
Homer Steen
Floydada Hesperian
Dorris W. Jones
Charlie Perry
W. T. Robertson
William Blair
Luthe Aniker
Blanco Canyon
Floydana
Samuel D. Hawkins
Oklahoma City
the Peoples University
Richard E. Tenneson
Alden
Minn
U. S. State Department
Hawkins, Skinner
Tenneson
S. Ae
Clarence C. Adams
Howard G Adams
Albert C. Belhomme
Ashland
Richard G. Corden
East
Providence
John R. Dunn
Baltimore
Andrew Fortuna
Ionia
Mich
Arhe H. Pate
Carbondale
Scott L. Rush
Marietta
Lawrence V. Sullivan
Omaha
James G. Veneris
Hawthorne
Harold H. Webb
Fort Pierce
Fla
William C. White
Plumerville
Aaron P. Wilson
Vernon Wilson
KU 1
Shallowater
Methodist Hospital
Andrews
Lynn
Shreveport
Committee
House of Representatives
French North Africa
University College
Nigeria
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