House Slashes Sales Tax Provision Amid Bill Debates
The House voted to remove a sales tax provision that would require a two percent tax on items over $90, a move Rep. Tom James of Dallas says largely exempts lower incomes. Other amendments included repealing a $15 door-to-door cosmetic sales license fee, with reps like Louis Dugas of Orange and Obie Jones of Rushinssn weighing in on tax changes.
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Tom James
Dallas
Louis Dugas
Orange
Obie Jones
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Tony Fenagliv
Nocona
Seeligson
Jerry Sadler
Palestine
Roger Daily
Houston
Austin
Batte
Senate and House clash over defense plans and taxes in tense session
Long Texas legislative debate centers on new air defense strategy, military preparedness, and fiscal bills. Sen Strom Symington blasts plan as costly, while McElroy defends strategic retaliation goals. Lawmakers clash over a partial tax package and potential third special session as gallery crowds watch.
Man Denied Marriage Over Dead Birth Record in Belgrade
Belgrade report says a man cannot marry because birth records show he died a month after birth. A twin died days after birth but remained listed as alive, forcing a court case to prove he is alive and correct the register. Istanbul High School marks ten year anniversary with Turkish stamp commemorations.
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Belgrade
Veler
Poliha Repor
Good Will Delegation Heads to Mexico From Lubbock
A four member Good Will delegation leaves Lubbock by air for Mexico City this afternoon to counter bracero labor tensions. Members include George Pfeiffenberger of Plans Cotton Growers Inc., Frank Gonzales of Lubbock County Farm Bureau, Allen, a cotton farmer, and John Hawrey of the Hub City Lions Club. They travel by commercial carrier, arrive around 10 a.m. local time, to inform Mexican officials of strong US farm relations and that a service refusal incident was not the farmers’ fault.
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Mexico City
George Pfeiffenberger
Plans Cotton Growers, Inc
Frank Gonzales
Allen
Cecilia Molin
Jesse Lee
Haar Design Institute
College Ave
Serviee
Gonzales
Lab Secie
Mexico
United States
Agricultur Resentatives
Three Die in Wreck Near Lubbockon Shallowater Road
A sports car driven by Ayres overturned on a rural road 2.9 miles north of Lubbock as he demonstrated the Austin-Hei pen car for Myers. Ayres died at the scene, his body pinned beneath the vehicle. Myers survived. Ayres had recently married and planned to move to Andrews. Funeral arrangements and survivor details follow.
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Car Train Crash Injures City Girl in Local Accident
Linda Danone Green seven of 207 Baylor street was admitted to Taylor Hospital for observation after her car was struck by a switch engine in the 200 block of Locomotive Street. Investigating officers said the victim’s father was driving the car as it attempted to pass. The left rear fender was damaged and two other occupants were uninjured. An ambulance from McDonald Funeral Home transported the injured to the hospital.
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Doe Green
Baylor
Taylor Hospital
Jim
Ida
Cilon
Slaton
James B. Price
Plainview
Cireen
Mcdonald Funeral Home
Sc Tims
Services Set Today For Accident Victim
Funeral services are planned at First Baptist Church of Andrews for Billy Joe Axers killed in a automobile crash near Lubbock on Saturday. Burial follows in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction. He resided at 2020 5th St in Lubbock and was a former Tech student. Survivors include his wife Lou Beth, a son Ben ton Leroy, Edwardsville, Illinois, his parents Mr and Mrs Re Ayers of Andrews, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W B Ayers of Big Spring, and maternal grandmother Mrs Amanda Rogers of Eastland. Pallbearers named are Buddy King Amarillo Bill Hayes Midland Charles Ayers Buddy Coleman Roland Tilly and Jimmy Nelson.
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Ayers
Justice of the Peace
Goh McCloskey
Hamphill-Wellson
Hibbett Hosiery
Cavid
Texas Tech
Andrews
Funeral Singleton Funeral Home
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Low Beth
Ruidoso
Marburg
Denton Leroy
Kedward Calle TE
Roy Ayers
Brownfield
Peres
Tevez
Ladrews
Billy Joe Axers
Lubbock
Grissom
First Baptist
Fee
Big Spring
Lou Beth
Benton Leroy
Edwardsville
Re Asers
W. B. Ayers
High Spring
Amanda Rogers
Eastland
Midland
Charles Ayers
Buddy Coleman
Roland Tilly
Jimmy Nelson
Alhot
Andreie
Avalanche Journal Moves Into Ultra Modern Plant
The Avalanche Journal moves into a new plant after years of planning. Construction started spring 1958 and the paper will feature new mastheads with Morning and Evening editions and a Sunday edition. The building houses composing rooms morgue photography lab and a coffee shop with a windowless newsroom and underground press units.
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Avakimche-Journal
South
Plains
New Mexico
Morning Avalanche
Avalanche Journal
Evening Journal
The
Avalanche
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Fors
Tadia Statin Keyo
Local Briefs Include Injury, Burglaries and Moves
Eight year old David Earl Haney remains hospitalized after a car struck him near the intersection of 10th St and Ave FE. Donald A. Johnson of 230% 2nd St Glas and steel doors at Piggly Wiggly on 50th St and Elgin Ave sustained $75 damage during an attempted burglary Friday night. Ruth Robinson, 34, of 250 Cedar Nevig Woman, was released after treatment for razor wounds at Methodist Hospital. Police report an attack at Taclem Grill near WT Ave. S/Sgt James Ch sife of IBOSA Ave boards a flight to Newfoundland, then reassignment to Donaldson AFB, S.C., with wife and son Steven G. A 10-day visit to South Carolina is planned starting after a stop in Larkboe. The Bank Officers Institute banquet at the Lubbock Hotel named Verna Lynn as president and Jack Hollister as secretary-treasurer with other officers listed.
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Will
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West Tests Hospital
Tth St
Ave. FE
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Piggly Wiggly Super Market
50Th St
Elgin Ave
Ruth Robinson
Cedar
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Methodist Hostil
Taclem Grill
WT Ave
James FE
Ibosa Ave
Newfoundland
Donaldson Air Force Base
S.C
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Inediana
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Larkboe
South Carolina
Reese Air Fore
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Area Papers Given Awards at Texas Newspaper Convention
Several South Plains Panhandle weeklies received awards at the Texas newspaper convention held Saturday. Borger News-Herald won in writing and news pictures. Andrews County News, Hereford Brand, Winkler County News, Pecos Enterprise, Canadian Record, Friona Star, Farwell State Line Tribune, and Earth News-Sun earned various semiweekly or weekly divisions.
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South Plaing Panhandle
Texas
Borger News-Herald
Ohana
Andrews County News
Hereford Brand
Winkler County
Ows
Pecos Enterprise
Canadian Record
Wew
Friona’ Star
Farwell State Line ‘Tribune
Earth News-Sun
Derby winners, prizes set for All American Soap Box Derby
The article notes KFYO will announce changes Monday for the Lutback Derby. The winner will receive a Champion's Trophy and expense-paid trip to Akron, Ohio for the 2nd All American Soap Box Derby. Winners will also earn a $3,000 Colley scholarship. Additional awards will be announced in The Avalanche-Journal. The Aug. 16 race in Bridge Mass. is tied to Harvard University.
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KFYO
Akron
Olia
Avalanche - Journal
Man Will Bee
Negro Arraigned On Stolen Car Charge
Charles Lee Henderson a 32 year old Albuquerque resident was arraigned before U S Commissioner Frank Murray on a interstate transportation of a stolen car charge. He was held on 500 dollar bond in county jail. Henderson was arrested Friday night on a Dyer Act violation. The car was recovered by city officers John Gorman and Loyd Bolin. Curtis O Lynam in Dallas said Henderson took a car from Avis Rent A Car in Albuquerque last April 18 and brought it into Texas.
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Charles Lee Henderson
Albuquerque
U.S
Frank Murray
Henderson
Tommy Wilbanks
J.T. Brew
John Gorman
Loyd Bolin
Curtis O. Lynam
FBE
Dallas
Avis Rent
Texas
Dry Air Ends Most Of Rain Over Texas
Wet weather eased across Texas as a dry air mass halted a week of heavy rainfall. Only Midland and Alpine reported trace amounts. highs reached 111 in Presidio and 100 in Lubbock with other readings in the 90s. Forecasters anticipated few night thundershowers and lighter winds ahead.
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Alpine
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Weather Bureau
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Wink
Lubbock
Amarillo
Laredo
FI Paso
Austin
Beaumont
Lufkin
Dallas
Waco
Wichita Falls
Houston
Brownsville
Texas
Soviet Defector To Expose Spy Ring In Burma
Rangoon Burma AP Alexander Urevitch Kaznacheev who fled the Soviet Union in the USA says he will expose a Communist spy network in Burma. He spoke at a news conference and said he seeks asylum in the United States. He described the USSR as terroristic and police state. Kaznacheev is the second Soviet diplomat in Rangoon in weeks to defect or seek to defect following Col. Mikhail I. Steyguine. Steyguine was hospitalized after a failed attempt to die by his own hand following a Soviet Embassy meeting about the affair.
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Burma
Alexander Urevitch Kaznacheev
USA
Kamacheey
Ussr
Econd
Kaznacheev
Mikhail I. Steyguine
Mil
Heey
Stryguine
Alext Shiborin
Karnacheew
Shiborin
Moscow
Reorganization Seen as 10th Red Cross Director Resigns
A Sunday night report states the Lubbock County Red Cross chapter lost its 10th director amid a policy split. Mrs Tae resigns after Bob Johnson withdrew an application for affiliation. The move follows a board shakeup involving Chest and Council.
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Lubbock
Tae
Bob Johnson
Tab Fem Hock
Communy Chest
Sth
Vevne Hospital
Aby
Birth announced for daughter at Peyne Hospital
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Che Curler on the birth of a daughter weighing 10 pounds 4 ounces at 10 15 PM Friday at Peyne Hospital. Father listed as an employee of the C8 Post Office Meant Me Gene Hed start and family attendance noted.
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Che Curler
Peyne Hospital
Maine
Oil Steady Taxes Down on State Oil Output
A state report shows July oil prices steady and tax revenues down by about 40,000 dollars. Prices slid from 14.08 to 10 cents per barrel, while daily production fell from a peak of 3,820,126 to 2,661,771 barrels as of next month. Officials note steady decline amid Suez tensions and expect domestic growth despite lower output.
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Ent
Hawaiians Turn Out For Statehood Vote
Hawaiians statewide cast ballots in a combined statehood referendum and primary election. From Hilo to Honolulu crowds wore aloha shirts as turnout started slow but increased as the day progressed.
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API
Hilo
Aloha
Islan ‘x
Rayburn To Address Oklahoma Demos Banquet
Speaker Rayburn accepted an invitation to speak at the Young Democrats Banquet in Ada Oklahoma on August 29. The event will honor Judge Otton Busby founder of the Young Democrats movement.
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UPI
Am Rayburn
Young Democrats
Adi
Okla
Qton
Busby
Satchmo Is 1 But Wife Says No
SPOLETO Mary Abs reports Louis Armstrong known as Satchmo remains in hospital after pneumonia. His wife vetoed a first real meal, while doctors celebrate recovery and hope to move him home soon. He ate baked potato spaghetti and tomato stuffed with starches during hospital stay.
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Mary
Louis Satoh Armstrong
Laveille
Satchmo
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Armstrong
Schiff
50 Invited For Queen Elizabeth Dinner in Chicago
AP reports 11 of 50 invitations to a Queen Elizabeth dinner have been declined as of Saturday. Jack Reilly, in charge of arrangements, said nearly all invited accepted on short notice, noting some doubles. Absent guests include Adlai Stevenson, who is in Europe.
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Queen Elizabeth
Jack Reilly
Reilly
Adlai
Stevenson
Euerope
American Film Stars Honored By Dinner
American film stars Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond were guests of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard at their country palace in Soestdijk Netherlands The dinner was a family affair with the royal spokesman saying the couple are old friends of the Dutch royal family The Queen’s state visit to the United States is noted in the report
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Netherlands
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Joe Hana
Prince Bernhard
Royal Palace
United States
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