Lubock Soap Box Derby Champion Mike Malcik Races to Win
Mike Malcik, 13, son of Roland and, Malcik, wins the 12th annual Lubbock Soap Box Derby in 38.6 seconds after a hurried repair to his gravity racer. Kinney Keenam finishes Class B winner, Palmer and DeBusk tied before Palmer wins. Malcik heads to Akron, Ohio for the All American Derby.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Mike Malcik
Lubbock
Roland
Malcik
Wilson
Kinney Keenam
Keenam
A. J. Keenam
48Th St
Byron Stovall
Maleik
Akron
Ohio
Palmer
DeBusk
Friend
Winnah
Roland O. Malcik
Avalanche Journal
Vending Machine Blast Kills Man at Chrysler Plant
A vending machine exploded at the Chrysler plant in Indianapolis killing one man and injuring 101 others. About a dozen employees stood around the machine in the 95 degree heat when it blew up. Officials said the cause is not yet known. The machine was demolished and metal fragments struck the crowd.
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Indianapolis
VPI
Chrysler
Crop damage heavy as hail and heat hit Olton area
A severe late day storm northwest of Olton brought hail up to inches and high winds with about 1 inch of rain. Wheat losses are estimated 25 to 30 percent and cotton about 50 percent seven miles northwest of Olton, with showers across the South Plains varying. Temperatures remained in the 90s as a heat wave spread east.
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Olton
South Plains
Plainview
United Press International
Southern Plains
Gulf of Mexico
New York State
Smyerland
Meadow
Trace
Levelland
Weather Bureau
Texas
Fecos
van Horn
Hooster
College Station
Great Lakes
Michigan
Missouri
Colorado
Mercury
Newark
Eisenhower
Frol_R. Kozlov
New York City
New York
New Jersey
Nurse’s fatal error taints newborn formulas in Indiana
An Indiana nurse, an expectant mother, allegedly used boric acid solution in infant formula at Putnam Hospital Green Castle. Three newborns under a week old fell ill. one died at Riley Hospital Indianapolis, the other two remained critical but improving. Superintendent George Rollo said the nurse likely grabbed the wrong bottle.
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United Press International
Indianapolis
George Rollo
Putnam Hospital
Green Castle
Ind
Greencastle Hospital
James Whitcomb Riley
James Christian Gambold
John Gambold
Coatesville
Riley Hospital
Rollo
Final Plans Okayed for Lubbock School Addition
Trustees of the Lubbock Independent School District approved final plans for a 12 room L shaped addition to Bozeman Elementary in northeast Lubbock. Bids are due Wednesday July 15 at 4 p.m. in the Tom S. Lubbock High cafeteria. Estimated cost is 180000 with potential savings from design changes including concrete roof beams and removal of classroom doors and fluores cent lighting. The board reviewed a proposed 1959 60 budget of 6631638.21 with no action yet.
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Tom S. Lubbock High School
Bozeman School
Lubbock
Lubbock Independent School District
Maney
Plainsman
Nimes
Senien
Monterey High
University fee bill stalled by Senate action
Administrators of 19 state colleges face financial squeeze after Senate action Monday wiped out a bill that would have increased student fees. Lt. Gov. Ramsey sustained a double-barreled point of order and says the measure should originate in the House. Funds totaling 2.7 million dollars for the legislature include transfers from cigarette and drivers' license funds.
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ED Overholser Ustin
Senate
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Ben Ramsey
House
Daniel
Bill Cobb
Legislative Budget Board
Revised Farm Bill Advances From Capitol Conferees
A 4 percent billion dollar compromise farm bill heads to final action in the House and Senate. The agreement loosens a $50 000 cap on price support loans to allow multiple loans to large producers across crops. Total cash is about 3.97 billion dollars for the year beginning Wednesday, about four million less than the Senate, 32 million more than the House. Hearings opened with discouragement on chances of agreement among the administration Congress and seven farm groups. Herschel Newsom of the National Grange urged a workable program regardless of signing by President Eisenhower.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Man Held In Slaying Of Seven Relatives
Robert Cook, described by neighbors as having a mania for cars, was held on a murder charge in connection with the killing of seven family members. He appeared in court and was ordered confined to Ponoka Mental Hospital for one month for observation. no plea was entered.
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Stettler
Alta
Robert Cook
Lord Cook
Ponoka Mental Hospital
Missing Michigan tot Found Alive After 13 Hours In Woods
Three year old Carol VanHulla wandered from a Niagara Wisconsin picnic area near Norway Lake on the Michigan Wisconsin border. After 13 hours of searching more than 500 people joined the effort. Two Niagara youths heard crying and found Carol asleep on a waterlogged mound. She was unharmed aside from insect bites and fatigue and taken to Iron Mountain hospital.
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Carol
Joseph VanHulla
Niagara
Wis
Norway Lake
Michigan - Wisconsin
Melvin Hoes
William Ruelle
Kenny Scott
Kenny
Congress Extends Korean War Tax Measures
Congress sent President Eisenhower a bill to extend Korea War taxes including corporation income and excise sales taxes to avoid a 3 billion dollar revenue loss. Eisenhower was expected to sign the compromise, preventing midnight June 30 expiration. The House passed the measure early and the Senate debated it for hours.
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Creas
Yy Tee
Ashington
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Fire Tragedy Spurs Full Probe After Ogeechee Crossing Crash
A train crossing a trestle on the Ogeechee River caused a devastating blaze. Fourteen bodies were recovered, many injured critically, with at least nine children among the dead. Investigators found no immediate evidence of the blast cause.
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Vakied Prose International
Meldrim
Georgia
Ogeechee River
Seaboard Airline Railroad
Nervous breakdown cited for Long illness at state capitol
Long 63 was diagnosed by psychiatrists as suffering a nervous breakdown due to overwork and aggravated by a stroke and heart trouble. They said tiny strokes in the brain caused emotional symptoms without paralysis. Gov. Long, touring the state from Winnfield to Covington, indicated a planned series of political actions against state officials as the situation unfolded.
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Imat
Ovington
Farl
K. Long
Long
Robert Heath
Ekl
Heath
Louisiana
Winnfield
Covington
Vidalia
Study Panel Nearing Breakup in Texas Tax Talks
A compromised tax bill remains unresolved as a 15 member study panel deadlocks after a late session. Speaker Waggoner Carr vows to present House Bill 18 for a last-ditch debate, while Rep. Tony Korioh reports a tentative accord with one dissenting vote. The plan includes a luxury sales and use tax and faces a potential third special session.
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United Press Internation
Ustin
Waggoner Carr
House
Carr
Tony Konioth
Sherman
Texas
Korioth
Max Smith
San Marcon
House Tax Committee
Rep
V.L. Beckville
Reece Frates Seeljigson
San Antonio
Seeligson
George
Mineola
Brice Daniel
Jgson
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Menton Murray
Harlinzon
Jet crashes into Ishikawa City schoolhouse in Okinawa
A crippled U.S. Air Force jet fighter slammed into a schoolhouse in Ishikawa City NAHA Okinawa Monday. Initial reports say nine children were killed and 60 people, including children and adults, were injured.
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Naha
Okinawa
UPD
U.S. Air Force
Ishikawa
Weather Map Page Ten Lubbock Area Forecast
Partly cloudy and warm with afternoon and evening thundershowers through today and Wednesday. Low this morning 71, high around 96. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Humidity 62 percent at midnight. Precipitation data incomplete but notes show past readings and forecast focus for Lubbock and vicinity.
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