Senate filibuster wears on through night in civil rights push
The Senate reached past 12 hours in a around the clock fight over civil rights legislation. Southern opponents pressed long speeches while a new amendment rule was agreed to allow unlimited amends before debate ends. Vice President Nixon issued two rulings on cloture and amendments, with parties split on compromise and a threat of inch by inch obstruction.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
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Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Richard Russell
D-La
Allen J. Ellender
Dixie
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Capitol
Chileans greet Eisenhower in massive Santiago welcome
President Eisenhower drew a rousing crowd in Santiago as 500000 to 700000 residents cheered his motorcade and showered flowers. He spoke of a summit with Khrushchev aiming to ease tensions and urged disarmament while Latin leaders share views for Paris talks. A small protest occurred at the Communist union HQ with arrests after vandalism of Fidel Castro imagery.
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Avalanche-Journal
Antiago
Chile
Eisenhower
Presidential
Pikita Khrushchev
Paris
Alessandri
Alameda
Bernardo O'Higgins
Communist Central Workers Union
United States
Fidel Castro
Clotario Brest
Finch Trial Evidence Casts Doubt On Key Witness
Dr. L R Bernard Finch defense argues Swedish maid Marie Anne Lidholm altered statements to fit facts in the murder case of Barbara Jean Finch. Attorney Grant B. Cooper cites ten changes claiming Lidholm shifted details about bloodstains and which car door was used as testimony evolved. The trial unfolds with jury weighing the maid’s credibility against prosecutors alleging ambush and a fatal blow in the garage.
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Associated Press
OS Angeles
L R. Bernard Finch
Finch
Marie Anne Lidholm
Grant B. Cooper
Miss Lidholm
Dr. Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Cooper
Marie Anne
Yarborough Gives Son Salary Boost
Washington report notes that Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas increased his son’s pay after the Senate published its payroll. The prior disclosure in November showed 16 members employing 17 relatives or in-laws on the payroll for the July to September period.
Metropolis Revisits Reform Skepticism in Editorial Tone
In a city edition, Metropolis editors weigh reform hopes against realities. The piece argues that progress is slower than advocates claim but faster than critics predict, urging measured expectations.
Hong Kong Invasion Sparks British Protest Over Refugees
London reports Red China troops entered Hong Kong to seize 25 refugees who fled mainland China. A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain would file a sharp protest to Peiping over the breach of British territory.
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London
Britain
Red China
Hong Kong
China
Foreign Office
Peiping
Positive Thinking Basic Principles Cited In Achieving Success
Editor notes from Norman Vincent Peale outline that preconditioning the mind to success begins with stopping defeatist thinking and embracing positive, goal driven thought. Thoughts shape life. transforming the mind renews potential and controls living.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Renulte
Lubbock Plans New Junior High to Ease Enrollment Pressure
Lubbock Independent School District trustees study three year pupil projections for seven junior high schools totaling 4828 now and rising to 5965 in 1961 62 and 6044 in 1962 63. A southwest site at 58th Street and Nashville Avenue will host a new school to relieve Smylie C Wilson and W B Atkins Junior Highs as a northeast eight grade school planned soon will not relieve Thompson and See.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Lubbock Independent School
Plainsmari Hotel
Smylie C. Wilson
W. B. Atkins
58Th St
Nashville Avenue
Thompson
Nine Rebels Killed in Nicaragua Invasion Near Honduras
Nine rebels were killed Monday in a clash with Nicaraguan government troops near the Honduran frontier. The army said the rebel band crossed into Nicaragua from Honduras on Saturday.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Honduras
Leap Year Day babies mark 1960 cohort in Lubbock births
Thirteen infants eight girls and five boys born in Lubbock hospitals on Leap Year Day join about 11 000 U S leap year newborns. The 1960 crop of leap year babies will likely celebrate roughly 18 birthdays in a lifetime. Mrs Audrey Smith recalls her 13th birthday while noting she is actually 52.
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Lubbock
U.S
Audrey Smith
5Th St
Zoning Board rejects 34th Street parking lot plan
The City Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a parking lot request for 2202 35th St in a duplex zone after council member Cliff Cummings argued against opening strip Zoning on 34th Street. Four other requests were approved, with two earlier tabled items on 34th Street billboard and Idalou road cabinet shop rejected.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
34Th Street
City Hall
Annette Ocker Martin
35Th St
Cliff Cummings
Cummings
33Rd Street
Farr’s
Case
Monday Kight
Sentence For Mrs Bowman Suspended In Slaying Case
Elsie Bowman pleaded guilty to the gunshot killing of her former husband Tom Bowman last July and received a five year suspended sentence from Judge Robert H. Bean. The 39 year old was indicted for murder with malice at her residence on 1717 28th Street and the charge was reduced to fit the emotional circumstances.
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Jim Seaver
Avalanche-Journal
Elsie Bowman
Robert H. Bean
Tom E. Bowman
28Th St
George E. Gilkerson
Bean
Bowman
Navy Band Performs in Santiago for Chilean Fans
The U S Navy Band, short of members after a Rio de Janeiro crash killed 19 sailors, played to thousands in Constitution Square Santiago on Monday night.
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Navy Band
Santiago, Chile
U.S. Navy
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Constitution Square
Purvis Led Dillinger Hunt Before His Death
Melvin Purvis who headed the FBI Chicago manhunt for John Dillinger died by a self inflected wound in Florence South Carolina He was in his early 50s and had led the 14 month pursuit ending July 22 1934 outside a North Side theater where Dillinger was killed Purvis later became a broadcasting company head in Florence The article recalls Dillinger rise and Purvis role in capturing the famed gangster and the years long crime spree surrounding him
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Earl Aykroid Hicago
Melvin Purvis
Florence
S.C
Desperado
John Dillinger
Purvis
FBI
Chicago
Dillinger
North Side
Mooresville
Ind
Tough
Indiana State Penitentiary
Texas Ice Storm Closes Roads Across the State
A major ice storm glazed highways and bridges across Texas with freezing rain and light snow. Fatalities and injuries were reported including Mrs. Hilmar Marshall of Fredericksburg who died when her car overturned on State Highway 16. Severe slickness hit Midland and Seminole areas as police and residents suffered injuries. Lubbock area expected more snow and drizzle with highs near 27 and lows around 17 as conditions remained dangerous through the day.
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Avalanche-Journal
Texas
South Plains
South
Hilmar Marshall
Fredericksburg
Lubbock
Lockney
East Texas
Big Bend
Space Leapfrog Plans Revealed by NASA Official
Washington NASA official Milton W. Rosen says the United States aims to leapfrog Russia in space with Saturn boosters as ground tests near. He notes Russians will likely upgrade their boosters by 1964 when Saturn becomes fully operational. He asserts the U S hopes to move faster than they do.
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Washington
UPD
Russia
Milton W. Rosen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Weather Map Forecast For Lubbock And Vicinity
Weather map notes cloudy and cold with intervals of snow or freezing rain and east winds 10 to 20 mph. Low around 17, high near 27 this day. Southwest region shows 24 hour precipitation and temperatures across Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Dallas Denver with varying amounts and normals.
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Abilene
el Paso
el Albuquerque
Houston Amarillo
Okla, Vty
Dallas
Denver
W. Walls
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