Matador Tops With .65 Fall Rain Misses Southern Area
Showers moved across the South Plains early Saturday delivering up to .65 inch at Matador and lighter totals elsewhere. Fog reduced visibility overnight with light drizzle expected today. Severe lightning accompanied the line, boosting agricultural outlook despite cooler air moving in.
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Israel
South Plains
H May
Avalanche-Journal
Brownfield
Matador
Lubbock
Wacol
Denison-Sherman
East Texas
Waco
Temple
Huntsville
Lufkin
Dalhart
United Press
Muleshoe
Morton
Page
Ex Air Chief Talbott Dead in Florida Home Visit
Harold E. Talbott, former Air Force secretary under Eisenhower, died unexpectedly at 2:30 a.m. Saturday in Palm Beach County at the home of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham while visiting with his wife Margaret Thayer Talbott. A nephew in a te plane flight said he died likely from a cerebral hemorrhage. doctors had not yet confirmed the exact cause. Talbott, 68, would have been 63, was a Dayton native and industrialist who led several aircraft firms before joining the cabinet post.
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Precey Alm Beach
Fla
Harold E. Talbott
Eisenhower
Air Force
Talbott
Harry Payne Bingham
Margaret Thayer Talbott
George E. Talbott
Dayton Ohio
Dayton
City Cotton Broker's F246 Recovered Knife-Point Hold-Up
George W. Loveless a 51 year old Lubbock cotton broker was robbed by four teen ages Negroes who held a knife to his throat and took 246 dollars mostly large bills from his safe. A fourth suspect was arrested two hours later while the others fled. Police traced the trio into custody with a manhunt following the knife point robbery on a Saturday afternoon.
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Glen Bevers
William Summers
George W. Loveless
Lubbock
Israel
U. S
Israel Bales
Loveless
Howard Sharp
Smart Aleck and the boastful bragger in a comic dictionary
A late era newspaper item presents a playful comic dictionary entry focusing on a "Smart Aleck" who boasts about his brightness. The piece satirically contrasts confidence with overconfidence, using concise definitions and humorous phrasing typical of the periodical’s humor column.
Record field for Texas special Senate race tops 1941
The Texas U.S. Senate special election drew 22 candidates by the Saturday filing deadline, the largest field since 1941. Democrats filled most slots with 20 entrants, plus two Republicans Thad Hutcheson and Herbert Antoine Sr. enter as early contenders. Interim Sen Willion Blakely was listed but his candidacy status remains unclear. President Eisenhower backed Hutcheson as GOP leadership weighs its stance.
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Toaru
U.S. Senate
Secretary of State
Willion Blakely
Sec. of
Zolli Steakley
Sai
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Blakely
GOP
Herbert Antoine Sr
Bastrop
Thad Hutcheson
Houston
Hutcheson
Republican Executive Committee
Eisenhower
Repub
Absent Minded Suspect Unable to Explain Blanks
CHICAGO March 2 UP Harry Saravin 29 admitted he forgot when two policemen stopped his car for driving with out headlights early Saturday He could not explain a safe found in the back seat by Officer Filice The note from a sporting goods store turned out to be blank and empty.
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Chicago
Harry Saravin
Jon
Po Filice
Ia Sporting Goods
Moon-Circling Rocket Seen Within Five Years
Brig. Gen H F Gregory of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research says the Air Force may launch a rocket around the moon within five years. He cites moon rocket study contracts and says several projects are in the works to stay ahead of the Russians. Convair headed proposals for actual hardware contracts are anticipated, with three moon rocket projects planned in the next few years.
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Associated Press
Ashington
H. F
Frank) Gregory
Air Force
Office of Scientific Research
Gregory
Erik Bergaust
Mi Zine
Convair
General Dynamics Corp
Bergaust
America
Oklahoma 87 to wed 64 year old city woman today
An 87 year old Oklahoma man, famed for punching cows and taking part in the 1889 land run, plans to marry 64 year old Emily Evans of Lubbock at 4 30 p m today. John W Whipple of Kingston and Mrs Evans have family ties in California and will relocate to Kingston after the ceremony.
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John W. Whipple
Kingston
Okla
Mia
Emily Evans
Rt.1
Lubbock
Whipple
Oscar Whipple
Ave
F. Whipple
Mrs. Evans
Oklahoman
Conrad Schoefer
Avalanche-Journal
Statf
Oklahoma
Daltons
Oklahoma Territory
Ave. F
Rt. 7
Kington
Lake Texoma
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt Elementary student wins big at Slaton stock show
A 10-year-old Roosevelt Elementary School student captured spectators’ attention at the Slaton stock show, winning five ribbons including best-of-breed and champion hog, plus reserve champion in the female swine division and second in showmanship. He adds to a string of awards in stock show competition.
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3Im Holleman Avalanche-Journal
Roosevelt
Lubbock County
W. T. Rush
Rt. 2
Slaton
Leo Roosevelt
Fire Damages Hub Jones Residence Heavy Damage Estimated
Fire swept part of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hub Jones at 3212 25th Street Saturday evening, causing damage estimated in the thousands. Two grandchildren and a Negro maid were in the house but escaped unharmed as flames spread across a living room wall before they smelled smoke. The cause remained undetermined.
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Hub Jones
25Th St. At & P.m
Leak Bribery Plot Tied to Texas House Speaker Carr
Texas naturopathy head Dr. Howard Harmon testified that House Speaker Waggoner Carr urged him to trap Rep. James F. Cox with a $5,000 bribe to kill a naturopathy ban bill. Cox, a Conroe legislator, was indicted on bribery charges as details emerged of a failed arrest plan and a secret recording from an Austin hotel room.
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Garth 0. Jones Astin
Howard Harmon
Texas Naturopaths
House
Waggoner Carr
James FE. Cox
Cox
Conroe
Texas
Col
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Harmon
Special House
Lubbock
Carra
Morris Cook
Waggoner
Cook
Carr
Texas Naturopathic Physicians Association
San Antonio
Texas Naturopaths Asm
Austin
Doctor Bares
Eisenhower seeks to ease FHA down payment terms
The Eisenhower administration asked Congress to authorize lower down payments on FHA insured mortgages for moderately priced homes. Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole said the proposed liberal loan-to-value terms would ease financing for housing sales.
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Tne
Kesey
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Albert M. Cole
Shakedown Bills in Legislature Stir Controversy
In a March 2 report Dave Cheavens Astin questions how often legislators introduce nuisance or shakedown bills to bait targeted groups. He notes the difficulty of proving such practice and jokes that detecting it would require unprecedented access to capitol rooms and private conversations.
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Dave Cheavens Astin
Capital
Capitol Corridor
Weather fragment from El Paso listing
Fragmentary weather notice shows scattered data including temperatures 26 and 34 degrees with uncertain locality and garbled station names across multiple places suggesting a torn page weather corner and incomplete forecasts.
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Perkins
Okio
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Eduction
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