Students Try To Upset Ike's Huge Ovation In Uruguay
Leftist student crowds in Montevideo shouted anti U S and pro Castro slogans and staged violence to disrupt President Eisenhower during his South American tour. Police used sabers tear gas water cannons and gunfire as crowds clashed with officers. The Uruguay an University Students Federation charged police brutality and said a student was shot while another was wounded by a saber. Ike left early for Puerto Rico, with no explanation.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Ontevideo
Uruguay
Eisenhower
Ihe
Puerto Rico
White House
Uruguayan University Students Federation
Richard M. Nixon
California
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Ike
Lubbock Citizens Group Names Trio for City Posts
A Lubbock citizens group announced a full slate for city offices led by David C. Casey for Mayor W O Mara for Commissioner Place 2 and Frank H Chappell Jr for Commissioner Place 4 The slate was drafted by a 10 member executive committee and will be filed at City Hall Casey is a current City Commissioner with oil and development work background O Mara recently retired from Sears after 31 years with the firm Chappell serves as a bank director and rancher All three back continued sound business principles and could file formal statements before the election April 5
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Lubbock
City Hall
David C. Casey
W. O'Mara
Frank H. Chappell
Casey
New Casey
O’mara
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chappell
Citizens National Bank
Civic Iireles
Heid Casey
O'Mara
Cabbie shoots wife and attorney at City Hall
In San Francisco a taxi driver opened fire in a City Hall corridor wounding his wife and her attorney before shooting himself. Jeremiah Cozzens, 59, died later from a self-inflicted head wound after returning to the Superior Court room of Judge Norman Elkington for a domestic dispute hearing.
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San Francisco
Jeremiah Cozzens
Superior Court
Norman Elkington
Amarillo Airman Ketchum Dies in Crash on Ice
Amarillo area road crash leaves Airman Herschel A. Ketchum 26 dead. Stationed at Amarillo Air Force Base, he lived near the base with his wife and three year old son. His mother, Mrs. Pearl Ketchum, is from Wellington.
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Amarillo
Tex
UPI
C. Herschel A. Ketchum
Wellington
U.S
Ketchum
Amarillo Air Force Base
Pearl Ketchum
Prosecutor Scorns Pair in Finch Trial Finale
In Los Angeles the prosecution branded Carole Tregoff and Dr. R Bernard Finch as lovers who engineered Mrs Finch death. Final pleas from Finch’s defense painter him as either a murderer or a master actor while the judge and courtroom audience react to the closing arguments.
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Jack V. Foxos Angeles
UPI
Carole Tregoff
MacBeth
R. Bernard Finch
Etorecuuior Feu
Grant Cooper
Finch
Undefeated storekeeper fends off multiple holdups
In Avington New Jersey Frank Gilfol, 84, 140 pounds, has thwarted five robbery attempts at his liquor shop. He has killed one gunman, shot two, disarmed three, and never lost a cent. In the latest incident he fired twice, the bandit escaped. Gilfol vows to defend his shop and keep his gun for protection.
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United Frees International
Avington
N.J
Frank Gilfol
Gilfol
Johnson Moves To End Civil Rights Dispute In Senate
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson presented a five page substitute aimed at Negro voting rights as the Senate pressed into its third all night session on civil rights. Republicans plan a noon party conference to discuss the measure and cloture as a way to end the filibuster.
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Warren Duffee Jashington
DPT
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
S.t
Teachers To Meet Today In Lubbock Convention
A banquet at 7 30 p m in Caprock Hotel ballroom will keynote the District 13 Texas State Teachers Convention opening tonight. The 17 counties begin a three day program in Lubbock with officer reports and elections on the pre convention agenda. Mrs Mary Alexander of Palestine is the guest speaker and next year site is chosen.
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House of Delegates
Caprock Hotel
District 13
Texas State Teachers Convention
Lubbock
District 4
Mary Alexander
Palestine
Charles F. Mathews
Plainview
New Chessman Death Date Set Amid Ban Debate
Sacramento reports that execution date for Los Angeles bandit was moved to May 2 as California opens a special session to consider abolishing the death penalty. Judge Nye set the date and Brown pushes a life without parole ban, claiming the penalty fails to protect the innocent or deter crime. Six state senators support the proposal.
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UPSD
Cary
Chessman
California
Los Angeles County
Clement D. Nye
Los Angeles
Red Light Bandit
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Paralyzing storm hits downstate with widespread outages
A frigid ice storm crippled the South Plains and parts of northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana, leaving thousands without heat or electricity. Schools closed as business and travel slowed. a warming trend is forecast to begin today with clearing skies, though a potential relapse may occur later in the week.
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Tanner
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Weather Bureau
Marshall
Longview
Gilmer
Texas
Louisiana
Non-Voter: The man who never bothers to vote
A compact quip from the era branding a non-voter as a critic of government. It reflects the paper’s wit sectioning and syndicated humor tone without detailing specific events or figures.
Famed Texas Ranger Quits In Policy Squabble
Captain Jay Banks, renowned Texas Ranger who helped chase Mickey Cohen from Texas and led the posse that killed Gene Norris, resigns over Ranger policy in a telegram to Col. Homer Garrison. Banks cites lack of confidence from the director and public safety commission and says the issue will not keep him up at night. He is 47.
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Jay Banks
Texas
Mickey Cohen
Gene Paul Norris
Banks
Austin
Homer P. Garrison
Department of Public Safey
Garrison
Director and Public Safety Commission
Company B
Texas Rangers
Ranger
Ice and Snow Paralyze Large South of Nation
A vast winter storm crippled the South and Midwest with ice and heavy snow stretching from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Power lines fell and thousands lost electricity as dozens of counties faced travel delays, school closures, and postponed events across Texas Arkansas Missouri Iowa Illinois Indiana Tennessee Kentucky Georgia and surrounding states. Eleven deaths were reported with record snow depths in Kansas City Russell and nearby towns.
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Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Southland
Lower Midwest
Dixie
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Weather Bureau
Illinois
St. Louis
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Russell
Kansas City
Columbia
New Jersey
Virginia
Atlanta
University of Georgia At Athens
South
Molinar Receives Five-Year Probation in Burglary Case
Midland Special reports Joe Molinar, 19, pleaded guilty to a burglary in 142nd District Court. Judge Perry Pickett sentenced him to five years, probated, despite Molinar’s plea to serve two in prison. Gilmore got two years for theft over $50 and Fisher three years for forgery after guilty pleas.
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Willie V. Fisher
Weather Map Page 8-B Lubbock Area Forecast Summary
Clear to partly cloudy conditions in the Lubbock vicinity with warmer afternoon. Low 12, high 41. Northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Temperature readings and times listed include 1 am to 4 pm and 9 pm figures. Maximum 32, minimum 16 today, humidity ranges 71 to 100 percent. Regional city notes show varied precipitation and temps across Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo OKC Dallas Roswell Denver and more.
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el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
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Dallas
Roswell Co
Denver
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W. C. O'Mara Commission
Frank H. Chappell, JR
Cooper
Dr. Finch
Lady MacBeth
Whichello
Mrs. Finch
Bee Finch
Adios
Avalanche-Journal Station
Gilfel
Giles
Gop
Catherine McConnell
Sterling Hayden
Hayden
Madeleine Carrol
Betty Ann de Noon
Texas Ranger
United Press International
Fourth Street
Quaker Avenue
Downstate
John Wilson
The
Associated Press
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