Texas House advances driver liability bill amid insurance fears
Texas representatives backed the driver responsibility bill raising auto liability to 10000 for death or injury to one person 20000 for two and 5000 for property damage. Critics warn about a 14 million annual premium hike and claim it serves insurance firms. Senate prospects seen as rough.
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William Clayton Astin
UPI
Texas
House
Bob Fairchild l
Center
Senate
Fairchild
James Cotten
Weatherford
State Insurance Board
Cuban refugee arrives in Miami with daughter on Red Cross flight
Antonio Infante and his 9-year-old daughter Sandra arrive in Miami from Cuba aboard a Red Cross plane that delivered ransom goods to Havana. Infante, who wore worn holes in his soles, says gunmen forced passengers to discard wearable shoes on the bus to Havana during their escape.
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Antonio
Infante
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Red Cross
Havana
Sandra
Matthew Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Antonio Infante
Aguas Galancas
Oriente
Cuba accuses U.S. of planned nuclear attack at UN
Cuba filed a formal complaint with UN Secretary General U Thant accusing the United States of planning a thermonuclear attack that could threaten global peace. The charge came as Havana released a list of grievances against Washington.
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Associated Press
AVANA
Cuba
United States
U Thant
Washington
Raul Roa
U.S
Roa
Thant
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Workreation plan eyed by Lubbock Youth Council
The Lubbock Youth Council will propose a summer jobs program for teens at the March 14 City Commission meeting. Jorge Moreno prepared the recommendation, the group’s second proposal after asking for a city youth counseling department. A nonprofit Workreation Inc would contract with local businesses and oversee a youth work program.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Indivice
Refugees arrive as Cuba food and shoe shortages worsen
Ninety eight Cuban exiles with American citizenship and dependents arrived on a Pan Am World Airways flight from Havana amid reports of severe shoe and food shortages. Antonio Infante described a growing crisis while Dr Julian Baldor claimed conditions were not so bad, noting rationing but no hunger.
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Cuba
Infante
Victoria de Las Tunas
Oriente
Julian F. Baldor
Department of Health
Mary Elizabeth
iCuba
Pan American World Airways
Ha- See
Town meeting consolidation cuts six talks to three
Lubbock city commissioners on Tuesday merged the remaining town hall meetings from six to three due to venue limits. The first three sessions drew about 100 attendees. The Atkins meeting Monday at 7 30 p m will combine the Atkins and W H Evans districts. March 18 at Smylie Wilson Junior High covers Wilson and J T Hutchinson districts and the final March 25 at Slaton Junior High includes Slaton and Carroll Thompson districts.
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Lubbock
Mer
H.P. Clifton
Atkins
W. B. Atkins Junior High
W. H. Evans
Smylie Wilson
Wilson
J. T. Hutchinson
O. L. Slaton
Slaton
Carroll Thompson
Jto
Clifton
Identical Quadruplet Girls Born in Ohio Hospital
Four girls born to Mrs. Barbara Axe in IMA Ohio hospital are identical according to tests. The quads weighed 4 lb 2 oz, 4 lb 2 oz, 2 lb 5 oz, and 3 lb 13 oz. Father Phillip Axe said publicity plans were made and two press agents hired for the rare birth. The next two weeks are critical for the smallest baby.
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United Press International
Ima
Ohio
Barbara Axe
Phillip
Phillip Axe
Barbara
Lima
IRS to streamline offices cutting 200 jobs and saving millions
The IRS will merge district offices and eliminate two regional offices starting late this year to save about five million dollars annually. About 200 positions will be eliminated as Aberdeen South Dakota to Providence Rhode Island offices face consolidation. The Syracuse district merges with Buffalo, Camden joins Newark, Kansas City to St Louis, and Scranton to Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Internal Revenue Service
Sec. of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
IRS
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S.C
Fargo
N.C
Helena
Mont
Boise
Idaho
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Alaska
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Nev
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Del
Burlington
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N. J
Newark
Kansas City
St. Louis
IRS overhaul to cut regional offices across the nation
The article notes an IRS overhaul plan discussed by Dillon that aims to reduce regional offices from seven to nine. It emphasizes implications for the agency and mentions Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as reference points in a fifty fifty proposition.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Dillon
IRS
Couple Expect Quadruplets Amid Prelim Tests
The Axe family anticipated four births from preliminary tests. Axe said adding four children would bring no special problems, noting they already have two boys and a girl. When asked about more children he hesitated then said, God willing, they may try again. The couple wed four years ago.
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Axe
Prayer message from Mrs. Harold Grissom in Lubbock
A faith prayer asks for guidance and victory over sin, closing with Amen. The sender, Mrs. Harold Grissom, signs from Lubbock.
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Jesus
Harold Grissom
Lubbock
Water Strikes Homes and Factories Across States
Floodwaters and heavy rains spread from Indiana to Pennsylvania, closing roads and schools and damaging homes and factories. Tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia caused millions in damage without fatalities. A passenger train was derailed near Chillicothe as bridges and mines shut down under floodwaters.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Dixie
Alabama
Georgia
West Virginia
Ohio
Chillicothe
Tornadoes And Floods Shake South With Mass Evacuations
Severe storms spawned tornadoes and record flooding across multiple states. At least 14 people died, 6 in Ohio and 4 in Indiana, with dozens more displaced as 20 shelters opened and disaster experts from the Red Cross arrived in Alexandria, Virginia. Evacuations reached 350 in the Chillicothe area and 150 in Carnegie, while streams such as the Monongahela, Little Miami, Wabash and Des Moines fed floodwaters. Local officials lifted Ohio's emergency in Newark after rain eased.
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Indiana
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alexandria
Red Cross
Newark
David R. Evans
Lebanon
Rollie Poe
Carnegie
Indianapolis
Ind
Monongahela
Little Miami
West Fork
Pond Run
Tug Run
Hocking
Scioto
Paint, Blanchard
White
Wabash
St. Mary’s
Grand
Chariton
Missouri
Des Moines
Skunk
Iowa
Kaskaskia
Big Muddy
Illinois
Tornadoes Rip Through Southern States Causing Injuries
At least 12 people hospitalized in the city and nearby areas with damages to 75 homes. Mayor Jess Lanier warned losses would run into the millions as National Guardsmen were deployed to curb looting and utility crews restored power. Six families became homeless by mid afternoon. A second tornado hit Cave Springs Georgia damaging a church and injuring two, while a radio station worker was left perched on a 40 foot pole for most of the storm. No deaths reported in the initial 30 block area.
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Birmingham
Bessemer
Jess Lanier
Lanier
Southland
Tennessee
Georgia
Cave Springs
Marshall Collins
Collins
Tokyo
Yuda Village
Japan
Kyodo
Bidault’s Talk Triggers Anglo-French Crisis Over De Gaulle
Former French premier Georges Bidault claimed the underground Council of National Resistance would overthrow Charles de Gaulle. The BBC and British politics reacted as London Paris relations soured and debate raged in Parliament about the seizure of British soil for the interview.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
ONDON
Georges Bidault
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
British Broadcasting Corp
Bidault
Council of National Resistance
London
Paris i
Harold Macmillan
Labor Party
Rockderick MacFarquhar
IBBC
BBC
Weather map update for Lubbock area
Weather map page reports clear to partly cloudy skies for Lubbock and vicinity with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s, southwest winds 10 to 25 mph. Includes hourly readings, high and low temperatures from the prior day, sunrise and sunset times, and humidity levels with regional precipitation notes.
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Albuquerque
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Roswell
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Fallsom
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