New Fireworks Loom In Land Probe In Texas
In Texas a land probe heats up with calls for investigations into Bascom Giles and remarks by Gov. Allan Shivers. Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd and witness tampering rumors draw prompts for grand juries in multiple counties and a broader probe into General Land Office activities since 1939.
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Avalanche-Journal
Texas Veterans Land
Allan Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
Bascom Giles
Bill Allcorn
Shepperd
Allcorn
DeWitt
Dimmitt
McCulloch
Zavala
Nesses
D. B. Hardeman
Denisol
Giles
Tidelands
Clint Small Sr
Austin
Shivers
San Antonio
Small
Shivers and Shepperd
San Antonio News
Howard Hunt
News
Hunt
Fifth Candidate Enters Lubbock ISD Trustee Race
Odell C. Herman secretary treasurer of Lubbock Bag Company entered the April 2 ISD trustee race. A 1941 Texas A&M graduate and 5 year Air Force veteran, he lives at 3213 28th St with his wife and two daughters. He favors civic duty and prudent board service.
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Odell C. Herman
Lubbock Independent
Herman
Lubbock Bag Company
Lubbock
Abilene High School
Texas A&m
A&m
Air Force
Lubb
28Th St
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Senate Defeat Seen For Tax Cut Proposal
Senator Knowland predicts the Senate will defeat the Democratic compromise for an income tax cut by several votes next week. Republicans will back an administration bill to extend corporation and excise taxes, while the House measure for a tax cut is stalled. No veto word from the White House on the compromise, and Senate debates to limit time are noted.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Knowland JR
Cal
Senate
Chamber
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowland
House
Senate Finance Committee
Democrats
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Seven South Plains Counties to hold spelling bees this week
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal reports seven county spelling bees on the South Plains ahead of Saturday entry deadline. Judy Merrifield of Littlefield Junior High won Lamb County and will advance to the Avalanche Journal Bee on April 2 at Slaton Junior High. Other contestants included Alma Lois Sinclair and Judy Souther, with Pat Boone Jr. pronouncing words.
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Opal Dixon Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
South Plains
Judy Merrifield
Littlefield
Lamb County
Orton
Sydney
Judy
A. F. Merrifield
Sheriff
Sickle
Alma Lois Sinclair
Sudan
Judy Souther
Amherst
Pat Boone Jr
Forrest Martin
J. A. Lumsden
Denver
Fort Worth Man Slashed to Death in Suburban Yard
William Addison Koch, 54, a Checker Cab Co. driver, was killed by a butcher knife attack in the yard of his White Settlement home after threats from suspected dope peddlers. His wife reported repeated threatening calls and said the slaying occurred after 5 a.m. in the morning.
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United Or
Fort Worth
William Addison Koch
Koch
Checker Cab Co
Record 1 291 Entries In Three Day Show
More than 500 area youths travel to Lubbock to compete in the 22nd South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show opening Monday at the Panhandle-South Plains Fair grounds. A total of 1 291 entries include 766 hogs 350 sheep and 175 calves with 29 counties represented. The show runs through Wednesday and features 4H and FFA princesses Joyce Verkamp and Doris Ann Fields.
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Larry Kissing
West Texas Rabbit Breeders Association
Merchants Building
Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
Duncan Ellison
Jim Compton
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
West Texas
South Plains
Panhandle
South Plains Fairgrounds
FFA
Joyce Verkamp
Wilson
Doris Ann Fields
4H Club
Farmer of America
New Mexico
Dave Sherrill
Muleshoe
Smoke Screen Used As Filter For Heat Of Nuclear Fireball
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated a small atomic device above a smoke screen at the Nevada Proving Grounds to test if man made smog can shield cities from blast heat. The fifth 1955 test used a 300 foot tower with an estimated yield of 5 000 tons of TNT and produced a fireball over a mile wide with a bright orange mushroom cloud.
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Colin McKinaly
Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Grounds
AEC
Romance Dilemma Of Princess Has Britons Buzzing
London reports swirl around Princess Margaret considering a marriage to Group Captain Peter Townsend a divorced man whose first wife remains alive The issue raises questions of Church doctrine and public duty amid royal expectations and public opinion.
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Associated Press
London
Edward VIII
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Church of England
McCarthy Questions Eisenhower Over Prisoners
Sen. McCarthy asks President Eisenhower in a letter about efforts to secure the freedom of American servicemen held by Chinese Communists. He protests lack of information to families and requests to know what is being done or proposed.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Cotton contest winners headline missing context
The page lists various sections and page numbers from Today’s Paper including Cotton Contest Winners across sections, with editorial, radio and TV programs, oil news, agricultural news, church page and comic dictionary notes. No detailed names or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
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South Plains Oil News
Leaders Map Strategy If War Starts in Formosan Crisis
Senate GOP Leader Knowland urged intercepting ships carrying jet fuel to Red China as Formosan tensions rise. U S planners drafted options to defend Quemoy and Matsus amid massed Red China artillery, while McClellan pressed Britain linked trade and U S trade with Red China.
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Avalanche Journal
Shington
Senate Gop
William F. Knowland
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Red China
Knowland
U. S
Washington
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
McClellan
Britain
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Finland
United States
Nehru Fends Off Knife Attack on Open Auto
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru fought off a would be assassin during a ride in an open vehicle in Agpur Police seized the attacker, an unemployed rickshaw puller named Babu Rao, and arrested him Nehru called the incident an individual crank and said the knife was small and not very dangerous.
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United Pres
Agpur
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Babu Rao
Nehru
New Delhi
Pandit Pant
Teen Killed In Shotgun Accident Near Dallas
A 15 year old boy, Billy Gill, was killed while hunting when a patched shotgun broke apart and discharged. His 16 year old companion, Jimmy Bradford, witnessed the accident in a wooded bottom land area. The weapon had been broken previously and glued into position.
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Dallas
Here
Billy Gill
Jimmy Bradford
W.L. House
Bradford
Bomb delivery and precision targeting at high altitude
U S officials describe nuclear bombs sized to targets with a 200 foot impact radius from 30 000 foot bomb drops. Bombers from carriers to strategic planes would be used with small tactical fission devices to strike military sites with reduced civilian risk, per an Associated Press dispatch.
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Washington
U.S. Air Force
Dulles
Asia
Weather map forecast for Lubbock area
Partly cloudy and mild with a mild trend into today. High near 80, low around 3? Monday morning. Winds SW at 20 mph. Roswell and Oklahoma City also noted with varied temperatures.
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Lubbock
Ebay
Okla
Roswell
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