Civil rights bill advances in House, Senate set action
The House passed its civil rights bill 311 109. The Senate voted 72 19 against sending it to Eastland without a time limit and 86 5 to refer to his committee with orders to report by Tuesday. Johnson expects Senate action next Wednesday. The bill would institute court appointed referees to oversee registration and vote counting in areas with discriminatory patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis Washington
House
Senate
Atty
William P. Rogers
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eastland
Milton Young
R-N.d
Johnson
Missouri
Toto
Lubbock Acts To Halt Uninspected Poultry Shipments
The Lubbock City Commission approved an ordinance requiring federal inspection of dressed poultry to enter the city. Enforcement of construction standards is delayed to avoid undue hardship, with inspection of chickens to begin within ten days. The move followed a conference with three poultry plant operators and included approval of five zoning cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ratliff
Commission
Health Department
Four Are Found Dead In C45 Wreckage
A ground party on snowshoes and akis recovered all four occupants dead at the buried wreckage of a twin engine Air Force C45 high in the Allegheny Mountains near Elkins West Virginia. The casualties were found Thursday after the search team reached the wreckage in rugged terrain. Authorities indicated the cause of the crash is under investigation and the victims are believed to be military airmen based on the craft's designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
Akis
Allegheny Mountains
Paperwork Blamed For Submarine Nose Ailment
A Navy study of the Sea Wolf two month submerged test links runny noses aboard atomic submarines to the extensive forms and reports used to operate the vessel. Lt Cmdr John H Ebersole discusses problems from reusing air in long term closed atmospheres as atomic boats cleanse and recycle air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Seawolf
Cmdr
John H. Ebersole
Navy
Cotton allotments figured show Texas Plains gain
The High Plains area reports a 9.2 percent rise in cotton acreage allotted for 1960. Total 23‑county planting area set at 2,263,395 acres with 29.4 percent in the B program, while A and B totals compare with last year’s 2,265,044 acres. Final tabulations due in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Howell
Cotton Avalanche-Journal
High Plains
Plains
Cotton Growers, Inc
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
College Station
PCG
ASC
Gener
Top Saddle Bronc Rider Leads ABC Rodeo Night in Lubbock
Abilene rider Kenneth May Uy Weeks topped the saddle bronc event with 178 points at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock Municipal Coliseum, boosting his national lead. Other top earners Thursday included Earnest Beakley 176 in bareback bronc, Tater Decker 11.4 seconds in calf roping, Sherry Combs 143 seconds in girls barrel, Don Fedderson 5.3 in steer, and Joe Green 173 in Brahma bull riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
UY Weeks
Abilene
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
ABC
Weeks
Earnest Beakley
Cedar Point
Tater Decker
Clayton
N.M
Sherry
Don Fedderson
Sydney
Neb
Joe Green
Sulphur
Okla
Ella
Beutler and Son
Leonard Lancaster
Oklahoma City
Mike Isley
Salmon
Idaho
L E. Weeks
Green
al Kester
ABC Rodeo
Golden Wedding Joke Blends Debt-Free Years With Joy
The newspaper delivers a lighthearted look at the phrase Golden Wedding. It defines an anniversary seen as joyous because the couple is often out of debt by that milestone. The piece blends humor with social commentary on lasting marriage.
Pact frees hostages after 24 hour prison siege
Two convicts ended a 24 hour standoff in a Tennessee state prison by releasing 21 hostages and surrendering. Charles Farra and Robert Rivera had demanded a getaway car and a chance against police in a fair fight but accepted terms including attorneys for habeas corpus reviews and no reprisals in solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Rows
Avalanche-Journal
Ashville
Tenn
Boul Imamy Bcce
Charles Raymond Farra
Robert Rivera
Farra
Rivera
Democrat Urges House Probe of FPC Gas Rates
Rep. Ken Hepler of West Virginia calls for a congressional investigation into the Federal Power Commission and its natural gas rate setting. He asks about 100 House Democrats to join him, labeling the situation a national disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Ken Hecler
D-Wva
House
Frameup threats center on Randall County judge
Texas House crime committee hearings accuse Randall County Judge Roy Joe Stevens of threatening a witness and other alleged schemes. Accuser William Gerald Miller, jailed for wife murder, testifies of a plot to obtain a girl for prostitution and a plan to steal deeds from the elderly.
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Roy Joe Stevens
Randall County
House
Amarillo
William Gerald Miller
Texas
Kelly Rogers
Miller
Stevens
Bryce Miller Marillo
UPI
Texas House Crime Investigating Committee
Randall
Armand James Chamdonnet
West Coast
Grand Jury
Federal Building
Panhandle
Amarello
Baggage Pod Falls From Jet Injures Boy in Los Angeles
A 50 pound baggage container detached from a jet and fell about 2000 feet striking a 5 year old boy in Los Angeles. Police say power lines broke the pod’s fall, likely saving the boy from a fatal outcome.
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Los Angeles
Douglas C. Maberry
Freckle-Faced Bandit Robs Cafe Manager in Garage
A 67 year old cafe manager at Ray's Cafe was robbed of 29 dollars in his garage by a boyish looking bandit armed with a shotgun. The suspect, aged 32 to 35, was believed to be the same man who tried a front door holdup at the victim's residence earlier in the week. The manager, A. E. Johnson, gave a description and said he could identify the bandit in a lineup. The bandit escaped as Johnson's wife activated a rear fog light, and police had not yet apprehended any suspects by late Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Horton
Avalanche-Journal
Holdin
A. E. Johnson
Ray
Ave. H
Johnson
Billford
Iwork
iJohnson
Raccoon-Like Honey Bear Caught After Store Chase
Police cornered a honey bear in an El Paso supermarket after a wild chase through aisles. The animal clung to a store door before Pat Black captured the raccoon-like suspect. AP wirephoto.
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el] Paso
Pat Black
See Area Rains Page 10
Affected Texas communities faced the first tornado alert of the season as thundershowers brought moisture across the South Plains. The Weather Bureau issued a tornado warning for portions of South Central North Central and Northeast Texas with the front stalling south of Longview Fort Worth Dallas to San Angelo and Wink. Amarillo recorded 1.19 inches of rainfall in 24 hours ending 6 p.m. Thursday while Dallas area hail reached a quarter inch and ground depths up to two inches near Lake Dallas. A Midwest spring blizzard snarled highways with 10 foot snowdrifts, marking a harsh March winter hangover. Drizzle persisted at the Lubbock station late Thursday.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
South Plains
State Weather Bureau
South Central
North Central
Longview
Fort Worth- Dallas
San Angelo
Wink
Dallas
Lake Dallas
Amarillo
Midwest
Midlands
Lubbock
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FPC
Solon
Potter County
Boy
Reid Slaughter
Bill Slaughter
West 13Th St
Municipal Coliseum
Slaughter
Reid
Shepherd King Lutheran Church
ABC Club
Charles Aguilar
Forday
el Paso
Albuq
Houston
City
Roswell
Denver
Falls
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