Reared Six Persevering Mother Named 1960 American Mother
Emerald Arbogast of Los Angeles, 72, named American Mother of 1960 by American Mothers Coffee Inc in a testimonial in New York. She raised six children despite doctors warning her youngest son was mongoloid, and founded the York Boulevard School for Retarded Boys and the Exceptional Children's Foundation. Her husband Glen credited for support as she emphasized home environment and supervised freedom.
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Associated Press
York
Emerald Arbogast
Los Angeles
American Mothers Coffee, Inc
Arbogast
Glen
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Space and Defense Bills Move Through Congress
The Senate approved space authorization near 970 million while the House backed a 39 billion defense bill adding missiles planes and subs. Lyndon Johnson urged swift approval for astronauts safety as Mahon defended U.S. mixed forces and readiness ahead of Russia in ICBMs. Eisenhower praised a nuclear weapons display at Fort Benning.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ashington
Senate
Eisenhower
Air Force
Los Angeles
House
Ihe
Fort Benning
America
Mahon
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
George H. Mahon
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
U.S
Russia
Family Sides Win 1960 Family of the Year Honor
The King Sides family of 2506 24th St. won the Family of the Year award at a 1960 dinner by the Family Service Association in Memorial Hall First Methodist Church. Nominated by Abilary Methodist Church, 38 families were honored, with certificates and plaques presented to the winners.
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Family Service Association
Memorial Hall
First Methodist Church
King Sides
O. L. Byrd
Byrd
Sides
Lubbock
Crops Ripped as Severe Storms Batter Texas Plains
Vicious thunderstorms lashed eastern South Plains and adjacent areas with hen egg sized hail and up to two inches of rain. Wheat and cotton crops suffered heavy damage across counties as a vast system moved from the Panhandle toward the Gulf Coast. Officials warned of more activity today and a full crop survey would await daylight.
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Everett Groseclose
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
South Cattle County
King County
Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Texas
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Pampa
Borger
Spearman
Woodward
Okla
Erick
Matador
Guthrie
Paducah
Civil Defense
Price Sandlin
Cattle
E. R. Clark
South Korean Frigate Repels North Korean Torpedo Boats
The South Korean navy reports its frigate repelled an attack by three North Korean torpedo boats off shore. No casualties or material damage occurred, and dense fog prevented confirmation of damage to the North Korean vessels.
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Seoul
South Korea
Government sets 1960 cotton prices for Choice A and B
Agriculture Department fixes 32.42 cents a pound purchase price for Choice A cotton and 26.63 cents loan rate for Choice B. Middling 1 inch is the market base with ranges from 39.36 to 16.46 cents for A and 33.53 to 10.63 cents for B depending on quality and location.
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United Press International
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Where's Andrea Phares Vanishing Wife Case
Five years after Andrea Phares disappeared from a Hale Center area home the case remains unsolved. Texas Rangers aided the Hale County search that included wells a sewage plant farms sandhills and irrigation ditches but no trace of the missing wife and mother or the cash she was said to carry was found.
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Avalanche-Journal
Hale
Andrea Phares
South Plains
Eight Hurt In School Bus Mishap Near Georgetown
A head on collision between a pickup truck and a slow moving car crashed into a school bus injuring eight people including four men and four schoolchildren. Bus driver Theodore Henlry Schaare 62 truck driver Garth Berna Sims 22 and six year old Bonnie Jo Isby were hospitalized with non serious conditions and a broken leg reported for the girl.
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Georgetown
Tex
UPI
Theodore Henlry Schaare
Garth Berna Sims
Bonnie Jo Isby
Houston School Board Sets Desegregation Vote Date
The Houston school board voted Tuesday night to submit the desegregation question to district voters in the second Democratic primary election on June 4.
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Houston
UPI
Houston School Board
Nixon Scores Upset Victory Over Kennedy In Indiana
Nixon overcame an early deficit to lead Kennedy in the Indiana Republican primary with 281,618 votes to Kennedy’s tally as precincts reported. In DC, Humphrey defeated Morse in a separate contest. Alabama’s primary hinted at party loyalty clashes. Florida’s governor race saw a top two advance to a May runoff.
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The
Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Indiana
Nixon
Kennedy
Alabama
Humphrey
Morse
National Democratic Party
South
Florida
LeRoy Collins
Washington
Thruston Morton
Cuban Friendly To U S May Get Post
Washington reports Fidel Castro proposed Jose Miro Cardona, former Cuban ambassador to Spain, as Cuba’s new ambassador to Washington. No U S acceptance word has been sent yet, but officials regard Miro as friendly to the United States and expect a note to Havana soon.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Josef Miro Cardona
Spain
Miro
United States
Havana
U.S
Courtship: The period when there’s no fool like an old fool
A light column notes the humor in age and romance as a comical contrast to youth. The ditty suggests wisdom comes slowly and that vanity often masks frailty in matters of love.
Armed terrorists raid West Java villages killing seven
In West Java Indonesia, gunmen attacked 12 villages Monday night, killing seven people including a woman and her 12 year old son. The assailants sparked a hunt as authorities condemned the violence and pledged investigation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
West Java
Sirens Wail City Alert in Operation Alert 1960
Civil Defense teams conducted a 10 hour drill in Lubbock part of Operation Alert 1960. The exercise included air attack alerts, siren tests, and Conelrad radio broadcasts with Eisenhower remarks. Local officials organized emergency committees for transport, communication, and relief as observers tracked responses.
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Bob Horton
Avalanche-Journal
Civil Defense
New York City
Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
Central Fire Station
Conelrad
Eisenhower
Brownfield
Amarillo
Fritz Lanham
Ama
Paraguay Exiles Invasion Report At Capitan Bado
Paraguay government says 300 exiles crossed from Brazil at Capitan Bado and marched inland into northeastern Paraguay. The action follows a border incursion that prompted regional concern and potential military response.
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Paraguay
Asuncion
UPD
Capitan Bado
Balloon Satellite Echo Set For Launch Near Cape Canaveral
Echo is a NASA Bell Telephone and Goldstone joint test of a balloon communications satellite. The 100 foot aluminum sphere will orbit about 1000 miles high, linking Holmdel New Jersey and Goldstone California via 2390 and 960 megacycles. The balloon stays sunlit for about two weeks to aid tracking.
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Associated Press
APE Canaveral
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bell Telephone
Space Agency
Canada
Alaska
Europe
Bette Davis Begins Divorce Action
Actress Bette Davis has filed for divorce from Gary Merrill citing abusive treatment and extreme cruelty. Attorney Sidney W. Wernick of Portland confirms the move discussed previously with Davis who is living in seclusion at Laguna Beach, California.
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Portland
Maine
Bette Davis
Gary Merrill
Miss Davis
Sidney W.wernick
Weather Map Page 9 A Lubbock Area Forecast Snapshot
Partly cloudy with a low near 50 and a high near 85. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers with southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Forecast details include hourly readings and temperatures for several points with daily extremes and sunrise sunset times.
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Lubbock
Denver
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