Tornadoes Strike Across Texas in Wild Night of Damage
Fierce storms unleashed tornado funnels across Parker, Tarrant, Denton and Dallas counties with damage near Fort Worth and Saginaw. Affected homes, a dairy barn, and a Lake Worth casino area saw injuries and debris while Lake Worth beach and Dublin areas reported hail and flooding.
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Carswell Afb
Carswell Air Force Base
Lake Worth
Jerry Starnes
Lake Worth Beach
Ponder
Fort Worth
Denton
Dallas
McKinney
Weather Bureau
Dublin
Norman
Martin
Stephenville
Parker County
Tarrant County
Denton County
James Larwood
Saginaw
Grapevine
Big Town
Texas
South Plains
J. W. Merry
South Africa’s Louw Defends Apartheid in London Clash
In London a hostile crowd of over 1,000 shouted murderers as External Affairs Minister Eric Louw defended apartheid at a news conference after meetings with Commonwealth leaders. Police patrolled as he reitered that South Africa’s domestic affairs are its own and that Europeans must remain in the country.
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London
UPI
South Africa
Eric Louw
Louw
Hendrik Verwoerd
Commonwealth
South Africa House
Trafalgar Square
Audacious attempt to kidnap Pratt shocks Johannesburg
Die Vaderland reported plotters sought to free David Pratt from jail after his April 9 shooting of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. A plane was said ready to fly Pratt to freedom, with police removing him from Johannesburg and jailkeepers allegedly offered bribes. Col. John Olivier declined to comment.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Die Vaderland
David Pratt
Hendrik Verwoerd
Vaderland
Pratt
John Olivier
Mexico City Stores Plan Extended Hours For Mother's Day
Stores in Mexico City will stay open two hours later than the usual 6 p.m. closing for three days this week and next to boost Mother's Day shopping. The Federal District department also said stores may open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Sunday, as Mother’s Day rivals Christmas for gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPD
Department of the Federal District
Tornado Sighted Near Floydada Amid Storms
Eastward twister reportedly touched ground just east of Floydada with rain and pea sized hail in Floyd County. Matador and Roaring Springs schools closed for safety as officers observed funnel clouds and hail damaged wheat in Cottle and King counties. Paducah recorded heavy rainfall while hail fell in Borger Pam pa and Spearman Tuesday night and another storm earlier damaged crops.
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Matador
Roaring Springs
Floyd County
Walter Hollams
Dougherty
Highway Patrol
Floydada
Cottle
King Counties
Fred Albright
Cottle County
Paducah
Borger
Pampa
Spearman
Hall
King County
Cat Gives Birth to Kitten Weeks After First Litter
C C Moser reports her Persian cat Scottie had a second litter three weeks after the first, a phenomenon vets call unlikely but possible. The mother, two years old, was kept in a garage to protect the kittens as observers note the unusual timing.
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Bobby Moser
C. C. Moser
1St St
Scottie
Bob Horton
Avalanche-Journal
Mrs. Moser
Trabert Sedgman Win Melbourne Tennis Openers
Tony Trabert of Cincinnati and Frank Sedgman of Australia won opening matches in Melbourne. Trabert beat Mervyn Rose of Australia 8-6 8-6, while Sedgman defeated Mal Anderson of Australia 6-4 9-7.
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Trabert
Sedgman
Melbourne
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Frank Sedgman
Australia
Mervyn Rose
Mal Anderson
Grand Jury Indicts Multiple in July 1 1958 Session
Grand jury convened July 1 1958 and returned indictments including unregistered stock sales involving Barnes Littlefield and Gilkerson. Gilkerson admitted 70000 stock sale while Baird linked to 170 unregistered shares in Money Inc Texas. Murder with malice charges filed against Opal Marshall. Indictments also list burglary forgery theft DWI Narcotics indecent exposure robbery and assault cases with names and locations across Lubbock Hale County and surrounding areas.
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Barnes and Littlefield
Gilkerson
Cue
Baird
Money, Inc
Texas
Littlefield
Foreman
Celestino Gonzales
Byron. Shotts
W. T. Fain
Sam Mitchell
Lee York
Frank McLaughlin
Lubbock
H. G. Preston
D. J. Brown
Shallowater
Howard — Hoffman
Slaton
Wheeler Robertson
Idalou
Melvin Young
Wolfforth
Harry Goundie
Childress
Wayne Gray
Plainview
Edward Clifford Turner
Auburn
Bobby Oran Dawson
5Th St
Willie D. Jordan
Dallas
Eugene Debs Bellah
Ave. K
Felix Juarez
Petersburg
Joe Lara
Rudy Arebalo
Lewis Oudems
Bobby Jay Lindsey
Hale Center
Jimmy Howard Cross
29Th St
Harrell Parks
Los Angeles
Elton Thomas
Charles W. Heaton
James Lee Draper
Ave. A
Fidel G. Rodriguez
Ave. L
Billy Joe
Mexican Youths To Swear Allegiance In May 5 Ceremonies
More than 40,000 youths will swear allegiance to the flag during May 5 celebrations in the square before the National Palace. President Adolfo Lopez Mateos will preside at the annual national holiday marking the 1862 Mexican army victory over French forces at Puebla.
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Mexico City
YPI
National Palace
Adolfo Lopez’ Mateos
Puebla
Birth Announcements From Local Hospitals
Several families announce newborns with weights from 4 pounds 12 ounces to 7 pounds 11 ounces and times on Tuesday to Wednesday in Methodist Latif Lauf or Reese Air Force Base hospitals. Fathers’ occupations include salesman, postal clerk, farm laborer, and Navy service.
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Sherman Irwin
Ave. S
West Texas Hospital
Charles
West
31St St
Methodist Hospital
Willam P. Ashcraft
Ralls
J.D. Saddler
15Th St
Radio Lab
Frank Clarkson
4Th St
Epenchet
Smylie Wilson Junior High
Dennis
Pierce
Uvalde
Hobbs Trailer Co
John-Ruiz
Wolfforth
Horacio Cruz
Abernathy
Latif
Charles Isaac
8Th St
Taylor Hospital
David Pineda
Plainview
Latif Clinic
Gerardo Puga
E. ‘Broadway
Lauf Clinic
West Texas Warehouse
Margarito Ramirez
Ave. L
Richard Wilson
N. James M. Butts
Usn
Butts
Emory
Reese Air Force Base
Navy
A.2.c
Aivie E. Garrett
N. 3Rd
St. Tahoka
Reese Air Pie Base
Eese
West Virginia Primary Forecast from Governor Underwood
West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood predicts Hubert H. Humphrey will win the Democratic preferential primary over John F. Kennedy. He notes Adlai Stevenson and Lyndon B. Johnson are stronger locally, while he remains uninvolved in party affairs.
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Washington
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Underwood
White House
Humphrey
Adlair. Stevenson
Son
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
De Gaulle Returns to Paris Amid Algerian Crisis After Tour
President Charles de Gaulle arrives at the Elysee after a abroad tour as Algerian violence unsettles France. Gunmen wounded Robert Abdelssalam, Algiers deputy and bodyguard killed, sparking outrage and shaping a May 29 local election climate. De Gaulle met with Premier Debre as internal tensions ease slightly.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Robert Abdelssalam
Algiers
France
Algeria
de Gaulle
Canada
United States
West Indies
Abdelssalam
Michel Debre
Finalists Named In Lubbock Ambassador Race
Four Texas Tech students advance from a 10 contestant field to the final round. The finalists are Steve Pickett Mack Robertson Bill Benner Jr and Hill. The decision follows an eight member screening committee at the Chamber of Commerce in Lubbock. The winner will receive a six week summer trip to Brazil as a goodwill representative. The venue is today at 7 30 p m with more than 50 attendees expected and a secret ballot to choose winner and first alternate.
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Texas Tech
Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
Steve Pickett
Red Hill
Bill Benner Jr
Mack Robertson
Robert Vernon O'Neal
James Tennison Wharton
46Th St
Richard Terry Singleton
36Th St
Alva Gene Calvert
Robert Brown
41St St
Ernest Ray Cox
Brazil
Pickett
John C. Pickett
Pickett Electric Co
Water project offer split Lubbock Amarillo stalls
A 30 day offer was submitted this morning to Lubbock and Amarillo officials for a Canadian River Dam project. The document, presented at 10 a.m. in a city commission meeting, warns the proposal will be withdrawn if not accepted within the period.
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Amarillo
Lubbock Commission
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Mission of
Lubbock
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors
Amarillo Lubbock aqueduct plan faces cost disputes
Butler-Kimmel Co. projected stadium costs rise from 364 400 to 425 000 with 15 000 for seats 28 000 for parking 9 000 for press box and 8 600 for perimeter fence. Trustees consider trimming parking and rechecking press box costs at next meeting. Amarillo Lubbock water contract talks stall after three hours of discussion with no agreement.
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Turner Kimmel
Butler-Kimmel Co
Lubbock
Edk Curtis
Kimmel
Angela R. Boren
Patsy B. Brown
Patty Jeanette
Four-Wold Track Meet Slated in San Marcos
A four team track meet is scheduled in San Marcos between Abilene Christian Howard Payne North Texas State and Southwest Texas State.
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San Marcos
Tex
UPI
Abilene Christian
Howard Payne
North Texas State
Southwest Texas State
All-state halfback signs with North Texas State
Bobby Smith, an all-state halfback from Corpus Christi Miller, has signed a letter of intent to enroll at North Texas State University for next fall.
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Texas State
Denton
UPI
Bobby Smith
Corpus Christi
Miller
North Texas State
Runoff likely for Alabama electors after first primary
Missing north Alabama returns kept loyalist Democrats hopeful of a majority of the state's presidential electors. A runoff appears necessary on May 31 to select most of the 11 nominees for presidential elector as 1,869 of 3,295 boxes reported. Eight leaders include three loyalists and five states rights candidates who may bolt if the nominee or platform displeases the South.
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Birmingham
Ala
North
Alabama
National Party
States Rights
Ship Pickets Ignite Uproar as Pleas Fail in New York Harbor
AFL-CIO officials rejected government urges to end protests against the Arab ship Cleopatra in New York Harbor. Seafarers International Union has picketed since April 13 to protest Arab port closures to U.S. ships calling atIsraeli ports, prompting counterpicketing in Arab ports. The U.S. Court of Appeals refused to issue an injunction, upholding a lower court ruling.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
New York
United Arab Republic
Cleopatra
Seafarers International Union
U.S
U.S. Court of Appeals
USS. District Court
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Larry Allen
Eagle Mountain Lake
Bud Starnes
Frol Koslov
Communist Party Central Committee
Koslov
Twister
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Floyd Westley Jones
Osteopathic Hospital
Richard Nixon
Indiana
Hill
J. Culver Hill
Hemphill Wells
Tech
Benner
Paris High School
APO
Alpha Phi Omega
Service Fraternity
A. W. Benner
Robertson
Donald Robertson
Robertosn Music Co
Robertson Bros. Cotton Gin
IFC
Monterey
National Assn
Philadelphia
Europe
Africa
Casey
Panhandle Plains
Mayor Casey
Otis Maner
Frank Chappell Jr
Vernon Thompson
W. C. O‘mara
H. P. Clifton
John Hickerson
Madison
Wm. C. Boyce
Jack Seale
Stanley Blackburn
J. M
Red) Simpson
N. V. Moss
J. C. Lillyland
Leland Nelson
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