Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones Depart for Caribbean Honeymoon
Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones sailed from London aboard the yacht Britannia for a $100,000 Caribbean honeymoon after their Westminster Abbey wedding. Crowds lined the Thames Estuary as the couple waved from deck, receiving cheers from royal well wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relman Mormondon
Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Ster Abbey
Caribbean
London
Thames Estuary
Princess Margaret
Thames River
Britannia
Lubbock Area Set For Vote In Democratic Primary
Voters in Lubbock County Washington area prepare to cast ballots in a spring Democratic primary with heated sheriff and county races. Poll tax receipts will mark Democrat to restrict cross party voting in precincts, while delegates for the county convention meet May 14 and the State Democratic convention follows in Austin on June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Austin
Lubbock
Trotsky Killer Freed Flies To Cuban Asylum
The man who killed Leon Trotsky, Jacques Mornard also known as Ramon Mercader, reportedly left Mexico for asylum in Cuba after serving 20 years for the murder. He was deported for being in the country illegally at the time of the 1940 killing and was accompanied by two companions named Ulrich Novicky and Edouard Fuchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Exico City
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Cuba
Jacques Mornard
Trotsky
Lenin
Russia
Stalin
Mornard
Ramon Mercader
Jacques M. Barderdresched
Ulrich Novicky
Edouard Fuchs
Natalia
Interior Ministry
Leon
Serge
Alexandra Sokolovskaya
Zina
Nina
Texas voters face first ever primary with high stakes
Texas Democrats vote in an historic primary with 12 statewide offices, a U S Senate seat, and 22 House seats up. The era of tax questions and liberal versus conservative battles shapes the Legislature while Lyndon Johnson looms for presidential backing. Republicans hold no primary, meet May 30 in McAllen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Johnson
Texas Democrats
Texas House
Senate
House
Texas
GOP
McAllen
Eisenhower questions June trip to Soviet Union
President Eisenhower cast doubt on a June visit to Russia saying if I go to Russia was his offhand remark. Secretary of State Herter said a true East West détente is impossible while the Soviet Union attacks Western nations. The Tehran Istanbul ministerial consensus warned against inflated hopes for a summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Russia
White House
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Christian A. Herter
Central Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tehran
Istanbul
Herter
Blaze Destroys Tenement Area in Derry New Hampshire
A wind fueled fire swept through a crowded tenement district in Derry New Hampshire Friday night leaving about 150 people homeless. Civil defense workers and National Guard units joined 200 firefighters from neighboring towns as 15 firefighters were treated for injuries and smoke inhalation. The blaze started at the Chelmsford Shoe Co plant after about 350 workers had left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry
N.H
UPD
Civil Defense
National Guard
Wesley Powell
Chelmsford Shoe Co., Inc
President Ike meets shoeless girl at White House exhibit
Patricia Heihle a 17 year old Culver City California student confesses to President Eisenhower that her feet hurt and reveals she shed her shoes under a table at a labor sponsored exhibit. Ike jokes with her as photographers record the moment. She is part of a group of junior and senior high school students who won state awards in an essay contest sponsored by the Presidents Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Ashington
Eisenhower
Culver City
Calif
Patricia Heihle
Patricia
California
Excessive Loans Trigger Insurance Hearing Dramatic Show-Cause
Promoter W L Bridges Jr took over Texas Mutual Life and, three days later, loaned 160000 to Sportsmans Paradise near Athens. Insurance Commissioner Harrison questioned an 86250 excess over permitted loan value and ordered further company actions as the hearing continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Overholser
Austin
W. L. Bridges Jr
Athens
William Harrison
Bridges
Texas
Mutual Life Insurance Assn. of Texas
Waco
Sportsmans Paradise Inc
Harrison
Bob Gorham
Gorham
Damaging Twisters Lash Midwest and South
Tornadoes ripped through the Midwest and South killing at least 28 in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Reports of debris, power outages, and injuries followed as storms moved through Mississippi Illinois Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Indiana and Kentucky with gusts over 80 mph and widespread property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Midwest
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Lexie
Poplarville
Dexter
Sandy Hook
Illinois
Jacksonville
Blytheville
Missouri
Bootheel
Oscola
Ark
Tennessee
Memphis
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Kentucky
Lafayette
Ind
Menifee
Bedlam Reign as Officers Raid Local Party
Police arrest about twenty youths at a beer party near 76th Street and Quirt Avenue. Eight officers, plus juvenile officers and detectives, raid the residence at 9:45 p.m., taking juveniles and four adult boys into custody for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedlam
76Th St
Quirt Ave
Willis Clark
Eisenhower asks Congress for $150,000 more for Treasury
President Eisenhower asked Congress for a supplemental appropriation of 150000 dollars for the Treasury to cover higher coin usage than anticipated next year. The request signals increased money needs as Americans spend more coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Congress
Lawmakers
Treasury
Weather Forecast Sees Warm Sunday After Cold Start
Clear skies and an overhanging cool air mass were expected to drop morning temperatures to 37 degrees, but a high of 86 is projected for Sunday by the Weather Bureau. Morning winds gust up to 43 miles an hour and afternoon winds near 36 miles an hour swept the South Plains Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
South Plains
Lions Club Meet and Market Quotation Summary
The page compiles Lions Club meeting notes and market quotations. Sports scores appear across sections on pages 1 to 3, with editorials and columns on page 6. Radio and TV programs are listed on page 2, while a comic dictionary defines a woman as a Stone Age creature with a preference for large stones.
Quail Diversionary Missile Flies Then Destroyed at Sea
A GAM72 Quail diversionary missile was launched from a B52 Stratofortress over the Gulf of Mexico and tracked by radar. The 12 foot missile was destroyed in flight a few miles offshore near Eglin after a successful test flight commanded by the range safety officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Eglin
Florida
Weather Map Page 12 A Lubbock and Vicinity
Fair and cooler this morning with a warmer afternoon and Sunday. Low 37 and high 76 today. Southeasterly winds. Sunrise 7 34 AM sunset 7 34 PM. Humidity high 68 percent, humidity low 22 percent. Temperature readings from surrounding cities include Amarillo 64 62, Dallas 80 66, Roswell 75, Denver 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Sasalah City
Phl
Ane
Abilene Ie el Patii
Albuquerque
Foustoy
Amarillo
Okla
Aye
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Killer Twister
Wilburton
Princess, Tony
Sail
Westmin
C. W. Ratliff
Daniel
Cox
Panhandle
Gulf
Reds
Andrei A. Grechko
Ike
Koon Kreek Klub
Memrs
Avalanche-Journal Station
South
Bedlam Reigns
Celling Falls
Clark
John Clinton
Lions Club
Comic Dictionary
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!