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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1955
Page
9
In Elgin Nevada residents 90 miles from Yucca Flat recorded 3.5 roentgens of fallout from Operation Teapot. The AEC postponed the site blast citing a 3.9 roentgen per year limit while noting troops observers face higher exposure. Town pride centers on a single bucket fire apparatus as reporters descend.
The sister of two Lubbock men died Saturday in Quanah after an extended illness. Mrs Rex Sullivan Sr of Quanah and sister of Barnes Pope and Lee T Pope, with sister-in-law Mrs D W Pope of Lubbock, survive. Funeral at First Methodist Church Quanah with burial in Quanah Cemetery.
Clear skies expected for most areas with scattered showers in the Great Basin and Florida peninsula. Additional showers likely around Lake Ontario and northwestern Maine with a line of storms from North Carolina to Central Texas. Cooler conditions mid Atlantic states. warmer in central and northern Plains. Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions.
Pastor Dr McBirnie of Trinity Baptist Church and Carl Newton of Fox Co San Antonio travel to the Holy Land to film the life of the apostle Paul. They bring $10000 worth of photographic gear and 7000 color slides for a two month recording project.
The House planned a fresh vote on a Hawaii and Alaska statehood bill amid expectations of a tight result. Supporters insist the issue remains worth pursuing despite prior defeats and doubts about passage, hoping to finally push the measure through this year.
Dallas May 7 Mrs. Martha Jean MecCullars 26 of Fort Worth died in an automobile crash in Dallas. Also injured is Mrs. Helen M. Hall 27 a singer on the Big D Jamboree on KRLD. They were returning from a musical engagement in Terrell.
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