Lyndon Johnson Bill Creates Austin Legislative Stir
Texas lawmakers in Austin clashed over HB158 a bid to move primaries up to May and June to aid Lyndon B Johnson amid a deepening enrolment dispute and gubernatorial objections. The bill stalled held in the enrolling room as Gov Price Daniel pressured a veto and lawmakers sought a final copy amid three hour filibuster and back and forth between House and Senate.
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Senate
Price Daniel
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Senator Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senator
West Coast
Daniel
Harold Parish
Ranney the Bendis
Crawford Martin
Dorsey Hardeman
Hardeman
Break-In Probed at Farm Supply and Lumber Co
City police investigate a break-in at Badley Lumbers Co. on Avenue H where six drills and three heavy power saws were stolen for a total value of 282.81 dollars. Authorities link the incident to a break-in at a residence on 19th Street with missing funds.
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Badley Lumbers Co
Ave. H
19Th St
Senior Day Activities Planned at Three Local High Schools
Weather permitting Monterey and Tom S. Lubbock High School seniors will observe class day events at K N Clapp pool with water sports contests entertainment acts a Beauty and the Beast contest and a 6 pm barbecue dinner followed by film and dancing. Lubbock seniors Friday include a talent show swimming contests Miss Bathing Beauty and Mr Muscles and a barbecue supper and dancing. Senior activities extend to a Monterey banquet at Lubbock Hotel and graduation sermons at Municipal Auditorium and Dunbar auditorium with ten week exams and 18 week exercises at all three high schools.
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Tom S. Lubbock High School
K. N. Clapp Swimming Pool
Monterey
Rowena Williams
Richard Harrison
Tom S. Lubbock
Muscles
Dick Cashion
Glenna
Lubbock
Tom S
Blast Kills Sleeping Trio in Tanker Crash
Sheriff Arthur said the crash occurred around a.m. when a Hearth Tank Line truck hit a buckhole on a road under repair. Louis S. Miller of Tilton La. toppled the tanker, spilling 6,500 gallons of gasoline that ignited, killing Mrs. Dick Hancock and her daughter Elizabeth and grandson in their trailer home. Miller escaped after breaking the windshield as the blaze leveled their dwelling. A sheet-metal firm began making metal office furniture in Managua Nicaragua.
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Ty Arthur
Louis S. Miller
Tilton
Dick Hancock
Elizabeth
Miller
Judgment Entered In Deed Test In Southport Addition
Judge Victor H. Lindsey ruled this week that deed restrictions in the Southport Addition to Lubbock remain in force restricting construction to single family residences no higher than two stories. The decision followed a civil jury verdict April 72nd District Court. Dale Calvert sought removal of the restrictions citing existing commercial buildings along Avenue Q. The jury found existing commercial structures do not make the lots unsuitable for residential use. Defendants include Southport Development Corp and First Federal Savings and Loan Assn of Lubbock among others.
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Lubbock
Victor H. Lindsey
Dale Calvert
Virgil E. Bailey
Calvert
Avenue Q
38Th Street
Avenue S
44Th Street
Avenue P
Bailey
Leland D. Payne
R. H. Fulton
Southport Development Corp
Jerral Dpd
Friona Hosts 50th Panhandle Firemen Convention
Friona will host the 50th semiannual Panhandle Firemen's Assn convention with registration at 8:30 a.m. sessions at the high school auditorium, pumper races and water polo in the afternoon, a banquet at 6:30 p.m., and a dance at 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion.
Three Dutch Passengers Ships Modernized for Australia Route
Three large Netherlands passen ger vessels, each about 20,000 tons, have been modernized to carry passengers between Holland and Australia after formerly serving in Indonesian routes.
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Netherlands
Indonesia
Holand
Australia
Rushing Water Drenches Four Girls at Chippewa Dam
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin an NSP dam spillway opened suddenly sending a surge of water downstream. May Campbell eleven was marooned on a rock for over an hour and later hospitalized but in good condition. Teammates Judy Loiselle Cristy Korn and Claire Schweitzer all eleven were swept toward shore as water cascaded down.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Northern States Power Co
Rossellini Appears With Girlfriend at Cannes Film Gala
Roberto Rossellini attended a Cannes showing of his documentary India with his girlfriend Sonali Das Gupta. The pair’s public outing marks a rare joint appearance. Das Gupta has lived in France while Rossellini remains separated from Ingrid Bergman amid unresolved legal matters. In Copenhagen, Denmark, the army sold flame throwers pontoon gear and steel hardware from section 2.
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Cannes
France
Roberto Rossellini
Sonali Das Gupta
India
Das Gupta
Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Bankers Urge Joint Drive to Meet Mexico’s Economic Goals
TORREON Mexico UPI President Agustin Legorreta director of the National Bank of Mexico presided over the bankers convention closing the three day meeting delegates urged a nationwide campaign by industrial firms to sell stocks to the public to fund industrialization. Jose Gomez Gordon called for protections for cotton growers amid falling prices and U S dumping. Private bankers criticized unlimited credit at the national bank amid tighter regulation of private credit.
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Torreon, Mexico
UPI
Agustin Legorreta
Legorreta
National Bank of Mexico
Jose Gomez Gordon
Mexico
United States
Tahoka Chamber Plans Full Time Secretary
Tahoka Chamber of Commerce directors discuss hiring a full time secretary. A committee of A M Bray E R Edwards and A C Verner will study the proposal and confer with Tahoka City Council which backs the plan. Dues would rise and the annual budget could reach about 10 000. Otis Spears notes 84 dues paying members and about 50 prospective members.
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Tahoka
Otis Spears
Murder Hint In Hit Run Death At Scene
Houston police suggested murder as a possibility in the hit run death of Raymond Humphreys 19 a former Texas A M student whose body lay beside a road after a high speed driver veered off swerved 20 feet and fled after two U turns without stopping.
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Houston
Texas A&m
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Omega
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