Symington Warns US On Soviet Air Force Threat
Former Air Force secretary Symington warned that by 1954 the Soviet Air Force would be the deadliest threat to the United States and declared the country would not be ready. He criticized Defense Secretary Wilson's budget plan and said defense funding moves threaten security, signaling a Congress fight over Eisenhower era cuts to air force expansion.
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Sharp attack signals on foreign aid in Senate plan
Sen Bridges signals a new attack on foreign aid by sending a two man subcommittee to the Far East to survey military aid. Dirksen and Magnuson will depart May 21 to study Japan, Korea, Formosa, Indo China and the Philippine Islands with a Europe probe later. Mundt predicts cuts to foreign aid tied to budget pressures and Attlee criticisms could affect MSA funds.
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East Texas Twisters Leave Fatal Toll In Week of Storms
A deadly Saturday in East Texas saw a tornado strike Wesley Chapel killing J R Rawls 80 and injuring others as Porter Springs faced damage. The week’s storms left at least 126 dead in Texas with Waco San Angelo and Dallas affected by floods and tornadoes. Weather officials warned of more threats as rivers swelled and rain continued.
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Earth Resident Dies In Wreck Inroad Near Snyder
A head on collision ten miles southwest of Snyder killed 22 year old Mary Davis Runyon and injured five others near 4 a.m. Saturday. Runyon died ten minutes after arrival at Battenfield Hospital Clinic. Among the injured were Bama Smith and Carroll Ivy Smith both of Earth in critical condition. Grace Underwood of Dimmitt Annie L Rumyon of Earth and Gerald Lindsey of Hermleigh were listed in serious condition. Attendants report multiple fractures and contusions for all victims.
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Carroll Ivy Smith
Grace Underwood
MIGs Destroyed by Sabre Pilots Top Ace Reaches 14th
Allied Sabre jet pilots blasted 11 MIG-15s and damaged six more in MIG Alley near Chasan Reservoir after luring them across the Yalu. Capt. Manuel Fernandez of Miami, Florida, increased his aerial victory total to 14 as ground fighting intensified and Chinese casualties topped 1,500 on the central front.
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Farmers to Dedicate God’s Acres at Abernathy Service
Farmers of the Abernathy area will participate in the second annual Consecration of the Plow at the First Baptist Church. Tithing will donate profits from planted acres to the church, with last year’s harvest netting over 50 000 dollars. Reverend C A Kennedy leads the program as pastor and director, with visiting attendees expected.
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Armed forges demonstrate might at Reese Air Force Base
Ten thousand attend a program at Reese Air Force Base to witness a demonstration of strength in support of peace. Some 19 000 spectators from the South Plains and beyond come to celebrate the occasion as 30 Reese graduates receive their pilot wings in a ceremony led by Brig. Gen. L. G. Saunders.
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Fire Splits Guin Body Shop In Muleshoe
A May fire at the Guin Body Shop in Muleshoe destroyed six cars and caused about 100000 in damage. Firefighters battled the blaze as workers moved a gasoline tank from a wrecked car and investigators suspected static electricity may have triggered the ignition. No lives were lost.
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Daily Paper Indexes Sections and Pages Listed
A terse notice lists the newspaper’s current layout with section and page references. It mentions various topics such as technology honors soap news radio and TV, church pages, and area state and national sports across multiple pages.
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South Pains
Impressive Program Is Set For Tex Tech Inauguration
R Edward Newton Jones will be inaugurated Monday as Tex Tech's sixth president. If weather allows, the ceremony starts at 9 a.m. on the Administration Building green with possible relocation to First Baptist Church. Notable attendees include former Tech presidents Clifford Jones and Das sie M Wiggins and university professor Henry Nash Smith.
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Boys On Flaming Tower Face Death In California
Three boys trapped on a 75 foot burning water tower in Stockton choose between jumping to a firemen's net or burning. A sobbing crowd watched as flames surrounded them and the structure became a deathly trap before rescue.
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Billy Clayton
Spelling Bee Champion Heads to Washington for National Finals
Sheila Cline, 12, returning champion from The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Spelling Bee, will stay six days in Washington. She is a guest of the Avalanche-Journal and competes in the National Spelling Bee finals starting Thursday at 8:30 a.m. in the Department of Commerce Auditorium.
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White House
Sheila Cline
Lubbock
Finalists Named for 1953 National Spelling Bee
The 1953 national Bee finalists include two 11 year olds, two 12 year olds, and one 13 year old among twenty young spellers. Page 14 notes the roll at Thompson School.
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Rain Dampens Plains Farmlands Boosts Cotton Planting Hopes
Slow steady rain across the South Plains dumped up to 1.5 inches in spots, reviving dryland fields and raising hopes to begin cotton planting. Totals varied by county, with Lubbock reaching 1.11 inches over two days and Dawson, Lynn, and Dickens counties reporting partial to inch‑plus falls. Officials say more moisture is needed before fields can be prepared.
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Earth
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Morton
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Oatis released by Czechoslovaks amid prison stay and pardon
Whitney Oatis, once jailed in Czechoslovakia on spying charges, returned to the free world after a presidential pardon by Antonin Zapotocny. He described good treatment, tuberculosis recovery, and a desire to report accurately. He spoke from the Hotel Grand ballroom shortly after crossing the Iron Curtain escorted by U.S. Embassy officials. He said Stalin’s death did not register with him during confinement. He thanked supporters and said he feels great now.
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