Liberal Bloc Gains Strength in GOP Split Across Parties
Associated Press reports that progressive Republican victories in Oregon and Pennsylvania signal a party division ahead of November elections. Wayne Morse wins in Oregon, while James H. Duff aims to redefine the party with a constructive program against Myers. Democrats face civil rights and policy fractures.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Duff
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Francis J. Myers
GOP
Morse
Truman
Myers
Duff-Morse
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Everett Dirksen
Ilinois
Banks
Capehart
Dirksen
Scott Lucas
Inllinois
SMU Coed Inquest Concludes Death By Strangulation
An inquest verdict in Dallas ruled the death of a baby born unattended in a campus dormitory was by strangulation. The 18 year old SMU sophomore faces possible grand jury action. authorities cite possible umbilical cord entanglement as a tentative cause. SMU officials remained silent after the body was found in a cardboard box on a trash disposal unit.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist
Corsicana Woman Heads Texas Women’s Organization
Mrs Winnie P. Cooper of Corsicana was elected president of the Texas Federated Business and Professional Women's clubs at the state convention in Austin. More than 700 members attended as the event closes Sunday morning. Reina Rhee of Tyler was chosen treasurer.
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Austin
Winnie P. Cooper
Corsicana
Texas Federated Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Reina Rhee
Tyler
Bank Group Holds Dinner to Mark 50th AIB Anniversary
Approximately 120 bankers and bank employees from the South Plains attended a dinner at Cactus Inn in observance of the American Institute of Banking fifty year milestone. Fort Worth National Bank official B J Lunt spoke on the institute Educational Program, with Warrick Carr addressing illegal aspects of banking. Wayne Finnell chaired, Elmer V East gave invocation, and local officers and directors of the Lubbock chapter were announced.
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Lubbock
American Institute of Banking
Cactus Inn
AIB
Wayne Finnell
Frank McLaughlin
Wayne Shawn
Darcel Young
South Plains
B. J. Lunt
Fort Worth National Bank
Kefauver Eyes National Crime Probe Pattern From New York Rackets
Senate crime committee chairman Kefauver said New York’s two way rackets inquiry may set the pattern for a nationwide probe into mobsters, gamblers and politicians. He cited talks with DA Hogan and noted nine other major cities to be examined. Hogan fights to keep records seized in Frank Erickson’s raid connected to Frank Costello, tying to Kefauver’s mandate.
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Glenn M. Green
INS
Washington
Kefauver
Senate
New York
Tennessee
Frank S. Hogan
Manhattan
Chicago
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Boston
Cleveland
San Francisco
Miami
New Orleans
Hogan
Frank Erickson
Frank Costello
Erickson
Kefauver Committee
Lubbock Students Win State Insurance Poster Awards
Twelve Lubbock students are among the winners in a state board of insurance commissioners poster contest. Recipients include Marion Gill and Jimmy Powers of Lubbock Senior High, Wilma Watley and Don Allgood of Slaton Junior High, Yvonne Breedlove of J. T. Hutchison Junior High, Dale Hodges and Harvey Alldredge of George M. Hunt School, Karla Dickinson of Roscoe Wilson School, Lora Lee Gallagher of McWhorter School, Bobby Gilbert and Charles Nostel of Roscoe Wilson, plus additional Lubbock entrants. The event was directed by R. W. Matthews, superintendent of public schools.
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Lubbock
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Marion Gill
Lubbock Senior High
Wilma Watley
Don Allgood
Slaton
Yvonne Breedlove
J.T. Hutchison
Dale Hodges
Harvey Alldredge
George M. Hunt
Karla Dickinson
Roscoe Wilson
Lora Lee Gallagher
McWhorter
Bobby Gilbert
George R. Bean
Charles Nostel
Jimmy Powers
R. W. Matthews
Convicted Burglar Confesses Slaying Chicago School Girl
16 year old Patricia Swartz Englewood High school junior was stabbed nine times and her skull fractured on her doorstep. Raymond Jenko 19 a convicted burglar confessed to the slaying in a district attorney statement saying robbery motive, police unsure if rape occurred. Jenko fled to his home then injured himself in the struggle.
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Chicago
Raymond Jenko
Patricia Swartz
Englewood
Jenko
Lubbock Hero Receives Permanent War Citations
First Lieut Parkes Van Horn of the 1910 Twenty-eighth Marine unit in World War II is awarded permanent citations for the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with five gold stars. He earned the honors for heroism as a bomber pilot in heavy opposition over the Bismarck Archipelago.
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Parkes van Horn
Bismarck Archipelago
Hartley voters set May 27 bond vote for new school
Hartley Independent school district voters will go to the polls May 27 to decide a $135,000 bond issue to finance a new school building and its equipment.
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Hartley
Hartley Independent School District
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