Dis discord over U2 incident and summit collapse sparks political battle
Adlai Stevenson blasted Eisenhower's handling of the U2 episode and summit failure drawing GOP rebuke. Senator Fulbright urged Senate Foreign Relations Committee to investigate the incident with public access. Democrats accused opponents of injecting politics into policy critique.
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Iota Avalanche Journal
Ashington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Republican National Committee
Stevenson
Khrushchev
J.willian Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. presses Soviets to return eight aircrew from forced down transport
U.S. authorities, encouraged by early Soviet cooperation, demand the return of eight servicemen and a civilian woman after a U.S. Air Force transport was forced down in East Germany by Russian jet fighters.
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United Press International
Erlin
U. S
East Germany
I. I. Jacobowski
U.S
James Palmer Lundy
Findlay
Ohio
George A. Jordan
West Lafayette
Ind
William T. Frewen
Galveston
Tex
Chester K. Sleezer
Saratoga
N.Y
Leon Porter
Russellville
Ala
Paul K. McCash
Atlanta
Dallas
James A. Morrison
Richmond
C. James P. Garvin
Woodbine
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hamburg
West Germany
Spot on Ticket Assured Kennedy Holds Hard Line
Senator John F Kennedy rides a wave of seven straight primaries including Oregon to the cusp of the nomination needing 761 votes. He leads Morse by a wide margin in Oregon with 317% including 17 votes and faces pressure from rivals to capture big state delegates in seven weeks before the July 11 Los Angeles convention. Morse bows out after losing Oregon, his political future uncertain.
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John F. Kennedy
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Chicago
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Texas
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Oregon Polics
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Mistake Ends Man's Double Life at Home and Work
Roy Tiplady confessed to bigamy after four years living a double life with Frances and Brenda, fathering six children. Frances forgave him, while Brenda expressed heartbreak. He received a nine month sentence.
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Associated Press
London
Roy Tiplady
Frances
Brenda
Tiplady
Friday Roy
Roy
Sermons Set For Schools Open Graduation Week
Commencement sermons will be delivered to Lubbock's more than 850 high school seniors in three services this afternoon marking the start of graduation season. Diploma awards follow in separate ceremonies Friday and Saturday. Services are at 1 30 p m for Monterey graduates 4 p m for Tom S Lubbock seniors and 3 p m for Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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Lubbock
Municipal
Monterey
Tom S. Lubbock
Paul Laurence Dun- Lee
Gwen Odom crashes car into barber college glass wall
Fourteen year old Gwen Odom jumped into a parked car at Lubbock Barber College on 34th Street, striking a plate glass window after reaching to turn the radio on. David Coggins, a recent graduate and owner of the car, sat in the front seat as glass and chairs toppled around them and bystanders reacted in shock.
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Tom Eastland
Avalanche-Journal
Gwen Odom
Lubbock Barber College
34Th St
David Coggins
33Rd St
Compact Auto
Coggins
Miss Odom
J. Clyde Odom
35Th St
Armed Forces Day draws 15000 to Reese air show
About 15 000 South Plains residents visited Reese Air Force Base for Armed Forces Day open houses from 9 a m to 5 p m viewing Power for Peace demonstrations. The event featured an 8inch howitzer helicopter petting and a simulated pillbox assault by U S Marine Corps Reserve troops with a TC 130 transport aircraft.
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Kenneth Rhodes
Avalanche-Journal
AIR Force
Army
Navy
Marines
South Plains
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
40Th Rifle Company
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Weldon Wells
Lebanon
REESE
Earthquake Devastates Concepcion Chile Kills Many
A violent earthquake and fires wreck Concepcion Chile with 149 dead and about 800 injured, shaking a 200 mile area. The quake at 6 05 am lasted three minutes and left Concepcion isolated, with gas and electricity cut and military control.
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United Press International
Iantiago
Chile
Concepcion
Interior Ministry
Agadir
Morocco
Lar
Tran
Staat
Santiago
Area's Farm Income Leads Texas Region in 1959
South Plains farms posted a 1959 gross income of 634,488,016 across all farm commodities, leading Texas regions and surpassing 1958. Hale,Lubbock,Lamb counties head the state with 83,394,568 72,083,726 and 55,287,518 respectively, area taxonomies show.
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South Plains
Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Hale
Lubbock
Lamb
Hale County
Lubbock County
Lamb County
Floyd
Palmer
Castro
Hockley
Valley
Hidalgo
Cameron
Rio Grande Valley
Alee O
Nueces County
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Cynic: A citizen who distrusts government claims
Cynic is defined as a citizen who withholds belief in any government statement until an official denial is issued. The piece frames distrust as a common skeptical attitude toward authorities across civic life.
Woman claims census counted her three times in three cities
A Eau Claire Wisconsin resident says she returned a census form to the district office and added a note stating she has now been counted three times in three different cities.
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Eau Claire, Wis
Slaton patrolman aids capture of escaped prisoner
Jack Henry Jr. a 22 year old Slaton Huntsville escapee, was arrested in Lubbock after contacting a friend for coffee. Patrolman Don Blakerby, a former schoolmate, and Police Chief Gene Martin arrested him in the 1200 block of Broadway as Henry avoided capture earlier. Henry had fled Walker County jail Wednesday night and has a history of jailbreaks including a prior escape in Lubbock.
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Jack Coats
Avalanche-Journal
Jack Henry Jr
Slaton
Lubbock
Henry
Slaton Department
Walker County
Huntsville
Broadway
Blackerby
Martin
Weather Map Page 18 A Update for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Southwesterly winds reach 25 to 35 mph. Low today around the morning, high near 94.
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Lubbock
St. High
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