Severe Floods and Hail Strike Texas Panhandle Cities
Storms dumped heavy rain and hail across a wide Texas area causing city flooding. Hail damaged vehicles and crops near Muleshoe, Smyer and Kress while Lubbock reported extensive street flooding and property damage including a damaged city hall basement and flooded residences. Police and city services were overwhelmed. telephones disrupted and many roads flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Adams
Bailey County Agriculture
Amarillo
Muleshoe
Littlefield
Smyer
Anton
Morton
Denver City
Seagraves
Levelland
Kress
Swisher County
Q. T. Loftis
A. E. Cox
Carl Weathers
Plainview
Paymaster Farm
Flooding Reports Mixed in Lubbock Downtown
A Southwestern Bell operator at 1405 Main in downtown Lubbock, Texas, reported no flooding on the second floor despite other areas being flooded. An Avalanche-Journal reporter verified conditions during a long distance check, confirming limited high water in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell Blackwell
27Th St
Greenacres
Victor Cargile
Sth St
Bill Shew
Ave Ho
Shew
Fo 1
Lindsey
20Th St
27Th
Boston Ave
Sears-Roebuck and Co
Slaton Highway
Redeamer
Avalanche - Journal
Ave. J
Pioneer Hotel
Broadway
Pioneer Room
Ste
High von
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Southwestern Bell
Main
Texas Farmers Reject National Wheat Control Plan
Texas wheat farmers backed by 21 240 voters or 44 8 percent opposed the national administration’s wheat control program in a statewide referendum with 171 counties reporting. Officials said remaining votes could not alter the result as heavy turnout occurred in San Angelo with many women voting. Estimates for eligible voters ranged from 65 000 to nearly 100 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
PHTSB
San Angelo
House
Senate
Herbert Shutt
Houston
United Nations
Crippled Jet Bomber Makes Safe Landing
A B 58 jet bomber with three aboard landed at Carswell Air Force Base after the nose wheel failed to lower fully. The wheel popped into place on touchdown and the landing was near perfect. The incident involved a $16 million aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Roll Call Votes In Congress From Texas And New Mexico
Roll call tallies show how Texas and New Mexico members voted on an array of measures in the House and Senate. The House passed an supplemental appropriations bill with party splits and notable For and Against blocks, while several amendments on debt limits and wage measures drew sharp division among lawmakers. In the Senate, votes covered feed grain price supports, commodity credits, and import duties with margins reflecting deep partisan and regional divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
Texas
New Mexico
Congress
HOUSE
Beckworth
Brooks
Burleson
Dowdy
Gonzalez
Kilgore
Mahon
Montoya
Morris
Patman
Poage
Parcel Roberts
Rogers
Teague
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Wright
Young
Alver
Fisher
Foreman
Poot
House Education and Labor Committee
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Switzerland
Casey
Pease
Purcell
Roberts
Thompson Thornberry
Alger Dowds
Tosher
Kilgore Montoya
Pool
Ways and Means Committee
Alger
Montoya Morns
Peave
Roberts Rogers
Wight Young
Alger Beckworth
Jonds
Fisher Foreman
Kobrore
Anderson
Mechem
Yarboroug
Tower
Limett Street
Mecher
Anderson Yarborough
Anderson, Yarborough
Andersen
Yarborough
Gordon Cooper Receives Hero's Welcome in Nation's Capital
President Kennedy pins a Distinguished Service Medal on Gordon Cooper after a day of public adulation. Tens of thousands in Washington greet the astronaut as he and his wife tour the White House, Capitol, and State Department. Cooper reflects on faith, space effort, and future aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Cooper
Gordon Cooper
House of Representatives
Washington
Congress
J. J. Truscott
Jan
Camala
Trudy
White House
Air Force
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kennedy
Cooper
Executive Mansion
Rose Garden
Canaveral
Department of Defense
Air Force Space Systems Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glenn Not
Capitol
America
NASA
Earth
Indian Ocean
State Department
Gordon
John H. Glenn Jr
Japan
Glenn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Church report urges Bible reading in schools and church state separation
Portland church concerns over blanket elimination of Bible reading in education. After three years of analysis and revisions, the report warns government action cannot replace religious vitality. It urges Christian forces to reinforce morality while maintaining an organic separation of church and state due to pluralistic society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Texas House negotiators seek changes on education funds
Heatly of Paducah leads House talks with Governor today over a $10 million shortfall for higher education and $5 million excess for hospitals and special schools. Connally and Smith voice frustration as debates continue on appropriations and a 354000 grant to the State Aeronautical Commission faces dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heatly
Paducah
Connally
Preston Smith
Byron Tunnell
Smith
Tunnell
House
Senate
Conference
State Aeronautical Commission
James Cotten
Weatherford
Game and Fish Commission
Senate House
Area Vote Challenges In Four Texas Counties
Officials report challenges to the area vote in Gaines Hockley Howard and Terry counties. A summary notes challenged ballots not included in totals while ALCS officials explain eligibility issues and counting procedures.
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Gaines, Hockley, Howard and
Terrs
Areca
Batley
Borden
Castro
Cochran
Crosby Dos le
Howard Ty
Lamb “Ye
Rt Lubbock
de Lynn
Martin VW
Matley Ee
Parmer Wily
Beurry
SwWlane
Plane Crash Body Identified By Spicer Funeral Home
A crash near Memphis left a victim tentatively identified as Croft by Spicer Funeral Home. Arrangements for the men involved were pending Tuesday night as a light mist fell over the scene.
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Spicer
Polio cases in Texas at new year low
Texas polio cases this year dropped to the lowest point since records began in the 1930s. One January case in a 20 year old Bexar County man and a March case in a 2 month old Hidalgo County child were paralytic. Public Health officials cited extensive Sabin oral vaccine drives as a key factor in the decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Department
Bexar County
Hidalgo County
Grant Burton
Division of Public Health Education
Burton
T. R. Dodd
Sabin
Fanciest knothole in town marks Tech Speech Building sightline
At Texas Tech a special knothole on the fence around the new Speech Building was made for Dr. P Melville Larson. The hole, cut at eye level and bearing a plaque, lets him see progress without bending, after a campus gathering noted the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Melville Larson
Texas Tech
Doris Maxey
Larson
Tech
Dr. Larson
Pennington
John Taylor
Multiple births and newborns reported in Lubbock area
The notice lists numerous births in Lubbock and nearby towns, naming parents and addresses, hospital, birth times, and baby weights. It records twins in one family, several daughters and sons, and notes parents' occupations. Eastern references include West Texas Hospital Methodist Hospital Taylor Hospital St. Mary's Hospital and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Howard Griffin
Memphis Ave
West Texas Hospital
Bobby Ray Copeland
J. B. Joiner Electric Co
Bebe Daniels Regains Consciousness After Stroke in London
American actress Bebe Daniels 61, wife of Ben Lyon, improved but remained weak in a London hospital after a stroke Monday night. A hospital spokesman said she is conscious and able to speak, following days of uncertainty as Daniels spent hours at her bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Bebe Daniels
Miss Daniels
Ben Lyon
National Hospital
Texas Redistricting Sparks Senate Debate and Claims of Fairness
The Senate confronts a redistricting bill with sponsors Kazen and Hall amid sharp exchanges. Patman questions sponsorship motives while Kazen insists he handles a House request. Critics argue the plan skews representation, highlighting uneven district populations and the loss of equal voice for South and North Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kazen
Senate
House
Sen
Bill Patman
Ganado
Hall
Karen
Patman
Dallas
Dallas County
South Texas
North Texas
U.S
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Texas
Northeast Texas
el Paso
Reds Refuse To Free Downed U S Pilots At Panmunjom
At the 169th mixed armistice commission meeting in Panmunjom North Korea refused to release two downed U S Army helicopter pilots or confirm their status. The session lasted 77 minutes and ended without result. U S negotiator Maj Gen George H Cloud said the communists would keep holding the pilots and that another meeting would be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
North Korea
U.S. Army
Mixed Armistice Commission
United Nations
U.S. Marine Corps
George H. Cloud
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Leon Smith
Tulsa
Hale Center
Cotton Center
Abernathy
Lockney
Flovdada
Matador
Roaring Springs
Spur
Crosbyton
Post
Tahoka
Ralls
Slaton
A. L. Roberson
Levelsand
Brownfield
Rio Grande Valley
Presidio
Dalhart
Alpine
Beaumont
Childress
Galveston
Midland
Waco
Brownwood
Norther
Tno
New City Hall
Agriculture Department
Commondity Credit Corporation
Anderson, Mechem
Yarberoush
Secretary of
Avscoultope
Yarborough Prometer
New York
JFK
Tie Cooper
Shawnee
Okla
Space Agency
Seabrook
Tex
Andrews Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Uoon
Ars
Judy Cooper
New York City
Mans
Secretary of State
ALCS
Klass
A. Klever
Elmer Trimbie
26Th St
Methodist Hospital
Santa Fe Railway Co
Raul Esparza
Ave. O
Latif Clinic
Pancake House
Keith Stewart
36Th
Methodist’ Hospital
West Texas Tile and Supply Co
G. R. Brock
Rosebud Arms
Haydown
N.M
George Cole
43Rd St
James Gary Littlejohn
33Rd St
Michael Farms
46Th St
Tne
Baggett Business Machines
Paul Ellsworth
13Th St
Ignacio C. Armento
N. Ave. O
Armento Barber Shop
Raymond Steve Lang
Lubbock Cotton Qu Mill
Thomas Edward Jackson
Leroy Matthews
Fist St
Taylor Hospital
Tandy Lumber Co
Mount Pleasant
Woodrow B. Arms
Star Rt
N. F. Lee
45Th &T
McLain Ol] Co
Bill R. Abel
67Th St
Monstay
Behrens Drug
Thomas Alexander
Grinnell
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Brackin Tile Co
Hobbs
Ray Purgason
Oberlin St
St. Mary’s Hospital
Talkathon
Mth
Reds
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