Secretary Herter testifies on Eisenhower spy flights
Secretary of State Christian Herter tells senators Eisenhower assumed responsibility for U-2 spy plane missions to avert a Khrushchev trap. He says truth-telling was preferable, but the Paris summit collapse still had factors including the May 1 wreck. He rejects claims the president blocked blame.
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Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
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Graduation Events Underway In City and Coup in Turkey
The Avalance Journal reports commencement activities across local high schools and colleges with diplomas issued at Monterey and Dunbar High Schools and Lubbock Christian College. Separately Turkish crowds celebrated a military coup that toppled Premier Adnan Menderes, with promises of a new constitution and early elections and officials taken into custody.
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Avalanche-Journal
Stanbul
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Adnan Menderes
Celal Bayor
Ankara
Monterey and
Dunbar
Lubbock Christian College
Tom S. Lubbock High
Tech
Carlisle Boy Burned by Live Wire During Squirrel Chase
Billy Tanner 11 suffered extensive third-degree burns when an aluminum pipe he and a companion used to chase a ground squirrel touched a high voltage line. He remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital, with possible transfer to John Sealy in Galveston. His friend John McMakin had a minor foot burn and was treated locally.
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Carlisle
Billy Tanner
Ernest Tanner Jr
Methodist Hospital
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
John McMakin
R. B. McMakin
Billy
Frenship School
John
Harold Wright
Lee
Page
Castro defies U S aid cut as moral damage claim rises
Fidel Castro dismissed the United States move to halt economic aid as insignificant and said the action causes moral damage to Americans. U S officials say the aid withdrawal, totaling about 150 to 200 thousand dollars yearly, marks the first such cut to a Latin American nation though existing sugar quotas remain under congressional consideration.
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United Press International
AVANA
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Itresids
Washington
U.S
Castro
State Department
Eisenhower
Congress
Tech Bids Submitted For New TTU Library
In the second bids session the college board received low base bids totaling about 1.9 million dollars for a Texas Tech library project. The board will review bids Sunday and make recommendations ahead of heavy contract awards on Monday. Bids include 1 258 000 for general construction by J M Odom Construction Co Austin 188 776 for electrical by John C Pickett Electric Lubbock 72 260 for plumbing Roche Newton and Co Lubbock 294 441 for HVAC by A P Kasch and Son Big Spring and 66 360 for elevator by Hunter Hayes Elevator Co. The library will sit on the south campus See TECH BIDS Page
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Texas Tech
J. M. Odom Construction Co
Austin
John C. Pickett Electric Co
Lubbock
Roche Newton and Co
A. P. Kasch and Son
Big Spring
Hunter-Hayes Elevator Co
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Amarillo Meet Reveals Methodist Area Pastor Assignments
In the Northwest Texas Conference changes were announced Friday night affecting South Plains churches. Replacements include Rev Clar ence Collins at Asbury Lubbock from Colorado City and Rev W Q Tucker Jr at Wesley Lubbock from Estelline. assignments also cover Pleasant Ridge, Anvecemen Rene oe Kelly, and Smyer.
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Asbury Methodist Church
Clarence Collins
Colorado City
Don Davidson
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W. Q. Tucker Jr
Estelline
Kenneth Halrgrove
Iliff School of Theology
Denver
Pleasant Ridge
Slide Rd
Thomas Strother
Perkins of
E. H. Coston
Southland
William Grady Yates
Texas Tech
C. A. Norcross
Eakle
View
First Methodist Church
Vernon
R. Luther Kirk
San Ja
One Killed In Fuel Blast At McGregor Plant
A rocket propellant explosion at North American Aviation Rocketdyne in McGregor killed 39 year old Melvin M Houston and injured three others. The victims include Bernard M Cawthon Steven L Heller and J R McGlothlin. The blast occurred in an underground bunker where solid propellant is mixed with heavy concrete walls and a blowout side. Authorities assess potential plant operation impact.
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Melvin M. Houston
Bernard M. Cawthon
Steven L. Heller
Waco Oy
J. R. McGlothlin
Gatese
North American Aviation
Rocketdyne
Houston
Comic Dictionary profits from arguments with wives
A lighthearted column notes the success of a joke dictionary that parodies domestic squabbles. It highlights how husbands commonly lose roadbed debates at home and how the book monetizes those humorous misfires for readers seeking playful relief.
Dummies Lead Girls in Four-Inch Short Skirts Craze
A London dress shop on Oxford Street raises dummy models skirts to four inches above the knee and hundreds of girls imitate the style. The shop cites a gimmick turning into a craze and warns buyers of the perils of such short hems. The fashion retails about 16.50 pounds.
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Eddy Gilmore Ondon
A_ London dress shop
Oxford Street
Ecuador Breaks Off Dominican Relations
Ecuador announces severing diplomatic ties with the Dominican Republic and recalls its ambassador. The move follows regional consultations with Colombia Venezuela and Bolivia as part of a broader Latin American stance.
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Pers
Mira Tobar
Colombia
Bolivia
Hail and Rain Scatter Across East of South Plains
A series of hailstorms moved east of the area concentrating around Benjamin and Aspermont with golf ball sized hail at Benjamin and marble sized hail at Aspermont. Showers extended from Floydada to Matador and near Jayton with heavy activity near Dickens and Guthrie. Lubbock area expected 60 overnight and 94 high.
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Benjamin
Aspermont
Lubbock
Jayton
Crosbyton
Dickens
Guthrie
U2 Flight Suspension to Expire With Eisenhower Term
Secretary Christian A. Herter stated that the order halting U2 spy flights would automatically end when President Eisenhower leaves office in January.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
James M Flagg dies famed for Uncle Sam WWI poster
Artist James M Flagg 82 died after long illness nearly blind. He popularized the dynamic Uncle Sam recruiting image Want You used in WWI and again in WWII. Flagg’s feminine portraits boosted his income. he painted, exhibited, wrote, acted and married twice, leaving a daughter Faith.
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York
James Montgomery Flagg
Uncle Sam
Smithsonian Institution
Flagg
Jean
New York
London
Paris
Nellie McCormick
Dorothy Virginia Wadman
Faith
Navy Probes Object Off Florida Coast
Navy ships and helicopters hunted a motionless object in deep water outside the Key West three mile limit. A Miami TV station suggested a foreign submarine, but Key West Naval Base officials said it is not a submarine. Captain Sam Loomis noted indications it was not a submarine.
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Key West Naval Base
Sam Loomis
Weather Map Summary for Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm conditions with morning low near 60. Highs reach 94 this afternoon. A few scattered thundershowers forecast late in the day. Southerly winds at 15 to 29 mph.
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