Growth and blue chip stocks plunge on marketwide selloff
The 1908 style decline hits growth and blue chip issues as the market records heavy volume and steep losses. American Telephone drops to 100.62, DuPont to 202.50, IBM to 61, while the Associated Press index falls 13.40 to 211.20 as industrials, rails, and utilities slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Chicago
San Francisco Exchange
American Telephone
du Pont
International Business Machines
Seo Stock Mart
Severe Texas storms bring hail dust and tornado risk
A line of thunderstorms across central Texas battered towns from Levelland to Dallas Fort Worth with hail up to golf ball size and winds near 70 mph. Tornado warnings were in effect in the P'sine Basin area while Irvings near Dal las reported a possible tornado. No major damage reported by late hours as rainfall drenched San Angelo Vernon Wichita Falls and other cities.
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South Plains
Texas
Levelland
Lubbock
P'sine
Wichita Falls
Dallas-Fort Worth
Irving
Dal- Miss
San Angelo
Seymour
Knox Qty
Knox Cty
Vernon
Abilene
Dinate
San Antonio
Waco
Austin
YWCA Dorm Blast Kills Girl in Wichita Falls
A YWCA dorm blast in Wichita Falls fatally injures 11 year old Theresa Terris and injures another girl as debris crashes onto them. Fire officials report a structural failure caused the collapse and fatalities in the incident.
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Wighta Falls
YWCA
Solvents Firm Pledges Fertilizer Access for West Texas Farmers
Commercial Solvents Corp says it has reached a federal court approved agreement with the receiver of Billie Sol Estes’ businesses to supply fertilizer through former Estes facilities in West Texas. The arrangement aims to keep Estes fertilizer operations going while his empire faced fraud charges and collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auvacated Premercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Estes
Ae Nee
Wwe
Cial Solvents
New York Chemical Coin
Texas Financial
Harry Moore Jr
Thomason
High-Altitude N Tests Loom Over Pacific
The Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission announced a four day lead time for a series of high altitude nuclear tests over Johnston Island in the Pacific. The initial blast will be below one million tons of TNT and occur at an altitude of several hundred miles, with the tests expected to include the highest explosion yet.
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Washington
UPD
United States
Johnston Island
Pacific
Defense Department and
Atomic Energy Commission
Tech Honors Mahon and George Mahon at Lubbock Commencement
Texas Tech held its 36th annual spring commencement at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum with Rep. George Mahon receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws. The ceremony faced disruption as winds halted the program and prevented individual degree ceremonies, though five honor graduates and a large graduating class were announced.
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Maron
George Mahon
Texas Tech
R. C. Goodwin
Tech
Fred H. Moore
Mobil Oil
New York
Moore
Dudley Lynch
Othets
Avalanche Journal
Usvey
Callther Teas Tech
Fred H
Pro
Mobil Oi Co. J
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Lubbock
Richard Terry Sharpe
Weatherford
Dorcas Ann Pettigrew Turner
Jacksboro
David Lee Patton
Business Administration
Sante Fe
Ronald Collins Hyatt
Engineering
Greenville
Prisyoul Ann Gibson
Home Economlex
Start In Grain Storage Cited By Estes Probe
Washington reports the Agriculture Department denied favoritism to Billie Sol Estes and said grain storage operations under Eisenhower were financially responsible. Testimony referenced bond coverage for Estes’s grain storage and questioned department officials about involvement. Grand jury and congress inquiries continued into Estes and related cotton allotments.
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Jashington
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Eisenhower
Texan
I Granklin
Moseley Anid
Jury Given Curt Report In Entec Legal Matter
A terse court filing names the chief of Entec’s legal staff as a key witness in a Curt Report matter. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Testify
Entec’ Legal Staff
Budget Requests Okayayed by Tech Board for 1964 65
Tech board approves the 1964 and 1965 budget requests totaling about 10.7 million and 10.9 million dollars respectively. They consider a possible law school at the college and authorized a federal loan to construct two new dormitories on campus.
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Law
Tech Board
Jerry Mall
Sanche-Journal
Res Tech
CL Wall
Amarillo
Manuel PeBusk
Dallas
Law School
Gerald Thomas
School of Agriculture
Caleg
Pla
Ee Saas
Fight, but seldom spends it right in Budget Notes
A compact market note reflects on money management and frugal budgeting. The column contrasts prudent spending with habitual overreach, urging readers to align finances with long term goals amid shifting economic signals.
Prayer text item mentioning Mrs. Donald Gum
A brief prayer from Lubbock noting devotion to Christ and service through Jesus Christ in a church or religious notice. The message emphasizes knowing and loving God and serving Him as perfect freedom, attributed to Mrs. Donald Gum.
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Jesus Christ
Lord
Donald Gum
Lubbock
Passenger suspected in Continental crash probe
Centerville investigators weigh murder suicide theory in a Continental Airlines jet crash after a brown leather briefcase may have concealed an explosive. FBI agent W. Mark Felt leads the on scene inquiry as officials caution on details.
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Centerville
Continental Airlines
W. Mark Felt
An. FBI
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Denver
Carpenter
Colorado
Steve McNichols
The
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Wey
Wichita
Theresa Terris Hea
Hier
Arnival
Meese
Mahon
Lette Prom Deli
Wisco Mequon
Houston
J. A. Jachimenyk
Ballou
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