Fair Attendance To New Mark At State Fair
Weather near perfect all week attracted crowds while attractions surpassed prior fairs. Attendance records fell with Lubbock Day drawing 28,677 and ten area children days totaling 60,565. Tuesday’s 18,487 gate set a new low for a record week. Circus acts and free exhibits drew large crowds, with 15,000 for fireworks and editors touring grounds in the Caprock Hotel luncheon.
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Rineling Trothers and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Caprock
Pavis
Association
Eisenberg
Davis
Charles R. Bacon
John Robert Moxley
Charles E. Maedgen Jr
J. M. Crook
Ollie A. Green
C. E. Luce
Charles L. Adams Jr
Homer E. Hunt
R. E. Gee
Parker F. Prouty
John E. Vickers
Althourc
Tsar Lee
Truman highlights Berlin access and Ike’s role in negotiations
President Truman recounts 1945 talks with Joseph Stalin proposing U S free access to Berlin while withdrawing troops from the Soviet Zone. He says General Clay gave only an oral assurance and that the lack of written agreement harmed U S bargaining power. He criticizes Eisenhower for not insisting on a written pledge and notes responsibility for the misstep.
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Truman
Joseph Stalin
United States
Berlin
Soviet
Germany
Fisenhower
Europe
Clay
U.S
Chay
Minnesota
Dakotas
al Hrouer
Stevenson
Far East
Breenhow
Ching
Snveches
Minneapolis
Paul
Minneapelis
Siserhower
Muluth Sad
Soviet Envoy Seeks Clarity Amid Kennan Controversy
Soviet envoy Zarubin returned to Washington while diplomatic circles note his claim of no hate America campaign in Russia, a stance viewed as tied to the Kennan controversy. U.S. diplomats abroad think Moscow pressed for Kennan’s recall, given his depth of knowledge about the Soviet system. Many at United Nations headquarters consider the timing a strategic blunder ahead of the Communist Party congress.
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Washington
Zarubin
Truman
America
Russia
Kennan
Ten Red
Moscow
Mr. XII
U.S
Patien
United Nahems
Kenman
Birth notices from Lubbock area papers collide in brief
A flood of birth announcements lists Ernest Sears and wife at 416 29th Sauder with a daughter born at 3 41 pm in Lubbock Memorial Hospital. Others include Blounts at 211 44th Sauder with a 4 14 winner at 9 42 pm. Chappel at 401 Noist with a 6 pound daughter at 7 20 pm in West Texas Hospital. Greene at Tayum with a 9 ounce infant Thursday. Jalomo of Shallowater at West Texas Hospital. Robertson at 2508 39th with a 6 pound 6 ounce son at 1 1 pm. all noting fathers’ occupations and local addresses.
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Ernest Sears
29Th St
Sauder
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
G. W. Blount
Lubbock Memorial
Reese Air Force Base
Elwin
Chappel
Noist St
Fleoxunda
Ighing
West Texas
Camp Polk
E. S. Jalomo
Shallowater
West Texas Hospital
A. K. Robertson
39Th St
Results Declared In Rabbit Show At Local Fair
Judges announced results of the rabbit judging at the fair on Saturday. Winners and placements were recorded, with prize rabbits named and awarded.
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Panhandle-South Plains Fair
Bandit Sought Over Cuban Gun Plot In Dallas Fort Worth
A complex test of smuggling and betrayal unfolds as Cuban exiles plan a gun run via Dallas and Gainesville. De la Torre and associates faced a bandit invasion at a Cubans cottage, with $240000 seized, while police pursue gun runners and Havana links to Piño Socarras.
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New York
de la Torre
Carlos Pino Socarras
Batista
Prio
Love Field
Dallas
Madarenga
Jose Duarte
Johnny
Fort Worth
Duarte
Gainesville
Madareaga
Durate
Havana
Piio
Socarras
Cuba
Mexico City
Ticket Man Remembers Fairs as He Sees Another Close
The longtime ticket man at town fairs, now 79, recalls early years when cars were prizes and gates expanded. He worked late into Saturday night as the fair ended, expressing relief it is over for now but hope to see it return next year.
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18Th St
Aycock
Rancher Found Dead in Brush on Houston Area Pasture
Waller cattleman P W Simpson, 72, was found dead early today on his 200 acre grazing pasture. He appears to have been thrown and dragged to death by his horse after an incident in thick brush near Houston.
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Houston
Sweepstake Honors Won By Mrs. Horne At Andrews Fair
Mrs. A. A. Horne of Humble Camp was named sweepstakes winner at the 1952 Andrews County Fair, with Mrs. J. A. Roach runner-up and Mrs. M. B. Baggett third. Magnolia Camp Home Demonstration booth topped standings, Andrews booth second, Phillips 66 third. County roping and cutting horse contests produced multiple winners, with Harold Irwin and Beecher Chesney among top placers. Harvest Queen coronation crowned Miss Janie Dyer at the Community Hall as the parade floats contest concluded the fair.
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Stanton
Charlie Hale
Monahans
Vida Holt
Ft. Stockton
Gene Irwin
Andrews
Buford Chesney
Charlie Scott
Midland
M. M. Fisher Jr
J. R. Hayes
Jackie Foutch
Seminole
Laveda Faye Simpson
Byrone Taylor Andrews
Queen
Coed
Reese Jones
Joker
Hayden Mills
A. J. Price
Davidson Pontiac
Andrews County News
Blossom Shop
Janie Dyer
Andrews High School
Glenn Dyer
Jeannine Montgomery
W. H. Montgomery
Tragedy at Fairgrounds Traffic Crash Claims Life
A pedestrian was struck by a truck after crossing a street near Jim's Fruit Garden as fairbound traffic clogged the avenue. Police say no charges will be filed. the man died from head and multiple fractures. Witnesses described the sequence and emergency crews rushed him to hospital.
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Page One
Smith
Jim Adams
Jim
McDonald
Fairgrounds
Slaton Man Meading Dies After Long Civic Service
Meading a Slaton resident and World War I and II veteran, longtime booster of Slaton, former secretary of Slaton Rotary, and farmer from Posey before moving to Slaton in 1935. Funeral set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church Slaton, burial Englewood Cemetery. wife died in a late spring auto crash. Survived by three daughters.
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Meading
Luther Powers
American Legion
Slaton
First Baptist Church
J. T. Bolding
Englewood
Williams Funeral Home
Houston
B. N. Ball
LaVerne Curry
C. J. Young
el Paso
Authorities Face Weekend Of Law Violations In Lubbock
Police report a busy Saturday with a missing heifer, a quarrelsome estranged wife damaging a car, a man jailed for shoplifting women’s underwear, and the jail crowded with drunks and vagrants. Eight arrested for gambling, eleven for vagrancy, several for drunkenness, plus thefts from stores and a car theft later found in Brownfield. A Lubbock man also reported burglary of liquor and a missing calf, with police seeking sightings of a stray animal.
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Lubbock City
Lubbock
South Lubbock
19Th St
Brownfield
New Hours Are Inaugurated at Stock Exchange
New York reports the New York Stock Exchange has adopted a five and a half hour day, closing at 3:30 p.m. Eastern with no Saturday two-hour sessions after nearly eighty years of a five hour day. The AP average fell 80 cents for the week despite a two week rise, led by railroad losses while overall economic signals remained positive. Bankers and government experts forecast good business ahead, though deflation risk was noted by the U.S. comptroller.
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Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Atlantic City
Vari
Ous
Putnam
Preston Delano
U. S
Kennan
Demos To Open Fund Campaign
Washington reports a new Democratic fundraising drive launching next week to raise five dollar contributions from hundreds of thousands of donors. Beardsley Ruml heads the plan, with eight days of solicitation, 800000 booklets, and five certificates per solicitor. The scheme aims to raise one million dollars this year, funding limits and distribution rules detailed.
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Washington
Beardsley Ruml
New York
Democratic National Finance Committee
Ruml
Adlai E. Stevenson
National Committee
Rum
GOP
el Morocco
Cotton Crop Deteriorates in Heat and Drouth Impacts
The report notes irrigated cotton declined about ten percent due to undersized bolls from late or insufficient watering in extreme heat. Angular leaf spot and drouth reduced dryland yields, with dryland falling about twenty percent. By Sept 15 no further drouth deterioration. Favorable weather now aids rapid maturing. irrigated cotton 15 to 40 percent open, dryland 30 to 70 percent. Local classing lists 47,983 bales for the season, with 36,954 last week. many gins to run full time next week as migrant labor arrives and Latin Americans gather the state’s largest crop in Lubbock. County area production figures are provided for Oct 1 and Sept 1 with totals around 1.46 million to 1.69 million bales.
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Clapp
Drouth
Lubbock
Bailey Ee
Crosby
Dawson
Eisenhower Visit Sparks Large South Plains Welcome
The Visit Plans signal a large Eisenhower arrival in San Antonio for a mammoth birthday celebration amid careful restraint on gifts and conferences. A throng will gather with eight bands invited and two already responding, while a county road leads attendees to the old South Plains Army Air Field site with parking for 5,200 cars. News crews will sit behind a 200-seat press table as civic leaders from South Plains towns receive invitations this week for the event.
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San Antonio
Eisenhower
Hubbub
Huzzas
Seagraves High School
L. W. Carter
Plainview Highway
Old South Plains Army Air Field
South Plains
Stalin Signature Looms Over New Soviet Law Plan
Observers note a clearly outlined Soviet blueprint stressing obedience over debate. General directives guide peace and economic offensives abroad while at home the program prioritizes heavy industry and rapid production, sidelining consumer goods and enforcing strict party supervision and conformity.
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Stalin
Kremlin
Sparkman reveals finances amid fundraising firestorm
Sparkman states he never transferred assets to his wife and discloses a 6500 salary as a receptionist. Mrs Sparkman owns a stake in a radio station near Albertville with 6501 dollars in dividends last year. Nixon, challenging Stevenson and Sparkman, urged full public disclosure of finances after noting 18235 dollars raised to aid his Senate expenses.
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Sparkman
Albertville
Ala
Montgomery Advertiser
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Tucson City Jailer Jailed In Own Lockup
Tucson police jailed a 30 year old jailer after a lie detector test confirmed a 15 month arson spree. Four fires in downtown drew all firefighting capacity as investigators linked the suspect to the scenes and his car was seen nearby. He confessed to setting the Wednesday blazes and additional car fires over the period.
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Tucson
INS
Donald A. McCauley
McCauley
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