Warmup Seen By Midweek In Texas South Plains
Wet weather clung to the South Plains as a cold front moved through causing mist and drizzle that halted harvest. A norther crawled southeast, bringing scattered showers and cooler temps with forecasts predicting a pause in rain by Thursday and a gradual warming toward week’s end.
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Dan Martin
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Texas
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Big Bend
Panhandle
Soutth Plains
Upper
U.S
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Soviet Superbomb Test Sparks Global Alarm and Fallout Fears
The United States denounced a massive Soviet blast as a device to incite fright and panic. Officials estimated the explosion near 50 megatons at Novaya Zemlya, warning it would yield unprecedented radioactive fallout and trigger precautionary measures in Europe and the United States.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Russia
White House
Kennedy
Vary
En Chev
Atomic Energy Commission
Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
U.S
United States
Weather Bureau
Guiltless man freed after 55 days in jail
Dan Walker of Glen Cove New York was released after 55 days in jail for a Queens delicatessen holdup. An assistant district attorney said the charges should be dismissed and a patrol stop early the same evening showed he was not the robber. The case highlighted a possible police error and the need for justice. In a separate note, the IRS filed a 4127 dollar lien against trumpeter Harry James and actress Betty Grable for 1960 earnings.
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United Press International
York
Dan Walker
Walker
Albert H. Bosch
Glen Cove
N. Free
Bellrose
Queens
Los Angeles
Internal Revenue Service
Harry James
Betty Grable
Amendments on Ballot Start Today in Lubbock
The Avalanche Journal begins a five part series by Jerry Hall on the 13 amendments to the city charter. Voters plan to decide on multiple measures including a tax for a municipal museum. See Page 5 Sec. A for the first feature.
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Lubbock
Cynthia Tinsley
Jimmy Gammill
Cynthia
James C. Tinsley Jr
Jimmy
James R. Gammill
Michael Ramsey
Avalanche Journal
Jerry Hall
Eisenhower Slams Spendthrift Programs in San Antonio Speech
Former President Eisenhower campaigned for Republican John Goode Jr. and Henry Cartel Jr. in San Antonio, denouncing big federal programs and urging Texans to vote for change. He urged fiscal integrity and warned against one party rule, saying Congress can halt federal growth. The luncheon drew about 500 Republican officials near the Alamo.
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Associated Pres
Eisenhower
Pans
Alamo
South
Texas
Congress
John Goode Jr
GOP
Henry Cartel Jr
Nine year old in Indiana faces first degree murder charge
In Mishawaka Indiana Ronnie Vert Wing a blond fourth grader stood in Mishawaka City Court pleading innocent to a premeditated murder charge in the shotgun death of his playmate. Judge Peter S Lacava presided as the defense questioned hearing the case notes. The attorney questioned whether a child so young can be charged with a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment.
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Mishawaka
Ind
UPI
State of Indiana
Ronnie
Vert Wing
Peter
M. Lacava
Albert L. Doyle
Doyle
Indiana
Stalin Body Banished From Red Square Tomb
The Communist Party ordered Joseph Stalin's body removed from the Red Square mausoleum as Khrushchev’s disclosures of Stalinist crimes gain public attention. A monument to Stalin's victims was also approved, with Moscow students among those calling for removal. public debate swelled as the tomb was closed for repairs.
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Red Square
Communist Party
Joseph
Lenin
Soviet Union
ISCOW
Khrushchev
Burger
Moscow
Perfectionist: The perfect fool seeks the ideal woman
A column notes the humorous idea of a perfectionist forever chasing an unattainable ideal. The piece uses wit to satirize the notion that flawlessness exists in romance and mocks the pursuit as endless.
Rayburn to be moved home amid illness and prayers
Holton said Rayburn's sisters decided to return the 79 year old speaker to Bonham from Baylor University Medical Center to end his days among friends. Doctors reported ongoing chemotherapy with no major change, and the family emphasized Rayburn's desire to die at home as a paramount consideration.
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Rayburn
Bonham
John Holton
Gress
Alse
Baylor
Savid
Bonhin
Baylor University Medical Center
Cynical reply to UN appeals shocks world over nuclear blast
Global leaders condemn Khrushchev after a 30 megaton Soviet nuclear test. Nehru urges a pact to halt testing as Erlander and von Brentano decry the act. The White House calls the blast an incitement to fright, while Nehru and others seek formal limits to prevent further tests.
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Russia
Khrushchev
Nehru
Washington
White House
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
New Delhi
Tage Erlander
Sweden
Stockholm
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Nikita
Storm Aims At Mexico From Hattie Near Belize Coast
A hurricane named Hattie strengthened off the Yucatan coast and aimed toward Belize and Mexico. Forecasters warned of very destructive winds and possible tides as evacuation and precautions were urged. Storm waves, a powerful center and gusts up to 200 mph were reported by a hurricane hunter.
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Prose
TAMS
Hattie
Cea
Yucatan Peninsula
Belize
Honduras-Chetumal
Mexico
Miam
Weather Bureau
Janet
Dunn
Cuba
Florida
Prayer for World Peace From Mrs Owens in Lubbock
A prayer request from Mrs. Melvin C. Owens of Lubbock asks for divine peace and an end to war. The message expresses gratitude for divine love and the joy of living and seeks global harmony.
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Heavenly Father
Melvin C. Owens
Lubbock
Global atmospheric waves from Soviet blast rival Krakatoa era events
The Weather Bureau reported atmospheric pressure waves circled the globe after a Soviet nuclear test, up to three times stronger than last Monday's test and comparable to Krakatoa in 1882 and the Siberian meteor event of 1908. Energy altitude affected global impact. waves persisted for days but caused no weather changes.
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Preve International
Washington
Sonity
Krakatoa
Siberian
Weather Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Harry Wexler
Wester
U.S
Bureau
East Indies
Jiwa
Sumatra
English Channel
Aange
Weather forecast for Lubbock area and southwest states
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light rain and continued cold. Lubbock high 33 low 42 winds 10 to 20 mph with easterly and northeasterly directions. Unclear OCR fragments list cities including Abilene Dallas Denver Houston Roswell and others. no coherent events.
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Lubbock
A & Sm
Pitt
Paso
Houston
Otte
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
Falls
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