Hurricane Donna Threatens Caribbean and Puerto Rico
The powerful hurricane Donna moves west northwest toward Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands with 160 mph winds. Puerto Rico authorities declare 24 hour duties and evacuate waterfront areas as Red Cross deploys disaster workers and shelters prepared.
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Labor Day Statements Highlight 1952 Campaign Voices
Labor Day features include Eisenhower Nixon and Kennedy statements praising American workers. Meany warns against resting on past glories while Reuther attacks Dixiecrats and calls for an AFL-CIO campaign role. Rockefeller and Finch discuss Midwest farm support and campaign strategy amid farm program debates.
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Republican Party
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New York
Man Killed 3905 No Survivors Reported
George Price Funeral Home lists one fatality on the date with no survivors. The South Plains waffie toll reaches seven for the year 1959, marking a deadly day on the same date.
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South Plains
Labor pioneer Bamberger’s enduring Labor Day legacy
Family records show Bamberger, a 14 year old innovator in photo engraving, helped develop industry processes and became a symbol of Labor Day. He retired in 1938 as a Philadelphia business head but opposed compulsory retirement, arguing it wastes life and talent. Visitors to his summer and winter homes reminisce on old times and his union card remains active.
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Philadelphia
Barmberger
Troops Pay Tribute To 16 Shell Victims
Three thousand soldiers of the 3rd U S Armored Division held a brief memorial Sunday for 16 comrades killed by an errant artillery shell Friday at Grafenwoehr Germany. A Protestant and Catholic chaplain offered prayers at a field altar near the tent camp. Sixteen steel helmets stood on a wooden platform before the altar as a solemn reminder of the tragedy.
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Colombia tightens security ahead of Inter-American conference
Police and army deployed across Bogota to deter protests amid reports Fidel Castro urged Colombian labor groups to demonstration against the economics summit. Castro’s past riots are recalled as Washington proposes a $500 million social fund and tax reforms. Brazil pilots Operation Pan America aiming to double Latin American per capita income in 15 years.
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Brazil
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Births Recorded in Lubbock Health Facilities
A list of births from West Texas and Methodist Hospitals notes multiple families welcoming new daughters and sons. Parents include Manuella Puentez, Kenneth Cover, Coy Evans, M A Watts, W P D Parson, Delbert Henry, Don Landers, Frank Fry, Donald Cabe, A P Trice, Louis Gonzalez, Frank Goree, Willie McKnight, Andrew Rosales, R I Phillips, Sylvester Ervin, Alberto Ramos, Jack Rains, Benny Hoyl. Each entry states weight, time, hospital, and father’s occupation.
China Followers Take Control in Indian Communists Split
In New Delhi the hard line faction favoring Peiping has won grip in the Indian Communist party, shifting leadership to extremists led by B T Ranadive Jyoti Basu and Bhupesh Gupta while moderates led by S A Dange Ajay Ghosh urge caution amid India China border tensions.
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West Bengal
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Four Imen brothers perish in river tragedy
J C recalls the brothers disappearances as Bobby’s jeans hinder escape while Horace leaves behind wife Billie Louise and daughter Debby. Survivors include Mildred and a two month old son for Bobby. Wives and children watched from shore as funeral plans at Straw Funeral Home proceed. A lamb born on an airliner accompanies news of a sheep flock en route from Melbourne to Romania.
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Imen
Straw Funeral Home
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Accused Slayer Of Guard Gives Up In Minnesota
A Cambridge mental hospital patient Robert Pierce 21 of Minneapolis surrendered to authorities after stabbing two attendants at the facility killing one Myron Brown 66 of Cambridge and injuring Russell Jennings 63 of Stanchfield Brown died after fleeing outside and Gerald Rolfes 30 of Freeport remained at large a boy escaped briefly after a window was broken and later returned to the hospital The attack began late Saturday night as Pierce used a stolen knife from a patient’s box
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Minneapolis
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Big Lake
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Freeport
Jordan seeks extradition of bomb fugitives from U A R
Premier Bahjat Talhouni in Amman announced Jordan will demand the extradition of two messengers blamed for the bomb that killed Premier Hazza Majali and 10 others. The two fled to Syria after the blast and a third person is also sought. If denied, Jordan may take the case to the Arab League or the U N Security Council.
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Britain to end farthing coinage at year’s close
The article notes Britain will banish the farthing from coinage by year end as inflation reduces its usefulness. Despite its decline, the farthing still appears in some prices and invoices, while guineas remain common in professional fees and high value sales.
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UPI
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Kennedy Opens New Frontiers Campaign at Alaska Fair
Senator John F. Kennedy greets fairgoers at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. A Matanuska Valley homesteader J. W. Kruscavage stands beside Kennedy with a donkey named Cindy, drawing laughter as Kennedy begins his Alaska stop. AP. Wire photos.
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Nine Saved From Gulf Nine Rescued After Boat Sinks Off Florida
The Georgia Queen sank rapidly near St Marks after leaving Crawfordsville. Captain Tommy Vickers and seven aboard, from the Badders and Boggs families, were rescued by the BB and the Sandy at separate times. Coast Guard investigated no cause given.
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Buggs Family Plans Change to Bowden Surname
In Wetheringsett England the Buggs family announces a name change to Bowden to protect daughter Hazel who trains to be a teacher. Evelyn Buggs Bowden explains the move aims to spare Hazel embarrassing nicknames and references the great grandmother’s name as origin.
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Labor Day festivities kick off college fundraiser
A free barbecue for about 8,000 people on the Lubbock Christian College Campus marks the start of a drive to raise 2,077,000 for college development. Safety stands on Highways 87 and 116 and six South Plains sites offer coffee, drinks, pastry, road info and windshield washing. Many government offices close with limited post office hours.
Rock Riot Shatters Palais Royale as Charles Is Grounded
A New York mob at the Palais Royale Ballroom riots after Charles from Seattle is grounded. Bottles and chairs fly as Joe Jones, the manager, is struck. Patrons rush the cashier for refunds, smash the window, and rifles purses with a woman losing $190 in cash.
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Fire death victim among multiple burn fatalities in Lubbock
Funeral plans were pending Sunday at South Plains Funeral Home for a fire death victim. Survivors include mother Mrs. Lou Simmons of 1306 East 24th Street, a grandson Nathaniel Weterford of San Francisco, and two great grandchildren. The death marks the fourth fatal burn in Lubbock this year and the third Black victim. two people were killed in 1959.
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Lou Simmons
24Th St
Nathaniel Weterford
San Francisco
Gray
Lubbock
Answers Annual Fact Book Readied For Readers
Washington AP reports the 1960 Statistical Abstract from the Census Bureau sells for 3.50 and contains 1052 pages with figures on births without doctors 1958 641 trespasser deaths 1959 rail fatalities 2688 yearly average, Cincinnati dentist tooth fillings 3.67 1958, Los Angeles San Francisco higher costs, veteran population decline 1960 down 61000 from 1958 22,757,000, average veteran age 41, and auto deaths by gender 1958 27492 men 9489 women.
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Amarillo Teen Dies In Wreck Near Ft Sumner
A 15 year old Amarillo girl, Pat O'Brien, was killed when her car overturned three times on a detour near Ft Sumner on U S 60. Passenger Carol Pope, 14, also from Amarillo, was hospitalized with neck injuries and head lacerations. The car, reported stolen from Tulsa, Texas, apparently crashed due to inexperience.
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Ex-Advisor To Chiang Jailed
Lei Chen, former adviser to Chiang Kai-shek and now a vocal critic, was arrested in Taipei by Nationalist Chinese police on sedition charges. Police say he and three staff members of his magazine are to be tried by a military court for attempting to form a new opposition party. This marks the most significant political arrest in Formosa since earlier editor convictions.
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UPI
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Cuba Takes Over Bank of China in Havana
Cuban militia occupied the Bank of China in Havana to protect interests as the government prepared a formal intervention on Monday. China broke diplomatic relations and ordered the Cuban embassy staff to withdraw, following Fidel Castro’s recognition of Communist China. the bank holds about 10 million dollars in assets.
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UPI
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Cuba
Liu Yu-wan
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Liu
British Official Starts Africa Fact-Finding Tour
Duncan Sands, secretary of state for Commonwealth relations, left for a fact-finding mission in Africa aimed at informing a British commission on Rhodesia Nyasaland and central African states. His itinerary begins in Accra, Ghana, with plans to visit South Africa.
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Duncan Sandys
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Nyasaland
Accra
Ghana
South Africa
Ghana Commander-in-Chief Reflects on Congo Crisis
Maj. Gen. Henry T. Alexander, Britain’s general serving as Ghana’s commander-in-chief, described the Congo situation as very depressing and expressed low spirits about the developments from London.
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