Cale To Head Chest Drive In Lubbock
Cecil Cale was named to head the annual Chest Drive in Lubbock to raise about 160000 for community wide character building and charitable activities. Payne and local leaders praised Cale’s broad community background including Rotary Chest Red Cross Boy Scouts and church groups.
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Lubbock Rotary Club
Chest Directorate
Boy Scouts
The
Red Cross
Ase
Lubbock Knife & Fork Club
Cale
First Christian
Shivers Pushes Clean Democratic Ticket in Texas
Gov Allan Shivers abandoned a legal path to placing Eisenhower on the Democratic ballot in Texas. He urges a straight Democratic ticket with Stevenson as the Democratic nominee and proposes electors pledge to Stevenson. He warns voters can split tickets or stay away and notes opposition from conservative Democrats may threaten the convention. Page 10.
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BO Byers
Allan Shivers
Dwight Fisenhower
Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Tidelands
Amarillo
Stevenson
Texas
Eisenhower
States Rights
National Democratic
Price Daniel
Warmer Readings Foreseen Across the South Plains
The Lubbock forecast calls for near 92 degrees this afternoon with winds from the south. Readings jumped from 83 at Galveston to 98 at Provido as air conditions shift, according to Associated Press reports.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Lubbee
Ace Associated Press
Y Clear
Gaveston
Prevdio
Special Session Of Grand Jury Set In Lubbock County
A special grand jury probe into the general crime situation in Lubbock County will convene at 9 am Wednesday. District Attorney Travis Shelton says 10 to 15 witnesses will be subpoenaed, with plans for more, to clarify conditions and clear rumors. Anyone with a complaint may appear before the grand jury.
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Lubbock County
Travis Shelton
Financing To Be Discussed By Canadian River Group Meeting
Canadian River group schedules a Wednesday meeting in Amarillo with leaders from Levelland Slaton Tahoka O'Donnell Lamesa and others invited to participate. The session begins with a noon luncheon at the Hotel and runs until about 3 pm with state and federal officials expected, including Congressmen Mahon and Rogers and A Bryce Huguenin of Dallas.
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Canadian River Group
Amarillo
George Mahon
Lubbock
Walter Rogers
Pampa
Reclamation Bureau
A. Bryce Huguenin
Dallas
Law
Guenin
Britian's De Havilland 110 Jet Crashes At Farnborough Show
At the Farnborough Air Show in England 130000 spectators watched Britain's new De Havilland 110 jet explode in flight killing 25 people including test pilot John Derry and observer Tony Rich ards. The crash sent wreckage into a hillside as crowds fled in horror and 60 plus were injured.
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Arnborough
Eng
Britain
John Derry
Tony Richards
Derry
Society of British Aircraft Constructors
Louisiana Governor Endorses Eisenhower Amid Feud
Baton Rouge Louisiana Governor Robert Kennon announces support for Dwight Eisenhower over Adlai Stevenson. He credits the Republican platform as the best hope for the United States and for Louisiana while condemning Truman era policies on tidelands FEPC and Senate debate limits.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Robert Kennon
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Deep South
South
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
U. S. Senate
Polio Vaccine Nears as Gonzales Brings Hope
A brief report notes optimism from Gonzales about a polio vaccine nearing readiness. The item highlights local progress and remains upbeat about a potential breakthrough benefiting the community.
Texans Want Change Ike Popular In Texas Survey
An Associated Press survey of Texas voters in early September shows a desire for change in Washington. Ike is currently favored in Texas, but undecided independents may decide the election. the state has 24 electoral votes and a voting strength of about 2.5 million.
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Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Ike
Traffic Changes On College Avenue Are Placed Into Effect
New traffic controls around Broadway and College and along College from 4th to 15th Streets take effect as Texas Tech prepares to open. Dual left turn lanes on Broadway reduce conflicts, left turns from College onto Broadway and into campus are eliminated, and pedestrians gain timing at Broadway College.
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College
Texas Tech
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Explosion and Fire Hit Petroleum Plant on Houston Ship Channel
An explosion and three alarm fire struck Eastern States Petroleum Co Plant No. 1 on the Houston Ship Channel. The blast was heard up to three miles away. no injuries or damage details were immediately known.
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Houston Ship Channel
Houston
Tex
Eastern States Petroleum Co
Taks By Ike Adlai Fail To Stir Farmers
Eisenhower and Stevenson traded farm policy blows at the National Plowing Contest in Minnesota before 100000 spectators. The crowd listened in silence as both candidates offered similar programs with Stevenson backing 90 percent parity price supports while wryly noting differences.
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Adlai
Don Whitehead
Asson-Dodge Center
Minn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson
Washington
Gen
Area Solons Hold Brownfield Meet
Seven of ten Democratic nominees for state representative met at Brownfield for an informal dinner and favored printing ballots with two Democratic electors slates one for Stevenson and one for Eisenhower. Gov. Shivers announced legal barriers would prevent such a move, despite broad voter interest. The poll was held at J. C. Gillham’s Brownfield home, with nominees from the 98th district present.
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Avalanche-Journal
Brownfield
West Texas
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Texas
Eisenhower
J. C. Gillham
98Th
Solons
J. O. Gillham
Front Row
Reuben Senterfitt
State House of Representatives
C. F. Sentell
Snyder
Senterfitt
Gillham
George S. Berry
Lubbock
Red bases ring Arctic shores linking Europe and Asia
Western authorities say Russia is building a chain of Arctic bases along the northern coast to connect Soviet Europe with Soviet Asia. The article notes a Northern Sea Route opening in 1933 to exploit Siberia’s wealth and turn the dangerous route into a freight corridor.
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London
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Arctic
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Soviet Asia
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Bering Strait
Stalin
Siberian
Miss Georgia Wins Crown
Neva Jane Langley, 19, of Macon Georgia, was crowned Miss America 1953 before 18 400 at Atlantic City's Convention Hall. Runner up was Ann Marie Garnier of Indianapolis, with Miss California Jeanne Shoes third.
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International News Service
Tlantic City
N. J
Georgia Peach
Neva Jane Langley
Macon
Atlantic City
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Salt Lake City
Connie Hopping
Littlefield
Lubbock
Georgia
Ann Marie Garnier
Indianapolis
Indiana
California
Jeanne Shoes
Azusa
Alabama
Gwendolyn Harmon
Birmingham
Chicago
Jo Hoppe
Texas
Neva
Miss Georgia
Matador Child Dies Of Bulbar Polio In Plainview Center
Carol Ann Young eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Willard Young of Matador died of bulbar polio at the West Texas Polio Center in Plainview after falling ill Monday she was placed in an iron lung Thursday she is survived by her parents three sisters a brother and her grandmother no new patients were reported at the center Saturday
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Plainview
Carol Ann Young
Willard Young
Matador
West Texas
Fudy-Seal Funeral Home
Billie Ruth Lawrence
Bill Jameson
Loretta Young
Larry Young
I.N. Plumlee
Polio Center
Reduction In Land Armies is Forecast
Gen. J Lawton Collins said atomic weapons will reduce long term manpower needs for Europe defense but not initial division totals. He noted NATO aims and Paris talks for 1953 rearmament, and discussed integrating weapons with European forces. See EUROPEAN Page 10.
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Preston Grover
Upreme
Europe
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
NATO
Collins
Western
Paris
Red Artillery Erupts Across Korean Front
Soviet backed forces unleashed heavy artillery and ground assaults across the 155 mile Korean front. American B-29s bombed Pyongyang in a three hour air strike destroying a 270 acre factory complex. A Chinese battalion struck near Panmunjom forcing UN troops to fall back from several positions east of Bunker Hill.
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Bunker Hill
Weather outlook for Lubbock: fair with warm day
Fair in Lubbock and vicinity with no major temperature changes today or Monday. Winds from the south and southeast moderate to fresh. Low near 52 today, high around 92 this afternoon. U.S. Weather Bureau station records show 24 hour max 99, min 53. Sunrise 6:24 a.m., sunset 1:06 p.m. Humidity peaks at 67 percent, midnight humidity 31 percent.
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Fom Omcia
U.S Weather Bureau
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