Red China orders mobilization as talks urged over Formosa crisis
Peiping announces general mobilization of 600 million and calls on the United States to resume ambassadorial talks to defuse tensions in the Formosa Strait. Chou En-lai backs Geneva talks while Red forces halt guns opposite Quemoy as Nationalist forces stay on alert amid reports of a growing naval armada.
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James Wildeong Kong
Red China
United States
Formosa Strait
Supreme State Council
Peiping
Taiwan
Formosa
Peiping Radio
Chou En- Lai
Chou
Geneva
Quemoy
Amoy
Chiang Kai-shek
Fukien Front
Quemoys
Defense Ministry
Palo Alto pilot plans solo world run in single engine
Charles F Banfe a 39 year old airline captain from Palo Alto California prepares for an attempted around the world flight in a single engine plane. The AP wire photo note indicates the takeoff occurred Saturday as shown before departure with full story on page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Banfe
Palo Alto
Calif
Lubbock Family Spreads Good Will In North Africa
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Leon Blair and family from Lubbock built strong ties in Bouknadel Morocco earning royal favor. The nine member group promoted goodwill for four years at Port Lyautey and with King Mohammed V. Blair obtained permission for American officers to be received at the royal palace in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Nash
United Press International
Idi Bouknadel
Morocco
Lubbock
North Africa
Navy
Cmdr
Leon Blair
10Th St
Naval Air
Port Lyautey
Bouknade
Rabat
Blair
Germany
France
Mohammed V
Lalla Aicha
U.S
G. An. Blair
Marion Leftwich
Florida
Traffic Toll Climbs To 52
The South Plains fatality toll rose to 52 for the year after an 18 year old Hare County official’s son, Dick Brown, was killed when his car rear ended a grain truck near Petersburg. Curtis Baker, 18, a Methodist minister’s son, was critically injured. The grain truck driver fled on foot and was not located by midnight. The crash occurred at 8 30 p m on Farm Road 54 about 200 yards west of Petersburg city limits.
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Etersburg
Dick Burnette Brown
Hale County
Petersburg
Curtis Dale Baker
Highway Patrol
Brown
South Plains
New Deal
Abernathy
Wolfforth
Tohoka
Doc Brown
Halfway
Plainview
Plainview High School
City Limite
Baker
Luther Baker
Idalou High School
H. V. Sheffield
Demotion for Bulganin Revealed by Soviet Party
Radio Moscow said the Soviet Communist Party’s central committee removed former Premier Nikolai Bulganin from the Presidium and called the 21st Party Congress for January 27. Khrushchev will present the 1959 1965 five year plan details amid Bulganin’s drop in status.
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London
UPI
Radio
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Central Committee
Khrushchev
City Annexation Drive Backed by Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock city officials win business support for a 45.05 square mile annexation plan after a Chamber board meeting endorsed the program. In a subsequent letter signed by W D Rogers the chamber urged members to back the proposal, arguing it protects city residents and those in areas to be annexed, highlighting planned streets water sewer parks arenas and recreation facilities.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock City
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
W. D. Rogers
Chamber
Rogers
Auditorium Coliseum
Miss America Crown Goes to Mississippi Beauty Mary Ann Mobley
Mississippi’s Mary Ann Mobley won the Miss America title in Atlantic City earning 25 000 in prizes. The Bran don University of Mississippi senior sang an aria then danced in two skirts to a jazz number before a 17 000 strong crowd. Runners up Anita Bryant Sandra Jennings and Betty Evans received scholarships and six finalists earned 1 000 each.
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Claire Cox
UPI
Mary Ann Mobley
Mississippi
Miss Mobley
Brandon
University of Mississippi
Atlantic City Convention Hall
Joanne Lucille MacDonald
Town
Ames
Oklahoma
Anita Bryant
Tulsa
California
Sandra Lee Jennings
Riverside
North Carolina
Betty Lane Evans
Greenville
Convention Hall
Marilyn van Derbur
Denver
David Williams
Drizzle Forecast Spreads Across South Plains Area
Scattered light showers dotted the South Plains on Saturday with more rain expected today as tropical storm Ella weakens. Lubbock forecasters warn of low clouds and possible drizzle for the city and surroundings through Tuesday as moisture remains. Rain totaling traces reported in Tahoka La Mesa ODonnell Brownfield Seminole Spur with scattered thunderheads delivering light afternoon or evening showers mainly east and south of Lubbock.
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South Plains
Ella
Lublbock
Woman Killed as Fire Traps Toddle House Worker
A 31 year old waitress Mrs Eddie Connally died in a rear apartment blaze at 1614 Ave Q early Saturday. Her husband worked at Toddle House No 1 where he was on duty. Fire officials investigate heater fault as motive and scene includes unoccupied adjacent units. District Attorney and investigators attended the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Ball
Blanche-Journal
Ave. Q
Eddie Connally
19Th St
Connally
George Gilkerson
Nolan H. Lassiter
Justice of the Peace
G. H. McCleskey
McCleskey
Buffalo Lakes project gains final state approval
Lubbock County Water Improvement and Control District No 1 gets final approval from the State Board of Water Engineers for the Buffalo Lakes water conservation and recreation project. Bids will be advertised soon and contracts for dam spillway roads may be awarded between October 15 and 20. Kerr notes plans were approved in Austin and a board meeting will set bidding.
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Buffalo Lakes
Lubbock County
State Board of Water Engineers
Kerr
Cotton Estimate Down Slightly from August Forecast
South Plains estimates show a drop of about 28 000 bales from the August 1 forecast due to dryland conditions in southern counties. A record crop of 1 881 000 bales remains possible, with gains projected to exceed the all time high by 231 000 bales. AREA COTTON Page 10
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
New Athens youths shamed in parade for yoghurt attack
In Athens Greece two young offenders with heads shaved are paraded through a main street under police escort after being caught tossing yoghurt at a woman. A sign around one youth’s neck proclaims We are Teddy boys. This method aims to curb rising delinquency in the Greek capital.
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Athens
Greece
Eisenhower Seeks Face-Saving Step in China Crisis
The White House welcomed Premier Chou Enlai’s offer to resume U.S. Red China talks and said Ambassador Jacob Beam would meet Wag Ping-nan in Warsaw. The move aims to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from challenging talks while keeping U.S. positions on Formosa intact. Nixon was absent from a security council session.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Eisenhower
China
White House
Chou Enlai
U.S
United States
Formosa
Red China
Soviet Union
Wonto Sen
Geneva
Switzerland
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
National Security Council
State Dulles
Chou
Security Council
Man Dies After Being Hit By Boy On Bike
Ct Toronto AP Henry Claire, 71, died from shock and head injuries after an 8 year old boy on a bicycle knocked him down as he stepped into the street near his home. Police said the man was crossing the road when struck.
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Man
Boy
Toronto
Henry Claireman
Car Struck Dozing Woman Killed By Bullet
A Minneapolis woman, 48, was shot in the back seat of an automobile on U S 97 near the Klamath reservation and died in the car. The car’s occupants survived. police arrested Myron Barkley, 26, a Klamath Indian, on a shooting charge after he admitted being on the road when the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lamath Falls
Orc
Minneapolis
U. S
Carl Frederickson
Bend
Here
Klamath
Russell Holmes Crawford
Oakland
Calif
Tom Byron
Crawford
Klamath Falls
Klamath Reservation
Feeble Tropical Storm Ella Skirts Texas Coast
Ella drifted into Texas with drenching rains as hurricane Fifi strengthened far offshore. Reports show Ella 450 miles east of San Juan with 85 mph winds and hurricane force bands. Port Aransas saw up to 5.6 inches of rain while nearly 1,000 residents moved inland for safety. Weather observers noted Ella breaking up over extreme South Texas as the storm neared Page 10 Trop.
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Atlantic
Ella
Cuba
Texas
Weather Bureau
San Juan
P.R
Fiji
Port Aransas
Corpus Christi
Weather Map Page 3 Lubbock Area Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy with little temperature change. Highs near 84, lows around 70. Scattered showers and a few thundershowers possible, easterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Humidity highs around 89 percent, lows near 48. City readings show Abilene 71, El Paso 89, Albuquerque 83, Dallas 86, Denver 90.
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Lubbock
Ham
Seneveee
Abilene
el Paso
Albuqu
Heston
Ilo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
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Hale
Bulganin
CBS Radio
Avalanche
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Sandra
Mary Ann
Dixie Miss Is Beauty
Geoffrey Winthrop-Young
Matterhorn
Fine Arts
Plains Oil News
Area Farm News
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