Eisenhower pursues peace talks amid Red China tensions
President Eisenhower returns from Newport to Washington as talks with Red China resume amid a spate of diplomacy and veto actions. He meets with Atty. Gen. Rogers on integration and with Labor and Commerce leaders on remaining bills. Congress adjournment prompts veto of a 275 million program for distressed areas while approving safety tests for additives and aid for mentally retarded children.
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Eisenhower
Atty
Rogers
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ark
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Secretary of Commerce
Congress
Newport
White House
Security Council
U.S
Chou
Plains cotton crop valued over 300 million in 1958 estimates
Area growers project a 1958 cotton yield of about 1,650,000 bales with an estimated value surpassing $300 million based on a 170 per 500 pound bale price plus cottonseed. Production spans 23 counties with revisions from August forecasts, and reports note high grade fiber and favorable micronaire readings amid labor and irrigation limits.
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Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
PCG
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
Bailey
Deaf Smith
Gaines
Hockley
Dawson
Howard
Lamb
Lubbock
Lynn
Motley
Borden
William E. Franklin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lamesa
Franklin
The
Cotton Exchange
Waco
Austin
Lubbock Agricultural Experiment Station
Dickens
South Plains
Tropical Storm Ella Drops Rain Across Central Texas Coast
Weather reports show Ella bringing heavy rain to central Texas with up to five inches possible in two to three days and gusts of up to 50 mph. Coastal towns from Corpus Christi to Galveston recorded several inches, while warnings were lowered and small craft urged to stay in port. Fifi, another tropical storm, heads toward the open sea with projected steady motion and slight intensity gains.
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Texas
San Antonio
Galveston
Baytown
Freeport
Texas City
Bay City
Refugio
Houston
Airport
Palestine
Angleton
Weather Bureau
Ella
Corpus Christi
Cuba
Fifi
Bahamas
South Atlantic
Quartet shot at Latin dance in Lubbock injures teen
Mailde Lara, 19, of Route 4, Lubbock, was wounded by a small caliber bullet in the chest about 11 45 p m Saturday at a Latin American dance near 1st Street and Avenue P He was taken to Methodist Hospital in fair condition as police investigate the shooting.
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Mailde Lara
Lubbock
Route 4
Methodist Hospital
1St St
Ave. P
Lara
Riots in Mexico City Clash With Thousands of Union Followers
Police clashed with thousands of followers of a school teachers union leader in central Mexico City late Saturday. At least 50 people were reported injured and many arrests were made.
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Mexico
Mexico City
UPI
Miss Mobley Crowned Miss America of 1959 in Pageant
After a week-long Miss America contest with 51 rivals from 46 states plus Canada and Hawaii, Miss Mobley of Brandon won the crown. She performed arias and dance in a green satin outfit, answered Parks questions on greatness, will travel nationwide earning between 50 000 and 75 000 dollars in a year, plus 10 000 scholarships and 15 000 in prizes.
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Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Miss
Atlantic City
Oklahoma
Anita Bryant
Tulsa
Iowa
Joanne Lucille MacDonald
Ames
California
Sandra Lee Jennings
Riverside
Miss Mobley
Mama
Mississippi
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Bert Parks
Alabama
Lee Thornberry
Birmingham
Arkansas
Sally Miller
Pine Bluff
Connecticut
Billie June Turner
New Canaan
Town
North Carolina
Betty Lane Evans
Greenville
Texas
Mary Nell Hendricks
Arlington
Utah
Janets Carolyn Secor
Salt Lake City
South Carolina
Gene Lenoir Wilson
Charleston
Ann Louise Willis
Rhode Island
Integration Picture Fuzzy As Southern Schools Reopen
The article notes a mixed start to the new term across the South with most students back in class while Supreme Court hearings loom on Little Rock Central High. It covers regional protests and court actions plus birth notices from Goodnight and West Texas hospitals.
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Little Rock
Arkansas
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Central High
Orval E. Faubus
van Buren
Central
Eisenhower
van Buren High
Alexandria
Federal Dist
Albert Bryan
Arlington County
Washington, D.C
Lubbock County Bonds Move Forward for Buffalo Lakes Project
The R J Edwards Co of Dallas will market the remaining 1 200 000 bonds at 3.7312 percent after the initial 600 000 bonds at 4 percent funded the Buffalo Lakes property. Engineers Parkhill Smith Cooper recommend bids advertising within 15 days as inquiries pour in from firms across the United States. The project, approved January 10 and April 17, 1956, enlarges the lake on 1100 acres, to be built 10 miles southeast of Lubbock, with 220 acres covered and a 21 mile shoreline. The dam and spillway cost about 600 000, with the rest for roads admin buildings parks water works and drainage. Contracts for other project phases will be let promptly. Kerr is director with O A Terry S O Gowen Woodrow DeBusk V G Browning and A B Davis as executive secretary.
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Keting
R. J. Edwards Co
Dallas
Buffalo Lakes
Clarence Cooper
Parkhill, Smith & Cooper
Alabama
California
Lubbock
Kerr
Terry
Gowen
Woodrow DeBusk
Idalou
V. G
Browning
Slaton
A. B
Davis
Pilot Makes Good Time In Attempt To Circle Globe
Capt Charles F Banfe Jr a 39 year old Pan American pilot from Palo Alto flies solo in a Mooney single engine from Idlewild aiming to circle the world in eight days He logged 315 miles Atlantic coverage after 2 1 2 hours and was sighted around 1700 miles out Pan American notes he is making good time Rome is the target arrival while a prior attempt by George Preston Williams ended due to weather
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Wiley Post
Charles F. Banfe Jr
Palo Alto
Calif
Idlewild
Rome
Banfe
Mooney Aircraft Firm
Kerrville
Tex
George Preston Williams
Mexico City
Newfoundland
Annexation plan urged to support city growth in Lubbock
Rogers argues annexation is essential for orderly growth and lower per capita taxes. He cites urban renewal projects costing about 5 million dollars and warns slum areas outside city limits must be annexed to curb disease crime and high costs.
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Rogers
City Planning Commission
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Texas League of Municipalities
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Austin
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
Beaumont
Waco
Lubboeck
Woman Killed in Fire After Rescue Efforts Fail
Firefighters found Mrs Connally dead at a burning apartment after two policemen Tedder and Simmons brought the alarm to 16th Street and Avenue Q. The interior was gutted and investigators promised further inquiry into the cause as Fire Marshall Black continued work Saturday.
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Robert Tedder
James Simmons
16Th Street
Avenue Q
Tedder
McDonald Funeral Home
Blair family in Morocco blends American roots with Moroccan life
The Blair family, famed after a taxi incident in London, now lives at a 26 acre Sidi Bouknadel estate. Edith and Blair children attend a Moroccan government school, with Christopher excelling in French Arabic and German. Leon Blair, a U S naval officer, holds a French naval pilot insignia and NATO praise.
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Germany
Blairs
Blair
London
Scotland Yard
Edith Witek Blair
Port Lyautey
Bouknadel
Christopher
Edith
Peter
David
Barbara
Michelle
Matthew
Leon Blair
U. S
U. S. Navy
NATO
Sidi Bouknadel
United Press International
Christopher Blair
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Tahoka woman named district Farm Bureau queen
Carolyn Aldridge of Tahoka was named District 2 Farm Bureau queen after a Lub bock area contest held at KCBC TV. The 18 year old daughter of J E and Mrs. Aldridge will travel to Corpus Christi in November to compete for the Texas Farm Bureau queen title.
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District Farm Bureau
Carolyn Aldridge
J. E. Aldridge
Tahoka
Route 2
District 2 Farm Bureau
Marisue Burleson
W. E. Burleson
Floydada
Route 5
Lynn County
Farm Bureau
Lubbock
Miss Aldridge
Rt. 2
Draw
Monahans High School
North Texas State College
Burleson
Rt. 5
Corpus Christi
Texas Farm Bureau
Kcbc-Tv
Lubbock Hotel
Nan Johnson
Bailey County
Nan Allison
Lamb County
Mary Ann Stacy
Palmer County
Mabel DeBacca
Hale County
Benjalyn Rousser
Swisher County
Sharon Westmoreland
Hockley County
Carnetta Burgett
Lubbock County
Youth Killed in Baker Brown Incident
Emergency aid was given to Baker and Brown youths after a crash. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician in Hale County. Baker was taken to Plainview Hospital with severe head injuries and critical condition. Brown’s body moved to Lemons Funeral Home with arrangements pending. He is survived by two brothers and a sister plus his parents.
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Dent
Baker
Brown
Hale ‘County
Plainview Hospital
Lemons
Plainview
Egypt proposes eight hour workday excluding breaks
A labor law plan in Egypt would set general working hours at eight per day, not counting rest breaks. The proposal aims to standardize hours across sectors and protect workers’ time, with enforcement details yet to be announced.
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Egypt
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Chiang
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Taft Mitchell
Duke
Goodnight Hospital
W. D. McCandless
135Th St
Bobbye E. Green
Ave. FE
West Texas Hospital
L. R. Brown
Colgate
Gifford Hill American Inc
Lynn Schurbet
39Th St
Roy Walsmith
Shallowater
Felix Wylie
24Th St
West Texas
Espa
Texas Tech
John ©. Palmer
10Th &T
Ins
Assa
Veroy Boling
42Nd St
State Highway Dept
Arthur Curry Jr
Hickory Ave
Lauf Clinic
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jessie B. Stevenson
Lauf
Goodpasture Grain and Milling Co
Clayton Carter
Lubobck
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