Twisters Hit Texas and Oklahoma In Severe Storms
Severe storms blamed on a cold front lashed Texas and Oklahoma, bringing hail up to baseball size, damaging crops and barns, with reports of funnel activity near Konawa and Wichita Falls. Emergency crews aided injured and evacuated residents as storms moved through Ada, Konawa, and surrounding areas.
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Panhandle
Texas and
Oklas
Amarillo
Plains
Muleshoe
Bailey County
Kress
South Plains
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Haskell Campbell
Jewell
Sacred Heart
Konawa
Campbell
Nancy
Ada
Okla
Lind Louise Akerman
Wewoka
Seminole County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Abilene
Tex
Tulsa
Hot Springs
Ark
Palestine
Nawa
Claude Humphrey
Campbells
Earl Gassaway
Oklahoma City
Jack Caviness
M. L. Crowe
Waurika
Randlett
Good Morning In Today's Paper Church Page
The reference notes section identifies church and arts pages across the morning edition with page and section indicators. It lists Page 2 Section 7 Fine Arts Pages and Pages 5-6 Section 6, guiding readers to relevant church and arts content.
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Fine Arts
Texans Face Higher State Taxes Next Year
The Legislative Budget Board projects 6.4 cents of each dollar earned by Texans will go to state taxes in 1958, up 1.1 cents from 1957. Expenditures will be the largest since 1939, driven by highway and education costs, with income rising from 2.554 to 16.75 billion dollars since 1939. By 1959 one sixteenth of total income may fund the state.
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Frank X
Mantizar
Legislative Budget Board
Thousands Turn Out To Launch Jubilee In Post
Kenneth May reports a grand street parade opening a Jubilee marking 50 years of Post’s town. About 7 000 residents and guests celebrate with Mrs Merriweather Post and veteran locals recount C W Post’s West Texas town creation.
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Kenneth May
Post Stampede Arena
Avalanche-Journal
Post
Merriweather Post
Washington, D. C
George
Scotty) Samson
Scotland
Georgetown
Samson
C. W. Post
Texas
Jimmy Napier
Lubbock
Napier
Sam
Turkey Denies Intention to Attack Syria in Maneuvers
Ankara rejects Soviet accusations of troop mobilization near the Syrian border and says Turkish maneuvers are routine and aimed at peace. The Defense Ministry asserts Turkey will act within its borders and within NATO plans to participate in maneuvers while guarding world peace.
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Turkey
Syria
Associated Press
Aynan
Painn Bitar
Damascus
Turkish Defense Ministry
Russia
Defense Ministry
Fense
NATO
Ad- Sco
Silverton remembers tragedy as town rebuilds after deadly tornado
A tornado killed 21 in Silverton and injured many, leaving homes wrecked. Mayor Spencer Long cites warning failures and radio station choices during the May disaster as officials and residents push a comeback through determination and community effort led by area organizations. Dr. Crawford H. Black recalls the chaotic aftermath and doctors’ strain.
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Spencer Long
Silverton
Amarillo
Lubbock
America
Eight prisoners escape from Greenville jail wing
Eight inmates used hacksaw blades to break from a new $55,000 wing of Greenville County Jail in Greenville South Carolina. One was recaptured hours later and another surrendered to a minister. Most faced larceny or housebreaking charges. the prior major jailbreak was in 1950 with six escapees.
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Greenville
S.C
Hurricane Carrie Heads Toward U S Mainlands
Hurricane Carrie strengthened to 115 mph winds southeast of Bermuda and moved on a west northwest path toward the U S mainland. Recon planes located the storm at 28.5N 54.7W about 650 miles east southeast of Bermuda as Weather Bureau officials cautioned against predicting landfall due to shifting pressure patterns.
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Miami
Fla
Carrie
Bermuda
U. S
Weather Bureau
Three Midland Residents Die in Plane Crash at Monahans
A privately owned Piper Cub crashed shortly after takeoff near Monahans Texas killing three Midland residents. Deputy sheriff Charlie McDermitt identified the victims as Peter Lomax B C Lomax and Dell Taylor all of Midland. Bodies taken to a Pecos funeral home.
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Monahans
Tex
Here
Charlie McDermitt
Peter Lomax
B.C. Lomax
Dell Tayor
Midland
Pecos
Tech freshmen form totem pole image at Texas Tech
A playful freshman totem pole at Texas Tech features Janet Eddleman Grover Sherry Stafford Odessa and Rudene Rich as top to bottom figures. If all freshmen joined, the pole would show 1900 faces this fall. Tech officials provided the note with a Saturday photo credit.
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TECH
Texas Tech
Janet Eddleman
Grover
Sherry Stafford
Odessa
Rudene Rich
Brownfield
First Major Wave Of Students Arrives At Tech Campus
About 8,600 Texas Tech students are expected to arrive for the institution s 33rd academic year with freshman orientation beginning Monday and classes starting the following week. Dormitories open for move in except the new 376 capacity women s dormitory which will be ready Tuesday noon. Horn Hall will house early arrivals. In the campus orientation, 1,900 freshmen will don traditional beanies and participate in a mass meeting and a series of entrance tests starting at 8 a.m. on the Ad Building Green.
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Ewport
R. 1
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Little Rock High School
White House
Justice Department
Little Rock
National Guard
Providence
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
la Guardia Field
New York
Hays
Dallas
Ike
Page
Texas Tech
Tech
Noor
College Ave
Dean of Women's Office
Horn Hall
Gram
Fresh
Weather Forecast for Lubbock Area Warming Ahead
The outlook shows fair and mild conditions with Easterly winds of 10 to 20 mph. A warming trend is expected Monday with a high near 76 and a low around 50 degrees.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Sharfp
Norther
South Plains
Lubbock
Canada
Texas
Upper South Plains
Eair
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