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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1956

Page

4

Nixon Barnstorms 32 States From Whittier After Ike

Vice President Nixon opened his nationwide tour in Whittier California after burying his father. He pledged to set the record straight against misrepresentation and vowed strong national defense while warning against draft end hopes and political appeasement. He praised President Eisenhower and pressed for supporters to back his campaign.

William F. Arbogast Whittier Calif Nixon California Vilage Eisenhower American Post Fasen Washington Saverapoke Amditorium Ai Pantom Taft Wrehington Whatey Sivan Indianapolis Nisan Fant Ioon Stevenson Xion Roosevelt Helen Gahagan Douglas Rower Douglas Nison Nixon Land

Criminally Insane Escapees Captured

Four of the group of criminally insane convicts who escaped from an Indiana mental hospital were recaptured. William Thompson, 38, of Manes was found near the city dump in Michigan City after the escapees fled with a milk truck. the other three men and an 11 year old youth were recovered at Westville's Beatty Memorial Hospital. The four offered no resistance and were armed with knives and rocks during the escape and pursuit.

Michigan City Ind RCA Indiana William Thompson Manes Pales Mechivan Cin Normen Beatty Memorial Hospital Westville Pate Hvents Beatty Hospital

Secrets of Room Planning Inspire Distinctive Dining Area

The article discusses how a small dining room can become outstanding through careful planning. It notes size and exposure, and highlights using three wallpaper patterns to create a gay, distinctive air. An awning effect is formed by green and white ceiling stripes extending onto a wall. White embossed brick wallpaper decorates the wainscot and shelves.

AFL-CIO Rates Democrats Higher Than Republicans in Key Votes

AFL-CIO distributes a scorecard to its one million members showing 38 Senate Democrats as voting right and 43 Republicans as wrong on key AFL-CIO issues. Two Republicans Langer of North Dakota and Aiken of Vermont are noted as often with labor. House results show 168 Democrats for and 59 against versus 20 for and 100 against for Republicans. The mailing costs about $50,000 and highlights Taft-Hartley law votes as a leading item.

Washington Congress Senate Langer North Dakota Aiken Vermont Afl-Cio View Organi Ved Labor House Bender Ohio Ives New York Azl-Cio

Marriage Licenses and Divorces in Local Courts

Official records show marriage licenses granted and divorces filed in the district and county courts. Names include von Wein Mather and Neda Klen with litigation in Lubbock courts, plus multiple filings and construction-related notices in ARMIN and ARMARER regions.

von Wein Mather Neda Klen Ioneas Cates Juan

Vienna Opera and Milan Scala Form Close Collaboration

A new agreement fosters close collaboration between the Vienna Opera Company in Austria and Italy’s Milan Teatro alla Scala. The pact aims to share productions, exchange artists, and coordinate programming to boost international opera reach and artistic exchange.

Vienna Austria Opera Company Milan Italy Teatro At Scala

Samoa student earns first NZ education certificate

Miss Fanaati Maiai of Samoa becomes the first islands student to receive a teacher's certificate from the New Zealand Department of Education marking a milestone in regional education.

Fanaati Maiai Samoa Islands New Zealand Department of Education

Cotton Men Feted By Bank At Dinner in Lubbock

The First National Bank hosted the cotton industry guests from the South Plains for an informal buffet at the Lubbock Country Club. More than 200 attendees from presses, warehouses, gins, buyers, railroads, seed houses, trucks, and mills heard remarks from Sterling Emons Jr. and Walter Posey. J. B. Marion of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange spoke on the 1856 crop outlook.

First National Bank South Plains Lubbock Country Club Sterling Emons Jr Walter §. Posey J. B. Marion Lubbock Cotton Exchange

State Water Board Chairman backs three member Texas commission

College Station Sept 180 State Water Board Chairman FM Dixon endorses creating a three member state water commission modeled after the highway department to control water development in Texas. Gibb Gilchrist urged an appointed board with a state water engineer and district engineers to oversee policies, with a five cent ad valorem tax option for funding.

Water Board State Commission Frank N. Manitzas College Station State Water Board Dixon State Water Commission Stite Highway Department Devel Opment Texas Water Water For Texas Texas A&m A&m Gibb Gilchrist Texas Gilchrist Texas Highway Department Commission Board of Water Engineers Soil Conservation Board Health Department Railroad Commission Research Center Utel Stephens Fort Worth

Pilot of Doomed Bomber Recounts Final Flight

Surviving pilot Maj. Benjamin Ostlind and co pilot Capt. William Vetter described smoke filling the cockpit as the B32's winged bomber broke up over California. Five crewmen died when the jet crashed near Madera after plunging from 6200 feet and igniting a fireball near Highway 99.

Madera Cali Southern Pacific Air Force Castle Field Benjamin R. Ostlind Cons Ray Ore William J. Vetter Louisville Ostlind Castle Afb

New Skyscraper Planned by Astor in Midtown Manhattan

Vin cent Astor today announced plans for a 7 million skyscraper on midtown Park Avenue. The 46 story metal and glass Astor Plaza will form a back-square parallel to Rockefeller Center. Astor recently acquired the block bounded by Park Lexington Avenues and 53rd 54th Streets. William S Paley is named as a stockholder in Astor Plaza.

New York Vincent Astor Midtown Park Avenue Rockefeller Center Astor Plaza Astor Park and Lexington Avenues S4th

Welcome to Autumn Opens New CBS Project Space

Washington reports autumn begins at 8 36 p m est September 22 as the National Geographic Society notes. The project is financed by the Columbia Broadcasting Co and CBS president Frank Stanton. The complex will cover 77000 square feet with a million square feet of rentable office space, compared to Rockefeller Center.

Washington United States National Geographic Society Columbia Broadcasting Co Frank Stanton CBS Rockefeller Center

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