Rains strike South Plains and Panhandle crops hard
Thunder showers and isolated hail swept the South Plains and Panhandle Friday night. Heavy rains flooded fields in Ochiltree County and Perryton, delaying games and damaging cotton while Plainview and Hart saw inch plus downpours. Hail marred crops near Morton and in the Happy area as forecasts called for continued unsettled weather.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Keavy
South Plains
Panhandle
Land of Lakes
Ochiltree
Perryton
Plainview
Silverton
Lockney
Happy Area
Morton
Texas
Khrushchev Attacks UN Moves for World Disarmament
At the 15th UN session Soviet Premier Khrushchev denounced President Eisenhower as risking World War III and urged moving the UN out of the United States. He proposed immediate independence for colonies and a three stage disarmament plan while seeking a new summit with the U.S., Britain and France within months. Western delegates faced confusion as Herter called Khrushchev’s moves a real declaration of war on the UN structure.
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United Nations
N. Y
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
U. S
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Assembly
Britain
France
U.S. Sec
Christian A. Herter
World Organization
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Wicheushchev
Washington
Congo
Hammarskjold
Nasser Sees Eisenhower For Talks In United Nations Visit
President Eisenhower plans meetings with three more heads of government next week after addressing United Nations events. Nasser arrives in New York for his first U S visit, greeted by diplomats and an Arab Asian audience while Jewish groups avoid demonstrations to keep Arab Israeli tensions from flaring.
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Ashington
Eisenhower
New York
White House
Washington
Nasser
Idlewild
Suil
Ares
Israel
Six Die In Mangled Rural Car Crash Near Allegan
A mangled car found on a lonely rural road near Allegan, Michigan contained six bodies, including Ernest L. Cox, 45, his wife Carrie May, 36, his mother-in-law Eliza Menter, 55, and three children Dorothene Lary 9, Ernestine 5, and Ernest Jr. 4. A passing motorist reported the wreck at dawn. investigators say Cox likely fell asleep and missed a turn.
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Allegan
Mich
Here
All Hee
Ernest L. Cox
Covert
Cox
Carrie May
Eliza Menter
Dorothene Lary
Ernestine
Ernest Jr
Air Force official speculates on failed Soviet space attempt
Brig. Gen. Don Flickinger said he believed the USSR tried to put two men in space and failed. He cited an unidentified object tracked last week and a reported 62 mile high flight, noting Soviet ships tracked space vehicles in Atlantic and Pacific seas amid Nikita Khrushchev’s UN appearance.
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United Press International
Francisco
Air Force
Russia
Don Flickinger
Bio-Astronautics
Air Research and Development Command
Air Force Assn
Flickinger
Hessid
Nikita S. Vhrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
London Daily Express
Fhlickinger
London
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Atlante
Pacific
Ghana Secures $20 Million Credit From West German Firms
Accra reports three West German manufacturing firms have granted Ghana a $20 million credit to support government programs. The official announcement was issued Friday by Ghana's government authorities.
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Accra
Ghana
Congo Arrests Lumumba Loyalists Amid Un Flighted Action
Forces under Col. Joseph Mobutu arrested Patrice Lumumba followers Gizenga and Maurice Mpolo in connection with plots against the regime. Gizenga, deputy premier, and Mpolo were detained as Lumumba remains under UN protection at his residence. Demonstrations at Camp Leopold highlighted mutinous sentiment among some troops. The UN guard adapts to absence of a formal arrest warrant from President Kasavubu, delaying direct action against Lumumba.
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Eopoldville
The
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
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STLC
Pucnou
Mu Fab
Toine Gizenga
Lumumba
Maurice Mpolo
Army
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Mpolo
Mobutu
Camp Leopold
Gizenga
Leopoldville
Joself Kasavubu
Ghana
Sudan
Weather Governs Moon Rocket Launch Amid Storm Hope
Cape Canaveral reports foul weather delaying the Atlas Able rocket a two stage Moon shot. The 387 pound space station and radiation instrumentation are aboard and the launch could occur within a day or two, weather permitting, during a four day window ending Tuesday.
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Cape Canaveral
UPS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Four Die In Wreck Sports Scores Radio TV Programs
Page One reports four people died in a highway wreck with sparse details. Sports pages cover scores and standings. Radio and TV listings appear on later pages with program schedules. An efficiency expert is defined as someone hired to study how others should spend their time.
Fair boosters stranded in Petersburg after rain delays
Panhandle South Plains Fair boosters toured Smyer Shallowater Anton and Abernathy before Petersburg where rain shortened a 30 minute stop to under 100 seconds. One booster was left behind. a Lubbock firm, TLMLE Inc, was honored in Tennessee for safety.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle
Petersburg
Sle
Lubbock
Smyer
Shallowater
Anton
Abernathy
Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee
Tennesse Motor Transport Association
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Lubbock, Tex
United Nations clash as Khrushchev attacks Hammarskjold
Secretary of State Herter accuses Soviet Premier Khrushchev of trying to wreck the United Nations and incite rebellion in colonial areas. He denounces Khrushchev’s plan to abolish Hammarskjold and replace the secretary general with a three member board. President Eisenhower backs the view. Marie Dionne, third Dionne quintuplet, expects her first child around December 15.
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Avalanche
United Nations
Christian A. Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Herter
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Communist Bloc
Khrushchev
Tun Hammarskyoid
United States
Genera
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United Nations Command
Patrice Lumumba
Montreal
Marie Dionne
Dionne
Dee
Plea Unheard Flier's Dad Weeps After Red Brush
Oliver Powers, father of a son imprisoned in Russia as a spy, arrived in New York to seek a meeting with Premier Khrushchev. He was blocked at the Soviet embassy and again at the United Nations, tears on his face as he stood outside the doorway. Powers planned to stay through Sunday hoping for a personal audience to urge release.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Victor Sukhodrev
Khrushchev
New York
Watson Pierce
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Jawaharlal Nehru
Harold Macmillan
Nikita’ S. Khrushchev
Nasser
United Nations
Oliver
Powers
Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
Gary Powers
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Pound
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