Engineering Show Set To Open Big Weekend Week
Tech campus hosts a week of activities for the Big Weekend with the Engineers' Show opening Friday. Highlights include the Texas Symposium concerts, oil lifting course, initiations, and multiple open houses and competitions drawing thousands. The Southwestern Division AAAS meeting begins Sunday with 500 visiting scientists.
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West Texas
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Naval Armory
C. E. Reistle Jr
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Alpha Lambda Delta
Phi Eta Sigma
Skyline
Lubbock Municipal Airport
George L. Cross
University of Oklahoma
P. Melville Larson
Larson
Mathematical Organization
Southwestern Division
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lubbock
Tech
Grieving Mother Donates Child’s Heart for Study
In Galveston on April 17, Mrs. Charles Latino, 40, after an autopsy found her 14 month old daughter died of myocarditis, donated the infant’s heart to Dr. Norman D. Schofield for research to protect other children. She had waited 18 years for a child and said she had a premonition of her death.
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Galveston
Charles Latino
Norman D. Schofield
Charleston
Northeast Texas Amateur Radio Picnic Set at LeTourneau Institute
The 16th annual Northeast Texas Amateur Radio Operators picnic will be Sunday at LeTourneau Institute in Longview. Bob Reed of Longview is the chairman and more than 500 radio amateurs are expected to attend.
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Longview
Tex
Texas
LeTourneau Institute
Bob Reed
CYSTEX Promoted for Kidney and Bladder Irritation Relief
An ad promotes CYSTEX as prompt relief for bladder irritation and frequent urination. It cites backache pressure and cloudy urine as symptoms and claims 900 million tablets used in 25 years. The ad urges asking a druggist for CYSTEX under a money back guarantee.
Alamo City Prepares for Fiesta San Jacinto Week
San Antonio gears up for Fiesta San Jacinto 1954 billed as the greatest fiesta in history. The week long celebration starts Monday with parades shows and pageants. Fiesta Association president Reynold Andricks promises entertainment for all tastes.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Alamo City
Reynold Andricks
Fiesta
Air Force reports 78 linked with Reds dismissed
Washington The Air Force disclosed last year the dismissal of 24 civilians and four uniformed personnel tied to Communist or Red organizations. Secretary Talbott said 150 military personnel were separated for related reasons and 104 more cases are under study.
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Air Force
Washington
House Appropriations
Talbott
Communist Party
Smugglers Seize Nine Tons Cobalt Revealed at Swiss Border
Italian police seized nine tons of high grade cobalt hidden under bricks in a truck at the Swiss border. The cargo was en route from Italy to Switzerland with suspected plans to transship the material to Iron Curtain countries.
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Milan
Italy
Switzerland
Iron Curtain
Lubbock High Students Vie For State Road-e-o Title
Twenty students from Lubbock Senior High competed Easter weekend in a Road-e-o sponsored by the Jaycees and Citizens Traffic Commission. George E. Dawson led with 220 of 300 points as the contest narrowed toward a state meet in Austin later this year. The winner earns an all expense paid trip to Austin to qualify for the national Road-eo in Washington with a four year college scholarship as the top prize.
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Lubbock Senior High School
Junior Chamber of Commerce and
Citizens Traffic Commission
Lubbock
Texas Road
Austin
George E. Dawson
Lubbock Senior High
G. E. Dawson
Washington, D
Marvin Ross
Jaycee Safety Committee
Patrolman
Rose
Jaycees
Texas Highway Patrol
Lubbock Police
High School Safety Committee
Reese Air Force Base
Local Road-eo Tests Highlight High School Drivers
Saturday’s Road-eo featured five scoring events for high school students with licenses. Top five scorers included Dawson 220, Roberts 209, Pennington 190, Lusk 185, and Jenkins 151. Judges and safety committee members from Jaycees and local law enforcement oversaw the competition with cars provided by three local dealerships.
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Dawson
John Scott Roberts
Horace W. Pennington
Murry Thomas Lusk
Ray M. Jenkins
E. University Ave
Jaycees
Ross
Ralph Kkrebbs
Harry Shaw
Paul Farris
Dan Williams
Rex Titsworth
Dick Hardin
Bob Bishop
Clay Bednar
Sanford Lee
V. F. Fritch
Highway Patrol
M. V. McCurry
R. O. Christesson
Bill Morgan
Citizens Traffic Commission
Gordon Graves
High School Safety Committee
H. L. Graves
26Th St
S. B. Jervis
AIC
F. C. Lee
Reese Air Force Base Ground
Rites Held For Crash Victims
Funeral services were held today for three young plane crash victims as CAA officials investigated the cause. William Bullard 19 and his 8 year old brother James Edward Bullard of Post were buried at Terrace and West End Cemeteries. Frank Winton Shiels 18 of Stephenville was buried at West End Cemetery. Survivors include parents and siblings. Sheriff Raines said the crash resulted from loss of airspeed and stall with no mechanical faults found. A CAA safety agent from Midland investigated but found no witnesses to the crash.
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POST
Civil Aeronautics Administration
William Bullard
Here
James Edward
Hadrian Funeral Home
J. H. Chatham
Church of God of Prophecy
J. T. Lowe
Lubbock
Terrace Cemetery
Frank. Winton Shiels
Stephenville
Presbyterian Church
Ernest Imaline
Shiels
George J. Shiels
Carl Raines
Emerson Carpenter
CAA
Midland
Raines
Highway Group To Hold Seminole Meet
Seminole hosts the annual Highway 180 Association meeting with General Ike Ashburn as principal speaker. A 10 a.m. business session precedes a 12:30 luncheon at Seminole High School auditorium. Judge Carl Rountree to introduce Ashburn. locals Pittman Kyle Stone assist with plans.
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Seminole
Tower
Ike Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
Highway 180 Association
R. A. Pittman
Ashburn
Carl Rountree
Lamesa
TGRA
H. C. Kyle
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Stone
Pittman
Wren Lays Eggs in Foreman’s Desk Drawer
Planing mill foreman Joe Proffitt found grass in his desk on three occasions and suspected a joker. The fourth discovery revealed an eight wren had nested there, laying five eggs before Proffitt moved to a temporary location.
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Richmond
Joe Proffitt
Proffitt
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Texas Tech
Agriculture
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Hardeman
Texas Senate
Institute of Americanism
George S. Kaufman
Morrie Ruskind
George Gershwin
Higk
Mathematical Association of America
Paul Griffith
Tulsa
Ave
San Jacinto
Lubbock High School
Bill Wilkerson
Availanche
Journal
Lubbock Auto Co
Kuykendall Chevrolet Co
Louthan-Dowell Motors
Mendaco
Druggista
Tez
Avelenche-Journel
San
Bullard Boys
Wesley
William Winthrop
Winthrop
Ting
Lubbock, Texas
Wherd
Mewest
Buick
Eveiladde
Dial
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