Kinney Claims Canadian Shot Down Red Baron
Curtis Kinney, 80, who witnessed the 1917 dog fight, says a Canadian pilot in a Sopwith Camel of the British Royal Flying Corps killed Manfred von Richthofen. Kinney notes the ace died after a rough landing in France on April 21 fifty years ago, and hints at a Canadian sniper as the killer.
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Associated Press
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Curtis Kinney
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
France
Germany
Kinney
Royal Flying Corps
United States Air Service
Wisconsin State Capitol
New York
Woolworth
Texas Tech Name Change Move Toward Bond Sale
Texas Tech directors postponed action on renaming the university while moving toward selling 13.5 million dollars in bonds funded by a new building use fee. Off campus fraternity and sorority lodges were authorized. Dr John R Bradford forecast rapid growth in graduate degrees and research. Governor Connally may be asked to pursue a name change in a summer special session. Bond issuance approved by the finance committee chair.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
John R. Bradford
School of Engineering
Roy Farr
Lubbock
John Connally
Allison
Finance Committee
Honolulu
Retha R. Martin
Maru
Texas National Bank of Com J
TECH
B52s Attack Key Red Strongholds in Vietnam Action
Air strikes hit five enemy strongholds in the A Shau Valley Saturday night and today as U S forces press a possible prelude to a new northwest Vietnam push. Viet Cong losses totaled 59 in clashes near Saigon. no American deaths reported.
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Associatedp
Saigon
Airy Force
A Shau
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
U Minh Forest
U.S. Navy
St. Francis River
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S. Command
A Shau_ Valley
Hue
Air Force
Navy
Marine
39Th Parallel
Panhandle-South Plains Fair draws 1600 area students
Lubbock area high school students expected to compete in Voc-Ag judging events at Tech on Saturday. Other items note Puccini operas at Texas Tech Music Theater and a list of major sections and pages in the issue.
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Lubbock
Area
Pat Boone
Voc-Ag
Tech
Texas Tech Music Theater
Tornado Strikes Greenwood Arkansas Kills Dozens
Lt Gov Maurice Britt said disaster designation is sought after a tornado near Greenwood Arkansas struck early Saturday. The town of 2000 saw 12 killed and many injured as rescuers searched rubble. Forecasters warned late and a 400 foot wide path cut through the Ozarks town.
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Robert L. Gilmartin
Maurice Britt
Greenwood, Ark
UPI
Weather
Greenwood
Britt
Top
National Guard
Little Rockwood
Red Cross
Civil
James Hutt
Ford
Smith
Ozarks
Beaumont
Milllion
Earl Dodd
Suzanne Arnold Wins Lubbock County Spelling Bee
Suzanne Arnold, age unspecified, of Evans Junior High in Lubbock, won the Lubbock County Spelling Bee and earned a spot in the 16th annual Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Spelling Bee on May 4 at O L Slaton Junior High auditorium.
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Opal Dixon Avalanche-Journal
Evans Junior High School
Lubbock
Suzanne Arnold
Howard County
Stewart Wayne McKeehan
Nimitz
Odessa
Bevis D. McKeehan
Bailey
Midland
Mitchell
Suzanne
Rex L. Arnold
Lubbock County
O. L. Slaton
Mary Dwornczyk
St. Joseph School
Slaton
Prayer Poem Courtesy Curtis Burton
A short prayer expresses gratitude for pretty days and all ways with special thanks for love and care. The speaker notes appreciation for small blessings in daily life, attributed to Curtis Burton.
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Curtis Burton
Debris Yields Six Survivors in Windhoek Jet Crash
A South African Airways Boeing 707 carrying 129 people crashed after takeoff from Windhoek Namibia. Six survivors, including Dr J G Der Wath and flight officer R Armstrong, were reported with injuries. Pilot Capt E Smith died. wreckage spread over five miles as rescue teams struggled to reach the site.
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Windhoek
South-West Africa
South African Airways
Thomas Taylor
Taylor
J. G. der Wath
Bellin Offer ‘Outh African’ Wool Board
International Wool Secretariat Board
J. Holliday
R. Armstrong
E. Smith
Tokyo Bay
J. G
Tanner Laine
Passen- Avalanche-Journal
Spearman
van Horn
Meadow
Sane
London
Johannesburg
UIL
Texas Tech
Johannes
Odessa
South Plains
Lion's
Quanah
Olney High School
Floydada High
Stamford
Carroll Rue
Olney
Jackie Pringle
Doug Cannon
Rande Brown
Floydada
Kyle Brown
Brady
Sandra Jeske
Friona
Plane crash delays South African Airways launch
A Viscount aircraft crash near PAHUTE MESA delays the planned launch of South African Airways international service. Two people are reported killed while technical problems postponed the Boeing 707 entry into service planned for April.
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South Africa Airways
Pahute Mesa
New
UPI
London
South
United States
Africa
South African Airways
Pretoria
Bid Tabulation Slated On U S 87 Expansion
Texas Highway Department will tabulate bids in Austin Tuesday for converting U S 87 south of Lubbock into a four lane divided highway at an estimated cost near 2.99 million dollars. The 10 mile project to start within about 30 days would take about 300 working days and is the largest highway contract in District Five history.
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Texas Highway Department
Austin
Lubbock
Highway Department
Lubbock County
Texas Highway Department District Five
Oscar L. Crain
Tahoka
Lub
Tohoka
Lynn County
Hope Grows For End To Phone Tieup
Nationwide strike by 200000 telephone workers enters third day as AFL-CIO union calls Washington session for Sunday to push breakthrough. Bell System offers path to agreement while Western Electric proposes 7.5 percent raises. union seeks 10 percent. Cable cuts and payphone pranks reported across several states amid service disruptions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell System
Joseph A. Belme
Bele
Western Electric
Michigan Bell
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
New Jersey
California
Florida
Pendleton
Ore
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