Three Die In South Plains Wrecks
Three persons died in traffic crashes across the South Plains over Saturday. Two rear-end collisions occurred in Lubbock and near Brownfield, while a one-car wreck near Muleshoe claimed Morris Wilson Lasley of Hobbs New Mexico. Redden 30 of Lubbock was hospitalized with multiple contusions after a collision on Plainview Highway. The incidents increased the area toll and were investigated by local police.
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Jack Coats
e-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Brownfield
Muleshoe
Morris Wilson Lasley
Hobbs
N. M
St. Mary Hospital
Eather
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Plainview Hwy
Redden
Vernon St
Methodist Hospital
Amarillo
Ivon
Anderson
Four Killed In Alvarado Crash
Four people died and six injured in a head on collision between a car and a pickup truck six miles north of Alvarado Texas early Saturday. Victims include Roland D. English 25 and Fonzie Johnson Jr. 33 both of Alvarado and Mrs Hubert Lee Johnson 31 with her one year old daughter Maree Ruth Johnson of Fort Worth.
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Alvarado, Tex
UPI
Alvarado
Roland D. English
Fonzie Johnson Jr
Hubert Lee Johnson
Maree Ruth Johnson
Fort
Dancer Marguerite Evans Drives To Death In Atlanta Crash
Exotic dancer Marguerite Ga lento Evans known as Chil Evans killed herself in a high speed crash on an Atlanta expressway after telling a fellow stripper she planned to ram her car into a brick wall at 90 to 100 miles per hour. She was 30 and left four children.
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William A. Shires
United Press International
Chilli Evans
Atlanta
Chil
Peggy Jones
Miss Evans
Marguerite Suzanne Galento
Drowning Deaths in Teague as Violent Storm Hits State
A mother and her 11 year old daughter drowned when a squall swamped their boat at Teague City Lake on Saturday. Five people from the same boat escaped, with others reporting wind and rain moving into Lubbock and eastern South Plains as storms weakened. No injuries were listed from a Seguin tornado and damage to Malik’s garage and other structures was reported near Childress.
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Avalanche-Journal
Freestone County
Teague City
South Plains
Arly
Lubbock
Teague
Weather Bureau
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Seguin
Childress
Quanah
Paducah
Guthrie
Matador
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Sylvia Faye Webb
Doris Nell Jennings
Amarillo
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San Antonio tech speaker discusses degrees and future
R N X N SAN ANTONIOAN TECH SPEAKER 472 Get Degrees By BOB HORTON ithe major event. A total of 387 financial engineering... and 79 master's de- gree in history. Dr. Laurie, president of Trinity J j j Lubbock 1211?4 College, told the graduates in his address, graduates, overflowed Municipal Auditorium to witness more than 2,700 persons, plus 26th St., and Kent Lee Lawrence, who both received master of science degrees. "Your diploma is a symbol of accomplishment ... something of significant value if you do not have it. The world does not depend very largely upon our singular efforts, and therefore our individual attempt to ecompass the cosmos is futile."
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Avalanche-Journal
Taft
Plainview
James W. Laurie
Charles F. Mathews
Antonio University
Dent
R. C. Goodwin
Clarence E. Williams Sr
J. R.igrees
Edward Lee McMilour
Nixon
Cotton Center
Torates
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Laurie
Trinty Jercises
Jers
James H. Lawrence Jr
Kent Lee Lawrence
U S to Attempt Live Monkey Space Flight Soon
The United States plans to send a monkey into space aboard the Discoverer satellite within the next two months. The primate would ride a couch like the one used for the seven astronauts training for the first manned flights.
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United States
Air Force
Pacific
Earth
Forest Fire Destroys Two California Towns
A man started a forest blaze in California that destroyed Michigan Bluff and Bath and forced 100 plus residents to flee. The fire threatened Foresthill and other communities as crews fought it with planes and 200 to 300 workers. No deaths reported yet.
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Rest Hill
Calif
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Sierra
Foresthill
Michigan Bluff
Here
Bath
Bakers Ranch
Mike Brock
State Division
ofForestry
First 1960 Bale Ginned At Snyder
Snyder special report notes the first bale of Scurry County cotton for 1960 with a $100 bonus. Harold Curtis Brown and parents picked 15 acres of irrigated cotton Friday and finished by 10 p.m. after hiring one harvest hand. They found a gin ready late Saturday at the D. V. Mel facility with a small crew rounding up for ginning.
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D. V
Flirt: A Comic Dictionary Definition
The term Flirt is defined as a female who fools some of the men all of the time and all of the men some of the time. The joke notes she cannot fool all of the men all of the time and appears in the Comic Dictionary section.
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Area Farm
Fine Arts
Soviets claim first living beings return from space
The Soviet Union reports the dog carrying space ship returning to earth with two dogs Arrow and Squirrel alive after 18 orbits and a 24 hour, 437,500 mile flight. Tass says the ship and capsule released the animals for medical checks as the world watched Powers’ U 2 trial.
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U.S
Soviet Union
Earth
Space
Tass
Arrow
Squirrel
United States
Francis Gary Powers
Texas Tech names Dr. R. Robert C. Goodwin president
The Texas Tech board named Dr. R. Robert C. Goodwin acting president since 1959 as the new president effective immediately with public announcement after summer graduation. The vote followed a day of meetings and included plans for stadium revenue bonds and campus expansion projects.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
R. Robert C. Goodwin
Texas Tech
Dr. Goodwin
Jones Stadium
Ibidg
V&n Construction Co
Lubbock
Goodwin
Tom Lee
Goodwin Page
Peoria Man Bets Big After Laguna Beach Phone Mix-Up
Melvin Miller of Peoria, married and father of three, became a temporary VIP after a long distance joke call from Camp Pendleton captain Joe Gestson in Laguna Beach sparked a chain of mistaken identity. A party and Christmas cards followed as the tale spread.
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Aguna Beach
Call
Peoria
Laguna Beach
Melvin Miller
Mlinois
Joe Gestson
Camp Pendleton
Here
Mn Pecorie
Mel
Gestson
Pendleton
Labor Day
Melvin
Melvin Ain
Klaten
Mel Gestson
Christ. Wass
Dam Issue Is Okayed by Four South Plains Towns
Voters in Post Spur Ralls and Crosbyton approved water contracts with the White River Water District in a special election. The plan funds a dam on the White River near Calgary with 82.7 million in tax bonds and 1.3 million in revenue bonds, securing federal help and state agency support.
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Jovial
Avalanche Journal
POST
South Plains
White River
Kalgary
House and Home Feace Agency
Texas Water Development Board
Weather Map Page Forecast for Lubbock Vicinity
Clear to party cloudy skies with possible late afternoon or evening thundershowers. Early morning low around 69 degrees, afternoon high near 95. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Roswell Walls ame we
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Lubbock
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