Goodwin Named Seventh Tech President Amid Board Debate
Texas Tech trustees unanimously elected Dr. Goodwin as president with 100 percent support. The Brownwood native, on the faculty since 1930, pledged to end campus uncertainty and guide the university through an $8 million expansion including library and engineering facilities.
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Fuad
University of Florida
Haley
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Textile Research Laboratories
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington, DC
Beatrix Cobb
National Science Foundation
Washington, D.C
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Earl D. Camp
Tech Biology Dept
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Office of Vorational Rehabilitarion
Naional Science Foundation
Washington
Henry J. Shine
Linebery
Douglas Orme
Big Spring
Harold Hinn
Plainview
Flaye Wooldridge
Amarillo
DeBusk
Smith
Jim Lindsey
Midland
Dr Goodwin
J. Roy Wells
Marshall Pennington
James W. Lee
An Antonio
Preston Smith
Reed Quilliam
J Collier ‘Adams
Texas ‘Tech
Memphis wrestler tragedy details on fatal car crash
A fragmented Memphis page recounts a wrestler’s death after a chaotic sequence. Peggy and a trumpet player escort the victim to find help then follow to keep her safe. She drinks heavily and drives, crashes into a wall on an expressway after a tense pursuit.
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Memphis
Myri Lane
Peggy
Don
Peggy Sau
Search For Texas Heroes Announced
AUSTIN UP ALA search for Texans who showed exceptional bravery during a crisis or disaster by the Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council. Three engraved plaques will honor the top heroes of 1960 with nominations due by February 1, 1961. last year a bracero rescued a child from an irrigation well.
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Austin
UPLA
Texas Farm and Ranch Satfety Council
J Manuel Corral
Congo Crisis Deepens With Soviet Attacks on Hammarskjold
United Nations reports a deepening Congo crisis as Soviet deputy foreign minister Kuznetsov demands Hammarskjold withdraw Canadian UN forces and accuses the aid program of enabling colonial powers. In Leopoldville Abako vows to oust Lumumba by legal or illegal means as riots flare and Matadi port is reportedly closed after Belgian paratroopers are found aboard.
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Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
UN Securte Council
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Hammarskjold
United States
Belgium
Leopoldville
Abako
Lumumba
Congo River
Matadi
Dam Project Bonds Kept In Limbo After Void Election
Dam Issue agreed to buy a large part of the bonds an election on June 21 1958 was voided because water rates to customers were not yet available. The cost of water will be 20 cents per 1000 gallons plus distribution costs and bond requirements.
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Student Union Bldg
Twas
Brds
Wilmer Smith
Wilson
DeBusk
Page One
Deputy Finds Mother Dead In Traffic Crash
Comal County Deputy Sheriff Ro man Kneupper arrived at a two mile south New Braunfels crash and found his mother Annie Kneupper Weynand dead. Her husband Herbert Weynand was injured along with Bormaster family members. The Werbner children were relatives of the Bormasters. Investigators say Weynand tried to turn left off Interstate 25 and pulled into the other car’s path.
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Comal County
Roman Kneupper
New Braunfels
Annie Kneupper Weynand
Cibolo
Herbert Weynand
Theodore Bormaster
Dallas
Weynand
Borminster
Michael Werbner
Debbie Werbner
San Antonio
Werbner
Bormasters
Bormasterer
Davis
Atwood
Green
Brownfield
Terry
Terry County Hospital
Lasley
Anderson
Avalanche-Journal
U.S. Navy
Oakland Methodist Church
Billy Wilkinson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders
Love Curry
Max Gross
Max Warren
Charles McClung
Donald Aycock
Charles Chambless
Avalanche-Journal_circulation department
Local News Briefs From City and District
George N Atkinson 4 2201 1th Street retired Lubbock public schools administrator remained in fair condition at Taylor Hospital Saturday after admission August 14. John Crossley of Boston returned to his boyhood home in Windsor Nova Scotia and found memories long and true. Mrs Walter Salter gave him a $60 check and said her father borrowed it 30 years ago.
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Long
Windsor
N.S
John Crossley
Boston
Walter Salter
First Return Of Life Retrieve Of Dogs Brings Manned Space Try Nearer Peoria
The Soviet space program reports the space dogs Joe and Good Ole Mel completed 16 orbits and landed near an undisclosed point after a mission that tested braking and landing. Planes delivered medicine to the dogs while scientists inspect the animals, with deviation less than seven miles from the predicted site. Laika preceded them in earlier flights, and the program touts the mission as a precursor to human spaceflight.
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Outer Space
Earth
Interplanetary Space
Tass
Soviet Union
Cosinos
London
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Lovell
Jodrell “Bank Research Station
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
United States
Discoverer
Foresthill blaze grows as 1000 acres burn in Sierra canyons
Firefighters from nearby towns and 200 miles away rush to the Foresthill area as a late Saturday flare up spreads through dry timber. A Red Cross shelter opens in Foresthill Memorial Hall for fire refugees while air drops of chemicals aim to control the advancing flames.
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American Red Cross
Foresthill Memorial Hall
Michigan Bluff
California
CST
Foresthill
Sierra
Reno
Nev
Donner Lake
Contol
Edinburg Man Fined In Table Squabble
Edinburg resident Joseph Williams 28 paid a $15 fine after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace in City Court. Fellow boarder Lorenzo Cole complained Williams threatened him with a butcher knife when the last piece of meat disappeared from the platter. Williams spent the night in jail before posting bail.
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UPI
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Williams
Edinburgh
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Cole
Births and weights from local hospital notices
A garbled notice dump lists numerous birth announcements with parent names, hospital references, and infant weights. Entries mention hospitals, times, and various family details, though many items are partially unreadable and mix locations, names, and weights.
472 Degrees Conferred In Tech Graduation Event
Dr. Laurie delivers commencement remarks praising knowledge wisdom and liberal education. He notes that a diploma honors heritage and fosters judgment, debate, and democratic values. The narrative references four years of college as a foundation for continual learning after a highway accident near the Lubbock Country Club.
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Laurie
Davis
George Atwood
Paul
Act Green
Lubbock
Lubbock Country Club
Dramatic Rescue Averts Tragedy In City Wreck Scene
Quick thinking by musicians helped save Redden's life after a wreck near the graduate school. A trio halted a fast-traveling truck to prevent harm, while officials later described the event as a near-miss and noted the broader context of civic education.
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Lange Electronics
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Amwond
Davis
Heland
Two U S Flier Crashes Leave Two Dead In Manila And Brownfield
A U S Navy jet crashed near Subic Bay killing two men and injuring two, with one identified victim Adolph Midtskog. Separate wrecks near Brownfield and Muleshoe, Texas, killed one person and left others injured while investigations continue. Funeral arrangements and survivor details follow for affected families.
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Subic Bay Naval Base
Janesville
Wis
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Severe dust storm and high winds hit South Plains towns
A sweeping dust storm darkened towns across the South Plains with winds near 46 mph and gusts to 70 mph reported in Guthrie Paducah and Matador. Rain and fading fronts were noted near Matador as clouds spread over Snyder Silverton and Lubbock region forecasts predicted clearer skies with possible thundershowers later.
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Matador
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Silverton
Lubbock
Papier mache elephant found in front yard in Houston
A River Oaks Blvd resident reported an elephant in his yard and police found a 1000 pound papier mache model anchored in concrete stolen from a restaurant. The prank item appeared real until inspected by authorities.
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Houston
UPI
River Oaks Blvd
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