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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1954

Page

4

Plans for Lubbock Boy Scout Circus at Fair Park Coliseum

Plainsman District Boy Scout Committee led by Jimmie Lumus plans a Feb 12 three ring circus at Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock with 1500 to 2200 scouts expected. Acts include Cub Bing in the World of Make Believe, Scouts and Wheels, Indian dancing, Games Galore, Eagle Award Tableau, and a grand entry with 70 flags. Ticketing details and staff roles listed.

Fair Park Coliseum Plainsman District Boy Scout Committee Jimmie Lumus Lubbock Cub Scouts Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow

Calcutta Police Begin Hunger Strike Over Pay

Nearly five thousand Calcutta policemen stage a hunger strike to press for higher pay and allowances. A government statement says the foodless campaign began yesterday and police continue duties while abstaining from food. Three aroused members have been hospitalized.

Calcutta Agence France Presse

Utardo Sought on Armed Robbery Charge in Lubbock

Alfonso Utardo a 24 year old Lubbock Latin American was sought Saturday night on an armed robbery charge filed after Raul Escovedo 20 Juan Ragino 21 and Solomeno Carrinor Lubbock reported the incident.

Alfonso Pancho) Utardo Lubbock Raul Escovedo N. Ave. R Juan Ragino Solomeno Carrinor

Robbery in alley near N Ave K leaves man wounded

Three Latins report Utardo robbed them of about 27 dollars Friday night in a 100 block N Ave K alley. They say Utardo, with two accomplices, fired a gun. Utardo has a colorful police record after being shot and beaten.

Ave. K Utardo

Reds Again Control Border Traffic Across Austrian Divide

Austrian Russian troops resumed control at rail and road crossings into the Soviet zone from American and British areas. Police suspect searches for illegal goods or anti Russian literature as drivers papers were not checked. Partial controls had been reported at Enns Linz Semmering and Aspang with internal vehicle inspection only for Western West vehicles. Fossilized remains of a jet propelled fish found in Manton England.

Vienna Austria Enns Linz Semmering Pass Aspang

Florida Band Steps In For Cuban Parade After Key West Withdrawal

The Sterling high school band from Colorado volunteered to march in a Cuban carnival parade after Key West prep band withdrew due to spectators actions. Otto Unfug, former Sterling mayor, volunteered Sterling's band following reports of girls being pinched and subjected to indecent gestures at Havana parade last year.

Denver Sterling Colo Key West Fla Edwin C. Johnson Colorado Oscar Morales Otto Unfug Havana

Man Found Dead In Missouri Believed Slain By Hitchhiker

Springfield Missouri dispatch says Martin Buck about 25 from Montclair New Jersey was found shot five times on a country road near Marshfield Missouri. Patrol suspects a hitchhiker as the killer and the slayer fled in a new car Buck had bought shortly before leaving California where he was discharged from the Navy on November 22.

Springfield Martin Buck Margate City N. J Marshfield Missouri State Highway Patrol Buck California Navy Alameda

German Girl Sends Hedgehog Pets To Bronx Zoo As Gift

A 13 year old Berlin girl Helga Chmielewski sent two hedgehogs to the Bronx Zoo as Christmas gifts after reading about the zoo in a German newspaper and writing to VOA. The girl advised feeding them milk and tea with sugar but not all day milk.

Bronx Zoo New York Helga Chmielewski Berlin Germany Voice of America

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