Lubbock voters approve bonds for four lane highway plan
County residents backed bonds worth 1970000 to finance right of way for a four lane highway loop into Lubbock and a 23 mile freeway around the city. Unofficial returns show 1404 for and 160 against with wide margins across polling boxes. The plan ties into a broader $26 million highway construction program affecting the South Plains.
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Urbock County
Lubbock
South Plains
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Idalen
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Cooper
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Roosevelt
Becton
Columy
State Highway Department
Weekend fires and crashes kill 36 in Texas
Fires and fatal car crashes over Friday and Saturday killed 36 people in Texas with more deaths expected on Sunday. Among the victims were a Weatherford minister, seven football fans en route to a game, four elderly residents of a Beaumont rest home, and four children burned in a McAllen gas explosion. Two Air Force sergeants died in a Massachusetts hotel fire, a family perished in Ottawa, and a Philadelphia woman died from burns after attempting to save children. Page 10 mentions the See 36 PERISH item.
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Rest
Beaumont
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Waco
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Ottawa
Canada
Philadelphia
Insurance Firm Buys Building in Major Lubbock Realty Deal
The Fields and Lewie Building at 2209-11 Ave was purchased by Investors Mutual Life Insurance Co for about £500,000, a large recent Lubbock realty transaction. Sale closed late Friday with Billy Meeks and Moe Terrell handling the bulding details. The two story masonry structure sits on a 140 by 50 foot lot totaling roughly 34,600 square feet and offers parking for 30 tenants. The Insurance Company occupies ground floor space at 7109 Ave. Tom Bowman serves as president.
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Lubbock
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Bulding
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the Insurance Company
Ave
Community Christmas program draws hundreds to Fair Park Coliseum
In Tulsa on December 17 Mrs Katherine Wood reports her car stolen steering wheel after doctor's visit. At 3 p m Lubbock’s Fair Park Coliseum hosts a Christmas celebration with over 1 075 singers and a large audience. The event marks the season with traditional carols and message of peace.
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Jer
Fair Park
Lubbock
First Christmas Music Program aims to unite community
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Texas Tech Music Department co sponsor a First Christmas Music Program to celebrate the season with religious carols and lighter tunes. It brings together friends neighbors and newcomers in what is hoped to become an annual event.
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Cotton harvest on South Plains nears 1955 target
Ginnings on the South Plains push toward an estimated 1 310 000 bales with the Lubbock Cotton Exchange revising up to 1 340 000 or 1 350 000. At the Lubbock Classing Office daily receipts run about 15 000 bales, backlog sits near 50 000, and hayfields show most cotton out of the fields as Hale County reports 152 149 bales versus 140 000 expected.
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South Plains
Lubbock Cotton Exchange
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Geo Area
Horse That Bit Farmer In Face Wins Forgiveness
Mendota Missouri December 17 A horse bit farmer Finis Purkeypile as he tried to separate two mares leading them to water. The bite tore his face requiring several stitches. Purkeypile said the injury happened by mistake during the mares’ squabble.
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Morning Paper Index Highlights Editorial and Program Pages
The edition announces a freeways link to open page 6 section 1 editorial page and notes page 8 section 7 radio and TV programs along with page 4 section 7 South Plains Oil News and pages 4 5 section 3 for additional items.
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Area Farm News
Slaton Men Injured as Auto Overturns
Two Slaton men were injured when their car overturned about 7:30 p.m. three miles south of Wilson on farm-to-market road 400. O. D. Dial, 28, was in critical condition with head injuries and Charles Meeks, 26, was in fair condition with facial lacerations. Both were treated at Mercy Hospital. Police could not determine the driver of the 1955 Mercury sedan.
Foreign aid hike hinted as administration weighs billions
Reports indicate officials consider requesting nearly 5 billion dollars in new foreign aid next year. The plan would boost military and economic assistance by about 2.0 billion over this year's total to counter Soviet influence, with Eisenhower possible to alter the proposal before Congress acts. Key senators George and Byrd reacted with surprise and planned consultations.
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Waukegan Couple in Nighttime Domestic Shooting
Thelma Crapo, 44, says her husband William, 42, shot her three times after she woke him with a hit while driving home from a tavern. The quarrel over money preceded the incident as she returned to their home and found him asleep in bed.
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Thelma Crapo
William
Eisenhower Declared Out Of Danger After Checkup
President Eisenhower remains under medical care after a checkup by heart specialist Paul Dudley White in Gettysburg Pennsylvania he was reported to be out of danger and in stable condition after his illness uncle asserted by officials with medical staff providing updates.
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1956 Business May Top Current Year As Record Breaker
The story notes 1955 ending with a record year for business and consumer demand. It cites plans for even higher sales in 1956, with executives predicting growth while exercising caution on a second term for President Eisenhower.
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New York
Pe-Aee
Crane used in tug of war over parking near expressway
In Chicago a construction foreman ordered a crane operator to move a motorist’s car mid dispute over parking near a project. Edwin Williams a fire captain, had parked with a bicycle trailer, prompting the clash. The crane lifted the trailer and stood the car on its front end before releasing it.
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Chicago
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Congress Street
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Faulk
O.K
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Hamm
Weather Forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Generally fair and mild weather expected for Lubbock with west or southwest winds up to 20 mph. Overnight low around 25 and daytime high near 63.
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