Wide Floods and Winds Hit Large Regions Across U S
Floods and strong winds plague a broad swath of the nation from Idaho to Maine. Rivers recede in parts of California as Reno Napa Guerneville Plumas Santa Clara and Yuba Pass districts begin cleanup. Nine people die in the storms and cold waves bring record lows from Montana to Maine.
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Pocatello
California
Reno
Nev
Napa
Guerneville
Plumas County
Santa Clara County
Yuba Pass
Sierras
Rockies
Appalachians
Austin Event Honors Newsman for State Writing Wins
Veteran Avalanche-Journal reporter Kenneth May won first place at the Headliners Club event for municipal affairs coverage in Lubbock. Garvin Berry of the Houston Press also won for Houston stories, each earning $250. May had a 10 story zoning series in Lubbock that placed second in community service at the AP contest, and another deadline pressure spot news entry received honorable mention in Austin.
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Austin
Avalanche- Journal
Kenneth May
Garvin Berry
Houston Press
May
Lubbock
Associated Press
Houston
Dunn Faces Hospital Hearing Over Staff Removal
Dr. Dunn sparred with attorney Hudson during a hospital hearing as he denied knowing Mrs. Martha Boone and attacked treatment claims. He was dropped from the staff Jan. 2, then sought a hearing. petitions with 1 850 names circulated urging his retention on the staff.
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Hudson
Dunn
Martha Boone
Kemp
Boone
Bruce Hay
Burkholder
Hay
Hale Center Harvest Queen Edith Rowell Crowned
Edith Rowell, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Qwen Rowell Hale Center was crowned Harvest Queen at the Hale Center Harvest Festival. The one day event netted about $2300 from concessions to fund school projects athletic equipment and facilities. Owl Booster Club sponsored the festival with Princesses Jan Pettit DeeAnn Hooper and Debbie Caudle. Master of Ceremonies Max Nelson and heralds Joe Mojica and Allen Keenum. Hale Center High Band provided coronation music.
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Hale Center
Edith Rowell
Qwen Rowell
Owl Booster Club
Jan Pettit
Swan Pettit
DeeAnn Hooper
D. J. Hooper
North
Debbie Caudle
Jackie Caudle
Max Nelson
Joe Mojica
Allen Keenum
Hale Center High School
Two Fronts Bring Cooler Texas Weather Across State
Dust and wind chilled West Texas while San Antonio reported drifting dust and low visibility. A pair of cold fronts moved through, dropping temperatures from 66 in Fort Worth to 43 in the afternoon, with grass fires fanned by high winds around Austin and injuries in Liberty County from a crash caused by smoke.
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Associated Press
Midland
Wink
San Antonio
Texas
South Plains
Lower
Panhandle
Red River
Victoria
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Liberty County
W. T. Rose
Elmer Prossie
Elgin
Rose
Sailboat Missing With Five Aboard On Galveston Bay
A 19 foot racing type sailboat named Mary Frank Lloyd of Houston went missing Saturday night in heavy seas and winds on Galveston Bay. Coast Guard vessels from Houston and Galveston and marine units from Harris and Galveston Counties searched for five believed aboard. Winds hit 25 to 40 mph with six foot swells. An unidentified tanker grounded at Buoy 63 off Seabrook with no further details.
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Houston
UPD
Galveston Bay
Coast Guard
Galveston
Harris
Mary
Frank Lloyd
Lof
Buoy 63
Seabrook
Tex
Fog Grip Halts New York Airport Traffic
Dense fog crippled air operations at Idlewild and LaGuardia in Queens and Newark Airport, with visibility at times zero and ceilings around 200 feet. Newark closed 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., while the metro area’s three major airports faced delays and cancellations. fog covered the Atlantic Coast from New England to the Georgia-Florida line and was not expected to lift before late Sunday.
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New York
Idlewild
Laguardia
Queens
Newark Airport
New Jersey
Atlantic
New England
Weather Bureau
Ralls Man Ousley Reflects on Life and Local Trade Ties
S. J. Ousley of Ralls, born 1879 in Floyd County Kentucky, moved to Texas in 1881 and settled at Spur, now lives with daughter Mrs. M. H. House. He ran insurance and real estate near Spur, later partnered with H. O. Albin, owns a farm, works at Piggly Wiggly in Crosby County, and shares colorful hometown tales. He has three sons Hugh Eric Nevis and daughter Mrs. Dunwoody, plus grandchildren and a long Church of Christ membership aided by earphones for sermons.
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Kentucky
S. J. Ousley
Floyd County
Texas
Abilene
Anson
Spur
Caprock Foothill
Ousley
H. O. (Harrison) Albin
Lubbock
Tech
Texas Tech College
M. H. House
Ralls
Buran J .House
Ourley
Old
Texas Spur
J. H. Grace
Dr. Grace
West Texas
Nevis
Hugh
California
Eric
Pampa
Rule
House
D. D. Dunwoody
Miles
J. N. Swanner
Balls
Bill Parsley
Evela Jordan
31St
Pair Seriously Hurt In Car Wreck Here
A Lamesa man and his niece from Lubbock were seriously injured late Saturday when their car struck a utility pole at the corner of Southeast Drive and East 50th Street. Clarence E. McElfresh, 39, and Shirley Morris, 14, were in the West Texas Hospital emergency room at midnight with serious head and leg injuries.
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Lamesa
Lubbock
Southeast Drive
E. 50Th St
West Texas Hospital
Clarence E. McElfresh
Shirley Morris
Nashville
Carolyn Graham Crowned LCC Homecoming Queen at Half
Trent sophomore Carolyn Graham was crowned Lubbock Christian College homecoming queen during halftimes of the LCC and New Mexico Military Institute basketball game. First homecoming queen. attendance from Anita Butler Charlotte Burkett Rene Walker Cheryl Henderson. outstanding alumnus named Gaston Tarbet. LCC defeated Frank Phillips Junior College 101 to 81 advancing the celebration.
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LCC
Carolyn Graham
Trent
Jim Showmaker
Pampa
Lubbock Christian College
Lcc-New Mexico Military Institute
Miss Graham
Anita Butler
Odessa
Charlotte Burkett
Dora
N. M
Rene Walker
Santa Rosa
Cheryl Henderson
Chicago Heights
Ill
iGaston Tarbet
Shamrock
Frank Phillips Junior College
George Booker
San Francisco
California
Tarbet
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
Texas
Slaying Suspects Identified After Boston Apartment Shootout
Police tracked three gunmen after an early morning apartment invasion in Boston. Rocco Balliro and Albert Ciocco were jailed on murder suspicions, while Salvatore Balliro remained sought with a nationwide alert. The trio's car collided with a taxicab as officers closed in.
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Salvatore
Albert Ciocco
Rocco Balliro
Cioccol
Balliro
Boston
Everett
Bristol
Brighton
Roxbury
Mary Adams
Wagner
Ciocco
Adams
Thomas Calnan
Toby
Mark
Miss Keuther Dies at 60 in City Hospital
Miss Sophia Keuther 60 of 2318 9th died at 9 57 pm Saturday in Methodist Hospital Funeral arrangements are pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home She was a native of Germany and employed by Acme Laundry A Lutheran Church member There are no survivors
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Sophia Keuther
Methodist Hospital
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Miss Keuther
Germany
Acme Laundry
Lutheran Church
Administration Proposes Cotton Policy Expansion
A House cotton subcommittee prepares hearings on a plan to boost U S cotton supply by allowing 20 percent extra acreage and using a world price subsidy to compete with foreign mills. Critics warn the proposals are costly and unlikely to pass Congress. The 1963 allotment remains fixed at 16 million acres versus 18.1 million in 1962.
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U.S
House
Ebiender
Congress
Charles S. Murphy
Bar group split over proposed fourth district court in Lubbock
Lubbock County Bar Association debated a proposed domestic relations and criminal district court, with A. W. Salyars and committee proposing bills for a new court and judge pay raises. Members clashed over timing and funding, while supporters argued rising caseloads justify action. The vote to back the committee’s move passed unanimously.
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Lubbock County Bar Group
Fourth Court
A. W. Salyars
Bar
Lubbock County
Austin
Salyars
Travis Shelton
Madison Sowder
Gordon Treadaway
Lubbock
Bean
Tech
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Bill Gillespie
Denzil Bevers
Treadaway
Legislative Committee
Shelton
Criminal District Court
Dist
Alton Griffin
Hugh Anderson
Anderson
Bar Association
Bevers
Public Right Bills Set For House Study
Two Texas bills to guarantee the public's right to inspect records and attend meetings sit for House State Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday. Proponents Chet Brooks and Bill Rapp push open records and open meetings measures mirroring Sigma Delta Chi guidance. The bills require public access to state, county and municipal records unless secret by law and criminalize secrecy with fines up to $100 or three months in jail. open meetings would apply to most public bodies with penalties up to $200 or 90 days in jail.
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Austin
House
Chet Books
Houston
Bill Rapp
Raymondville
House State Affairs Committee
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalistic Society
Brooks and Rapp
Texas
Brilliant college student pursued in infant death case
Wise Virginia deputy chases John David Samol 83 miles through twisting mountain roads before arrest. Authorities say Samol beat his infant son David and wrapped a blanket around the child’s face after the child cried, with the mother reporting three violent blows that knocked the infant from the crib.
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Wise
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Morton
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Tony Luna Garcia
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Level‘land
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