Dust Storm Rages Across South Plains Damages Towns
A major dust storm hit the South Plains Monday with sustained winds 40 to 50 mph and gusts near 80 mph. Plainview reported a 7 million mph gust, Lubbock saw 75 mph gusts, and damage included downed power lines, telegraph outages, shattered windows, and a toppled front door at Levelland city hall. Fire crews battled blazes as high winds churned across Muleshoe, Brownfield, and Seminole areas.
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Plainview
Lubbock
Amarillo
Brownfield
Lamesa
Seminole
Levelland
South Plains
Lubbock County
Ag Federal Court
Fedricultural
Jerry
GSA
Mahon
Reese Afb
Warren Procter
Fon
County Soil’ Conservation
Viahon
Tyne
Joe Gordon
Avalanche-Journal
26Th Street
Ajury
Medical school debate in Texas seeded by Blanchard
Blanchard said the Texas Commission on Higher Education would likely support a medical school at Lubbock though delays are possible due to other business before the commission. The piece notes strong local interest, ongoing hearings, and state leaders including Gov. Connally's committee, with broader campus development plans in Lubbock.
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Texas Commission On Higher Education
Blanchard
Lubbock
John Connally
South Plains
Bel Farly
Carpe Dournnl
Andrews
15Th
Medical School
Bill Moore
Tiryan
16Th St
Senate
Tech
Reyes Bibiano
Vaughn
N.M
Payne
Bibiano
Hicles
Andis
Amarillo
Dickens
Fort Worth
Broadway
Ave. G
Wilson
Texas Tech
Budget talks and a fatal crash shadow West Texas news
The report covers a 1966 budget forecast with a $2.2 billion spending rise and a proposed medical school at Texas Tech in Lubbock. It also details a fatal pedestrian crash in Crosbyton and local reactions, with officials noting wind and dust impacts on travel and infrastructure. Survivors and family details are provided for those involved.
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Small
Crosbyton
Crosby
Tain
Aha Ae Rat
Andis
William ‘Thomas van Veghten II
Santa Rosa
N.M
Lovington
Colorado
Carll! Small
Aister
L. N. Benson
Robert
Hubbard
Virgie John Hubbard
Albuquerque
Turner
Cotton Plan Debate Shapes Texas Cotton Council
The Texas unit of the council approved a report backing a permanent one price system for U.S. cotton to maximize normal trade channels and reduce government role in marketing. Merchants favored free market pricing, but producers opposed such a program, warning it could limit payments to large farmers. Delegates pledged unity to a prosperous cotton economy and supported pursuing a legislative route to address pricing while opposing acreage quotas and government price caps. Roy Forkner of Lubbock was reelected chairman with C. H. DeVaney named vice chairman and other tech directors attending.
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Council
Phoenix
U.S
Dixon
Foreign Trade Committee
Lubbock
Roy Forkner
Lubbok
Dust Storm Slams Lubbock Winds Bury City in Dust
Hurricane force winds battered Lubbock on Monday as a severe dust storm swept through, blowing utility poles and lines, grounding flights, and halting traffic. The storm caused minor injuries and property damage, with weather officials predicting a gradual clearing and easing northerly winds later in the day.
Soviet Union denies any breach of test ban treaty
Washington reports the Soviet Union informed the United States no violation occurred from an underground nuclear explosion in south central Russia. Ambassador Dobrynin delivered the reply to Secretary Rusk after the United States detected ground shock waves and radioactive material over the Sea of Japan. The State Department indicated officials believed initial readings likely explained by the detonation, with McCloskey saying no comment yet from the Soviets.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Sec
Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Sea of Japan
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S
Funeral Procession Details for Churchill Service in London
The article outlines the Churchill state funeral procession from Westminster Hall to St. Pauls with a gun carriage set to depart at 9 35 a m and the queen arriving at 10 35 a m for an 11 a m service. It notes 3500 service members lining the route and another 3500 in the crowd, the clock being silenced after the procession, and the coffin then moving to Tower Pier and on to Bladon churchyard for burial. It also describes weather impacts on local activity in Lubbock with dust, reduced business at beauty shops, and difficulties for mail carriers delivering in dusty conditions.
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Westminster Hall
St. Paul's
Army
Navy
Air Force
Westminster’ Hall
Merah
Winston Aimself
George VI
Tower Pier
Tower of London
Festival Hall Pier
Waterloo Station
Bladon
Sir Winston
Texas Tech
Connally Touts Education Funds Amid Inaugural Plan
The governor and Lt. Gov Preston Smith outlined education funding and a restrained second inauguration focused on cotton, with no parades or large balls. Delegates and party leaders discussed program terms, sales weights, and universal standards while emphasizing practical use of cotton in state growth.
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Stenarastiy Op Aeratie
Condale
Smith
Tiber
Lim
Democratic Joornell
Feon
Preston Smith
Lipscomb
Jon
Connally
Lubbock
Memorial Auditorium
Austin
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Oklahoma Tax Ride and Cotton Belt Sales Tax Debate
Oklahoma House passed a measure to raise the sales tax to three cents as part of a debate over a one-cent stage tax on cotton production and marketing. The bill moves to the Senate after a staff report noted its approval by the chamber. The convention attendance and a bank annual report are also mentioned in passing amid broader state fiscal discussio.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Cummins
Senate
Mon-El Paso
Austin
el Paso
George Young
Ing
Connally
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True Jr
Hale County
Federal
Lubbock Ix
Ray Martin
Muleshoe Journal
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Muleshoeure
Esdafternoon
Federal Court
Lavington
Ington
Nmla
Biblano
Suo Bard
Kent Thelthe
Select County Building Committee
Blanchards
New York
Nicipal
C of C
George Wilson
The
Pethnae Abate
Ham
Tha Lannual Inaatlan
West Texas
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Autcoré Dimmitt
Uis Museu
Hale Center
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Kermitl
Gordon
Lockney
Morton
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Johnson
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Midland
Odessa
Will Payne
Department of That
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New Mexico
Health, Education and Welfare
Manila
UPI
Filidamare
Midland Beauty
Mart
Ameriloft
Uncle Sam
Tex. 18 Tech
C. Brandon Hult
Lubbock-Crosby-Garza
Medival School
Milton
State of
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Southwest
Agerly
Texas, Tech
C.H. DeVaney
Cohnma and
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
Vicechairman
Texas Crown
Plains Coop Tech
Oll Mill
Enanns
Meet Tech
Wright Armstrong
al Allison
Manuel DeRusk
Roy Rurr
Savooce
Ang
McLaughlin
Balls
Tech Board
Harold Dean Ward
Tulane St
Highland Hospital
Tube Co
Francie Lee Elam
Time Freight. Inc
Gene Hay
Methodist Hospital
Bill Green
E. Rice
Afeinsit Hospital
A. W. Keith Co
Robert Ray Muller
Tihson
Sanday Ethos Hospital
Prudential
James FL _Permuson
T Pound Fm
Fa H Loan Co
Nn Brown and McKee Engineering CO
Lavoe
Benito Lopes
O'Donnell
Laut Chinie
Lan Faren
Amalfo Hernandes
Laut
Eenploys
Board of Directors
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Simont Pena
Rt. 3
Lubeork
Lauf Clinic
Lub-Amarillo
Michie
Ctv
Lubbock ‘Municipal
Reese
Runa.m
Afi
Nat
Tey Tower
Reese Tathhasl Hueinace
Afb
Mairie Dows
Morkentis
Reds
Churchill
Kobo Korner
Hoth St
Ave. Q
Lubbock Christian
Loc
Maddy
Lewis Boyd
Heatley
Security Bank
Frank Cahoon
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