Boredom No Problem For City Firemen in Lubbock
Dianne Barbee reports city firefighters on a 24 hour shift fill time with equipment checks, radio tests, training, and evening classes. They cook for 17 men, study science of firefighting, and handle a range of nonemergency tasks from cleaning to flag retrieval. The department runs seminars, safety checks, and supports a pony league, adapting to higher standards and updated gear.
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A. V. Selman
Station 6
Selman
Jim Kemp
Station 1
Haskell Keeton
Central Fire Station
Cliff Richard Tops British Pop Evangelism Honors
Britain’s Cliff Richard named outstanding singer by the Songwriter's Guild for services to British music. The 30-year veteran, famed for reverent preaching and pop hits, drew crowds in church, TV, and stage while donating substantial earnings to religious and charitable causes.
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Britain
Rolling Stone
Songwriter’s Guild of Great Britain of Monday
Cliff Richard
Billy Graham
Richard
United States
Graham
Christ
God
Elvis Presley
Negro majorities arise in several cities during the 1960s
Census figures show fourteen cities joined Washington DC and Bessemer Alabama as predominantly black in the 1960s. Washington led with 71.1 percent black residents. Newark and Atlanta also crossed the majority line, while several other cities over 50,000 saw gains and Newark remained the largest with 1,120,458 people.
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UPS
D.C
Bessemer
Ala
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Newark
Atlanta
Compton
Calif
East St. Louis
Gary
Ind
East Orange
N.J
Willowbrook
Westmont
Cleveland
Ohio
Florence-Graham
Cali
Highland Park
Mich
Petersburg
Greenville
Mass
Prichard
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Philadelppoia
Macon County
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Town & Country Shopping
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