Tech Budget With Salary Increases Approved
Board backs a 1961-62 budget for Texas Tech including faculty raises, library funding and new building needs. Officials say funding falls short of teaching and research needs while approving plans for dorm and campus projects, bookstore expansion, and central dining facility steps.
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Connally
Pearce
Tech
Allison
Law School
Mathews
Commission On Higher Education
Panhandle Construction Co
Lubbock
Jones Stadium
DeBusk
A&M Board Approves Record $59.5 Million Budget
The A&M system board approved a record budget of 59.5 million dollars for the next year, with over 21 million from state general revenues. The plan details allocations to system offices, engineering and the Texas Transportation Institute, and various colleges and institutes as part of a multi year funding cycle.
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Arlington
AGM
A&m
Texas ‘Transportation Instiute
Ale College
State College
Birth and death notices mixed in neighborhood columns
Fragmented OCR note records births and deaths with vague names and places. Mentions hospitals and family events, but many words are garbled leaving only hints of individuals and dates.
Derby Drivers Prepare After Final Inspection in Lubbock
Derby drivers submit their rides for the last official inspection ahead of Monday’s race. Sponsors include The Avalanches Journal the Lubbock Exchange Club and Modern Chevrolet Co.
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Derby
Tory
Lubbock
Avalanches Journal
The
Lubbock Exchange Chih
Modern Chevrolet Co
Cyclists Lead March At Lubbock Underpass Race
Spectators watch as a city and state team groom an underpass for a major bicycle event in Lubbock. Officials from Exchange Club and Khiva Shrine oversee a parade and traffic control. Contestants from Lubbock Abernathy Wolfforth and nearby towns inspect their bikes for a $500 bond, trophies, and a chance at a $7,500 All American college scholarship.
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City of
Mercury Sears
Paul Weight
Lubbock
Lonnie Elis
Ludy Phipp
Jarry Wisdom
Abernathy
Donnie Parhany
Wolfforth
Mike Maleik
Akron
South Plains
Veteran Plains Man Dies In Fatal Crash
Funeral services for ASS of Christ will be at Terry County Cemetery with Brownfield Funeral Home in charge. A Union High School graduate, he earned an animal husbandry degree from Texas Tech in 1952 and worked for Western Cotton Oil in Lubbock until 1959 before moving to Brownfield. He served as a Church of Christ member and a US Army Reserve lieutenant. Survived by wife Jean a son Todd Allan 3 his parents and a sister, all of Plains.
Girl Awaiting Kidney Surgery At Colorado General
Tess Stanton 19 of Bedford Texas among two awaiting kidney transplants at Colorado General Hospital is reported seriously ill. Surgeons plan a transplant using her mother's kidney to save the child's life as tests continue and the operation nears.
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Darthea Marie Stanton
Bedford
Tex
Tess
Colorado General Hospital
Stanton
Ina Mariel Stanton
Texas
Anchorage
Alaska
Larry
David Stern
Houston
Harvard University
Ned Stern
Young Stern
Den
Mr. McKinley
Wickersham Wall
National Aero- Four
Alaskajautics and Space Administration Rescue Group
Talkeetna
Manned Space Center
Don Sheldon
St Mckinley
North America
Sheldon
Henry_L. Abrons
Scarsdale
N.Y
Peter, Carman
Nashville
Tenn
Chris , Randolph
N.H
John Graham
Tacoma
Wash
Richard G.C. Millikan
Berkeley
Calif
David $. Roberts
Boulder
Cole
Donald “C . Jensen
Walnut Creek
Four Killed In Kentucky Wreck
Four graduate students from the University of Kentucky were killed and three injured in a two car collision on US 25 near Georgetown. The victims were Thomas P. Barbute James Lady Davenport Laston McCullen Aubrey C. Driskill and Kenneth L. Johnson. Johnson and the four were teachers taking summer graduate work at the university in Lexington amid wet pavement conditions.
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Agetown
Kentucky
US 25
Georgetown
Thomas P. Barbute
Auiderdale
Fla
James Lady Davenport
Aurens
Laston McCullen
Reidsville
N.C
Marion
Bledsoe
Bobby Slone
Ron Golden
Johnson
Napiers
Lexington
University
Fort Antham
Tuls
Centenarian Woman Wins U S Visitor Permit at El Paso
Angela Quinones de Palomino aged 109, oldest immigrant to gain entry through El Paso, received a visitor’s permit. She plans to visit her two sons in Los Angeles after presenting bona fide papers at the consulate.
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EL Paso
UPT
Angela Quinones de Palomino
Cuidad Leto
Durango
Willian P. Mughes
Palomino
Los Angeles
No Polio Cases For First Week Of July
The Texas Health Department said no polio cases were reported in Texas during the weekend. Only two polio cases, both paralytic, have been reported in the state this year.
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Austin
State Health Department
Texas
Three Boys Rescued From Mine After Harrowing Ordeal
Abbott and O Kain recount hours underground as rescuers battled black damp gas to reach the three boys. They were found tired and frightened near the mine with bicycles nearby, and their belts and lights had failed during the blackout. Florence Burke says Billy was deeply frightened, while officials note the oxygen was low and rescue time was extended by gas.
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Abbott
O'Kairne
Billy
Florence Burke
Burke
Turner
O'Kain
Bac
McDonald
US Bureau Off Mines
Breedon
Junta raids Communist offices in Ecuador amid curfew easing
In Quito and Guayaquil the military junta overthrew President Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy week ago and raided leftist groups. Hundreds reportedly arrested with many freed after questioning as normal life shows signs of return.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPL
Ador
Carlos
Julio Arosemena
Monroy
Guayaquil
Communist Party
Wife Joins Jacques Cousteau In Underwater Village
Reports from Monte Carlo say Simone Cousteau has joined her husband in the Red Sea underwater habitat called the village. Jacques Cousteau and five explorers have lived about 30 feet down in specially equipped tanks for over three weeks. Simone is expected to stay until the experiment ends in about a week.
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Monte Carlo
Jacques Cousteau
Red Sea
Cousteau
Simone
Driverless Car Kills Dallasite in Fatal Street Incident
In Dallas, a driverless car ran over James M. Parrish as he helped his daughter Hazel Duncan view her car bumper. The crash occurred amid a thundershower that flooded downtown Oklahoma City, trapping cars and sending water six feet deep in a railroad underpass. Parrish was knocked beneath the vehicle and died.
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Dallas
James M. Parrish
Parrish
Hazel Duncan
Oklahoma City
Alahoma City
Ments
Duncan
Oklahoma Publishing Co
Oklahoma City Times
Soviet Chinese split widens over atomic rift and Cuba pledge
A Soviet Pravda piece accuses China of cowardice for pulling missiles from Cuba and blasts the Chinese Communist letter. Moscow condemns Beijing while warning that thermonuclear arms deter aggression. The dispute highlights divergent lines on peaceful coexistence and the threat of nuclear war.
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Percy
Cuba
United States
Cariboan
Soviet Union
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Peking
Moscow
China
Communist Party of China
Pravda
Soviet Party
Nikita
Khrush Thev
Comns
A. Peking
Khrushchev
Severe weather sweeps Texas Panhandle with hail and floods
Mixed heat and heavy showers disrupted parts of Dalhart and Wichita Falls as gusty winds up to 70 mph battered Amarillo and Wildorado. Reports noted flash floods, tornado activity near Tucumcari, and damaged power lines across Kansas and Nebraska. Rain helped drought areas but caused new problems including evacuations and high water on highways.
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Amarillo
Wildorado
Canyon
Harveysville
Kan
Kansas
Chadly
Nebraska
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Richard Garrett
South
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigi Conservation Department
Wisconsin Countie
Hale Center
Lockney
Floydada
Floydalt
Talia
Denver City
Brownfield
Lorenzo
Slaton
Muleshoe
Littlefield
Dalehart
Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested After High Speed Chase
A bank robbery left officers tracking suspects Merrill, Mack Moser, 42, and Jack Fee, 3, former Tennesseans with prior California prison terms. In their car police found 7200 dollars, a pistol, sunglasses resembling the gunmen’s, and a license plate color noted by a teller. The pair, identified by Mrs. Elam, were arraigned in Knoxville on bank robbery charges with 25000 dollars bond each. The bank considers anti robbery measures such as cameras or tear gas.
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Teller
Merrill
Mack Moser
Jack Fee
Andrews Infant Mishap Victim
A one year old girl, Loralyn Rae Baker, drowned in a bathtub at home in Andrews. She died at a hospital after being found by sisters about 10 p.m. Her parents, siblings, and two sets of grandparents are named. An inquest will be held to determine cause of death. Services were pending with Singleton Funeral Home.
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Lamess
Regina Olivia
Judith Renee
Ross Marion
J. E. Woodward
W. L. Baker
Seminole
Lennie Baker
Houston
Singleton Funeral Home
Typhoon Aims at Okinawa With Rising Winds
A Pacific typhoon moved northwest toward Okinawa and was expected to pass within 100 miles Monday. The bulletin placed the storm 500 miles southeast of Okinawa at 7 p.m. EST, drifting at 15 mph toward the Ryukyus with center winds near 150 mph. Wendy caused minor damage near Guam on Thursday.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Okinawa
Weather Bureau
Ryukyus Islands
Wendy
Gaiam
India Bars South Africa Registered Aircraft from Landing
India announces that all aircraft registered in South Africa are barred from landing at Indian airports or flying over India and from entering Indian waters. The Foreign Office cites UN resolution urging action against apartheid and flags it as a protest against South Africa's racial segregation policies.
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India
UPI
Foreign Office
South Africa
United Nations
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