Area's Storm Losses Mount Hit by Cotton Replanting in Counties
The storm left extensive crop damage with cotton fields needing replanting across several counties. In Terry County about 116000 acres require replanting, said County Agent Jim Foy. He guessed roughly nine percent of grain sorghum also will be replanted as a result.
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Terry
Jim Foy
Foy
Terry County
Lamb County
W. R. Kimbrough
Hockley
Bill Taylor
Taylor
Lynn
Lynn County
W. B. Griffin
South Plains
Dimmitt
Silverton
Tahoka
Upton
East Lubbock
Red Cross
Zenith
Vanda
Beech Streets
East 19Th Street
Oak
Magnolia
King Streets
East 50Th Street
East Broadway
Pope John XXIII Deathbed Scenes and Weather Summary
Vatican vigil surrounds Pope John XXIII as he battles stomach tumor and peritonitis while followers pray for a miracle. He shows serene courage, blesses relatives, and reflects on Christian unity and world peace amid a prolonged decline. Also reports heavy South Plains rainfall and flood damage affecting farms, towns, and Red Cross relief efforts in Lubbock and surrounding counties.
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Vatican
Hardy North
Vatican Radio
Memorial Day traffic toll climbs past 350 in nation
United Press International reports the Memorial Day 102hour weekend deaths topped 350 by Saturday night with a potential total near 550. The pace slowed to about 4.5 fatalities per hour late Saturday, while California led with 45 deaths and New York 30, Texas 19, Ohio and Pennsylvania 16 each.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
New York
Texas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
Oregon
Kansas
Accident Proves Fatal in Houston Bicycle Crash
Roland Jackson, 14, died from injuries after his bicycle was hit by a car Friday night in northeast Harris County. The fatality occurred Saturday, ending a collision that raised safety concerns in the area.
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Houston
Roland Jackson
Harris County
Wooden and Aluminum Pole Supports Installed
John Bob and Billy, sons of Mr and Mrs Cope Miller and Gibson, head into the lake for an experimental night run as staff photos by Vaughn Hendrick capture the scene.
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John
Bob
Bob Cope
42Nd St
Joe Miller
29Th St
Billy
Hugh Gibson
60Th St
Vaughn Hendric
Lubbock
Tech Terrace Park
Billy Gibson
John Miller
Plane Missing After Flood Sparks Multi-State Search
A Cessna 180 bound for New Mexico vanished Thursday with four aboard. Civil Air Patrol planes from Texas and New Mexico joined 35 aircraft in a broad search across 15 000 square miles as stormy weather hampered efforts. Ground teams from multiple agencies and volunteers scoured flooded terrain near Wilson and Tahoka Lake while officials planned another day of operations.
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Lubbock
Civil Air Patrol
New Mexico
Gerald I. Miles
al Lindsey
Albuquerque
Harry Ingman
7Th Street
Joe Wilson
Miles
Texas
Bartow
Plainview
Amarillo
James Utley
CAP
J. C. Ainsworth
Hereford
Wilson
Lynn County
Sheriff's Office
Texas Department of Public Safety
Tohoka
Slaton
Lubbock Boat
West Texas Hospital Births Parade Among Local Families
The St. Marys and West Texas Hospital records show multiple births this Friday and Saturday. Families include Bumpass in Slaton for a son, Shark in Lubbock for a daughter, Pribble in Lubbock for a son, Flores in Slaton for a son, Rangel in Littlefield for a daughter, Carothers in Denver for a daughter, White in Ute for a son, Johnson in Lubbock for a son, and others at Lauf Clinic and St. Marys Hospital with varied weights and times.
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Marlin Keith Bumpass
Slaton
West Texas Hospital
Wylie Oil Co
James Trutett Shark
Ave. G
Otis Alton Pribble
3Rd St
Texas Tech
George Flores, Slaton
Lauf Clinic
George Rangel
Rt. 1
Littlefield
David Carothers
16Th St
Denver, Colo
Oddie D. White
Jiffy Car Wash
Frank Johnson
Lubbock
Herbert Keith Burkholder
Griggs Furniture Co
Kenneth Robinson
1St St
Methodist Hospital
National
Merlon Thompson
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Harry H. Porter Jr
58Th St
Porter Oil Co
Billy Wayne Ramsey
E. 2Nd St
J. D. Kingston
Danish Premier Cancels Russia Visit Over Referendum
Danish Prime Minister Jens QO Krag canceled his planned trip to Russia citing the upcoming land law referendum. He would have left next Thursday and returned two weeks later. The referendum is scheduled for June 25, a week after his planned return. Brussels reports that an Italian firm plans to set up plants in Belgium.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
UPI
Jens QO
Krag
Russia
Brussells
Belgium
Graduation rites set with national figures and local honorees
Two-day program at Texas Tech features 1056 seniors awaiting graduation. Main address by Dr Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer Rice University president at Municipal Coliseum Monday night. Col Gunn commands 3500th Pilot Training Wing at Reese AFB. Honorary degrees go to Cal Farley founder of Boys Ranch and W T Doherty Houston educator. Randall Thompson piece to close as Dean Allen presides.
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Air Force
Aggie Memorial
Gunn
Reese Air Force Base
Municipal Coliseum
Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer
Rice University
Pitzer
Rice
Atomic Energy Commission
Cal Farley
Boys Ranch
Amarillo
W. T. Doherty
Houston
Farley
Maverick Club
Julian Bivins
Doherty
Robert A. Welch Foundation
Texas
Texas A&m
Texas A&m Research Foundation
Randall Thompson
Texas Tech
Dean Allen
Aid Pushed For Battered Isles
DACCA Pakistan forces contacted isolated offshore islands to arrange emergency relief for cyclone survivors. Estimates of the dead ranged from 15,000 to 20,000, with some sources suggesting higher figures. The 179 mile Bay of Bengal coastal belt housed about a million people before the storm. Winds reached 167 mph, leaving islands swept away and many areas lacking water shelter and medical care.
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Dacca
Pakistan
API
Bay of Bengal
Forecasters Eye Caribbean Storm Threatening Atlantic Coast
A large tropical disturbance drifted northward in the Caribbean as forecasters warned the South Atlantic seaboard to expect strong winds above normal tides and rain for the next two days. Odds were against this becoming the season’s first tropical storm, with seas rising one to two feet and winds reaching 25 to 35 mph from northern Florida to South Carolina.
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Miami
UPS
Caribbean
South Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
South Carolina
Tech's First Graduate Diploma Returned to Tech Southwest
Kay Kagay and Dale Bennett Tech seniors took possession of Tech's first master’s degree diploma, conferred in August 1928 on Dr Horace Bailey Carroll, who is now a UT history professor. Carroll has returned the diploma to Tech's Southwest Collection for preservation as Tech seniors await Monday night ceremonies.
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TECH
Kay Kagay
Dale Bennett
Texas Tech
Dallas
Paul Horn
Horace Bailey Carroll
University of Texas
Carroll
Southwest
Demonstrations and arrests surge as NAACP leaders face charges
Police routed mass sit ins across multiple cities as 479 Negroes were jailed or held behind fences at fairgrounds. Medgar Evers and Wilkins were arrested in Jackson with Evers calling for a Justice Department probe into police mistreatment of youths. In Birmingham federal action looms to block Wallace from blocking Alabama enrollment. In Philadelphia similar tensions drive related hiring disputes and pickets.
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Medgar Evers
NAACP
Jackson
New York
Kennedy
Evers
Justice Department
Fairgrounds
James Spencer
Bennie Oliver
Memphis Norman
Spencer
Oliver
Birmingham
George C. Wallace
Alabama
University of Alabama
Wallace
Tallahassee
Fla
Tobias Simon
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Tech directors to meet Monday for bids and budget talks
Texas Tech directors arrive for the spring meeting with a brief agenda. they will review bids including electrical needs for the biennial period and discuss the 1963-64 operating budget along with potential dormitory plans and campus projects.
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Texas Tech
West Texas Museum Assn
Finance Committee
Executive Committee
John Connally
Tech
R. C. Goodwin
Marshall Pennington
Roy Farr
Lubbock
Herbert Allen
Houston
Explosion At Atlas Silo Rocks Walker AFB Area
An Atlas missile silo explosion at silo No 1 near Walker AFB in New Mexico sent flames and debris across the site. Fire crews from Roswell and Walker responded as the blast echoed to Roswell and was seen from the Walker control tower.
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Childress
Roswell
Walker
Walker Afb
New Mexico City
Silo No. 1
Atlas
Air Force
One Injured In Mishap In City In Lubbock
Late Saturday two car accidents left Roy Wooten 20 of 1521 Parkway Drive injured in a two car crash at Fourth and Quirt. Wooten was among seven in H. W. Johnsons car. Another car slid into a lake near 46th and Ave. A, injuring no one as James Craig and Majorie Campbell rode with that vehicle.
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Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Fourth and Quirt
Roy Wooten
Parkway Drive
Wooten
H. W. Johnson
46Th
Ave. A
James Craig
Majorie Campbell
Lovington Man Dies In Mishap
A 46 year old Lovington man, James Virgil Callaway, was killed in a four car crash four miles north of Tavinotan arene near Coy Fisher, 42, was seriously injured. Three Morton residents and three Manila dockworkers also received injuries in the sequence of events involving a wrecker and a truck.
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Lovington
Arene
Tahoka youth leads in Seagraves rodeo finals
Tahoka’s Ron Conatser won two events at Seagraves rodeo including bull dogging in 2.9 seconds and saddle bronc scoring 170. Winners also include Donald Hurt in bareback, Pete Wishert in bull riding, Gladys Pinkett in barrels, and Deborah Whitehead in the children’s flag race. final performance moved up to 2 p.m. today.
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Seagraves
Ron Conatser
Tahoka
Rodeo Grounds
Conatser
Donald Hurt
Seymour
Sydney Johnson
Snyder
Pete Wishert
David Keith
Gladys Pinkett
Ropesville
Ethyl Martin
Tokio
Deborah Whitehead
Lorenzo
Rusty Welch
Doc Sellers
Abilene
Governor weighs special session on real estate laws
The governor may call a special Legislature session to consider the state's appropriation bill and potential real estate legislation. A Department of Public Safety agent resumes probe Monday into forgery tied to loan papers, with possible related cases at the local level.
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Griffin
Department of Public Safety
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Italy
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Crowson
Crowsons
Soa
Norvell (Booger) Redwine
Tom Withrow
Ave B
St. Mary's Hospital
Bob Ford
63Rd St
Taylor Hospital
Atcheson, Atkinson and Cartwright
Lee Andrew Ferrell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Supreme Beef Co
Tom Winthrow
Ave. B
Asee
Amg
Philadelphia
Congress On Racial Equality
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Tech Directors
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