Avalanche-Journal moves to new Lubbock plant on 8 St and Ave J
The Avalanche Journal relocates to a block long, eight street corner site at 8 St and Ave J, occupying over 800000 square feet of new space with a three floor plant and a color news press. Move began last week with 5000 pound typesetting machines hauled via seven trucks, to be completed by Monday morning.
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Avalanche-Journal
8 St
Ave. J
Lubbock
South Plains
World
Texas Ave
Soley Seveen Deklone
Avalanche Journal
Ny “4
C. Wade
Board Approves Station Bid and College Leaders Named
The board of directors of Texas A and M College accepted a $203 365 bid by Gus S Wortham of Houston for 160 acres in Lubbock occupied by the Agricultural Experiment Station The board also named Dr M T Harrington chancellor of the college system and Earl Rudder president of Texas A&M College Dr Jack Woolf was named president of Arlington State College.
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Texas
A&m College
Gus S. Wortham
Houston
Lubbock
Agricultural Experiment Station
M. T. Harrington
Earl Rudder
Texas A&m College
Jack Woolf
Arlington State College
Repair Men May Orbit To Satellite
ARPA plans a 22000 mile orbit satellite with maintenance crews visiting to keep systems working. Roy W. Johnson told the House Space Committee that the goal is a 24 hour Earth circle and stationary point by 1962 or early. initial targets include a 200 mile orbit for repairmen, with later commandable satellite recovery and relaunch concepts in study.
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Emond LE Breton
Ashington
United States
Roy W. Johnson
Defense Department
Advanced Research Projects Agency
House Space Committee
ARPA
Johnson
U. S
Atlas Program Delayed Two Months Says McElroy
Secretary McElroy announced a two month delay in deploying the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile and said the Soviet program may face similar trouble. Five recent Atlas test firings failed prompting the Air Force to suspend tests for about a month. He noted possible Soviet technology problems and speculated they might progress slowly, perhaps completing a limited capability by year end.
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Way Elton C. Fay Jantico
Sec. of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Soviet Union
McElroy
Air Force
U.S.S.R
United States
Steel Strike Deadline Extended by Union Action
NEW YORK The United Steelworkers of America delayed a threatened steel strike by two weeks after President Eisenhower's appeal. The union's president avid J McDonald shifted contract terminations to July 14 and agreed to resume talks, while waiving backdated gains. Both sides now pursue new agreements under federal urging to avoid a walkout.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Eisenhower
Avid J McDonald
McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Fisenhower
Reds Protest U S Planes Violating Air Space
Communist radio in Peiping alleged Friday that two U S Navy patrol planes violated Chinese air space over Yunghsing Pei Shu Islands and Tung Island in Msisha Kwantung. Foreign Ministry authorized to issue 52nd warning. Also reports J A Pitman 63 owner Pitman Grain Co collapsed and died on Hereford golf course. firm claims largest non terminal grain elevator.
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U.S. Navy
Radio
Peiping
China
Yunghsing
Pei
Shu Islan
Hsisha Islands
Kwantung Province
Tung Island
Msisha
Foreign Ministry
JOKYO
Hereford, Tex
J. A. Pitman
Pitman Grain Co
Hereford
Slaying Victim's Husband Calls New York A Jungle
Edward Rock, husband of Bea Rock, mourning secretary stabbed by a 17 year old Negro girl in a Manhattan subway station, says he will bury his wife outside New York, calling the city a jungle. Police report the killer Elizabeth Ouldis was arrested after the body of Mrs Rock was found in a deserted stairway with only $6.93 remaining. victim’s purse and papers were intact.
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New York
Edward B. Rock
Bea
Hor Se
Rock
State Department
Austin
Minn
U. S
Elizabeth Ouldis
Mrs. Rock
Bride Mistakenly Marries in Wrong Church
A comical church mix up ends with a bride entering the wrong church and departing in embarrassment. Minutes later a second bride appears, but she does not turn back. All names are kept secret.
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Lubbockite Dies In New Sports Car
Five injuries and three deaths occurred in South Plains single vehicle crashes Saturday. Billy Joe Ayers aged 30 near Lubbock died instantly when his new open sports car failed a curve. Manuel Roberto Perez aged 71 near Brownfield died after his pickup overturned and he was treated at Terry County Hospital. A.J. Kemp aged 60 from Hale Center died when his pickup struck a small bridge abutment near Justiceburg, suspected heart attack or sleepiness at the wheel. Larry Myers aged 21 of Lubbock was hospitalized then released later that day.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Iree
South Plains
Billy Joe Ayers
5Th St. Lubbock
Brownfield
Manuel Roberto Perez
la Bracera
Terry County Hospital
Gale
A. J.kemp
Hale Center
Justiceburg
Post
Gar
Garza County
Kemp
Mason Funeral Home
Lubbock
Larry Myers
34Th St
West Texas Hospital
United Press
Covington
Earl K. Long
North Louisiana
Long
Jasper K. Smith
Vician
Louisiana
Texas
Derby Cars Okayed For Race By DORRANCE GUY
One hundred forty six boys passed final inspection for Lubbock Soap Box Derby and will race Monday at 7 p.m. A heat drawing was held Saturday at 7 30 p.m. as the 12th annual event returns with a parade. The toll on South Plains roads rises toward a record, with 66 deaths for the year and comparisons to past totals. A separate crash near Justiceburg claimed Kemp’s life. See details on Page 10.
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Dorrance
Guy Avalanche
Lubbock
Poe
South Lubbock
Change Club
South Plains
Brownfield
Justiceburg
Kemp
King
Tex-N
Toledo Scale Co
Hub City
KFYO
David Abell
Roy Abell Jr
Ralls
Stephen Lynn Webb
William L. Webb
Webb
Abell
Derby Night Soap Box Auto Race at North Ave Site
The event returns to the same venue with 90 boys in the B group and 56 in the A group. A parade opens the evening followed by Byron Stovall’s solo run in his winning car. Oil Can Trophy heats pit District Attorney George Gilker son against County Judge Bill Davis. KFYO plans to broadcast as Derby coverage continues in subsequent pages.
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Erskine Road
Plainview Highway
Byron Stovall
George Gilkerson
Bill Davis
A. W. Reid
Abernathy Chevrolet
Lubbock
Lennis Baker
Lubbock Consolidates Editions Into Avalanche Journal
Beginning tomorrow Lubbock daily newspapers merge under Lubbock Avalanche Journal branding. Morning and Evening editions remain separate papers with full staffs, timed to fit their audiences, and Sunday reverts to the unified title at the new Ave J and 8th St location.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock Evening Journal
Ave. J
8Th St
Comic Dictionary Compliment Form of Praise Defined
From the paper’s humor column comes a definition of a comic compliment. It frames the term as both a factual form of praise and a playful rhetorical device.
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Comic Dictionary
Weather Map Page for Lubbock Area Forecast
Fair and warmer conditions with a near 97 degree afternoon high and a 68 degree early morning low. Isolated light showers possible late today with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Humidity around 23 percent at midnight. Southwest weather section covers Abilene and surrounding areas.
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Lubbock
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