Texas heat records topple across West Texas
Temperatures across the state surged with Lub bock at 107 degrees the year's high and one of the hottest on record. Presidio hit 116 while other readings included 110 in Salt Flat and 109 in Wink. Forecasters expect more heat with scattered thunderstorms and a chance of severe weather lingering after Audrey’s impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Holleman
Avalanche-Journal
Emperatures
Lubbock
Presidio
Salt Flat
Wink
Amarillo
van Horn
Midland
Big Spring
Abilene
el Paso
Alpine
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Childress
San Angelo
Cotulla
Levelland
Crosbyton
Matador
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
South Plains
Panhandle
Grover
Oklahoma Line
Texas Gulf Coast
Audrey
Weather Bureau
Hurricane Audrey Toll Climbs in Southwest Louisiana
Coast residents counted 275 dead as Cameron Parish swamped by a hurricane and 20 foot tidal wave. Officials planned a tent city for survivors while rebuilding Cameron could take years. Rescue helicopters ferried victims to refugee centers amid rising floodwaters and snake threats, as Eisenhower designated the area a major disaster.
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Arthur Everett Oo
Ake Charles
Louisiana
Raymond Hufft
Eisenhower
Cameron Parish
Cameron
C. B. Carter
Val Peterson
Alfred Gruenther
American R&s Cross
Peterson
Gulf Coast
James C. Hagerty
Texas
Lone Star
Illinois
Indiana
New York State
Seven Killed In Highway Crash Near Farmington
A Friday night collision 10 miles east of Farmington on U S 500 killed seven people, including 18 year old Betha Nell Marshall of Tokio and her 34 month old son Doyle Wayne. Two Tokio residents were among the dead along with Ronald Gene Perkins of Tulsa and Bobby Lee Hale of Sterlington. No survivors were reported.
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Farmington
N.M
Tokio
New Mexico
U.S. 500
Betha Nell Marshall
Terry County
Doyle Wayne
Dr Young to Leave Broadway Church for Pepperdine Presidency
Dr. D. M. Norvel Young long time minister of the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock will become president of George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles and depart by August 1. The Pepperdine post follows his April 1944 Lubbock arrival after teaching at Pepperdine and David Lipscomb. Pepperdine, with 1200 students and a $4½ million campus, is funded mainly by Churches of Christ contributions.
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M. Norvel Young
Broadway Church of Christ
George Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Lubbock
J. C. Rigney
Dr. Young
Churches of Christ
Broadway Church
Elvic
College Church of Christ
Nashville
Tenn
Pepperdine College
David Lipscomb College
Young
Broadway
Broadway Church Moves and Sunday Bible Enrollment Soars
The Broadway church relocated from Broadway and Ave. N to Broadway and Ave. T and reports Sunday Bible enrollment rising to 1,550 with plans for immediate expansion. Dr. Young is noted on Page 14.
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Broadway
Broadway and
Ave. N
Ave. T
DR. Young Page
Lubbockite Rejects Tax Hire Carr Opposes Daniel Session Plan
In Austin June 29 Speaker Waggoner Carr of Lubbock rejected Gov Daniel’s call for a October special legislative session. He warned new taxes might be needed to cover session costs and opposed any tax funding. Carr noted the regular session adopted most of Daniel’s program and avoided new levies.
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Carr
Daniel
Associated Press
Bustin
Price Daniel
Waggoner
Lubbock
Car
Treasury
Crime Commission
Carr Seq Care
Train Wreck in Kentucky-Killed and Wounded in Double Collision
Six died and about forty were injured when a Louisville and Nashville freight crashed broadside into the Dixieland Flyer near Guthrie Kentucky. The freight locomotive rammed the passenger train, derailing five cars. the crash halted near the station as officials investigated causes and possible heart attack in the freight engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Uthrie
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
J. T. Raspberry
Paris
Tenn
Raspberry
J. T. Smith
Louisville
J. C. Boone
Lebanon Junction
A .M. Lashlee
Smith
Guthrie
Louisville & Nashville
City drafts $9,086,776 budget with no tax rate increase
City Manager H P Clifton and finance officer Al Couch prepare a 1957 budget of 9,086,776 for the new fiscal year starting Oct 1. It avoids a tax hike by 624,724 over 1956 57 and includes 14 new police positions six more firefighters and merit raises averaging 5 percent. The city commission added 125,000 to capital outlay bringing it to 325,000 and trimmed other departments slightly. The plan reduces total from earlier department head figures by 700,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
H. P. Clifton
al Couch
Lubbock
City Commission
Radium Capsule Found In Midland Junk Yard
Midland police recovered a dangerous radioactive capsule from 38 year old junk dealer E. E. Green who said he picked it up in a trucking yard used by The Western Co. Green was hospitalized for a full medical exam and preliminary tests showed no radiation injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
E. E. Green
Western Co
Richmond men die and wounded in three‑car crash near Lubbock
Matt Guiton, 75, of Richmond California, died at Methodist Hospital after a three‑vehicle collision six miles southeast of Lubbock at 11 p.m. Saturday. Passenger Ruben Abercrumbie, 34, also of Richmond, was listed in good condition.
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Matt Guiton
Richmond
Calif
Guiton
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Ruben Abercrumble
Court martial suspends Col Nickerson for a year in leakage case
A general court martial suspended Col John C Nickerson Jr from rank for a year, fined him 1500 dollars and reprimanded him for leaking secrets in a Billy Mitchell missiles case. Judge advocate Maj Gen John B Medaris said Nickerson lost usefulness to the service. He is assigned administrative duties and cannot direct a private. The fine may be paid in a lump sum or 100 dollars monthly for 15 months. The sentence is subject to review by 3rd Army headquarters and defense channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche Journal
Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson Jr
Billy Mitchell
Johnb. Medaris
Nickerson
3Rd Army
Atlanta
Scouts Set For Jamboree Heads Today
The paper previews the national jamboree with details on schedules venues and participating troops. Editorial and farm and church notes accompany the broad area news while listings cover radio and TV programs and a dictionary money feature.
Lubbock Building Permits Hit 15.4 Million in Early 1987
Building permits in Lubbock for the first half of 1987 totaled 15,400,426 dollars, up from prior years. Residential work accounted for about half. Inspector George Hay reported 460 new homes started since January with the industry described as the city's largest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Ince
George Hay
Storm Leaves Misery at Grand Chenier After Destructive Hurricane
In Grand Chenier Louisiana June 29, bodies still float as rescue helicopters evacuate survivors. A husband searches for his missing children beside his wife’s body found on a slab, with many others dead or missing in the floodwaters. Norman McCall and others remain to aid the grim task of recovering the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Audrey
Sanders LeBlanc
Cameron
Alberta Rose
Joanne
Irwin Frank Ga
Norman McCall
Latex Marine Service Co
Grand Chenier
McCall
Weather outlook for Lubbock area today
Partly cloudy skies and hot conditions expected with a high near 105. Morning low around 70s, winds from the south to southwest at 15 to 25 mph.
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Lubbock
B.M
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Chicago
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