Winter storm halts trains and closes hundreds of schools
Harsh winds and massive snowdrifts sweep the Midwest and Northeast. Up to 20 inches fall in northern New England while Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas and Minnesota endure blinding snowfall. A 40-car freight train is trapped near Fort Dodge Iowa. over 100 central Nebraska schools suspend classes as crews battle drifts and stranded travelers. Actors Eyale Gallienne and Faye Fanerson are marooned in Mountain Lake Minnesota.
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Avalanche-Journal
Midwest
New England
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
Minnesota
Arenas
Vai
South Dakota
North Dakota
Stranden
Eyale Gallienne
Faye Fanerson
Mountain Lake
Lubbock Spelling Bee Champion Casey Charness Jr Named
Casey Charness Jr was named Lubbock spelling bee champion as OPAL DINON announced the winner. Local students competed in the city event with the top speller earning the title and recognition.
Lubbock Spelling Bee Winner Casey Charness Jr
Casey Charness Jr 12, a seventh grade Hutchinson student, won the Lubbock Public Schools 10th annual Spelling Bee at J P Hutchinson Junior High by spelling polygamous and pompous. Gov Price Daniel arrives today for speeches and a public coffee at Caprock Hotel before a campaign visit and plans to stay overnight. Kathy Hutson placed second after spelling through 81 rounds and missing polygamous in round 11. Both advance to the March 4 county spellings contest. Casey aims for the April 7 spelling bee.
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Casey Charness Jr
Lubbock Public Schools
Kathy Hutson
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
J.P. Hutchinson Junior High School
Hutchinson School
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Casey Charness
Price Daniel
Board of Directors of
the Plains Co-Op
Oil
Caprock
Daniel
Houston
Overton School
Truman Hutson
Casey
Kathy
Lubbork
Luubbock
Coun
Soviet oppose inspection controls at disarmament talks
In Geneva the Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko rejected any verification or inspection system for a nuclear disarmament treaty. He told British foreign secretary Lord Home the West cannot use verification as a cloak for espionage, dampening hopes for a test ban accord as the 17 nation conference opens. Side talks on Berlin continued as aides worked on verification issues amid stiffer Soviet stance.
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Kennedy
U.S
Gromyko
Lord Home
Home
Berlin
Gremikov
Homer
Kennedy Signs Temporary Debt Ceiling Increase Bill
President Kennedy signed a bill raising the national debt limit to 200 billion dollars, a temporary increase through June 30. The administration plans another temporary 8 billion dollar rise and projects a 7 billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year with a peak debt near 299.2 billion by June 1.
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Kennedy
Congress
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Treasury
Douglas Dilson
Erderly ‘Freishy
Dillon
Teenager: An Adolescent Irked by Disobedient Parents
A light column defines the teen as a young person unsettled by strict rules and parental guidance. It notes typical behavior traits and the friction common in family life during adolescence. The piece uses a playful tone to reflect on teenage mood and social pressures.
Adept Cast Shines In Broadway Drama Advise and Consent
More than 1700 viewers packed the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Tuesday to watch Civic Lubbock present Advise and Consent drawn from Allen Drury’s novel. Chester Morris leads a capable cast as the Senate drama unfolds through nomination maneuvering and political intrigue.
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Jack Sheridan
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Ulps Senate
Huntington
Senate
Martin Pabne
Othe Soames
Chester Morris
Lubbock Firm Awarded Helium Pipeline Contract
The Interior Department awarded R. I. Burton & Co. of Lubbock a 903,993 dollar contract to build a northern leg of a 100 mile helium pipeline in Kansas. Fulton will build about half the mileage from Satanta to Bushton, with Coroninger and King of Pampa chosen for the southern portion.
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Washendivton
Interior Department
Diesday
R. i. Burton &Co
Lubbock
Kansas
Laabbink
Wilh Carey
Irany Bushton
Wan
Cliffside
Amirillo
Bureau of Mines
Fulton
Satanta
Kan
Bushton
Pampa Company
Coroninger and King
Lincoln Plea Rejected Amid Lincoln County Case
A fragmented report indicates a plea denial connected to Lincoln County matters involving Kenneth Way and an associated case in Fort Sumner. The notes reference delays, a death related to a ride attempt, and district court proceedings impacting local defendants.
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Kenneth Way
Avalanche Journal
Foneummer
Billys
Wid
Lincoln County
Veterans and officers named in Cotton Merchants Exchange updates
Article fragment lists Adolph Translik as past president and Faron Editor as head of the Dudiback Cy phap Exchange with other officers named. It mentions meetings, hearings, and a planned page continuation with further details and photos on Page 10.
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Avalanche Journal
Faron
Tis
Mess Wars
Hepe
Pueseay
Dudiback Cyphap Exchange
Adolph Translik
Three Die in West Texas Highway Crash Near Lubbock
A two-vehicle collision two miles west of Lubbock on U.S. Highway 84 Tuesday night killed three members of a Littlefield family and a Sudanese man. The Hulse family occupants died at the scene and Methodist Hospital. The other driver, Eth Williams, died en route. Investigators described abrupt swerves to avoid head on collision and noted extensive vehicle damage.
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Louis A. Bowdre
Battleswide
Okla
DeBaca County
Fort Sumner
N.M
Bills the Kid
Tony O'Folliard Chicken
Bowdret
Charlie Bowdre
Mear Bert Sumner
Bowdre
Wass
Billy the Kid
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
U.S. Hwy
Littlefield
South Plains
Methodist Hospital
Air
J.C. Hulse
Hulse
Willams
Littlefeld
So 15
Punt
Kenneth Walters
Ehilie
Littefield
Williams
Thulse
Eine
Walters
Halse
Clothine
Vietinas
Jima
Abede
Gael Gust
bLafuedd Hoeyers
Pamdhiers
Armbulance
Sheave Freing L . Hulse Jr
Beft
Bonearold Seno
Aeiath
Stat Photnr
Missing hitchhiker and child vanish in Amarillo area
A young hitchhiker known only as Carol and the Henderson family's 3-year-old daughter Sharon disappeared Tuesday night near Amarillo. A statewide lookout for the 19 year old and the child was issued with roadblocks set up in the Panhandle and Tucumcari. Authorities described Carol as tired and traveling with a green jacket and a bag, while a motorist reported seeing a car and a small child near US Highway 65 on Amarillo's western edge in late day light. Police in Amarillo and neighboring counties pursued leads after a rider said to have picked up Carol prompted a description broadcast by a station.
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Osway
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Con- Way
Henderson
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Voedersen
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