Protests Lead to Mass Arrests in South Unrest
In Tallahassee and other Southern cities police arrested hundreds as protests over race tensions escalated. In Orangeburg students sang and prayed before mass arrests for breach of the peace plus disorderly conduct. 350 plus were released on $10 bonds. Across Georgia and nearby states, Black students faced multiple laws, with 77 jailed for disorderly conduct and property trespass, while two white youths received 30-day terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Orangeburg
Atlanta
Georgia
Columbia
S.C
Sumter
America
Rock Hill
City Hall
Richmond
Claflin College
Dan Becker
State Law Enforcement Division
Memorial Plaza
Midtown
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
H. P. Sharper
Florence
Spelling Bee Winners Named In Atkins District
Casey Charness Linda Williams and a long list of seventh and sixth graders from Atkins and surrounding schools earned blue ribbons and pens from The Lubbock Avalanche Journal as school spelling bee champions. Judges included Nell Marie Wiley and others. The event lasted about 1 hour 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Charness
Linda Williams
Atkins School
Dean Williams
Charles Wall
Allen T. Stewart School
H. F. Wall
45Th St
Margaret Cobb
Bayless School
Woodrow Cobb
54Th St
Elaine Tipton
Southeast Elementary
W. F. Tipton
King
Charles Nash
Rush School
C. H. Nash
22Nd St
Jimmy Wright
Bean School
C. L. Wright
John Wolford
Stubbs School
J. L. Wolford
Diane Naylor
Thompson Junior High
K. D. Naylor
E. 2Nd St
Linda James
Wolfforth School
A. L. James
Cornell St
Linda Joy Cook
Armett School
W. E. Cook
Purdue
Beverly Sayles
Matthews School
C. R. Sayles
Jarvis
Janice Flinn
Smylie Wilson School
T. J. Flinn
27Th St
Connie
Anna Lee Salyars
Overton School
A. W. Salyars
Linda Dunagan
Hodges School
S. C. Dunagan
Ave. D
Phyllis Minton
Wheelock School
John L. Minton
47Th St
Dolores Asbill
Posey School
E. A. Asbill
Becky Callaway
Dupre School
J. K. Callaway
Denise Humphries
Slaton Junior High School
D. D. Humphries
32Nd St
Elaine Keown
Harwell School
David Keown
Ave. C
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Carl Bailey
Atkins Junior High School
Nell Marie Wiley
Monterey High School
Dorothy Lomax
Reudy Rhodes
Trula Maud Jetton
Wheelock
Adoption Stalemate Ends as New Jersey Board Allows Gifted Girl to Stay with Combs
After a two year battle marked by nationwide publicity and a high IQ of 138, New Jersey's Child Welfare Board reverses earlier removal to permit Mr and Mrs Combs to adopt Alice Marie if they wish. The case drew letters from around the world and highlighted tension between media coverage and child welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Marie
Combs
New Jersey
Eugene T. Urbaniak
Superior Court
Local Birth Announcements From Lubbock Area Hospitals
A series of birth notices lists new daughters and sons born to families across Lubbock area addresses. Parents include Domingo Salazar Watson Bakery Supply Co Ollie Lee Johnson Blue Flame Cafe Frank Ste Muillin a farmer Kenneth Rhodes Avalanche Journal reporter Joe H Reeves Texas Tech student and others. Hospital births span Lauf Clinic Porter and West Texas Hospital with weights from 5 pounds 10 ounces to 9 pounds 7 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domingo Salazar
N. Ave. O
Lauf Clinic
Watson Bakery Supply Co
Ollie Lee Johnson
Locust Ave
Lauf Cline
Blue Flame Cafe
Frank Ste Muillin
Lubbock
Porter Clinic Hospital
Kenneth Rhodes
San Jose
West Texas Hospital
The
Avalanche Journal
Joe H. Reeves
Lith
Methodist Hospital
Texas Tech
Avalanche-Journal
James Frank Potts
K. Baylor St
Truck Fire Damages Bed and Tires at City Dump
Fire damaged the bed and rear tires of a Plains Co op Oil Mill truck used to dump trash at the city dump on Tuesday. A sanitation truck near 2420 39th St caught fire a few minutes earlier. both blazes confined to trash with unknown causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains Coop Oil Mill
Ave. A
39Th St
New Deal Seniors Present Night of Jan 16 Play
The New Deal Senior Class stages its annual production The Night of Jan 16 at 7 30 p m in the high school gym. Proceeds support class expenses for a year end trip to New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
New Orleans
Wrecks At Site Leave Several Fatalities In Littlefield
A freight crash near Littlefield leaves a contractor and a woman dead, with the cab ripped from the frame and dragged along the tracks. The 52 car freight bound for Slaton rammed a pickup, dragging parts a half mile or more. Investigators noted this as the first fatalities of the year at the crossing and said a survivor, a son named Billy, was identified by attendants. Information on the family remained unavailable from the funeral home.
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Littlefield
Slaton
Billy
Bovina
Charles Lovelace
Palmer County
Santa Fe
Clathorn Funeral Home
Friona
Roy Bechtold
Amarillo
R. L. Johnston
Clovis
Snow Storms Raze Midwest and Kansas City Faces Fatalities
A sweeping midwest snow storm drifts through Kansas Missouri and Iowa leaving up to 20 inches in some areas and seven inches in Kansas City with wind gusts up to 30 mph. The crash death toll rises with at least six traffic fatalities blamed on the weather as schools offices and factories close across the region.
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Laredo
Amarillo
Midwest
Central Plains
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas City
Ottawa
Kan
Alabama
Colorado
New Wing Planned for Stadium School Additions
Plans call for a two story addition west of the current building totaling 36 735 square feet with an estimated cost of 421 000 The project includes expanded laboratories shops and special classrooms and enlarged gym facilities The bid date for a separate training center for developmentally disabled children was set for 4 pm March 22 in the Tom S Lubbock High School cafeteria
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Page One
Tom S. Lubbock High School
Ave
Naval Official In Study Of Recruiting In Lubbock
Lt. Jim Hessman of the Navy Reserve visited Texas Tech campus to study recruiting issues with 17 local Navy Reserve public relations officers. The board found existing facilities in Mackenzie Terrace adequate for a proposed grade school. A letter opposing the operation and future plans for the school system was read, with several district officials listed as present.
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Tahoka Highway
Lubbock
DAR
Supt
Nat Williams
Williams
PTA
Lou Stubbs
34Th Street
U.S. Treasury
Chapman Field
Monterey High Field
Jim Hessman
Eighth District Reserve
New Orleans
Hessman
Navy Reserve
Texas Tech
Jan Jennings
Mackenzie Terrace
C. W. Pond
48Th St
Russell Wilkinson
James H. Whiteside
J. E. Blakey Jr
John Christmann
Mark Hailey
James M. Reynolds
A. W. iRckert
Ross Wimbish
Ishmael iHill
Eisenhower Adenauer pledge Berlin freedom and unity drive
President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer promised West Berliners the right to decide their future in freedom. They urged a united West and East Germany and planned a cautious approach for May summit talks, with no concessions on Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scali
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
West
East Germany
Adenauer
White House
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
West Germany
Berlin
Germany
Zoning Board Postpones Western Lubbock Shopping Center Hearings
The City Planning and Zoning Commission postponed four public hearings and a decision on a western Lubbock shopping center after only four of nine members attended. The next session is set for April 7 with a recommen dation to be issued then. Attendees at Tuesday night included Pierce Zachary Clark and Wilson. absent were Griffith Roberts Bass McWilliams Urbanovsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Lubbock
City Hall
Bob Burr
Commission
Western Lubbock
West Lubbock
19Th St
Slide Rd
L. G. Pierce Jr
Pierce
Rogstar Zachary
J. C. Clark
George Wilson
Harold Griffith
H. N. Roberts
Roy Bass
R. R. McWilliams
Elo Urbanovsky
House Rejects Voting Referee Substitute in Civil Rights Debate
In Washington the House first adopted then killed a Democratic substitute for the Eisenhower administration voting referee plan in civil rights legislation. The move featured lively parliamentary maneuvering led largely by Southern members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Hennings
Judiciary Committee
Recital by Evelyn McGarrity Draws 175 at West Texas Museum
Evelyn McGarrity soprano of Texas Tech faculty presented a faculty recital before a capacity crowd of 175 at the West Texas Museum auditorium. Keith McCarty assisted on clarinet as Brahms Chausson and Mozart pieces showcased her refined range and control. Charles Lawrie accompanied, delivering strong support as Tech Opera Theater director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech Music Department
Evelyn McGarrity
West Texas Museum
Project Okayed At Country Club
Lubbock Country Club stockholders approved an expansion plan totaling 500000 dollars for the 13 year old clubhouse. The spokesman said construction should finish within two years and financing details and start date will be set in the next order of business. None of the funds will be spent on the golf course or other property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Country Club
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South
J. R. Rhodes
South Carolina Agricultural & Mechanical College
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Sumter and
Rock Ill
Evelyn Pugh
Dallas
Roy Anthony
Duke Sr
Porter Clnic Hospital
Alvis Griffin
38Th St
John Weldon Sommerville
Shalewater
Standay
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Bell Dairy
Ronald Bruce Campbell
Lovington
N.M
Wayside Gin Co
George F. Rainey
Shallowater
Taylor Hospital
J. C. Cathey
O’donnell
C. J. Scoggins
23Rd St
Moss Gordin Lint Cleaner Co
Lubbock Public Schools
Montana
Naval Official
Ike, Adenauer
Adennauer
Lawmen’s Auxiliary
Police and Sheriff Auxiliary
Citizen’s National Bank
Jesse Torrez
Henry Smith
James Rowland
Charlie Lewis
Dwight Parker
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Smith
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Eddie Brown
Dolores Mouietides
Na Lee Salyars
Linda Dunape
Taine Keown
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