Midwest Blasted By Winds
A spring storm blasted the eastern half of the nation with heavy snow and hurricane-force winds. Indiana reported gusts to 51 mph, Ohio 52 mph, Illinois 66 mph, and Michigan 77 mph as blizzards closed hundreds of schools and blocked roads. Deaths reached at least seven, with incidents across several states and record snowfall in Pittsburgh.
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Upper Peninsula
Flint
Muskegon
Grand Haven
West Virginia
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Lewistown
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Hooded bandits moved to Huntsville prison in mass transfer
Three airmen known as the hooded bandits were moved from Lubbock County jail to the Huntsville state penitentiary joining eight prisoners sent Tuesday. Cecil Clyde Williams Paul C Hartman and Roger Franklin Lindblad all 21 to 22 years old were sentenced to 25 years for robbery by assault. An attempted jail break a week earlier was linked to two of the trio when they used a sawn bar to attack staff on the jail’s fourth floor.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Huntsville
Cecil Clyde Williams
Paul C. Hartman
Roger Franklin Lindblad
J. A. Avery
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Grady Harrist
A. L. Nelson
Williams
Burglary suspects tied to Peters burg incident in Lubbock arrest
In Peters burg two burglary suspects were linked to a prior late night incident after Hale County Deputy Sheriff C L Dyer reported the confession of Vernon Marshall Jett formerly of Houston. Joe Earl Bailey and George Flannagan both of Lubbock were arrested after an Abernathy watchman provided the license plate.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lainview
Petersburg
Troue
Hale County
Sherif C. L. Dyer
Lubbock
Custom
Dyer
Vernon Marshall Jett
Houston
Jett
Joe Earl Bailey
George Flannagan
34Th St
Abernathy
See
Train Slices Bus at Crossing Kills Six Children
A freight train collided with a school bus at a grade crossing near Camden Alabama, cutting the bus in half and killing six Black students. Fourteen more were injured, with driver David Jackson 18 reporting brakes failed. Steen escaped with a minor thumb injury.
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Here
David Jackson
Steen
Nine Marines Rescued After Drifting Offshore Formosa
Nine U S Marines, part of Operation Blue Star, were rescued from a rubber boat by a Japanese fishing vessel after drifting about 15 miles south of Formosa. A Japanese official declined to state their condition.
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UPI
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Maritime Safety Board
Giant Parade Opens ABC Rodeo in Lubbock Tonight
Cowboys from around the region descend on Municipal Coliseum for four rodeo performances opening at 8 p.m. today. A 4 p.m. downtown parade features 1000 participants, bands, horsemen, sheriff posses, antique cars, and Tech ROTC units, with world champions and riders from the Rodeo World Series noted as entrants. Jim Shoulders may miss the event due to facial surgery after a recent injury.
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Cassville
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del Rio
Harry Charters
Melba
Idaho
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Ft. Pierre
S.D
Jim Shoulders
Henryetta
Okla
Houston
Gery
Sheriff's
Texas Tech Rotc
Mass Grave Unearthed After Indiana Air Crash
Crews unearthed 63 bodies from a crater in a muddy Indiana farm field near the Ohio River after the Northwest Orient Electra crash. Local officials debated whether to remove or bury the remains as memorial services were planned in Tell City.
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Tell City
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Fort Knox
Raymond Maul
Leopold
Arthur Neuman
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Washington
Harold S. Zeis
Women leaders urge economic equality and thrift
Mrs. Priest tells Seventh District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs delegates that women near economic equality with men may come this century. She warns against inflation via an unbalanced budget and urges thrift as a cornerstone of national strength.
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Ivy Baker Priest
First Methodist
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
A. T. Cocanougher
Joseph M. Perkins
Eastland
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Margaret Turner
Avalanche-Journal
United States
First Methodist Church
Memorial Hall
Air Force Ends KP Duty For Enlisted Men
The Army and Air Force authorize hiring civilian mess attendants to reduce KP. Navy and Marine Corps do not plan changes. Army allows contractors or direct hires while keeping enlisted cooks and bakers. Civilians hired so far at Ft Sill and Ft Bliss.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Toll rises as police fire on mobs in South Africa
Rioting over pass laws leads to at least 67 Negro deaths and 182 wounded, with police fire drawing international criticism. London protests and Washington’s deplora tion follow as authorities consider a commission to probe unrest and underlying causes.
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South Africa
London
Union of South Africa
Trafalgar Square
London Stock Exchange
Washington
United States
Lincoln White
State Department
Cape Town
Sharpeville
Johannesburg
Langa
Aging: The Struggle to Stay Young in a Busy World
A concise column discusses aging as a gradual process intensified by the demand to remain youthful. Observations address the social and personal pressures, with practical notes on managing health, attitude, and daily routines for readers facing midlife changes.
Seminole Boy's Barrow Tops at Southwest Junior Show
Danny Barousett, 11, Seminole 4H Club, won grand champion fat barrow in the 27th South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show at Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds with a Poland China. Marcheta Wood exhibited reserve grand champion, as 626 animals were judged by Stanley Anderson. An estimated 3,000 spectators watched the event, which ends today with the sale of prize winners starting at 10 a.m.
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Avalanche-Journal
Danny Barousett
Poland
China
South Plains
Marcheta Wood
O'Donnell
Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds
Barrow
Stanley Anderson
Texas Tech Animal Hus
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Fairgrounds
Lubbock Livestock Auction Commission Co
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Scott Barousett
Paul Gross
Seminole
Gaines County
Gross
House approves voting referee section of civil rights bill
The House backed the administrations voting referee plan by 199 to 104 as it moved toward final passage. Referees to be appointed by federal judges would oversee registration and voting in areas with documented discrimination. The vote noted no poll tax ban. Celler sought it but was ruled out of order. The Senate may act to bypass its committee and pass the bill.
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J. W. Davis Ashington
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Celler
Walter
Weather Map Page 5 A Lubbock Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with a cooler day. Low 35 at dawn, high 65 with light to moderate northeasterly winds. Southwest weather notes show 24 hour precipitation and high low temperatures across Abilene Paso Roswell Denver and Dallas regions.
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