Tragedy in Downtown San Jose After Boiler Blast
A boiler explosion rocked a four story downtown San Jose building housing a drug store and a J C Penney department store. Three people died and at least 73 injured as hospitals swamped with victims and emergency crews rushed to the scene.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Jose
Calif
J. C. Penney
Mgr. A
Vernon P. Hinton
San Jose
Armie Straight
Campbell
Penney
Nega
Adio Drug
Bali Volcano Death Toll Rises After Eruption
The Bali Agung volcano near northeast Bali village continues to erupt, raising the official death toll to 1,264 with 64 injured and 75,000 listed as refugees. Officials expect ongoing eruptions for at least two months as more evacuations are ordered within eight to 10 miles of the mountain.
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Karsten Prager Ekasih
Bali
Agung
Five Hurt In Area Mishaps In West Texas Crashes
A 15 year old Alesia Stephens of Lamesa died when a family station wagon overturned after a tire blowout on U S 87 north of O Donnell. Her mother sustained a broken back and poor condition while her father and younger brother were treated and released. A separate Lubbock collision injured a Lovington woman and three children as a tractor trailer struck a station wagon at N Ash Street and Loop 289. Mrs Ramona Brown 26 and her children Shonji Marie Brown 5 Steve Brown 9 Shannon Roland Brown 3 were hospitalized with injuries. Brown was in critical condition and the children were observed and listed in fair condition.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Alesia Stephens
Lamesa
O'Donnell
U.S. 87
Sidney L. Stephens
Medical Arts
Stephens
Hagbase
Hagens
Higginbotham Funeral
South Plains
Lubbock
N. Ash St
County spelling champs rise to 18 with 19th to be named today
The county spelling circuit produced 18 winners with a 19th to be named at 1 30 p m today in the Lubbock County Spelling Bee at O L Slaton Junior High School auditorium Garza Bailey Ector and Crosby counties held contests Friday Lynn had Friday morning finals at Odessa 3400 students participated in Ector County Bee with Billy Feeler 14 winning after spelling innocuous and tambourine He will compete in The Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee April 6 with runner up Jack Alldredge 14 as alternate in Odessa public relations coordinator Durrett was pronouncer The Ector County event was held at KOSA TV Studio
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Opal Dixon Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
O. L. Slaton
Garza
Bailey
Ector
Crosby County
Lynn
Ector County
Odessa
Billy Feeler
Hood Junior High School
Billy
W. J. Feeler Jr
Douglas
Lubbock
Avalanche- Journal
Avalanche-Journal
Jack Alldredge
Hood
R. E B. Durrett Jr
Ector County Independent
Kosatv Studio
el Paso
Lubbock Rodeo Sees Records Fall in Friday Night Action
Sherry Combs of Checotah Oklahoma set a barrel racing record with 14.1 seconds as Lubbock’s Charles Workman and Dick Bryant posted high bronc scores. Ed Workman tied for third in bareback riding and later took second in steer wrestling. Clyde Vampores led bareback with 173 points. Francis Glenewinkel follows Combs in barrel racing.
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NE Arena
Lubbock
Municipal Coliseum
Sherry Combs
Checotah
Okla
Miss Combs
Ed Workman
Workman
Dick Bryant
Loveland
Colo
Clyde Vampores
Lake Charles
John Edwards
Kent
Conn
Mark Schricker
Southerland
Ore
Bussy Kaul
Hereford
Francis Glenewinkel
RODEO
Four Die In Houston Crash Across Road Cable
A car plowed into a steel cable stretched across a northwest Houston road Friday night, killing four members of the Holloway family and injuring a fifth child who remained in critical condition. The deceased were Mr and Mrs Holloway both about 40, their three year old daughter Tammy, and their one year old son. The surviving child Pamela, four, was listed in critical condition.
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Houston
UPD
B. VY. Holloway
Tammy
Holloways
Pamela
Welfare payments to hospitals expanded by city county bodies
The Lub bock City County Welfare Dept will broaden reimbursements for indigent care. Key changes: raise charity room cap to 15 dollars, pay a five dollar emergency room fee, allow arbitration to cover blood transfusions and physical therapy, and extend payments for other services on same basis as paying patients. Also relax family eligibility rules, let arbitration review maternity cases, and begin ICU per day payments of 48 dollars for doctor ordered stays at Methodist Hospital. Formal votes to come later.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Olicies
Lubbock City-County
Court
City Commission
Welfare Board
Methodist, Hospital
Community Planning Council
Three Named To Posts On Texas Tech Board
Gov. John Connally reappointed Harold Hinn and named Roy Furr and Herbert Allen to six year terms on the Texas Tech board. Hinn, Furr, and Allen voiced enthusiasm about guiding Tech's future and serving Panhandle Texas. Allen noted potential cross duties with Rice Institute but said they could be managed.
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Texas Tech
Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Embers
Friday
John Connally
Austin
Harold Hinn
Plainview
Dallas
Roy Furr
Lubbock
Herbert Allen
Houston
Hinn
Harvest Queen Mill and Elevator Co
Tech
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Allen
Board of Governors of
Rice Institute
Rice Board
Rice
Tech Board
Sponger a Dependable Hanger On In Daily Life
A brief venting column defines a sponger as someone who always relies on others. The term is illustrated with a humorous dictionary-style entry noting their constant need for support.
Prayer of Adoration and Thanksgiving
The reader petitions God to grant spiritual fruit after life through Jesus Christ. The prayer references the star guiding to the Christ and seeks continued faith and blessed Godhead realities beyond death.
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God
Jesus Christ
Salinger Defends Press Against News Management Claims
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger accused editors of publishing untrue or slanted stories while defending overall fair coverage. He urged a study to determine if news is managed in the public interest and cited lapses from the Billie Sol Estes case to reports of Soviet overflights.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Ashington
White House
Pierre Salinger
Billie Sol Estes
United States
National Press Club
Salinger
Charles Salinger
San Francisco Chronicle
House
House Government Information Subcommittee
Arthur Sylvester
Sylvester
Kennedy
Washington
Weather Map Page 8-B Lubbock Area Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy and windy in Lubbock and vicinity with highs near 75 and lows around 40. Southerly winds 25 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Humidity highs 89 percent and lows around 23 percent. Sunset around 7 01 p m.
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Lubbock
Denver
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Highway Department
Aubra M. DeShazo
Homer Hazel
Clovis Road
J C. Penney
O’connor Hospital
Linda Rit
California
U.S
Gillis Long
New Orleans
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Champ
Mark
Charles Cullin
Farr, Allen, Him
Furr
Farr's Inc
St. Louis
Cameron Iron Works
News Management
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