Convicts Seize 16 Hostages at Tennessee Penitentiary
Two armed inmates held 16 people hostage inside the Tennessee Penitentiary in Nashville including 12 civilians and four guards. Corrections officials said the prisoners demanded freedom a car and two hostages to accompany them. Authorities refused concessions and sought a peaceful resolution while threats of wholesale murder were made. A priest and prison staff urged release but to no avail.
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Avalanche-Journal
Ashville
Tenn
Keith Hampton
Tennessee
Hampton
Road plans authorized for five South Plains highway projects
The Texas Highway Commission authorized preparation of plans for five South Plains highway projects in the 1961 62 advance planning consolidated program for District Five. C L Crain district engineer said the 33 miles of work will cost about 3 215 000 with contracts likely awarded late summer or early fall after right of way is provided. The package includes two Lub bock County improvements notably Loop 289 phase two and widening 19th Street.
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South Plains
Texas Highway Commission
District Five
C. L. Crain
Highway Department
Crain
Lubbock County
Lubbock
19Th Street
Cowboys parade opens annual ABC Boys Club event
Cowboys came in all sizes as the ABC Boys Club parade and rodeo began. Jack Waggoner aged 5 Steve Wyatt aged 5 and Monte Williams aged 3 watched the horses as hundreds of spectators filled the scene on 32nd and 25th Streets.
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ABC Boys Club
Jack Waggoner
Steve Wyatt
Monte Williams
Record $2.06 High Per Pound for Grand Champion Steer
At the South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show in Lubbock the grand champion Angus sold for a record $2.06 per pound, highest ever for the event. Rudolph Baumgardner, 16, Plainview 4-H, watched as bids climbed from $1 to the final total of $1,959.06 for the 951 pound steer. The sale was led by Supreme Beef Co. and Lewter Grain Co. as veterans noted the milestone.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Bef
Lubbock
South Plains
Supreme Beef Co
Lewter Grain Co
Rudolph Baumgardner
Plainview
Rodeo Opens in Lubbock as Many Injured in Start
The ABC Rodeo opened in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum drawing 4500 fans with several injuries. Pampa rider Buster Ivory suffered rib and shoulder injuries from a fall but is not in serious condition. Jim Shoulders failed to stay aboard a bull and will take a re-ride later. Benny Reynolds won bareback with 180 to 175 over Humry Williams. Jim Bob Altizer won calf rope and tied his calf. The rodeo continues through Saturday night.
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Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Buster Ivory
Pampa
Rious
Methodist Hospital
Jim Miller
Stock
Shoulders
Jim Shoulders
Henryetta
Okla
Houston
Benny Reynolds
Melrose
Mont
Khrushchev Pushes for German Peace Pact in Paris
Premier Khrushchev urged France to back a Germany peace treaty during a banquet at the Elysee Palace. He pressed for recognition of East Germany as independent and West Berlin as an open city, while warning of German recourse to disarmament and nuclear testing issues.
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Preston Grover Aris
Nikita Khrushchev
France
Charles de Gaulle
West
Germany
Khrushchev
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
Paris
West Germany
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Far Above Estimate Board Balks At Bids For Special School
Dorrance Guy reports that the Lubbock Independent School District trustees balked at bids on the proposed Special School at 42nd and Ave L and ordered a conference with architects Butler Kimmel Co, the contractor with the lowest bid H A Padgett, and district officials. The project estimate was 538,800 but the lowest bid reached 587,115, nearly 34 above the estimate. The building would be 4,884 square feet, costing about 18 per square foot, with air conditioning a major expense as the plan called for refrigerated cooling but only five tons were deemed necessary. Bids submitted include J D Bell 98,363 H R Bundock 93,240 J R Givens and Son 87,900 Knox and Gailey 96,600 and Carl Maxey 92,823. The board scheduled a conference to see if costs can be reduced.
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Dorrance Guy
Avalanche-Journal
Prustees
Lubbock Independent School District
42Nd
Ave. L
Butler-Kimmel Co
Lubbock
H. A. Padgett
J. D. Bell
H. R. Bundock
J. R. Givens and Son
Knox and Gailey
Carl Maxey
May Lose Job Old Crime Now Haunts Devoted Chief Of Police
John Whipple of Templeton Massachusetts, lifelong public servant and police chief, faces indefinite suspension pending investigation of undisclosed charges. A felony conviction from age 17 in New Hampshire for attempting to rob a grocery store may bar him from service under a town law. Supporters consider seeking a gubernatorial pardon to clear the record.
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United Press International
Templeton
Mass
John Whipple
Massachusetts
Whipple
Selectmen
Rindge
N.H
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Light Showers Forecast for South Plains Area
Light showers are forecast for the South Plains as a cooler air mass moves in from the north. Cloudiness today will keep temperatures cooler than recent days with a low near 40 and a high around 60. The unsettled pattern spans West Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma as a light cool front moves south.
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South Plains
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Lamesa Man Killed in Shootout with Police
A 39-year-old Lamesa man, James Thomas Anthony, was shot and killed after firing a shotgun at officers who responded to a disturbance call. Patrolman James Montgomery and Officer James Smoot returned fire, Anthony dying at Medical Arts Hospital. His 18-year-old son faces aggravated assault charges.
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Avalanche Journal
Amesa
Lamesa
James Thomas Anthony
Samesa
Anthony
James Montgomery
H. Morris Zimmerman
Montgomery
Zimmerman
James Smoot
Medical Arts Hospital
J. L. Anthony
Lamesa City
Dawson County
Justice of the Peace
Earl Goen
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Spelling Champs Highlighted In Page 1 Brief
A feature on spelling champions appears on Page 1 under the titles Spelling Champs. The piece notes student competitors, judging, and school involvement with emphasis on learnings and community support.
Estranged wife testifies on protection payoffs by Amarillo gambler
Mrs Golda Marie Davis told Texas lawmakers her husband Lester L Davis paid weekly protection sums to Potter County deputies for raid warnings and other favors. She named Curtis Travis and Dick Bufkin among officers involved and said total protection money reached about 500 dollars weekly over four to five years.
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Finis
Marillo
Amarillo
Potter County
Golda Marie Davis
Lester L. Davis
Texas House
Inves
Davis
Curtis Travis
Paul Gaither
C. R
Dick) Bufkin
Woody Riner
Gaither
Atty
Wayne Bagley
Archer T. Branch Jr
Branch
Dist. Atty
Bagley
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Probers
Franklin P. Adams Dies at 78 Noted Humorist and Columnist
Franklin P. Adams renowned for the Conning Tower column in major New York newspapers died at 78 from arteriosclerosis. He appeared on Information Please with Kieran and Levant, and his radio and TV stints followed years of fame in Chicago and New York papers. He spent nine years at the Evening Mail before moving to the Tribune and later created The Coming See.
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Associated Press
York
Franklin P. Adams
KF. P. A
New York
Old Tribune
the World
The
Herald-Tribune
the Post
John Kieran
Oscar Levant
Lynwood
W. 102Nd St
Adams
Groucho Marx
Chicago
University of Michigan
Chicago Journal
Old
Evening Mail
Tribune
Lubbock Amarillo Narrow Water Cost Formula Talks
C W Ratliff reports officials from Lubbock and Amarillo met Thursday to agree on a differential rate formula for water from the Canadian River dam project. Lubbock proposed paying 25 percent more than Amarillo on capital costs with equal water shares, while Amarillo had urged paying its dam cost plus 50 percent and shared pipeline costs with equal water split.
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Pens
Amarillo
Lubbock
Weather Map Page 4-D Lubbock Report
Weather map for Lubbock and vicinity shows clouds and mild warmth with a low around 40 and high near 65. Northeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph with scattered showers overnight and in early morning hours. sunrise at 6 47 and sunset later. humidity peaks and patterns listed for several cities including Abilene Houston and Dallas.
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Lubbock
Abilene
Houston
Albuquerque
Okla City
Amarillo
Roswell
Dallas
Wichita ‘F
Idenver Suvve
el Paso
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Mike Isley
Salmon
Idaho
Municipal Coliseum
Reynolds
Jerry Nix
Denver
Colo
Prince Mohammed of
Jordan
Kenneth May
NE Cowboy
ABC
Red Chief
Avalo
xeache-Journal
James T. Anthony
Officer
Spelling Champs
Comic Dictionary
Ordill
Ill
UPI
Olin Mathieson Works
Franklin ”. Adams
Golda Davis
C. W. Ratliff
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