Weather Woes Persist Across Texas With Flooding
A stalled storm system drenched Texas causing Trinity River floods six feet above flood stage in the Dallas Fort Worth metro area. Irving and Grand Prairie residents evacuated as 250 families left their homes while North Dallas and White Rock Lake areas began returning indoors as waters receded. Tornadoes accompanied the system, extending a week of severe weather across the state.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Trinity River
Trinity
Irving-Grand Prairie
Dallas
Fort Worth
White Rock Lake
Texas
Cold weather drains Texas rains and floods widely
Heavy rain, hail, and tornado sightings spread across West Texas and the Panhandle as a frontal system swept through. Temperatures fell from 65 to 45 in Lubbock area, with Dallas Fort Worth and Denton reporting floods, rising rivers, and a disaster declaration for Dallas. Lingering moisture intensified over lakes and roads, closing bridges and prompting emergency measures.
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Bureau Station
Lubbock Municipal
South Plains
Post
O'Donnell
Lynn County
Crosbyton
Matador
Paducah
Tohoka
Tahoka
Plis
Lake Thomas
Lake J. B
Lubbock
K . Clapp Park
Mackenzi Park
Panhandle
CooVer
Childress
Amarillo
Clarendon
Shamrock
Pampa
Dalhart
Lardee
Amoun Abernathy
Andrews Brownfield
Denver City
Dickens Dimmitt Hale Center
Hereford Jayton
Lamesa Levell
Littlefield Lubbock
Muleshoe
Olton
Oak Creek Lake
Blackwell
Texas
Big Spring
Henderson
Dallas-Fort Worth
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dallas
Small Business Administration
Birth Announcement for Multiple Newborns in Texas
In Methodist Hospital and West Texas Hospital births were registered, noting a farmer father and several families including Mr and Mrs Wayne Marit and Mr and Mrs Sherwows Martiniate Hobbs. The reports mention newborns with varied weights around pounds and times, with hospital staff and doctors listed in terse notes.
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Amd
Sherwows Martiniate Hobbs
West Texas Hospital
Anager
Bank Robbery Inn Ended With Duttons Held At Cashion Home
Bandits loaded the Duttons and Mrs Cashion into a car and halted at a truck stop where one gunman telephoned police for directions to Dickens Avenue. They forced the Duttons and carriers inside, then tied them with a sheet and cut phone lines. Cashion later freed himself and called police. The three newspaper carriers were kept at the scene. the money was loaded into about 18 cloth bags.
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T Dutons
Dickens Avenue
Cashion
Duttens
Mrs. Cashion
Rem Dutton
Dutton
Graveside Rites Held For Tony W Berry Infant
Graveside services for Tony Wayne Berry infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Berry of Pecos were held at City of Lubbock Cemetery. The baby was still born in Reeves County Memorial Hospital Pecos on Friday. Survivors include a sister and several brothers Todd paternal grandpar ent Mrs H Berry Lubbock maternal grandpar ents Mr and Mrs J W Bohall Wilson and paternal great grandparents Mr and Mrs Ivey Burleson Anton. The parents formerly lived in Wilson and Lamesa.
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Tony Wayne Berry
Charles
Berry
Pecos
City of Lubbock
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Todd
H. 2
Lubbock
J. W. Bohall
Wilson
Ivey Burleson
Anton
Wilson and
Lamesa
Lubbock Girl Wins Long Bee and Washington Trip
Lubbock selects top spellers in Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee with a champion earning an expense paid trip to Washington DC in June. Finalists from Andrews, Floyd, Crosby, Gaines, Terry, Hale, and many others also win cash, encyclopedias, and plaques.
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Danny Norris
Crosby County
Don Hickson
Avalanche-Journal
R. E. Hickson
Big Spring
Danny
Mike Read
Lubbock
Washington
Odessa
Les Hanson
Washington, D. C
U.S. Capitol
George Mahon
Mt. Jeerson
Dickey
Hicson
Roy Boyd
Lubbock County
Crosby
Lorenzo
Gene Norris
Ralls
Star Route
Webber
Denv Yoakum
Harry Webber
Denver Cit
Scott Meughlin
Big x
Ralph Meughlin
Scott
Brendan Grace
Sally Anderson
Gail
Borden County
Lous
John R. Anderson
Muleshoe Ranch
Judy Mc- Murry
Andrews County
Jane Nelson
Midland
Jack L.” Nelson
Amilogy
Lisa Barringer
Dawson
Ray E. Barringer
Mark” Flippin
Lyon
Welch
Tahoka
Nes
Lincoln Library of
Empire State Building's Owner Recounts Tower's Thrills and Trials
H. Weber, who took over the Empire State Building, reflects on tragedy and triumph from wartime destruction to economic crises. He recalls financing, sales of office space, and the building’s rise from near vacancy to full occupancy, amid market swings and ownership changes through 1961.
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H. Hamilton Weber
Weber
John J. Raskob
Waldorf- Astoria
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Alfred E. Smith
Raskob
Mastan Co
du Pont Inter
Empire State Club
Isl
New Jersey
Westchester
Roger L. Stevens
Lawrence A. Wien
Political campaign turmoil roils Lubbock and New Mexico primaries
Diekemper leads Middleton by 438 votes in Lubbock as campaigns sharpen tax debate and council race. Endorsements and infighting complicate city issues while New Mexico gubernatorial and lieutenant governor primaries draw ties to Lubbock figures. Many county races in Texas and New Mexico regions shape the political week.
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Diekemper
Middleton
Millie Monte
Monte
Sven Diekemper
Dub) Rogers Jr
Mideton
3CD
Rogers
Marvin McLarty Jr
Dickemper
Lubbock
Weber
Pris Maries
Texas
Crawford C. Martin
Franklin Spears
Galloway Calhoun
Syel Moore
Bill Menefee
New Mexico
John Burroughs
Portales
T. Lusk
Carlsbad
Clifford J. Hawley
David F. Cargo
Unor
Fabian Chavez Jr
Jack Jones
College Board closes law school and debates doctoral programs
Ray Burn Bell of Paris Sealy dissents as the College Board moves to close the law school and expand public higher education roles. Sealy warns that doctoral programs are costly and not a measure of prestige, urging focus on efficient resource use and student access. The report also notes political races in Texas including state posts and district contests.
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Sealy
Leverett
Martin Webb
John Connally
Bonham Junior High
Sammie Sauls Lers
Stanley C. Woods
John
Cool Angerbury
Nie Mae Hackworth
Texas Southern
Evans Junior
Lubbock County
Sonya
Cratic
Denzill Bevers
Busin
Reed
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Seagraves
Seminole
Hobbs
Lake
Caddo
Shreveport
Stand Prairie
Lake O
Weather Bureau
Oak Creek
Angelo
Denton
Little Elm
Wise
Big Cypress
Jefferson
Hazleton
Marshall
KYAL
McKinney
Austin
Grands Prairie
Wayne Marit
Sith
Sarin
GE Corpmatinn
Thame Smptiens
Brant
Samuel W. Morrison
Pat Irda
Niamh
Myre Grerge van She Gyn
Ean Bisham
Mausiter
Tospes
Tony W. Berry
Soviets
Syria
Beirut
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Euphrates
Youssef Zayyen
Saturn
Larry Hutchins
Garza
Mchins
Carolyn Wedel
Bailey
James Wedel
Ft. 2
Shirley Gililland
Lamb
Troy Gililland
Amherst
Deborah’ Ford
Gaines
Robert W. Ford
Cathy Rand
Hockley
Dickens
W. A. Ligon
Crosbyton Rt
Roaring Springs
Nrapos
Ricky Delaney
Mitchell
Don Delaney
Colorado City
Avalanche Journalizes
Manhattan
New World Trade Center
McLaughlin
Mary
Bonham
Chess
Margaret Upton
Bryan Boatman
Pearl Bisbee
An Reaee
N. J. Murdock
Delwin Jones
George G. Green
H. B.harvey Griffith
Jim L. Benton Jr
Green
Bo Fa
Al+ zell
D. J
Buzz) Brown
Rieger
Jane Rieger
H.C
Hub) O'Neal
James Roy Williams
H. J. (Doe) Blanchard
College Board
Rayburn Bell
Paris
Susan
Texas Tech
K.N. Clapp
MacKenzie Park
G.N. Samples
Pauline Warner
Empire State Building
Herbert Hoover
Fifth Avenue
Fird
34Th Streets
East River
Brooklyn
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