April Weather on the South Plains Shows Cooler, Dustier Conditions
Lubbock and the South Plains saw cooler and drier April weather with increased blowing dust. Lubbock logged 35 dust hours, wind gusts hit 52 mph, and average winds reached 13.2 mph. Lubbock's low was 19.5 and Big Spring and Hereford posted the warmest and coolest nights respectively. Rainfall remained below normal across most stations, with Aspermont and Littlefield reporting the only inches above normal in parts. The sun shone 235 hours and visibility dropped to a quarter mile on several dates.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Big Spring
Hereford
Lamesa
Littlefield
Tulsa
Aspermont
Seminole
Howard
Palmer
Area Residents Enter Service Amid Enlistments
Plains residents join U S Air Force with seven area enlistees and Maria Zuniga 20 of Seminole enlisting for four years and training at Lackland AFB Texas. The group includes Terry Qualls Geronimo Romo Jr Dennis W Box William L Hipp Kenneth P Grundy and Samuel T Cryton all headed to basic training at Lackland AFB
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South
Plains
U.S. Air Force
E- 8Th St
Lowell High School
Lowell
Ind
Kenneth P. Grundy
Ave. X
James Grundy
Denver
Colo
Texas Tech University
Samuel T. Cryton
Joe Henderson
Littlefield
Seven Students Named for Dietetic Internships at Top Hospitals
Seven Texas Tech College of Home Economics seniors have been chosen for U.S. dietetic internships. Appointees and placements include Julien Anderson Odessa to St Paul Ramsey Hospital Medical Center Minnesota Gail Carter Abilene to Touro Infirmary New Orleans Gwendolyn Flache Brownfield to Institute Food Research and Services Program University Park Pennsylvania Karen Hitchcock Amarillo to University of Oregon Medical School Portland Jessica Jones Lubbock to Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis Jean Pharr Lubbock to Duke University Medical Center and Kimberly Ridlehuber Pharr to Brigham Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston
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Texas Tech
College of Home Economics
U.S
S. P. Yang
Department of Food and Nutrition
I Julien Anderson
Odessa
Paul Ramsey Hospital and Medical Center
St. Paul
Harvard ‘Pteaical School
Boston
Mass
4-H Contests Planned at Tech for District Meet
About 500 4-H club members from 20 South Plains counties compete today in the District 2 elimination contests at Texas Tech. Events begin 9:30 a.m. and winners are named at 12 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium. Senior division requires 14 or older. 28 demonstrations and contests span civil defense to public speaking and rifle shooting with state qualifyers for June at Texas A&M.
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South Plains
Texas Tech
Billy C. Gunter
Aubrey Russell
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Municipal Auditorium
Texas A&m
May Day Parades Mark Worldwide Communist Celebrations
East Berlin unveiled a display of arms while Brezhnev in Red Square urged peace. Prague saw a muted crowd in snow as Husak spoke at Wenceslas Square. West Berlin held a union rally as Brandt pressed for normalized German relations.
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Associated Press
East Berlin
Moscow
Prague
Communist Party
Wenceslas Square
Gustav Husak
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
United States
Cambodia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Red Square
Brezhnev
Vietnam
Jnew
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Walter Ulbricht
Marnx-Engels
Willy Brandt
Germany
Brandt
Dortmund
Ruhr
John F. Kennedy Square
West Berlin
City Hall
Klaus, Schuetz
Georg Leber
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U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Plurrles
Gulf
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Big Spring Sete Waleeraly
Crosbyton
Red
Kuching
Sarawak
UPD
Atma Haournal
Tuubbock Avalanche Journal
Bakk
Pebagavergs
Tech
New Felt
Neukoelin
Tempelhof Airport
Social Democratic Party
Czechoslovakia
Alexander
Dubeck
Dubcek
Court OF Criminal Appeals
Earl W. Smith
Rod Parkinson
Monterey
Reddy
Thurs
Plainview
Woman's Club
6Th & Joliet
E ‘ Tae
Robert Porter
Porter
Commissioners Court
Pol. Pol. Adv
Mom
Indiana
Winchester Square
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