State unveils $18,000 FM radio station KKB489
The new KKB489 FM station near Lubbock began operations with AM and FM transmitters, a 330 foot tower, four fixed receivers and one variable receiver, enabling wide state coverage and rapid information sharing with police and sheriffs. Fort and Morahan, DPS officials, outlined its capabilities including weather transmissions, air-to-ground service, and links to utilities and taxicabs.
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R. C. Hankins
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock-Slaton Highway
Jayman
Lubbo
Am Fort
Liquor Control Board
Plainview
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Abilene
Electra
Roswell
N.M
Fort and Morahan
Texas
Joe S. Fletcher
Austin
Department of Public Safety
W. N
Bill) Broman
DPS
KKB489
Lamesa
Snyder
Tulsa
Dickens
Houston
Arlington
San Angelo
Tyler
Harlingen
Boerne
Amarillo
Lubbock
Pecos
Fort
Sam Ford
L. E. Morahan
Lubbock-Slaton
Buffalo Lakes
Frank Whitsitt
Army Chief of Staff Sees Jeeps Replacing Army Mules
Gen. J. Lawton Collins testified to the Senate that the Army will keep veterinary corps to inspect meats but mules are finished as the machine age advances. He said a 300 pound block requires 44 hours to freeze, highlighting how Jeeps and bulldozers outperform mules.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Senate Armed Services Committee
Apaut
Local Briefs Highlight Community Happenings and Obits
Mrs Dixie Lowe visited her ailing father J W Foster in Charleston West Virginia following a major operation. Floydada teen Floyd Davis died from injuries after a fall and will be buried today. Gideons breakfast and prayer service set at Hilton hotel. Alvin Garling of Lubbock among 1950 Oklahoma A&M graduates invited to Phi Kappa Phi. Cub Scout Pack 201 meets Tuesday at First Presbyterian church. Reunion for Hanks Normal alumni set for June 8 in Gorman High gym. Chicken dinner served at $1 per plate by Peart Powers Duncan office.
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Dixie Lowe
Charleston
W. Va
J W. Foster
Lubbock Gideons
Hilton Hotel
Oscar Wells
China
Gideons International
Alvin Richard Garling
Lubbock
Oklahoma A& M College
A&m
Phi Kappa Phi
Garling
Elv. Garling
Hanks Normal College of
Gorman
Peart Powers Duncan
Grigsby Named Chief Agent at Lubbock Santa Fe Division
A. H. Grigsby has been appointed chief agent at the Lubbock division of the Santa Fe Railway, announced by H. C. Pumphrey. He began in Santa Fe service in Plainview as a freight handler, rose to foreman, and was promoted to agent at Vaughn. He is 41, married, with two children, and lives at the 310 Thirtieth street area near Springs, Colorado.
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A. H. Grigsby
Lubbock
Santa Fe Nulroad
H.C. Pumphreys
J. Tyler
Vaughn
M. Grigsby
Santa Fe
Plainview
Grigsby
Floyd County Official Fred W Clark Dies at 63
FLOYDADA May 27 Special Funeral services for Fred Nathan Clark 63 year old Floyd county commissioner who died suddenly of a heart attack about 10 p m Friday will be held at 4 p m today in First Baptist church Burial will be in Floydada cemetery Harmon funeral home directed Clark a native of Cleburne came here from Oklahoma in All was Floyd county sheriff 1937 to 1943 serving his fourth year as commissioner of precinct No 1 Survivors include wife Cynthia a son Alfred B of Cone his mother Mrs G C Clark of Mianreed two grandchildren and a brother B L Clark of Oklahoma City Pallbearers were Faye Hart Hugh Counts W C Plumlee G C Tubbs Walter Hollums and H B Alexander
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Floydada
Fred
Cynthia
Alfred B
Cone
G. C.clark
Mlanreed
B. L. Clark
Oklahoma City
Faye Hart
Hugh Counts
W. C. Plumlee
G C. Tubbs
Walter Hollums
H. B. Alexander
Suicide Attempt Gender Gap Revealed in Statistical Figures
New figures indicate a sharp gender disparity in self harm as women jump from buildings and bridges at a rate about 90 percent higher than men. The data highlight a troubling trend in suicide methods across genders.
Two Murder Cases Set For Trial Here
Two murder cases are slated for trial this week in Judge G V Par dues 99th district court. A jury panel reports Monday morning. One case involves John Dayton Ritter 43 of Lubbock and Oklahoma City and the December 17 pistol slaying of Robert Stotts Spence 24 Morton gas station dealer. Ritter previously had a mistrial. The other defendant Manuel Benavidez 55 faces the October 15 slaying of Alonzo Perales. Both waived special venires.
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G. V. Pardue
99Th District Court
John Dayton Ritter
Lubbock
Oklahoma City
Ritter
Robert Stotts Spence
Morton
Manuel Benavidez
Alonzo Perales
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Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
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Ann
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Perryton
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