Tornado scare hits Lubbock in second week
A severe weather outbreak raked the South Plains as tornado warnings and funnel clouds moved near Lubbock and surrounding towns. The hub city saw up to 1.75 inches of rain amid hail and flash flooding, with official totals varying by site. Police reported a roar from the storm as streets and intersections were barricaded and the Emergency Operations Center activated. Tornadoes were sighted near Levelland Southland and Lamesa as storms shifted northward. See Tornadoes Page 14.
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Oyear Creek Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
South Plains
KFYO
Nd St
Quaker Ave
West Lubbock
Hook
Weather Bureau
Clovis Road
N. US. 87
Loop 239
City Hall
N. Erskine Road
US. 87
FM 2528
Erskine Highwater
66Th Street
Avenue P
City Tall
Levelland
Southland
Slaton
Lamesa
Panhandle
Dawson County
Sheriff's Office
Tornado Warning Triggers War Memories for Lubbock Woman
Christel Eberts recalls 25 years erased by sirens and destruction during the 11 May tornado in Lubbock as she helped neighbors and searched ruins of her office. She describes the terror of bombs and the instinct to protect her children and seek her mother.
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Avalanche-Journal
Theky
Christel Eberts
Gerald
Hill 35Th St
Yent
Lubbock
Erratic Stock Market Ends Wild Week With Third Consecutive Gain
The Dow Jones average rose 16.29 points to 700.44 on Friday, capping a volatile week. Analysts credited a strong three day rally with reversing earlier losses and boosting investor confidence amid dramatic market swings.
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New York
Wall Street
Eldon Grimm
Walston & Co
Dow
Monte Gordon
Bache & Co
Isi
Richard Scruyss
Goodbody & Co
Robert Johnson
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtus
Bee
Disaster relief fund tops two hundred thousand dollars
The relief drive announced a total of 218000 dollars raised with a 10000 dollar donation presentation. The event accompanied by Memorial Day coverage and national honors for war dead.
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Bec. B
Prayer for Thoughtfulness Denies Gossip
A reader asks Heavenly Father to help deny gossip so they may understand true thoughtfulness in Jesus name. The note ends with Amen.
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Heavenly
Jesus
Memorial Day Observances Across City and Nation
Lubbock and the nation pause to honor war dead with prayers flags and flowers. Special services mark Memorial Day, named Decoration Day in 1868 and later renamed to remember all who died in service. Page 14 notes.
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Grateful Nation
Grand Army of the Republic
Diploma ceremonies defy tornado threat in Lubbock area
Despite a tornado warning three Lubbock high schools held diplomas Friday night with Monterey set for 8 p.m. graduation in Municipal Coliseum. Monterey’s 15th class has 584 seniors, the largest in city high schools. More than 1,800 Lubbock seniors will have diplomas after all seven public high schools finish ceremonies.
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Lubbock
Monterey
Municipal Coliseum
Lubbock High
Dunbar High
Lubbock Christian High
Christian High
Lubbock High School
Dubai
Coronado High
Atkins
Hutchinson
Matthews, Struges
Wilson
Right of Way Purchase for 3rd and 4th Streets Discussed
State and local funds may cover the $1.13 million right of way cost for a proposed 3rd and 4th streets thorofare in Lubbock. Officials met with Gov. Preston Smith and TxDOT engineers to review the plan, including aerials and the suggestion the 6 lane divided road could be built with state paying construction costs.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Highway
Garrett Morris
Lubbock
Austin
State
Preston Smith
J. C. Dingwall
Morris
Texas Highway Department
City Hall
Citty Mgr
Bill Blackwell
Trafffic
Wayne Sherrell
37Th
38Th
Indiana Avenue
Texas ‘Tech
3Rd
4Th Streets
4Th Street
Avenue K
University Avenue
Dunbar Grad's Death Probed In East Texas Lake
The partially clad body of 18 year old Karen Sue McCowan, a Dunbar High School graduate and East Texas State University freshman, was found in Lake Tawakoni near Commerce. Hunt County authorities said foul play was indicated and a suspect was named, with no arrest by nightfall. The case involved a missing report from Wednesday after she failed to show for an end of school party. Officers and Texas Ranger Roy Scott investigated, locating McCowan's relatives in West Tawakoni.
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Avalanche Journal
Commerce
Dunbar High School
Lake Tawakoni
Karen Sue McCowan
East Texas State University
Hunt County Sheriff's Department
Hunt County
R. W
Red) Wood
Texas
Roy Scott
Greenville
West Tawakoni
Cambodian relief force presses to relieve Prey Veng garrison
Reports from Phnom Penh say a relief force and Cambodian troops clash near Prey Veng as the garrison fights under heavy attack. Officials cite street fighting and shifting control of town sections while Communist forces seek a new Mekong supply route. In Berlin a separate incident ends with a man killing his roommate with a wooden leg.
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Associated Press
Prey Veng
Saigon
Phnom
Prey
Veng
Phnom Penh
Dai
West Berlin
Banam
Weather Map Page Forecast for Lubbock Area
Thirty percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms today increasing tonight. Highs today and Sunday in the mid to upper 80s with tonight's low around the mid 50s. Readings show today around 62 with other city figures and regional notes across Abilene Amarillo Chicago Dallas.
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Lubbock
Abilene
Chicago
Dalla
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