Tech Board Approves 3.364 Million for Campus Buildings
Texas Techs board of directors okayed contracts totaling 3 364 509 for four new buildings and utility extensions on campus plus plans for a 1 million dollar Student Union expansion. Awards include a 1 902 521 95 bid package for a new five story library and a general contract of 1 258 000 to J M Odom Austin.
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Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
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Univ
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J. M. Odom
Austin
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Lubbock
John C. Pickett
Roche Newton Co
Hunter-Hayey Elevator Co
Flights To Trigger Rockets West Told
State leaders weighed a warning by Soviet Marshal Malinovsky that Russia would attack any base from which a foreign aircraft takes off to violate Soviet air space. Republicans Aiken and Mansfield doubted and warned of a broader Kremlin power shift. Diplomats noted Khrushchev warnings and Malinovsky status. no State Department comment.
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Avalanche-Journal
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Russia
Ussr
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Malinovsky
Kremlin
Mansfield
Aiken
Rus Sia
Soviet Union
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Spectator interruption at Tech commencement praises faculty
Texas Tech graduation exercises in Municipal Coliseum drew 858 graduates and 2,500 spectators. A Mata2idor identified man in the spectator section stood and thanked the faculty for their work, prompting applause. Rev Dudley Strain resumed the benediction as L F McCollum urged graduates to stay alert to expanding horizons in a shrinking world.
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Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Houston
Dudley Strain
Municipal Coliseum
John Hamilton
Mataidor
Mr. Strain
First Christian Church
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Strain
Tech
L. F. McCollum
Fire Spurs Air Rescue at remote mining town
A forest fire threatened Gagnon Quebec, forcing a rapid airlift of 500 women children and disabled residents while 1 000 firefighters battled the blaze. By 8 30 p m the evacuees were out and the town protected with four Flying Boxcars and other craft from the RCAF mining firms and airlines aiding the mission.
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Gagnon
Royal Canadian Air Force
George Pearkes
House of Commons
Ottawa
Reed faces board in air over ENMU dismissal probe
Dr D H Tiny Reed challenged the Eastern New Mexico University board to state charges, as the regents delayed action after a 10th meeting. The board voted to name Donald C. Moyer president of the university, succeeding Floyd D. Golden who retires Jan 1. Reed and his attorney contested the notice for his appearance, saying the 1959 university constitution revision may not have been approved by faculty and board.
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Avalanche Journal
D. H
Tiny) Reed
Board of Regents of
Eastern New Mexico University
Donald C. Moyer
Santa Fe
Floyd D. Golden
Reed
Clarence Worley
Worley
Pasternak, Soviet Author of Dr Zhivago Dies at 70
Boris Pasternak, renowned poet author of Dr Zhivago who faced Kremlin disfavor, died in his sleep at his Peredelkino home outside Moscow. He was 70, after three weeks of illness from heart attacks pneumonia and cancer, with family at his bedside.
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UPI
Boris Pasterniak
Dr. Zhivago
Kremlin
Pasternak
Peredelkino
Communist Party
Soviet Writers Union
Dr. Zhivaigo
Soviet Union
Alexander
Stand Falls at Indy 500 Kills Two Injures Dozens
An improvised 30 foot scaffold with over 100 race fans collapsed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 44th running of the 500. Two men died Fred H Linder 36 Indianapolis and Craig Linder 37 Zionville Ind. More than 70 were injured including one in critical condition. Authorities planned a joint state and local probe into the accident and safety measures at the track. Witnesses described frantic rescues as others watched the race start.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
Speedway Hospital
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
Fred H. Linder
Craig
Zionville
Ind
Wilbur Shortridge
Linder
Rain brings welcome aid to South Plains crops
A weather front brought soaking rain to the South Plains with up to two inches, aiding ripening wheat and early cotton. In Putnam Valley, N.Y., Trooper John Donohue saved 18 year old Gerald Kulich from a 200 foot mine shaft after being injured by a collapsing wall. he had just been dragged by a car during a separate arrest.
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N.Y
UPI
John Donohue
Thorugh
Donohue
Gerald Kulich
Kulich
New Mexico
West Texas
South Plains
Memorial Day weekend death toll set to top record
The National Safety Council reported a rising Memorial Day toll with 346 traffic deaths, 47 boating fatalities, 74 drownings and 82 other accidents by midnight CST, aiming to exceed the 1947 overall record of 504 and the 1958 traffic peak of 371. Ohio led with 27 traffic deaths, while Texas logged 33 fatalities overall.
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National Safety Council
Cambridge
Ohio
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Ill
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New York
Pennsylvania
California
North Carolina
Michigan
Texas
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