Rain Big Boon To Area Crops
Rain across the South Plains Monday provided moisture dryland farmers needed to establish cotton, with reports of up to two inches near O'Donnell and about two inches in parts of Lynn and Dawson counties. Irrigated farms benefit too though demand was lower there. some areas saw .50 to .70 inch. Farmers debated whether lighter rainfall would suffice for planting moisture.
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South Plains
O’donnell
Lynn County
Tohoka
Dawson
Dawson County
Lamesa
Boy Scouts Open Summer Camps in South Plains Area
The South Plains Council Boy Scouts prepare for summer camp openings at Camp Post near Post Texas and Camp Tres Ritos near Las Vegas New Mexico. Camp Post starts next Sunday with a four week regular session and a continuation for troop camping. Camp Tres Ritos opens June 12 for four weeks.
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South Plains Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Post
Post
Camp Tres Ritos
Las Vegas
N.M
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Texas Tech
Anna Bell Gray
Jessie Mae Puckett
Order of the Arrow
National Honor
Lazy S Ranch
H. Shelby Berry
Quanah Parker
Jack Moore
Longhorn
Bill McGlain
Tres Ritos
New Mexico
P. E. Davis
Hades
Sementary School
Jimmie Lumus
Lamesa
Ben Kellin
Arrowhead
Glenn O'Neal
Haynes
Alf Groves
George White
Girl Scouts Tour Mexico from Lubbock for 14 days
Fourteen senior Girl Scouts and two adult leaders from Troop 37 depart Lubbock at 3 p.m. for a 14 day trip to Mexico. They will stay at Our Cabana in Cuernavaca and stop at Xochimilco before heading to Mexico City. The itinerary includes a June 8 return and a June 9 sightseeing tour in the capital.
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Lubbock
Mexico
Our
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico City
Our Cabana
Xochimilco
Cuernavaca
Laredo
Gordon Mills
F. N. Robinson
Group To Confer On Air Service In Lubbock
A coalition of Lubbock civic and aviation leaders will meet Trans-Texas Airways executives at Caprock Hotel to discuss the Southwest Local Service Case before the CAB. The talks cover proposed five direction routes including Lubbock as a stop on Dallas Fort Worth to Albuquerque and connections to Wichita Falls Abilene Clovis and Austin. The carrier argues the plans would maintain service from Lubbock to these cities and improve commuter links. Trans-Texas, founded in 1947, now operates 25 DC-3s across Texas Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico and Tennessee serving 60 cities.
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Lubbock
Trans-Texas Airways
Caprock
Civil Aeronautics Board
R. E. McKaughan
Trans-Texas
L. J. Eichner
Jack Howe
Eichner
Southwest
CAB
Albuquerque
Braniff
Continental Air Lines
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Clovis
TTA
McKaughan
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Milne
Tennessee
Six arrested in killing of 14 year old in Ingali forest
In South Africa six Africans were arrested after a clash in the Ingali forest Sunday left a 14 year old white boy dead and a white police sergeant wounded. The arrests were part of a hunt for poachers linked to the incident.
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Kokstad
South Africa
Ingali
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Avalanche-Journal
Boy Scouts
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Philco
Emuilco
Phil
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Bendix
ACR CO
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