Homecoming Parade and Rice clash headline tech celebration
Techs Homecoming enters day two with a parade up Broadway toward the Tech Campus, the Ex-Student Luncheon at the Municipal Coliseum, and a 2 pm football kickoff between the Red Raiders and Rice Owls at Jones Stadium. Carolyn Buxton is the Homecoming Queen.
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Wain Miller
Avalanche-Journal
XAS Tech
Carolyn Buxton
Tech
Richardson
Broadway
Municipal Coliseum
Red Raiders
Rice Owls
Jones
Rebels Seize Saigon as Diem Regime Falls
Reports from Singapore say Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother were toppled after a siege of the Saigon presidential palace. Buddhist and student unrest helped fuel the coup, with U S officials pressuring for reforms to broaden anti Communist support. General Duong Van Minh, a Buddhist, led the takeover as tanks opened dawn fire.
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Avalanche-Journal
Catholic Diem
Viet Nam
Ngolin
Ngo Dinh
United States
U.S
Diem
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Duong van Minh
Prayer for Guidance for Son in Daily Life
A dated prayer asks God to guide a son along the right path each day. The anonymous note expresses hope for goodness and kindness and for divine love to surround him.
TECH DIRECTORS VOTE FOR OPEN HEARING ON NAME CHANGE
Ay XXAS TECH board of directors votes an open meeting set for December 6 to hear ideas on a college name change. Written submissions urged before Thanksgiving. Other actions include bookstore expansion bid approval, new dining and housing plans, and a $10.666 million bond issue with $7.237 million refinancing.
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Jerry Hall
alanche-Journal
TECH
Manuel DeBusk
Dallas
de Busk
H. A. Padgett
Tech Directors
Planting Ahead Colorful Homecoming Plans Bloom
Texas Tech hosts a vivid Homecoming display planned months ahead. Twenty one thousand chrysanthemums and two thousand cannas decorate the campus with peak color noted by grounds chief Gosdin. A test plot at 15th Street and Flint Avenue holds about 6,000 chrysanthemums in 130 named varieties tested by horticulturist Ed Zukauskas.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Gosdin
Tech
15Th St
Flint Ave
Ed Zukauckas
Will Power what a woman must have for her husband to quit smoking
A humorous column argues that a woman’s influence can persuade a husband to stop smoking. It blends light advice with social observations on relationships and health habits from the era.
Baylor Board Votes to Integrate Without Date
Baylor University trustees approved integration of the Southern Baptist institution by a majority report from a year-old committee stating admission should not consider race or color. Hilton E. Howell said the action came after full discussion and was reached by democratic procedure.
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Waco Iap
Baylor University Board of Trustees
Southern Baptist Institution
Sai
Baptist Institution of
Waco
Dallas
Houston
Hilton E. Howell
Man accused of extortion threats to town banks and courts
Ronney Marrion Mason 25, named Man of the Month by the Junior Chamber, was arrested in Sweetwater by FBI Friday night and charged with using the mails to defraud and threaten to destroy property unless paid 250000. He was arraigned in Abilene, held on 10000 bond, and bound over to a federal grand jury. Special agent J Gordon Shanklin identified Wilson Guest, president of the National Bank of Sweetwater, as the threatened party.
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Prom Avalanche Journassiews Services
Weetwater
FBI
Ronney Marrion Mason
Chamber of Commerce
Mason
Hobbs, N. M
Abilene
J Gordon Shanklin
Dallas Field Division
The
FIT
Shanklin
Wilson Guest
National Bank of Sweetwater
Guest
Texas
Gene Graves
Nolan County
Ted Labbert
Walter Eubanks
Vernadell
Sweetwater
Jaycees
Pert
Tew
Argur
Gordon Shanklin
Special Aments
Jury Deliberates in Tew Murder Trial in Texas
The 99th District Court jury in Sweetwater resumed after a long night of testimony in the Donnie Tew murder case. Prosecutors allege premeditated shooting. defense argues self defense as witnesses testified and the panel weighed evidence into the early hours.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Urors
Donnie Tew
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Tentify Tew
Louis
Jimmy) Sho- Ahivers
First Frost Of The Season Expected Across South Plains
Frost was forecast for the South Plains as a cold front pushed through the region. Lows were seen in the upper 20s to lower 30s with some areas reporting freezing temperatures early Friday morning. Alpine and Lubbock logged highs near 52 to 54 while Brownsville reached 83 and Galveston 76.
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Weath
Weather Bureau
Brownsville Lubbock
Mercury Ie
Handle
Muleshoe
Texas
Red River Valley
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Panhandleland
Texlarkana
Denton
Mineral
Wells
San Angelo
Alpine
Lubbock
Amarillo
Brownsville
Galveston
Laredo
Victoria
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