Tech accepts Sun Bowl bid after tight win over Hardin-Simmons
Texas Tech coach DeWitt Weaver announced the Red Raiders will play in the Sun Bowl in El Paso on January 2, likely facing Miami Ohio Denver or Syracuse. Tech clinched a 16 14 victory over Hardin-Simmons to finish 7 2 1 led by a strong defense as Arizona edged Arizona State to claim the Border Conference title.
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Russia claims hydrogen bomb test surpasses all prior explosions
Moscow announced a hydrogen bomb test described as the most powerful yet and linked it to a warning to the West. Khrushchev in Bangalore claimed the blast equaled one million tons of TNT, signaling Moscow's strength and challenging disarmament talks.
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Plainview Man Killed. Wife Injured In Crash Near Nazareth
Ernest J. Brock 51 and his wife Marian Brock were in a car wreck four and a half miles north of Nazareth. Brock died at Castro County Hospital from internal injuries. Marian, 90, was in serious condition with a fractured arm and bruises. The vehicle rolled over twice and rested upright in a bar ditch after losing control on a country road.
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Ernie) Brock
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Sugar Bowl spot goes to Tech after big win over Georgia
Georgia Tech crushed Georgia 21-3 to seize the Sugar Bowl berth as Ole Miss earned a Cotton Bowl bid by beating Mississippi State 26-0 and Mississippi meets TCU after its 20-13 win over SMU. Army upset Navy 14-6 and Notre Dame fell 42-20 to USC. Rose UCLA battles Michigan State. Orange Oklahoma meets Maryland.
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Climber Louis Lachenal Found Dead On Mount Blanc
A search party in Chamonix located the body of French climber Louis Lachenal who survived Everest but died on Mont Blanc. The discovery confirms his death on the home peak after the Anapurna ascent.
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Bumper Crop Still Seen In Deep South Plains Harvest
The South Plains cotton harvest progressed rapidly with clear weather and minor disturbances. The Lubbock Cotton Classing Office has processed over 714 000 bales through Saturday, while observers debate whether totals will top a million. The Lubbock Cotton Exchange maintains 1 100 000 to 1 200 000 bales as a range, with some estimates near 114 million pounds. harvest is estimated 65 to 75 percent complete on the High Plains. About 12 percent of classed cotton is white, 87 percent light spot, 1 percent tinge, with staple distribution detailed and 15 percent failing to meet loan criteria.
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Eisenhower backs plea to keep foreign policy nonpartisan
President Eisenhower approved Democratic Sen George Georgia plea to keep foreign policy from becoming a 1956 campaign issue. Truman urged making administration missteps an issue and Sparkman said foreign policy will become a campaign topic next year. George defended a nonpartisan policy as leaders criticized Geneva outcomes.
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Lubbock Announces Ninth Annual Home Christmas Lighting Contest
UBBOCK AGAIN is set to crown Lubbock as the Christmas City of West Texas with the ninth annual Home Christmas Lighting Contest opening at 9 a.m. Monday. The event invites residents to showcase festive displays and compete for citywide recognition.
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Space program labeled a boondoggle sparks call for crash plan
Aero Digest says United States space satellite program has degenerated into a celestial boondoggle and must speed up with parallel funding and unsigned components to meet the projected July 1957 to December 1958 Earth orbit target. Eisenhower announced the IGY satellite goal last July.
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Mary Clark Trial Goes To Jury In Fort Worth Case
The trial of Mrs Mary Clark accused of hiring three gangsters to kill her estranged husband went to the jury at 9 23 p m with prosecutors seeking a life sentence The district attorney cited circumstantial evidence and her gender as reasons against the death penalty Earlier in the evening Mrs Clark became hysterical causing a court halt
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Colorado Man and Five Children Die in Train Collision
A 35-year-old Colorado Springs man, Steve Puzick, and five children were killed when their car was struck by an eastbound Rock Island train half a mile east of Matheson. Victims include Junie, Marlyn, Suzanne, Cyntha Puzick, and Eli White, with a cousin identified as the other child. The collision occurred as the car crossed paths with the train.
Tech Crop Judgers Win Fourth Straight Illinois Award
A Texas Technological College team won first place in the collegiate crop judging contest at the International Livestock Show in Chicago, achieving four consecutive victories. Ellis Huddleston and Ray Riley led with top individual scores in seed judging and identification, as Kansas State College took second and the University of Nebraska third.
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Ellis Huddleston
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University of Nebraska
Cotton Control Dispute Sparks Editorial Debate
The editorial page discusses a cotton control dispute and its implications for area farmers. It notes opinions from various commentators and frames the issue within current agricultural policy and market conditions.
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South Plains
Jet wreckage found near Wadley amid missing flyer search
The wreckage of a jet plane, likely an F-80 from Texas, was located nine miles south of Wadley Alabama by a Civil Air Patrol mobile unit. The pilot was not found.
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Texas
Here
Civil Air Patrol
Unpaid Checks Snarl Treasury in Oklahoma City
Betty Dow a part Chickasaw and Choctaw police clerk has three government checks totaling 10 cents from Indian coal land payments. She kept them as souvenirs and avoided cashing them, despite treasury letters urging action. She finally cashed two at a police station coffee shop, citing embarrassment over the tiny sums.
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Alahoma City
Oklahoma City
U.S. Treasury Department
Betty Dow
New Yorkers to Receive 65-Foot Rockefeller Tree
New Yorkers will see a 65 foot Christmas tree transported from a New Jersey forest to Rockefeller Center. The logging truck will deliver it on Saturday and workers plan to erect and decorate it on Monday.
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New York
U S H Bombs Seen Vastly Powerful Despite Soviet Test
United States officials say new H-bombs would dwarf the Russian explosion, prompting a Capitol Hill defense review and warning of an atomic Pearl Harbor. President Eisenhower had no comment on Moscow’s claim, while the exact size of the Soviet blast remained uncertain.
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Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock Area
The map section reports fair to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph, high near 68 degrees, low near freezing in Lubbock and surrounding areas.
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