Prairie College marks 30th anniversary of opening
Tech marking 30th anniversary of opening as Prairie College highlights West Lubbock campus growth. It recalls original faculty, 1925 founding, and pioneer students who built a modern campus with 49 buildings, a new infirmary, gym, and early football and basketball beginnings at the stock pavilion.
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Tech
Prairie College
Education
Paul W. Horn
W. B. Gates
C. B. Qualia
W. L. Stangel
J. H. Murdough
C. D. Eaves
R. L. Studhalter
E. F. George
C. S. Mast
D. W. A. Jackson
E. Y. Freeland
W. R. Waghorne
William J. Miller
University of Alabama
Edgar Shelton
University of Tennessee
W. T. Read
War Department
Washington
Elizabeth Stafford
Joseph Hirschfelder
University of Wisconsin
W. M. Whvburf
University of North Carolina
Ruth Pirtle
Roland Lee
Washington, D. C
Donald Flanders
Chicago
E. W. Camp
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Marvin Warlick
Eugene
Ore
Ruth Andrews
Francis Whatley
Larah Boone
L. A. Pflueger
Broadway
West Lubbock
Lubbock
Panhandle- South Plains Fairgrounds
McMurry College of Abilene
Matadors
Ellwood
U S Seeks To Avert Crisis In Middle East Over Arms Sale
In Washington and Cairo officials work to prevent a crisis tied to Egypt contracting Soviet bloc arms. Assistant Secretary George Allen leads talks to block a Soviet backed buildup and deter a shift in regional balance that could heighten war risk with Israel.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U. S
Middle East
Egypt
Cairo
Ciaro
Asst. Sec
George Allen
West
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Allen
Gamel Abdel- Nasser
Cairn
Nasser
United States
Russia
Europe
Far East
Blood Flight Delivers Type B Blood To Morton Patient
An Air Force C-54 from Kelly Air Force Base flew seven pints of Type B positive blood to Reese Air Force Base and then to St. Mary’s Hospital for Enochso T. Smith, 50, of Morton. Smith underwent surgery for a bleeding stomach and was listed in satisfactory condition after earlier being serious. Blood supplied by Southwest Blood Bank, San Antonio, and the transfer followed his depletion of 13 pints at Cochran County Hospital.
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Reese Air Force Base
Air Force
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
St. Mary's Hospital
Enochso
T. Smith
Morton
Smith
Cochran County
Reese
Southwest Blood Bank
H. J. Willoughby
el Paso
Coincidence Unites Brothers In Spain
Lorenzo Hernandez Martinez a New Yorker with the U S Sixth Fleet notices the boot- black in Barcelona resembles him. He learns the boot- black Francisco Hernandez Martinez is 23. They discover they are brothers after a talk. Lorenzo was raised in New York since age three.
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Spain
Barcelona
Lorenzo Hernandez Martinez
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Francisco Hernandez Martinez
Lorenzo
Francisco
New York
London Daily Worker to Raise Price in London
The Communist Daily Worker announced it will raise its price in London to 2 12 pence, becoming the second costliest daily in the city. Only The Times charges more per issue, at 4 pence, and runs 16 pages while the Communist organ offers 4 pages. Other London papers charge 14 or 2 pence.
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London
Communist
Daily Worker
The
Times
A&M System Approves New Building Projects and Contracts
Texas A&M College System Board of Directors approves 532 486 largely for new construction and future plans. Tarleton State College awards new library building contract to Ross and Son at 361 415. A&M College side pavements and Prairie View A&M contracts awarded to R B Butler Inc for 34 321 and 3 618 respectively.
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College Station
Texas A&m College System Board of Directors
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
A&m College
Prairie View A&m
A&m
Business Administration Department
YMCA
Ross & Son, Brownwood
Rookie Officer Here Captures Murderer
Rookie Lubbock patrolman W. H. Barker captured a 16 year old teen aged murderer on a downtown street. The escapee from Gatesville State School for Boys surrendered without a struggle after matching mug shots at police headquarters. He had fled nine months across Texas and was wanted for murder from July 1954.
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Lubbock
State School For Boys
Gatesville
W. H. Barker
Texas
Smoke topics blur in industrial haze talk in England
Dr J L Burm addressed the National Smoke Abatement Society in Bournemouth on October 1. He defined smog as smoke and fog, smage as the heavy hazy air over towns, and smoil as smoky haze from burning oil, calling all deadly.
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Bournemouth
England
J. L. Burm
National
Hospital Aide Improves. No Visitors Allowed
Mrs. J R Shipp of 1303 24th Pl entered Taylor Hospital Wednesday with a heart condition and was reported improved Saturday by authorities. L D Richardson, an African American man from Ave A, was treated and released from Latif Clinic for a cut on his right forearm after an altercation in Queen City. Gideons International Lubbock Company will hold services at 11 a m today at Four Square Gospel Church at 58th St and Ave 2 led by Henry Trice and John Austin.
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J. R. Shipp
Taylor Hospital
L. D. Richardson
Ave. A
Latif Clinic
Queen City
Air Force B Fifty completes first nonstop world flight
The 1949 mission by a U S Air Force B 50 bomber made a full circumnavigation without landing. It refueled four times in midair and logged 23 452 miles in 94 hours and 1 minute.
Court Martial At Reese AFB To Resume Monday
Defense testimony in the general court martial of Maj. Talmady P Gunnels Amarillo Air Force Base will resume at Reese Air Force Base at 8 a.m. Monday after a weekend recess. The trial began Tuesday with Gunnels charged under military law for soliciting and accepting a $200 bribe from an airman and giving false statements to a Air Force Office of Special Investigation agent.
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Genera
Maj
Talmady
P. Gunnels
Amarillo
Air Forc
Rees Air Force Base
Monda
Maj. Gunnels
Air Force Office of Specia
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Ike Dahlberg
W. L. Higgenbotham
Leroy T. Patton
Studhalter
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J. N. Michie
Jonnie McCrery
Michie
Dallas
Margaret Huff
A. G. Pilaf
College Avenue
Horn
Texas Colleges and Universities
University of Texas
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U.S
Jordan
Arab Legion
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Japan
Salem
Spikes Bros., A
Morton Man
Communist Daily Worker
Reese Afb
Mendaco
Anderson
Neo
Denon
Diamonds
Andereson
Jeweler
Jewelers
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