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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1962

Page

2

Helium Flow Expected For Amarillo In Week

Amarillo reports helium will begin flowing into an underground storage field within a week as a new conservation program launches. A 430 mile pipeline to Rushton Kansas completed, moving gas from a new extraction plant. The program aims to save helium, create Texas and Kansas jobs, and reduce waste while meeting demand from cities like Denver and Chicago.

Amarillo Here Rushton Kan John Kelly Interior Department Kelly Texas Kansas Texas Panhandle Denver Chicago

Southwestern News Seminar Set At Tech

The third annual Southwestern News Seminar will be held November 24 at Texas Tech. Co sponsored by the journalism department and SDX, the event offers a 90 minute panel on Politics and the Press Today with emphasis on the November elections. A 9 am start includes registration coffee and a tour of the renovated Journalism Building followed by a buffet luncheon in the Tech Union before the Tech Arkansas game.

Southwestern Texas Tech Tech Journalism Department West Texas Sigma Delta Chi National Professional Journalism Society Radiotelevision Texas Panhandle South Plains New Mexico W. E. Garets SDX Tech Union Tech-Arkansas

Cannon AFB 20th Anniversary Celebrations Planned

Cannon Air Force Base marks its twenty year anniversary with a weekend of events. A 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Courthouse lawn refreshments, a Thursday dinner dance at the Holiday Inn for the Clovis Committee of 50 and CAF officers, a Saturday parade from Main Street 1st to 14th, and a Sunday Officers Club dance with Les Brown and orchestra.

Cannon Air Force Base Merchant Les Brown Clovis Chamber of Commerce Air Force Holiday Inn Clovis Main Street 14Th Streets

Tulia Firemen Put Out Five Burning Tractor Tires

Tulia volunteers battled a fire at Love Bros Tire Co extinguishing five burning tractor tires shortly after 5 30 p m Wednesday. Loss was estimated by firemen at 500 dollars.

Tulia Love Bros., Tire Co

Dexter Woman Hurt In Wreck Near Roswell

A 21 year old Dexter woman, Jeanette Denham, was injured in a one car crash seven miles south of Roswell on U S Highway 285. She suffered fractures in both legs and deep lacerations to both ankles after her 1955 station wagon left the road and overturned. She was taken to St Marys Hospital in poor condition following surgery.

Roswell Dexter St. Mary’s Hospital U.S. Hwy Jeanette Denham Bill Jenkins

Dawson County Announces Vehicle Bids and Training Schedule

Dawson County commissioners awarded the juvenile officer car bid at 1345 for a 1963 model and called for bids on two sheriff department vehicles. They also hired Texas A&M Extension Service for a five day equipment care course starting November 9 and authorized crop dusters to block up to one mile of dirt roads during spraying until the 1962 harvest ends.

Dawson County Sheriff's Department Texas A&m Extension Service

West Texas New Mexico Communications Officers Elect Officers

Snyder hosts the West Texas New Mexico Communications Officers Association fall meeting. Orville Steele of Midland is president, M D Walker of Sweetwater first vice president, Paul Forrest of Midland second vice president, Mrs. Mike Young of Lamesa secretary treasurer. Sammie Webb of Seminole outgoing president chaired. Next spring’s meeting is planned for Midland, with Lamesa hosting next year’s fall session.

West Texas Sammie Webb New Mexico Snyder Harold Lacik Snyder Country Club George Killan Scurry County Lem Hull Big Spring Frank Cox C. O. Layne Austin Producers Club Snyder Chamber of Commerce Snyder Merchants Lamesa

Rings and burglaries reported in Lubbock police blotter

Police investigated multiple thefts and burglaries in Lubbock. A. M. Hall reported two rings valued at $500 missing from his residence with no forced entry detected. A break in at Cosden service station on Clovis Road saw $70 stolen from a desk. a German camera worth $129.50 vanished from a Texas Tech journalism building storage room. W. R. Wood reported a home burglary with five beverage bottles and a .22 revolver missing. Joe W. Smith reported a billfold with $25 and cards missing. W. E. Weeks had a car gear shift removed from the floor. value not stated.

Lubbock A. M. Hall 38Th St Cosden Clovis Rd Joe W. Smith Ave. R. Apt W. E. Weeks 4Th St

Former Tech Staffer Named Top HumARO Official

Dr. Robert G. Smith Jr., a former associate professor of psychology at Texas Tech, has been appointed to a senior post by the director of the Human Resources Research Office HumARO at George Washington University. He now serves as the director's representative at US CONARC Fort Monroe Virginia. He previously led research at the Air Defense Human Research Unit Fort Bliss and taught at Tech before joining HumARO staff in 1958. He has also worked as a research psychologist with the U.S. Air Force.

Texas Tech George Washington University Robert G. Smith Jr United States Continental Army Command Usconarc Fort Monroe Air Defense Human Research Unit Fort Bliss Smith Tech Humaro 6 S U.S. Air Force

Suspect At Portales Faces Federal Charge

A 23 year-old San Francisco man, Norman Eugene Thrum, held for failing to pay a speeding fine, was turned over to federal authorities for transporting a stolen car across a state line. Portales police tied him to a grand theft warrant from San Francisco, after a foot chase with State Police on U S 70.

Portales San Francisco Roosevelt County Keith Rowland Norman Eugene Thrum Thrum Dick Gibson Gibson Here U.S. 70

Clergyman Objects To Pub Name The Saints

In Southampton England the Rev John Hopkins of All Saints church near the 42000 pound 117600 pub decries naming a new pub The Saints after the local football club. He boycotted the opening despite an invitation.

Southampton, England Church of England Southampton The Saints Mr. Hopkins

80 Day Cooling Off Ordered In Dock Strike

U S District Judge John F X McGahey ordered an 80 day cooling off period in a contract deadlock between steamship firms and the International Longshoremen's Association. The union plans a boycott of ships trading with the Soviet Union or Cuba starting Monday along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as a protest against labor crew size cuts.

NEW York U.S The Viet Union Cuba Atlantic Gulf

Import Surges in Trucial States Reach 50 Percent

Dubai reports import activity in the bulk of the Trucial States rising half again over 1959 levels. Trade figures show a substantial uptick in merchandise brought into the region, reflecting stronger commercial ties and shipping movement.

Dubai

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