Tornadoes and Severe Storms Bypass Plains Area
Severe weather battered the South Plains with twisters heavy hail and downpours. Near Muleshoe hail nearly 4 inches damaged grain sorghum as rain soaked crops. tornadoes touched down near Ropesville Floydada and Muleshoe causing property damage and power outages.
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Muleshoe
Irick
Lockney
Plains
W. B. Kittrell
New Mexico
Lubbock
Kit- South Plains
Kittrell
Ropesville
Horace Abston
South Plains
Anton
Crosbyton
Floydada
Male Center
Thalon
Mather
New York Girl Crowned Miss United States
Annette Drive of New York City won the Miss United States title in Bridgeport Connecticut and will represent the country at the Miss World Pageant in London on November 2. Judith Achter of Missouri finished second. finalists included Sharon Woods of Illinois Ruta Souther of North Fourh and Gale Por Jorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Annette
New York City
United States
London
Judith Achter
Missouri
Sharon Woods
Ruta Souther
Gale Por Jorates
Delaware
Ith
Eleven Hurt In Post Head On Auto Collision
A rain slick highway crash near Post injures eleven people including a Latin American family of ten. Victims from the Belladares and a Lubbock man’s car were hospitalized, with three children among the injured and several serious injuries reported. Authorities said one vehicle crossed into the other's path during the wet conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karnes County
South Cente Texas
Richard Rudolph
Fashingmunity
Walter Tom Hurt
Felix Henkel
POST
Antonio Belladares
Santa Ross
Art F. Witchman
Si Lubbock
Caproc Plumbing Co
Lupe
Juan
Lacera
Rueben
Maria
Poston US
Highway 36
Bolladaresi
Wiechman
Clara Kimball Young Dies Quietly at 79 in Hollywood
Clara Kimball Young, a leading actress of Hollywood's gaslight era, died Saturday at the Motion Picture Country Home at age 79 after a year of ill health. A pioneering star since 1912, she later formed her own company and remained a defining beauty of early cinema despite a long career marked by film and TV exposure. She lived alone in a Hollywood apartment, reflecting on past triumphs with a mix of nostalgia and defiance.
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Ollywood
Clara Kimball Young
Hollywood
Motion Picture
Miss Young
Hopalongdy
Televisas
Grauman
Grauman’s
Reed Quits After Turbulent Faculty Rift
Reed leaves the faculty following a deep upheaval that saw the dismissal of a bus er and an academic official and the resignation of a longtime director. The board of regents split 22 on Sept over Reed's removal after charges of unprofessional action. Reed will finish a project on American Lesson with the university off campus by Nov 38 and classes will be reassigned immediately. Gail Shannon named interim dean of the social studies division as the university considers a permanent replacement before January.
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Reed
Dor
Social Studies
Board of Regents
Chasse 4
Moyer
Gail Shannon
Dain
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Blizzard Delays and Snowbound Colorado Region
A winter storm brings heavy snow to Colorado and New Mexico with white coating on cars and trees. Colorado towns report blizzard conditions on high passes, flight diversions to Salt Lake City and Cheyenne, and icy roads in the Rockies. Weather officials cite strong east winds and wind-related accidents including fatalities from falling trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Colo
Colorado
Rockies
Denver
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Leadville
Piney
Yosemite
Und
Gnall
Tragedy at Levelland as Truck Hits Train Injuring Thirty
A truck rammed a Santa Fe freight train near Levelland Texas injuring about 30 workers employed on the Keene farm. Many victims were Mexican Latin American men, with two taken to Renegar Campbell Clinic and eight to Phillips Dupree Hospital as ambulances rushed to the scene. The driver said he did not see the train and eight others were treated and released.
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Page
Rock
McDonald and
Franklin- Bailley
Keene Farm
Levelland
Exelanio Garza
F. B. Keene
Grain Company
Santa Fe
Robinson-Gentry Grain Co
Renegar-Campbel
Phillips - Dupre Hospital
J Wan Deleon
Dara
Pai Ze Hiono
Castilly
Workeh
Americans Await Cuba Trial Developments In Nicaraguan Plot
In Havana a military tribunal continues hearings for American defendants linked to a suspected plot to invade Nicaragua from Cuba and embarrass the Cuban regime. Prosecutors seek harsher terms for Bradley and exile for Savago as the verdicts are to be announced later Monday. Meanwhile an Israeli religious leader Rabbi Toledano dies at his Jerusalem home.
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Anthony Zaerba
U.S
Attrney
Castro
Cuba
Thompson
Fuller
Thomp
Futler
Bond
William O. Fuller
Miami
San Germin
Oriente
Cubs
Mini
Gistro
Havana
la Cabana
Leslie Bradley
Minneapolis
Bradley
Nicaragua
Aguan
Chester Savago
Reese Airman Killed in Wreck Near Roan County
A crash west of town killed Reese Airman Foreman and injured others from the Reese field maintenance unit. Curtis Wayne Bartlet Thelma Maud Sanders Mildred Harmes and two others were treated at a hospital in Ro tan.
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ROBY
Reese
Foreman
Rotan
Brown
Ih Field Maintenance
Area Woman Dies After Car Crash at Dead Man's Curve
Nellie Redwine a 49 year old Denver City resident died in Hobbs Hospital after a crash on Dead Man's Curve four miles west of the Texas line. Her daughter Frances LaVonne Redwine 19 of Denver City was driving the 1953 car and suffered a dislocated hip and a fractured arm. Funeral arrangements are pending at Singleton Funeral Home. The crash occurred about 4 p.m. and she died hours later from head injuries.
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HOBBS
Denver
Mes
Nellie One Redwine
Singleton Funeral Home
Denver City
Frances
LaVonne Redwine
Tech Gains Southwest Conference Membership in 1956 Vote
The article shows Tech securing unanimous SWC membership on May 12 1956 in Fayetteville Arkansas with faculty reps Abner V Call S Waters from Baylor U and Iman Texas A and M among the voting body. It notes a Baylor Tech clash as a leading conference title contender and cites rain dampening events and band performances.
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Iman
Texas A and M
Abner V. Call
Baylor University
S. Waters
Rice University
Hubert E. Bray
Tech
Fayetteville
Ark
Raiders
Baylor
Arkansas
Pittsburgh
Lubbock
Lubbock College
R. F. Crawford
32Nd St
Pairman
Yanks
Midland
Pride
Theis
Weaver
DeWitt T. Wea
W. J. Stangel
Pennington
Nokia Thurrick
Ely Urbanovsky
Bob Walker
Red Raider
Chiirevin
C. Bo Maedzen
W. HL Butterfield
Woo. Watkins
EON Tones Southwest Conference
Howard Grubbs
SWC
All Tech
Tech Athlone Puneil
J. William Davis
Treh
South Plains College
University of Arkansas’ Student Union
Ike Rests With Golf Prior To Long Tour
President Nixon and allies debate whether the United States should commit to defend Quemoy and Matsu as Kennedy defends a cautious stance. The letter to Green is cited, while Eisenhower and Kissinger discuss island defense and U S restraint amid international pressure.
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Ike
Nixon
Green
Hagerty
Kennedy
Bo Green
United States
Quemoy
Mars
Congress
Generes
Formosa
Gskunds
Theran al
Nix] Fon
Nixin
Alang
Mixer
Satuday
Quenny
Matsa
Eisenhower
Milind
Ais
Births and aviation report mix with wartime policy talk
A convoluted bulletin blends birth announcements and hospital notes with a U S military aviation incident. It also includes a lengthy, vivid retelling of postwar Formosa policy debates and statements by Kennedy and Dulles referencing Quemoy and Matsuyeh islands and related defense plans.
Airman Killed In Clovis Crash
A U S airman died when a jet fighter plane crashed near Clovis just after takeoff from Cannon AFB around 12 34 a m Saturday The victim was Capt Kent S Bates 29 of Salt Lake City Utah
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Phine Ws
Here
Cannon Air Force Base
Kent S. Bates
Salt Lake City
Utah
High Official's Son Faces Arson Charge
In Mount Pleasant two Parsons College youths, including a son of a local official, face arson charges connected to a Weslyan College homecoming fire. Steven Stmns, 19, of Washington DC, and Edward Downey, 14, of Evanston, Illinois, were released on $1000 bonds in the Mayors court.
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American Dusting Co
Clara Young
Mementoy
Scorned
New York
Plainview
Banvise
Joe McWilliams
M Williams
J. E. Fawyer
Mayfield Communi
Hale Center
Orion
Tulsa
Pet 'Burg
Abernath
Curry
Roosevelt
Clovis
Longtim
Texas-New Mexico
Golden West Seed Co
Texico
LaFonda Drive-In
Sterling City
Texas
Dalhart
Robert Lee
San Angelo
Friona
Matador
Eaely
Tod
Panhandle
Upper
Stephens County
Bis
Louis “Texins
Gainesville
Midlands Winision
Ashtola
Chuendon
Leia Lake
Perryton
Childress
Pampa
Andrefield
Denyes
Lame
Morton
Kian
Nd O'Donnell
Witchman
Garza Memorial Hospital
Belladares
Luis
M Belladares
Osvar
Methodist Hospital
Iter
Clara
Shallowater
Andrew Adkins
Adkins
Fomiles
Ley
Ful R
DIE
Ken
White House
Islands
Eletoher Micky
Withantt
Stes
Teich
Mme
Ed di Minase
Stanley
Bates
Montay
Ing
Maxwell Afb
Yuneny
Cannon
Smile
West
Don Wood
Otherals
Gettsburg
Roberts
Thelema Walker
Seal
Drage Warea
Kotigeedy
Nisen
Soen
Pleddsin Neh
Fee Torrie
Thurstay
Gre
Rly
Chiang Kai-shek
Quening
Matn
Smitty
Formos
Besederes Islands
Matsuyehich
John Foster Dulles
Peiping
Chiang
Tachen Islands
Dulles
Paris
Sirikit
Jand
Pierre Balmain
France
Roya
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