Rio Grande Floods Swap Across Border In 1966 Crisis
The Rio Grande flood drives evacuations in Mexican towns and Texas border communities. Red Cross shelters about 150 from low lying areas while National Guard trucks assist. Levees reinforced near Reynosa as flood crest moves downstream. 600 acres flooded at Bentsen State Park and several villages evacuated. Weather forecasts predict slow river fall with steady levels, amid widespread agricultural damage.
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la Joya
National Guard
Red Cross
Los Ebanos
Abram
Ojo de Argu
Penitas
Cuevitas
Refugio
Las Velas
Las Casita
la Grulla
Bentsen State Park
Mission
Austin
Price Daniel
Reynosa
Matamoros
la Puerta
Fourth Army
San Antonio
Harlingen Air Force Base
Tex
J. G. Brittain
Cameron County
Civil Defense
Highway Department
Hidalgo County
Falcon Reservoir
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande City
Rio San Juan
Be Alamo
Texas Tech professor to attend teacher ed conference
Dr. Bill Lockhart associate professor of applied arts at Texas Tech will go to the Texas Conference on Teacher Education in Mineral Wells October 26 27. Theme cooperation for the improvement of teacher education to be held at the Baker Hotel. Funeral services were pending for Archie S Q Yandell 61 who died in a San Angelo hospital. Ellis Mackenzie 16 was in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after a football injury.
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Bill
McDonald Funeral Home
Archie S. Q. Yandell
San Angelo
Ellis Mackenzie
Roy Mackenzie
Bakersfield
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Estranged Husband Blamed In Cabin Slaying Of Three
In La Grande Oregon police tentatively blame estranged husband William Nickels 53 for a triple slaying in a Minam cabin after he shot his wife Delores and her friend Bille Johnson then apparently killed himself Archie Conrad 53 the sole survivor survived with minor injuries and a child survivor not able to provide details autopsy awaited official findings from Enterprise residents. Nickels had started divorce proceedings hours earlier.
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J. D. Casciato
William T. Nickels
Delores
Bille Johnson
Archie Conrad
Minam
la Grande
Conrad
Casciato
Nickels
Conradons
Enterprise
Oregon
Downed Pilot Vows He'll Try Again
Cordova Alaska dispatch reports pilot Charles F Banfe Jr forced to land 294 hours into a planned 7022 mile Tokyo to Miami flight. He blamed ice in the engine carburetor for the abortive leg and vowed to press on to beat the Manila Pendleton distance record.
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Cordova
Alaska
Charles F. Banfe,Jr
Banfe
Tokyo
Miami
Marion
Pat) Bowling
Manila
Pendleton
Ore
Blockade of Jordan to be lifted by UAR official says
United Nations New York AP reports Jordan's Abdel Monem Rifai says a gentleman's agreement will end the air and ground blockade on Jordan within days. Traffic to Jordan including flights and oil trucks from Syria will resume and hostile press and radio coverage will cease.
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United Nations, N. Y
Jordan
United Arab Republic
Abdel Monem Rifai
National Guidance
Syria
Rifal
U.A.R
Gas price drop sparks ongoing price war in region
Dealers report steep gasoline price cuts with experts predicting further declines as refiners hold large stocks. Prior prices ranged from 26.9 to 30.9 cents for regular and 29.9 to 34.9 cents for superior grades, the first large regional blitz since last year's eight month war.
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Lubbock
Greenville Youths Struck by Fleeing Teen Driver
Two Greenville youths were injured when struck by a car driven by a stabbed and fleeing teenager. Police said the driver was Frank Garcia, 17, knifed in the stomach on the State Fair midway. Three youths, ages 15, 18, and 22, were jailed. Dan Graham and James Whitlock, both 20, from Greenville, were treated and discharged at Regier hospital.
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Dallas
Greenville
Frank Garcia
Dan Graham
James Whitlock
Regier Heapiial
Dulles Faces Decision on Quemoy Matsu Deescalation
State Department experts warn that China’s leadership aims to collectivize and suppress old ways while the United States must choose between pressuring Chiang Kai-shek to reduce troops on Quemoy and Matsu or pursuing a cautious drift. A ceasefire has paused bombardment, suggesting a gradual move toward demilitarization with no quick changes expected.
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Stalin
State Department
United States
Red China
Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Oy Chiang
Quemoy
U.S
Dulles
Matsu
Bears and Bears Cubs Festivities Highlight Tech Baylor Game
Large turnout for campus celebration as Tech and Baylor scenes mix with halftime acts and a bear cub donation. Players’ fathers cheer, benched dads stand, and a festive crowd enjoys music by the 112 piece Big Red band and Flying Matadors.
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Tech
Bob Dyer
Tulsa
Flying
Matadors
Baylor
Molotov Reported Missing in Mongolia by UNC Expert
Dr. Robert A. Rupen, a UNC professor and Mongolia expert, says former Soviet ambassador Vyacheslav Molotov has vanished in Mongolia after attending national holiday ceremonies on July 11. Rupen notes Molotov has not been seen since then and questions his whereabouts.
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Molotov
Mongolia
Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
V. M. Molotov
Robert A. Rupen
Outer Mongolia
Dads Honored With Special Activities On Techs Campus
Tech Dad s Day included a campus coffee in the Student Union and a Dad s Association dinner presided by O'Brien Thompson. Texas Tech President Dr E N Jones spoke on growth plans including a 1 1 million classroom building and a 250 000 heating plant addition. Raymond Pflenger of Eden was elected president with H D Murray Rigdon Edwards and William Crenshaw among officers. over 200 attended the dinner and association membership stood at 600 with plans to expand.
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Texas Tech
Raymond Pflenger
Eden
Texas Tech Dad's Ass
Jones
E. N. Jones
Tech
Association
Texas
O'Brien Thompson
Amarillo
Dads’ Association
James G. Allen
Faubus Defends Private School Plan as Substantial Move
Gov. Faubus rejected claims the Little Rock private school plan is a subterfuge and said it is an out and out effort to establish segregated schools. He noted the plan by the Little Rock Private School Corp to open classes for white seniors amid closed public high schools. The NAACP attorney Branton had labeled the plan a subterfuge to evade court orders, while federal judges restrained the school board from leasing empty buildings to the private corporation.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
National Assn. For
Colored People
Branton
Silhouettes Winners Listed For Week
Winners of the 200 prize in last week's Avalanche Journal Silhouette Contest are Donald Freeman, Mrs. R. L. Turley, Mrs. J. A. Burger, Laney Layer, and Mrs. A. D. Scott. Winners may collect checks in person Monday in the Display Advertising Department. The contest continues on Page 2 Section 6 with two more Sundays, October 26 and November 2.
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Avalanche-Journal
Donald Freeman
Duke
R. L. Turley
J. A. Burger
Laney Layer
A. D. Scott
Labor power and political leverage in the Eisenhower era
Cordiner, a business leader and adviser to the Eisenhower administration, argues that labor influence in Congress is growing after the Kennedy-Ives bill setback. He cites estimates of 38 senators and 177 House members backing union priority, with potential gains in the next election. He urges business-led nonparty and party work to shape candidates and ensure lawmakers align with corporate interests.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy-Ives
Congress
House
Crown Prince Engaged in Tripoli Lebanon?
The Premier's office reports the engagement of Crown Prince Al Hasan al Rida, 30, a nephew of King Idris, to Fawzia, daughter of Tripolitania Province Governor Tahir Bakir, in Tripoli Libya.
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Libya
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Idris
Fawzia
Tripolitania
Tahir Bakir
Eisenhower Campaign Travels Mild Bipartisan Swing
President Eisenhower and First Lady toured from the Midwest to the Rockies on a low key political swing. The trip carried a mild campaign tone with bipartisan overtones as they visited key locations and spoke to supporters.
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Midwest
Rockies
Denver
Eisenhower
Rocky Mountains
Births and civic notes intermix in Texas paper
The page records multiple births with weights and times at Methodist and other hospitals, listing names and parental occupations. It shifts to national coverage of President Eisenhower’s trip, noting reception at Stapleton Airport, pressures over a photo with GOP candidates, and his nonpartisan remarks in Cedar Rapids.
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Abienne
Kan
Eisenhower
Steve McNichols
Columbine III
Stapleton Airport
White House
James Hagerty
Elivera Doud
GOP
Richard Shaw
Hagerty
California
Los Angeles
John 8. Doud
Cedar Rapids
Reed
Kansas
Abilene
Wrecks Hurt Dozens In Multiple Vehicle Incidents
Several traffic accidents injure drivers and passengers. At 1 18 p m near 28th Street and College Avenue a tire blew causing a car to overturn into an embankment injuring S Holloway and another rider. Mrs Othello White driver of the car involved is identified. Two boys admitted to Methodist Hospital in fair condition. Elbert Hubert 29 of 4402 28th Street in serious condition after arrival at Methodist about 2 30 p m. Three Latin Americans two children injured in a two car collision at 7 50 p m at 35th Street and Avenue A. drivers Lasaro Arredondo and Perfecto Garces identified. Injured Joe Sausedo and the Garces sons were treated and dismissed at West Texas Hospital.
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Elbert Hubert
28Th St
Methodist Hospital
Erzrn
Hubert
Highway Patrol
35Th Street
Avenue A
Lasaro Arredondo
Kveet
Perfecto Garces
Joe Sausedo
Lamesa
Arrendondo
Trinidad
Lorenzo Garces
West Texas Hospital
Officers Debate Regional Reserve Problems in Dallas
About 228 high ranking Army reserve officers from the Southwest met in Dallas on Saturday to discuss reserve issues. They emphasized military schooling for officers and next summer's training plans. The group planned to brief their units on the discussed plans and debated the Army's reorganization program with incomplete details.
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Dallas
Army Reserve
Southwest
Army
Washington
Day J S Walton Honored At Seminole Family Gathering
Day J S Walton, 74, the elder Seminole druggist, was named dad with the most in oekeel as his family from Seminole including John and Charles Aguilar with Anita Louis and Joe Jr and Maria Aguilar gathered at Tech. The record count honors the eldest dad present.
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Lubbock
John
Charles
Maria
Joe
Joe, Jr
Anita
Louis Aguilar
Seminole
Tech
Aguilar
Oekeel
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