Two More Olympic Defectors Seek Asylum in U S
Andes Balla a 22 year oldHungarian f led to Anchorage seeking immediate asylum after exiting the Japan Air Lines jetliner. Ma Chin san 38 of Nationalist China pistol team asked for asylum in Communist China defying the Westward defector pattern.
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Avalanche Journal
Anchorage
Tokyo
United States
Gabor Andres Balla
Budapest
Japan Air Lines
Ma Chin-san
China
Balla
West Germany
Tech Board Eyes Medical and Dental Schools for Texas Tech
Texas Tech board of directors voted unanimously to seek approval from the Texas Commission on Higher Education to establish both a medical school and a dental school as part of an eight year plan. The motion stressed urgency and included no location. The decision follows a series of steps to broaden the college’s academic scope and meet regional educational needs.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Exas Tech
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Manuel DeBusk
Dallas
al Allison
Levelland
DeBusk
Texas Tech
Commission of Higher Education
Allison
Texas
Louth
TECH
Tech Receives Historic Steam Locomotive From Burlington
The Burlington Lines president H C Murphy presented Texas Tech with steam locomotive No 401 on a windblown platform. He compared the engine’s loss of romance to the passing of a family horse as R Wright Armstrong of Tech pledged proper care for the 41 year old front line workhorse placed on a spur near Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. The college and West Texas Museum plan to preserve the locomotive.
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America
Texas Tech
H. C. Murphy
Burlington Lines
Fort Worth
Denver
Lubbock’ Municipal Coliseum
R. Wright Armstrong
Tech Board of
Murphy
College
West Texas
When Redax Fell Nikita Believed Eyeing Reforms
The report says Khrushchev aimed to reorganize Russia’s agriculture but was blocked by the Communist Party Presidium. His farm management blamed for last year’s poor harvest helped trigger his ouster. Western leaders and media debate motives for the fall and possible leadership shifts in East Europe.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
OSCOW
Nikita’s. Khrushchev
Russia
Communist Party Presidium
Jeaders
Moscow
Khrushchev
Tzvestin
Vladimir Dich Stepakov
Alexei Adzhubei
London
Communist Daily Worker
Berlrers
Walter Ulbricht
Bove
Albania
Victim’s Brother Injured In Texas Scooter Crash
A 13-year-old Lubbock boy riding with his brother on a new motor scooter was killed when rear ended by a car during a heavy rainstorm near 4th Street Park Way and Quirt Avenue. Benny Lane LaRue, 15, remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital.
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Everett Groseclose
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
4Th Street Parkway
Quirt Avenue
John LaRue
Charles LaRue
Duck W. McQueary Jr
Mineral Wells
Methodist Hospital
Interfea
Post
Shewreck
Asaulade Perez
Frank Perez
Benny Lane LaRue
Texas Tech
Southern Methodist University
Tech
Train Collision Fatal To Seven In Bremen Germany
A switch engine rammed the Bremen Cologne express on a bridge over a busy highway, killing seven and wounding 10. Four cars toppled toward traffic. rescuers freed victims after hours with acetylene torches. One locomotive reportedly passed a stop signal. the dead include six passengers and the express conductor.
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Bremen
Germany
Not Again It Was Wonderful For Ducks
Letter to the mayor of Houston questions the domed stadium cost as 36 000 fans and drenched players wonder why the weather delayed games. It notes Texas Tech beat Tech 12 to 0 and recalls a previous flood crowd of 47 000 at Lubbock.
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Jay Harris
Avalanche-Journal
Houston
Tech
Texas University
Lubbock
Red Raiders
Southern Methodists
David Box Dies in Harris County Plane Crash
David Box, 21, Lubbock High School graduate and rising songwriter, died in a light plane crash near Houston. Four young men were killed when a Cessna Skyhawk 172 went down en route from Sugar Land to Houston. pilot William Daniels, 21, and passengers Buddy Groves, 20, and Carl Banks, 18, also died. Funeral services are pending in Sulphur Springs.
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Avalanche-Journal
Oulton
David Box
Lubbock High School
Harris County
Young Box
Harold D. Box
47Th St
Lubbock
Nashville
Tenn
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Sugar Land
Houston
Bayou City
Box
Buddy Holly
Tapp Funeral Home
Sulphur Springs
William Daniels
Buddy Groves
Carl Banks
Laibbock
Tex
Prayer Reflections on Faith Amid Storms and Light
A devotional reflection notes prayers arrive in different forms from sun and storm. It emphasizes faith and patience as the path for prayers to bloom, attributed to an anonymous author.
Fatal air crash near Sugar Land claims four violinists
Four violin players from Houston rented an aircraft at Sugar Land. A Houston flight instructor Glen Peters spotted the wreckage upside down on a field three miles north of Airman's Field near U S Highway 75 and Kuyken. Further details appear on page 10.
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Houston
Sugar Land
Glen Peters
Airman’s
Deluge and hail sweep Texas Panhandle to Lubbock
Vigorous autumn squall line moved through the Panhandle and South Plains dumping hail and rain and spawning at least two tornadoes from Amarillo to Borger. In Lubbock 36 000 fans watched a delayed Tech SMU game as hail up to 1 ½ inches fell and a power outage hit the airport. One death occurred when a car struck a scooter rider near 4th Street.
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a'Tech
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Wonton Suates
Dudley Lynch
Avalanche-Journal
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Amarillo-Borger
West Lubbock
Jones Stadium
Tech-Smu
John LaRue
East Lubbock
4Th St
Parkway
Quirt Ave
Texas
Texas Tech
Southern Methodist University
30Th St
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Isbell
Borger
Sanford
Ray Adams
Texas Hwy
Department of Public Safety
Amarillo
Goldwater Campaigns in Texas and Johnson Rally Draws
Goldwater boosted confidence he can win Texas 25 electoral votes while lambasting Johnson and Humphrey. Johnson drew large, bipartisan crowds in Baltimore after touring Tennessee and Maryland and criticized Goldwater’s stance on national defense.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Barry M. Goldwater
Johnson
Texas
Tennessee
Maryland
Goldwater
United States
Austin
Corpus Christi
Lone Star
Wichita Falls
Hubert H. Humphrey
D. Minn
Humphrey
LBJ
Baltimore
Theodore R. McKeldin
Last Rites Planned For Hoover In Iowa Today
Herbert Hoover will be laid to rest at Hoover Memorial Park in Iowa near birth cabin with simple graveside rites led by Dr. Elton Trueblood. An Army bugler will play taps despite family request for no guns, as Mrs. Hoover’s remains join him later in California.
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Est
Iowa
Herbert Clark Hoover
New York City
Elton Trueblood
Hoover
Ronald E. Schaller
Quincy
Ill
Hoover Memorial Park
Hoover Presidential
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