Vicious Storm Hits South Plains With Hail and Power Outages
A funnel cloud was spotted but did no damage as a severe storm swept theSouth Plains around Lubbock. Power failures confined to the airport area. runway lights off for about 15 minutes while Weather Bureau and tower used emergency power. Traffic stalled as hail battered autos and visibility dropped to under 50 feet at times. Local measurements reported hail up to 1.44 inches with varying rainfall across the city. (Note: Some details reflect OCR artifacts. core events include storm arrival near 8 p.m., airport power impact, halted Texas Tech SMU game, and extensive hail.)
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Amarillo
Ray B. Salter
Salter
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Carl L. Dean
Mth
Weather Bureau
Reese Afb
Santa Fe
30Th St
Lubbock County
Lee H.mcilroy
Jones Stadium
South Plains
Lockney
Sudan
Shallowater
Morton
Tulsa
Slaton
Canyon
Highway Patrol
Matador
Floydada
Cotton Center
Littlefield
Plainview
Levelland
Amherst
Ralls
Crosbyton
Petersburg
Hale Center
Spur
Olton
Dimmitt
Muleshoe
Aberonathy
Panhandle
Borger
Vega
Walkowiac
West End
Pampa
Clarendon
Memphis
Roaring Springs
Spur-Dickens
Tech
Campaign rally interruption and weather updates across West Texas
President Johnson faced Goldwater supporters at a campaign event as he defended vigor of U S defenses and quashed silent controversy. Separately a severe late day storm across the South Plains dropped hail and rain, with measurements from towns such as Lockney Sudan Shallowater Morton and Lubbock. winds peaked near 38 mph at noon and 2 pm.
Campaign notes amid Khrushchev upheaval and US contests
Reports from across the world detail campaign rhetoric in the United States with Johnson pushing for a mandate and Goldwater rallying Texans. In Europe, observers react to Khrushchev’s ouster and Western responses as French Communists visit, sparking concerns over Soviet leadership and foreign policy.
Wrecks Accompany Rain Storm Claim City Youth’s Life
A vehicle hit a curb at 2 16 p m injuring two teens Charlene Mae Nelson 18 and Hart 19 Shaw of 2619 Auburn Lubbock. The LaRue boy died at the scene while Terry Ran dolph was injured, others were treated at a private physician or Methodist Hospital in related crashes across Lubbock Saturday.
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Pasenger
Charlene Mae Nelson
Gene Shaw
Auburn
Cos 5
Lubbock
South
Shaw
North College
Erskine
Terry Ranboys
Dolph
Charlene
la Rue
Sanders Funeral Home
Cathy Carter
Texas Tech
James Anderson
38Th St
Ave. P
Joseph Clarence Smith
42Nd St
Methodist Hospital
Ronnie Earl Peck
Ave. H
Peck
U.S. Highway 87
Ralph E. McLaughlin
Big Spring
Billie
Elecie Rios
40Th St
John LaRue
Hail Delays Texas Tech Game At Jones Stadium
Fans sheltered under the stadium as a West Texas shower sprinkled Jones Stadium during the Texas Tech game. Muddy field and sparse stands followed, with SMU visitors looking over the scene. Tech senior Camella Moore, the cheerleader, inspects small hail stones that fell.
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West Texas
SMU
Camella Moore
Tech
Births Span Multiple Families in Methodist and Clinic Hospitals
The notice lists births for numerous families with fathers in varied occupations, detailing each baby's weight and time of birth at Methodist Hospital and other clinics. The entries include several Texas addresses and professions such as tech student, brick mason, and farm worker, with some incomplete weights or times. Cairo Egypt plans a new power plant.
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Herman Green
Ave. X
Methodist Hospital
Edward Thomas
39Th St
Fatal Crash Near Dall Road in North Houston
A plane crash near Dall Road in north Houston killed the occupants. Eye witnesses noted a nosedive with the aircraft flipping onto its back before impact. Civil Air Patrol coast guard and sheriff units searched by air and ground after the two hour fuel flight went missing. Survivors included family members and friends in the Houston music scene linked to Buddy Holly era figures, with local connections to South Texas College. The deceased included Box a musician who had toured Canada and recorded with the Crickets. Survivors include parents and a sister Rita. Daniels and Groves from South Texas College held pilot and orchestral roles respectively. Groves led the band Buddy and the King.
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Dall Road
Houston
Joe Drobina
Civil Air Patrol
Coast Guard
Sheriff's Department
Box
Canada
The
Crickets
Holly
L. O. Holly
56Th St
Lubbock
Buddy
Norman Petty
Clovis
Ben Hall
Big Spring
Sulphur Springs
Rita
Daniels
Groves
South Texas College
Buddy and
the King
Banks
Air Force Suspends Jenkins' Clearance
The Pentagon announced that Walter W. Jenkins' secret clearance for the Defense Department and Air Force has been suspended. Jenkins, a colonel in an Air Force Reserve unit, had no information on the current status of his Reserve assignment when queried.
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Mikhail Suslov
China
Khrushchev
Moscow
Washington
Pentagon
Walter W. Jenkins
Defense Department
Air Force
Jenkins
Air Force Reserve
Frank
Queen Carolyn Shaw Crowned Rose Festival Queen
Carolyn Shaw, 19, a Tyler Junior College sophomore, was crowned queen at the Tyler Rose Festival. The parade through Tyler drew about 100000 spectators. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Joseph Shaw of Tyler.
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Tyler
Tex
UPI
Carolyn Shaw
Tyler Junior College
Donald Joseph Shaw
PARKING STUDY DELAYED AS TECH BOARD EYES MEDICAL SCHOOLS
The Texas Tech Board delays campus parking study and final policy approval while considering a large medical and dental school expansion funded from 1949 building funds. Dr. Gerald W. Thomas warns of inadequate agricultural research and urges broader national funding, noting Texas Tech ranks top ten among undergraduates but lags in talent.
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Gerald W. Thomas
School of Agriculture
Law
Pharmacy
Commission of Higher Education
Tech
Allison
Fort Worth
Schools of Medicine
School of Dentistry
Department of Music
Department of Education and Philosophy
Pitts, Mebane, Phelps & White
Wilmer Smith
New Home
Lubbock
Thomas
United States
Florida State University
Armstrong
DeBusk
Smith
Roy Farr
Lubibeck
J. Edd McLaughlin
Ralls
Harold Hinn
Plainview
Dallas
Charles
Mathews
Herbert Allen
Houston
Tech, SMU clash halted by first hail storm in SWC history
A SWC game between Texas Tech and SMU was paused 12 minutes as hail and heavy rain drenched the Houston stadium. Fans waded in ankle deep water while bands performed under shelter. Officials said it was the first SWC game stopped due to weather. Tech and conference officials reflected on the unusual delay.
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Lubbock
Meats Laboratory
Richard E. Carmon
Dean Thomas
Tech
U.S. Department of Agriculture
West Texas Water Institute
Thomas
Cooperative State Research Service
SMU
Tech Band
SMU Mustang
Mustang
Matty Bell
Southwest
SWC
Howard Grubbs
Polk Robison
New Mexico
A&m
TCU
Jones Stadium
Raiders
Stillwater
Waco
Bill Holmes
Arkansas
Oldtimers
Houston
Damaged scooter crash after heavy rain at 4th St Parkwy Quirt
After a heavy rainstorm a scooter crash occurred near 4th Street Parkway and Quirt Avenue. Benny Lane LaRue, the brother, was reported in critical condition at Methodist Hospital.
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4Th St
Parkway
Quirt Ave
Benny Lane LaRue
Methodist Hospital
Blizzard Deaths Hit Spanish Troops in Pyrenees
A blizzard trapped a company of Spanish soldiers in the Pyrenees. Four soldiers froze to death on Saturday. A dozen others were missing while the remaining 61 found safety or were rescued.
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Mauleon
France
Pyrenees
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