Snyder Man Killed in Auto Truck Crash in Town
A Snyder man died when his automobile collided with a truck trailer at 10:57 a.m. at 28th Street and East Highway inside Snyder city limits. Wayne Bybee, 35, of Lockney, was critically injured in a separate pickup car crash two miles east of Plainview at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. A pedestrian, William Dwane Higdon, 25, was struck near 4th Street and Avenue W early Sunday and remained in serious condition at Methodist Hospital.
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Tanner Laine
Bill Wilkerson
Avalanche-Journal
Snyder
Lockney
Plainview
South Plains
Lubbock
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
John Isom Evans
28Th St
East Highway
Plainview Hospital
Wayne Bybee
Methodist Hospital
William Dwane Higdon
14Th St
4Th Street
Avenue W
Higdon
Evans
Scurry County
Nevada Hills Scoured For Clue To Fate
Avalanche Journal reports Air Force B-25 trainer from Reese Air Force Base missing after Friday flight. Seven Las Vegas area planes searched the desert and mountains southwest of Nellis AFB for clues. Crew: Lt Herman L. John, Lt Samuel T. Goodsitt, Lt Jere T. Pelissier, Sgt William B. Dunlap. Flight planned Las Vegas to Reese route with fuel for 6.5 hours. left 7:56 p.m. Friday. reported left engine trouble 34 miles out.
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Jim Holleman
Avalanche-Journal
IR Force
Las Vegas
Nev
Reese Air Force Base
Nellis Afb
Nevada
RAFB
Herman L. John
Tenino
Wash
Samuel T. Goodsitt
Ladysmith
Wis
Jere T. Pelissier
Mishawaka
Ind
William B. Dunlap
Hutchinson
Kan
Reese
Tucumcari
N. M
Mellis
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Driver Fights Fire as Truck Smokes Toward Central Station
An unidentified driver working for Underwriters Salvage Co. struggled to extinguish flames in a truck bed after dumping chemicals and trash from State Chemical Co. at 614 Broadway. A bottle broke starting the fire and he rushed through downtown traffic to reach Central Fire Station.
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Lubbock
Central Fire Station
Canadian blast injures 35 in Ottawa center
An explosion in Ottawa damages nine stories of the Jackson Building and surrounding shops injuring 35 with no fatalities. Officials fear collapse and ordered gas and flame precautions while police quell looting as debris scatters across a four block area.
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Jackson
Texans to vote on annual legislative sessions and pay hike
In the November 4 general election Texans face nine proposed constitutional amendments including No. 1, which would establish biennial 60 day sessions and set legislators’ salary at 7500 a year. The plan marks a second push in nine years for regular pay for lawmakers.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche
Journal
Ubbock County
Hall of Earth and Man gallery opens at Tech Museum
New gallery at the West Texas Museum on the Texas Tech campus traces earth history from creation to a 15th century dust bowl. A mural frieze shows life from ancient seas to Lubbock's 10 000 year old bison hunters and covers more than a billion years of geologic time.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Hall of Earth
West Texas Museum
Texas Tech
South Plains
Lubbock
Earth
Nature
W. C. Holden
John Wilson Jr
Woman Claims Lost 65 000 From Trash Find In New York
An elderly scavenger Anna Kidansky allegedly missing 65 000 dollars claimed the money found in a pile of trash by Benny Troeger a building superintendent. Police and tenants questioned residents as investigators search for the truth behind the cash and the owner.
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United Press International
New York
Benny Troeger
Anna Kidansky
Wellington teen killed in wagon overturn near town
Pat Neff Templeton fourteen son of county judge and Mrs R L Templeton Wellington was killed Saturday when the station wagon he drove overturned on a country road a mile south of the town.
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Wellington
Tex
Pat Neff Templeton
R. L. Templeton
Electrical Failure May Have Caused Detroit Bomber Crash
Detroit AP report says a British jet bomber suffered a complete electrical failure moments before its delta wing Vulcan exploded and crashed along a riverfront district. Maj. Louis W. Lagro at Selfridge Air Force Base said the emergency radio call came about 50 miles northeast of Detroit. Six crewmen died and two residents were injured in a fire that damaged 25 homes.
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Detroit
Louis W. Lagro
Selfridge Air Forces Base
Canandaigua Man 99 Years Gets Centennial Haircut
John Gartland of Canandaigua New York celebrated his 99th birthday by visiting the barbershop where he first became a customer in 1922. The retired butcher hopes to reach 100 with another centennial haircut on October 24 1959, in the same shop.
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John Gartland
Canandaigua
N.Y
Jake Hardenstine
Gartland
Eisenhower calls for one year U S Britain Soviet test ban
President Eisenhower urged Moscow to join the United States and Britain in a 12 month halt of all atomic and hydrogen weapon tests starting next Friday. United Nations diplomats expected a Russian halt and Geneva talks to follow with an ambassadorial level delegation led by Semyon Tsarapkin. The plan envisions an inspection network of about 180 scientific outposts to monitor the suspension while negotiations continue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Britain
Moscow
U.S
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Kremline
White House
James J. Wadsworth
Cool Weekend Seen For Area As Light Showers Fall
Light showers dropped up to .30 inch on the South Plains as a cool weekend forecast came from the Lubbock Weather Bureau. Lamesa and Levelland reported .30 and .27 inches, with Lubbock at .07 from a morning drizzle. Seminole and Snyder also observed light drizzles while Plainview and Matador had none. Elsewhere in Texas Abilene recorded 2.52 inches and Dallas 1.03. Rio Grande City saw rising river levels 18 inches above flood stage.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Abilene
Plainview
Matador
Caprock
Texas
Dallas
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Roswell
Rio Grande
Rio Grande City
Weather Map Report for Lubbock Area
Cloudy with light rain possible and cooler conditions expected in Lubbock and vicinity. Easterly winds up to 15 mph, morning low around 46, afternoon high near 62, with regional readings showing varied numbers across Abilene Amarillo Dallas El Paso and Roswell.
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Powsel City
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Houston
Amarillo
Okla. City
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
Falla
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