Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Lubbock, Texas

We have 22,786,314 pages in Texas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1954

Page

4

New Airborne Radar Aids Bad Weather Flights

Denver reports a new airborne radar unit designed to guide airliners through storms. United Air Lines plans $1,060,000 in installations on its ships next spring to detect and avoid heavy rain, hail shafts, and tornadoes with improved navigation and safer routes for passengers.

Denver AL Dattessan United Ag Lines Techs Yadyners Rologio United Board of Reney J.B. Cunningham Spd Titaf Unite Profesore JS Marshal Water Hitsehfeld Bniversity Montreal Uns Nansarshin Aeronautiadie, Ire Air

Fatal crash and suspect details described in local report

Police say a car west of the road killed ten people including a man named Davila and a driver named Garcia Jr. A hospital says Robert Garcia Sr was hospitalized for shock and a baby was taken from a home amid disputed circumstances. Meanwhile a Greece Soviet Zone trade agreement worth about $630000 annually is noted.

Mrp Narday Dis Hos Aymond Davila Robert Garcia Jr Poller Sid Davila Robert Garcia Sr

Airmen at Reese AFB honored in base wing awards ceremony

Four Reese Air Force Base officers and airmen received decorations in a base wing review. Maj Vernon Stutts Capt Norvin Rader Capt Richard Heflick and Capt Charles Stokes were cited for meritorious service bombing missions and aerial raids across Korea and the Far East. Col Murray Crowder led the ceremony as the Webb AFB band performed.

Reese Air Force Base Vernon R. Stutts Norvin E. Rader Richard E. Heflick Charles L. Stokes Keres Reese Air Force Bass Wing Sande Mornins Vernon BR. Stutts Maine Lenanes Rasic Col. Crowder Murray W. Crowder Cop de Rader Heflick Second Korea Corps Stokes Far East Webb Air Force Base

Readable Fragments Signal Mixed Market Trends

OCR text shows unclear report on monthly trends in home building and construction activity. Mentions October and September figures, a decline in overall earnings, and a shift from low to higher priced homes, with a noted $2,740 decrease in residential activity.

Milton Oersher

Plainview Man Charged with Murder in Frightful Shooting

Detroit McKinney, a Plainview resident, is charged with murder with malice in the Friday night shooting of 27 year old Ora Lee Miller in the Campbell Street area. He is held in Hale County jail with bond not yet set as Justice W J Lewis is away. Miller died shortly after being taken to Plainview Hospital from a fatal rifle wound. Funeral services are announced.

Plainview Detroit McKinney Ora Lee Milter Planeview Hale County Justice of the W. J. Lewis Hoyt Curry Plainview Hospital Clinis

Two-Car Collision Injures Area Men

Four people were injured in a two vehicle crash six miles south of Plainview at 2 45 pm. Don Fisher Jr. 13 and M K Fisher Jr. 15 of Hale Center, Richard Sledge 20 of 312 E 34th St Lubbock and Staton Gordonhire 45 of 307 Ave E Lubbock were hospitalized with injuries. Sledge in serious condition with abrasions and a head bump after the crash. Gordonhire had minor cuts and a possible rib fracture. The youths were discharged. Sledge stayed overnight. The Fisher youth driver skidded into a pickup from Lubbock Packer Co driven by Sledge to avoid a third car.

Plainview Here Don and M. K. Fisher Jr Hale Center Richard Sledge Staton Gordonhire Lubbock Sledge E. 34Th St Plainview Hospital Gordonhire Ave. E Fisher Lubbock Poster Co Sledzo

Mothers call off christenings after hospital baby mix up

In London two mothers publicly refused to surrender their babies after Forest Gate Hospital admitted a mix up swapped five week old infants. Mrs. Sheila Read and Mrs. Vera Bowers kept caring for their respective babies despite blood tests suggesting otherwise. The fathers urged a trade but the women stood firm.

London Sheila Read Vera Bowers Forest Gate Hospital West Ham Ben Reads Bowers

Also Mentioned on This Page

Tex Avelanche-Journel Sun Nest Hharmless Samm Sadays Caverns Technica Cnet Debaies Henderson Reap Serks Hancrnme Draughon Ring “Isten Greece Germany Athens Xico Reese Afb Corres SEARS M&m's M.m-m Hale Negro Austin Dixon J. Holman Fort Worth University of Texas J. Brown Mount Olive Baptist B. H. Campbell Latonia Zoe Citizens National
Search Courier

Search the Lubbock Avalanche Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Lubbock Avalanche Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication