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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1965

Page

8

Wiggins Named to New College Board With Expanded Staff

Dr. Wiggins is named to a new coordinating board for higher education with a 26 member staff. Gray, former Lamar College president, serves as president and director of a Beaumont bank and Enterprise Co. board members include Hidalgo Judge Looney and Sealy attorney, each with notable ties to Texas higher education and law. The board operates on a 1.7 million dollar two year budget.

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Wiggins Named to Texas Higher Education Board

Dr. D. M. Wiggins named to Gov Connally blue ribbon higher education coordinating board said he was highly honored. He chairs Citizens National Bank executive committee and led Texas Tech since 1952. Wiggins expects major 10 year role in directing Texas higher education trends.

D. M. Wiggins John Connally Higher Education Coordinating Board Wiggins Citizens National Bank Texas Tech The Avalanche-Journal Wirgins Texas Wilkins Robert 5. Goodwin Goodwin Louisiana Goodnight College

Lt Col Grayson Tate Jr Named Commander at Ft Sill

Lt Col Grayson D Tate Jr a Denver City career Army officer has been named commander of the 3rd Battalion 38th Artillery at Ft Sill Oklahoma He is the son of a Denver City school principal and Mrs G D Tate.

Grayson D. Tate Jr Denver City 38Th Artillery Ft. Sill Oklo G. D. Tate

Kidnaper Drama and Trials Highlight Texas News

A long readable omnibus notes a kidnapping case on page one with a suspect Mrs and police pursuit ending in a Fort Worth hospital. Other items cover academic figures in Texas education panels, Belgrade university enrollment concerns, local reunions, a DWI verdict, and a Fort Worth robbery case with a tense arrest scene.

Burglary Report Details Stolen Money and Suspects

Police describe a Plano Plainview burglary where $800 missing, most in change, three cash registers held about $100 each. Suspects were jailed. a grand jury may consider charges. A clerk notes a safe and intercom system install cost $491 and aided the investigation.

Damre Pms Dodge Russell Shek Pom Buttin Am Gas Oodsus Steve Hurt Plaimsoew Juste of the Peace JC Lawis Wheel Dastmer Frank Stovall Lo Pom Frieda Porterfields Hale Coants Plainview

Chamber plans study of hospital needs and tourism push

Campaign reports engaging a consultant firm to study local hospital needs. The Lub bock chamber, planning 45 conventions this year through January 1 1966, says conventions bring dollars to Lubbock and will continue. Fall trips to area cities advised by the chamber wholesale trade development committee. The Chrysanthemum Col orama project expands. The Think Industry campaign begins Saturday as a membership drive targets three new members per worker with a 1500 member goal. Team captains are Douglas R Baren and Charlie Colson. Meetings set at Pioneer Tacm on Sept 10 and 11.

Assist Chamber Greater Lubbock Club Chamber of Commerce W. R. Collier L. W. Evans Oren Art Evans Collier Art Logan Chamber Lubbock Chamber Wholesale Trade Development Committee Douglas “R.baren Charlie Colson Tacm The Pioneer

Court Hears State Case In County Proceeding

County Court at Elaw hears state of Texas action awaiting order. Judge Pat More presides as parties appear for a contested decree against heritable claims and related motions.

Pat S. Moore Yesumons Durward Price Yolanda Wambles Ihalong Elaw Nol Pat Os. More. Dodge Texas

Schweitzer Seriously Ill at Jungle Hospital

Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer lies in a jungle hospital near Lambarene after a week in bed with an undisclosed illness. Birthday observances were muted as Schweitzer, born 1875 in Kayserberg Alsace, remains under care while his wife Helene died in 1957 and he continues charitable work and medical missions.

Lambarene Gates Alpert Schweiter Todas Schweitzer Sennettver Kayserberg Alsace Cateer French Equatoria Helene

Permian Basin Water Project Authorized by Commission

The commission approved a permit for Reservoir at Maan and authorized release requests from Lake Buchanan Lake Chanan and Lake Travis to manage storage. It also approved diversions for pollution control and industrial mining use with recreation rights for Lake Robert Lee. Midland officials urged approval citing potable water needs for the Permian Basin.

Lake Buchanan Lake Travis Lake Robert Lee Colorado River Scurry Mitchell Fuobert Lee Midland Distriet Permian Basin West Texas Hank Avery

Social Security mails medical plan information to millions

The government begins sending kits to 2.5 million retired Americans about two new medical programs under the expanded Social Security system. The voluntary medical plan costs 3 dollars a month and may be deducted from benefits or paid in cash. enrollment closes March 31, 1966.

Washington Social Security Administration

Hurricane in Bahamas Altering Course Toward the West

A tropical storm near the Bahamas moved west at nine miles per hour and was expected to continue intensifying for about 24 hours. Gales extended up to 200 miles from the center in all directions as the system neared peak strength.

Jnland Bahamas Ctsy Toniy Niles

Cooler Weather Extends Across Texas Front Brings Showers

A boreal cool front extended from Laredo to Corpus Christi as showers and thunderstorms spread across East Central and South Texas. Temperatures dipped into the 60s and 70s in the Panhandle and northern regions, with scattered rainfall totals ranging from partial inches to over 2 inches in several Texas locales.

Texas Presidio Abilene 102 Wichita Falls Lareda Mineral Wells Weather Bureau Central South Texas Laredo Corpus Christ Dalhart Teddy Galveston Corsicana Ennis Ferris Gunter Kantman Littl Elm Maypearl Rockwall Winkler Alse Waxahachie Siidell Joo Malene Bowie Antelope Rosser Mackinemey Wortham Lubbock Ares Putbock Lubbock Hush Plains Minty Ina Perhons Souths Plains Panhandle Lubbocks Labs Kentucky Taghock West Midwest Muaime Appalachians Arkansas Mont Favuieville Ohio Aguibes Great Lakes South Dackota

Tag Advertising State Mistaken For Location

A confused shopper asks where a tag advertising state is from and a proprietor in a small town questions its origin. The dialogue implies misrecognition of a state tag and local curiosity about geographic provenance.

Traffic Lights Many But The Cars Are Few In Titograd

Titograd Montenegro with 39 000 residents installs traffic lights at most street intersections causing humorous remarks about the city’s modernizing look. Reports note some crossings still cause delays as drivers adapt to the new signals.

Titograd Yugoslavia Montenegro

Miss Astro- Vickie Jarboe to represent KFYO in Houston

Vickie Jarboe named first alternate in KFYO Miss Astro will compete in the statewide Miss Astro pageant at the Houston domed stadium. The Texas Tech freshman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Malvin Jarboe of Floy dada, will leave Lubbock Friday and return Sunday, replacing Susie Davis of Dimmitt who cannot attend after a tractor accident on her parents farm.

Vickie Jarboe KFYO Domed Stadium Houston Mro Malvin’ Jarboe Floydada Texas Tech Vickie Lubbock Susie Davis Dimmitt

Five-nation rail pass offered for Argentina to Uruguay

Buenos Aires advertises a $530 five country rail pass valid 30 days across Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay and Uruguay allowing travel on regional rail networks.

Buenos. Aires Argentina Brazil iChile Paraguay Uruguay

Nine Men Aboard Missing US Plane Searched Off Luzon

A US Air Force search of the China Sea off northern Luzon sought a missing United States military transport plane with nine men aboard. The craft departed Nha Trang Vietnam with 11 hours fuel. three US planes, two British aircraft, and three Nationalist Chinese flying boats joined the hunt.

Manila China Sea Luzon U.S. Air Force 1St Air Rescue Squadron Clark Air Base Nha Trang South Viet Nam Lazen

Ross Aulen Woodson Dies Former Lamesa Publisher

Ross Aulen Woodson aged 34 longtime publisher of the Lamesa Daily Reporter died of a heart attack in a doctor’s office. He moved from Lamesa to Lubbock four years ago and had owned two weekly papers before consolidating them into one. He and his brother were longtime coowners of the newspaper. Woodson served with the Democratic Party and held county leadership roles. He was a Mason and active in multiple fraternal groups. Services pending at Branham Phillips Funeral Home with local arrangements by Rain Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Helen a son and a daughter both at home a brother the Rev William F Woodson and a sister in law.

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Retired garment executive charged in wife homicide

Leo Braun 61, a retired garment executive, was booked for homicide after his wife Mannie Braun died from a pillow smothering in their uptown Manhattan apartment. Police said money disputes preceded the death, with bankbooks showing deposits around $70,000 found at the scene.

SEW York Braun Mannie West Side Manhattan

New Court Opens as Judge Ellis Family Noted

Judge Ellis and family were mentioned as the district court prepares a new courtroom space. The ceremony included Dr Paul M Bumpers giving the invocation. Two initial damage suits were filed in the new court as the county awaits a successor appointment within about six weeks.

Paul M. Bumpers First Methodist Church Ellis

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