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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1961

Page

4

Tech offers advanced standing exams for freshmen

Texas Tech schedules advanced standing tests in chemistry algebra trigonometry and English for freshmen Sept 12 13 to earn credits and start advanced courses sooner. Foreign language placement on Sept 11 with no credit but ability to begin higher courses. Students must register by deadlines at their academic deans offices.

Texas Tech Tech DeMoivre Reshman Aod Robert L. Newell

Bus Crash in Pennsylvania Injures 37 Passengers

A chartered bus carrying Pennsylvanians to a Toronto fair plunged over a small embankment and toppled onto its side injuring 37. Only the driver, Gerald L. Gruver Jr., escaped unharmed. Twenty six were admitted to Saiary Community Hospital. others treated and released. The crash occurred on Route 11-15 in Shamokin Dam during a rainstorm.

Sunbury Pennsylvania Toronto Canada Gerald L. Gruver Jr Wescosville RV. 1 Saiary Community Hospital Shamokin Dam Cire Centr

Three Piggs Name Change Granted in Oklahoma City

In Oklahoma City AP report, three siblings John Marvin 14 James Ralph 12 and Marva Jean 9 children of Mr and Mrs Marvin E Pigg get their surname changed to Bond after judge Clarence Mills approves an order. Mrs Pigg notes the name is not troubling but consent follows a request tied to a bus incident.

Oklahoma City Little Piggs Bondin District Court John Marvin James Ralph Marva Jean Marvin E. Pigg Clarence Mills Bond

Congress Compared To Crippled Wagon Grip of Slow Progress

Rep. Sidney R. Yates compares Congress to a broken wagon in a dusty road tale. He says the chamber drags toward adjournment as the farmer asks how much longer the hill lasts, only to learn his hind wheels are off.

Washington Sidney R. Yates D-Ii Congress Yates

Ancient Babylonian Dictionary Fragments Found in Iraq

Inscribed stones unearthed in the Shaharzour Valley of northern Teaq are believed by Iraqi authorities to be pages from a Babylonian dictionary dating to 2000 B C. The find adds to clues about ancient Mesopotamian writing and language.

Baghdad Shaharzour Teaq

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