Labor Day's Tall Soars Upward At Record Rate
A early Monday two car headon collision occurred 26 miles north of Coleman injuring Gary Dewayne Hayne 21 from Ft. Sill Army unit. The report notes the unusual rise of tall structures over Labor Day and places the incident near Coleman with no further details.
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Labor Day
Coleman
Gary Dewayne Hayne
Army
Ft. Sill
James Alton Lacaze
Victor
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Angelina County
U.S. 281
Pleasanton
Edwin Bergstrom
Geneva Day
San Antonio
Woodrow Herzog Jr
Donna Herzog
Marion
Tex
Andras Garza
Laredo
Ralph H. Roberts
Waynesboro
Ft. Wolters
Dallas
Nancy Turner
Rita Garner
Whitewright
North Texas
Bells
Grayson County
Denison
Tuco power plant memories and eventual sale landmark
The Tuco plant once tied to the Southwestern Public Service Co. held worker housing in rows with yards and gardens. As occupancy waned, the company sold the homes and prepared to move salvage crews, concluding Tuco would operate mainly as a switching and peaking station with its own turbines used only when needed. Six injuries and multiple deaths across Texas and nearby areas are noted in the region’s incident reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McCune
Tuco Housing
Bunton
Tuco
South Plains
Plainview
Lubbock
Texas Tech Engineering Department
Vuen
Employes
Tiine
Shunton
Amarillo
Iran Quake Devastates Multiple Towns and Triggers Emergency
Howeida, who surveyed the quake area, declared a state of emergency and urged full aid. In Whaklik at least 1000 people were buried in ruined homes as medical staff faced illness from the scale of destruction. The hardest hit towns include Kakhk Dashtbay at Gonabad Ghayen Birjand and Ferdows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howeida
Whaklik
Kakhk
Dashtbayat
Gonabad
Ghayen
Birjand
Ferdows
Evening Class Aims at Reaching Adults Back in School
Adults in the city move toward continuing education as 110 enroll in an evening program. Eighth graders, along with 12 instructors, offer courses in English government consumer math world history American history and algebra as adults seek noncredit study and higher achievement levels.
Births and school notes fill Lubbock pages
The clipping lists numerous births with weights and times across Lubbock area hospitals and homes, naming families and occupations. It also covers local education officials remarks on a continuing adult education program, class schedules, potential course changes, and upcoming school breaks through May.
Czechs Begin Restatement of Warsaw Pact Ties
Prague calm as students return to class after Moscow pact reaffirmation. Vecerni Praha reports Central Committee decisions to back party leaders who negotiated in Moscow, reaffirm Czechoslovak Warsaw Pact membership, and delay the next party congress. Presidium ordered to study the situation and press for swift troop withdrawal and liberalization steps. Soviet tanks and jeeps remain in parks and studios, while anti-Soviet signage is removed and broadcasts soften invasion language.
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Vecerni Praha
Prague
Central Committee
Moscow
Presidium
Antonin Novotny
Frantisek Hamouz
St. Wenceslas
Romanians Relieved Yet Cautious Over Soviet Denial
Washington reported that the Soviet Union denied plans to invade Romania amid post Prague crisis tension. Romanians weighed the denial with skepticism while officials noted troops massed at the border and debated whether Moscow might demand Warsaw Pact exercises inside Romania.
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Bucharest
Romania
Washington
Soviet Union
Moscow
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Kremlin
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Rail Tank Car Derailed Near Toledo Creates Anxiety
A railroad tank car carrying 17,000 gallons of vinyl acetate derailed in the Shoreland Railroad yard near Toledo. Fire and police closed surrounding streets and laid hundreds of feet of hose as experts from Monsanto Chemical transfer the chemical to safer tank cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Apt
Shoreland
Monsanto Chemical Cvo
Kenton, Mich
Kindness and Science Aid Girl Facing Kidney Surgery
A 16 year old girl named Christine battles a severe kidney disease that has damaged her bones and left her awaiting a risky transplant. Despite pain she smiles and plans to walk unaided again with help from doctors and her two Pekinese dogs accompanying her on crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine
Cool Front Brings Rain to South Plains and Coast
A cold front moving from the Rockies targets the Texas Panhandle and South Plains with a noon arrival. Thunderstorms likely as temps stay above 50 tonight, while coastal showers continue. Corpus Christi reports a mid afternoon deluge. Waco Abilene see scattered rain. Lubbock warms to 82 under partly cloudy skies as the front approaches this afternoon.
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Rocky Mountains
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
South Texas
Waco
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Watchful Press Weighs Czech Crisis Reports
The piece notes cautious wording in recent coverage, claiming “all is returning to normal” while blaming resistance on minor counterrevolutionary elements. Soviet correspondents deny an invasion or occupation, and propaganda targets Vietnam and American society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Moscow Television
Literaturnaya Gazeta Literary Gazette
MIT and Cal Tech Face Off in Electric Car Race
The MIT crew from Cambridge and Cal Tech from Pasadena competed in an endurance race using converted electric vehicles. MIT's Chevrolet Corvair powered by a nickel cadmium battery finished under tow near the end, while Cal Tech's 1958 Volkswagen microbus also faced battery and motor troubles.
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MIT
Cambridge
St. Days
Loeb
Cal Tech
Pasadena
Toledo
Ohio
Dave
Seligman
Ariz
New York
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Joe Landin
Lige Brisby
Gatesville
Tommy Holloway
Victor Man
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Aransas Pass
West Columbia
Brazos River
Jerry Davidson
Lake Waxahachie
Davidson
Baylor University
Francisco Iracheta
Taft
Linton
Iracheta
Wire
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Donna
South Padre Island
Ishore
Floyd J. Russell
South Fort Worth
Iran
Parks
Rodney Dorman
Wade
Wich Park Lake
A. Wayne Wyatt
66Th Street
Atkins Jr. High School
Windell Odorizzi
62Nd
Wagner Park
Kent
Roger Turner
Roger
Wanda Turner
Tuco Plant
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
Trinidad DeLeon
Ruben Acevedo
Baslor
Lauf Clinic
General Steel
Juan Vasquez
Hale Center
Lauft Chinte
Benita Arredonda
Ralls
Aoson
Don ‘Threadsill
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Mrs
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30Th St
Juan Acheda
47Th St
Laur Chnse
Farr
Jerry Gist
Methodist Hospital
First State Bank
Don Moore
Bend St
Ksel-Tv
D. C. Pearson
Rt. 41
Ropesville
Capt
Mera
Steve Stimpson
Ath 45Th St Oon
Sunday Ain Methodist Hospital
Reese Arb
James Jobb
Weatherford
West Texas Hospital
Southern Airways
Arthur W. Carmick
1802 Ave. XII
Zuider Zee
Bob Wesley Sims
Sith St
Jin West Texas Hospital
Reese Afb
Owen
Texas Education Agency
Buffalo Springs Lake
Chasses
District 15
Texas State Teachers Association
Istrikes
Vladiimir Kadlee
U.S
William Davis
Vasile Gliga
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Dean Rusk
Christine Baronoski
Ivan Bumfooz
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