Roads Closed By High Water Across Texas Flooding
Widespread rains hit Texas causing road closures and flooded streets from El Paso to Big Spring. 8.81 inches fell near Snyder, with 12 inches in Colorado City since last Friday. Officials reported several farm roads shut and trains held in Big Spring due to water over tracks.
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Snyder
Texas
el Paso
Big Spring
Middle
Texas City
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Texas Highway Department
U.S. 180
Brekenridge
Bull Creek
Borden County
Howard County
Mitchell County
Texas 28
la Grange
Colorado City
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Alpine
Austin
Beaumont
College Station
Corpus Christi
Chil- Gress
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Lubbock
Midland
Grain Study Draws 250 Grain Warehousemen to Tech Auditorium
A crowd of more than 250 grain warehousemen and government officials gathered at the Aggie Auditorium in Lubbock to discuss storage issues and shrinkage. The session featured F. W. Higinbotham and a panel from the USDA and ASC outlining 1963 feed grain program considerations and potential policy directions.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
NRAIN
Aggie
Texas Tech
Department of Agriculture
ASC
F. W. Higinbotham
Lubbock
Texas Grain and Feed Assn
W. Gray Barton
Washington
Truman Cunningham
Dallas
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Frank Bailey Jr
Fort Worth
National Country Grain Elevator Organization
Dale Carter
Barton
USDA
Cunningham
Bailey
Agriculture Department
Wilderness Ordeal Ends For Two Girls After Plane Crash
Two small girls survived three days in a forest after a plane crash killed their father and mother. Six year old Julie Clark protected and aided her injured sister Laurie for nearly 65 hours near the wreckage, with a helicopter locating the scene.
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Julie Clark
Laurie
Big Bear Lake
California
William R. Clark
Alan Fitzgibbon
IG Bear
Calif
UPI
Trave Lodge Corp
la Mesa
Julie
Mommy
Daddy
Ree
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El Paso Judge Bean Denies Contractor's Payoff Claims
Testimony in a Dallas bankruptcy case alleges contractor E D St John paid nearly 3000 dollars to former El Paso County Judge Woodrow Bean for a reception for Senator Ralph Yarborough. Bean called the charges ridiculous and faced tax-fraud-related resignation after a failed 1970 run. St John, then bankrupt, said pressure to pay hindered his work on Sun Bowl Stadium and shipments, with a court appeal pending.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Woodrow Bean
E. D. St. John
Dallas
Bean
Ralph Yarborough
St. John
Fimore Whitehurst
Federal District Court
Bankruptcy
Schoolboy Grid Season Opens Across South Plains
The new football season starts tonight with 42 South Plains schools and many New Mexico teams in action including nine games in eastern New Mexico. Six-man and eight-man contests are on the slate as fans follow their teams through the season in The Avalanche-Journal sports pages.
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peNs High
South Plains
New Mexico
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche- Journal
Ghitton’s taste shows greed and waste in vulgar quip
The column mocks a man named Ghitton for greedy behavior and poor taste, using sharp humor to critique vanity. It reflects the era’s editorial voice and targets public figures with a brief, pointed jibe.
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Ghitton
Taylor opens bid for Congress with sharp Mahon critique
Crosby County farmer Dennis Taylor launched his campaign for U S Congress by challenging Rep. George H. Mahon to defend his record in Washington. At a street rally in the downtown area, 500 to 600 attendees heard Taylor condemn what he called liberal votes and alleged crimes in the district. Actor George Murphy introduced Taylor, who, 42, seeks his first elected office.
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Jerry Ball
Avalanche-Journal
Epublican
Dennis Taylor
Crosby County
U.S. Congress
George H. Mahon
Lubbock
Washington
Taylor
George Murphy
California
Mahon
GOP
Ken Kohler
Amarillo
John Riley
Murphy
Cotton bagging eyed as new paper raw material at Plains meet
Preliminary tests report all cotton bagging could supply large raw material for the paper industry. Dr. Edwin R. Laughlin of the Institute of Paper Chemistry spoke at the Plains Cotton Growers meeting in Austin, noting a promising all cotton bagging developed by PCG research. A Hanes executive warned of looming industry challenges, while the Texas Banking Board granted charters to Wolfforth State Bank near Lubbock and Homestead State Bank in Houston, with projected lending and deposit figures.
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Edwin R. Laughlin
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Appleton
Wis
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
PCG
Laughlin
Jack Broyles
Lamesa
Wayne Richardson
Wolfforth
J. D. Smith
Littlefield
Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Municipal Auditorium
P. Huber Hanes Jr
Hanes Knitting Co
Winston- Salem
N.C
Myles R. Collins
Ropesville
Herman W. Bush
Estes Burgamy
Carlisle
W. C
Bill) Fortenberry
Lubbock
Wilmer Smith
New Home
Roy Forkner
Prayer for Christlike love in daily living
A devotional excerpt asks Christians worldwide to live out Jesus' love in daily actions and witness. Anonymous authorship notes the prayer centers on salvation and benevolence guiding all believers.
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Christ
Jesus
Zoning delays set by city panel for 50th Street study
The City Planning and Zoning Commission delayed five 50th Street zoning requests for about two weeks as Bob Burr, city planning director, completes a study of the south Lubbock thoroughfare. The panel also approved site actions for a Boys Club at Gary Avenue and 60th Street, a Brownfield Highway shopping center at Chicago Avenue, a motel expansion at 19th Street and Nashville Avenue, and an apartment project at 21st Street and Nashville Avenue. Names linked to requests include Gordon Treadaway, Billy Meeks, and Jack Goodman seeking commercial, A-3 catch-all, and office-zone changes near 50th Street.
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Lubbock
New Deal
Abernathy
Bob Johnson
Treasury
United Super Market
50Th St
Barrington Food Store
Starter Bros. Food Mart
Tohoka Traffic
A. L. Davis Food Store
Johnson
Reeves Texaco
College Ave
Stalter Bros. Food Mart
Idalou Ilwy
Avalanche-Journal
Ecisions
50Th Street
City
Bob Burr
City Hall
Gary Ave
60Th St
Brownfield Hwy
Chicago Ave
19Th St
Nashville Ave
21St St
Gordon Treadaway
Indiana Ave
Billy Meeks
Weather map shows recent regional temperatures and precipitation
The page lists 34 hours of high and low temperatures ending at midnight for locations including Abilene Amarillo Dallas Denver Albuquerque Houston Roswell Oklahoma City and others with rainfall amounts such as 1.57 inches in Abilene 0.84 in Denver and 2.00 in Oklahoma City Per location hottest and coolest readings are noted for the period plus city labels and numeric values for highs and lows.
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Pal Abilene
Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
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