Downpours and Flooding Hit Rio Grande Region
Floods and high winds pounded the Rio Grande region with crests on the Lavaca and Navidad rivers, widespread flooding from Ganado to Ganado and Edna, and damage across Galveston County. Officials warned of lingering tides, road closures, and evacuations while Texas City faced severe disruption and long-term recovery challenges.
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Rio Grande Region
Galveston
Peter LaValle
Galveston Sons Heavy
LaValle
Texas City
Ates Crocs
Elizabeth St
Brownsville
Ing
Edinburg
Carla
Mam Calveston
Birth notices from Lubbock area hospitals
Multiple birth announcements list mothers and fathers, their occupations, and addresses across Lubbock and surrounding areas. Newborns include both sons and daughters with weights from about 5 pounds to 7 pounds 15 ounces and times around dawn or late afternoon.
Air Incidents Near Berlin Raise West East Tensions
Disputed air corridor incident over Berlin sparks Western protests as West German pilots allegedly strayed into East German territory and Soviet markings observed on fighters. Bonn regrets denied by East Germany which urges full investigation while Washington reviews potential follow up actions.
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West Berlin
West Germany
Bonn
Britain
Berlin
East Germany
Man charged with DWI second offense in district court
Larkin Neal Armstrong 38 of Ida Jou was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated second offense. A bond of 1300 was set by officials and he was released from Lubbock County jail after arrest Wednesday night. Funeral services for M L Anderson 74, father of Mrs Arniece Mantooth, will be announced by Levy Brothers Funeral Home in Galveston. Anderson had lived in Galveston about eight years.
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Marais Des Cynes
Ottawa
Kan
Plote Ts
Kansas
Midwest
Larkin Neal Armstrong
Ida Jou
George Gilkerson
Armstrong
Tastee the Peace F. R. Land
Lubbock County
M. L. Anderson
Arniece ‘Mantooth
20Th St
Galveston
Levy Brothers Funeral Home
Anderson
Texas City
Community group forms independent non profit in Lubbock
Members will be announced later as annual meetings move to the third Tuesday of the first fiscal year. The organization vows no profit motive and will set dues by the board while involving figures such as A B Davis Bill Collins Tom Hutchinson and others.
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A. B. Davis
Bill Collins
Tom Hutchinson
Retha Martin
Roy Riddel
George Kay- Kendall
Joe Phillips
James Baker
Watson Carlock
Homer Maxey
John Halsey
Bert Bernstein
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Youth Is Injured In Auto Collision
Roger Wilson 18 suffered minor injuries in a midnight crash on 52nd Street near 25th Avenue. Wilson's Toadwest car reportedly struck a parked vehicle owned by Bill Decker at 2515 and was being treated at St Mary's Hospital.
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Roger Wilson
ST Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
52Nd St
Wilson
Toadwest
Soa Bt
Heesa
Bill Decker
Freight train wreck blocks passenger service near Snyder
Seventeen freight cars overturned on a Miller to Snyder route, delaying a passenger train bound for Los Angeles. Engineer J T Hinson said emergency brakes engaged after a signal flare. five crew members escaped unharmed as crews worked to right the wrecked Milo cars. Officials expect five to six hours to clear tracks. Nearby Cape Town notes state 10,800 industrial firms employing 800,000 workers, up from 2,473 firms and 65,916 employees in 1910.
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Los Angeles
Milo
J.T
Swede) Hinson
Slaton
M. E
Shorty) Cagle
Calvin Martin
B. Chambers
Gene Barkley
Staton
Santa Fe
Cape Town
South Africa
Maize Days Queen Named At Friona High School
Miss Kay Burleson was named Maize Days Queen at Friona High School. Runners up were Janet Buckley and Sharon Reeve. Floyd King won the board judging contest with Irvin Weast and Roy Young as runners up. Maize Days activities include a parade, kids contest, barbecue, football, fly in breakfast, aerial entertainment, and a Jaycees Roosters game. Palmer County is noted as a leading sorghum producer.
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Friona
Kay Burleson
Burleson
Hub
Janet Buckley
James Buckley
Sharon Reeve
Faye Reeve
Floyd King
Irvin’ Weast
Roy Young
Friona Air Park
Jaycee
Jaycees
Pony League Roosters
Palmer County
City approves water well contracts and adds committee
Lake Plan reports eight Sawhills Water Project wells awarded to CAB Drilling Co. for 19680 dollars and Coronado Addition sewer work to Panhandler Construction for 21305.13 dollars. A nine member city hall corner stone committee is named including Dupree and McWhorter. Also a sidewalk waiver denied for a Henry Addition office storage building and a 4 foot walk approved. Wrecking firms may burn upholstery if not a nuisance. Western ministers begin talks with East Broadway lights and Berlin crisis negotiations progress with tax and exemption actions.
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Central Fire Station
Sawhills
CAB Drilling Co
Lorenzo
Panhandler Construction Co
Coronado
City Hall
George Dupree
Owen McWhorter
C. W. Ratliff
Chas
A. Guy
Raleigh Martin
W. C. Holden
Walter Posey
J. R. Jameson
W. B. Price
Bob Hassell
Henry
Lewis Gulick
Washington
East Broadway
Berlin
Talks on Berlin and joint actions loom in foreign talks
Representatives of the United States Great Britain and France opened three day talks with a session lasting 244 hours. Meri said no progress would go beyond this. Western allies plan to invite land and Congo developments and aim to have equipment on the ground by later meetings. State Department officials noted informal progress toward Berlin negotiations with West and East sides seeking broader talks. Local updates include road and crossing approvals and bids on water and sewer projects with multiple bidders named.
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Berlin
Pan American
Hamberg
Reap
United States
United Sates
Great Britain
France
SRE
Sioners
A. A. Meri
Borger
Ers
Canadian
State Department
Meridith
U.man
S. House of Representatives
Congo
West Germany
Joseph Reap
Panhandle South Plains
Lab
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Rusk
New York
Gromyko
West
Western Ministers Begin Cold War Strategy Talks
Statements from Western and Soviet sides set the stage for strategy talks amid lingering differences on negotiating tactics. Khrushchev said he was ready for businesslike talks, with Western leaders noting broad agreement but noting gaps in Soviet remarks and Western Alliance views.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Reap
Soviet Def Min Malinovsky labels U S path as Hitlerian
In Pravda Malinovsky accuses American leaders of steering the U S toward a Hitler like reckless policy. He warns of a nuclear holocaust in a US USSR war and says Soviet rockets would strike the aggressor at home. Khrushchev meanwhile presses for Berlin talks and a peaceful settlement.
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Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
United States
Hitler
Khrushchev
Stalingrad
Berlin
Parliamentary Union
Brussels
Belgium
East Germany
West Berlin
Malinovsky
Soviet Union
Typhoon Nancy Bears Down on Kyushu
Typhoon Nancy with center winds of 152 mph roars toward Japan’s southern island Kyushu. The Japan Meteorological Agency places the storm 108 miles south southwest of Amamoshima between Japan and Okinawa at midnight Thursday, as authorities issue warnings.
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Tokyo
Nancy
Japan
Kyushu
Japanese
Central Meteorological Agency
Amamoshima
Okinawa
Fair Boosters Tour Through Panhandle South Plains
A twelve hour goodwill tour by Lubbock boosters rolled through Levelland Whiteface Morton Plains Denver City Seminole and Seagraves en route to New Mexico. Townsfolk and students greeted the group at each stop highlighting Panhandle Fair attractions while free tickets were distributed by teachers in several towns.
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Levelland
Whiteface
Morton
Plains
Denver City
Seminole
Seagraves
New Mexico
Panhandle
South Plains Fair
Lubbock
Vattie Country
Toft
Ted Tateliff
Ondor Lavington
Moxeley Tateliff
Dee
Jay
Lowell Bowman Perry
J. W. Kirkland
Richard Morgan
Don Conder
Charlie Stephens
L. B. Moon
Alvin Griffin
D. R B. Sewett
Ray Maxwell
Henry Stewart
J. M. Ashley
Sam Covington
Douglas Boren
Erwin Glover
Roy Daniels
Dave Reiner
Charlie Whitfield
Logan E. Herron
James Rippy
Mack Fry
Walt Krueger
Pete Hudgins
Walter
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Gulf
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Edna
Navidad
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Colohjon
Weather Bureau
Victoria
Trinity
Long Lake
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Camer
Ivalley
Carla Hils
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Galveston County
Bob Sietocia
Vells
A Claims Service
James L. Fergerson
Lowner
Frank R. Dunaway
Lage
Victoria County
N. Niter
Port Lavaca
Parkway Tion
Zenith
Port O'Connor
Darby Hammond
Information Department
The
Southwestern Insurance Service
B. P. L. Carden
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Texas Highway Department
Shangri-la
Antietam
Michigans
Fee
Texas
Bonus
Tex
John Hutchinson
Texas Extension Service
Department of Public Safety
Sabine Pass
High Island
Boliivar
Gilchrist
Groves
Port Acres
Freeport
Port Aransas
Mustang Island
DPS
Luke Jackson
Palacios
Big Piney
Wyo
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Alliance
Neb
Kansas City
Chicago
Missouri
Kamas
Oklahoma
Robert Weatherfordes
Ciudad Trujillo
UPI
Army Corps Tone
Clarence Doyle McElroy
Thursay
Taylor Clinic
Fa ‘Selle
Henry Apolinar
Jesse Lara
West Building Maintenance
Eugene Mask Staton
Laut Chines
Petro Salazar
Canton "St
Weishi
Andrew Simmons
Allroad Ave
Nednesday
Laut Cline
Bye Grain Elevator
Victor Alvares
Laut
Embieses, Vy Taibbock Packing Co
Hy Panhandle” Building Co
Artise Johnson
Mist St
Raz Awn
Jennings & Lewis Builders
Mee
Jose Sutuente
Mor
Servce Grease Co
Lewis Mave
Dausmen Weghing
Osteopathic
Sulkwesterr Bell
Stra Thilly Kubertsalle
Ahnel
Methorist Hospital
Om Tammne
Tech
Manon
Methodist Hospital
Lub
Bork Poster
Jerry Wayne
Methodist Hopital
Lubbock Packing Co
Rigar James
Thunday
West “Texas
Weitforth Fon
Weishior
Joseph W. Reap
Snyder
Canton
D. O. Wiley
Fred Stockdale
Monterey High School
Paul Branom
Tom S. Lubbock
Dean Killian
Texas Tech
Joe Lee
Lubbock Christian College
Saa
Mikhail
Adja
Menshikov
State and Joliet
Dean Rusk
Slide Road
19Th St
26Th Street
Junior League of Lubbock, Inc
Ft. Worth & Denver Railroad
42Nd St
Locust Ave
DePauw Drilling Co
Buster Brown Drilling Co
Ellis Drilling Co
Muleshoe
Walco Drilling Co
Hereford
F. W. Wheeler Drilling Co
Stanton
Lane Tex & Co
Midland
Hemphill Construction Co
R. B.hodgson & Son
Ema
Viking Corp
Jobna Mar
Mike Corp
Houston
Bil Moore
Laibbock
Donne
Bi Moore
Gen E Nelson
Ingnouse ” Eiectric Supply
Westing Bal
Casey
Vernon Thompson
W. C. O'Maral
Otis Maner
Frank Chappell Jr
H.P. Clifton
Red China
Elisabeth
Peiping
Red
U.S
FAIR
A. L. Dunn
Lavington
Mark Showalter
Ray Showalter
Panhandle South Plains Fair
Beverly Baggett
Joe Baggett
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