New West Lubbock Highway Aims to Ease 19th Street Bottleneck
Construction on a broad new multi lane section on 19th Street between College Avenue and the Brownfield-Levelland cloverleaf is nearing completion. Officials and citizens worry about possible bottlenecks at 19th and College but expect the widened road to handle east and west bound traffic, with future College widening possibly planned if needed.
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West Lubbock
19Th St
College Avenue
Brownfield-Levelland
19Th
College
19Th South
34Th
Dallas crime drops but murders rise in 1961 period
The Dallas Morning News notes crime fell across most categories from January to September 1961 versus 1960, except murder. The city logged 70 murders in eight months this year against 59 the prior year, suggesting defense-friendly outcomes in murder trials amid broader urban crime shifts.
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Dallas Morning News
Big East
Texas
Dallas
Reader asks about fall out shelter survival gains
A reader writes about building a fallout shelter stocked with food and water. The reply estimates a few weeks of life in the shelter before canned goods run out, noting the gain seems small but real.
Price Of Success
A medical magazine notes young executives rising from poverty face more illnesses than their better funded peers. The extra stress and frustration of high ambitions carry a high price, suggesting some may need to adjust goals to avoid health issues. The piece contrasts with Horatio Alger style success.
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Medical
Horatio Alger
Why Hurry What We Miss en Route
A reflective note on avoidable haste as people rush to destinations. It laments missed joys and beauty along the way and questions the purpose of speed when no clear aim or obligation dictates the journey.
Lubbock Morning and Sunday Newspaper Subscriptions Listed
Advertisement page shows pricing for Morning and Sunday editions with annual and monthly options. Rates include 1 year 21.00 and various two year like terms. carrier delivery details and regional posting. Pledge of allegiance text appears on page. Location: Lubbock Texas, date September 16, 1961.
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Sian
Uribe Oun
Ween Gay Morning
Enrocidal
Laitece Avavenens
Binstane
Labloce
Montes
Quisiée
Luwbock
Hundey
Mall
Moreyard
United States of America
Lubbock
Texas
Nation's unity cited by American Legion commander
Charles L. Bacon, national commander of the American Legion, says Americans are highly united in peace and plans to visit 24 regional commanders to strengthen cohesion. He praises President Truman's tough atomic-bomb decision and urges pro American, pro democracy outreach, including large scale youth civic training programs.
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Bob Considine
New York
Charles L. Bacon
Kansas City
American Legion
Denver
Legion
Bacon
Truman
Japan
Khrushchev
Guarding planes with a police dog idea from Findlay
A letter writer from Findlay Ohio suggests arming pilots with trained police dogs to foil hijackers. He envisions a pilot warning system via intercom and a trained dog ready to attack when the door opens.
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Findlay
Ohio
Auto Invades Bermuda in Fringe-Topped Taxis
Special correspondent recalls Bermuda’s prewar days of bicycles and surreys with fringe on top. Auto use now strict: 15 mph in towns, 20 mph elsewhere, one car per family, taxis with canvas tops and fringe. The old tempo of life shifts as modern vehicles arrive.
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Bermuda
Doblyn
Islands
Add
Gaol
Front Street
U.S
Plaza Hotel
New York
Toonerville
British Guiana
Six Studied Successor For Sam Is Talked
Washington reports discuss possible successors to Speaker Sam Rayburn who has retired to Bonham Texas suffering arthritis at 79. The piece weighs candidates like McCormack Bolling Albert Mills Boggs Walter and highlights Richard Bolling as the best bet with broad support and Rayburn’s influence on the Rules Committee.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Bonham, Tex
Sam
Tucker
Democratic House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Francis E. Walter
Pennsylvania
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
House
Bolling
McCormack
Rayburn
Mills and Boggs
Walter
Congress
Harvard
Lubbock peanut diversion gains $25 per ton in 1941 program
1941 peanut growers diverting peanuts into oil and by products will earn about $25 more per ton than 1940. Prices set by the Agriculture secretary list No 1 Southwest er Spanish peanuts at 88 per ton No 2 at 82 and No 3 at 75. Yearbooks and a luncheon open the Lubbock Music Club season at the Hilton with Mrs Ivy Savage as toastmistress and seven charter members present. Snyder County predicts Scurry County will harvest over 24 000 bales of cotton as growers combat flea hoppers boll weevils and leaf wormsDespite showers County farmers poison crops to counter infestations.
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Lubbock
Snyder
Scurry County
Muzzling Debate Spurs Senate Anti Communism Fight
The column notes a Senate security push over the Gen. Walker case amid accusations of excessive patriotism and pro-Communist influence. It cites Sen. Mundt and Sen. Thurmond, discusses press suppression risks, and calls for public hearings to illuminate policy debates. Also mentions Japan becoming a top U S exporter ahead of Britain with Canada still first.
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George E. Sokolsky
United States
Senate
Gen. Walker
Senate Internal Security
Sec. of Defense
McNamara
Sokolsky
Sen
Stromp Thurmond
South Carolina
Karl Mundt
Congress
Defense Department
the Friends of
General Walker
JT 18
Sen. Mundt
Mundt
Thurmond
Sen. Fulbright
Sen. Strom ‘Thurmond
Burke Case
Pentagon
Adm
Arleigh Burke
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Miami
Fla
Montreal
Canada
Sam Sobel
Hell
Ven
Russia
Bugs Barr
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AUTO
Inez Robe
Carlton Beach
Mummy
USA
Kennedy
Atom OE
Earl of
Belmore
Wei Ben
Ruse
ATIR
Ballyshannon
Huda
Hedtrament
Dean Rusk
Walser
Charles Edward Russell
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
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