All-Time High: Growth Surges in Lubbock Construction Boom
Lubbock's 1958 construction total heads toward $20 million for new homes averaging $13,300 each. Since 1950, 11,147 residential units have been built, with this year nearly matching all but two prior years. Builders expect continued rapid growth across northeast, southwest, and western districts, with campuses, hospitals, schools, and commercial centers expanding to support regional demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Southwest
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Clendon Miller
Cecil Jennings
Texas Tech
Lubbock Christian College
Methodist Hospital
East Lubbock
Caprock
Monterey
50Th Street
First Baptist
Paul Chaudoin
Building Inspection Department
Concessions and brinkmanship in Formosa crisis
Reports from Washington say Communist China offered to refrain from force against Formosa pending severance talks at Warsaw. Dulles silent on talks, while Wang and Beam meet again amid pressure to ease tension. China claims it will reoccupy Quemoy and Matsu despite U S cautions. Nationalists sink a Red gunboat in a coastal clash near Quemoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Formosa
White House condemns Soviet and Chinese actions amid Taiwan crisis
The White House rejected Khrushchev's demand for U.S. forces to withdraw from Taiwan and warned that Red China might trigger world war with its Aug 23 attack. It called the Soviet stance grotesque and dangerous and said ambassadorial talks at Warsaw seek a peaceful solution despite threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
White House
Red
China
Khrushchev
Hagerty
Moscow
Taiwan
Formosa
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
Warsaw
Pre-Game Confusion as Tech Aggies Mix with Alumni
In Dallas for the Cotton Bowl season opener Tech and Texas A&M alumni sparked a noisy pre game scene. An Aggie in ROTC uniform greeted Tech fans who wandered the hotel lobby and ballroom confusingly sang a kitchen product jingle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas Tech
Texas A&m
Tech
Statler Hilton
Grand Ballroom
Aggie
James Collin
Lubbock
Collin
Wade Wolfe
Sgt. Bilko
Leete Jackson
Dallas
Dick Hervey
The
A&m Assn
Tyler Firemen Seek Election On Pay Raises
Petitions will be circulated to decide if Tyler firemen should receive pay raises. Tyler attorney Harold Clapp said the petitions were filed after the city commission rejected a pay increase at the budget hearing on Sept. 4. The item links to broader Cold War tensions referenced in a separate report about foreign policy statements and Quemoy shelling by China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TYLER
UPI
Sogn
Harold Clapp
Clapp
City Commission
Births Include Daughters and Sons at Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Van Woodards report a daughter 5 pounds 4 ounces at 10 27 a m Saturday Methodist Hospital father employed by Earl Ray Band Co Mr and Mrs Erasmo Garcia Aber Nathy announce a son 7 pounds 3 ounces at 7 58 a m Saturday Weary Cash Lumber Co listed as employer Mr and Mrs William F Painter announce a daughter 7 pounds 9 1/2 ounces at 7 14 a m Saturday Methodist Hospital father a salesman Mr and Mrs Fred Steen announce a son 7 pounds 14 1/2 ounces at 6 54 a m Saturday Methodist Hospital father a welder Mr and Mrs Manuel Hermandes announce a daughter 7 pounds 3 ounces at 11 26 p m Friday Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital father a welder Mr and Mrs Simon Ochoa announce a daughter 7 pounds 8 1/2 ounces at 12 30 a m Saturday Laurente with father employed by Lubbock eel Mr and Mrs Rudolpho Cardenas Box 34 Lubbock announce a daughter 7 pounds 7 ounces at 6 20 p m Friday Lauf Clinic father employed by Brown Supply Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Woodards
Ave
Methodist Hospital
Earl Ray Band Co
Erasmo Garcia
Aber- Nathy
Weary Cash Lumber Co
William F. Painter
Fred Steen
36Th St
Manuel Hermandes
Auburn &J
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Simon Ochoa
Ave. L
Laurente
Lubbock Eel
Rudolpho Cardenas
Box
Lubbock
Lauf Clinic
Brown Supply Co
GOP Leader Demands Left Hand Ballot Position
Houston AUPI Republican state chairman Thad Hutcheson urged county GOP chairs to act quickly to prevent Democrats from occupying the left-hand column on the general election ballot. He asked officials to seek a drawing for ballot places and warned of court action if fairness is denied. Hutcheson noted Democrats are traditionally listed in column No 1, while Republicans are column No 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Thad Hutcheson
Hutcheson
GOP
County Election Board
Republican State Executive Committee
Victory Sets Off Wild Celebration After Tech Upset
Dallas watchers report Texas Tech fans erupting in Dallas Cotton Row after Tech defeated the Aggies in Dallas. Ben McCarty editor of The Toreador from Brownfield calls the AP to share jubilant cheers spreading from Lubbock to campus as the victory bells ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Texas Aggies
Dallas
Cotton Row
Big D
Dallas Associated Press
Lubbock
Ben McCarty
Brownfield
The
Toreador
Tech
Outgoing Lebanese Premier Solh Leaves Amid Tensions
Premier Sami Solh fled Lebanon aboard an American plane to Adana then a Turkish airliner to Istanbul. He said he would stay in Turkey for a while, refused questions, and had signed his cabinet’s resignation. President Camille Chamoun faces transition as Maj. Gen. Fuad Chehab is set to become president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Sami Solh
Lebanon
Turkey
Solh
Adana
Istanbul
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Fuad Chehab
Former Senator Lehman Denounces U S Role in Quemoy Matsu
Former Senator Herbert H. Lehman says no American life should be sacrificed for Quemoy and Matsu and urges withdrawal of Nationalist forces to Formosa. He argues the defense of the islands serves neither moral nor legal principles nor vital American interests and calls for UN or International Court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
Quemoy
Matsu
Lehman
National Board of Americans For Democratic Action
ADA Board
United States
Free Nations
State draft call in Texas for 556 men announced
Col. Morris S. Schwartz, Texas State Selective Service Director, announced a November draft call for 556 men as part of a national quota of 11,000. The figure is slightly below October’s 564.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas
Morris S. Schwartz
Selective Service
Floods linger as Texas rivers rise and crops suffer
Widespread rain drenched Texas from Austin to Trinity County with nine miles east of Kountze receiving five inches in four hours. Evacuations near Silsbee rose to about 15 families as flood warnings spread along the Colorado River. Six deaths were attributed to the weather and cropland, roads, and livestock faced severe damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kountze
Beaumont
Silsbee
Sam Hill
Bakers Camp
Colorado River
Austin
Texas
Smithville
Bastrop County
San Marcos
McDade
Waco
West
Valley Mills
Richmond
Hearne
Mart
Westphalia
Carthage
Fort Worth
Galveston
San Antonio
Lufkin
College’ Station
Texarkana
Longview
Tyler
Corpus Christi
Houston
Vicoria
Panhandle Plains
el Paso
Public schools in peril as recall push and federal policy unfold
Attorneys and citizens warn that destroying one of the nation’s finest public school systems may be necessary to defend public education. The Mothers’ League gathers signatures for a recall of four trustees cited as integrationists while federal policy signals a wait‑and‑see stance on school openings amid Arkansas and Virginia disputes and a September referendum on racial integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele Hays
Brooks Hays
Eisenhower
Faubus
Mothers’ League
M.E. Oswald
Central High
Clyde Y. Thomason
League
Wayne Upton
William G. Cooper Jr
Ee Engstrom Jr
Government Washington
Offi‘cial Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Virginia
Orval E. Faubus
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Little Rock
Tech’s Graduate Program Stance Sparks West Texas Debate
Smith urged defense of Texas Tech’s growing graduate offerings against a state commission report he says ignores regional progress. He argues curtailment would harm West Texas industry, culture, and higher learning, urging Tech remain a leading first class graduate institution locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Tech
Texas Tech
Une Se
Smith
Oe Tech T
Suecree
Beare
Ech
al Muldrow
Commission On Higher Education
Brownfield
Texas University
Texas A&m
Green
Texas
Bomber falls on crowded air display at Syerston
A Vulcan bomber crashed during a Battle of Britain display at Syerston RAF Base. The four crew and three ground staff were killed. Witnesses saw the jet explode in flames as it damaged the mobile control tower and a fire truck, marking the largest air crash at a Battle of Britain event in 18 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syerston
England
Syerston Royal Air Force Base
Hemphill-Wells Co. President In Critical Condition After Fall
Spencer Wells, president of the Hemphill-Wells Co., remained in critical condition at West Texas Hospital after a fall caused an injured leg and subsequent pneumonia, per a hospital spokesman. Celestino Bursiaga of New Deal was in fair condition at Porter Clinic for injuries from a two car collision at 11:40 p.m. Saturday near 17th Street and Avenue H. police said her husband's car hit a vehicle driven by Patsy Lee Barrett of 6102 Avenue R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Wells
Hemphill-Wells Co
West Texas Hospital
Celestino Bursiaga
New Deal
Porter Clinic
17Th Street
Avenue H
Patsy Lee Barrett
Ave. R
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chiang Kai-shek
State Department
Dulles
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Peilping
Wang
Nationalist Defense Ren
Ver
Jimmie Holster
T. R. Patterson
Grant Richardson
Sec. of
State Dulles
Far East
U.S
Solon
ACRE
Weather Bureau
North Central
Blacksand Belt
Greenville
Ennis
Waxahachie
Dessye Lee
Jacksonville
John Lang
James T. Lewis
Colorado State College
Albert A. Manchester
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
John Franklin Toal
Trumbull
Jarrell Hope
J. T. Byars
T&p
Odessa
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Corpus Christi Weather Bureau
Linton
Karnes City-Kenedy
Mississippi
New Albany
Miss
Union County
Mississippi Delta
George Hay
Loyce Bilbrey
Hay
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!