Panhandle South Plains Fair opens to large attendance
The Panhandle South Plains Fair opened with 51 349 attendees the second largest opening day crowd. Petersburg man E B Noel won the grand championship in the milking short horns breed on his first fair appearance. Separate days allowed Lubbsck and area students free admission on opening day layoffs.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
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Toll of traffic misfortunes climbs in South Plains tragedy
Lubbock O'Donnell victims die in wrecks as 3 killed and 4 injured on U S 87 near O Donnell. Otis Harris 59 among the deceased. A 50 000 crowd lines downtown for the annual parade after the crash. Injured driver Patrick McKibben Jr. hospitalized. Earlier fatalities marked a new regional death toll high with 107 deaths.
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South Plains Avalanche-Journal
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Kennedy Issues Peace Race Challenge To Soviets
President Kennedy warned the United Nations that without quick global control of weapons humanity could destroy itself. He proposed a six point disarmament plan and urged Moscow to join fresh negotiations on Berlin and disarmament, while signaling U S readiness to use nuclear arms if necessary to defend freedom.
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Solons Still At Impasse Over Foreign Aid Deadlock
Congress negotiators cleared a roadblock on adjournment but hit a snag on foreign aid spending. Conferees narrow the fight to about one billion dollars, with Senate leaders hopeful of a compromise while a continuing resolution may be needed to fund aid at current levels until next session.
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Japanese cotton firm official tours Lubbock area
Shinzoroi Yoshikawa of C Itoh and Co of Osaka visits Lubbock to discuss importing about 400000 bales of Lub bock-South Plains cotton this year. He tours Texas offices and says the firm will oversee export through Galveston or Houston ports. His local office at 1515 Texas Ave will coordinate activities reflecting Japan's growing cotton trade.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
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Tickling Ghost Scares Notting ham Tenants in Flat Tale
Tenants in an English apartment report a pigtailed female ghost who tickles babies and haunts rooms. They describe cold drafts and objects moved unseen while a few witnesses cite missing soap and moved knives. Reverend Muxlow considers exorcism as residents fear intensifies.
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Reginald King
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Urbanovsky Named President of Park Executives Institute
Urbanovsky, head of Texas Tech horticulture and park management, was named president of the Amen Institute for Park Executives at their convention. He succeeds Daniel W. Warren Jr. and has served as landscape architect for the college and as a consulting architect for multiple cities and colleges. The AIPE boasts over 3,000 members across the United States and territories.
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Texas Tech
American Institute of Park Executives
Rochester
N.Y
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Daniel W. Warren Jr
Sparks and Forestry
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Pollyanna Comic Dictionary Definition
A brief note defines Pollyanna as a woman who never reaches a second childhood because she never goes out of her first. The quip reflects a playful stereotype about optimism and aging in the era's humor.
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Pollyanna
Storms lash San Antonio as floods flood streets
Wide storms pound across the eastern United States. In Texas heavy rain forces families from San Antonio homes and floods streets, with the San Antonio River running over sidewalks and the Laredo Expressway snarled. Pittsburgh power lines fall, fires flare in Greensburg and Washington areas, and Chicago locks open to drain the river.
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Astemn
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San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Stock Yards
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Pittsburgh
Greesburg
Washington, Pa
Lynn Andrews Quits San Antonio Post
The city announced that City Manager Lynn Andrews will resign to accept a similar post in St Petersburg, Florida. Andrews will report to the new post within 30 to 60 days, with the San Antonio City Council in charge of timing.
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Lubbock
Weather Map Page 24 Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy and warmer with southerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Lubbock high 68 low 45. Tonight mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Monday partly sunny, warmer, with a high near 74. Overnight low around 61. Details cover regional readings and outlooks.
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