Panhandle South Plains Fair opens with record crowds
The 41st Panhandle South Plains Fair readies for a Monday opening with band parade, anticipated attendance above 200 000, expanded premiums over 30 000 in cash, and major attractions including Water Follies midway and an oil show.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Tage
Panhandle
South Plains Fair
Lubbock
South Plains
Midway
E. Baldridge
Fair Association
Three Cars Pile Up In Residential Area
Six people were killed or injured in a three car crash at the intersection of 35th Street and Boston Avenue in southwest Lubbock. Mrs. Marcella Curry 28 and James Henry Dean 24 died. R B Walden and Mrs. Dean were critically injured. Darrell Ellis and his family were shaken but released after examination. The accident occurred while many were en route to a Texas Tech game, raising the year's death toll to seven in the city.
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Bill Wilkerson
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Marcella Jean Curry
35Th St
James Henry Dean
Amarillo
R. B. Walden
45Th St
Darrell Ellis
9Th St
Methodist Hospital
35Th Street
Boston
Dean
Walden
Deans
Stadium Bleacher Collapse Injures Dozens At LSU Alabama Game
Spectators were injured as end zone bleachers collapsed during the LSU Alabama football game in Mobile. At least 59 hospitalized with injuries including broken arms and legs. Ambulances and police transported victims to multiple hospitals as officials warned the casualty count could rise.
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Associated Press
Obile
Ala
Mobile
Pauling Phillips
Bill Sellers
Mobile Press Register
Widow scatters husband's ashes in Sydney bar
In Sydney suburb a widow entered a men only bar and scattered the ashes of her husband, Herold William Norris, 47, on the counter before five former companions. She declared, You wanted him here all the time. Norris was found dying in a Sydney street on September 5.
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Sydney
Australia
Herold William Norris
Sydney Street
140 MPH Winds Ravage Carolinas Amid Hurricane Helene
A severe coastal storm lashed Wilmington and other North Carolina cities with winds up to 140 miles per hour and 25 foot waves. Shelters filled as residents, including Charles and Mary Roth and their infant Kay, sought refuge from the savage weather and widespread damage. The hurricane, moving northeast, threatened the outer banks and disrupted lines of communication while leaving no reported fatalities.
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Wilmington
N.C
Charles Roth
Mary
Kay
Avalanche-Journal
Ington
N. C
North Carolina
Helene
Washington Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
South Carolina
Carolinas
Highway Patrol
Eisenhower Names Wilton B. Persons to Succeed Adams
President Eisenhower designates Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons as his deputy assistant to replace Sherman Adams who resigned after criticism over gifts from Bernard Goldfine. Adams will aid an orderly transition while new deputy posts for the President’s staff are created and filled.
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Avalanche-Journal
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Wilton B. Persons
Sherman Adams
White House
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Lane
Congress
Adams
Persons
Jean
Bernard Goldfine
Bryce N. Harlow
Robert E. Merriam
Nixon shock at mail opposed Formosa policy report
Vice President Nixon said he was shocked by reports that mail to the State Department opposes U S policy on the Formosa Strait crisis. He blamed a subordinate for sabotaging policy and warned against letting polls drive foreign affairs. He urged maintaining world leadership against the Communists.
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Ittle Rock
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
All Dispatch
Faubus
The
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NAACP
Virgil
Blossom
Avalanche-Journal
Tashington
Richard M. Nixon
State Department
U. S
Formosa Strait
Nixson
Winners In First Week Of Contest Here Announced
The second of seven silhouettes contest advertisements appears today on Page 3 Section 5. Winners will receive $200 weekly for seven weeks totaling $1,400 in prizes.
Winners of the first contest week announced
The first week winners are listed with prizes awarded to Mrs. Bob Bartley A P Ballard H F Bidwell Joan Wayte and Yvonne Petty. Prize collection requires visitors to The Display Advertising Department of The Pialenche on Monday. Watch for future contests and a chance to win.
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Bob Bartley
A. P. Ballard
H. F. Bidwell
Joan Wayte
Yvonne Petty
Pialenche Toda
Monay
1600 Feared Dead In Tokyo Typhoon
Floods after the worst Japanese typhoon in 24 years hit the Izu Peninsula south of Tokyo. Officials report up to 1,600 feared dead, 303 fatalities confirmed, 696 injured, and 1,230 missing. As many as 400,000 homeless after 16 to 20 inch rains. No American casualties reported.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Izu Peninsula
Fair Lady Joan Wienke Visits Panhandle Fair Preview
Joan Wienke aged 17 stands at the Broad way entrance to the Panhandle South Plains Fair after a Saturday preview. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Wienke of 3302 44th Street.
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Joan Wienke
Panhandle South Plains Fair
L. L. Wienke
44Th St. Lee
Heavy rains pound South Plains as Rio Grande floods near Presidio
Widespread downpours on the South Plains drop to showers, but the Rio Grande swells past banks near Adobes and threatens Presidio. The river reached 16.5 feet at 4 p.m. Saturday, with flood crests and rail washouts reported as farmers brace for further rises and a pending Del Rio flood forecast.
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valanche-Journal
Rio Grande
Presidio
South Plains
Adobes
Sierra Blanca
International Bridge
Tanga
U. S. Weather Bureau
del Rio
Weather Map Page 1 Lubbock forecast and readings
Partly cloudy in Lubbock and vicinity with little rain. Morning low near 46, high 74. Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Hourly readings show daytime highs around 66 to 69 and overnight lows near 60s. Sunrise 6:39 a.m., sunset 6:37 p.m. Humidity ranges 42 to 100 percent. City readings extend to Abilene Amarillo Houston Dallas Roswell and Denver.
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Lubbock
Abilene
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
City
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
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