Tech Raiders Upset Aggies 6-0 in Final Minutes
In a dramatic late surge Tech’s Charley Reynolds and Leete Jackson keyed a 6-0 upset over Texas A&M before 23,000 at Texas. Reynolds scored the winning TD after intercepting an A&M pass and the Tech defense stifled the Aggies in a hard fought Southwest conference clash.
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Choc Hutcheson
Avalanche-Journal
Antonio
Texas Tech Red Raiders
A & ML
Texas Aggies
Deli Morganis
Techsans
Aggies
Charley Reynolds
Reynolds
Aggie
Leete Jackson
Tech
Raiders
Ags
Homer Norton
Tomget
University of Texes
Pugts
Dick Standefer
Charley Stautzenberger
Raider
Ed Robnette
Roger Smith
A&m
Robnette
Standefer
Smith
Aém
Standalimng
College Station
Ag’s
Two Dead In South Plains Shootings And Boundary Change
A Levelland man was shot on a busy street as two people died in separate South Plains shootings. The report notes a boundary decision involving Yugoslavia Italy and Trieste amid postwar treaty talks.
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South Plains
Levelland
Flood Threat Forces Evacuation Across San Antonio Basin
San Antonio and nearby communities along Calaveras and related creeks evacuate residents as swollen streams surge southward threatening Elmendorf and outlying areas. Reports of homes washed away and debris-blocked bridges accompany a toll of six dead citywide with seven listed as missing. Public health measures include nine vaccination clinics as city officials warn residents who drank well water to seek vaccination and ensure water safety.
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Sam Fore, Jr
Floresville Chronicle-Journal
San Antonio
Highway 97
Fore
Southern Pacific
City Health Department
Dudley A. Reekie
Dr. Reekie
Floydada Man Held In Death Of H C Love
A Floydada man, 23, died from gunshot wounds suffered Friday night in front of a grocery store. W Fred Jones, plant manager of Red and White Food stores, was arrested on a murder charge. a 16 gauge shotgun was surrendered at the scene. Eyewitness details are unclear, and Jones offered no statement.
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Avalanche Journal
Loydada
Do. Love, Jr
Pitts Hospital
W. Fred Jones
Jones
Red and White
Lee Howard
Richard F. Stovall
Howard
Stovall
Love
Pas” Dillard
Dillard
Edgar Jones
King George II Returns. Tsaldaris Named Greek Premier
King George II arrived in Athens after five years in exile and immediately tasked Premier elect Constantine Tsaldaris with forming a new government. Tsaldaris resigned from the royalist cabinet and will seek opposition party leaders. the Communist press offered only muted coverage of the return.
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Chakales Associated Press
Athens
George II
Premer Constantin Tsaldaris
Greece
Tsaldaris
George
Turkey On Alert In Dispute With Reds
Istanbul dispatch reports Turkey's military establishment on extreme alert after renewed Russian demands for joint defense of the Dardanelles. Government circles stay quiet on defenses and precautions as pessimism grows in top Turkish government circles.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
France Approves New Constitution For Fourth Republic
Paris reports the legislature approved a new Fourth Republic constitution by 440 to 106. De Gaulle is slated to speak soon after the vote, having previously opposed the plan. The vote united the Communist, Socialist, and MRP blocs, about 90 percent of the electorate.
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France
de Gaulle
Pre
Paris
Assembly
DeGaulle
Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Lumber Priorities To Cover Sawmills In Housing Drive
Washington Sept 28 Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt said lumber priorities will cover sawmills effective Nov 1 to let yards serve the HH housing priority for veteran home builders. The move, backed by the national housing agency and the Civilian Production administration, aims to boost lumber flow into housing despite producer opposition.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
National Housing Agency
Civilian Production Administration
Wyatt
Scientists say atomic energy can be controlled for peace
Twelve international scientists told the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission that technically peaceful control of atomic energy is feasible and can be built step by step. They stressed political feasibility is for world leaders to decide and did not endorse any specific control system. The report, prepared by scientists from nations on the Security Council and Canada, was unanimously approved as Russia signed.
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Pien
U. S
Tom Connally
Yugoslavia
Andrie Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Edward ‘Kardelj
Italy
James Dunn
Greece
France
Ethiopia
Foreign Ministers Council
Istria
Trieste
John A. Parris, Jr
Associated Press
Take Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Security Council
Canada
Violence Flares As Pittsburgh Street Car Strike Intensifies
AFL street car operators in Pittsburgh halted duties as pickets from the Duquesne Light Co. surrounded 12 car barns causing a complete shutdown of street car service amid a state of emergency in the Hollywood labor dispute. The central labor union pledged no interference with streetcar operations while operators refused to return until the power strike is settled. A power union vote to accept management’s offer failed 1170 to 533.
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AFL
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Co
Pittsburgh Central Labor Union
Pittsburgh Railway Co
Absentee voting slows ahead of county beer vote in Lubbock
Lubbock County shows a sparse turnout for absentee ballots as polls prepare for a county wide election on beer sales. Tax office notes poll tax transfers and exemptions slow. deadlines set for Monday at 4 pm and polling day Tuesday. Veterans may vote with discharges within 18 months. Estimated county voting potential about 20 000.
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Lubbock County
Bedford F
Carpenter
Louie F.ae
Tuesay
Texas
Slaton Slatonite
Toreador
Texas Tech
Building permits total valued at 532030 for Las Cruces year
Las Cruces city hall reported 12 months of permits from September 1945 to August 1946 totaled 532030 dollars. A 50 piece Wm Rogers silver set offered at 27.50 and an ad for King’s at 1020 Edwy appeared in the same column.
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Las Cruces
N. M
U.P
Las Cruces City Hall
Rogers
King’s
Woman Injured In Highway Crash Near Lubbock
Jewel Randolph, 38, of 610 Fifth, was struck by a car about 12 15 a m while crossing the Lubbock Plainview highway north of Lubbock. She had a possible compound fracture of the right leg, lacerations and bruises but her condition was listed as good at Lubbock Memorial Hospital. The driver, Mrs C L Harris 25, of 2315 Seventeenth, a nurse, stopped and gave first aid until an ambulance arrived.
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Jewel Randolph
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Lubbock-Plainview
Lubbock
C. L. Harris
Bryan McDonald and Son
Harris
Elizabeth O’neil
Camp Carson
Veterans May Expect Checks Within Month
Veterans enrolling in Texas Louisiana or Mississippi colleges this fall will receive their first subsistence checks in about a month. The Dallas regional Veterans administration office announced to William T. Murphy the educational director in the tri state area and said an increased staff has been employed to speed payments.
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Dallas
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Reds Again Push Pact With Turkey On Dardanelles
The Soviet Union demands joint Turkish Russian defense of the Dardanelles excluding other powers and urges pre conference talks among signatories to the Montreux regime. Turkey rejects changing the strait’s defense as conflicting with UN aims and distrusts Moscow’s intent.
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Rembert James
Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Montreux
Straits
United Nations
Coggin Hearing Over Bail Dispute in Detriot Case
Coggin H I. Coggin, 46, remains jailed after bail reduced from 50000 to 20000 at habeas hearing before Judge Dan Blair. His wife Vera filed a peace bond affidavit in justice court claiming Coggin threatened to kill. Counsel Jimmie Cunningham plans an appeal, Coggin testifies he could post 50000 from outside if released. E L Coggin of Lubbock cited as having 25000 in funds.
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H. I. Coggin
Dan Blair
72Nd District Court
Coggin
W. A. Snell
Detroit
Vera Coggin
Justice Court
D. W. Roberts
Jimmie Cunningham
Blair
E. L. Coggin
Lubbock
More Meat Seen In Next Few Weeks
Washington reports optimism on meat supplies as OPA deputy administrator Geoffrey Baker forecasts improved beef and pork availability by late October. Republicans pledge an investigation into the meat shortage, led by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio. Baker cites anticipated fall cattle and hog runs as the basis for the near term easing.
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Washington
Geoffrey Baker
OPA
Baker
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Truman at West Point says aim for permanent peace
President Truman visited the U S Military Academy at West Point and told cadets he believes a permanent peace will be achieved. He urged leadership now and in the future, saying leadership is ingrained in some men as the nation prepares for postwar stability.
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Truman
Allan Fisher
Associated Press
Est Point
N. Y
U. S. Military Academy
Washington Hall
Caltt
New Cold Wave Affects Texas Panhandle To Gulf Coast
A cold air mass moved south from the Texas Panhandle, lowering area temperatures by about 15 degrees and expected to reach central Texas by Sunday noon. Rain and winds up to 25 mph accompanied the drop, with Amarillo enveloped by the cold. Some Gulf coast areas reported rain totals including Port Arthur 1.06 inches and Galveston 2.8 inches. In East Texas, Athens benefited from recent rains as crops and pastures gained moisture. Temperatures in Lubbock fell from 70 to 55, with clouds and light drizzle in Levelland and Plainview.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Coe
Texas Gulf Coast
Port Arthur
Galveston
Brownsville
Clarendon
Tyler
Fort Worth
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Athens
Texas
Lubbock
Levelland
Plainview Oy
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Avelanche Journal
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Smith and Wesson
Joe M. Esparza
Oliver Bell
Esparza
Justice of Peace
A. F. Odell
Odell
Guy Swain
Hockley County
Bell
Reds
KFYO
Avealanche-Journal Station
Outlook
WER Company
West Point
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos
West Texas Gas Company
Wwe
Iow
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