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Charles Guy founded the Lubbock Daily Journal with partner Dorrance Roderick, and in 1926 bought the rival newspaper The Lubbock Avalanche from John James Dillard and Thad Tubbs to form the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. [1] He served as editor and publisher of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from 1931 to 1972. [2]
On Tuesday, May 12, 1970, the day after a massive F5 tornado had devastated much of downtown Lubbock—including the Avalanche-Journal building at 8th Street and Avenue J—the newspaper managed to publish an eight-page edition by dictating reports to its sister paper, the Globe-News, in Amarillo, Texas. That morning a print run of 60,000 ...
Here are some of the stories the Avalanche-Journal shared about people who died in 2023 but whose impact in the Lubbock community and beyond will be felt for years to come.
Location of Lubbock County in Texas. List of NRHP-registered historic places in Lubbock County, Texas. This list is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lubbock County, Texas.
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Goodacre's father, Homer Glen Maxey, was a Lubbock, TX, builder, developer and civic leader. [citation needed] A graduate of Texas Tech University in 1931, he was the first president of the Red Raider Club. [3] He served on the Lubbock City Council from 1956 to 1960. [4]
Here is the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's baseball Super Team for the 2024 season. ... Addison, a Texas Tech signee, hit .485 with a .612 OBP and .758 slugging percentage. He totaled 48 hits, eight ...
Lubbock State School opens. [1] Texas Tech University School of Medicine [8] and Lubbock Civic Ballet [1] established. Preston Smith of Lubbock becomes Governor of Texas. [8] 1970 May 11: 1970 Lubbock tornado. [21] Population: 149,101. [17] 1977 - Lubbock Memorial Civic Center built. 1978 - May 19 Bombing at Faith Club Alcoholics Anonymous.