Clash over Pioneer Days float ends in arbritration bid
A heated Curry County meeting between the Ministerial Alliance and the 20 30 Club in Clovis ended with an accord and a five member arbitration panel from each side. The dispute centered on a June 2 Pioneer Days parade float titled Chic Sale and described by ministers as indecent. The two groups voted to publish statements after independent arbitration was chosen to resolve the quarrel.
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Bareats
Amarillo Daily News
Heever
Curry County
Ministerial Alliance
KICA
W. C Cumming
Alliance
Bates Ivey
First Baptist Church
Ivey
Thomas Raper
First Methodist Church
Claud A. Lorts
Centre Church of Christ
Rites Today for Perryton Youth in West Crash
Funeral services for John Willis King Perryton High School graduate killed in a Montana motorcycle crash will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Luther Kirk officiating. Burial in Ochiltree Cemetery. King 18 died after colliding with a Montana State Highway Department truck. He traveled with fellow 1950 Perryton graduate Robert Stephenson on a post graduation motorcycle tour. Surviving: parents Mr. and Mrs. John A. King sister Anita and grandmother Mrs. Lena King.
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John Willis King
Helena
Mont
First Methodist Church
Luther Kirk
Ochiltree Cemetery
Boxwell Bros
Darrell Peter
Edward Dear
Billy Lynn Conner
Billy Ray Chase
Raymond Powell
Morris Smith
Douglas Hawk
Wendell Pecken
Farnsworth
Here
Anita
Lena King
Kekkonen Heads to Moscow to Sign Historic Finland Soviet Pact
Finnish Premier Dr Urho Kekkonen travels to Moscow to ink the largest trade agreement between Finland and the Soviet Union. The pact aims to boost cross border commerce and strengthen economic ties between the two nations.
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Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Moscow
Soviet Union
Clarence Gamble Dies in Clovis at 56
Clarence Gamble 56, tort court operator, died Thursday morning in a Clovis hospital after a yearslong illness. He lived in Curry County since 1915, first in Grady then Clovis. Survived by widow Fanny, daughters Margaret Raybould and Zada Beth Gamble, son Frank Gamble of San Bernardino, three sisters, and four grandchildren. Funeral at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Steed Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. H. H. Allen officiating. burial in Mission Garden of Memories.
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Margaret Raybould
Zada Beth Gamble
Frank Gambie
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Emma
Seift
Stanford
Anna Anderson
Ft. Riley
Kan
Steed Funeral Home Chapel
H. H. Allen
Trinity Methodist Church
Mission Garden of Memories
Pilot Breakfast Aims for Successful Plainview Event
The Plainview Chamber of Commerce and the National Aeronautics Club plan a Sunday pilot breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the Hilton Hotel. Pollyanna of KVOP will play piano during the breakfast hour before a welcome by a chamber member and tours to Municipal Airport for field activities. Weather talks are tied to last year’s rain and low attendance.
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Plainview Chamber of Commerce
National Aeronautics Club
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KVOP
Chamber of Commerce
Primary election preparations and candidate updates
The county reports extra ballot boxes and staff for the upcoming primary. Twenty two people have filed for county and precinct offices. Campaigning resumes as Pete LaMaster from Ochiltree County signals a return to the road after a long break.
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Pete LaMaster
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Rites at Friona For A. J. James
Funeral services for A. J. James of Clovis are set for 2 p m Saturday at Friona Methodist Church. Rev Silas Dixon will officiate. James, 87, died in Amherst hospital. He married Mary Elizabeth Hebler in Brunswick Missouri on Dec 29 1885. They moved to Texas in 1908 joining Deaf Smith County. He was a retired farmer and did church work with the Church of God at Clovis for 18 years. Survivors include five sons. Interment in Friona Cemetery, under Gilsland Funeral Home of Hereford.
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Amherst Hospital
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Brunswick
Texas
Missouri
Deaf Smith County
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Gilsland Funeral Home
Fireman Hurt on Rail Mishap at Santa Fe Yards
Santa Fe Railway reports fireman D C Nicholson twenty six of Mississippi was treated at St Anthony's Hospital for a broken left leg after leaping from a yard engine when struck by a rear car of a 26 car train pushed by another engine. A second worker S E Morrison fifty four of Canyon highway Amarillo suffered minor injuries and was released after treatment. Officials said damage not believed heavy.
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Mississippi
St. Anthony’s Hospital
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Nicholson
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Amarillo
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Reburial for Clovis Airman Planned
Staff Sgt. Jack B. Love 20 killed January 4 1944 when his plane went down over Kiel Germany will be reburied in Clovis. Survivors include mother Mrs Mont Love Morgan two sisters Iris Young and Jean Love and two brothers Merle Love and Clyde Love. Services held at Steed Memorial Chapel and Mission Garden of Memories with Rev W H Allen and Clovis VFW.
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Jack B. Love
Kiel
Germany
Eighth Army Air Corps
Mont Love Morgan
Iris Young
Steed Memorial Chapel
W. H. Allen
Trinity Methodist Church
Mission Garden of Memories
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
England's Lord Tennyson Publishes Cricket Book
England's present Lord Tennyson, son and grandson of the poet, has issued a new book on the sport of cricket detailing its history and techniques.
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England
Lord Tennyson
Rosellini Bergman depart Rome for wedding trip
In Rome on June 8 sources say Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman departed for their wedding trip. Reports indicate walnut sized hail caused severe damage to orchards in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand.
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Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Thewyford
New Zealand
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