Dr. Strawn Named College Education Leader at Panhandle A&M
Dr. Norland W. Strawn, Tucumcari New Mexico superintendent, is named professor of education in charge of teacher training at Panhandle A&M College. He replaces Dr. Harold Massey who moves to Southwestern State College. Strawn will resign from Tucumcari effective July 1 after a career including principal in Hepler Kansas and superintendent in Cherokee Kansas. He holds degrees from Kansas State Teachers College and a doctor of education from the University of Oklahoma.
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Goodwell
Okla
Norland W. Strawn
Tucumcari
N.M
Panhandle Arm College
Marvin McKee
Strawn
Harold Massey
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Hepler
Kan
Cherokee
Purdy
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
First Annual Collingsworth County Fair Queen Contest
Wellington June 25 Special report outlines the first annual Collingsworth County Free Fair Queen contest to be held September 2. Jerry Nix chairs the event which starts fair week. Eligible entrants are girls 16 to 21 residing in the county or with county parents, and who have never been married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Jerry Nix
Fair Queen
Collingsworth County
Officers Hunt Car In Clovis Staying
Roosevelt County authorities join Curry County in a search for a 1953 automobile suspected to have been the vehicle driven by the suspect in a Clovis case. The note adds that officers are tracking the car in pursuit of leads and possible sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
Roosevelt County
Curry County
Young GOP Meet Opens At Sheraton Palace
The Young Republicans convention hears a strong Goldwater, conservative tilt as 75 percent of 647 delegates reportedly favor him. Chairmanship contenders are Charles McDevitt of Boise and Donald Lukens of Washington D C, both Goldwater admirers.
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G.O.P
Goldwater
Sheraton Palace
Young Republicans
Charles McDevitt
Boise, Idaho
Donald EF. Lukens
al Clerk
Rail Hearing Adjourned Over Santa Fe Subsidiaries Merger
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner adjourned the hearing on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad plan to absorb Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe and Panhandle and Santa Fe into the parent company. Galveston opposes the merger and offices may close with workers reassigned to Topeka Fort Worth Dallas and Amarillo. Shippers testified to business contact gains but much testimony was struck as not railroad expert.
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Galveston
Tex
AP — Interstate Commerce Commission
Eldon J. Miller
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Miller
Shreveport
ICC
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
Panhandle and Santa Fe
Amarillo
Topeka
Kansas
Fort Worth
Dallas
Santa Fe
Rustlers Steal Prize Hereford Heifers Near Hereford
Discriminating cattle rustlers struck the Jack Renfro Ranch south of Hereford and loaded two prize Hereford heifers from a 47 head herd. The registered stock, valued at about 2000 dollars, were noted by ranch manager Karrell Higgins who found a gate cut and a white pickup seen leaving about 11 p.m. No other solid clues.
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Jack Renfro
Karrell Higgins
Hereford
Higgins
Court reverses death sentence in 1961 sex slaying case
The UPI report states the U S Supreme Court style reversal by a split 2 1 vote of Carolyn Lima and Leslie Douglas Ashley conviction and death sentence for the 1961 murder of Fred A. Tones in Houston. The court held the district attorney withheld psychiatric exam results denying due process and remanded to discharge the prisoners with possible retrial.
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New Orleans
UPI
Carolyn Ann Lima
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Houston
Fred A. Tones
Dist. Atty
Frank Briscoe
Dozier A. DeVane
Tallahassee
Fla
Elbert Tuttle
Atlanta
Ashley
Miss Lima
Warren L. Jones
Jacksonville
Shatterproof Glass Used in Pullman Car Windows
Railway officials report that inner windows of a Pullman car are constructed with shatterproof glass to improve safety. The design aims to prevent injury from broken glass during accidents or impact while passengers travel in limited-visibility conditions.
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Dacron
Nylon
Motorola
Basset and Pulaski
Pendulum Cradle
Dr. Strawn
Hair
Washington, D.C
Ronald Garcia
Lloyd Niece
Reuben Nieves
Garcia
S. Main
New York City
E. B. Burgess
Sth
Tyler
Ford
Daytona
Riverside
Charlotte
N.C
Motor Company
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