Highway Projects Approved in Amarillo District
Texas Highway Department approves over 770000 for 41.9 miles of new farm to market road paving in Armstrong Carson Deaf Smith Gray Hansford Hutchinson Moore Oldham counties. Projects include FM 1258 to FM 284 in Armstrong and US66 to Gray County line in Carson, with costs ranging from 56 000 to 154 000 dollars and one 100 million item for Gray County.
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Amarillo
Texas Highway Department
The
Highway Commission At
Austin
Charles W. Smith
Smith
Panhandle
Armstrong County
Carson County
Groom
Gray County
Deaf Smith County
Carson
Hansford County
Spearman
Hutchinson County
Sanford
Moore County
Oldham County
Drian
Macmillan Plans to Lead Tories at Next Election
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said he hopes to stay in office and lead the Conservative party in Britain’s next general election due by October 1964. He told a television interview that if all goes well and his health holds, he intends to lead the party at the poll.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Old Outpost Fort Union in Spotlight for Tourists
Fort Union New Mexico opens to growing tourist crowds in July and August as the National Park Service preserves the 720 acre site. The ruins show adobe walls and rock basements from forts dating from 1851 to 1869, with daily hours 8 am to 5 pm and trails for visitors.
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Fort Union
New Mexico Fort
Watrous
N.M
Las Vegas
Wagon Mound
U. S. Highway 85
Hastings
Union
Rio Grande gorge bridge contracts approved near Taos
New Mexico State Highway Commission awarded three bids for the Rio Grande gorge bridge and two approach highways north of Taos. Total bids exceeded available funds by 325000 and exceeded engineer estimates by 543000. Bid results: JH Ryan Son Albuquerque 1942382.35. Wayne A Loudermilk Espanola 810678.92. Brown Albuquerque 572444.06. Commission planned cost-cutting to close the funding gap.
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State Highway Commission
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Taos
JH. Ryan & Son Inc
Albuquerque
Wayne A Loudermilk Inc
Espanola
Highway Department
Brown Construction Co
Brown
Socorro County
Egineer
Highway Commission
Commission
John Sudderth
U. S. Treasury
Frank Tatsch
Silver City
Tatsch
T Bo White
White
Taos County
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Plainview Girl Wins Scholarship for Wayland College
Ophelia Lopez of Plainview is among 14 students awarded scholarships by the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Baptist Women's Missionary Union of Texas. Lopez, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnolio Lopez of 1703 Galveston, will attend Wayland Baptist College. The program has funded 235 students since inception.
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Plainview
Ophelia Lopez
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Arnolio Lopez
Galveston
Wayland Baptist College
Baptist General Convention
Baptist Women's Missionary Union of Texas
Orr Admits Lies Told in Mortgages
Harold Orr, former president of Superior Manufacturing and head of Kuykendall Investment Co, testified in a civil suit over two anhydrous ammonia tanks never built. He said both the investment firm and farmers believed the tanks existed and admitted, we did our share of lying. Farmer Gene Lutrick linked El Paso accountant Krutilek to Estes operation, noting Krutilek’s involvement and his death in a desert car investigation.
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Lubbonk
API
Harold Orr
Kuykendall Investment Co
Orr
Kuykendall
Thomas Bell
Pecos
Lubbock Machine and Supply Co
Gene Lutrick
Dell City
Tex
George Krutilek
Estes Farflung
Krutilek
el Paso
Lutrick
K Krutilek
Estes
Fl Paso
Plainview Gun Death Investigation Continues
Hoyt Curry Jr. 36, son of a former Plainview police chief, was found dead in his home. An autopsy by a Lubbock pathologist was performed. results not yet submitted. An inquest will follow, with Hale County officials handling the coroner duties. Burial planned at Plainview Memorial Park. Curry was a Navy veteran and active in local civic groups.
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Plainview
Hoyt Curry Jr
Lubbock
Hale County
Walter Sanders
Sanders
First Methodist Church
Marshall Khew
J. H. Crawford
Plainview Memorial Park
Lemons Funeral Home
Curry
Plainview High School
Wayland Job Office to Open with New Hire
Wayland Baptist College in Plainview will open a student employment office this September. Vernon Hilliard, ex Hardin-Simmons track coach and former Plainview High athletic director, will organize it and report August 15. He will also teach in business administration and help plan a track team. The project aims to place students with employers and foster good relations between school and community. Survivors include his wife, parents, Hoyt Curry Sr., three brothers Frank Floydada Glenn and Bill, and about 48 thousand U.S. air travelers used Lisbon airport in 1962.
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Plainview
Wayland Baptist College
Vernon Hilliard
Hardin-Simmons University
Plainview Hitch School
Hilliard
Wayland
Department of Business Administration
Roy C. McClung
Hoyt Curry Sr
Frank
Air
Boy Scout Troop Sponsors Pony Sale in Clarendon
In Clarendon on June 28 Troop 33 of the Boy Scouts launches a pony sale as a fund raiser. The First Christian Church men’s class sponsors the pony with saddle and bridle. A winner will be announced at 6 p.m. on July 6 across from the Clarendon Post Office. ticket holders need not be present.
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Clarendon
First Christian Church
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