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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1958

Page

7

Rites Set for Theodore Keys in Amarillo Cemetery

Graveside services will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery for Theodore D. Keys 45 of 707 N Arthur with the Rev B J Binversi officiating. Keys died after about two years of illness. Burial under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Survivors include wife a son two daughters two sisters and three brothers.

Amarillo Area Theodore D. Keys N. Arthur Memorial Park Cemetery B. J. Binversi Sacred Heart Cathedral Keys Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home Richard Lee Lawrence J. M. Lawrence Hughes Jere Don George Patrick Lawrence Rebecca Ann Deborah Kay Hattie Lawrence Amarillo John A. Ricks Inglewood Calif Memorial Park Jack Mackey South Side

DPS to issue updated law enforcement uniforms this year

The Texas Highway Patrol will not receive the new uniforms until after the first of the year and Rangers may keep their civilian dress. The semi Western outfits feature brown and tan colors with black shoes and belts, Western style hats, and 50-50 fabric shirts. Local Texas firms manufactured the items with Best Tailors in Houston making the uniform, Bandera Hat in Fort Worth handling the winter hat, and Texas Harvest Hat in Laredo making the summer hat.

License and Weights Division Texas Highway Patrol DPS Austin Texas Best Tailors Inc Houston Bandera Hat Co Forth Worth Texas Harvest Hat Co Laredo

Campaigners seek TV airtime with out of state union support

A June 1958 Amarillo Daily News report notes stereos campaigners received help from out of state unions in 1957. A spokesman said they would speak publicly once they could raise funds to appear on television.

Page Seven Pita Amarillo Texas Stereos

Texans brace for a campaign week ahead

Candidates for major Texas offices prepared for a stepped up pace with Gov. Price Daniel kicking off his reelection bid in Austin. Campaign stops focus on San Antonio for the State Bar convention where Daniel, William Nokes and William Blakley will speak. Ralph Yarborough will address the convention later in the week. Blakley and Yarborough predict victory while Blakley accuses Yarborough of large campaign contributions from labor groups.

Associated Press Texas Price Daniel Austin San Antonio State Bar of Texas Gath Daniel William Nokes Waco William Blakley Dallas U.s.senate Ralph Yarborough Yarborough State Bar Convention W. Lee O'Daniel U.S Henry Gonzales United League of Latin American Citizens Laredo Blakley Padre Island Senate Governor

Mrs Bertha S McGregor Dies At 81 In Amarillo

Mrs Bertha Stubbs McGregor 81 of 1401 Van Buren died at 10 30 am Sunday at Underwood Hospital. A former private kindergarten operator and longtime First Presbyterian Church member she was widow of J Frank McGregor. Survived by a Seattle sister three nieces and three nephews. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with burial Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs and Sons.

Bertha S. McGregor Bertha Stubbs McGregor van Buren Amarilo Underwood Hospital McGregor First Presbyterian Church PEO Club J. Frank McGregor Nelle Me. Laren Seattle Wash Bess Sorells Kentland Ind Irma Casswell Pekin Til Cecilia Cline Lake Charles Arthur W. Ball Ama- Fillo Sheldon Stubbs Portland Ore Arthur Stubbs Peoria Robert M. Skinner Lynn Rankin Llano Cemetery N.S. Griggs and Sons

Funeral services for Manfred Hans Hermann Larisch Held Today

Funeral services for Manfred Hans Hermann Larisch will be conducted at 2 p m today in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel by Rev Hardy Stevens pastor of Cliffside Baptist Church Burial will be In Llano Cemetery Pall bearers will be John DeShazo Morris Cobb Max Motley Bill Fomby James McCarty and James F Cobb Larisch 31 of Amarillo University of Texas student missing since May 24 was found at 11 a m Saturday in the rough country north of Austin There were no signs of violence or robbery at the scene police said He lived in Amarillo with his mother Mrs Eli Elizabeth Larisch at 1301 Avondale He attended Amarillo College and Texas Tech before enrolling at the university Born Dec 21 1926 in Radebeul Germany

Manfred Hans Hermann Larisch Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel Hardy Stevens Cliffside Baptist Church Llano John DeShazo Morris Cobb Max Motley Bill Fomby James McCarty James F. Cobb Larisch Amarillo University of Texas Austin Eli Elizabeth Larisch Avondale Amarillo College Texas Tech University Radebeul Ger

Funeral services for Andrew D Kiker June 30 in Colorado City

Funeral services for Andrew Davis Kiker 76 father of George C. Kiker of Amarillo will be at 10 30 a m Tuesday in the First Methodist Church Colorado City. Rev Clarence Collins and Rev Cal Wright will conduct with burial in Colorado Cemetery. He died in Baylor Hospital Dallas after weeks of injuries from a car wreck. He was born November 15 1881 in Green Creek Erath County and married Ollie Morton September 28 1902. He helped found Kiker and Son Funeral Home in 1930 with son Doyle. He leaves three daughters Mrs N H White Jr Mrs Ivan Barber Mrs Leroy Brown two sons Doyle and George G, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Colorado City Andrew Davis Kiker George C. Kiker Amarillo First Methodist Clarence Collins Cal Wright Colorado Cemetery Riker Baylor Erath County Green Creek Ollie Jane Morton Doyle Kiker and Son Funeral Home First Methodist Church Lions Club Kiker N. H. White Jr Arkansas City Kan Ivan Barber

Funeral services set for Milton L. Williams in Plainview

Milton L. Williams 67, retired lumberman, died today at Plainview Hospital. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church Chapel Plainview. Burial Plainview Cemetery. Survived by wife, daughter Eleanor, three sons Grady Billy Joe Gene, seven brothers, three sisters and five grandchildren. Williams was World War I veteran and former Crosbyton lumber firm manager.

Plainview Milton L. Williams First Baptist Church Lemon Funeral Home Williams Marshall Tex Crosbyton Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumber Co SE 5Th Billy Joe Bartlesville Okla Gene Claude Tulsa Lonnie Fort Worth Ray Lamesa Wheat Atlanta Edmund Newlin Vaughn Dallas Sam Pearl Williams Oceanside Calif Joe A. Wells Nowata Matt Merritt Arlington

Sammy Bishops Crying For Father In Texas Search

In Pomona North Carolina an 8 year old boy Sammy Bishop whose right eye was injured when a baseball broke his glasses is said by his doctor to cope better if he stops crying. Sammy wants to see his father Big Sam who is reportedly somewhere in Texas and has not been located despite efforts.

Pomona N.C Sammy Bishop Sammy Big Sam Texas

Paducah Boy Dies in Wreck Near Crowell

Michael Herbert Henry 18 of Paducah was killed when his car hit a truck east of Crowell around 1 45 am He was a 1958 Paducah High School honor graduate and planned to study journalism at the University of Texas The passenger Lucien Weldon Grant 22 was critically injured The truck driver Jerry Maddox of McAlester Okla was unhurt Sheriff P W Taylor and trooper Dwayne Capps investigated The funeral is set for 10 am Monday at First Baptist Church Paducah with burial in Garden of Memories Henry helped form the Offbeats and was active in the Dragon Band and school paper Survivors include his parents and a sister Ann of Paducah

Paducah Jane Michael Mike Herbert Henry Crowell Lucien Weldon Grant Crowell Hospital Grant H. F. Grant Vernon Foard County P. W. Taylor Dwayne Capps Taylor Henry U. S. 70 Jerry Isaac Maddox McAlester Okla Dragon

Amarillo Man Hospitalized After West Yellowstone Trip

Amarillo ranchman Dick Coon, 59, of 2222 Hayden, was reported in fair condition Sunday night in Presbyterian Hospital Denver after a heart attack Saturday during a fishing trip in West Yellowstone Montana. Relatives in Amarillo said he was en route home by plane when illness required a Denver stop.

Amarillo Dick Coon Hayden Denver Coon West Yellowstone Mont Presbyterian Hospital

Kansas Woman Injured in Wreck Near Ulysses

Mrs. Charles Rexroad 58 of Ulysses was critically hurt when her car collided with a combine on State Highway K-27 near the Morton Stanton county line. Her husband suffered bruises, and 11 year old Karen Barrett of Melveta Nebraska, driver of the truck towing the combine, also had bruises. All were hospitalized at Elkhart Kaw Hospital with Mrs Rexroad reported to have a broken back fractured ribs and internal injuries.

Ulysses Kan Charles Rexroad Morton-Stanton County Lines Karen Barrett Earl Barrett Melveta Neb Elkhart Kaw Rexroad

Force Given New Look for Texas DPS Uniforms

Texas Department of Public Safety officers will wear new wash and wear uniforms in three divisions starting Tuesday. The color described as Texas Tan in a dark grayish tan with a hint of purple is paired with western hats. The first distribution goes to the motor vehicle inspection division and to the drivers license division where personnel previously wore civilian clothes.

Iday News-Globe Don Hooper al Eblen Texas Department of Public Safety Hooper Bonham Eblen Bivins Amarillo Texas DPS 4 Motor Vehicle Inspection Division Drivers’ License Division

Movie Attendance Hits Postwar Low in 1957

New York report shows national weekly theater attendance averaged 43.1 million in 1957, about half the 1947 peak of 75 million. The drop reflects changing entertainment habits and competition from other media.

New York

Blue Lustre Marketed To Clean And Fluff Carpets

A new Blue Lustre carpet cleaning product claims to restore and maintain the new look of wall to wall carpet. Textile engineers say it’s the best found yet. One half gallon cleans three 9 by 12 rugs using a long handle brush.

Cover-up bib pattern with bunny toy combination

Cunning cover-up bib and matching toy bunny offer simple sewing for babies. Pattern No 2720 provides tissue sizes 2 3 or 4 with directions and materials. Order 25 cents by mail to Anne Cabot at The Amarillo Daily News.

Anne Cabot Amarillo Daily News Quincy Street Chicago Ill

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