Community mentions swirl in Texas and New Mexico visits
A long list of visits and relatives fills a local column. Families such as the Taylors from Mercedes California Stephengs from Fort Worth and many others travel to see Rev L M Hearn and attend graduations and family gatherings across Amarillo Clovis Matador Abilene and Canyon.
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Delma Taylor
Mercedes
Calif
Oliver Stepheng
Jimmy
Fort Worth
L. M. Hearn
Pearl Mardis
Los Angles
Merrell Conn
Rita
Roy Jones
Don
Vernon
Lee Rothwell
Clovis
Billy
Craterville Park
Cecil Slover
Earth
Ernest Rea
Nancy
Amarillo
Vernon Trent
Jerry Conn
Rita Conn
Canyon
M. Conn
P. Mardis
Abilene
John Moroney
Irving School Board May Refuse All Federal Aid
Irving Texas news: the school board votes 16 to 0 to refuse federal funds saying government funding comes with policy dictates. they would lose about 100000 yearly, though they already receive 54000 since 1961 and 40000 this year plus 65000 annually for federal employees children. the district plans a grade by grade integration starting next week.
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Irving, Tex
API
Irving School Board
Bard
Irving
W. P. Hanes
Dallas
Hanes
Funeral for Gypsy Princess Bonna Draws 100 in Lubbock
About 100 members of a gypsy clan attended the funeral of Princess Bonna, known outside the clan as Betty Evans, 21, mother of three. She died after a heart attack in a Lubbock hospital. The caravan headed 300 miles to Fort Worth for burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Lubbock
API
Fort Worth
Bonna
Betty Evans
Joe Evans
St. Elizabeth's Church
Bonnda
Rose Hill Cemetery
Stars Transfer From French High To Lamar Tech
Two last year’s district championship stars from French High School, center Jerry McKeller and forward Fred Romero, have signed with Lamar State College of Technology, Cardinal Cage coach Jack Martin said Saturday.
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Lamar Beaumont
Jerry McKeller
Fred Romero
Lamar State College of Technology
Cardinal Cage
Jack Martin
Texas Briefs Killed by Fumes and More Updates
Multiple short items report fatalities including Jim Malone 52 Tulia from cyanide fumes while spraying boil weevils. A car hit by a freight train near Vidor injures 14 year old Linda Luther and kills Mrs H B Gorbe 65. Also a fire in Bastrop kills Bob Spooner 27 and his mother. A bill to rename McGee Bend Dam to Sam Rayburn Dam passes Texas Senate. Texas Highway Dept buys right of way for 7.3 miles of US 67 near Midlothian to Ellis County line.
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Tulia
Tex
UPI
Jim Malone
Ray
Washington
McGee Bend
Angelina River
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Bastrop, Tex
Upt
Bob Roger Spooner
Earl Spooner
State Buys Land
Austin
Texas Highway Department
Midlothian
John County
Ellis County
Vidor, Tex
Victor
H. B. Gorbe
Linda Luther
Protest Against Segregation in Corpus Christi
About 300 demonstrators marched quietly around Corpus Christi City Hall to protest segregation in public facilities. They carried banners and signs and later met with the city council to present their demands.
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Corpus Christi
UPI
City Hall
Oxygen Rescue Continues At Utah Mine
Two survivors lifted from the charred shaft report five miners trapped and using a barricade to shield from toxic fumes. Officials warn the rescue may take 12 to 24 hours as ventilation is restored and air reaches the drift.
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Hatsis
Utah
Casper A. Nelson
Nelson
Air
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