Easter Cantatas and Revivals Planned Across Texas Panhandle
Easter services extend across Lubbock Plainview and Slaton with cantatas The Divine Redeemer Faith Triumphant and special revivals by Panhandle South Plains and Far West Texas Baptist churches. St Pauls Episcopal and parish mission hold multi service observances with choral offerings and offertories including Mozart Hallelujah Early Morning Light.
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Seagraves
Methodist
Divine Redeemer
Charles Murphree
Panhandle
South Plains
Far West Texas
Lubbock County
Trinity Baptist Church
College Avenue Baptist Church
Southcrest Baptist Church
Parkdale Baptist Church
Faith Memorial Baptist Church
West End Baptist Church
Southside Baptist Church
Lubbock
Westview Baptist Church
Slaton
Tor
Plowman
Willan
Mozart
Tompkins
Claude E. Canterbury
Episcopal Parochial
St. Paul's Episcopal
Paul Hebberger
Lysikov Case Highlights East Berlin Spy Drama And Easter Services
The report covers Lysikov the Soviet youth who crossed into the U S sector in March and the subsequent political maneuvers over his return. It notes his anti American broadcasts, family ties, and eventual repatriation. It also details Easter programs across multiple churches in Freeport district with organ works, choirs, sermons and sunrise services.
Trials of Christ under Sanhedrin and Roman review
The Sanhedrin of 71 priests and elders held a night session and two hearings plus a second vote, with capital cases sent to a Roman court. Christ faced two witness requirements, a self incriminating stance, and unanimous verdicts before Pilate.
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Hebrew Court
Sanhedrin
Greenhill
Christ
Judas
Temple
Son
Pontius Pilate
Pilate
West German rearmament stirs Western alliance debate
In London some Labour leftists oppose arming West Germany, arguing the move heightens East–West tension. The piece contrasts Soviet opposition with British political rhetoric and notes Aneurin Bevan's criticism of Conservative policy.
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West Germany
Soviet Union
London
Moscow
Grmans
Britain
Aneurin Bevan
Representative Carr of Lubbock County
Rep. Carr, serving his third term in the Texas House, represents the 97th district and sits on multiple committees including Judiciary and Reclamation. A Lubbock County resident since 1932, he is a Texas Tech and University of Texas Law School graduate, a former county attorney and assistant district attorney, WWII Air Force pilot, and a partner at Bradley Key Carr and Carr with family home at 3601 30th St.
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Houston
Carr
Lubbock County
Fairly
Hunt County
Texas Tech
University Ofexas Law School
Rep. Carr
30Th St
Bradley, Key, Carr & Carr
Fort Worth men arrested for illegal liquor transport
Officers stopped two Fort Worth men near 6th Street and Avenue E for an illegal turn into a residence driveway. Their car held three cases of beer and eight half-pints of whiskey. They were released to an attorney with charges of illegal transportation of liquor pending. C. E. Patterson reported a stolen $5 sport jacket from his truck on Avenue L and chased the thief on foot but did not catch him.
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Christ
Pilate
Irving Christ
Herod
Barabbas
Greenhill
Fort Worth
6Th St
Ave. E
C. E. Patterson
Ave. L
Patterson
Former Floyd Man Killed in Gonzales Crash
C H Wise Jr 30 and Joseph M McCaskill 31 both died when their car slammed on a wet stretch near the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation. Wise, a Dallas bank executive, was Floydada-born and survived by a wife and child. Funeral services are pending in Gonzales.
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Gonzales
Floydada
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
C. H. Wise Jr
Industrial National Bank of Dallas
Joseph M. McCaskill
Foundation
Wise
C. H. Wise Sr
First National Bank
Dallas
National Bank
McCaskill
Harold
Gonzales Chamber of Commerce
Mona Bell Wise
Louie Caffee
Albuquerque
Charles Denton Wise
Aurilla Wise
Gonzales Funeral Home
Mahon Seeks Disaster Aid for Cotton Lint Shortfall
Mahon proposes a disaster area mechanism to aid cotton growers after three years of production falling below 35 percent of normal. Normal is the 10 year average. The bill would authorize 150 percent cotton acreage allotment for one year, limited to 70 percent of farm cropland, and may extend to other crops. Rep Poage weighs similar legislation.
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Mahon
Secretary of Agriculture
Poage
D-Tex
Severe storm warning system aids South Plains
A national severe storm warning network allows newspapers and radio to alert residents hours before danger. The Lubbock Weather Bureau Station relies on eyewitness reports to warn areas in a tornado path and urges radio listening over phone calls. Guidance covers actions before, during, and after tornado events with shelters and safety steps.
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Lubbock
Harold Frost
Levelland
Frost
Weather Areau
Highway Patrol
Avalanche Journal
Nuclear test held over Easter weekend with limited yield
The AEC postponed a Tuesday detonation after an Easter weekend blast whose weather delayed testing. Saturday’s shot produced about 3 000 tons of TNT equivalent, described as a limited yield calibration event. Observers at Angels Peak 55 miles away saw a brief flash and a reddish glow.
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AEC
Angel’s Peak
Ground Zerou
Bomb test details near desert proving ground
Observers at Angel's Peak reported no shock from Saturday explosion. Twelve Canadian and twelve British observers witnessed the event, with only 50 Air Force and Navy planes involved and no troops. The fireball measured under 300 feet in diameter, while the Hiroshima blast was about 1,000 feet wide. dawn revealed a dark cigar shaped cloud about 15,000 feet high.
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Hiroshima
Desert Proving Ground
Angel's Peak
Air Force
Crosby Wreck Claims Survivors From Kimbrough Family
Mrs Kimbroughs survivor list includes two brothers R W Buck of Olney and J M Buck of Saint Jo four sisters Mrs Owen Shawver of Fort Worth Mrs Mildred Hurley Mrs W T Humphreys and Mrs Mack Woodrum all of Lubbock. Mrs Kimbrough originally hailed from Seymour.
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Kimbrough
R. W. Buck
Olney
J. M. Buck
Saint Jo
Owen Shawver
Fort Worth
Mildred Hurley
W. T. Humphreys
Mack Woodrum
Lubbock
Seymour
Births Report From Local Hospitals Listings
A series of birth announcements record fathers occupations and birth details for newborns at St. Marys West Texas Latif Clinic Methodist Lauf and Goodnight hospitals. Parents include Milton McCrady Robert Hazlett Gregoria Rodriguez Bob Hawkins Glen Robertson Faustino Moreno Raymon Vega Jr Alvin Robison Connie Davis and their spouses with birth times weights and hospital locations.
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Milton McCrady
Ave. G
St. Mary’s Hospital
Davis and Humphries
Robert Hazlett
40Th St
Goodnight Hospital
The
Adair Music Co
Gregoria Rodriguez
Latif Clinic
SSS Drug
Bob Hawkins
17Th St
Methodist Hospital
Raymon Vega Jr
Lauf Clinic
West Texas Compress
Alvin Robison
E. 23Rd St
Plains Laundry
Connie Davis
60Th St
West Texas Hospital
Easter Services Across Nation Mark Holy Day
Easter observances unfold nationwide with sunrise services in churches parks and outdoor venues. National Presbyterian in Washington and Mrs Eisenhower recuperating at a Gettysburg farm are noted while traffic deaths are not expected to rise. New York gears up for Fifth Avenue fashion parade and Easter egg roll. Rome hosts Holy Saturday High Mass as bells toll across churches.
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National Presbyterian Church
Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Council
New York
Fifth Avenue
Great Lawn
Central Park
Europe
Americas
Rome
St. Peter’s Church
Seven Children Die in Flash Fire at Home
A flash fire swept through a residence killing seven youngsters. Fire crews battled flames as investigators inspected the scene for cause and potential safety failures. Neighbors reported hearing alarms but residents could not escape. Six victims were removed from the building and one succumbed at a hospital.
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Tacoma, Wash
Jean McCarley
Actress Marries Seventh Husband in Las Vegas Ceremony
Actress Arline Judge wed Beverly Hills businessman Edward Cooper Heard in a 4 a.m. ceremony at the Flamingo Hotel chapel. Judge, age 43, and Heard, 40, obtained a license. it is Heard's second marriage and Judge's seventh.
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Las Vegas
Arline Judge
Edward Cooper Heard
Beverly Hills
Calif
John Mendoza
Flamingo Hotel
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Direc
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Lysikov
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U. S
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Georgi M. Pushkin
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E. E. Hancock
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Conant
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D. A. Ross
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Herbert Colvin
Colvin
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Elliott
Chi Rho
CYF
Joe Caffee
Vergil Goodwin
Westminster
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David Zacharias
William Hall
Harker
M. J. Crozier
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Louis Pabor
Robert Steffen
Cecile Stamm
Shepherd King American Lutheran Church
Cecil Bolton
Bolton
Freeport
Ill
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William A. Slaughter
Emmaus
Handel
Elson
Jesus Christ
Hallelujah Chorus
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Louis Bates
R. C
Robert J. Evans
Tokyo
Japan
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Homer M
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Wanda Morris
Inez Smith
Methodist Youth Fellowship
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Mackenzie State Park
C. A. Norcross
Femmaus
Forrest Heights
Hubert H. Bratcher
St. John’s Methodist Church
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Gerald N. Blackburn
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Seminole
H. D. Christian
Seminole First Baptist Church
Littlefield
Harry Vanderpool
T. W. Condon
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Christ's Trial
C. W. Nall Jr
39Th St
Brent
Connye
Nalls
22Nd St
Ave. W
Lubbock Solon
EWS Briefs
Floyd
Crosby Wreck
M. Y. Tucker
First Baptist Church
Glen EK. Robertson
Abernathy Rt. 2
Faustino Moreno
Rt. 6
Tacoma
Wash
Magnus Asbjornsen
Asbjornsen
Fire Department
Frank James
Harold Fisk
Clifton
Nancy
Lucinda
Thomas
Darell
Susan
Edward
R. D. Roberts
Jesse Deringer
Tony Deringer
Russ Skattum
John Vejvoda
Livermore
Proving Ground Control Point
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