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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1955
Page
4
The FBI sent safety recommendations to about 30 000 bank officials nationwide after the largest cash robbery to date. The Chase Manhattan Bank Woodside branch in New York was robbed of 305 243 dollars by three armed bandits.
Seventeen young men will be sent to Amarillo for induction into the U S Army. On Wednesday part of the group from Lubbock includes O D Gary Willie Andrew Dederick Larnce B Kindred Otis A Rogers Jr James Stowell Young George Courtney and Lester Hopkins. Inductees on Thursday include Willie Clarence Hawkins Robert E Lee Goode Jr Billy Jack Richardson James Henry Young Jr James Medford Hamilton Louis Daniel McKay Charles Bradfort Hunt and Allen T Tines.
Open house for the extended Lamesa Country Club runs 3 to 6 pm with guided tours of the 5000 square foot expansion costing about 25000 dollars. The upgrade adds a new ballroom pro shop and apartments plus lounges and lockers and includes two new patios and a redesigned kitchen. Fire damage earlier prompted the remodeling and R S Bob Van Wie, club president, says opening plans are tentative for April 22.
President Francisco Craveiro Lopes and his wife will make an official four day state visit to Britain from October 25 to 28. Lisbon reports the trip as a historic diplomatic gesture following Britain’s invitation extended by Queen Elizabeth I.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. Denton aged 75, wife of the late Elder J. B. Denton, are set for 2 p.m. at the Primitive Baptist Church of Lubbock with Elders Len Dalton and Gilbert Dalton officiating. She died Thursday in Odessa from a heart attack and burial follows in Cone Cemetery at 4:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. survivors include six daughters and three sons in Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, and Georgia misprinted counties.
A 32 year old Methodist hospital night supervisor in Houston is in critical condition after an alleged sleeping pill overdose. Police report Mrs Joy Leon collapsed after telling a priest she had taken the pills and she was admitted to St Josephs hospital Friday night.
Tahoka, April 9. John Reasonover new president sets up committees for the year with 88 members and potential to double. Directors chair major panels including high way development and state and national affairs. highway committee studies routing of proposed four lane expressway through Tahoka.
Funeral services for Leland D. Stanford 62 will be held at Earth Methodist Church with Rev. Eugene Matthews officiating. Burial will be in Earth Cemetery. He died in Amherst Hospital after injuries from a pickup overturn near Earth. He farmed near Earth and had been hospitalized since April 2.
An advertisement promotes a product claiming to ease stomach ulcer pain by coating the stomach with a protective film to reduce acid and restore appetite. It promises a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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