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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1955

Page

5

Texas Legislature Nears Showdown Over Gas Price Control

The Texas Legislature faces a clash over House Bill 7 to authorize the Railroad Commission to set wellhead prices for natural gas. Supporters say it curbs economic waste and monopolistic practices, while opponents call it price fixing. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling complicates the fate of the measure as Texas Congress members and TIPRO push for a bill to curb waste through contract renegotiation.

Austin Tex Texas Railroad Commission House of Representatives Commission U. S. Supreme Court Oklahoma W. G Cotton) Kirklin J. B. Walling Wichita Falls Guy Hazlett Borger A. P. King Jr Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association King Isue Oklahoma Commission TIPRO Douglas Bergman Dallas Federal Power Commission Bergman Supreme Court FPC

Mrs Burson Rifes Slated Here Today

Mrs Delia Marie Burson aged 42 died at 7 05 am Saturday in Goodnight Hospital after illness since August Funeral services are set for 9 am today at Rix Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Abe Hester Jr officiating Burial follows at Stamford Cemetery at 2 pm Survivors include husband B H Burson son Jack F Burson two step daughters Norma Kitto Bonnie McKee both of Los Angeles one sister Lucille Morrison San Antonio two brothers Wayne Blackstock serving in Germany and Gary Blackstock in Santa Ana CA one grandchild her father Roy Blackstock Carsbad NM and her mother in Midland She lived in Lubbock about two years moving from Rule DR O W English to speak on Health Problems at Lubbock Council for United Nations meeting 7 30 pm Monday in City Library

Delia Marie Burson 46Th St Goodnight Hospital Rix Funeral Home Abe Hester Jr College Avenue Baptist Church Stamford B. H. Burson Jack F. Burson Dallas Norma Kitto Bonnie McKee Los Angeles Lucille Morrison San Antonio Wayne Blackstock Germany Gary Blackstock Santa Ana Calif Roy Blackstock Carsbad N.M Midland Lubbock Rule

West Texas riding club roundup and Rebekah memorial plans

At Spur the Round up of West Texas riding clubs drew 551 attendees as Fisher County Sheriff’s Posse leader O R Clark showed a taped arm after a horse threw him while spectators heard of a knock unconscious fall. In Brownfield a memorial service for the South Plains Rebekah Association will be held in Plainview on April 22, with Mrs C L Aven guiding plans.

Spur West Texas Morris Young Crosbyton Sid Capshaw Cotton Smith Idalou Everett McArthur J. W. Shadden Lubbock County O. R. Clark Fisher County Sheriff's Posse Clark Ondal Jordan of Smyer Hockley County Sheriff's Posse Brownfield Brownfield Rebekah Lodge Plainview South Plains Rebekah Association C. L. Aven Noble Grand Rebekah Corpus Christi

World championship roping set for Crosbyton arena

Twenty one top ropers from West Texas and New Mexico will vie for a 3000 dollar purse in a world championship roping event at Crosbyton Rodeo Arena on Sunday April 24 at 2 pm. Entry fees are 100 dollars each. A jackpot roping follows.

Crosbyton Crosbyton West Texas New Mexico Crosbyton Rodeo Arena Crosbyton Southwest Wild Brahmas Gulf Coast Mac McClanahan Big Lake Don McLaughlin Smithfield Ray Whar

Prison strike prompts cage installation at guard posts

In Huntsville Texas on a strike by 52 inmates officials supervise metal cages being installed at eight control panels to block convicts from rushing guards and unlocking doors. The maximum security area houses 423 of the states toughest convicts.

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