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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1960

Page

2

Crop Production Outlook From Gov GAYLORD P GODWIN

Washington reports the Crop Reporting Board projects all crop production near 1960 levels despite a cold wet spring. Wheat leads with about 1.35 billion bushels, 8 million above 1959, while pork prices may stay high as spring and fall hog crops decline. Demand remains favorable but supply risks loom from inflation, labor, and policy factors.

Gaylord P. Godwin Washington UPI Ing Department Agriculture Department

Probes Of Burglaries Pushed Here

Detectives continued the weekend burglary investigations and sought a year old Lubbock man who left calling cards at the scene. A break in at Starrs Restaurant yielded a suspect’s billfold and payroll receipt. Losses included cash, cigars, meat, and gum totaling about 20 dollars. Further burglaries at Fine Service Station and L C Batteys Conoco Service Station produced cash losses and stolen items. Other incidents involved cigarette thefts, batteries, a tire and wheel, oil, a portable radio and sander, irrigation pipe, a two wheel trailer, a gas range, and a disposal, with details and dates noted by deputies.

Lubbock Bill Rutherford Bill Fuller Starr Tohoka Highway 16Th and Ave. Q Bud Hardage L. C. Battey Conoco Quirt Ave Richardson Truck Repair Service 7Th St Weir Transit Concrete Co Elm W. C. Arnold Ave. G Marvin Looney J. Abernathy Sheriff's Deputies Sander Cat Faulkner Rt. 1 Howard A Buchanan 67Th St

Abidjan Consulate Upgraded to Embassy Aug 7

The American Consulate at Abidjan Ivory Coast will become an embassy on Aug 7 and will represent the United States to Dahomey Niger Upper Volta and Ivory Coast as independent republics, the State Department announced Sunday night.

Washington UPI Abidjan Ivory Coast United States Dahomey Niger Upper Volta State Department

Kansas GOP Nomination Hints At Tight Governor Fight

Topeka AP reports three GOP gubernatorial hopefuls McDill Boyd John Anderson and WH Addington express confidence and aim to unseat incumbent George Docking in Kansas primary Also Democratic lanes feature Frank Theis challenging Lt Gov Joseph Henkle for Senate while Edward Clea faces Rep Schoeppel Henkle criticizes national GOP and Theis aligns with national Democratic platform Buffered by other congressional contests and party unopposed incumbents

Topeka Kan Kansas McDill Boyd John Anderson WH Addington George Docking Docking Frank Theis Joseph Henkle Andrew F Schoeppel Edward P. Clea Lawrenc William Avery Congress Ed H. Rees Wint Smith Avery Robert Turney Theis Henkle Floyd Breeding Newell George Denver D Hargis

Five Die When Auto Crashes Into Bridge Abutment

An auto carrying six migrant workers from Florida and Alabama, with bumper signs reading God bless this car and Good-bye steel world, smashed into a bridge abutment in Middletown New York killing five of the passengers and injuring the sixth. Victims named are Nathan Caldwell 27 Elba Alabama Jessie Louis Hoyward 24 Lake Wales Florida Wilbur Diamond 19 Lake Wales William Thomas Harrington 19 Marana Florida and William C Davis 15. Lewis Samp on 73 Lake Wales was hospitalized in critical condition.

Middletown N.Y Steel World Florida Alabama Nathan Caldwell Elba Ala Jessie Louis Hoyward Lake Wales Fla Wilbur Diamond William Thomas Harrington Marana William C. Davis Lewis Sampon

Seven Appear In Court At Law Here

Seven defendants appeared in County Court at Law No 2 Monday morning on misdemeanor charges. Sammy Toler pleaded guilty to carrying a prohibited weapon and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge Pat Moore. Others charged and held under 500 dollar bonds pleaded innocent, including Nick Gonzales and Ray Pequino from Slaton, Demetri Villarreal, Erasmo Silguero, Juan Barrientes, and Vera Booker in cases of weapon violations and related offenses.

Sammy Toler 26Th St Pat Moore Nick Gonzales Ray Pequino Slaton Demetri Villarreal Erasmo Silguero Allen Hotel Juan Barrientes Vera Booker

Census adds several cities to standard metropolitan areas

Washington reports that the 196 census designates 21 urban areas as standard metropolitan statistical areas. Included are Midland Odessa Abilene Lake Charles Texarkana Monroe and Texarkana twin cities with populations ranging from about 5 000 to over 119 000 in the metro regions.

Washington UPL Central City Twin Cities Abilene Texan Abilene City San Bento City Central Cities Lake Charles Lake Charles City Midland Odrasa Texas Midland City Monroe Monroe Uty Odessa Odessa City Texarkana Texas-Ark Texarkana City Ark

Four Men Hurt In Pipeline Blast Near Teague

Four construction workers were burned when a pipeline exploded at a pumping station about one mile south of Teague Texas One man David Collins 18 of Shiloh was critically burned others named G A Mclean 52 of Groesbeck Ivan Thome and Lloyd Kerzee of Mexia sustained injuries The blast followed a line being cut with an electric torch by one worker

Gue Tex Teague David Collins Shiloh G. A Mclean Groesbeck Ivan Thome Lloyd Kerzee Mexia

Vandals Damage Trucks At Dallas

A Dallas plant reported 12 to 15 trucks damaged after intruders climbed a fence and started the vehicles causing mischief. Police investigate the Monday incident. no injuries reported.

Dallas Texas Billithic Co

Kenya Politician Hurt In Wreck Near Nairobi

Kenya nationalist Tom Mbeya was badly injured in a weekend car crash 200 miles from Nairobi after addressing a rally in the Tena Hills. A hospital spokesman said Mbeya had a concussion and would likely remain hospitalized for at least a week. an initial exam found injuries to his arm and skull not confirmed.

Nmrobi Kenya Tom Mbeya King George VI Hospitals Mbeya Nairobi Tena Hills

LBJ Unaware of Picket Lines Amid Campaign Travel

Senator Lyndon B Johnson said he was unaware of crossing any picket lines during the campaign season. Spokesman George Reedy stated there were no picket lines at Kansas City or Los Angeles exits, noting a translated confusion over alleged crossings. The issue followed claims by Union President R A Brown that Johnson crossed lines and chartered a Continental Airlines plane during a strike by Flight Engineers International.

Lyndon Johnson Flight Engineers International Assa Cms George Reedy Johnson R.A. Brown Washington Kansas City Los Angeles Reedy Continental Airlines Hyannis Port Mass Continental Braniff

J J Cole Rites Set For Today

Funeral services for Jewell Jackson Cole 52 held at 10 a m at Church of God Sweetwater Rev Otho Stegall officiated burial in Sweetwater Cemetery Wells Funeral Home Roscoe Coles survivors include wife daughter Mrs Bull Bowers Sweetwater mother Mrs Mattie Cole Rockport two brothers Billie New Braunfels

Roscoe Jewell Jackson Cole Church of God In Sweetwater Cole Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway Otho Stegall Church of God At Sweetswater Wells Funeral Home Roslow Bull Bowers Mattie Cole Rockport Billie New Braunfels

Rites Today For Pioneer L. B. Wright

L B Wright 8 1502 Ave N longtime hardware dealer died about 645 pm Monday at Taylor Hospital after a three week illness He moved to Lubbock in 1999 from Eastland and served on the local school board He was a Mason Shriner Methodist, and served on the city commission during the Municipal Power and Light plant construction Funeral services set for 4 pm at Bowman Chapel First Methodist with burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery He is survived by his wife a daughter a son a sister a brother and five grandchildren

J. B. Wright Ave. N Taylor Hospital Wright Lubbock Eastland Citizens National Bank Federal Land Bank Farm Credit Administration Owil First Methodist Church Horn Arkansas Bowman Chapel First Methodist J. Chess Lover RN. Huckabee City of Sanders Funeral Home KR I T New York France Baker Woc Barnett T. J. Payne Sr AN Gamble James A1 Goodman Ons Taylor Sr J. T Carter Herb Brown Themen Horn Bible Class J. R. ‘Sheriff John Denman

Mouser Funeral Set In Plainview

Funeral services for Mrs. Don Mouser 31 who lived eight years in an iron lung will be held today at 1 am at Plainview. She died Sunday night at home after polio struck her in 1952. Burial at Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home direction. Survivors include her husband a son Donald Dale nine her mother Bertha Harris Plainview her father Fayal Harris Amarillo and two sisters Mrs Homer Lankford Dallas and Mrs J V Robinson Vernon.

Plainview Don Mouser First Christian Church Plainview Memoral Park Lemons Funeral Home Mouser Fayal Harris Amarillo Homer Lankford Dallas J. V. Robinson Vernon

Snyder Negro Held In Shooting Incident

A 21 year old Snyder man is held in Scurry County Jail on assault with intent to murder after a Sunday shooting of Andrew Wallace Jr. The suspect shot Willie Bell Snyder in the stomach and torso and posted a $2,500 bond. Bell Snyder was treated at Cogdell Hospital and reported in stable condition. Also mentioned is Kathleen Blackwell of Detroit and a union official traveling to Mombasa for political rallies. none of them were seriously injured.

Amerian Kathleen Blackwell Detroit Union Mombasa

Mrs. Mary Innis Rites Set Today

Final services for Mrs. Mary Innis are set for 10 a.m. in Ford Memorial Chapel at First Baptist Church. She died Monday at about 1:05 a.m. in West Texas Hospital. Burial will be in Lubbock City Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, a brother, two half-sisters, three half-brothers, three grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.

Ford Memorial Chapel First Baptist Church Mary Innis 7Th St West Texas J. Ralph Grant J.T. Bolding Aesistant Petor H. F. Scott Wilson Baptist Lubbock Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home Innis Delta County Lubbock Mississippi Cora Innis W. F. Raymond Laubhock Rus. Tucker Farwell Sam Tuggle

Last Rites Set For Mrs. Capps

Emma Catherine Capps 73 died Monday at West Plains Hospital in Muleshoe. Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Frenship Church of Christ in Sudan with Walter Bostick and D.C. Chapin officiating. Burial in Sudan Cemetery. Survived by son Leroys Jr of Friona, daughter Mrs. W. J. Now of Sudan, brother Jim Hays of Mart, and four sisters.

Sudan Frenship Church of Christ Emma Catherine Capps West Plains Hospital Muleshoe Capps Birmingham Ala Walter Bostick Lubbock D.C. Chapin Hammons

Albert Anderson Rites Set Today

Funeral services for Albert Anderson Burdett 83 will be held at 2 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church in Sudan officiated by Rev Wayne Perry. Burial follows in Sudan Cemetery under Hammons Funeral Home in Burdett. He was a retired farmer and Sudan resident with survivors including his wife and four sons.

Amherst First Baptist Sudan Albert Anderson Burdett South Paris Wayne Perry Chahoma Hammons John Perryton Elizabeth Alex Antler Austin Ton Calaway Tahoka Calaway Lynn County D Copeland Redwine Draw Cemetery Stanley Funeral Home Calaway Runnels County Odd Fellows Ladge

Mary Williams Rites Scheduled in CloVIS

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Williams will be held at 1 PM Wednesday at Sterd Me morial Chapel. She died at home after a long illness. Burial is planned at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs Lait Berkness of Clovis two sons Glen S Williams of Clovis and Burton Williams of Longmont seventeen grandchildren and thirty seven great grandchildren.

Clovis Sterd Mary Williams Williams Clo Vis Siner Mission Garden of Memories Stanley Letcher Jr Central Church of Christ Lait Berkness Glen S. Williams Burton Williams Longmont Cole Errat

Jess Pennington's Funeral Held Today in Slaton

Funeral services for Jess Pennington were held at 4 pm at the First Baptist Church in Slaton. Pennington, a long-time area resident, died in Morey Hospital after a brief illness. burial followed at Englewood Williams Funeral Home.

Crop Dusting Pilot Dies In West Texas Crash

Crop dusting pilot Ralph Boone of San Antonio was killed when his J 3 Piper Cub stalled and plunged to the ground two miles northwest of Acala in Hudspeth County about 50 miles southeast of Paso. The plane exploded into flames on impact.

Acala Tex Ralph Boone San Antonio Texas Hudspeth County Paso

Funeral set for Mrs George McDavitt of Lubbock

Funeral services for Mrs George McDavitt 8 3120 27th St died Sunday at home will be held in Bowling Green Kentucky Thursday. She lived in Lubbock a year and previously in Bowling Green. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Surviving daughter Mrs Cecil L Davis grandson Roland C Davis a niece Mrs Ward C Sumpter and nephew Col Jor 1 Mose Washington.

George McDavitt Ith St Bowling Green McDavitt Lubbek Warren County Bowling, Green Collin County Tes Woman's Board of Missions The Cumberland Presbyterian Church McDonald Funeral Chapel Gerard Funeral_Home Rowling Green Pleasant Hill Cemetery Cecil L. Davis 27Th St Roland C_ Davis Lubbock Ward C Sumpter Col Jor Mose Washington, DC

DeVoll Services Slated In Clovis

Funeral services for John DeVol are set for 10 am at the Church of Christ at 16th and Pile in Clovis. He died Sunday at Clovis Memorial Hospital after a period of confinement and leaves a wife, five children, his mother, a brother, three sisters, and several grandchildren.

Clovis tSpeetary 16Th Pile Streets Church of Christ John DeVol Clovis Effie Divas Annie Co. Held Quanah Rosa Mae Holland Mileshar

Funeral set for pioneer of Spur

Mrs Lela Delt Morgan a Spur resident since 1910 died at 7 2am Monday in a rest home Here Funeral services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with Rev Riley Fugitt and Rev Thuy Stith Lubbock officiating Burial will be in Spar Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction Mrs Morgan born in Paces Valley Oklahoma survived three sons Clark Fo Mary Odessa Bob Toga Nophi Burlan Wichita Falls four daughters Miss Viola Morgan Ancie Jon Mrs Beencice Mayfield Bakersfield California Mrs Kathrine Handley Carlsbad and Mrs Jean Westfall Girard two brothers John A Mitchell Bowie and TJ Mitchell Osage Kan two sisters Mrs ROM Thomson Sr Spur and Miss Ada Mitchell Girard seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren Pallbearers will be Bob Hahn Everett McArthur Billy Ray Barrett Jerry Ensey Willie Smith Altamie Hath Kelsey Putman and Guy Karr

SPUR Lela Delt Morgan Fast Baptist Church Riley Fugitt Thuy Stith Lubbock Spar Campbell Funeral Home Morgan Paces Valley Okla Clark Fo Mary Odessa Bob Toga Nophi Bob Hahn Everett McArthur Billy Ray Barrett Jerry Ensey Willie Smith Aitamie Hath Kelsey Putman Guy Karr

One-Share Sweeny the Bay Street gadfly dies in Toronto

William R. Sweeny known as One-Share Sweeny and a longtime Bay Street investor died in Toronto at 78. A former Elizabethtown NJ taxi driver he moved to Canada 50 years ago to push for better company management by buying a single share and attending meetings to question directors. He led Concourse Building Ltd and served as director of Nipissing Mines Portage Island Chiboutma Mines and Central Porcupine Mines. His wife died in 1935 and two stepdaughters live in California.

Toronto Sweeny Elizabeth NJ Mke Bay Street William R. Sweeny Financial District Bey Street Panama Concourse Building, Ltd Nipissing Mines Co., Ltd Portage Island Chiboutmau Mines Central Porcupine Mines, Ltd Moa. White Mixa Violet Sheldon Hue Cali Forma

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