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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1956

Page

2

Knight Is Lone California GOP Leader Refusing Nixon Support

MORRIE LANDSBERG reports in Sacramento that Gov Goodwin Knight stood alone among California Republican leaders Saturday in refusing to back Nixon for renomination. William Knowland backed Nixon, while the CRA urged all-out Eisenhower-Nixon support and the state delegation chairmanship remained unsettled amid talks of power shifts and future plans.

Knight California Nixon Morrie Landsberg Sacramento Calif Goodwin Knight Bly CRA Knowland Eisenhower Harold Stassen San Francisco

Herring Couple Win Caribbean Trip In Ferguson Contest

Mr and Mrs Victor Herring of Brownfield win a week for two in the Caribbean Islands in the Ferguson Go Places With Ferguson contest sponsored by Massey Harris Ferguson Inc Racine Wis. The couple and four other national winners will fly from Lubbock to San Juan Puerto Rico for a Caribbean stay at Caribe Hilton Hotel with $25 daily expenses and visits to Haiti and Jamaica.

Victor Byrd Herring Rt. 3 Brownfield Caribbean Ferguson Ferguson Division Massey Harris, Ferguson, Inc Racine Wis Herrings Lubbock Municipal San Juan Puerto, Rico Caribe Hilton Hotel Haiti Jamaica

Six Lubbock youths win Outstanding Carrier of the Month titles

Six Avalanche-Journal carrier boys in Lubbock are named Outstanding Carrier of the Month across six districts. Each earns from 40 to 70 dollars monthly for delivering hundreds of papers with extra porch service. The boys, ages 12 to 15, include Forrest Holgate, Dorman Groseclose, John Hammett, Richard Fulton, Clark Ammons, and Jerry Knott, with routes across districts and early hours starting around 4 to 6 a.m. They receive star bags and were treated to lunch and a movie by the Avalanche Journal.

Oscar Primm Forrest Holgate Clark Ammons Jerry Knott John Hammett Richard Fulton Dorman Gorseclose Avalanche-Journal Joyce Hendry Lubbock Avalanche- Journal Carrier B. HH. Holgate Dorman Groseclose Will D. Groseclose Jarvis A. N. Hammett 42Nd St C. E. Olive Ave T. Clark Ammons P. A. Ammons 29Th St Robert FE. Knott 22Nd St Holgate First Christian Church Groseclose Grinnell Harvard St Tom S. Lubbock Pioneer Memorial Methodist Church Hammett District 3 Monterey High School First Baptist Church Fulton Carroll Thompson Junior High School Calvary Baptist Church Ammons J. T. Hutchinson College Ave. Church Knott Arnett-Benson Baptist Church Star Avalanche Journal

Second Marine Is Given Stiff Penalty

S. Sgt. Robert J. Rawlings a decorated veteran with a Silver Star was convicted on six counts of maltreatment of recruits. He received eight months confinement at hard labor a bad conduct discharge forfeiture of all pay and reduced to private. The sentence was approved by Gen. Homer L. Litzenberg and can be appealed.

Parris Island S. C Qean Matthew C. McKeon Robert J. Rawlings Jacksonville Fla Rawlins Homer L. Litzenberg Marine Corps

Workmen's compensation suit filed in Lubbock court

Rodger Dyer seeks 10025 dollars against Western Wire and Indemnity Co for injuries suffered December 22, 1955 while employed by South Plains Truck and Equipment Co in Lubbock County. Dyer claims total and permanent disability. The filing was made in Judge Victor H. Lindsey's Tend District Court.

Victor H. Lindsey Rodger Dyer Western Wire and Indemnity Co South Plains Truck and Equipment Co Lubbock County Dyer

School Budget and Tax Problems At Levelland Meeting

Levelland school board schedules public hearing for 8 p.m. on Aug. 9 to present the annual budget and discuss tax issues. Superintendent O W Marconi notes new tax problems arising from the revised equalization program will be addressed.

Levelland Meeting Levelland O. W. Marconi

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