South Plains roundup details Aug events and projects
Weather and farming notes mark the South Plains roundup with a host of summer plans. Pilot mail routes in Andrews, rodeo in Friona, water tank work in Idalou, school openings in Spur and Slaton, and 4-H camp at Canyon reflect a busy agricultural region.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Andrews
Friona
William W. Young
POST
Plainview
Hale County
West Texas State College
Canyon
D. Taylor
Lorenzo
Idalou
J. C. Rickwean
Lubbock
Credit Managers Club
Brown
Dawson County
Lee Roy Colgan
Lamesa
New American Intage Museum
Snyder
LHS Band to Start Rehearsals for All State Halftime Show
Lub b High School band will begin 9 a.m. rehearsals Monday under Director Paul Branom. Extra daytime drills are planned for 1962 graduates for the Texas All State North South game halftime in Jones Stadium. Regular rehearsals run 7 p.m. nightly Monday through Thursday. Marching drills move to Carroll Thompson Junior High School due to Dupre Field re-sodding.
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Lubk
Paul Branom
LHS
Jones Stadium
Branom
Carroll Thompson Junior High School
Dupre Field
Dr. John Anderson Named English Department Head at A&M
College Station AP reports Dr. John Anderson a Texas A&M English faculty member since 1953 is named head of the English Department. He succeeds Dr. Stewart Morgan who will retire to modified teaching.
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College Station
John Anderson
Texas A&m
Stewart Morgan
Ship Named in Honor of Leahy Commissioned in Boston
The guided missile frigate Leahy, largest of its type, was commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard. Built at Bath Iron Works Maine, she is the 11th frigate in the fleet with 21 officers and 352 enlisted. Named for Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, the ship carries Terrier missiles and ASROC systems, under Capt. Robert L. Baughan Jr. based in Boston as part of the Atlantic Fleet.
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Boston
Leahy
Boston Naval Shipyard
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Maine
William D. Leahy
USN
U.S. Naval Academy
Congress
Puerto Rico
France
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert L. Baughan Jr
Hitington
W. Va
Naval Academy
Area Teachers Will Attend TSTA Meeting
Educators from Lubbock and area towns will attend the 14th annual Leaders Conference of the Texas State Teachers Association in Dallas Thursday through Saturday. Meetings are at the Adolphus Hotel. About 150 representatives from 13 TSTA districts are expected.
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Lubbock
Texas State Teachers Association
Dallas
Adolphus Hotel
Floyd Honey
Gordon M. Deering
E. C. Leslie
Harvey E. Owen
Holmes Webb
Pauline Clark
Plainview
Omer Douglas
Brownfield
Mary Lee Wristen
Post
F. J. Young
Seminole
J. C. Jackson
Jack Longbotham
Snyder
Dwane Russell
Jerome R. Snyder
Midland
Sam M. Andersons
Lebron Williams
Big Spring
TL A. Roach
Andrews
TSTA
Texas
Asian African delegates walk out of Red Festival in Helsinki
Asian and African delegates quit the Communist world youth festival charging systematic exploitation by organizers. Leaders Hema Dabare of Ceylon and Owiti Ger of Uganda cited failure and no friendship as they left with 44 non Communists. A Palestine delegation had left a day earlier.
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Helsinki
UPI
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet Union
Hema Dabare
Reds
Owiti Ger
Uganda
West Berlin
Ger
Cuban journalists seek Castro refusal to free arrested colleagues
Mexico City AP reports Juan Morenza exiled head of the Cuban Journalists' College says newsmen across the hemisphere will urge Fidel Castro to release the journalists held in Cuba for political reasons.
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Mexico City
Juan Morenza
Cuban Journalists’ College
Hemisphere
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Masonic Choir to Present Scottish Rite Program
The South Plains Scottish Rite Association announces an aug 30 program by a Brownfield based Masonic Choir. The event at Vann's Catering Service 4004 Ave A includes a social hour at 6 30 p m a 7 p m dinner and choir performances led by Clovis K Kendrick a 33rd Degree Mason.
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South Plains
W. W. Condrey
Vann
Ave. A
Brownfield
Clovis K. Kendrick
Woman Released On Bond After Assault Attempt
Johnnell Bryant, 26, of 1918 Birch, released on 2500 bond after assault with intent to murder charges stemming from an incident near Porter Hospital where Wayne Blagg, 40, was treated for facial and neck injuries. Bond set by Justice of the Peace F R B Land. Police also report a purse theft of 124 from a car at Farr's Supermarket and firearm thefts at a home on 30th Street.
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Johnnell Bryant
Birch
Porter Hospital
Wayne Blagg
Ave. U
Justice of the Peace F.rb. Land
Fred Reyne
Ropesville
Brownfield Coordinator Named for Community Program
Leonard Ellington, also of Brownfield, is the coordinator for the program, taking a leading role in organizing activities and directing efforts locally.
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Brownfield
Leonard Ellington
Israel and Congo sign friendship treaty for diplomacy
Brazzaville reports Israel and the Republic of Congo have inked a friendship treaty to exchange diplomatic missions, signaling closer ties and potential new cooperation between the two states.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Israel
Congo to Import Cotton Amid Rising Demand
Leopoldville reports the Congo will import cotton to meet higher demand after a year of reduced production. Trade officials say the move aims to stabilize supply and support textile needs across the region.
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Leopoldville
Congo
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Rickie Stark
Roy Abell Jr
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Texas Automobile Dealers Assn
G. W. Max
Silverton
Clovis Armory
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Nathy
Richard Edidieman
Dan Ward
Syntegar Electric Co-Op
Taho
Floyd Country Grain Sorghum Producers Assn
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D. Faulkner
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Susie Palmares
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Springlake
A&m
Bell Helicopter Co. Pilot Models Company
Fort Worth
Request For Freedom
Silhouette
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Thry Samsonite of Canada, Ltd
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