Cotton crop outlook pins hopes on rain and higher loan rates
Dryland fields show adequate moisture but face risk from heat and late rains. Farmers report increased spending on fertilizers and equipment while weather and pest conditions shape 1962 loan schedules. Harvest may be delayed as late plantings reduce early movement to gins across 20 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Strickland
Lubbock
Bill Gunter
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Gunter
Johnson
Bill Palmer
U.S. ‘Department of Agriculture
The
Cotton Exchange
Exchange
PCG
Dickens
Howard
Motley
Bonanza Stars Lead Soap Box Derby Winners List
Lorne Green won the oil can trophy race with Dan Blocker and Michael Landon also placing high in the Bonanza cast. The results include multiple scholarships from $1,000 to $3,500 for winners James Specian, Terry Gates, Jan Jorgense, Steven Gimco, William Denny Jr., and Jaree Kane muru. Regional winners and special awards were noted with trophies for best designed car, best upholstered car, and best brakes. Howard Hebit won the U S guest trophy race. Rodney competed in the All American after topping 107 entrants in the Lubbock Derby July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Lorne Green
Dan Blocker
Michael Landon
James A. Specian
Cleveland
Ohio
Terry Lee Gates
Sidney
Jan Arthur Jorgense
Minneapolis
Minn
James J. Nemcoff
Levittown Pa
Richard F. Spooner
Howard Hebit
Mission City
B.C
Canada
U. S
Rodney
South Plains
New Mexico
Lubbock
Local Families Welcome Newborns at Methodist and Area Hospitals
A series of birth notices from Lubbock area families reports newborns delivered Saturday at Methodist Hospital and West Texas Hospital or Lauf Clinic. Parents include Doyle Johnson, Russell Shaw, Darrell Cloud, Robert Carr, Emil Muegge, James Eldon White, Michael Guetersich, Juan Villasano, Richard Medellin, Lorenzo Espinosa, Roy Hernandez, Joe Sierra Alcorte, and Lynn W Rose. We note weights from 6 pounds 6% ounces to 9 pounds, and occupations ranging from furniture shop employee to farm laborer and industry roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Johnson
Ave. L
Methodist Hospital
Watson's Furniture Co
Russell Shaw
E. Auburn
William Cameron Wholesale& Co
Darrell Cloud
Fordham
Reese Air Force Base
Robert Carr
Amherst
James Eldon White
West Texas Hospital
Borden Dairy Co
Michael Fred Guetersich
Levelland
Guetersloh Grain Elevators
Juan Villasano
Lauf Clinic
Lorenzo Espinosa
Anton
Laut Clinic
Roy Hernandez
Rt 3
Lubbock
Phares and Wilkins Manufacturing Co
Joe Sierra Alcorte
Homer G. Maxey
Lynn W. Rose
48Th St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Western Pump Distributing Co
Grand opening ends with car crash at new station
Buddy Dean’s first day at 4901 34th St service station ends when a car swerves into a gasoline pump, knocking it into a parked car. Damages estimated at 300 to 700 dollars. Driver Larry Boykin 16 and passenger Sheila McKinnon 15 were questioned and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Dean
Dean
Larry Boykin
Harvard
Heandar
Sheila McKinnon
Inries
Boykin
Ping ‘West
Toad Hiltig
Sixteen year old Martinez struck by car near 4th Street
Sixteen year old Martinez of 1808 6th St apparently escaped serious injury after being struck by a car near the intersection of 4th St and Ave T around midnight Saturday. He was taken to Methodist Hospital for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Done Martinez
6Th St
4Th St
Ave. T
Methodist Hoepstid
Wells Completed Last Week Reported by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission reported 247 oil and 37 gas wells drilled last week. For the year totals stand at 6,220 oil and 2,026 gas wells, against 5,547 oil and 1,835 gas wells previously. Wildcatters drilled four oil and six gas wells. 161 wells were plugged, 102 dry holes. The average calendar day allowable was 2,681,899, down 59,263.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin (Ap
Railroad Commission
Wildcatters
Government plans national pawn shop branch in Tampico
In Tampico Mex plans are under way to establish a branch of Monte de Piedad a government backed loan institution that operates like a pawn shop. The bank offers loans in exchange for personal property as security and repossesses items if borrowers default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico, Mex
Monte de Piedad
Mexico City
Tech Library Expansion Faces Delays and Finances
The Tech library, planned as a multi floor center for 660000 volumes and 1000 readers, will be incomplete with the basement and third floor unfinished. Officials cite funding needs of 60000 for the south basement and 82500 for the third floor, delaying completion beyond an estimated 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aneway
Janeway
Tech
Youth Kills Then Flees After Patrol Cruiser Shooting
A youth shot his father and another man on the freeway, then fled in a patrol cruiser. Police traced the crime to a domestic dispute suspected before the killings and found the bodies after a house visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Columbus
Lanker
Youngstown
Fanny Westerman
Noted Arlington youth linked to fatal home slayings
Authorities describe a 17-year-old boy who shot a family in their Paulson home after forcing the parents and two younger daughters to lie down. The murderer, a well-regarded student, later claimed he acted when confronted upon the homeowners’ return. The youth is in county jail in a partial state of shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karlyn
Mydland
Paulson
Girt
Rude
Arlington High School
Amos Tschetter
Arlington Schools
Arlington
Estes affairs draw Houston investors bid for assets
A Houston backed syndicate led by Kaplan plans to bid for nearly all Estes assets, including United Foods operations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and a Houston feedlot, as creditors committee members discuss selling holdings in Dallas. Officials noted indictments against Estes and Wheeler. testimonies before Congress were planned, with department actions under scrutiny.
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Fr Nt
Irving & Kaplan
United Foods
Houson
Moore
Estes
Dallas
Estes’ Holdings
Robert Greenberg
Chicago
T. E. Mitchell
Plainview
M. R. Irion
Reacie
Houston
Kaplan
Rio Grande Valley
Gray
Wilson
Estes and Wheeler
McClellan
Wheeler
New York
Clements
Amarillo
New
Department
Miss Texas 1962 Crowned Penny Lee Rudd of Marshall
Nineteen year old Penny Lee Rudd of Marshall was named Miss Texas 1962 in Fort Worth after a tense pageant final. She is a UT junior with 34 22 34 measurements and aims to be a doctor. First runner up was Linda Rogers of Oak Cliff. second runner up Lanelle Gallant of Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Penny Lee Rudd
Marshall
Atlantic City
Penny
Texas
University of Texas
J.B. Rudd
Bandits kill eight at isolated Huila farm raid
Authorities reported that bandits killed eight people Friday in an attack on an isolated farm in Huila. The same region had seen two earlier assaults this week in which six soldiers and nine peasants were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Huila
Floyd High School Reunion Draws 700 Former Students
PORTALES Special More than 700 Floyd High School alumni from 60 years attended the first reunion held 15 miles west of town. The 1924 graduating class participated and R C Morgan was elected chairman to plan a 1967 gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portales
Floyd High School
Here
Floyd
Glen Davis
Lawell Watson
Bedford
South America
Ray J. Lofton
R. C. Morgan
Roosevelt County
Four Injured In Area Auto Crash
Four persons were believed seriously injured in a two car headon crash one mile south of Meadow at the U S 62 FM 211 intersection. The mishap occurred about 11 p m with two injured brought to Brownfield General Hospital and two more expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield (Special
Meadow
U.S. 62
Brownfield General Hospital
Fire at Portales farm supply destroys truck and tractor
A gasoline fueled blaze started by a welding spark destroyed a 1958 Ford two ton truck and a heavy duty farm tractor at Stokes Farm Supply in northeast Portales. Firemen fought the fire for over 30 minutes after being called at 5:50 p.m. Damages estimated at 3000 to 5000 dollars as flames rose about 75 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portales
Stokes
Bodies of 11 Austrian WWI sailors buried in Italy
In Grado Italy the 11 Austrian sailors killed in World War I were buried with Italian military honors at Redipuglia War Cemetery. Their bodies were recovered from the hulk of submarine U-20, dredged from the Adriatic Sea last month. A table fork bearing a crew member's name confirmed the vessel's identity.
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Grado
Italy
Redipuglia
Austria
Adriatic Sea
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H. J. Heinz Co
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