Westbender Tech workshop brings 80 high schools to Lubbock
Over 300 attendees including 80 high schools from states such as Texas, California, and Connecticut gather at Texas Tech for the Westbender Tech annual journalism workshop. Denise Humphries of Lubbock High is named reigning beauty. sessions cover photography, newspaper, and yearbook skills with a four page Toreador production. A barbecue ends day one as staff oversee sessions led by Prof. W. E. Garets and Bob Rooker with Betty Stanley.
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California
Tech
Texas High School
Texas Tech
Bly
Denise Humphries
Lubbock High School
D. Humphries
32Nd St
Delia Gonzales
el Paso
Sara Jane King
Big Spring
Journalism
Tech. Union
Fuarly
Barbeque
W. E. Garets
Tech Journalism
Bob Rooker
Betty Stanley
Wthspa
Monterey High School
Ralph Sellmeyer
Cal Wayne Moore
Phil Orman
Dorothy Bowles
Seminole High School
Bill Moseley
Odessa High School
Charles Bolan
Jim Bolan
Taylor Publishing Co
Dallas
Center
Lubbock
West Texas High School Press Association
Denise
D. D. Humphries
U.S. cotton crop seen at 14.8 million bales in 1964
Agriculture Department projects a 1964 crop of 14,785,000 bales with Texas supplying about 4,250,000 bales. Domestic and foreign demand near 14.8 million bales leaves little room to cut reserves. High Plains Texas area around Lubbock accounts for about 1,958,000 bales. The forecast shows a 3.5% drop from 1963 but above the 1958–62 average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Department
High Plains
Lubbock
Luci Baines Johnson Recuperating in Los Angeles
Luci Baines Johnson 17, daughter of President Johnson, returns from San Francisco by plane for a rest in Los Angeles after a 24 hour bug. She is accompanied by Lloyd and Mrs Hand and was met by Secret Service.
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Los Angeles
Luci Baines Johnson
White House
Luci
Johnson
San Francisco
Lloyd Hand
Hand
Secret Service
Lucia Friday
Edwards
Town Air Force Base
Calif
Watusij
Steve McQueen
Campalen
Haney
Gemini
E. T. Abernathy
Earth
Mercury
Kennedy rules out New York Senate run amid Wagner draft talks
Atty. Robert F. Kennedy said he would not run for the New York U.S. Senate in June but acknowledged momentum for a Wagner draft. Kennedy stated he would only consider such a move with Mayor Wagner's explicit approval as officials discuss party strategy. In Bogalusa Louisiana, James Edward Spears reported being attacked by five hooded men who beat him with a belt after forcing him into a pasture and accusing him of harboring Negroes.
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Bogalusa
UPI
James Edward Spears
Mitch
Spears
New York
Robert F.kennedy
Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Roberts
F. Wagner
den. Johnson
Wagner
Kennet Kennedy
Pt Ptr Alara i Proce
Kenneth B.iza Ke
Eee
Femaan Keating
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Keating
American Bar Assa
Wanger
Asgard
White House
Johnson
Senate
William H. McKeon
Ken- LA Jolla
Ans Pean
Drouth Aid Granted for 23 Texas Counties
23 Texas counties receive drought relief under two federal programs per U S Sen Ralph Yarborough. Emergency Farm Service loans available to Brazoria Dallam Dawson Falls Gonzales Hardin Hartley Jefferson Lavaca Navarro Wharton Wilson. Baying and grazing rights on diverted crop lands through Oct 31 covered for Collin Dallas Donley Eastland Freestone Jones Rockwall Rusk San Augustine Scurry Taylor. Content also notes political remarks and unrelated anecdotes about Kennedy and Goldwater.
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Agriculture Department
Insurance Firms Identify Oldest Texan as Enrollees
Austin AP reports a group of Texas insurers notes 102 and 103 year old Texans signed up under a voluntary enrollment program. Dionicia Almager of Del Pho ened cites as the oldest insured in the state.
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Austin
Texas Insurance Companies
Dionicia Almager
Delphe Anecaimte
Paraglider Failure Ends Gemini Landing Concept
The Gemini program drops the Paraglider after last Friday’s manned test failure. North American Aviation had a $20 million contract to develop the inflatable wing aiming for landings. NASA has funded eight more deployment tests with a $300,000 addition.
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Houston
Paul Haney
Manned Spacecraft Center
North American Aviation Corp
The
Space Agency
North American
Illinois Atty General charges fake colonel in DAV fund scam
Illinois accuses Harold Sager alias Harold S. McClintock of a nationwide DAV charity fraud netting about 2 million dollars. He allegedly posed as a former Navy officer and solicitor, retaining 750000 from DAV gifts while funneling sales assets including property and plants to himself. Arraignment on a 2000 dollar bond set for Tuesday. contract with the DAV terminated.
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Chicago
UPI
DAV
Sager
Illinois
William G. Clark
Harold Sager
Harold S. McClintock
Clark
Navy
Illinois Attornney
McGarrity
Borden Co
Samn Cook
Iger
Kankakee
Jloo
Iowa
Walker
Butler
New York
Michigan
Paducah Man's Funeral Today
Funeral services for Albert Gordon Taylor 59 brother of five Lubbock residents held at Missionary Baptist Church in Paducah. Other notices report John Huston Jones 58 of Hobbs died after a stroke at Lea General Hospital with services at Smith Yarbro Chapel and burial at Prairie Haven Cemetery. Survivors include wife Genia three daughters a son and several brothers and sisters.
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Paducah
Albert Gordon Taylor
Lubbock
Missionary Baptist Church
Taylor
Lovington
John
Huston Jones
Sunsetsback Hospital
Hobbs
Sun- Center
Hobbs-Lea General Hospital
Smith-Yarbro Chapel
Carl Cain
Central Avenue Church of Christ
Prairie Haven Cemetery
Smith
Yarbro Funeral
Jones
Crystal Falls
Tex
Shell Oil
Teen on California campaign trip slips from the crowd
A dark haired teenage girl accompanying her father on a weekend California campaign tour was sidelined by a 24 hour bug. She still attended a Young Citizen for Johnson barbecue at a ranch about 40 miles south of San Francisco. Her Washington return remains uncertain as officials quote the bug as the deciding factor.
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California
Johnson
San Francisco
Washington
Death Of Infant Is Linked To Neglect
Fort Worth doctor ruled a nine month old Negro girl died of pneumonia but cited gross neglect after the child weighed eight pounds at death. The case followed an emergency blood shortage and hospital delays. Police said the child’s mother took her to a doctor but the physician said she had not. The report notes that dehydration contributed to the infant’s death.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Mond
Ramona Lois Stewart
Eemuletiy
wasUn
Wout County
Ee Bab Rall
Red Cross
Birmingham
Colbert
Funeral set for Mrs. Carlisle in Idalou
Essie Maggie Carlisle 57 of Idalou dies at 1 40 p m Monday at an Idalou residence Burial follows Wednesday at Idalou Cemetery with Sanders Funeral Home in charge She was a Methodist and lived in the area from 1924 to 1950 then moved to Gainesville returning to Idalou in 1962 Survivors include two sons three daughters two brothers four sisters and 18 grandchildren
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Essie Maggie Carlisle
Idalou
Idalou First Baptist Church
B. H. Kendrick
Idalou Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Carlisle
Methodist Church
Gainesville
Bill
Plainview
Grady L
70Th St
Billy Ray Jones
Darrell Monroe
J. E. Burton
Mansfield
Okla
Ray A. Johnson
60Th St
Frank Johnson
Duke
Lester Cowan
Petersburg
Roy Herron
Parkway Dr
J. O. Montgomery
Fort Worth
Carl Robinson
Shallowater
Passports to Heaven and the Final Clearance
A reflective poem by JULIEN C HYER compares earthly border checks to spiritual clearance at death. It uses biblical allusion to Genesis and stresses that at life’s end only God’s approval grants passage beyond death. The piece frames faith as the ultimate passport.
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Genesis
Julien C
Hyer
Funeral rites for Paducah man listed survivors
Survivors include his daughter Mrs. Joe Provence of Clovis and three sons Gordon Earl Claudy and Jimmy, all of Paducah. Four brothers W H John Joe of Lubbock and Guy of Hereford. Five sisters Annie Weir Arlington Lela Weir Lubbock J D Odom Roanoke John Norvell Los Angeles and Marshall Cannon Muskegon Mich. The Rev Richard Bolt will officiate with Dr H E Bergstrom assisting. Burial in Garden of Memories under Norris Funeral Home.
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Joe Provence
Clovis
Gordon Earl
Claudy
Jimmy
Paducah
W. H
John
Joe
Lubbock
Guy
Hereford
Annie Weir
Arlington
Lela Weir
J. D. Odom
Roanoke
John Norvell
Los Angeles
Marshall Cannon
Muskegon
Mich
Funeral services for Mrs Dosha Huckabee at Tulia
Mrs Dosha Ada Huckabee 93 died Sunday in Swisher County Hospital after a life spent in the Tulia area She moved to Tulsa in 1900 later lived in Amarillo then returned to Tulia in 1962 She was a Baptist member and survived by four daughters two sisters four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Tulia
Dosha Ada Huckabee
John W. Wilson
Wallace Funeral Home
Lubbock
Neil Powell
Veterans Ac
Calvary Badministration
Wallace
Fayetteville
Ark
Huckabee
Swisher County Hospital
Tulsa
Amarillo
The
Baptist Church
Leslie Goodman Dies. Longtime City Resident
Leslie Goodman 82 longtime Lubbock resident and former Frost farmer died Monday at West Texas Hospital after a heart attack. Arrangements with Sanders Funeral Home. Survived by wife two sons William T Irving and Lee Pasadena a daughter Lorraine Brown Eldon Mo and five grandchildren.
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Leslie
Goodman
Dartmouth
West Texas Hospital
Sanders Funeral
Lubbock Ffarmer
Frost
William T
Irving
Lee
Pasadena
Lorraine Brown
Eldon
Lightfoot Rites Set Wednesday
Rites for George Winfield Lightfoot 85 of O'Donnell will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Welch Baptist Church with Rev. C. R. Blake and Rev. W. C. Wright officiating. Burial follows at Pride Cemetery, east of Welch, under Branon-Philips Funeral Home. Lightfoot died after an apparent heart attack at Lubbock Methodist Hospital. Surviving: wife Faninte. five daughters Pearl Cathey Lubbock, A. R. B. Landers Borger, C. D. Tipton Borger, O. R. Shaw Lubbock, Ima Hodges Brownfield. five sons J. A. Amarillo, O. W. Amarillo, Billie O'Donnell, Leo Lovington, Wayne Welch.
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George Winfield Lightfoot
O'Donnell
Welch Baptist Church
C. R. Blake
W. C. Wright
Pride Cemetery
Welch
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Lightfoot
Summerfield
Kan
Lubbock
Leo
Lovington
Wayne
Rites Planned for Mrs. Williams in Matador Church
Mrs. T. E. Williams 84 longtime Matador resident died in a Fort Worth hospital after a short illness. Services set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church with burial in East Mound Cemetery. Siegler Funeral Home in charge.
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Matador
T. E. Williams
Fort Worth
First Methodist
East Mound
Siegler Funeral Home
Scroggins
New Galilee Baptist
Rob Star
E. Lyert
Alex Zimmerman
Se Ting
Lee Scroggins
Austin
Ents
John
Hattie Scroggins
Tem- Terry
Sherry
Ple
Kenneth Alexander
Ave. T
Hugh Zimmerman
Clyde Berry
29Th St
Lubbock Photographer and Tech Graduate Veteran Remains Memorialized
Funeral services were held at Resthaven Memorial Park for a Lubbock photographer and Texas Tech graduate and former Toreador editor. The Rev J Wade Griffin officiated with burial under Rix Funeral Home. He served in World War II and the Korean conflict and was a member of the As bury Methodist Church. Survivors include his mother three sisters a son a daughter and a grandchild.
Lovington Rites Set For C. F. Shannon
Charles Fredrick Shannon 73 of Mallamar New Mexico died at his Lovington residence. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. today at Smith Yarbro Chapel with burial in Lovington Cemetery. Survivors include wife Stella daughter Rose Kay Lester of Mineral Wells Texas sister Elisa Hall Tyre Michigan and four great grandchildren.
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Lovington
Charles Fredrick Shannon
Mallamar
N.M
Smith-Yarbro Chapel
Smith- Yarbro Funeral Home
Shannon
Stella
Rose Kay Lester
Mineral
Wells, Tex
Elisa Hall
Tyre, Mich
Services Conducted For Williams Infant
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at City of Lubbock Cemetery for Cinthia Williams infant of Mr. and Mrs. Tianeau Williams. The child was stillborn Saturday at Taylor Clinic. Rev. Bert J. Homer officiated. Sanders Funeral Home was in charge. Survivors include a sister Felina and relatives Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Sikes and Mrs. Bertha Williams.
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City of Lubbock
Cinthia
Tianeau Gocher
M. Willams
Taylor Clinic
Bert J. Homer
25Th Street Baptist Church
Sanders Funeral Home
Felina
P. D. Sikes
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U.S
Luci Baines
Roy W. Ford
Lubbock View Christian Church
Mervyn Igo
Lubbock Muncipal
Europe
South Plains
London
Paris
Copenhagen
Robert Euibanks
Southside
Church of Christ
Harmon County
Mackenzie State Park
Avenue A
Kay Barclay
Edgar M. Barclay
Ave. H
Austin State Hospital
Migs Barclay
Lubbock Parks
Stubbs Park
37Th St
Ave. N
Ruggell Ham
Ovia Dwals Tate
G. Grimes
Lovington-Lea General Hospital
Tate
Walke Trucking Co
Pee
Nigina Eeling i Stone
Qinny Davis
Screen Desk
Uver
Raymonder
Elbert and
Y. L. Foods
Nat
Jerry Shadden
Bell
Jimmy Davis
Recreation
Drouth Aid
Douglas H. McGarritty
Genia
Melvin Walden
Miami
Betty Jean
Frances Jones
Johnny Lee Jones
David Jones
Eunice
Bill Jones
Woodson
Jeff Jones
Sweetswater
Elizabeth Sullivan
Mary Jane Robbins
Tuscumbia
Ala
Highway Patrol
Ine Rohrscheld
Henry
Larry McKinney
Russellville
Sta
Oliver Ball
Tse
John H. Jones
Zimmerman Infant
Office Machine
Tal
Williams Infant
Resthaven Memorial Park and Mausoleum
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