Necessity Of Farm Roads Debated By Finance Panel
State highway officials testified at a subcommittee hearing on farm market roads funding. The Colson Briscoe Act sets aside 15 million yearly from the general fund for these roads, while some officials argued that sufficient farm market roads already exist and funds could be better used elsewhere.
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Lubbock County Association For Mental Health
Wedgewood
Plainsman_ Hotel
Austin
J. W. Smith
U.S
State Finance Adways
Visory Commission
Robert Crozier
Waco
Lanment
Antonio
H. B. Zachry
Highway Commission
Herb Petry
Carrizo Springs
Dolp
Texas
Mrs Longley Funeral Planned In Lubbock Texas
Mrs. Ollie Longley 83 of 501 E Kent died at 9 13 a m Saturday at her home after illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m in First Baptist Church Hollis with Rix Funeral Home in charge. Bur ial will be in Fairmont. She leaves a daughter a son and a brother and a granddaughter. A subcommittee proposed 300 000 yearly for tourist promotion and opposed further highway fund diversions.
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Ei Kent
Lubbock County
Longley
Lub
Hollis
Okla
Rix Funeral Home
Lubbock National
First Baptist Church
Fairmont
R. L. Goad
Ave. W. Hollis
C. J. Branch
G. W. Crain
E. Kent
J. W. Branch
la Brother
Herman Ice
Oklaha
Eugene
Ia City
Billingsley
Dallas
W. C
Walf Parker
E. Purdue
Houston May Test Segregation Law Challenge
Houston may be the first Texas district to challenge state school segregation laws. The board weighs testing constitutionality to protect funds and accreditation, risking senior students losing credits if Judge Connally’s order stands without stay.
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Houston
State Board of Education
Atty
Mack Binion
Dallas
State Board
Will Wilson
Binion
Mrs. Louisa Dennis Rites Today At Olton First Methodist
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Dennis 79 longtime Olton resident will be held at 2 30 p m today at Olton First Methodist Church. The Rev Wilbur Gacdic and the Rev Russell McAnally will officiate with burial in Olton Cemetery. Mrs Dennis died Friday in a Muleshoe hospital after 38 years in Olton and a long parish life. She is survived by three sons three daughters three brothers three sisters 21 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Speviali
Louisa Dennis
Olton First Methodist Church
Wilbur Gacdic
Russell McAnally
Lockney First Methodist Church
Parsons Funeral
Dennis
Muleshoe
Long Beach
Calif
Lowell Hair
Sacramento
Mabel Short Brady
Maude Gregg, Borger
Hazel Murray
Bigamy Defense Slated for Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren
Rome report says film producer Carlo Ponti and actress Sophia Loren hired attorney Mario Luzzatti to defend against an Italian state inquiry. They married by proxy in Mexico on Sept 17, 1957 after Ponti’s divorce, and now face possible bigamy charges with potential Italian prison terms.
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Rome
Carlo Ponti
Mexico
Sophia Loren
Bigamists
Mario Luzzatti
Ponti
Miss Loren
Italy
Ike Rapped By Rayburn
Speaker Sam Rayburn said it would take Congress from now until Christmas to pass all of President Eisenhower’s requested legislation. He was amazed by the long list and noted the process takes time. he hoped to finish by Labor Day and rejected Republican claims that Democrats are big spenders.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Congress
Eisenhower
Rayburn
House
United States
Baby Prince Andrew Joins Royal Tour in Scotland
Bright and beaming little Prince Andrew, months old, joined the royal family aboard the yacht Britannia after traveling from London. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne had been touring the Orkney and Shetland Islands for a week and then moved to Balmoral Castle, the royal summer home.
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Scotland
Prince Andrew
Britannia
London
Queen Eliabeth
Prince’ Philip
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Omkey
Shetland Islands
Britannia Andrew
Amily
Balmoral Castle
Eichmann Suspected in Argentina Case Reported
Paris reports Israeli secret service found that Eichmann was living in Argentina before capture. Dossier circulated at the Israeli Embassy suggested Eichmann’s wife and two sons had reportedly visited the West German Embassy in Buenos Aires. Paris sources confirmed the dossier in the Paris Embassy.
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Paris
UPI
West Germany
Buenos Aires
Adolf Eichmann
Argentina
Pans - Presse
Eichmann
Tourist Ousted By Reds Wires Mother
SPARKS Nev AP Robert Christner 27 a tourist expelled from the Soviet Union telegraphed his mother Dont worry Ive been thrown out of better places Nellie Thuem received the telegram from Helsinki Finland Christner was visiting the Soviet Union as a tourist charged with espionage accused of photographing warships on the Black Sea and ordered out of the country
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Sparks
Nev
Robert Christner
Soviet Union
Nellie Thuem
Helsinki
Finland
Christner
United States
Black Sea
Two Minor Thefts Reported To Police
Two theft reports filed with Lubbock police reference separate incidents. Gindy Kubachak of 1722 T4tn St says someone removed ten der skirts from a parked vehicle Friday or early Saturday. Robert Wilks of 3401 636th St reports an air cleaner and filter taken from a car in front of his home. An unrelated note mentions the Greek Milone of Crotone as a noted wrestler in ancient games.
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Lubbock
Gindy Kubachak
Tate
Robert Wilks
Freight Cars Derail Near Taylor Wrecks Mustang Creek Bridge
Eighteen cars derailed from a northbound Katy train near Taylor Texas at the southeast city limits early Saturday. A section of the track left the rails, piling in the creek bed and along the right of way. One worker was injured in the incident.
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Taylor, Tex
Katy
South East
Mustang Creek
Deane
Smithville
Waco
Italian Babies Die Of Mystery Disease
In Sabaudia Italy several infants under one year old at the Prosinci Institute For Infants died from a disease described as a form of influenza A communique noted the institute houses 50 babies all born to unwed mothers. Those infected were residents of the institution and many recovered.
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Sabaudia
Italy
Protected Workers Doubled Since 1936 in Texas
Texas unemployment insurance coverage expanded greatly since 1936. R L Coffman of the Texas Employment Commission notes 622 thousand workers protected in 1936 growing to 1,766,000. Weekly max benefits rose from 15 to 28 dollars. maximum payout extended from 1 to 24 weeks. Total benefits in 1958 reached 58,966,335 dollars.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Ployment Commission
R. L. Coffman
Coffman
Wheelchair Bride Ties Vocation to Love in Brighton
In Brighton England Miss Brighton 1938 Ann Underwood aged 19 who has been confined to a wheelchair since a September accident married trainee accountant Michael Meaton in a Brighton chapel. The couple wed in a white gown as reporters note her mobility impairment but celebrate the ceremony.
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Brighton
England
UPL
Ais
Ann Underwood
Michael Meaton
Brighton Chapel
Ann
Texas Returns Boy as Welfare Case Carries On
A Texas welfare dispute over 18 month old David Lee West ends with the child boarding a San Francisco bound American Airlines flight in Dallas with nurse Mary Elizabeth Power. California welfare officials to receive custody upon arrival, after Texas authorities had custody since Carthage last week and did not return the boy to his mother Edna West who had traveled from San Francisco to argue she is fit.
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Dallas
UPS
California
David Lee West
American Airlines
Texas
Mary — Elizabeth Power
Calfornia Welfare
Carthage
Tex
Edna West
San Francisco
Ward Chandler
Demo Leader Hits Back At GOP In Dallas Speech
Texas Democratic Committeeman ran Skelton condemned Carl P Collins for linking Democrats to communism as gutter politics. Skelton defended patriotism of JFK and LBJ, praising their wartime service and records amid a clash with Republicans.
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Texas
Skelton
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Legionnaire Attacks Communism In Cuba
Alvin Owsley former national commander of the American Legion urged at a Dallas convention that the United States should not permit a Communist government in Cuba He warned that a fleet could demand action in 48 hours and pressed for Americanism teaching in schools noting the convention’s youth focus.
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Dallas
Alvin Owsley
The
American Legion
United States
Cuba
Owsley
Legion
Services Monday For City Woman in Sterling City
Funeral services for Miss Decia Ellen Clifton aged 74 of 118 33rd Street will be held Monday at 3 pm at the First Methodist Church in Sterling City with burial in Sterling City Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev Lloyd Taylor Midland. Survivors include a half sister Mrs Mollie Snodgrass Midland and four brothers JF Clifton Dee Clifton San Angelo Jim Clifton Pasagoula MS and T B Chifton Big Sprint.
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Decia Ellen Clifton
33Rd St
First Methodist
Sterling City
Diretion Rix Funeral Home
Lloyd Taylor
Funeral set for Mrs Evans in Muleshoe
Mrs Evans, former Sterlington resident, died Friday in Oklahoma. Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m Monday at First Baptist Church, Muleshoe, with burial in Muleshoe Cemetery. Rev F K Shepherd to officiate. She had lived in the area since 1902 and moved to Oklahoma in 1943.
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Clifton
Martin
Methodist
Oklahoma
Agrom
Here
F. K. Shepherd
Star
Muleshoe
Singleton
Floyd Roberts Funeral Slated At Grassland
Floyd Eugene Dolly Roberts 48 of Grassland died at home after a heart attack. Funeral at 2 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth Leach officiating. Burial in Grassland Cemetery under Mason Funeral Home. Survivors include parents wife son daughter three grandchildren and siblings. Pallbearers named from local posts and community.
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Floyd Eugene
Dolly) Roberts
Grassland
Central Baptist Chu Land
Kenneth Leach
Grassland Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
Roberts
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Kiowa County
Oklo
I. A. Roberts Grassland
Elbert Tahoka
Pilly Craig
C. W. Roberts Tahoka
W. D. White
Alton Greer Post
W. A. King
Post
J. Ramsey
W. H. Norman
Harvey Craig
Fred Babb
Robert Craigl
Donald Carpenter
Rites Slated for Benjamin T. Gary in Hobbs
Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. today for 79 year old Benjamin T. Gary of Hobbs who died Friday. The Rev RM Ratff will officiate at First Assembly of God with Rev Raymond Hudson assisting. Burial will follow in Andrews Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife Gladys and six brothers, with sisters listed in Brownwood Las Vegas Santa Rita Fort Worth Levelland Phinview Lamont Torrance and Lakeside Calif.
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Hobbs
Benjamin T. Gary
RM. Ratff
First Assembly of God Church
Raymond Hudson
Assembly of God
Andrews
Griffiun Funeral Home
Gladys Gary
Joe Garrett Graham
Mrs Ida Butler's Funeral Is Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Butler, 52, of 2810 King Ave, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Mt Gilead Baptist Church with Rev. SR. Roberts officiating. Burial follows at Carver Heights Cemetery under Sedberry Funeral Home direction. She died Monday at Methodist Hospital after a long illness. she had lived in Lubbock 24 years.
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Ida Butler
King Ave
Mt Gilead
Ex Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk Dies at 72
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk Army surgeon general during World War II died Saturday at Walter Reed Hospital after abdominal surgery. He led the U S Army Medical Service from 1943 to 1947, overseeing a vast system that served over 15 million patients with 47 000 physicians 15 000 dentists and 57 000 nurses. Survivors include his widow and two daughters Mrs Marvin R Kimbrell Jr Pensacola Florida and Mrs Harry L Willard Chappaqua New York. Funeral services set for Walter Reed Memorial Chapel with Arlington National Cemetery burial.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Walter Reed Hospital
Rising Sun
Kirk
University of Maryland
Regular Army
Marvin R Kimbrell Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Harry L. Willard
Chappaqua
N.Y
Walter Reed Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Fortress Belle-Ne-Mer Sold for 54000 in France
The 17th century Vauban fortress La Citadelle at Belle-Ne-Mer in France sold Friday for 54000 dollars. It has a history of Dutch and British assaults and served as a German prisoner of war camp in World War I and II. The new owner’s name was not released.
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de Palaise
France
Belle- Ne-en-Mer
Vauban
la Citadelle
Former Turkey Man's Rites Set
Funeral services for Herbert Geissler 52 a former Turkey resident are pending at Fudy Scale Funeral Home He was killed Friday night in a car crash while returning to a ranch near Aquiler Coto where he had worked four years He left Turkey a decade ago but lived most of his life there Survivors include a daughter Peggy Jo Cobb Ogden Utah four brothers Theo Paul Ewald Walter all of Turkey four sisters Patty Bockelman Turkey Fila Calvin Quitaque Gusta Berger Ponca City Okla and Emma Sammann Plainview and a granddaughter.
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Turkey
Herbert Geissler
Geissler
Aquiler Coto
Peggy Jo Cobb
Ogden
Utah
Theo
Quitaque
Beene Infant Beene Graveside Services Held
Graveside services were held Saturday in Lubbock for Rost Lee Beene infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Cecil Beene born dead at Methodist Hospital at 1 45 am The Rev C T Bolding assisted pastor of First Baptist Church officiated Burial was under the direction of Rix Funeral Home Survivors include the parents a sister two months and the paternal grandfather Dean W Fitzgerald 612 39th St. There are 1 268 city owned parks in New York City.
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Ces
City of Lubbock
Rost Lee
William Cecil Beene
Methodist Hospital
C.T. Bolding
First Baptist Chur
Buriat
Rix Funeral Homeurvivors
Dean W Fitzgerald
City Woman Sister Dies in California Funeral Plans
Mrs. J. Ray Dickey of 1906 30th St travels to Stockton California to attend the funeral of her sister Eva Gamble 74 who died Saturday at the home of her son Albert Gamble in Stockton Eva Gamble daughter of pioneer West Texas couple A L Bishop reared in Floydada moved to California 33 years ago and lived in Stockton about 20 years She is survived by two daughters Mrs Glenn Jones Anaheim and Mrs Avan Schubert Houston a son Albert Gamble Stockton three sisters Mrs Dickey Mrs Nora Cox Dallas and Mrs T L Young Amarillo and three brothers Aubrey A Bishop Dallas Irving Bishop Fastland and L T Bishop Stephenville A N Gamble brother in law resides at 2517 53rd St
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J. Ray Dickey
30Th St
Stockton
Calif
Eva Gamble
Albert Gamble
Anaheim
Avan Schubert Houston
Albert Gamble Stockton
Dickey
Nora Cox
Dallas
T. L. Young
Amarillo
Aubrey A. Bishop
Irving Bishop
Fastland
L. T. Bishop
Stephenville
A. N. Gamble
53Rd St
Columbus Day Origins Tied to 1792 Tammany Hall Sponsorship
The article notes Columbus Day likely began in 1792 under the sponsorship of Tammany Hall, marking the early roots of a now traditional observance in American history.
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Tammany Hall
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