Power Grab May Hurt Democrats in 1962 Campaign
GOP leaders say Kennedy administration troubles with Congress and a weak economy boost Republican prospects in 1962 elections. National figures view voter disenchantment with a centralize power push as a campaign issue, with local concerns shading state races across all 50 states and 435 districts.
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Washington
Tive
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
U. S
Massachusetts
White House
Wisconsin
Claude Jasper
National Committee
UPI
Robert A. Forsythe
George Etzell
Minnesota
New Jersey
Webster B Todd
South Dakota
Leo A. Tommey
Kennedy
Walter Beardsley
Indiana
Snyder Moves to Toughen Motor Scooter Rules
Snyder City Council acted to curb motor scooter use with stricter enforcement. Two Scurry County youth deaths from scooter crashes in five days prompted action. Far more patrols and licenses planned, with parents charged for fines. Dr John Hamblen urged lifesaving measures and Dr John O Banion pledged public talks on the hazard.
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Snyder
John Hamblen
Chester Simons
John O'Banion
Tahoka Barbecue Draws Record Crowd for Syntegar Electric Meet
Tahoka officials report the 24th annual Syntegar Electric Cooperative membership barbecue drew at least 3,791 member owners. Directors elected H. R. Dobbs of Post to replace a seat, while Bob Alexander Sundown and Roger Blakney Wilson were re elected. Frank Harris urged strong public relations as a core asset. Dist. Judge Truett Smith of Tahoka gave the welcome, with state reps Olen Petty and Randy Pendleton as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syntegar Electric Cooperative
H. R. Dobbs
Post
Bob Alexander
Sundown
Roger Blakney
Wilson
Co-op
Frank Harris
Electronical Cooperatives
Dist
Three Hurt In City Mishap On 19th Street
Three people were injured about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday on 19th Street near Frankfort Avenue. Claudia Anderson 49 Slaton was treated and released at West Texas Hospital. Mrs Claude Anderson 79 Slaton, and 12 year old Diane Jaynes Slaton were treated and released after a collision with an eastbound car driven by Ethel Crockett 15 Levelland.
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19Th Street
Frankfort Avenue
West Texas Hospital
Claudia Anderson
Slaton
Maurice Crumpler
Tommy Roberts
Claude F. Anderson
Ethel Crockett
Levelland
Lufthansa 707 lands safely at London Airport
A Lufthansa Boeing 707 jet with 51 aboard made a safe emergency landing at London Airport after the nose wheel failed to deploy. The plane skidded on sparks but all 42 passengers and nine crew survived without injuries as authorities declared a full crash emergency.
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London
UPI
Lufthansa
Frankfurt
Final payment slated in Mexico expropriation case
Mexico's nationalized petroleum industry says it will pay a final eight million dollars to Britoil owned El Aguila next month for property expropriation. The move follows the government’s seizure of the oil asset earlier in the dispute.
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Mexico City
Mexico
el Aguila
Man Sacrifices Own Children To Save Youth
In Bellevue Washington AP reports Donald Sanford 34 and Virginia 31 swerved to avoid a boy on a tire entering a residential road. The car plunged down a six foot embankment hitting a tree. Their son Donald 9 and daughter Mary Kay 2 died. Ted 7 survived. Sanford a Garfield High School PE teacher. Family from Redmond moved from Tulsa.
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Bellevuf
Wash
Donald Paul Sanford
Virginia
Sanford
Seattle
Donald Lee Sanford
Mary Kay
Ted
Garfield High School
Redmond
Tulsa
Okla
Grandmother in driveway accident kills 23 month old
In Patchogue New York a grandmother celebrating her 6th birthday backed a car over her grandson Bruce Gassert 23 months old killing him. Police said the family gathered to honor Elsia Hutchins who also lives on the same street.
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Patchogue
N.Y
Bruce Gassert
Robert A. Gassett
Elsia A. Hutchins
Auto Group Speaker Outlines Sales Career Theories
Jack Diffin a Buffalo New York sales consultant spoke before about 110 members of the Great Plains Automobile Dealers Association at a Pioneer Hotel dinner in the evening session which began at 7 30 p m and closed around 10 p m Ollie Green noted the duration M L Hall of Littlefield presided and a membership meeting is planned for August 30.
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Jack Diffin
Buffalo, N.Y
Great Plains Automobile Dealers Assn
Pioneer Hotel
Ollie Green
Diffin
M. L. Hall
Littlefield
Airman's Wife Found Dead in Big Spring
Mrs. Dorothy Renegar wife of an Air Force serviceman overseas was found shot to death at her Big Spring home. Jerry Renegar 14 her son discovered the body on a living room couch. She had been shot twice in the chest and the cause was ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Spring
Dorothy Renegar
Air Force
Walter Grice
Jerry
Lightning Kills Farmer as South Texas Heat Eases
A farmer, J. K. Wooster, 56, of Alvin, was killed when struck by lightning while operating a tractor four miles west of Alvin amid storms that brought relief from a 22 day heat wave. Houston and Dal las residents also died from heat strokes as temps peaked around 105 in Laredo and 104 in Presidio.
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Alvin
Texas
J. K. Wooster
San Antonio
San Angelo
Midland
Wink
Laredo
Presidio
Brownsville
Junction
Beaumont
el Paso
Houston
Waco
William H. Russell
George Mahon
Dallas
John Kadish
Witco
Austin
Leakey
Castroville
Port Neches
Rites for Olton Resident Slated
Olton resident Arthur George 77 died Tuesday at his Olton area home. Services set for 4 p.m. at Olton First Baptist Church with Rev. James Pope officiating. Burial in Olton Cemetery under Parsons Funeral Home. Survived by wife Janetta, daughter Lois Bernice Smith, two sons Fred and Leon, three brothers A C George Carl George Clyde George, two sisters Edna Sharp Hattie George, and five grandchildren.
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Olton
Leon Arthur George
Olten Furst Baptist Church
James Pope
McAdoo
Parsons Funeral Home
George
Tipton
Oklo
Janetta Cuebelle Laing
Lois Bernice Smith
Fred George
Leon George
A. C. George
Snyder
Okla
Carl! George
Arlington
Clyde
Bellflower
Calif
Edna Sharp
Hattie George
Burbank Calif
Young Republicans Hear Talk By Riley
John Riley coordinator for the Lubbock County Republican Party spoke to the Texas Tech Young Republicans in the Student Union Building. He cited a shift from Democratic to Republican due to federal controls and the party’s conservative constitutional stance. Riley endorsed Cox for governor and Taylor for Congress and was joined by Bill Krattenholf who praised Republican gains in the area.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
Young Republicans Club
John Riley
Lubbock County
Republican Party
Riley
Jack’Cox
Dennis ‘Taylor
Congress
Bill Krattenholf
Slaton
19Th Congressional
Lhe
Plant expands operations at Detroit area plant
Assembly of Chevrolet sedans will be added to the schedule of the Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac plant at Arlington Tex it was announced Tuesday by S E Knudsen general manager of Chevrolet Motor Division.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
Arlington
Tex
S. E. Knudsen
Chevrolet Motor Division
Nine Injured Services For Hale Wreck Victim Set
Funeral services for Charles Eldridge Craig, age unknown, killed in a four am car truck collision 17.4 miles south of Plainview on FM 400 will be held at 4 pm Thursday at Plainview First Baptist Church. Burial follows at Plainview Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Ethel Craig and four sisters and a brother.
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Plainview
Charles Eldridge Craig
Plainview First Baptist Church
Roy McClung
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Hart Craig
Plainview Hospital
Here
Maria Acosta
Basillo Acosta
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Craig
Maxwell Stone
Acosta
Ruben
Yolanda
Roberto
Armanda
Manuel Sepida
Carl Mulins
Cratz
R. Q. Coleman
Wichita Falls
Jeanell Folley
Guenith Beedy
E. T. Looney
Aberdeen
Jerry H lCran
Rites For Crash Victim Pending
Funeral arrangements are pending for Maj. Julian E. Ward a West Germany plane crash victim and commander of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing Hospital at Straugham Air Force Base. A native of Wichita Falls he lived in Lubbock area most of youth. Survived by wife Alma Kreider and three children.
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Maj
Julian E. Ward
Lubbock
West Germany
Ward
49Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Straughahlam Air Force Base
Germany
J. ™ Ward
Broadway
Wichita Falls
University of Pesos
Rastor Ound Harscad University
Alma Kreider
Sharon
Frank IT
Julian IT
Rites Today For Snyder Boy
The memorial service for eight year old Terry Albert Murphree of Snyder will be at 10 a.m. at Greenhill Baptist Church with Rev. Allen Cartrite presiding. Graveside rites follow at 4 p.m. at Vera Community Cemetery near Seymour, Bolger Funeral Home in charge. The boy, riding a scooter with brother toward Lee Murphree Jr., was killed in a motor scooter truck collision. Brother remains hospitalized at Methodist Hospital Lubbock with a crushed pelvis. Surviving relatives include parents Clyde and Ina Mae Murphree, sisters Lila and Ina Mae, paternal grandmother Ini Murphree of Perrin, and maternal grandparents Ladys McDougal of Texas City and Sam Davis of Texarkana.
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Snyder
Terry Albert Murphree
Greenhill
Allen Cartrite
Vera Community
Seymour
Bolger
Lee
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Ina Mae
Lila
Ini Murphree
Perrin
Ladys McDougal
Texas City
Rites Pending for Mrs Blanch Manning Former Albuquerque Resident
Services for Mrs Blanch Manning 81 a former Albuquerque resident are pending with French Fitzgerald Funeral Home. The body will be transferred today by Saunders Funeral Home to Albuquerque. Mrs Manning a Hillsboro native died Monday morning in a convalescent home here. She lived in Albuquerque from 1936 to 1955 and was a Church of Christ member. Survivors include two sons seven daughters two brothers five sisters 26 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren.
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Blanch Manning
Albuquerque
French. Fitzgerald Funeral Home
Saunders Funeral Home
Manning
Hillsboro
Water Use Rises Over Twelve Percent Across Sectors
Water consumption by factories farms and homes has risen more than 12 percent in the last six years, signaling growing demand and stressing supply networks. Government data show higher usage in industry agriculture and domestic use across regions.
When Wrangling Causes Broken Ties
A reflective verse urges avoiding useless argument at home work and play. It notes harsh words harm friendships and calls for practicing Love learned under the church steeple to win friends and influence people, attributed to Julien C Hyer.
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Julien C. Hyer
Rites Set Today for Mrs Key
Funeral services for Lillie Mae Key 68 longtime Amherst resident will be at 2 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev John S Rankin officiating Burial will be in Amherst Cemetery under Payne Funeral Home direction She died Monday in Muleshoe Hospital after a heart attack Aug 6 She and husband WoL celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Aug 5 She is survived by husband five daughters two sons twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Lillie Mae Key
First Baptist Church
John S Rankin
Amherst Cemetery
Payne Funeral Home
Key
San Diego
Calif
Muleshne Hospital
Wol
Robert Butler
Hubert
Gammons
Muleshoe
Homer
Howard
Littlefield
Gaylord Butler
Weatherford
Estep
Belen
N. M
Dwayne
Bill
New York
Retired Houston Banker Earl Stallings Dies at 71
Earl P Stallings 71 longtime banking executive and former vice president of the Texas National Bank died Tuesday. Born in Merkel West Texas he began as a runner in Abilene 1906 and worked at banks in Merkel Dallas and Fort Worth before joining Texas National Bank in 1910. He later served Crosby State Bank and Laredo National Bank before returning to Texas National Bank rising to vice president in 1938.
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Houston
Earl P. Stallings
Texas National Bank
Stallings
West Texas
Merkel
Citizens National Bank
Abilene
Dallas
Fort Worth
Commercial National Bank
South Texas National Bank
Crosby State Bank
Laredo National Bank
Mrs Roberson Rites Set in Lorenzo Funeral Home
Last rites for Mrs J B Roberson 89 are set for 2 pm today at Rix Funeral Home chapel burial will follow in Lorenzo Cemetery under Rix direction A Lubbock resident since 1929 she died Monday in a convalescent home She came to the South Plains in 190 and moved to Stanton in 1910 later living in Lorenzo eight years before settling in Lubbock She was Oklahoma native Survivors include five sons a daughter in law a brother two sisters 17 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren Grandsons will be pallbearers
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J. B
Roberson
Rix Funeral Home
Lorenzo Cemetery
Rix
Lubbock
South Plains
Hereford
Stanton
Lorenzo
Oklahoma
Mickey Hawkins Services Pending
C M Mickey Hawkins 61 of Lubbock died 3 15 p m Tuesday at home 2807 40th St Funeral arrangements to be announced by Franklin Bartley Hawkins auto salesman member of Methodist Church Survivors include wife Dollie son Clarence Marvin Jr Chattanooga Tenn daughter Mrs Pat Ray 2815 40th St a brother W L McArthur 3605 41st St a sister Mrs A E Bradberry Big Spring and two granddaughters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M
Mickey) Hawkins
Lubbock
40Th St
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Hawkins
Methodist Church
Dollie
Clarence Marvin Jr
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pat Ray
W. L. McArthur
41St St
A. E. Bradberry
Big Spring
Mrs Ella Frank Rites Pending
Portales special funeral services are planned at Wheeler Mortuary for Mrs Vera Eta Frank 60 who died Tuesday at Roosevelt Hospital. She had lived in Portales since 1934 and was a Baptist Church member. Survivors include her husband T E Frank two daughters Mrs Earlene Little and Mrs Nelda Nesbitt both of Fresno California two sons Floyd Frank Las Cruces and Tommie Frank Albuquerque two brothers Turner Gibson Hugo Oklahoma and Carl Gibson Lawton Oklahoma.
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Portales
Wheeler’ Mortuary
Vera Eta Frank
Roosevelt Hospital
Frank
The
Baptist Church
T. E. Frank
Earlene Little
Neldauth Nesbitt
Fresno
Calif
Floyd Frank
Las Cruces
Tommie Frank
Albuquerque
Turner Gibson
Hugo
Okla
Carl Gibson
Lawton
George Bailey Rites Pending At Portales
George T. Bailey 74 of 804 S. Main Portales died at 11 p m Monday at his home. Survivors include wife Ella and two daughters Mrs Georgia Parten Van Nuys California and Mrs Nena Flogger Sutter California. Funeral services are pending at Wheeler Mortuary. Bailey had lived in Portales four years and was a SURVIVOR.
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Portales
George T. Bailey
S. Main
Wheeler Mortuary
Bailey
The
Baptist Church
Ella
Georgia Parten
van Nuys
Calif
Nena Flogger
Sutter
Services For Father Of City Woman Set
G. E. Milburn 68 of Cresson father of Mrs. Wilma Gaines will have services at 3 p.m. Thursday at Cresson First Burial in Aledo Cemetery. White Funeral Home Weatherford directs. Milburn died Tuesday in a Fort Worth hospital after a heart attack. Survived by a brother four sisters two sons three daughters and two granddaughters in Lubbock Nancy and Brenda Gaines of 2008 15th St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Milburn
Cresson
Wilma Gaines
15Th St
Cresson First Baptist Church
Aledo Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Weatherford
Milburn
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Nancy
Brenda Gaines
Longtime Area Resident Dies in Texas Funeral Return
Gerald Singletary 10 son of Delmar Singletary died after touching a defective refrigerator in Floydada Texas. Mrs Ida Ferrier 90 died in a Lockney convalescent home. Survivors include two sons a daughter five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Roy Woods J C Wester Charles Horton Cecil Penner Van McAda Frank Yeary.
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Houston (Ap
Gerald Singletary
Delmar’ Singletary
Ida Orton
Ferrier
Harmon Funeral
Kichen
Houston Dixon
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Lockney
Arkansas
Clarence Sisson
LeRoy Sisson
Clovis
Lena Belle Randolph
Lubbock
W. B. Sandefur
L. B. Sandefur
Floydlade
Roy Woods
J. C. Wester
Charles Horton
Cecil Penner
van McAda
Frank Yeary
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