Winchester Theater opens to full crowd in Lubbock
The Winchester Theater on 50th Street in Lubbock opened with the film Dr. Zhivago drawing a near capacity crowd of 957 of 998 seats. Industry officials from MGM, 20th Century Fox, and Universal attended a patio party at the Villa Inn hosted by J. P. B. Rhea. Attendees praised the theater’s sound, concession setup, and quick moving lines.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Winchester
50Th St
Indiana Ave
Donnie Davidson
Dr. Zhivago
Villa Inn
J. PB. ‘Rhea
Lubbock Theaters, Inc
New York
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Metro- Goldwin - Meyer
20Th Century Fox
Universal Pictures
Mel Maron
MGM
Rhea
Davidson
Preston Smith
Center
Mel Meron
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
New York City
J.B. Rhea
Lindsey Theaters, Inc
Winchester Theater
Oklahoma Turnpike Bond Issue Not Sold
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority was told its proposed 190 million bond issue cannot be sold now or in the foreseeable future. Banks hiking rates dampened prospects for funding the refinancing of three toll roads and two new turnpikes from McAlester to the Texas line near Hugo and Broken Arrow to I 40 near Webbers Falls.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Indian Nation
McAlester
Texas
Hugo
Muskogee
Broken Arrow
Interstate 40
Webbers Falls
Turnpike Authority
Henry Bellman
Edgar Oppenheim
Oklahoma
Oppenheim
Oppenhim
Thief Ransacks City Drug Store For Varied Haul
A Lubbock drug store was ransacked Wednesday night and an undetermined amount of money watches radios and clocks taken. The burglar used a tire tool to pry a rear door and by morning the narcotics drawer had been searched but no drugs were taken. Several other nearby businesses reported thefts of cash and merchandise as police pursued leads. A suspect described as a tall 30 year old Negro was chased but eluded capture after dropping a sack and threatening to shoot.
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Lubbock
Bob Stumbaugh
Stumbaugh
Boston i Ave
Fred Akard
Juble E. Hendricks Jr
Denver
Colo
KoKo Inn
Ave. Q
Richard's Chicken House
Ave. P
Preston’s
Granbury Cleaners
59Th St
1St Street
Avenue J
Hockley County Ag Tour Plans Move Ahead
Levelland special report says plans are under way for the annual Hockley County Agricultural Tour on Sept 13 with an expected 250 farmers. Buses depart 9 a.m. from the fair grounds. noon meal provided by county co op gins. Tour demos cover fertilizer use planting dates bed planting irrigation conservation and row spacing. Irrigation crops look good with about 230 000 irrigated acres in the county. Diverted acres total about 120 000 and about 80 000 are dryland.
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Hockley County
Bill Taylor
Taylor
Local workshops and gatherings mark busy weekend in Lubbock
A genealogy research workshop opens at 9 a.m. at the Municipal Garden Arts Center with Texas History and genealogy head Lucile Boykin speaking at 10. The Garner-Keith reunion is Sunday at Levenson Park with a noon lunch. Also reports include probation revocation of Louis A Andrews and funeral notices for Davis Elfman Jester and others.
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Municipal Garden Arts Center
College, Ave
Lucile Boykin
Department of Texas History and Genealogy
Dallas Public Library
Garner-Keith
Levenson Park
Spur
Citrus Blackflies Found In Limes Shipment
The plant quarantine division of the U S Department of Agriculture intercepted a truck shipment of limes from Llana Tamaulipas containing seven live citrus black fly pupae and one egg. The shipment bound for Brownsville and Harlingen was detected by a field inspector who spotted citrus leaves in the cargo.
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Brownsville
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mexico
W. R. Goode
Llana
Tamaulipas
Harlingen
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Anton
Susy Williams
Orval Williams
Anton High School
National Student Council
Estes Park
United States
Death Valley
Calif
National Geographie
Your Oil Co
Womble Olds Body Shop
Lea Las Ae
Hockley
Joe Riordan
Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co
Ruth Little
37Th St
Pueblo
Louis B. Andrews
Tampico Terrace Apartments
Apt. 3
James A. Ellis
137Th District Court
Andrews
Dewey W. Davis
Cochran County
Bledsoe
First Baptist Church
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Wayne Ralph el Ftman
Lovington
Nazarene Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
James, Jr
Ralls
Ralls First Baptist Church
Montague
Tex
Mallard Cemetery
Kiel
Germany
Yarner
Sellers
J. King
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock Avalanche- Journal
8Th and
Rome
Lubboc
Mega
Pve
Sun
Scroo
Saphire
G.E. Mustang
Zale
Zale’s
America
Town & Country
Caprock Center
50Th Street
G.E
General Electric
41St ST
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