Duroc Breeders Conference Draws 200 Plus In West Texas
More than two hundred consignors and buyers attended the West Texas Duroc Breeders Association sale at the Panhandle-South Plains fairgrounds. Path Queen II brought the top gilt price of 175 dollars, bought by P. C. Mitchell & Sons of Lubbock, with total sales of 4392.50 and an average of 136.96. Open gifts averaged 51.50, boars averaged 77.30, and bred gifts totaled 1917.50, per Buc Liner, association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Adams
West Texas Duroc Breeders Assn
Panhandle - South Plains Fairgrounds
P. C. Mitchell & Sons
Lubbock
Mitchell
Wynn
Buc Liner
Kenneth Bozeman
Tom Duffy
Plainview Vocational Agriculture
Jack Cree
Clyde
B. F. Hobson
Paducah
P. C. Mitchell
West Texas
Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
Mitchell & Sons
Path Queen
Lubbock Pioneer Dies In California
Mrs. Ray L. Showalter Sr. 60, longtime Lubbock resident, died of a heart attack Friday in El Segundo California while visiting a sister. Body to be returned to Sanders Funeral Home Lubbock for arrangements. Survivors include one daughter Mrs W L Bailey Fort Worth three sons in Hobbs Whiteface and Lubbock, sister, and five grandchildren. Her husband taught in Lubbock County and Hobbs schools before his death in 1954. Additional details note long Oklahoma origins and moves between Lubbock Hobbs and back to Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray L. Showalter
29Th St
Lubbock
el Segundo
Calif
Albert Ness
Sanders Funeral Home
Showalter
Oklahoma
Ron J. Showalter
Hobbs
N. M
Ray I. Showalter Jr
Flood waters flood yard as 92-pound pike appears
In Port Jervis New York along the Delaware River flood waters surged over banks on Friday flooding backyards. Austin Crane found a 92 pound pike about 35 inches long in his flooded yard while water receded leaving a pool with the flopping fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N. Y
Austin Crane
Crane
Delaware River
Local notices and military assigns in West Texas briefs
Gradie Bownds heads to St Louis for a National Association of Life Underwriters meeting where he will represent the South Plains Association. G F Wilson, after two weeks of hiccups, has returned home from Methodist Hospital to his daughter’s house. Two South Plains men serve aboard the USS St Paul in Far East waters. The McSwain family holds a Buffalo Lake reunion with about 49 members gathering for a multi day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gradie Bownds
19Th St
St. Louis
National Association of Life Underwriters
Bownds
South Plains Association of Life Underwriters
G. F. Wilson
Lamesa Star Rt. 1
Methodist Hospital
L. W. Hamilton
37Th St
South Plains
Bobby Herron
Lorenzo
Willam J. Ramacher
Brownfield
St. Paul
Tth
Far East
Herron
U. S. Navy
Robert Herron
Ramacher
Navy
Frank Weatherford
McSwain
Buffalo Lake
Russel McSwain
Three Women Hurt In Lubbock Car Crash
Three women were injured, none seriously, in a three car collision at 12 29 p m Saturday at the intersection of 19th Street and Ave H in Lubbock. Dorothy Anders, 21 710 Main. Mrs John Shropshire, 20 Pt 3 Lubbock. and Mrs T O Sanders 514 54th St were treated by ambulances and released. Shropshire was taken to St Marys Hospital for emergency treatment. Police said all three women were drivers in the crash and the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
19Th St
Ave. H
Dorothy Anders
John Shropshire
Miss Arders
Sanders
West Texas
Losneal Te Tax
McDonald Funeral Home
Shropshire
St Mary's Hospital
Rix
Navy tests Rockair rocket launches from jet fighters
The Navy announced a jet fighter fired a research rocket to 90,000 feet at Chincoteague Naval Air Station this week. The Banshee fighter climbed to 30,000 feet and vertically launched the rocket, described as the Rockair technique. Chile fights tuberculosis as urban inoculation reaches 700,000 city residents and expands to rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Chincoteague
Naval Air Station
Man Hunted Week In Pistol Slaying Surrenders To Police
Lloyd Cooper, wanted for a week in the pistol slaying of his brother in law John Sid Hawkins near Glen Rose Texas, surrendered to Johnson County Sheriff Earl King at Cleburne. Indicted by a Somervell county grand jury on murder charges, Cooper had fled into cedar brakes along the Brazos River before finally giving up stating he was tired and hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne
Tex
Lloyd Cooper
Johnson County
Earl King
Cooper
King
Somervell County
Texas Rangers
Glen Rose
Dallas
Cedar Brakes
Stalled Freighter Heads For Acapulco
The 15,900 ton John C. freighter, stuck with no power off the Mexican west coast, moved under its own power after Coast Guard aid. Escort by cutter Ponchartrain guided the ship toward Acapulco, Mexico, about 100 miles east. The Dover Steamship Co. of New York operates the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
New York
John C
Coast Guard
Acapulco
Mex
Ponchartrain
Erurope
Dover Steamship Cod
Indicted 18 Year Old in Juarez Police Killing
Judge Francisco Silva Jr. indicts Patricia Arthur on homicide in the killing of El Paso Officer Albert Arreola Jr. in a Juarez cafe. Arthur, 18, held without bail as appeals proceed. trial will be before Judge Silva without a jury under Mexican law. If guilty, punishment ranges 8 to 15 years. accidental homicide could result in release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Juarez, Mex
Francisco Silva Jr
Patricia Arthur
Albert Arreola Jr
Silva
3Rd Penal Court
Juarez
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Duroc
W. T. Wynn
Shallowater
California
Europe
England
India
Commercial Air Service
Meyer
Grnel
Aire
Bailey
Muleshor
Bailey County
Hugh Freeman
Austin
John Huchins
Freeman
Department of Publirc — Safety
Hudgins
Chaco Canyon
St of Cepulia
EL Morro
Grants
Carlsbad
Aztec
Ummm TR
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Tourist Bureau
State Capitol
Santa FE
Gila
White Sands
Gran Quivira
Sandelier
Sante Pe
Chile
Santiago
Lynn
Johneee Clem
Cecil Clem
Tahoka
Rt. 1
Lynn County Farm
Carolyn Nowlin
New Home
Ida Pearl Mason
Clem
Lynn County Farm Bureau
Tohoka High School
Lynn County
Frank Hill
Johnston
Hemphill-Wells
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