Barrow Show at Panhandle Fair Sells 118 Prized Gifts
The fourth annual Southwestern Barrow Show at Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds sold 118 prize boars and gifts for 52525, with 56 boars averaging 864.50 and momentous bids topping 300. Championship awards went to James Epperson and Harvey Richardson among others, as buyers from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma competed.
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Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
James Epperson
Valley Spring
Hampshire
O. C. Worley
Portales
Burbank
Future Farmers of America Farm
San Antonio
Kenneth Bozeman
Lubbock
FFA
H. L. King
Brownfield
Poland
China Giftse
Richardson
Jackie Richards
Abilene
Yorkshire
Roy Tillery
Elmore Cty
Okla
Dan Rume
Elmore City
China Boars
Jackson and Son
C. W. Mitchell
Galesburg
Schaef Bros
Groom Ffa
Sam Rabb and Sons
Liano
Wright
Mitchell
Wolfforth
Alvin Coriey
Tuttle
Morton
Tom Duffey
Chester White
Green Acres Stock Farm
Dale Lacewell
Lockney
Keith Moore
Cotton Center
Ray Langford
Idalou
Polio Immunization Clinics Planned in Denver City and Plains
Denver City and Plains residents will receive polio immunizations today with clinics at the Community Building in Denver City and the Plains school cafeteria. The first of a three dose series is sponsored by the Five County Medical Society and about 10 000 people are expected to attend the two sites led by Ralph Towns and Dick McGinty.
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Denver City
Plains
Five County Medical Society
Ralph Towns
Dick McGinty
Women Wanted for Office Jobs at Craughon College
Mature women are preferred for permanent, dependable general office work. Quick, simple courses prepare clerks receptionists comptometer operators. Day night or half day programs. Phone Craughons Business College 1414 Texas Ave. POS-5544.
Polio Drive Scheduled in Lynn County
Polio immunization is set for Lynn County residents today at the City Legion Building in town and the school cafeteria at O'Donnell. Oral vaccine will reach shut ins and bedridden residents, with 300 volunteers helping. Physicians and nurses cooperate as about 10 000 people are expected to be immunized.
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Lynn County
O'Donnell
City Legion Bidg
School c
O’donnell
Mishap Victims Still Are Fair
Two cars collided on FM 2528 seven miles northwest of New Deal Friday night. Tom Brogden 28 star road Hale Center and Nancy Guardiola 13 were in fair condition at West Texas Hospital. Other family members treated and released included Eloy Guardiola Consuelo Guardiola Alfred Oscar Claudio and Lonnie with injuries ranging from shoulder and back pains to head cuts and bruises.
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West Texas Hospital
FM 2528
New Deal
Tom Brogden
Star Rt
Hale Center
Nancy Guardiola
Eloy Guardiola
Consuelo Guardiola
Alfred
Oscar
Claudio
Lonnie
Seagraves Holds Fall Polio Immunization Clinics
Dr. Ace G Powers announces a mass polio immunization program in Seagraves with clinics on September 16 October 29 and December 9 at the community building starting 1 p m. Seagraves Clinic Hospital ordered 4000 Sabin doses with nurses druggists and volunteers from civic clubs assisting. Type 1 serum September 16 Type 3 October 29 and Type 2 December 9.
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Seagraves
Ace G. Powers
Powers
Bill McCollough
Seagraves Clinic Hospital
Lubbock
Robertson County Reunion and Local Notices Highlight Weekend
The Robertson community reunion is set for September 9 at Mackenzie State Park with picnic baskets. Local items note Fred Watson facing two liquor charges with bonds set at 500 each. The 36th Division reunion heads to Abilene next weekend with about 15 Lubbock men attending. Additional items cover band practice at Monterey, bids for tax forms, and travel updates for Alan Henry returning from Argentina.
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Fred Watson
18Th St
Robert J. Allen
Allen
36Th Division
Abilene
Lubbock Area
Windsor Hotel
Terry Pioneer Reunion Holds Second Annual Gathering
Brownfield special report notes 300 Terry County pioneers gathered at the Legion Hall for the second annual reunion. An old fashioned basket lunch was served at noon. Afternoon entertainment featured the Masonic Choir of Brownfield and the Stevenson Brothers quartet of Lubbock. Officers for next year include H. M. Pyeatt president and Raymond Simms first vice president.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Legion Hall
Masonic Choir of
Stevenson Brothers Quartet
Lubbock
H. M. Pyeatt
Raymond Simms
Brock Guest
A. J. Bell
Vienna Student and England Teacher Arrive for Exchange Term
Fritz Peter Hodik an 18 year old Austrian student will join Monterey High School as a senior living with Mr and Mrs Earl Cowley starting this weekend. Diane Drinkwater a Bristol England teacher will teach fifth grade at Wheelock Elementary and swap roles with Wheellock teacher Mrs Jean Sliter in England.
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Lubobck
Fritz Peter Hodik
Vienna
Austria
Monterey High School
Earl Cowley
62Nd St
Diane Drinkwater
Bristol
England
Wheelock
Jean Sliter
Miss Drinkwater
Youth Sentenced For School Fire In Gastonia
In Gastonia North Carolina a 15 year old boy identified as Paul David Butch Kelly pleaded guilty to malicious burning of a school house and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He admitted setting fires at six spots to “do a favor to other students.” Fire damage reached about ten thousand dollars but the South Gastonia school was to reopen as planned. Police earlier picked up Kelly after the blaze was found. he fled but was later turned in by his father.
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Gastonia
N.C
South Gastonia
Paul David
Butch) Kelly
Thieves Crack Nebraska Grocer’s Office Safe
In Hay Springs Nebraska thieves broke into the Mac Rhodes grocery office Friday and found the safe empty scattering files and papers in apparent anger. The incident marks the completion of a long pursued goal by the intruders after ten years of attempts.
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Hay Springs
Neb
Mac Rhodes
Area Preparing For School Openings Across The Region
The area gears up for the new school year as schools start this week and others follow next. Cooler fall hints arrive with the South Plains, while merchants sell back to school clothes and supplies.
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South Plains
C. W. Post
Postex Mills
Texas
Gaines County
New Mexico
Hobbs
Matador Lions Club
Junta Edges Ben Bella's Bureau Out In Algeria Crisis
A guerrilla axis seized control in Algiers as Zone 4 troops ousted Ahmed Ben Bella's Political Bureau. Elections for the Assembly were indefinitely postponed and the bureau accused officers of kidnapings and seizure of power, while radio broadcasts were silenced. Political turmoil deepens as Ben Bella and allies plan to flee.
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Junta
Ben Bella
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Zone 4
Millionaire executive missing cash after hotel death
Police disclosed that about $9,000 to $10,000 in cash and certified checks were delivered to Herbert Segal the day before his 11 story fall from Hotel Summit. An autopsy left the cause of death unresolved, with questions whether homicide, accident, or self-inflicted.
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New York
Herbert Segal
Rae’ Wolf
Segal
James L. Kinsella
Orange, N.J
Kinsella
Action Discount Dollar Corp
Seagraves Sees Record High School Enrollment
Seagraves High School expects the largest enrollment in history as 214 students are projected for the 1962 63 term. Principal Gerald Shelley notes gains from integration with about a dozen colored students and classes set to begin August 29.
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Seagraves
Seagraves High School
Gerald Shelley
Shelley
Yoakum Budget For 1963 Okayed
Plains Special Yoakum County commissioners court approved a 1963 budget of 1 129 976 with tax rate cut from 1.35 to 1.33 per 100 property value. County valuations total 58.5 million, up 1.5 million in oil valuations. Road district levy drop caused tax cut. Old bond debt will be paid. Expected receipts 1 166 096 and potential surplus over 86 000 per auditor Bill Moorhead.
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Bill Moorhead
Areas Named In All Risk Crop Insurance Expansion
Expansion of all risk Federal Crop Insurance to include Dawson Palmer Terry Jackson and Refugio counties in Texas announced by Agriculture Secretary Freeman. The 1963 expansion brings Texas counties to 46 offering crop investment protection against all risks through USDA nonprofit Crop Insurance Corp. Parmer Terry and Dawson regions will have FDIC programs covering irrigated cotton and grain sorghums.
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Dawson County
Texas
Sec. of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Palmer
Terry
Jackson
Refugio
USDA
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Parmer
Dawson
Two Mishaps Leave Three Injured In Idalou Fall
G B Vance 35 Hobbs NM fell 15 feet from a scaffold while painting a tank in Idalou striking Gene Glover 33 Hobbs NM who worked below. Vance suffered multiple injuries and was in fair condition. Glover treated and released. Earl W Parker 25 Hobbs worked on a roof in the 5000 block 8th Pl and was hospitalized for observation after head injuries. All three were taken to Methodist Hospital by Rix Funeral Home ambulance.
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Methodist Hospital
G. B. Vance
Hobbs
N. M
Idalou
Gene Glover
Vance
Glover
Earl W. Parker
Rix Funeral Home
Burglars Foiled In Milwaukee Supermarket Break In
Burglars failed to crack a supermarket safe in Milwaukee and became trapped inside the building. They escaped by jimmying the back door but left empty handed.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Wife Ends Life After Husband Dies in Philadelphia
In Frankford Raymond Okupnick a 35 year old policeman died Friday night. Shortly after midnight his widow Helen 31 shot and killed herself with her husband's pistol. Police said she was despondent. The couple left three children David 8 Richard 6 and Michael.
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Philadelphia
Raymond Okupnick
Frankford
Helen
David
Richard
Michael
Free 36 page arthritis guide mailed to readers
Public service announcement offers a 36 page illustrated book on arthritis and rheumatism mailed free to readers. The Ball Clinic promises explanations of causes, effects and neglect risks, plus a drug free treatment method. No agent will call and the offer requires writing to Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Rockefeller Funds Aid Desegregation Effort in Albany
Rev Wyatt Tee Walker, a leading integration strategist, said he received a personal $5,000 contribution from Gov Nelson Rockefeller to support desegregation work in Albany Georgia. He warned that Negro voters might shift to Republicans if the Kennedy administration does not back civil rights, noting Kennedy's role in King Jr.’s jail case may have influenced voters.
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Atlanta, Ga
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Albany
Wyatt Tee Walker
Walker
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Georgia
Martin Luther King Jr
Woman dies after face shot in Fort Worth case
Willie D. Johnson died in a Fort Worth hospital after being shot in the face. Police searched for the assailant, a Black woman, as the investigation continued.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Willie D. Johnson
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Charles Smallwood Jr
Canyon
Worley
Rabb and Sons
Griffin Hos Parm
Lamesa
Ernest Harris
Ralls
Robert Holmes
Ydalou
King
Dick Morton
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Lubbock College OF Music
Cecil Bolton
Houston College OF Medical Technology
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Mackenzie State Park
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Lorenzo
Monterey
Rex Shelton
Lubbock County
Commissioners Court
Harry Hall
25Th St
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Alan Henry
Argentina
Alan
W. A. Bynum
John Reynolds
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Seminole
W. E. Teel
Chamber of Commerce
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Slaton
Morton J. Smith
C.C. Slaughter Ranch
Texas Bar Assn
Morgan L. Copeland
Kenneth Johnson
Cremona
Italy
Tommy Shelburne
Snyder
Tulsa
Turkey
Roswell
Lovington Packing Company
Clovis
LaDoyce Lambert
Andrews County News
Midland Reporter- Telegram
Levelland
Sundown
SPUR
Tahora
Gerald Wood
Weldon Ragland of
South Plains Council
Boy Scouts
University of Michigan
D. Cash
Crosbyton
Alton Wallace
Friona
Odessa
Louis Welch
Mohammed Boudiaf
Summit
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