Gallup Says Poll Critics Do Not Like Findings
Princeton NJ open season on polling begins as critics challenge Gallup methods. The piece defends standard undecided vote reporting, sampling scope including non voters, regional representation, and historical accuracy, noting a 1.7 point average error in five elections since 1948 and denying bandwagon influence. It concludes Gallup aims for honest, objective reporting though not infallible.
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Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
New York City
U.S
Dewey
City Lake Areas Will Be Sprayed In Mosquito Campaign
Lubbock areas including Lake at 63rd Street Flint and Sam at 61st Street Elgin Avenue will be sprayed by airplane Monday under a federal aided program to curb encephalitis risk. Times range from 4:30 am to 11:30 am with spraying by a crop contractor under the Lubbock City-County Health Department supervision directed by CA Pigford.
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Lubbock
Federal Aviation Agency
Hettler Rd
Quirt
Lubbock City-County
Convicted sex slayer faces electric chair in Texas
In Huntsville Texas AP report Dr yearald Martinez described as childlike faces death penalty after being found guilty of kidnapping and killing nine month old Cynthia Riggins in Midland on Oct 14 1957. He showed indifference to execution and requested only watermelon for his last meal. He had been tried twice with the first conviction overturned for attorney eligibility and a state pardon board later noting a mind of a child. Six killed in Yugoslavia collision near Belgrade with a train hitting stationary freight car. engineer leapt free as signals failed.
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Huntsville
Tex
Tod
Eusebio Regalado Martinez
Cynthia Riggins
Midland
Don Reid Jr
Reid
Martinez
Itinez
Reed
Redlaw
Court of Criminal Appeals
State Pardons Board
Austin
Charles Meisgier
The
Texas Association For Retarded Children
Burglary Probe Expands After Two Break-ins
Detectives pursued two burglaries Thursday night with about 200 dollars reported stolen. Eva Dees Case at 374 Mth St suffered entry via roof vent. 160 dollars taken from vending and juke box. John Wilson at 203 Ave E lost 40 dollars and three credit cards from Boys' Club. Ruthie Lee reported 29 dollars robbed in Queen City by a Black suspect. Deer head found on E Balch’s lawn. Windshield damage to a Southwestern Public Service car. Mrs. Charles Roderick’s rear window broken. A pistol worth 35 dollars stolen from Farr's Family Center.
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Eva Dee
John Wilson
Ave. E
Ruthie Lee
Juniper
Queen City
E. R. Balch
27Th St
Southwestern Public Service
Charles Roderick
22Nd Pl
Farr
34Th St
Quaker Ave
Houston Firms End Segregation Policy In Stores
In Houston integration of chain store lunch counters proceeded with no incidents as eight major retailers opened counters to Negro customers. Demand grew Friday as word spread, while local media agreed not to publicize changes unless disturbances arose.Plans were coordinated in meetings between merchants and Negro civic leaders for a citywide policy shift.
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Houston
the Informer
Missouri
486 New Students Enroll In Lubbock
Officials announced 486 students new to secondary schools in Lubbock were registered this week. Of these, 285 are new to the Lubbock school system, many relocating within the city during the summer as the 1960-61 school year opens on September 1. Secondary schools include junior high schools.
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Lubbock
Frida
CAB Examiner Charged With Ignoring Logic
LOS ANGELES Special Mestern Air Lines charges that CAB examiner Edward Stodola abandoned regional service principles in the Southern Transcontinental case. Western vice president D P Renda argues Dallaswest and Houston San Francisco segments lose regional benefits, while Texas terminals face inconvenient schedules, as CAB authority fights focus.
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Los Angeles
Mestern Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D.C
D. P. Renda
Western
Edward T. Stodla
WAL
Texas
U.S
Houston
San Francisco
Renda
Stodola
Dallas
Dallaswest
Rendal
Lubbock Man Fined Four Hundred for Illegal Transport
William J. Raines pleaded guilty to illegal transportation of intoxicants and was fined four hundred dollars plus court costs in County Court at Law. Four other defendants faced varied charges, with bond set at five hundred dollars each. Roy Lee Faulk, 30, and Joe Wayne Barger, 77, were named, along with Jose Gutierrez, 22, as participants in the proceedings before Judge Robert J. Allen.
New Deal Schools Hold Annual Picnic
More than 100 people attended the New Deal School annual get acquainted picnic Friday night at Mackenzie State Park. Faculty members school administrators board of trustees and board of equalization members and their families joined the fried chicken and baked beans event.
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New Deal
Mackenzie State Park
Board of Trustee
Board of Equalization
Tower Endorsed For Johnson's Position
Dallas UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater endorsed John G Tower for Lyndon Johnson's Senate seat. Goldwater praised Tower as an adequate candidate and said the Republican party has a good chance in the South, excluding Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina as doubtful. He noted Johnson plans to run for vice president and the Senate.
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Dallas
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John G. Tower
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Tower
Johnson
Goldwater
South
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Arizona
Services Slated For Former City Resident Daniel L Randall
Funeral services are planned for Daniel Lee Randall 24 formerly of Lubbock and Norwalk California son of Walter D Randall Sr and Mrs. Randall Norwalk Calif He died at Veterans Hospital Long Beach after about six weeks illness He had lived in Lubbock six years before 1955 moving from Pampa The Motle and Peck Funeral Home Long Beach will handle arrangements He is survived by his parents three brothers Dean W D Randall Jr and Jerry all of Norwalk Calif two sisters Mrs Claudie Lusk and Mrs Roxealta Betis from Albuquerque
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Daniel Lee Randall
Lubbock
Walter D Randall Sr
Norwalk
Calif
Long Beach
Randall
Vetrans
Pampa
Motle and Peck Funeral Home
Dean
W. D. Randall
Jerry
Claudie Lusk
Indiana
Roxealta
Betis
Albuquerque
Tahoka Bridge Tournament Draws Players From South Plains
Tahoka Club hosts a bridge event at Calvary Baptist Church with open pairs and duplicate games. Rites for Bill Crawford, 68, of Ave J, are set in Tahoka at 10 a.m. Burial in Hesthaven Memorial Park. Proceeds aid the T Bar building fund.
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Tahoka
Lynn County
South Plains
Bill Crawford
Ave. J
Calvary Baptist Church
T-Bar Dupli
Bolshoi to Break Old Tradition With War and Peace
Moscow report says the Bolshoi Theatre will open its 185th opera season on Sept. 1 with Prokofiev's War and Peace instead of the traditional Ivan Susanin. John Snyder, co-chairman of U S Industries, will share the role with Georgy Farley, former Postmaster General, as a new stage in the life of the company.
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Moscow
Bolshoi
New York
UPI
John S
Breaki Snyder
U.S. Industries
Son
Pro- Inc
Kotiev
Ivan Susanner
Glinka
Waldorf-Astoria
Snyderidition
Georgy Drvid
James
Farley
Healthy Driver Dies At Wheel In Heart Attack Tragedy
In Lamesa Texas two men succumbed to heart issues. Butford Monroe Recer 51 failed a physical and died minutes after stepping from a car during a routine license process. Harmon Stuart Barrow 72 died of a heart attack early Thursday, found outside a bank after leaving for breakfast. Barrow worked as a bookkeeper at Niemeyer Feed and Seed. Burial followed at Lamesa Cemetery with Higginbotham Funeral Home directing.
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Dallas
Butford Monroe Recer
McKinney
Department of Public Safety
Charles O'Neal
Recer
Rever
Harmon Stuart
Mike) Barrow
Medical Arts Hospital
Milo B. Arbuckle
First Baptist Church
Lamesa
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Barrow
Niemeyer Feed
Lamesi Bank
Oliver Services Slated Sunday
Funeral notices outline services for Mrs. Clara Shankles, 74, who died at her daughter's Oklahoma home. Arrangements are through Goodrich Funeral Home, Marietta. The piece also notes the death of Oliver, a Santa Fe retiree, with service details and survivors, plus a light local item about a ten dollar bill blown away and recovered by firefighters in Portsmouth.
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Clara Shankles
FE. A. Holbrook
Bates
Goodrich Funeral
Marietta
Okla
Mrs Lemley Rites Held In Franklin Chapel
Final services for Mrs A S Lemley 74 of Anton were at 2 p m today in the Franklin Bartley Funeral Chapel with Rev Leo K Gee of St Luke s Methodist Church officiating Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Park She had lived in Anton two months and previously in Lubbock since 1928 Surviving are two daughters Mrs Charles Lee Anton and Mrs George Vieregge 440 35th St one son W N Lemley 3102 39th St two sisters Mrs Bernice Smith Clarksville Ark and Mrs Earl Dye 4919 40th St and a brother Robert E Lee Oakland Calif Four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers were K P Brantner Jayton and Conley Williams D A Vieregge Luther Qualls S J Day and L A Shelton all of Lubbock
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A. S. Lemley
Anton
Franklin
Earl’ Dye
40Th St
Robert E. Lee
Oakland
Calif
K.P. Brantner
Jayton
Conley’ Williams
D. A. Vieregge
Luther Iqualls
S.J. Day
L.A. Shelton
Lubbock
Funeral Services for A. B. Franks in Plainview Today
Funeral services for A. B. Franks 36 lifelong Plainview resident will be at 10 a.m. at First Christian Church. The Rev. Arthur Digby to officiate. Franks died of bulbar polio at Plainview Hospital after a week of illness. He leaves wife Betty Jo May and three children Jerry Lee Betty Sue and David Lynn. Burial is in Plainview Cemetery with Wood Funeral Home directing.
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Plainview
A. B. Franks
First Christian Church
Arthur Digby
Franks
Plainview Hospital
Betty Jo May
Clovis
N.M
Jerry Lee
Betty Sue
David Lynn
Wood Funeral Home
Plainview Cemetery
Ex City Woman Husband Killed in Auto Crash
Attorney Rob Salek 41 and widow Ruth Gay 22 of Spokane suffered separate fates as a jury case moved forward. Kay, a Spokane grocer, died in an auto accident near Kentland Indiana while Ruth Gay, daughter of Mrs. E. Gay, died of a heart attack during closing arguments in a bribery trial. Relatives from Lubbock and Dickens County traveled for services in Spokane Monday.
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B. Kay
Spokane
Ash
Fames
Lubbock
Kentland
Ind
Tommy Morgano
Lubrbock Chamber of Commerce
Hubert Key
4Th St
Homer Long
Ave
Kay
John Gay
Childress
Jerry Gay
Murray Gay
Amarillo
Sea of Alliances Reflects Quiet Strength in Trust
Text of International Sunday School Lesson for tomorrow centers on Isaiah 30 15 urging quietness and trust as strength. The piece cites Teniah 30 and warns against aligning with evil to achieve goals. It emphasizes that the Just prevail when one serves in God's cause through restraint.
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Julien C. Hyer
Former Lubbock Resident Dies
Seminole Texas funeral services are scheduled for Richard Hubbard McCrummen 71 who died Friday at Seminole Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at his home. He had lived in Seminole 13 years and was a cattleman. Wife Emma Maude Burs is among survivors with three sons four daughters and two sisters. A graveside service will be in Lubbock City Cemetery with several pallbearers named.
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Clifton
Amarillo
Seminole
First Presbyterian Church
Lubbock
Richard Hubbard McCrummen
Seminole Memorial Hospital
McCrummen
Here
Cleve Wheelus
Preston |Florence
City of Lubbock
Singleton Funeral Home
Emma Maude
Richie Ann
Stewart
Sunnyvale
Calif
Cecile McCrummen
Austin
Norman Morrisson
Washington, DC
Funeral set for Idalou man R H Horine 86
Funeral services for R H Horine 86 of Idalou will be at 5 p.m. today at Idalou Methodist Church with the Rev R S Watkins and the Rev George E Tyson officiating. Burial will be in Idalou Cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors. Survivors include his wife a son a daughter and three grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named.
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R. HL
Horine
Idalou
Methodist
Idalou Methodist Church
Saxorton
Oil and Gas
R.S. Watkins
George E. ‘Tyson
Rix
Ay Son
T. R
Wichita Falls
C.K. Griggs
Sweetwater
J. L. Harlan
Lubbock
R. Lambert
Dick Gibson
Earl Weaver
Merle’ Walker
C. C. French
J. N. Benning
Funeral for Benningfield Falls Victim in Denver City
Services for W. Lee Benningfield 21 who died after a fall from a three foot scaffold at a Wellman grain elevator site will be held at 3 p.m. at First Methodist Church in Denver City with Rev. F C Bradley officiating. Burial follows at Denver City Memorial Cemetery under Singleton Funeral direction. Pallbearers named are Albert Clifton Bobby Cunningham Douglas Brown Bobby Walker Mac Todd all of Denver City and Jack Larry of Childress.
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Denver City
W. Lee Benningfield
Wellman
First Methodist
F.C. Bradley
First Baptists ‘Church
Denver City Memorial Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Benningheld
Albert Clifton
Bobby Cunningham
Douglas Brown
Bobby Walker
Mac Todd
Jack Larry
Childress
Trial delayed as attorney collapses amid jury address
Salek, who had shown confidence to reporters that Morgano would be found innocent of offering a deputy sheriff $100,000 for control of gambling and prostitution in Porter County, collapsed entering Judge Russell Gordon’s air conditioned office after requesting a brief recess. His daughter Karen, 13, in the courtroom, became hysterical upon learning her father was dead.
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Salek
Russell Gordon
Karen
Morgano
Porter County
Thomas Harman Services Slated
Funeral services for Thomas Dale Harman 38 will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Snyder with Rev. Walter Mitchell and Rev. Bill Shoemaker officiating. Harman died Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after moving from Abilene two years ago. Surviving are two sons Dennis and Brad. two sisters Eucla of El Paso and Law Nall of Loving. two brothers C. F Harman of Loving and Gene Harman of Graham. father Tom Harman of Loving. Burial at Snyder cemetery after body transfer by Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home of Lubbock.
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Snyder
Thomas Dale Harman
First Baptist Church
Walter Mitchell
Bill Shoe
Harman
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Halliburton Co
Abilene
L B Williams Rites Scheduled
Brownfield special rites set for 2 pm Sunday at Brownfield Funeral Home for Lanes B Williams former area resident who died in Compton California. A WWI and WWII veteran, he lived in Compton about 17 years after leaving Seagraves and Big Spring where he worked as an insurance representative. Burial follows at Terry County Memorial Cemetery.
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Brownfield
Pam
Lanes B. Willians
Compton
Calif
Wednday
Williams
West Texas
Seagraves
Big Spring
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Mrs Amelia Griffith Rites Held In Plainview
Mrs Amelia Griffith aged 80 died at her daughter's home in Plainview. Rites were held at Lemmons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Chester G Watt and Tommy Webb officiating. Burial followed at 100% Cemetery. She moved to Plainview in 1932 from Carson County, born in Wise County.
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Plainview
Amelia Griffith
Lemmons Funeral Home
Chester G. Watt
Date St. Baptist Church
Tommy Webb
Columbia Church of Christ
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