County approves culvert contract and bids in Lubbock session
Lubbock County Commissioners awarded Armco Drainage Co. the annual culvert contract after evaluating bids on 24 sizes and two weights. The day’s routine actions included approving adding machines, a typewriter, binders, and fence work, plus plans for welfare and road projects and several time deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Irish
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Bill Davis
Arch Lamb
George Green
Les Derrick
Alton Brazell
Armco Drainage Co
Brown Supply Co
Armco
Brown
City Commission
Welfare Board
Welfare Department
Baker Co
Monroe Corp
Thomas Brothers Co
Hester’s Office Machine Co
McGlain Office Supply Co
Thomas Brothers
Hester’s
Baggett Business Machine Co
Thatcher Printing Co
Bennett’s Office Supply Co
Miller-Howard Office Supply Co
F. and L. Fence Co
Cyclone Fence Co
Lufkin Trailer Sales
Precinct 4
Western Trailer Co
West Texas Equipment Co
Hobbs Trailer Co
American Trailer Co
Conley-Lott
Marian Anderson Says Music Unites World Races
American contralto Marian Anderson told a Kingston Ontario audience that music is a universal force uniting races. Speaking at a Queen’s University Human Rights Day convocation she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, her 23rd honor and first from a Canadian university.
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Kingston
Ont
Marian Anderson
Local Records Show Marriage Licenses And Property Transfers
John Estes and Guadalupe Pachicano among couples filing marriage licenses in Lubbock area. County court proceedings include probate actions for the estate of Roso Johnson and a series of divorce and public notices. Extensive list records warranty deeds and property transfers across Lubbock, Slaton, Idalou and surrounding additions with numerous parcels, buyers, and actions.
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John Estes
Lubbock
Guadalupe Pachicano
Shallowater
Lubbock Courts
Pat S. Moore
Dudge
Jim Edd Reagan
Texas Department of Public Safety
Bil Davis
Dudate
Roso Johnson
Annie Mae Johnson
Mary Fira
Davison Fira
Farm Bureau chief seeks end to big government trend
American Farm Bureau President Charles B. Shuman addressed about 5,000 delegates in Atlanta urging a 1963 push to reduce federal government role in farming. He called for tax cuts only with spending cuts, warned against deficit spending, and pressed for curbs on farm subsidies and controls while opposing broadening federal programs in health, education, and urban aid.
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Atlanta, Ga
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Big Farm Organization
Shuman
Congress
Kennedy
Farm Bureau
Wichita Falls Pastor Elected President of Hardin-Simmons
Dr. James H. Landes of Wichita Falls was named president of Hardin-Simmons University by trustees. The 50 year old pastor of First Baptist Church of Wichita Falls for 17 years was recommended unanimously and may accept. If confirmed he would be the 11th president of the Texas Baptist college.
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Abilene
James H. Landes
Wichita Falls
Hardin-Simmons University
Baptist School
Landes
First Baptist Church of
Baptist General Convention of Texas
W. B. Irvin
Dallas
Hardin - Simmons Board
Hardin - Simmons
Evan Allard Reiff
Wayne Evans
Fort Worth
Hardin-Simmons
Southern Baptist College
Texas
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bryan
Eagle Lake Baptist Church
Federal Building Site Chosen for Roswell Courthouse
The General Services Administration selected a site in Roswell for a new federal building and courthouse. Senator Clinton P. Anderson said the project will cost about $2 million and provide 69,300 square feet of space.
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Roswell
UPS
General Services Administration
Clinton P Anderson
Anderson
Referendum Sought On Tyler Gas Co Purchase
Petitions circulating Monday called for a referendum on the Tyler city commission's vote to purchase the Tyler Gas Co. The move seeks public approval before the city finalizes the purchase and outlines the stake in the municipal energy decision.
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Tyler
UPI
Tyler City Commission
Tyler Gas Co
Mariner 2 Venus Fly By To Be Broadcast Friday
NASA will provide a running account of Mariner 2 as it flies by Venus at about 19 000 miles, broadcasting the probe’s radio voice. Officials expect data analysis to take weeks or months, with a Washington news conference and an open line to Pasadena for live signals. The closest approach is projected at 3 01 p.m. and telemetry will sound like a high pitched squeal.
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Washington
Space Agency
Mariner 2
Venus
Mariner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Jack James
William Pickering
James
Lyndon B. Johnson to Tour Texas in Fort Worth
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson will make eight public appearances in Texas today and Wednesday, with seven planned for the Fort Worth area, according to UPI reports.
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LBJ
Texas Fort Worth
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Fort Worth
Soviet Doctor Foresees Human Heart Transplant Soon
Soviet Dr. Vladimir Demikov, who has transplanted hearts in dogs and a monkey, predicts a human heart transplant within a year. He describes placing a donor heart in a plastic container to pump blood in a living patient before final implantation. He has offers from volunteers including Anita Jensen’s family.
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Moscow
Vladimir Demikov
Demikov
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Lubbock Grader Blade Co
Plains Machinery Co
West Texas Equipment
U. S. Hwy
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Pioneer Natural Gas Co
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Canadian River
Bureau
Hunter-Hayes Elevator Co
Burroughs Corp
Permanent Records
Pioneer Fences, Inc
Continental Qoal Co
Gardin Machinery Co
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Continental Oil Co
Grady Harrist
Hunt Packing Co
Ben E. Keith Co
Kimball Lubbock Co
Leftwich Food Market
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Rodgers Litho Printing Co
Sides Printing Co
Agriculture Building
Lubbock National Bank
U.S. Hwy
Fioe Swinson
J. D. Hufstedler Truck Co
Chatman Nursing Home
Edwards Rest Home
Methodist Hospital
Morris Pharmacy
McMurray Convalescent Home
St. Mary's Hospital
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H. R. Taylor
Bill Buckman
E. Newton
P. L. Peeples
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Sid Worrell
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Frank KF. Hash
Anna Ross Moore
P. J. James
Filta Adams
James Sudd
Willam H. Howle
Lawrence M. Simmons Sr
Mackenzie Manors
D. B. Gordon
Medlock Inv. Co. Inc
Idalou Gardens
Robert G. Wilson
Jean M. Wilson
Ray L. Murphy
Pleasant Ridge
Richard C. Fontaine
Romualdo Ochoa
Kuykendall
MDB Inc
Dora Blakney
Bender Terrace
John W. Blank
Jim Lee Co
H&h Corp
Howard J. Casey
Donald R. McElwee
Bik
Raymond
Bil
Huntzicker Jr
Marv F Huntzicker
Biki
Frank A. White
FL S. Vance Jr
Roy McCary
Lyndale Acres
Champ C. Worrell
Julia Oneta Rayburn
Western Hills
Carl W. Wofford
Casey Grimes
Augustine County
Bradford J. Bullard
H. K. Garrett
Windsor
Bradford J. Apes
Telford Sadd
Solsberry
H. D. Solshery
Horace Lynn Ray
H. D. Solesbery
Alford Terrace
Clarence Johnson
Free Will ‘Baptist Church
Bike Johnson
Alonzo Weldon Petty
Willie Coleman
Urban Renewal Agency
Neal J. Hardy
Geneva Stewart
Katherine Pierce
Mackenzie Terrace
J. G. Wilkerson Jr
L. M. Brown
Lee Johnsons
Richard H. Mosley
Beverly Hts
Paul Raymond Ellsworth
Eugene R. Bosch
Norman V
Clendon Miller
Ollie Lee Chote Jr
Forrest Lumber Co
Jimmie Johnson
F. RF. Pirtle
Warren R. Carter Jr
Glenridge
Roy W. Jennings
J. F. Johnson
Southgate
R. A. Roseland
Keneal Swenson Jr
Broadmoor
J. D. McPhaul
R. O Bennett
Jack Goodman
Midland Hil
Jerry V. Brooks
Lleysda Chapman Jr
Murry Hill
Earl Ince Jr
Troy S. Watson Jr
Crump
Claudia G. Miller
Eava Mae Richardson
Harry Mayes
Easley
Willie T. Keels
Jane Keels Sims
Whitney
Greenwich Savings Bank
Neal J Hardy
Pleasant Ridge Adda
Cecil Ray Webb
Russel Alvord
DePauw McLarty
Mane R Wnardy
Maud Smith
Overton
Bertell A. Jackson
W. Tom Campbell
Lee C. O'Neil
Stubbs
Walter H. Vaughn
Myrtle Annie Vaughn
Church of Christ At
New Deal
Foremost Food and Chemical Co
Formost Pairies Inc
United States
Illinois
Hsu
James L. Landes
Philco
Selfservice Furniture
Magnolia
Federal Building
U.S
Anita Jensen
Anita
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Kryptek
Broadway
Pioneer Hotel
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