Fertilizer trials in Hale County boost cotton yields
Hale County Extension reports soil tests guide cotton fertilization, with Lankart 57 plots sown April 26 at 25 lb acre and six tons of cotton bale residue from 1960. Demonstrations show 60-0-0 and 60-30-0 blends increase lint yield and net returns, while July 15 nitrogen on Gregg on sorghum land raised lint by 63 pounds per acre.
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Charlie Cypert
Hale Cypert
Cypert
Hale County and Water Management
Charles Bucy
Plainview
Marion
Bucy
Birt Lane
Hale County
J. C. Gallimore
Area Woman is honored by magazine for 1961
Mrs. Wilmer Smith of New Home chosen as 1961 Woman of the Year for Texas by Progressive Farmer for long and valuable service to rural women. Her husband, a Lynn County cotton leader, was named Man of the Year for Texas Agriculture last year. Smith active in home demonstration, former Texas council president, treasurer of National Home Demonstration Council, serves on Texas A&M Century Committee.
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Wilmer Smith
New Home
Texas
Progressive Farmer Magazine
National Home Demonstration Council
Mother Jailed For Il Treating Children
Louisville, AP report says 31 year old Barbara Jones Peak was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being charged with contributing to the dependency of her three boys aged 10, 8, and 7. Police found the children alone with only dog food to eat.
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Louisville
Barbara Jones Peak
Guards Beat Back Armored Robbers In Athens Truck Heist
In Athens NATO ministers meet May 3 to 5 as eight robbers wearing masks try to seize a payroll from an armored truck. Guards and a police dog engage in a chaotic melee. one robber is shot in the arm, others flee as the truck is blocked by two vehicles.
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Athens
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
London
Greece
NATO
Ted Buckle
Flash
Buckle
Crow
Soldiers from Lubbock area join Germany exercise phase
Three Area soldiers from Lubbock Post and Andrews took part in a phase of field training exercises Practical Autumn Shield in Germany. Sgt Bobby L Prisk Pte Raul Solis and Pte David M Hamilton served in artillery units under VI Corps with 23rd Infantry and armored divisions. The men trained under maximum realistic field conditions to boost readiness. Three South Plains men completed basic at Lackland AFB and are being assigned to Air Force bases for specialist training including Larson AFB Waco Mountain Home Randolph AFB and awaiting assignments.
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Lubbock
Post and Andrews
Germany
Bobby LD. Prisk
James R. Prisk
Rt. 4
Raul Solis
Ascencion Solis
Post
David M. Hamilton
Charlie C. Hamilton
Andrews
Cooper High School
Prisk
Wannelore
Solis
Ruth
Johnson St. Amarillo
Andrews High School
Hamilton
Vitus Corps
23Td
Ith Armored
South Plains Armen
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
ASC
View Oliverer
Joe Olivares
Bates St. Lubbock
Larson Afb
Wisk
Shallowater High School
Tomy D. Morrison
Ered Morrison
Orton
Mountain Home Afh
Finho. Morrison
Morton High School
James W. Powell
James W. Powell Sr
Diramitt
Randolph Afb
Powell
Dimmitt High School
Veterans urged to write for benefits at local office
Veterans urged to contact the VA Regional Office in Lubbock for information and benefits as smaller VA offices close. Robert W. Sisson says veterans should provide full name address birthdate and C number if available to speed locating records and answering inquiries.
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Veterans’ Administration
Robert W. Sisson
Lubbork
Lube Hock
Washington
D.C
Sisson
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Spur Agricultural Experiment Station
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Weir
Lia
Fig Fun
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Elgin ST
DuPont Teflon
Layew
15Th St
A.V. Blake
Ralph Lowe
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Million Dollar Buying Pool
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Tom Collins
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