Commercial Flying Still Is A Thrill At Hong Kong's West Pocket Airport
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport offers a dramatic arrival with limited ceilings and steep mountains nearby as Capt Weber guides a memorable approach. The piece notes the bustling postwar trade and a surge in tailor shops, highlighting the city as a free port with many craftspeople and rising prices for suits and cashmere.
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Hong Kong
West Pocket
Ror Considine
Kai Tak
Weber
Thunder Crown Colony
Coney Island
Max Weber
Paniand Ky
Elovedi
Bangkok
Webber
Be Ellow
Manila
Canton
jAke
Tokio
Perewnita
Japan
Final Rites Set Here For Alice Physician
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. in City of Lubbock Cemetery for Dr. Carra Fanii Winfield 72 a well known physician oil man and civic leader of Alice who died at 3 p.m. Monday in an Alice hospital. Dr. J Chess Levern pastor of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include a sister Mrs Allan Hill 1903 16th St a nephew Robert Allan Hill Jr 2109 23rd St and two great nieces Kay and Sue daughters of Mr and Mrs Hill.
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City of Lubbock
Carra Fanii Winfield
Alice
J. Chess Levern
First Methodist Church
Sanders Funeral Home
Winfield
Lubbock
Allan Hill
16Th St
Robert Allan Hill Jr
23Rd St
Kay
Sue
Hill
YMCA Club Elects New Officers For Guys and Gals
New officers of the Young Single Guys and Gals Club at the YMCA were elected Tuesday night. Don Kittrell is president Richard Kleinschmidt vice president Dorothy Weddige secretary Shirley Hairgrove assistant secretary Francis Nossaman treasurer and Doris Conley chaplain. They plan a New Year Eve party at the YMCA on Mth St and Ave X at 9 p.m. Dec 31 with Kittrell and Velma Fuller as chairmen. A committee meeting will precede the party at 7 30 p.m. Dec 28 at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Johnston.
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Velma Fuller
Fred Johnston
St Johnston
YMCA
Lubbock Girl Takes Third in Ping Pong Tourney
Miss Betty Willis of Lubbock earned third place in the Mary Hardin-Baylor College intramural table tennis tournament held in the Goodman Recreation gym. She is a senior elementary education major and daughter of Mr and Mrs W Paul Willis of 2224 26th Street.
Floydada Rites Set For Jones Brothers
Two Floydada brothers James Well Gim aged 54 and Oscar Jones aged 52 were killed in a four car crash near Paris Wednesday. A double funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with burial in Floydada Cemetery.
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Floydada
Paris
James Well Gim
Oscar Jones
First Baptist Church
Harmon Funeral Home
Harmon
Jim
Wayland Students Prepare for Holidays Homes
Wayland Baptist College students will return home for Christmas holidays on December 21. A list of those from Idalou and Lubbock areas includes Gene James Harlan Reddett Bettye Lieccum and others. The college marks admission into the Southern Association of Colleges with a Victory Breakfast and festive events.
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Plainvie
Wayland Baptist College
Gene James
Wolfforth
Harlan Reddett
Bettye Lieccum
Mary ‘Ann Girod
Jerry Donathan
Shelby Baucum
Carlton Austin
Helen Jean Hays
Idalou
Nancy Jo Allen
Jerry Arrington
Roma Brewer
Joan Crawford
Myrna Renton Kirk
Pleas Moore
Billy Morman
Dale Pruett
Ruth Priestly
Elaine Reynolds
Minnie Trammell
Walter White
Donna White
Dudley Williams
Lubbock
Wayland
Southern Assn
Yrand
Fine Arts Department
Menotti
Officers Seek Driver Of Car After Lubbock County Crash
Officers searched for the driver of a 1950 sedan that overturned several times in an open field after leaving College Avenue about three miles south of Lubbock around 10 p m A local resident reported the mishap saying the driver appeared unhurt and hitched a ride with a motorist before police arrived
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Lubbock
College Avenue
Ps 17
S. Claus Visit To City Is Made Legal
The City Zoning Board of Adjustment in Lubbock grants a special exception for Santa Claus to visit on Christmas Eve 1956. The condition limits operations to Dec 24 after sundown to Dec 25 sunrise with fit reindeer pens bells and a delicate tinkling sound.
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Santa Claus
Lubbock
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Roy Base
S. Claus
Police Department
Highway Department
Levelland Rites Set For B. W. Kilgore
Funeral services for Bryan Wat ton Kilgore 59 of 1822 Ave T Levelland will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday in the First Methodist Church with Rev Don Davidson officiating Burial will follow in City of Levelland Cemetery George Price Funeral Home in charge Levelland Oddfellows Lodge will conduct graveside rites He died Wednesday night in a Levelland hospital He had lived in Levelland since 1947 Survivors include a son B W Tulsa two daughters Mrs Deores Rogers and Mrs Ruth Victory both of Levelland six brothers T Q Homer Tulsa Dale Holston Benny Earnest and William all of Los Angeles a sister Mrs Mendy Perry of Houston and 11 grandchildren
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Levelland
Bryan Watton Kilgore
Ave. T
Don Davidson
City of Levelland
George Price
Registration error hinders tracing owner of damaged car
Investigators reached the scene as officers tried to identify the vehicle owner. Efforts were hampered Thursday night by an apparent error in local registration records.
Mother Of Lubbock Jap Snow Hints Of Couple Dies Here
Mrs Russell 80, mother of Mrs Hicks and M B Russell, died at West Texas Hospital after a three week illness. She lived with her daughter in Lubbock recently and had lived in Gatesville and Bell County. Funeral plans to be handled by Sanders and Scott Funeral Homes. Survived by daughter Mrs J W McLaughlin and five sons, plus sisters and three brothers.
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W. J. Russell
Thomas Hicks
78Th St
M. B. Russell
West Texas Hospital
Mra. Russell
Gatesville
Bell County
Sanders Funeral Home
Scott Funeral Home
J. W. McLaughlin
Jonen
Fivo
James W
Teviny
William
Phoenix
Ariz
Annual Tech pigeon shoot draws dozens on campus
About 35 students and faculty from Texas Tech and 20 from the Lubbock Gun Club will join the annual pigeon shoot on campus Saturday. Registration was handled by Lyman C. Richardson and Cadet Col. Larry R. Byrd AFROTC, with 45 shooting positions marked. If turnout grows, two shooters will share spots as officials urge unauthorized people to avoid campus from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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Texas Tech
Lubbock Gun Club
Tthe
Lyman C. Richardson
Larry R. Byrd
Afrotc
Tech
Lubbock Girl Suffers Minor Laceration In Mishap
A year old Lubbock girl Teresa Gentry sustained a minor scalp laceration when a car collided with a 1952 sedan driven by Henry P. Bishop Jr. at the 19th Street and Avenue K intersection. She was treated at West Texas Hospital and released. Barbara Cox Johnson drove the 1957 sedan carrying the girl’s caregiver.
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Lubbock
Henry P. Bishop Jr
40Th St
19Th St
Ave. K
West Texas Hospital
Teresa Gentry
Barbara Cox Johnson
Rt. 1
Linton
Holiday party success tips from Better Homes & Gardens
January issue offers do and don’t tips for hosting a party. It covers guest combinations street and activities ideas and practical advice. Get your copy today where magazines are sold.
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Better Homes & Gardens
British Flag Raised at Suez Entrance as New Union Jack Goes Up
PORT SAID Dec 20 British sailors climbed a 150 foot flagpole at the Suez Canal entrance and raised the new Union Jack to its top. They removed the regular flag used for 614 weeks and wrapped the pole with soap to deter Egyptian climbers during the final departure of the British task force.
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Port Said
Tara
Suez Canal
Amarillo Man Killed in Fatal Two-Truck Collision
John F. Stags, 41, of Newburk Missouri, was killed when his southbound truck failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into Hugene Debout’s eastbound truck at a highway intersection. Debout, 26, of Amarillo Texas, escaped injury.
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Til
John F. Stags
Newburk
Hugene Dehout
Amarillo
Tex
Debout
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