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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
6
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The National Farmers Union will ask Congress to adopt an income parity standard for farm price supports, proposing prices about 25 percent higher than current levels. The plan aims to replace the parity price system, arguing income parity would raise farm earnings toward nonfarm levels, with economists noting benefits mainly to large commercial farms.
Austin December 23 Attorney General elect Will Wilson will appoint divisions and assistants to serve on his staff when he takes office January 1. The slate includes James H. Rogers for state and county affairs and Davis Jr for anti trust and law enforcement. J. W. of Austin is named for oil, gas and related matters.
Dan Olen Purcell 50 co owner and manager of Corecoran Purcell Plainview clothing firm died after a heart attack. Funeral 10 a m Monday at First Christian Church Plainview with Rev Arthur Digby officiating. Lemons Funeral Home directing burial in Plainview Memorial Park survivors include wife and children. Note mentions first cable between England and the United States completed Aug 5 1858 across the North Atlantic.
The Texas Railroad Commission said the total average calendar day allowable rose to 3,421,058 barrels from 3,403,188 last week. It reported 976 oil well completions this year totaling 15,855, up from 15,026 in 1955, with 35 gas wells, 153 dry holes, 10 oil wells in unproven territory, and one gas wildcat. Total wells plugged reached 238, down from 309 a week earlier.
Strartford Ontario December 23 1956 festival directors cut the canvas of the festival tent into 2 1/2 inch strips and mailed them to supporters worldwide including Japan Brazil Turkey and Sweden as tokens of appreciation. The tent will be replaced by a permanent structure next year.
President Eisenhower offered no encouragement to Nehru on cutting U S military aid to Pakistan during private talks in Washington and Gettysburg. Nehru pressed for a tapering off and eventual halt to aid, while both leaders stressed understanding and no concrete agreements. The Kashmir dispute and alliances with Baghdad Pact and SEATO framed a key disagreement.
Funeral services for Sam Faith 83 veteran West Texas lawman and Hale County sheriff will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Plainview First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Frank Travis officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Faith died Saturday night after a paralytic stroke. Survivors include his wife four daughters one son two sisters and several relatives. Wood Mitchell Funeral Home directing.
The piece muses on Izaak Walton and plagiarism fears in fishing lore. It questions the famed saying about fishermen being liars and hints at a revived controversy.
Funeral services for J. H. Cowart 87 former Lamb County clerk will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Lemons Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. R. R. Gilbraith will officiate burial in Lockney Cemetery. Survivors include his wife two daughters M F Van Pelt Crystal Cove Calf and Ruby Newsam Oakland Calif three sons Loyd Henry Olton and Lee Midland a brother C L Silvester ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
In East Texas more than 3,000 residents have aided in fighting forest fires on their land and neighbors properties. J. O. Burnside of the Texas Forest Service notes volunteer neighborhood groups formed since 1952 have assisted crews on hundreds of fires and helped suppress many alone. There are 588 active groups in East Texas Pineywoods. Each group includes 2 to 15 local residents led to support day and night fire control.
Lola M. Williams longtime secretary to Vice President Charles Curtis in Hoover era died after a heart attack. She was 66 and will be buried in Columbus Kansas after body is returned from Carlsbad New Mexico where she passed away following the Dec 14 attack.
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