Tunnell Seeks 1965 Speakership Backed by 76 Pledges
AP reports Speaker Byron Tunnell of the House faces pledges from Rep. Heatly Paducah and others totaling 76, promising support for the 1965 speakership. A Houston legislator urges Tunnell to release pledges while a bill seeks to bar pre election solicitations. Parker says measure targets systemic evils, not individuals.
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Port Arthur
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Two Win Places On Roswell School Board
In Roswell two new school board members are Wilbur L. Shackelford and Charles F. Smith. Shackelford, 39, an independent geologist and oilman, won 1 345 votes. Smith, 29, won 1 650 votes in a seven candidate field. The report notes campaigns and pledges tied to a Speaker's race and GOP reactions in Texas.
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Portales Manslaughter Trial Set For Feb 18
Mrs. Joreen Ivanetta Hoyl 35 of Hobbs faces a manslaughter charge in 9th Judicial District Court with the death of Clovis taxi driver Frank K. Rowe 54 from a November traffic collision near Portales. Trial date set by Dist. Judge E. T. Hensey for February 18.
Auntie Mame Opens at Lub bock Theatre Centre Tonight
At Lub bock Theatre Centre the hit Auntie Mame opens this evening at 8 15 p m in the newly decorated LTC Playhouse 2508 Ave P Tickets are 2 20 for adults 1 15 for students on sale at the box office today through Saturday and for repeat performances Friday and Saturday Feb 15 16 Mary John Woolford plays Mame Dennis Rosalind Russell originated the role and Sylvia Sidney previously starred in Lubbock The cast includes more than 34 players, and S Walker James directs the production in its 1962 63 season debut
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Mame Dennis
Rosalind Russell
Broadway
Lubbock
Sylvia Sidney
Mary John Woolford
LTC
S. Walker James
Maine man kills wife then commits suicide with children
Police say Clarence M. Allen, 22, strangled his estranged wife over another man, then took his two children April and Gary from her apartment. He died by his car in a cemetery as carbon monoxide and exposure killed him and the children.
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Leighton
New Deal Senior to Play in Band Festival
Frankie Worley, 18, New Deal High School senior, was chosen from over 500 applicants to join an all girl band festival at Texas Woman's University in Denton on Feb 22 23. She plays tenor saxophone for seven years and serves as band musical librarian.
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Frank Smith
Maritime Accidents Run High in 1962
A UPI report from London notes that 1962 saw more ships sunk or totally damaged than any peacetime year since 1929, according to the Liverpool Underwriters' Association.
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UPI
Liverpool
Roosevelt Board Elections Draw Heavy Turnout
Portales voters elected Gordon Hatch with 368 votes and Morton Gragg with 317 to six year terms on the Portales School Board. The election also set a bid deadline for a fourth elementary school and results from Floyd Dora Causey Elida and Temple Rogers Kenneth Dixon and Bennie Victor Wendell Best were named to six year terms.
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Roosevelt County
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Bennie Victor
Wendell Best
Clar- Kenneth Victory
J. T. Toombs
Dora
Ray Ashbrook
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Causey
Elida
Temple Rogers
Kenneth Dixon
Graham Leaves Dallas Hospital After Pneumonia Recovery
Evangelist Billy Graham, 44, walked from Baylor Hospital in Dallas smiling and boarded a plane to Washington after a fast recovery from pneumonia and acute bronchitis. He planned to appear at a presidential prayer breakfast, then return to his Montreal home for several days of rest.
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Washington
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Montreal
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Light of Hope or Terror Reader's Digest Feb Issue
The February Reader's Digest explores the laser a new light ray that could vaporize steel destroy tumors and potentially revolutionize radio and TV. It suggests light may make bulbs obsolete while promising exciting advances for science and medicine.
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