Son of Lubbock educator recalls Johnson job denial in 1930s
N K Dupre, son of pioneering Lubbock educator M M Dupre, recounts Lyndon Johnson once seeking a public speaking teaching post at Houston Junior College around 1930. Dupre, then dean, says he could not hire Johnson because the college already had enough teachers.
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Gayle Noll
Avalanche-Journal
Naasson K. Dupre
United States
Dupre
Houston Junior College
Houston
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Bac
Florrie
1St St
Marcy Mathias Dupre
Lubbock
M. M. Dupre
1920 Ave. T
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Houston College
General College
LBJ
61St St
University of Houston
Lyndon B. Johnson
Funeral Pending In Lubbock For Idalou Couple
Services are pending at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home for Idalou couple found dead of possible asphyxiation Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilbanks were found dead about 8 p.m. at their home. he pronounced dead by Justice W. B. Countess, she on arrival at West Texas Hospital. An inquest will be held after gas company examination. Wilbanks, 71, a retired carpenter, and Rosa Lee, 55, lived in Idalou 20 years. son Sgt. Tommy Wilbanks works in Lubbock PD. Other survivors include three sons, eight grandchildren, and multiple siblings.
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Sie
University of Texas
Dupre
University
Houston Public School System
Rosbyton and
Ralls
Mary Taylor
24Th St
M. M. Dupre
Lubbock
N. K.dupre
Franklin-Bartley Funeral
Idalou
W. B. Wilbanks
Wilbanks
Justice of the Peace
West Texas Hospital
Rosa Lee
Tommy Wilbanks
Pete
Jacksonville
Fla
Joe
US. Army
Utah
Edgar Bennett
Poolville
Guy
Hugh Bennett
Fort Worth
Ada Cavander
Iowa Park
Susie Hyde
Ethel Ayers
Ruby Sisk
Oma McMillan
Lorenzo
Nancy Collier
Vernon Collier
Canson
Vel Wren
Happy
O. B. Wilbanks
Seymour
Rites Set for Robert Johnson Lubbock Resident
Services for Robert Johnson 66 of 2209 55th St Lubbock to be held 2 p m today at First Christian Church with Dr Dudley Strain officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction. Johnson longtime Liberty Hill native worked for Lubbock Hardware and Supply Co affiliated with First Christian Church and Masonic groups. Survivors include wife Ludge son Robert H Houston mother Nellie Remick Johnson and sister Mrs Martin Mitchell all of San Antonio.
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Robert Johnson
55Th St
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
First Christian Church
Dudley Strain
City of Lubbock
Rix
Hame Johnson Mover
Ota
Khiva Shrine
el Paso
Khiva Lubbock Patro
Ludge
Robert H. Houson
Nellie Remick Johnson
San Antonio
Martin Mitchell
Police Seek Clues In Dallas Bank Robbery
Dallas police search for the identity of a polite well dressed robber who took 17000 from a drive in teller at the Bank of Dallas on Friday. FBI and Homicide Captain Fritz called the holdup a mystery. The suspect described as polite and good looking appeared at the teller booth at 4 55 p m during a snowstorm and rush hour.
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Mozelie Hamel
Oak Lawn Avenue
U S AEC Brussels Representative Dies in Belgium
A U S Atomic Energy Commission official in Brussels died Sunday from a heart ailment. He also served as deputy of the U S mission to the European Common Market.
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Brussels
Acank
U.S
LCC Enrollment Gets Underway
Registration for the spring semester at Lubbock Christian College began today and runs until Tuesday noon. Officials predicted a record enrollment with nearly 700 students expected to enroll for classes starting Wednesday. Pre-registration in December had kept final registration moving smoothly, with new students and transfers from other colleges set to register Tuesday.
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Lubbock Christian College
Jaycees Elect New Directors At Winter Convention
The Area I Winter Convention sponsored by the Lubbock Jaycees crowned a new slate of state directors including Dr. Eugene Waide Perryton Don Litchfield Canadian Ken Foreman Plainview Dr. Jerry Gleason Muleshoe and Bob Honts Lubbock Minor Pounds Lubbock was chosen Area I State Vice President and Pampa will host the area summer meeting A. J. Carabbi of Pampa state Jaycee president addressed about 500 delegates Travel Trophy went to Perryton for traveling the greatest distance HE J Doe Blanchard welcomed delegates at the noon luncheon.
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Area I
Pampa
Jaycee
Perryton
HE. J. Doe” Blanchard
Rites Today For A W Jordan Retired Texas Farmer
Services for 77 year old A W Jordan of New Deal near Lubbock were set for 3 p m today at New Deal Church of Christ with Cline Paden Garner Atkisson and Bill Allen officiating Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home direction Jordan moved from Richardson to Petersburg in 1925 and farmed near Becton Idalou and New Deal He was married to Bonnie Belt on December 10 1911 and was a member of Wolfforth Church of Christ He leaves five sons Bud Charley James and John and four daughters plus sisters brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
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A. W. Jordan
Lubbock
New Deal Church of Christ
Cline Paden
Garner Atkisson
Bill Allen
Wofforth
City of Lubbock
Franklin - Bartley Funeral Home
Jordan
Petersburg
Richardson
Becton
Idalou
New Deal
Bonnie Bard Belt
Church of Christ of Wolfforth
Bud
Mission
Bob
Wichita
Kan
Charley
Ropesville
James
Flovdada
John
Dumas
A.C Curineton
Ave X
CB. Curtis
R.L. Golleher
C. A. McKellar
Bethany
Okla
Zephie Norris
Abilene
Connie Lester
Decatur
R. E
Canton
W. M
Carlsbad
N.M
Karl
Shelby
N.C
Hamilton
Joe Durham
W. P. Slaton
Slim V. Dunn
W. A. Carey
Allen O'Brien
Paul Newman
Belly Dance Teacher Sought At University
Rutgers Board of Trustees hears a report on the Douglass College Placement Bureau misrecording as it notes the bureau filled nearly all jobs this year except a belly dancing teaching post. The item appears in a mixed set of notices and ads from the New Jersey and Texas pages.
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New Brunswick
API
Douglass College Placement Bureau
Rutgers University Board of Trustees
Johnson faces tough Congress session amid election year
President Johnson’s congressional honeymoon may end in 1966 as top and private aides warn of a long session. Democrats face tough reelection campaigns with GOP charges that many incumbents were rubber stamps for costly Great Society programs.
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Congress
Senate
House
GOP
University of Maine probes midterm cheating incident
University of Maine officials say an examination cheating incident may involve about 100 students. All results for the 730 students who took the midterm were voided due to advance knowledge of questions, with psychology head Dr. Arthur Kaplan noting most students were innocent.
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Orono
Maine
University of Maine
Arthur M. Kaplan
Area Men and Women Serve in Military and Civil Roles
yO Ay News lists area residents serving in the Woman Marine Company at Camp Pendleton with roles as clerks and technicians. It notes Navy graduate Christopher L. Ringgold from Memphis and Pvt. Wilbert T. Starkes completing artillery training at Ft. Sill, outlining service details and family lines. It also comments on slowed congressional progress for new programs and political reforms, including constitutional amendment proposals and civil rights enforcement.
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Gloria P. Ortiz
J. Antonio Ortiz
S. Ave. O
Maria S. Gonzales
Moses Gonzales
Woman Marine Company
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Wilbert T. Starkes
James W. Starkes
34Th St
Army Artillery and Missile School
Ft. Sill
Okla
Starkes
Ft. Polk
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N. K. Dupre
Texas
San Antonio Junior College
Texas Southwost College
Brownsville Junior College
Center
Tex
Dupree
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Alvin
Crosbyton High School
Crosbyton
Florrie Smith
Seo Smith
Crosbyton Bank
Dupres
University of ‘Texas Board of Regents
Brownsville
Ater
Texas Southmost College
Dallas
AEC
Belgium
LCC
Jaycees
Bogota
Colombia
Lebbock
Alanche-Jours
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
6Th and
Avenue J
iMornng & Buodas
Jevening
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Asia
Econ
Viet Nam
Christopher L. Ringgold
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Jean Renfro
10Th St
Southwestern Bell
Call Pacific Finance
Pacific Finance
Ethan Allen
Euro On Furniture Center
N. College
Call Pacific
Pacific Finance Loans /FINANCE
Transamerica
Texas Avenue
Harlan Lambert
Lau
Gibson
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