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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1962
Page
7
Texas Farm Prices Decline Slightly From May Levels
Texas farm and ranch prices on June 15 show a small drop from mid May with the all crops index at 244 and all farm prices at 260 percent of the 1910 14 base. Wheat rises to 2.01 per bushel while cotton slips to 31 cents per pound. cattle, hogs, and sheep shift modestly. Nationally the price index falls about one percent to 239, with parity at 78. A July citizenship seminar sends 71 Texas students to Oklahoma Christian College amid county Farm Bureaus and teacher groups funding travel and tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Oklahoma Christian College
Joe Smetana
TFB
Darris Young
Loop
June Lea Smith
Seagraves
Larry Tipping
Seminole
Gaines County
Jeanne Smith
Petersburg
Hale County
Sherry Burelsmith
Tulsa
Jimmie McPherson
Kress
Margaret Willett
Happy
Swisher County
Smetana
Lampasas High School
Mills County
The
Texas State Teachers Assn
Texas Tech Swine Conference Awards To Be Given
Results of a hog carcass contest will be announced at 1 15 p m today as the ninth annual Texas Tech Swine Conference closes in the livestock pavilion More than 150 West Texas registrants attended the conference opening Thursday The program covered fat percentage muscling and fat heritability and included a panel on Keeping Pork Up to Date with Tech leaders and regional breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TECH
L. N. Hazel
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa State University
Texas Tech
Monte Griffin
Hazel
Don Cowan
Panhandle
al Maberry
Trent
Abilene
Texas’ Tech
West
Texas
John Baumgardner
Euel Liner
Lubbock Swine Breeders, Inc
Larry Tackitt
Hampshire
Happy
Jack Barton
Littlefield
Hillier
TSBA
Texas Berkshire Swine Breeders Assn
West Texas Duproc. Swine Breeders Assn
Southwestern
Hampshire Swine Breeders Assn
And
Panhandle Plains
Poland
China
Tanksley
Texas A&m
26 Killed in Japan Floods and Missing Six
Tokyo AP reports 26 dead and six missing as heavy rains lash southern and central Japan since Sunday. An estimated 20,000 houses flooded and 80,000 people left homeless. Railway service was curtailed and many trains canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Solons to Visit Bases in Europe to Probe Military Justice
Investigators from the Senate constitutional rights subcommittee will tour U S bases in West Germany France and possibly Britain to examine complaints of miscarriages of military justice. They will interview officers and troops inspect a jail attend courts martial and talk with civilian lawyers who represent servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
U.S
Europe
France
Darryl F. Zanuck
West Germany
Pos
Britain
Brit sailor completes solo Atlantic crossing in Gypsy Mother
President Kennedy congratulated Frank Chichester, the 61 year old Brit mapmaker, on his solo Atlantic crossing in the 39 foot Gypsy Mother. Chichester sailed from Plymouth to New York in 33 days 15 hours, beating his own 40 day record and arriving to cheers in New York harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Kennedy
Frank Chichester
Chichester
New York Harbor
Plymouth
England
Hogs enter carcass contest at Tech with prizes planned
Nine hogs entered the area carcass contest and were moved to Techs Meats Industry Building for slaughter. The program included talks in the Tech Union Building and a prize ceremony for hogs producing the highest lean percentages. Experts from Oklahoma State Texas A&M and Iowa State spoke on feeding diseases and artificial insemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Hogn
Tech’s
Meats Industry
Tech Union
J. C. Hillier
Animal Husbandy Department
Oklahoma State University
Wayne Moore
Texas A&m College
L. N. Hazel
Animal Husbandry
Iowa State University
Buddy Winter
Idalou Hampshire
Stanley Anderson
The
Tech
Texas
Anderson
Southwest
Dale Zinn
T. D. Tanksley
Texas Agricultural Extension Service College Station
Hillier
Changes In Lamesa Franchise Tabled
The Lamesa City Council tabled a second reading on a franchise amendment after florist Early Peltier protested a 25 cent monthly rise in residential telephone extension rates. The firm General Telephone Co. did not send a representative. The measure also covers billing methods for 6 button installations. Also tabled was J. D. Brock's offer to trade a roller for city land. An audit of city records was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peltier, Florist
General Telephone Co
J. D. Brock
Old Settlers Reunion Set for August in Pioneer Park
Roaring Springs hosts Motley Dickens Counties Old Settlers Reunion August 23 to 25 with a parade memorial services two dances rodeo midway rides and grounds work by officers Fred Bourland Matador president John Meason Roaring Springs secretary manager Joe Rose Aston first vice president and a slate of directors from Matador Spur Dickens Spur Matador and Spur names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roaring Springs
Motley- Dickens Counties
Old Settlers
Pioneer Park
Reunion Association
Fred. Bourland
Matador
Joe Rose
Aston
John Stevens
Unwin Stearns
Buck Marshall
John Koonsman
Dickens
Cliff Bird
Spur
John Stotts
Rodeo
Boy Scout Troop 528 Camps At Tres Ritos New Mexico
Fifteen boys from Troop 528 sponsored by Hub City Lions Club Lubbock check into Tres Ritos Camp in New Mexico. The group will stay at the mountain camp for the rest of the week led by James Bearden D A Hirschman and Wilbur Hunt. Members at the camp include Mike Bearden Joe Bobo avid Cumbie Danny Doak Tommy Glazner Brent Hirsch man Glyn Hunt Stan Medlar Karl MccKeehan Kenny Norred Robin Robinson Steve Ross Lynn Rowan Tommy Turner and Fritz Wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hub City Lions Club
Lubbock
Tres Ritos
N.M
James Bearden
D. A. Hirschman
Wilbur Hunt
Mike Bearden
Joe Bobo
Avid Cumbie
Danny Doak
Tommy Glazner
Brent Hirschman
Glyn. Hunt
Stan Medlar
Karl MccKeehan
Kenny Norred
Malaya Leader Urges Muslim Commonwealth Idea
A Malayan government spokesman says the response to Prime Minister Tun Abdul Rahman’s proposal that Muslim countries form a commonwealth has been poor. The remark reflects ongoing debates over regional unity in Malaya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Response
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
Tunkus Abdul Rahaman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Borg
Downtown
Monterey
Tech Swinemeeting
A&m
William Pearce
Parks Tucker
Midlothian
Texas PeelSwine Breeders’ Assn
Solons
JFK
Lamesa
Old Settlers Reunion
Boy Scout
M. A. Cooper
Graham Co
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