Five More Girls Enter Miss Lubbock Pageant
The Miss Lubbock pageant adds five entrants bringing the field to eight. Contestants include Gin Sue Bearden Susan Guthrie Ja Taylor Marjorie Melds and Nancy Wilkerson with details on height hair and eye color. Previous entrants Sammie Burk Nan Kelly and Myrna Thompson remain. First prize covers an all expense trip to Kerrville for Miss Texas with wardrobe prizes for top three. Hank Hunt and the Ad Libs entertain. Don McIlvane to MC.
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Commerce
Hank Hunt
Rauma English
Don McIilvane
Ellender Urges Better Hurricane Warning System After Audrey
Sen. L. A. Ellender calls for improved Gulf storm tracking and hurricane hunter aircraft stationed near New Orleans. He criticizes the weather bureau for warning gaps while noting some commendable efforts. He proposes a Louisiana disaster fund and personal $1000 start to support aid alongside Red Cross.
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Warren Duffee
Washington
Len Allen
J. Ellender
Audey
Louisiana Democrat
U. S. Weather Bureau
Russell B. Long
D-La
Ellender
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Cameron
Audrey
Eliender
Miami
Red Cross
John W. Bertram Dies In Crosbyton
Crosbyton obituary for John W. Bertram 62 who died at Crosbyton Clinic Hospital after a 10 day illness. Funeral at Crosbyton First Baptist Church with Rev Wayland Boyd and Carl Maples officiating. Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home. survivors include wife two daughters and three grandchildren.
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Crosbyton
John W. Bertram
Crosbyton First Baptist Church
Wayland Boyd
Carl Maples
St. Louis
Carol Bowen
Levelland
Clinton Kennedy
Littlefield Rites Set For Kenneth Shipley
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday in the First Baptist Church for Kenneth Shipley 22 formerly of Littlefield who drowned near Stillwater Oklahoma Thursday Burial will be in Littlefield Cemetery under Hammons Funeral Home direction He had lived in Oklahoma City since leaving the Army and drowned after jumping from a boat He is survived by his wife his mother Mrs Jack Shipley Littlefield his father and a brother Charles Modesto Calif and two sisters Mrs Tom Spence Oklahoma City and Sue Shipley Littlefield
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Littlefield
First Baptist
Kenneth Shipley
Stillwater
Okla
Lee Hemphill
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammons
Jack Shipley
Charles
Modesto
Calif
Tom Spence
Oklahoma City
Sue Shipley
Suspect Held on Roswell Forgery Charge in Lovington
William E Reeves 21 a Lubbock resident named as a suspect in the two week old murder of Ballard Baley a Lovington cab driver is jailed in Roswell on a forgery charge under $3000 bond. Sheriff J G McAdoo says Reeves has no explanation for bloody clothes found in his car and claims spent shells were from rabbit hunting.
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Lovington
William E
Billy) Reeves
Lubbock
Ballard Baley
Roswell
Levington
J. G. McAdoo
Reeves
California
McAdoo
Saley
Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory
Search Continues For Dead In Cameron Disaster
Workers under a scorching sun continued the hunt for victims in Cameron parish after Hurricane Audrey. The 324 total dead may rise as 110 remain unaccounted for and 112 remain unidentified. Helicopters and marsh buggies sweep the area, flagging cleared zones and recovering remains. Public debate grows over weather warnings for coastal residents.
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Lake Charles
Cameron Parish
Texas
Vermilion Parish
Louisiana
Henry Reid
O. B. Carter
Cameron
Sacred Heart Church
Creole
Mammoth Cameron Parish
Red Cross
Civil Defense
U.S
Dedication of Lions Club flagpole at Lubbock Boys Club
A flag and flag pole at the South Plains Lions Club branch of the Lubbock Boys Club were dedicated Saturday during the Sixth Division American Legion meeting. Attendees included state and local legion officials such as Ernest Butler Jr., L. H. Knox, J. J. Moore, Joe Matthews, Fred Young, Gordon Treadaway, Damon Hill, and L. L. Melton.
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South Plains Lions Club
Lubbock
South Plains Lions
Lubbock Boys Club
Joe Matthews
American Legion
L. L. Melton
Beaumont
Gordon Treadaway
Allen Brothers
Hale County to Hold Mass Polio Vaccination Drive
Hale County residents ages 6 months to 40 years will receive up to 4 800 Salk shots at the National Guard armory in Plainview. First doses Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 6 pm with August and March follow ups. Free transport offered and a $1 shot fee waived for those unable to pay.
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Plainview
Hale County
National Guard
Bob Hilburn
Armory
Hale Center
Tom Rambo
Truck Driver Meets Ten Foot Python In Engine Trouble
Bulawayo reports truck driver Michael Schoeman believed engine trouble stalled his vehicle but a ten foot python wrapped around the engine and tangled with the fan blades causing the stop.
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Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
Michael Schoeman
Schoeman
State Convention Winds Up Today Carr Emphasizes Citizenship
State Legion leaders gathered in Lubbock as the sixth Division met for the annual convention. Speaker Waggoner Carr urged Legionnaires to stay informed, fulfill duties of citizenship, and defend freedom through responsibility. The day included a memorial service, flag presentation to the South Plains Lions Branch, and remarks by state commander Joe Matthews and division officials.
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Floyd Wood
S. 8. Forrest Jr
Lubbock County
Legion
Carr
The
Dunbar School
Texas Legionnaires
United States
Texas
Legion Auxiliary
Bethel
State Auxiliary
Lubbock girl faces five traffic tickets in hit and run cases
MARJORIX FIELDS, 15, is to appear in Corpora tion Court on July 25 after two hit and run crashes Thursday. Police say she took her father's car from Lubbock Country Club lot without permission, then hit a gasoline truck on 317 Ave H and another car near Mackenzie Park. A passenger was slightly injured.
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Lubbock
Corporation Court
Lubbock Country Club
317 Ave. H
Mackenzie Park
Truck Driver Blamed in Five Deaths Collision
Five people including three children died in a crash in Cope mish as a truck driven by Warfield Laws collided with a car driven by Bynum Collins at an intersection. Laws is hospitalized with serious injuries and faces several negligent driving and hit and run charges.
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Copemish, Mich
Poplice
James Riley
The
Manistree Post
Warfield Laws
Frankfort
Laws
Bynum Collins
Paragould
Ark
Riley
Lake City
Mich
Exclusive County Distributors Wanted In North Dakota
Recruitment offer for exclusive county distributors with potential weekly profits over 250 dollars. Requires travel flexibility and a working inventory of 600 dollars. Training provided. Targeting service stations farmers municipalities and contractors with home nightly option.
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North Dakota
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