Derby Fever Grips Lubbock Soap Box Derby
About 80 of 125 entrants in Lub bock's seventh annual Soap Box Derby passed the first inspection at Kuykendall Chevrolet Co. The event sponsored by the Avalanche Journal Kuykendall's and the Lubbock Exchange Club is set for Monday night July 26 with final racer inspection the prior Saturday.
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19Th St
Texas Avenue
Lubbock
Kuykendall Chevrolet Co
Avalanche Journal
Kuykendall’s
Lubbock Exchange Club
Kuykendall
Holland Graves
Roy Sifford
Wesley Caraway
Cecil Chance
Jack Schneider
Benny Murray
Benny
Toledo
Norman Kossman
Thomas Hadaway
Ralls
Abell Chevrolet Co
Tommy Boone
Fred M. Boone
Abernathy
Kuykendall Chevrolet Company
Tommy
Toledo Scales Co
Jimmy Naylor
A. R. Naylor
5Th St
Jimmy Will
Western Cotton Oil Co
Roy Schneider
Graves
South Plains Events Calendar Highlights Local Happenings
The Avalanche Journal lists weekly events across the South Plains on July 4 12 and 15 including Crosbyton stewardship dinner Littlefield cleanup campaign Cub Scouts swimming lessons Muleshoe cotton insect meeting and courthouse sessions Tohoka court of Honor Littlefield count board of equalization Snyder Scurry County Rodeo Tulsa rodeos Cotton Center bids Floydada picnic Abernathy bond vote Ropesville political rally Seminole terrapin race Tulsa birthday parade.
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South Plains
Avalanche Journal
Crosbyton
First Methodist Church
Littlefield
Lockney
Muleshoe
Beck Gin
West Camp
Tohoka
Scout Hall
Count Board of Equalization
Snyder
Scurry County
Tulsa
Cotton Center
Floydada
Country Club
Abernathy
Ropesville
Seminole
American Legion
Courthouse Square
Trieste Strike Breakup Delays Protest at AMG HQ
Police riot squads dispersed 300 striking deck workers who timed a march to Allied military government headquarters with the arrival of U S Army Secretary Robert Stevens. The protest aimed at opposition to plans to divide Trieste between Italy and Yugoslavia. organizers said the action sought to impress Stevens. The march never reached its target.
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Trieste
U. S. Army
Robert Stevens
Italy
Yugoslavia
Stevens
AMG
Europe
Noted Soviet Writer Relieved Of Ukrainian Post
Moscow news service reports Alexander Kornel chuk a noted writer and politician has been relieved of his post as first deputy premier of the Ukrainian Republic. Pravda says the move allows him to devote full time to writing. No successor announced.
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Moscow
Alexander Kornelchuk
Ukrainian Republic
Bcanned Pravda
Korneichuk
Murray Backs Liberal School Choice Amid Segregation Debate
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray endorsed a liberalized system allowing white and Negro students to attend any school of their choice while opposing violations of the Supreme Court ruling. He urged local boards to decide district boundaries but supported open school attendance.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
U. S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Black Dispatch
Dallas
Roscoe Dunjee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Murray
Evangelist Billy Graham Hospitalized For Kidney Stone Attack
In Asheville North Carolina on July 10 Evangelist Billy Graham was ordered confined to Memorial Mission hospital for three to four days after tests showed a kidney stone. Dr Thomas R Huffines said no surgery is planned and Graham would be kept for further observation. He lost twenty pounds during months in Europe on a spiritual crusade. Six species of insects are listed as corks of wine bottle infestors.
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Asheville
N. C
Billy Graham
Graham
Montreal
Thomas R. Huffines
Memorial Mission Hospital
L. Nelson Bell
Europe
Yemen Protest Over British Air Patrols Near Beidha
The Yemen charge d affaires in London protested to the Foreign Office that British Air Force planes flew provocatively over Beidha, near the Red Sea. The protest followed a note from Britain accusing Yemen forces and tribal irregulars of raids into Aden since May.
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London
Yemen
Mohamed Ibrahim
Foreign Office
Beidha
Red Sea
Aden
Man in Israel fractures ribs from wife’s embrace
In Safad Israel on July 10 Abraham Ashkenazi told his doctor he fractured two ribs when his wife hugged him. He described the incident as the cause of his injuries.
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Israel
Safad
Abraham Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi
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Max Noble
R. L. DeBusk
Anton
Idalou
Hale Center
Lamesa
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Wilson
Shallowater
Rogers
N. M
Heckville
Akron
U. S
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Alaska
Germany
Hein-Werner
American Porter-Ferguson Co
Durward Stephenson
Texas Ave
Texas
Brownfield Boys
E. C. Pool
Jack Bailey Chevrolet Co
Brownfield
Guy Henson
Brownfield Company
Pool
James Chidester
Jackie Bradley
F. N. Martin
Evangelist
Shaw's
Wesl Ar
Smart Diamond
Shall's peXas
Euler
Broadway
Hamilton Ecowacy
Cook
Rock Bottom
Cook’s
Din
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