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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1947
Page
3
A Texas Poll shows 61 percent of voters have heard nothing about the 30 year college building program ahead of the August 22 special election. When briefed on the proposal about two thirds say they would vote for it, with those familiar more decisive and favoring the plan than the uninformed.
MARION Ohio July 12 A missing ex-convict sought as chief suspect in the strangling and rape of Zora Hess Gerbes 25 a divorced mother of three in a county churchyard death. Coroner E H Morgan and Sheriff Leroy Retterer urged officers to detain him without delay. authorities fear he may have escaped from Ohio.
An extension service specialist will visit the county July 21 to 26 to consult with families on rural home building and hold five public meetings each evening at 8. The engineer W. S. Allen will present slides and discuss farm homes. Appointments may be made through Miss Clara Pratt to meet during the day in various county areas.
Bonham, July 12. M A Barnes, a GI mechanics student at Leonard, died from burns after gasoline ignited by a welding torch. A second student was nearby during the incident as personal visitation trips were discussed. Barnes’ clothes burned away and coins in his pocket partly melted. Dallas, July 12. William H Fletcher, 22, of Dallas, died yesterday when his motorcycle collided with a truck in Dallas.
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