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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1956

Page

3

Top East German Leaders Headed to Moscow Talks

East Germany said virtually all top officials will travel to Moscow Monday for important negotiations. The announcement sparked Western speculation of a possible Soviet maneuver on German unification and noted the talks would focus on the further development of a peace loving democratic Germany. The Bonn side soon announced the Soviet ambassador to West Germany.

Reinholdensz Berlin East Germany Moscow Soviet Union Germany Bonn West Germany Otto Grotewohl Walter Ulbricht Communist Party Neues Deutschland East Germa

Stocks Score Gains For Fifth Week As Industrials Advance

The market rose for the fifth straight week with industrials up 35.81 points over five weeks and the week ending with the industrial average at 511.10. Despite steel strikes, rails and utilities staged gains while Eisenhower's candidacy announcement boosted sentiment and the market neared its record highs.

Elmer C. Walwzer United Press New York Eisenhower Wall Street

Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary

Market notes show cattle prices mixed with steady to higher tone for fed steers and heifers while calves and lambs face shifts. Reports from Chicago and Austin markets indicate steady demand, with hogs steady to higher and cattle generally holding or rising slightly. Prices for prime and choice grades absorb regional variation, with notable activity in slaughter cattle and feeder markets.

Kansas City Atom Dearlings Chicago Wandariand Austin Priren Nin Agriculture Department South East Texas Corsicana

Requiem Mass Slated Tuesday For Phillip Burger

Phillip Brian Burger son of Mr and Mrs John A Arger died at St Mary's Hospital after a long brain tumor illness. Rosary at 7 30 p m Monday at McDonald Funeral Chapel Requiem Mass at 10 a m Tuesday at St Elizabeth's Church Burial at Tech Memorial Park. Survived by parents a sister Alexa Ann and grandparents Mr and Mrs C H Wintringham Star Route Lamesa and Mr and Mrs Lee Burger Lamesa family moved to Lubbock years ago. Tremors hit Jamaica no serious damage or casualties reported.

Phillip Brian Burger John Arger 60Th St St. Mary's Hospital McDonald Funeral St. Eliza Beth’s Catholic Church Tech Memorial Park

Official Records Marriage Licenses and Court Notices

Lubbock Courts West District Court with Judge presiding reports marriage licenses for two parties, and civil actions including Connie Avirett versus Ryton Avirett. Various names appear jumbled in the OCR text with references to insurance and nonessential details.

Lubbock Wim District G. Denton Ceril Be Ratton Connie Avirett Ryton Avirett Cove Lindwey Dade Brion Mgavoal Texas Eenoners Tnsurance ASI

Local notes on hospital visits and military training

Mrs A B Brown convalesces after a June stroke, visitors allowed. Pfc Frank W Medley completes four week combat training at Camp Pendleton. two Naval Academy midshipmen and a UT Austin student join an Atlantic training cruise. staff picnic planned at Mackenzie State Park. Loyd J McNeil to join wife in North Africa assignment. fire at a vacant 35th Street house ruled arson. Evelyn Matthews hosts Mrs Hight and children. families vacation planned to Denver. Jim Watson returns from six weeks working with Frost.

Frank W. Medley F. W. Medley 23Rd St Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif U. S. Naval Academy Atlantic Charles D. Witt Bates Witt College Ave Roy B. Johnson LeRoy Johnson Morton Witt Naval Academy Johnson University of Texas Loyd

Fund For Victims Of Blaze Boosted

Contributions to a fund for Sgt. Ode kirk of the Marine Corps Reserve Training Center totaled 543.78, with 16 from three individuals latest, and 1100 raised last week by St. Elizabeths Catholic Church and Catholics at Reese Air Force Base. Sgt. Ode kirk, burned July 7 in a fire that killed his wife, is treated at Reese hospital. his three children returned to Minnesota for services.

Set Burdette Odekirk Marine Corps Reserve Training Center John Keith Sgt. Odekirk St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church Reese Air Force Base RAFB NCO Reese Hospital Minnesota

Mrs E L Widener Services Slated In Floydada

Funeral services for Mrs. Ernie L. Widener, 42, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the First Baptist Church Floydada with Dr. R Earl Allen officiating. Burial follows in Floydada Cemetery under Harmon Funeral Home direction. She died at 10 40 a.m. Friday at People's Hospital after a yearlong illness.

Floydada Ernie L. Widener First Baptist Church R. Earl Allen Harmon Funeral Home

Intruder Finds Escape After Locked Doors

Washington police report an unidentified Black intruder choked Mrs. Helen Darling early Saturday. Her screams frightened him into a closet, then he fled through a locked door to freedom, exiting by the other door as she helped unlock it.

Washington Helen Darling

Woman and child among three killed in Missouri crash

A two car collision one mile north of Platt City Missouri on Route 92 and U S 71 killed three people including Mrs William Pace of Tracy Missouri and her young child. The driver of the second car, unnamed but believed from Kansas City, also died. Six Pace children were treated at Mercy Hospital with two in critical condition, head injuries reported.

Kansas City Platt City William Pace Tracy Pace Mercy Hospital

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