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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1956
Page
2
The article explains that about one third of wholesale milk is priced under federal milk marketing orders covering 190,000 dairy farmers across 65 major milk sheds. It notes cooperative marketing growth, the role of orders in stabilizing prices, and the approval process requiring two thirds farmer support.
In Englefield Green a black hearselike auto with curtains leads Marilyn Monroe’s daily funeral procession as photographers and reporters camp outside her mansion. She trains on a film with Sir Laurence Olivier, while her press agents urge silence and privacy for the star.
Funeral services for James T. Carter 78 retired Floyd County farmer will be held 5 p m Sunday at First Methodist Church Floydada with Rev Tuden B Armstrong and O W Kirk officiating Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery Harmon Funeral Home directed He died at home about 7 30 a m today Survivors include a son and seven daughters from Floydada Snyder Okla Lubbock Elec tra and nearby towns plus a sister from Herne
BEAUMONT July 21 The head of Texas Young Democrat Clubs said all state candidates who answered a loyalty oath questionnaire pledged to support the party nominees. Ralph Yarborough was the only gubernatorial candidate to give an unqualified pledge. others did not reply and were noted as having received the questionnaires sent July 7.
Dallas banker Ray mond Thomas died after a brief illness at age 77. He was a retired president of Oak Cliff Bank & Trust Co. and a former president of Liberty Bank & Trust Co. of Dallas.
The American Legion formally apologized to Rep. Charles Diggs Jr. for anti Negro remarks by national official L. E. Page. Legion Commander Wagner said Page’s comments did not reflect Legion policy and expressed regret over the Biloxi July 9 incident.
A Maharaja from India will travel to Ottawa this fall to hunt a moose. The Canadian government travel bureau notes he seeks to aid in his reported 1,200 tiger kills by pursuing a large game hunt in Canada.
Santa Monica actor Guy Madison and his wife Sheila Connell welcomed their second daughter Erin Patricia yesterday.
Funeral services for 60 year old R. S. Crow who died in Yoakum County Hospital will be at 3 p m Sunday in the First Methodist Church of Denver City. He worked for Humble Oil Co and had lived in Denver City 10 months. Burial in Wynnsboro under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife a son Bob two daughters a brother and two sisters and three grandchildren.
Thirty five motorists were cited on State Highway 349 south of Lamesa Friday night as highway patrolmen enforced speed limits. A radar detector helped officers identify violators in the crackdown announced by a patrol spokesman.
An army court says ex-Premier Mohammad Mossadegh will be released from prison on Aug 5 15 days earlier than expected due to Iran’s 360 day judicial year. He was imprisoned Aug 20 1953 for attempting to overthrow the Shah and seized British oil properties during his tenure.
The San Juan River was immortalized by Stephen Foster as Swanee after he changed Suwanee to Swanee for a two syllable fit. The river runs through Southern Georgia and Northern Florida, though locals mispronounced it.
Senator Henry M. Jackson cited dire jungle town housing for U S Air Force servicemen at Nouasseur base in French Morocco. He urged funds and a congressional report to eliminate the shabby plywood huts described as worse than the poorest sharecrop shacks. Brig Gen Charles A Heim called conditions in five words this kind of living stinks and Pentagon officials indicated the air chief would be informed of the dispatch findings.
A Houston man, Robert Socia, 61, died in Albuquerque while returning home with his family. Police say he suffered a fatal seizure attributed to natural causes, and a coroner’s jury confirmed the ruling. His body was sent for services and burial in Pine Bluff Arkansas.
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