Janet Leigh Offered Top Role in RKOs Stage Door Remake
Janet Leigh eyed for Ginger Rogers part in RKOs Stage Door remake as she balances motherhood with scripts. News notes Tony Curtis heads to New York for Sweet Smell of Success while Frank Sinatra tours and James Mason eyes Bellingham project with Denis and Terry Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Leigh
RKQ
Dorothy Manners
Kelly Leigh Curtis
Ginger Rogers
Talwans
Janet
Katharine Hepburn
Lucille Ball
Foe Arden
Ann Miller
Ginger
James Mason
Prodturers
Paul Gregory
RKO
City airline complaint awaits CAB decision on service
Dallas filed a West Coast service complaint in 1955 and Lubbock followed with a similar filing. Ed Colby of Lubbock's airport and chamber led the briefing as the CAB weighs area scope and whether to narrow to a strick line or expand to a broad air service survey. Airlines including Braniff Delta Continental United National American Western Trans-Texas and Frontier express willingness to serve Lubbock.
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Lubbock
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
D.C
Dallas
Laubbock
Fort Worth
Points West
CAB
Colby
West Coast
Braniff
Delta
Continental
United
National
American and Western
Trans-Texas
Central Texas
Frontier Airlines
Hearings Set on City Tax Reassessments in Lubbock
The board of tax equalization will hear property owners Monday at 9 a.m. at the city and school tax office on Texas Ave and continue for four days. Notices mailed identify properties in Lubbock from 4th Street to Clovis Road and west of College Ave as reappraised. Some valuations rose while others fell as rapid growth drives district reappraisals. The city and school tax rate remains 1.50 per 100 of assessed value. The 1956 board members include Cl Wilson, J B Hoskins, Hill Baggett, J O Garlington, Kiram Paris, Lee York, Watson Carlock, Bob Gee, Arnold Macker.
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Board of Tax Equalization
TDOT
Texas Ave
Austin
Rammberins Shell
Lubbock
4Th St
Clovis Rd
College Ave
Tashback
Board of Equalization
George Cl Wlson
J. B. Hoskins
Hill Baggett
J. O O. Garlington
Kiram Paris
Lee York
Watson Carlock
Bob Gee
Arnold Macker
Union Continues Picketing of Lubbock Building Firm
Union members from Teamsters Local 477 and affiliate bodies picket the Lubbock Building Products firm on Saturday after 24 workers struck Thursday when a new two year contract could not be agreed. Negotiations remain ongoing with no debt of contracts announced.
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Lubbock Building Products
Jd Ave. M
Teamsters Local 477
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
American Federation of Labor
Vawenty
Butlding Products
2. C. Clark
Manner
Lester Hudson
Fade
Tabor
Instructional Materials Class At Abilene Christian
The second annual instructional materials workshop will run Wednesday to Friday at Abilene Christian College. The three day program features lectures discussions films and demonstrations directed by G C Morlan M H MekKnight and H F Speck Jr with attendees expected from Texas Oklahoma and neighboring states including South Dakota and Maine.
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Abilime
Abilene Christian College
Br. G. C. Morlan
ACC
M. FL
Hale Center
H. EF. Speck Jr
Broadway Church of Christ
Lubbock
Churches of Christ
Texas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Maine
Gideon Services Slated In Six Lubbock Churches Today
Gideon volunteers present at six Lubbock churches with evening services at 7 45 p m at Tabernacle Baptist Church led by G V Pardue and Doyle Mc Cullouch. Morning services feature Preston Fish and J W Gray at First Nazarene, and Arnold Maerker with Gradie Brownds at First Baptist Church.
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Gideon
Lubbock
The
Gideons
G. V. Pardue
Doyle McCullouch
Tabernacle Baptist Church
First Nazarene Church
Preston Fish
J. W. Gray
First Baptist Church
Arnold Maerker
Gradie Brownds
Two bystanders wounded as off duty officers chase mugging suspects
In New York two bystanders a girl Mary Sacedo and a 17 year old Vincent Morales were wounded when off duty policemen chased four mugging suspects in the Bronx. The four men all Negroes were captured and booked on assault and robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Sacedo
Lincoln Hospital
Vincent Morales
Richard O'Connor
William Hatch
Bronx
Eight Lubbock Flyers Enter National Model Airplane Contest
Eight members of the Texas Eagles model airplane club from Lubbock travel to Dallas for the National Model Airplane Contest at the Naval Air Station. Entrants include Greg Fuhrman, David Shelton, Bob Moot, Riley Wooten, Curts Graves, Stanley Thorpe, Norman Vanderschel, and David Vanderschel. Junior division entries include Fuhrman Shelton and Vanderschel. others compete in open division. Planes judged by beauty and maneuverability, combat by streamers cut, free flight by endurance. Indoor events occur at Will Rogers Coliseum Fort Worth.
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Texas Eagles
Lubbocg Model Airplane Club
Buck Clary
FE. M. Clary
34Th St
Greg Fuhrman
H. H. Fuhrman
44Th
Bill Hanier
W. N. Hunter
41St St
Gerald Turbeville
G. Mo Turbeville
40Th St
Fuhrman
Dallas
Clary
Hunter
Lubbock
Naval Air Station
Riley Wooten
St. St
Curts Graves
Ave. M
Greg Fuhr
44Th St
David Shelton
17Th St
Bob Moot
Plainview
Stanley Thorpe
Hale Center
Norman
David Vanderschel
Ave
Q. Fuhrman
Shelton
Will Rogers Coliseum
Fort Worth
Plainview Pilot Survives Air Crash Near Yuma
A B-45 twin jet bomber crashed east of Yuma while returning from a target towing mission. Three crew members bailed out and survived. the fourth was killed. Capt. Charles Soloski, 1st T4 Doyle Williams, and S. Set. William Shepard were injured but details were unavailable. The crash cause was not known. Also notes widespread nematode infestation in Ohio carrot fields.
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Yuma
Ariz
Air Force
Charles Soloski
Kittaning
Doyle Willams
Plainview
Tex
S.set
William Shepard
Rouses Point
N.Y
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