Alan Ladd Fans Press Back on Oscar Nominations
Claire Rochelle, head of United Fan Clubs of America, leads 765000 members in a campaign to persuade Academy voters to nominate Alan Ladd for best actor for Shane. She argues popularity among moviegoers should count and plans letters, postcards, petitions, and media appeals to push the campaign.
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Vernon Scott
Hollywood
Claire Rochelle
Filmtown
United Fan Cubs of America
Claire
Here
Maine
Alan Ladd
Shane
George Stevens
Alan
UFC
Ballyhoo
Ladd
Academy
Clai
Presbyterian Group Sets New Policy On Church Property
Bryan Haislip reports from Montreat North Carolina that the Southern Presbyterian Church general assembly approved a policy to keep church property under the denomination. The assembly rejected a bid to place ownership solely in local congregations, signaling unity hopes with the Northern and United Presbyterian churches. Pending actions include rules on divorce and remarriage granting ministers more discretion and expanding grounds for divorce to include spiritual unfaith.
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Bryan Haislip
Montreat
N. C
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Victory For Unity
United Presbyterian Church
Services Set Monday For Plainview Man
Funeral services for Walter W. Anderson age 53 who died Friday at Plainview Hospital will be held at 10 a m Monday at Date Street Baptist Church. Rev A C Hamilton will officiate. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery under Roy G Wood Funeral Home. Anderson worked 17 years for Green Machinery Co and earlier farmed locally. He moved to Plainview in 1924. Survivors include five children Aubrey Anderson Amarillo Mrs Ray Carlisle Wayne Anderson Wander Anderson and Charles Anderson all of Plainview a brother W O Anderson Abilene a half brother Cecil Osborne Snyder a sister Mrs R E Dornes Muleshoe and two grandchildren.
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Plainview
Walter W. Anderson
Date Street Baptist Church
A. C. Hamilton
Star
IOOF
Roy G. Wood
Anderson
Green Machinery Company
Machinery Company
Aubrey Anderson
Amarillo
Ray Carlisle
Wayne Anderson
Wander Anderson
Charles Anderson
W. O. Anderson
Abilene
Cecil Osborne
Snyder
R. E. Dornes
Muleshoe
Methodists Approve Record Budget for North Texas
A Dallas based conference adopted a 189000 regular budget for next year the largest in its history. It also approved 100000 for regional activities and seeks 50000 in gifts for new churches hospitals pensions and student work. Membership rose to 126310 with a 205 gain and revival tents are planned including one in Montague the first Methodist church there in 15 years.
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Dallas
North Texas Methodist Conference
Tt Nlao
Methodist
Austin
Robert E. Goodrich Jr
First
Montague
South Plains Group Attends Boys State
Six Lubbock youths join 25 South Plains high school representatives at Boys State in Austin. They left by chartered bus from the American Legion Hall and will learn city county and state government while running state affairs for the week. The Lubbock seniors were selected for leadership character scholastic standing courage honesty and cooperativeness.
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Lubbock
South Plains High School
Boys State
Austin
American Legion Hall
American Legion
Allen Bros. Post
Texas
Jimmy Welch
Jack Welch
27Th St
Jimmy Watson
Jeff P. Weton
15Th St
George Nelson
G. H. Nelson
17Th St
Bill Burford
Emmett Burford
Bob Dunn
Sam Dunn
19Th St
Fred West
M. E. West
20Th St
Lubbock High School
Last Rites Pending For John Mathes
Funeral arrangements are pending at Lemons Funeral Home in Plainview for John Mathes 55 who died Saturday night at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo after months of illness. He was born May 25 1898 in Hale Center and was founder and partner in the Conner Mathes Company an automobile supply firm. He was survived by four brothers including Federal Judge W C Mathes and Burke Mathes of Los Angeles and two sisters.
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Plainview
Lemons
John Mathes
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Mathes
Hale Center
W. C. Mathes
Conner Mathes Company
Burke Mathes
Los Angeles
Calif
Curtis Mathes
Mike Mathes
Fort Worth
Plainview Rodeo Closes After Thrilling Three Nights
About 2,000 attended the final performance of the ninth annual Bar None Rodeo in Plainview as calf roping steer wrestling bareback saddle bronc riding girls barrel racing and brahma bull riding capped three nights of action. Prize money totaled 1500 per Rodeo Association president J Q Long. Stock for the event was furnished by Tommy Steiner of Austin.
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Plainview
J. Q. Long
The
Rodeo Association
Tommy Steiner
Austin
Rites Held For Mrs. E. A. Rogers in Plainview
Funeral services for Mrs. E A Rogers 63 were held in Plainview at 4 30 p m with Dr J 0 Haymes officiating. She died at Plainview Hospital after a month long illness. Mrs Rogers lived in Plainview since 1907, born in Crockett Texas and married Dec 24 1905 at Sulphur Oklahoma. Survivors include her husband three sons one daughter and several relatives.
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Plainview
E. A. Rogers
J. 0. Haymes
First Methodist Church
Churches urged June 21 day of prayer for evangelism
The Methodist Board of Evangelism asked all 40 000 churches to observe June 21 as a day of prayer preceding the World Con vocation on Evangelism in Philadelphia June 26 28. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery here with the Roy G Wood Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Chicago
Methodist Board of Evangelism
Philadelphia
Mrs. R. R. Gilbreath Rites Set Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. R. R. Gilbreath 65 of Amarillo formerly Plainview will be 3 30 p m Monday at the Hereford First Methodist Church Rev Eugene Slater and two other church leaders will conduct the service She was born Aug 4 1887 in Leigh Nebraska and died Friday at Baylor Hospital Dallas Her husband Rev R R Gilbreath retired Methodist minister survived by a daughter Mrs Clyde Cave Hereford and two P J Juich Sioux City Iowa The couple had moved to Amarillo about two years ago
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Plainview
R. R. Gilbreath
Amarillo
Hereford First Methodist Church
Gilbreath
Baylor Hosptal
Dallas
Eugene Slater
Amarillo First Methodist Church
Earl G. Hamlett
Orion W. Carter
Big Spring
Leigh
Nebraska
Louise Juich
Siouxity
Iowa
Tulsa
Swisher County
Happy
Plainview First Methodist Church
Clyde Cave
Hereford
P. J. Juich
Sioux City
Bus Crash In California Injures Twenty Eight
A Reno Greyhound bus veered off a rain slick highway near Vallejo at the junction of routes 40 and 48 and overturned injuring 28 of its 44 passengers. Driver Charles South of Oakland said a car cut in front and stalled. witnesses said the other car left the scene after aiding none.
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Vallejo
Calif
Greyhound
Here
Lake Cabot
Charles South
Oakland
South
First Christian Church Defeats Highland Baptist 8-6
First Christian Church beat Highland Baptist 8 to 6 in a Church League softball game. Jerry Howard earned the win as Bill Reeves took the loss. Ed Corby and L Fifer drove in two runs apiece for the winners while Truman Smith doubled and added a single for the losers.
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First Christian Church
Highland Baptist
Jerry Howard
Bill Reeves
Ed Corby
L. Fifer
Truman Smith
Eisenhower Awards Medal to Kansas Switchman
President Eisenhower awarded a railroad medal of honor to Ernest L. Wall of El Dorado Kansas for rescuing 18 month old Kathleen Sue Ross from a locomotive. The award was announced by the Interstate Commerce Commission and mailed to Wall.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ernest L. Wall
el Dorado
Kathleen Sue Ross
Burial Plans Noted For Local Residents
Sisters Mrs F E Daly of Sioux City and Mrs J C Schneider of Hinton Iowa are mentioned in the notice. Burial will be in Hereford Cemetery with Lemons Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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F. E. Daly
Sioux City
J. C. Schneider
Hinton
Iowa
Hereford Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Screen Star Roland Young Dies at 65 in New York
Roland Young veteran stage and screen star known as Topper died at his New York home on Friday night aged 65. No cause was given and his wife Patience May Du Cruz was in seclusion. His body was cremated after funeral services.
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New York
Roland Young
Patience May du Cruz
Frank E. Campbell
Hollywood
Peace time air display marks Stockholm 700th anniversary
Seven hundred planes staged a large air show over Stockholm to celebrate the city’s 700th anniversary. The display colored the sky with formations as residents watched the peace-time spectacle.
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Stockholm
Charles E. Trezona Sr dies. funeral Monday set
Charles E. Trezona Sr 75 mining company executive who first sent news of the Alaska gold strike to the outside world died Thursday Funeral services are scheduled for Monday in Berkeley Calif A burglar alarm was placed on the Stone of Scone as part of a British corporation chair item may reflect separate note
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Berkeley
Calif
Charles E. Trezona Sr
Alaska
Scone
British Corp Onation
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