Lubbock County Reaches Fourth Bond Goal in 1959 Drive
Bond sales in Lubbock County for January through April 1959 total $564 221, led by Lee F. York as county chairman. April sales reach $132 526, with county at 25.8 percent of its $2 million goal and tops District 5 in Am arillo area. Crosby and Dawson counties also remain strong performers in District 5 with high percentages toward their goals. Texas statewide four month sales total $58 105 381 with April contributing $12 508 758.
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Lubbock
Lee F. York
Lubbock County
Amarillo
Jim Ed Waller
Crosby
Dawson County
Texas
Crosby County
J. Fad Melanchtin
Lynn County
A. C. Vermer
Cochran
W. W. Williamson
Hockley
R. H. Munsterman
Terry
J. O. Gillham
Yoakum
D. P. Moorhead
Flordada
J. M. Willson
Floydada
Bailey County
Inez Boboi
Briscoe County
Perry Whittemore
Castro
Robert Fates
Flood
the Gidden
Hale
T. E. Mitchell
Lamb
C. O. Stone
Frank A. Spring
Swisher
Jas. T. Hale
Paratroopers Reenact D-Day Anniversary In Normandy
In Sainte Mere Eglise, 24 members of the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment reenacted the D-Day drop for the 15th anniversary. Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin attended ceremonies as veterans recalled the chaotic dawn drops of 1944. Memorial services honored fallen comrades at town landmarks and nearby cemeteries.
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Sainte Mere Eglise
France
Normandy
Sainte Mere Eclise
Sainte Merc Erclise
505Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Germany
505Th
2Nd Airborne
James M. Gavin
2Nd
82Nd
Omaha Beach
116Th Infantry
Eisenhower recalls D-Day on anniversary at Gettysburg
President Eisenhower, on the 15th Normandy anniversary, spoke with White House physician Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder about D-Day. He then played 18 holes of golf at his Gettysburg farm and hosted a staff party for about 200 guests from Washington.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Farm
Washington
Secret Service
Snyder
Europe
Arthur S. Nevins
Nevins
Danish Furniture Worth Over Three Million Sold in U.S.
The article notes that more than 3 million dollars of Danish furniture are now sold annually in the United States, signaling strong demand and growing trade between Denmark and American buyers. It highlights import scale and consumer interest in Danish design and quality.
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America
Women of First Baptist Church guests at special program
Women of the Women of First Baptist Church of Lamesa will attend a Brotherhood program at 7 p.m. Monday with dinner in Fellowship Hall. C. J. Humphrey, Amarillo layman, will be the principal speaker.
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First Baptist Church of
Lamesa
Brotherhood of the Church
Fellowship Hall
C. J. Humphrey
Amarillo
Mao reports cancer of the liver under treatment
Rome dispatch from Agenzia Continentale says Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung is suffering from liver cancer. The agency says he is being treated by Russian and Swiss doctors and given pain killing drugs for public appearances.
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Mao
Rome
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Agenzia Continentale
Almanac Today in History June 7 highlights
On this date in history the first dime novel appears in 1860. Mary Pickford debuts in 1919 with The Violin Maker of Cremona. In 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the United States, crossing at Niagara Falls. In 1948 Eisenhower begins as president of Columbia University. In 1958 the State Department expels a Soviet embassy secretary over improper activities. Thought for today quotes Eisenhower on freedom and censorship.
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New York
Cremona
George the 6Th
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Dwight Eisenhower
Columbia University
New York City
State Department
Washington
Eisenhower
First Beauty Contest Entry For Miss Lubbock Pageant
Tall brown eyed Joanne Henke 23 of 2102 26th St enters Miss Lubbock pageant by Lubbock Jaycees to be held June 25 at Lindsey Theatre. She teaches at Carroll Thompson Junior High and plans piano and dance routines. Deadline for entries June 17.
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Joanne Ruth Henke
26Th St
Lubbock
Sweden Opens Fourth Permanent Building Exhibition
Sweden expands public arts infrastructure with a new permanent building exhibition in Helsingborg, adding to existing sites to broaden access to contemporary architecture and design.
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Sweden
Helsingborg
Lost Youth Found After 56 Hour solo Hike
Ralph R. Walton Jr., 18, of St. Louis, was located near Fredericktown, Missouri, Friday night after more than 56 hours since he set out Wednesday afternoon. About 50 searchers scoured the area. Walton, turned over to his mother, offered no explanation for not notifying authorities. His father, a police officer, said the youth may have suffered memory loss.
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Fredericktown
Ralph R. Walton, Jr
St. Louis
Missouri Highway Patrol
Ralph
53 Indictments Voted In Probe
A Dallas federal grand jury indicted 53 suspects in a probe into a suspected link between Fort Worth Dallas and Chicago prostitution rings. Thirteen indictments were sealed and warrants were issued on 18 secret bills after the long session, the longest in 30 years.
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Dallas
VPT
Fort Worth
Chicago
Grand Jury
William B. West
Fire adds to woes of downtown store at Godwin's
A wall and ceiling in a Godwin's show window on 13th Street and Avenue K were damaged Saturday morning when an extension cord to a spotlight shorted and burned. The fire followed water damage from earlier in the week when torrential rains flooded the building.
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Godwin's
13Th St
Ave. K
Indictments Unsealed Tie Three to Prostitution Ring
Open indictments list a trio of named individuals linked to a prostitution operation. Authorities state no recall is planned until September while investigations proceed.
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Good Housekeeping
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