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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1956
Page
3
In Gabun Forest explorers faced a brutal trek as J Brenot led 43 porters into jungle from Ekete. Malnutrition and fever felled several. Brenot’s group staggered on for weeks before a French rescue party reached them and revived the survivors.
Three juvenile girls, including a 14 year old described as incorrigible, were declared delinquent and placed on probation. One may be sent to a state training school if her parents move out of the city. another received closer supervision for truancy and running away. A 15 year old Negro girl involved in a knife incident was released to her mother with written reports and later to an aunt in another town for reporting. Each appeared separately in juvenile court.
Benny Thompson, 47, of Arlington successfully defended his world champion fiddler’s title at the Crockett Fiddlers Contest drawing more than 8,000 fans Friday. Thompson retained the crown amid a large audience watching the event.
Thirty area residents will leave at 8 a.m. Monday for a two week vacation study trip to Mexico. Most participants belong to the Jr. os Buenos Vecinos Spanish club at Monterey High School, with Miss Genelle Wilhite as sponsor. They will travel in private cars via San Antonio and Monterrey to Mexico City and explore historic sites, markets, and cultural landmarks while speaking only Spanish. The trip, led by Dr. J. T. Earle Hamilton of Texas Tech, includes participants from Lamesa O'Donnell and Lubbock.
Droodle promotes a DIY optometrist kit with a Progressive Eye Chart replacing words and featuring pictures of Lilly St. Cyr Rita Hayworth Rock Hudson Tyrone Power and the author on the reverse for near sighted ladies. It includes materials to make spectacles from coke bottle bottoms a grindstone and coat hangers or an alternate kit with a ten gallon jug of Marine.
Funeral services for Milo Brown 78 longtime Plainview resident will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church with Rev. Harlan Harris officiating. He died Friday night in a Wichita Falls hospital after a heart attack. Born December 20 1877 in Pikeville Tennessee he moved to Texas in youth and to Hale County in 1926. Survivors include two daughters Mrs L V Lyng and Mrs R M Ainsworth a son Virgil a brother Colonel Brown and a sister Mrs M A Parker Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery under Wood-Mitchell Funeral Home direction.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano will undertake an official state visit to Rome from July 2 to July 4. The trip aims to strengthen Franco-German-Italian ties amid postwar European recovery.
On the Truman visit to Europe Mrs. Truman stays out of the spotlight. She travels with her husband Harry S. Truman, quietly observing while avoiding press attention. She enjoys shopping and common outings, purchasing gloves and souvenirs, and often appears bored with receptions.
The Texas Tech Union schedules a week of free events to unwind after finals. A Monday 8 p.m. screening of Goodbye My Fancy stars Joan Crawford at the Union ballroom followed by a Rhythm Romp at 8 20 p.m. Wednesday with the Trends. Friday includes a New York Dance Drama company performance at 8 30 p.m. An art exhibit Cross Currents in American Art runs all week.
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