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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1954

Page

19

U S May Seek Guatemala Quarantine Meeting

US officials plan a Monday call for a special hemisphere foreign ministers conference to address quarantine measures for Guatemala. Preliminary talks show unanimous support for holding the meeting likely near month end in Montevideo Uruguay to discuss resolutions aimed at countering Soviet influence.

Norman Carignan Washington United States Guatemala Montevideo Uruguay Stettin Poland U.S Council of the Organization of American States Pan American Union Commission Rep Hillings Rcalif House Rep. Ostertag R-Ny

Hale Jury Reports 49 Indictments at Hale County Session

Hale County's busiest grand jury session in years ended with 49 indictments after five days. Forgery led with 22 true bills. burglary 11. felony theft 10. one each for removing mortgaged property, defrauding with a worthless check, armed robbery, and driving while intoxicated. Dist. Atty. Joe Sharp led the investigation with County Atty. Joe Cox assisting. Indicted individuals include Kenneth Butts and others. 11 entered guilty pleas with various sentences. The grand jury urged jail expansion and commended Sheriff Ted Andrews.

Plainview Hale County Grand Jury Joe Sharp Joe Cox Kenneth Butts Ann Mann Paul Mann Eloise Wood Crowell Cecil Havis Dunn Fred Scarberry J. T. Holmes Stanley Jones Tom Rosborough Bobby Sheppard Donnie Maudin E. A. Bills Littlefield Ed Jones Bill Eed Horace Martin Sidney Baker Cecil Stevens Dwight Kimble Fred McLemore Oscar Francis Wayne Johnson Carl Neal M. Anderson Hale County Commissioners Court Ted Andrews Grand Jury R. R. Perkins R. E. Albers C. P. Elliott John Payne Albert Sammann Robert Caudle C. W. Pinkerton Swann Pettit L. P. Davis C. C. McGlasson G. D. Billington

Triangular phone booths unveiled by Chicago experts

CHICAGO June 12 Clinois Institute of Technology acoustics experts unveiled a 36 inch high triangular telephone booth designed to mount on a wall or stand. Benefits include better ventilation privacy easier to clean lighter and smaller footprint with fewer distractions and lower cost.

Chicago Clinois Institute of Technology Tech

Chilean Communists Instructed By Cominform Warned

The Chilean legation in Turkey warns that Chilean Communists have been instructed by the Cominform to act against the government of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo.

RED Santiago Chile Turkey Cominform Carlos Ibanez

Spur Rites Slated For Mrs Thurman

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Cornelia Thurman 56 will be held at the Spur Assembly of God Church. The Rev Pete Adcock and Rev Vernon Hagar will officiate. She died Thursday. Survivors include Clyde Thurman Patsy Fulmer six sons her mother sister and brothers and nine grandchildren. Pallbearers listed and Spur Cemetery burial with Chandler Funeral Home in charge.

Spur Jennie Cornelia Thurman Spur Assembly of God Pete Adcock Foursquare Gospel Church of Vernon Hagar Thurman Dickens County Mollie Walden Caddo Okla el Cajon Calif Clyde Thurman Patsy Fulmer James L Suncrest Lewis Melvin Jerry Clyde Jr Charles R. G. Beadle Lem Walden Edward Walden Albert Walden Crosbyton Raymond Beadle Wayne Beadle Cleddy Brooks Clark Morgan E. B. Walden L. D. Walden Spur Cemetery Chandler Funeral Home

London Crowds Send Billy Graham Off From London

About 3,000 well wishers at London’s railway station sang God Be With You Til We Meet Again as Billy Graham departed for Sweden after a British crusade. The evangelist sailed from Tilbury tonight on the first leg of his continental tour.

London Billy Graham Sweden Britain Graham Tilbury

Houston Cotton Merchant To Head Baylor Endowment Drive

Lamar Fleming Jr a Houston cotton merchant is named chairman of a drive to raise a 10 million endowment for Baylor University College of Medicine. The initial phase targets 400000 a year for ten years for operating costs with about half already raised.

Houston Cotton Merchant Baylor Houston Lamar Fleming Jr Baylor University College of Medicine

Failure Of Korea Peace Talks Leaves Rhee To Decide War Or Peace

Seoul reports the Geneva talks collapse shifts choice of war or peace to South Korean President Syngman Rhee. U S officials doubt U S and UN support for renewed fighting, warning against a front line clash triggering wider war. An American officer notes rapid decision in combat in place of thorough inquiry.

Korea Geneva Rhee AL Kaff Seoul Syngman Rhee United States United Nations Washington South Korea Red China Republic of Korea Eighth Army

Obituary: Leon Rains 83 Opera Singer Dies

Leon Rains age 83, retired opera singer and former member of the Metropolitan and Damrosch Ellis opera companies, died Friday after a short illness.

LOS Igees Leon Rains Opera Ancer Metropolitan Damrosch-Ellis

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