Thefts Dominate Police Reports In Lubbock Weekend
A spate of thefts dominated police reports in Lubbock over the weekend. A yellow 1940 Ford convertible with Linuciana license 491-769 was stolen from the Term Galloway Used Car Lot on Fourth Street around 7:39 p.m. Saturday. A half horsepower air compressor was stolen from a building on Avenue G since Wednesday. A vendi- ze machine was tampered with at a local site. The W H Hall Produce Company on Avenue A was ransacked with a broken south window but little was missing. Cadets Wilson Whitsker and Ken Painter left watches and halfoids in a car dash compartment at Mackenzie Park pool. about 29 on both hallfoids. A watch stolen from Thomas Jewelry Store was recovered. owner Soiecrn Thomas identified it as pawned for $10. Shirts were stolen from J F Woolsey's sons at a department store. A dress and a skirt were taken from a car near the Arnett Benson Theater. A T T Hunt reported items stolen from his car in Idalou Route 1.
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Police Department
Lubbock
James Sorrell
Galloway
Mi’ Fourth St
W. H. Hall Produce Company
Ave. A
Tuirclars
Tun Reese Afb
Wilson Whitsker
Ken Painter
Mackenzie Park Pook
Thomas Jewelry
Ther
Soiecrn Thomas
J. FL. Woolsey
Royal
Taid
Arnett-Benson
T. T. Hunt
Idalou
Dredging Starts on Orinoco to Export Cerro Bolivar Ore
Dredging has begun on the Orinoco River to create an outlet to the sea for iron ore from Venezuela's Cerro Bolivar. The project will take about two years and cost roughly 15.097 million dollars. Ore reserves at Cerro Bolivar are estimated at 400 million tons.
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Caracas
Orinoco
Cerro Bolivar
Venezuela
Four Thousand Attend Terry County Play Day
In Brownfield on June 14 a crowd of about 4000 gathered at the Jaycee Rodeo Grounds for the Terry County Play Day. Sponsored by Brownfield Kiwanis Club, the event raised around $6000 to aid underprivileged children, led by club president Robert L. Noble. Ray Latham, a local FFA boy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Latham, was the star performer.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Jaycee Rodeo
Brownfield Kiwanis Club
Robert L. Noble
Ray Latham
FFA
Weldon Latham
Slaton Star-Shaped Layout Tied to Santa Fe Plans
The text notes Slaton’s five pointed star layout inspired by Washington DC and engineered by Santa Fe employees. It mentions community efforts to secure a division point for the Santa Fe railroad and highlights Slaton banker affiliations with the First National Bank of Lubbock where he led as president and chair.
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Santa Fe Railroad
South Plains
Slaton
First National Bank
Lubbock
Washington, D.C
Santa Fe
Local Fair Highlights Include Donkey Derby and Pie Eating Contest
The event featured an Arkansas Derby style donkey race and a donkey bateball game between Kiwanians and FFA members. Also included were a greased pig ride and a pie eating contest showcasing community participation and humorous competition.
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FFA
Former RAFB Scoutmaster Earns Eagle Scout in Korea
Maj Clarence H Steen of Greenville Mississippi the former scoutmaster of Troop 17 at Reese Air Force Base received the Eagle Scout Badge in Korea where he has served since December with the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing He is a World War II veteran who earned the Purple Heart Silver Star Bronze Star and the Belgian Croix de Guerre His wife and three children reside in Greenville.
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Clarence H. Steen
Greenville
Miss
Reese Air Force Base
Korea
51St Fighter Interceptor Wing
Europe
Reese
Maj. Steen
Lubbock Paratrooper Home On Leave From Fort Bragg
Pvt. Billy Earl Stephenson 18 and son of Mr and Mrs Earl M Stephenson of 1302 5th St is home on leave after completing parachutist training with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg He will report to Seattle for assignment to Korea on June 24 Stephenson attended junior high in Lubbock and was employed by a wholesale tobacco firm.
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Billy Earl Stephenson
Earl M. Stephenson
5Th St
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Seattle
Wash
Korea
Stephenson
Lubbock
Lebbock Tex Avalanche Journal June 15 1952
Lead page reference and section cue from the Avalanche Journal dated June 15 1952 list Lebbock Texas as the locale with section and page details. The fragment indicates a Sunday issue's Sec 1 Page 11 layout data.
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Lebbock,Tex
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains Papers Win Honors At State Press Meeting
Four South Plains newspapers earned commendations at the Texas Press Association awards breakfast in Houston. The Brownfield News took third in semi weekly and tri weekly papers. The Post Dispatch second behind The Hamilton Herald-News. The Matador Tribune third. and The Andrews County News fifth in Division 3. First-place winners were The Lufkin Daily News, The Hereford Brand, and The Hamilton Herald-News. The Lufkin paper won the grand prize.
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Houston
South Plains
Texas Press Association
Brownfield News
Curtis J. Sterling
Post Dispatch
E. A. Warren
Hamilton Herald-News
Matador Tribune
Douglas Meador
Lufkin
Apprentice Carpenter Fulfills Herbal Service Note
A brief obituary note records a man who joined service August 5 and served as an apprentice carpenter. Further details on the individual are limited in the readable text.
Waterproof telescopic rifle sights unveiled in Rochester
New waterproof sights promise not to fog internally even in rain. They are tested by soaking in warm water before final inspection. any air bubbles indicate leakage.
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Rochester
N. Y
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O. L. Slaton Jr
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S. W. Lubbock
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