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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1952
Page
3
Officials warn entrants that time is slipping for Lubbock fifth annual Soap Box Derby to be held on U S Highway 87 in northeast Lubbock weekend of July 19 21 with 142 entries from 38 South Plains towns. Young racers must pass July 12 inspection and follow open cockpit rules while seeking a $5 000 scholarship and trip to Akron Ohio.
Kinny Hill of Hart Texas is told he may enter the Lubbock Soap Box Derby though registration is closed. He must hurry to build a racer ahead of the July 12 inspection with final checks on July 19. Kuykendall Chevrolet Co. available for wheels and local Hart sponsor. parent must accompany on signup. Co W Ratliff Derby director signs off. Kenneth C. Hamilton noted for 50 years service at Remelton Presbyterian Church in Erie.
Six Randolph Air Force Base pilots who refused flight orders are to receive honorable discharges. Edward L. Cox of St Louis leads the group as his commission is revoked and he is discharged as a first lieutenant. Five other Randolph reservists and seven from Mather Field will follow with revocations and honorable discharges. 12 more are under separation processing. Names listed include Jack L Courtney Wayne E Bell William C Kasdorf Robert P Hasbrook James G Bristol.
Miss Margaret Durham, a Baylor University senior from Tahoka, is named summer quarter editor of The Lariat by the Board of Publications. She is a journalism major, English minor, transferred from Wayland College, and has served as society editor and proof reader. She belongs to Theta Sigma Phi.
The 16th annual Old Fiddlers Festival dedicated to founder W. B. Tunstall drew about 5,000 spectators. T. J. Foley of Jewett won the overall contest and Class 2 top prize, with 50 to 75 year old fiddlers recognized. Uncle Rose Evans won Class 1, and Little Red Hayes of Mineola topped Class 3 for under-50 fiddlers.
The Justice Department will have a grand jury probe into an alleged leak of secret cotton market information from the Agriculture Department. The inquiry emerged during Senate Agriculture Committee hearings that led to the resignation of Clovis D. Walker as director of the Cotton Branch. Walker denies wrongdoing, saying he resigned to avoid embarrassing the agency. An investigator testified that Louisy Mansour, an Egyptian cotton trader and Walker's close associate, obtained advance information on government buying plans and allegedly sold about 37 million dollars of cotton under the military stockpiling program.
Sen Edward Thye argues the St Lawrence seaway fits national defense and economy as U S Canadian build plans divide. Sen Tom Connally claims he can rally votes to block the plan when the Senate resumes debate next week.
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will peg annual exports to the sterling bloc at 650 million dollars for one year. Export quotas are fixed for eight major items to curb sterling accumulation.
Cpl. Thurman H. Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lewis of Earth, recently graduated from the Seventh Army Non-Commissioned Officers Academy at Munich Germany. The six week course covered weapons administration tactics supply physical fitness and organization with selection by his unit commanders.
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