Bobby Ross hailed after national spelling win
Bobby Ross, a Littlefield student, greeted by a cheering crowd as he arrives home from Washington. He won seventh place in the National Spelling Bee with a trophy reading For Outstanding Sctevement National Spelling Bés. The town gave $50 spending money and a $100 award before the trip.
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Lefield
Ington
D.C
Jase
Ross
Sys
Bobby
Bobby Ross
Texas
Littlefield
Washington
Midland City Treasurer Resigns Amid Dallas Project
Kent A. Moore, Midland City Council treasurer for ten years and finance director, submitted his resignation effective July 1. He will join a Dallas area project worth 250 million dollars near Love Field, led by Bill Oswald, former Midland city manager. No replacement has been named.
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Midland
Kent A. Moore
Moore
Dallas
Love Field
Bill Oswald
Lost 25 Pounds Without Dieting Letter Ad
A reader from Fort Worth Texas writes about losing 25 pounds by using Barcentrate. She claims she ate what she wanted and did not follow a strict diet and promises the product melts away fat with a money back guarantee on first bottle.
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Lillie Brown
Route 10
Fort Worth
Texas
Chapel Choir Sings Sacred to Seventeen States Tour
The Chapel Choir of Capital University Ohio performed at the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium before about 300 listeners. Under director Snyder the 40 voices displayed precise discipline and tonal balance in a four-part program mixing sacred works with selections like Seventy Six Trombones and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho. The tour, sponsored by Shepherd King Lutheran Church, covered many states and provinces as the group circulated from Ohio to California and back.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
University of Columbus
Dem’ Herrn
Snyder
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
Vancouver
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
America
Grieg
Man Is An Island
John Donne
Noble Cain
Yarmouth Fair
Joshua
Jericho
Susannah
Lubbock
Shepherd King Lutheran
Talks Set Between U S and Soviet Union on Air Agreement
Washington reports the United States and the Soviet Union will begin formal talks on a commercial air agreement in Washington on July 18. Gen. E F Loginov will head the Soviet delegation. no U S delegation named yet. Discussion centers on routes with New York to Moscow as a likely initial option, with Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot as the competing carriers.
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Washington
United States
U.S
New York
Moscow
Pan American ‘World Airway
Bee Aeroflot
Pan Am
Houston moves up to sixth largest city in U.S.
Houston’s preliminary 1951 census figure is 932,680, a 56.4 percent rise from 1950, boosting Houston to sixth largest city ahead of Cleveland St Louis Washington Boston San Francisco Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. Only New York Chicago Los Angeles and Detroit are larger.
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Houston
Baltimore
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Beer Cans Found In Search For Guns
State police searched Buffalo Harbor after a Batavia businessman reported 25 guns stolen. A magnet sweep yielded only empty beer cans and no weapons.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Batavia
Buffalo Harbor
Funeral services set for Junior Hensley in Clovis
Clovis residents await funeral at 40 p.m. today in Steed Funeral Home Chapel with W S Wiley of the 16th Stand Pyle Church of Christ officiating. Hensley owned a downtown Clovis service station and was found dead Monday night with a rifle by his side. Authorities term the death self-inflicted. survivors include wife three children a sister and parents. Body to be moved to Bronte for burial.
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Clovis
Hensley
Steed
W.S . Wiley
Stand Pyle Church ‘of Christ
Ruben Nieves
California
Nieves
Maisie
Myra
Mike
Betty Williams
Abilene
D. E. Hensley
Sterling City
R. L. Branson
J. Hensley
San Angelo
Air Is Big Sideline To Diving Business
New York reports skin diving has become a $150 million business. Seven million divers buy about 15 air tanks per year at $1.50 per refill, according to Ingersoll Rand Co. a compressor maker.
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New York
APID
Ingersoll- Rand Co
Publicity craving drives odd habit, columnist asks
The speaker laments a personality obsessed with newspaper exposure. He notes the urge to appear in print, send a check or cut paper to gain a photo, and to spread his name through club elections and clippings. He asks aloud if this fault exists in others.
Longtime Briscoe County Resident John Turner Dies
SILVERTON Special funeral services for John C Turner 78 a Briscoe County resident since 1926 will be held at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev G A Elrod and Earl Cantwell officiating Turner a native of Lookout Mountain Tennessee was a retired farmer He died Monday Survivors include his wife J C Turner Jr Memphis Tenn a daughter Mrs Mabel Mercer Silverton a brother S R Turner Silverton a sister Mrs Lizzie Baggett Lebanon Oregon three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Burial will be in Silverton Cemetery under direction of Roberts Funeral Home.
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John C. ‘Turner
First Baptist
G. A. Elrod
Earl Cantwell
of Christ
Turner
Briscoe County
Lookout “Mountain
Tenn
J. C
Turner Jr
Memphis Tenn
Mabel Mercer
S. R. ‘Turner
Lizzie Baggett
Lebanon
Ore
Silverton Cemetery
Roberts Funeral Home
Obituary Notice for Spur Resident Thomas with Family Ties
West Texas hospital in Lubbock reports the death of Thomas who lived in Spur before moving to Odessa about a year ago. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs S C Thomas Sr of Spur, two sons Con Lubbock and Ray, three brothers Morgan Lubbock Ernest Jayton and Howard Spur, five sisters Mrs Homer Wilson Mrs Lilly Belle McCurry Mrs Agness Dickerson Bell and Mrs J R Carlisle Spur and five grandchildren. Pallbearers are Marion Jordan Matt Hagins Paul Bennett Barney Yeakley Carlos Dickerson and Jesse Hagins. Burial at Jayton Cemetery directed by Campbell Funeral Home Spur.
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West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Thomas
Spur
Odessa
S.C
Con. Lubbock
Ray
Mor
Gan
Ernest
Jayton
Howard
Homer ‘Wilson
Lilly Belle McCurry
Agness ‘Dickerson
Bell
J. R
Carlisle
Marion
Jordan
Matt Hagins
Paul Bennett
Barney Yeakley
Carlos
Dickerson
Jesse’ Hagins
Jayton Cemetery
Campbell’ Funeral Home
Burial planned for Rev. W. Stanley in Lubbock
Funeral services for Rev. W. Stanley 53 of 1302 E. 5th St will be held at 3 p.m. today at Parkdale Baptist Church with Rev. George Dale officiating. The Parkdale pastor Rev. I. D. Walker will assist. Stanley died Monday in West Texas Hospital after residing in Lubbock since 1945. Burial is in Resthaven Memorial Park via Sanders Funeral Home.
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W. Stanley
E. 5Th St
Dale Baptist
George Dale
I. D. Walker
Park
Dale
Stanley
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Longtime Littlefield resident Eddie Kelsay dies in Elk City
Onetime Littlefield resident Eddie Kelsay died Sunday in Elk City Oklahoma after a heart attack May 29. Services set for 10 a m at First Baptist Church Littlefield with Dr Lee Hemphill of Abilene officiating. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery under Hamons Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Gertrude two daughters Vondelle Lambert Blair Shallowater a son Kenneth Kelsay Levelland three sisters Mrs Louis Kissner Cedar Edge Cole Mrs Otis Witcher and Mrs Vera Stooksberry both of Littlefield and seven grandchildren.
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Fuor
Eddie
Buster Kels
Littlefield
Elk City
Okla
First Baptist Church of
Lee. Hemphill
Abilene
Robert Longshore
First Baptist Church
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammons
Elk ‘City
Lamb County
Winters
Gertrude Kelsay
Vondelle Lambert
Flag Day Contribution Report Due for Navy Mothers Club
Mrs. Joe Pate, finance officer, said the South Plains Navy Mothers Club No. 341 will release its Flag Day contribution total late today. The report shows $316.66 turned in by two project chairmen, with two reports still pending.
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South Plains
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