Parade riders and floats invited for Lubbock rodeo event
ABC rodeo parade next Wednesday seeks riders and entrants for floats. More than 600 horsemen expected, with out of town posses and business floats. Six bands confirmed including Tohoka Littlefield Levelland Seminole Reece AFB and Texas Tech bands. Trophy honors three consecutive wins. judges stand to overlook the procession from Lubbock hotel balcony.
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Parade escorts outlined for Lubbock county rodeo groups
Lubbock police will escort out of town riding groups to fairground headquarters during the parade. Groups from Big Spring Crosbyton Amarillo Tahoka Carlsbad N M Sem inole Brownfield Littlefield Hereford Levelland and the Lubbock County Sheriff's Posse will participate with about 75 riders. Johnny Mack Brown will ride in the parade and attend a barbecue at Mackenzie State park after the event.
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Towa Senator May Block Appointment
Senate precedent signals Carroll Switzer of Iowa may fail to be confirmed as a federal judge without backing from his state’s senators. Chairman McCarran bluntly told Switzer that confirmation requires concurrence of the nominee’s senators, while Gillette opposes the nomination amid charges of improper judicial appointment practices.
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Faint Hope for Gillette Patronage Hinge on Nominal Senators
Remarks from an Avalanche Journal report suggest McCarran saw only slight chance that nominal senators would back Gillette, delaying confirmation of his patronage status as of June 1950 in Lubbock.
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