Derby Entries Lag On Inspection Final Checks Slated
In Lubbock local boys prep for the sixth annual Soap Box Derby to be held July 6 on a segment of US Highway 87. Only about half of Saturday’s inspectors completed racers. open house and final checks planned with Kuykendall Chevrolet and The Avalanche Journal coordinating.
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Truck Service Department
Kuykendall Chevrolet Co
Furr Food No. 1
Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma Coaches Terminal
13Th and
Ave. L
Lubbock Exchange Club
Avalanche Journal
Kuykendall Chevrolet Company
Douglas McCoy
Howard Shipley
Exchange Club
Kurkendall’s
Jimmy
Jimmy Smith
Cooper
Bill DeVore
Norman Kossman
Toledo Scales Company
Hale Center Prepares Second Fiddlers Contest
Hale Center plans its second annual fiddlers contest with a $350 prize fund across three divisions. Open division winner to receive $150 and a trophy, with $50 for runner-up. ladies winner gets $50, runner-up $25. Contest ties to July 4 homecoming. WBAP Fort Worth will televise. Early entrants include world champ Uncle Jack Maiers and Cal Brown.
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Hale Center
High Plains
Southwest
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Hale
Crockett
Wbap-Tv
Fort Worth
Jack Maiers
Lubbock
Cal Brown
Plainview
Eck Robertson
Amable
Maiers
Bobby Rhodes
San Jon
J. L. Davis
Ralls
Lewis Franklin
Vernon
W. M. Wells
Post
J. M
Pop) Lee
Madras Fishermen Rescued After Three Day Gale
The Indian destroyer Rana rescued 158 Madras fishermen missing in the Bay of Bengal for three days as a gale and monsoons drove boats offshore. A jig dancer helped many old timers win fiddling contests. The contest chairman aims to grow the attraction into a major Southwest event and seeks 500 dollars for next year.
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Madras
Rana
Bay of Bengal
Southwest
Son Demands Pension for Ex-Jersey City Mayor
The 80-year-old son of former Jersey City mayor Orestes Cleveland sought a pension claiming his father refused two $100,000 bribes while mayor during the Civil War era. Converse Cleveland of Asbury Park said his father served the people without graft and sacrificed for the public. The piece notes BBC plans standby transmitters for its five main stations.
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Jersey City, N.J
Jersey City
Converse Cleveland
Asbury Park N.J
Orestes
Amarillo Murder Trial Set Monday
COLORADO CITY June 20 The murder trial of Joseph Lucas 20 an AWOL airman from Amarillo Air Force Base will begin here Monday Lucas and George Robertson 21 Amarillo plumber were charged in the slaying of Victor Smith who was beaten with a wrench and stabbed to death at work Jan 6 Robertson was convicted May 29 and sentenced to life The defense says there will be no appeal Both men are also charged with the murder of Harry Gibbs 60 an Amarillo cab driver
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Colorado City
Joseph Lucas
Amarillo
Lucas
Amarillo Air Force Base
George Robertson
Robertson
Vernon
Victor Smith
Harry Gibbs
Marriage Licenses and Court Actions in Lubbock
Marriage licenses listed for couples from Lubbock area including Dan Jeff Taylor and Ticie Glenn and others. Lubbock 99th District Court proceedings show several divorce suits and damages cases, with Judge James G. Denton presiding.
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99Th District Court
James G. Denton
Juanita Brown
Herbert E. Brown
Bobbie Juanita Kirkland
W. T. Kirkland
R. P D. Parchman
Mary Jane Parchman
Beatrice Gage
H. L. Gage
Doyle W. Tapp
Coonaugher- Teal Company
Rex Holland
Susan Moreton Tevis
William W. Tevis
United States Steel Corporation
John Doe
72Nd District Court
UN Loyalty Probe Progress Report
The million dollar loyalty probe of 1800 Americans at the United Nations is over half completed with no new subversives found. U S civil service and FBI are reviewing records. results expected by mid August. About 30 UN personnel have been fired or resigned following earlier investigations.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. S
Washington
New York
Kansas City Livestock District Report Summary
Livestock markets show cows steady to 25 lower, stockers and feeders weak to 1.00 lower. Hogs up 75 to 1.00, choice 180 to 240 pound hogs 24.75 to 25.25. Slaughter lambs 50 to 1.00 lower, yearlings weaker, slaughter ewes steady. Prime and high grade ranges cited across cattle and lambs with varied feeder prices.
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Kansas City
Comemon
Slaugheter
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Roy Sifford
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Mclean
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Rowena Dalton
Woiforth
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Ropesville
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Henry Bishop
Lubbock Courts
Victor H. Lindsey
Anna Marie Tarwater
Edward B. Tarwater
Western Acceptance Corporation
Jack Oliver
Carl G. Lewis
James A. Lewis
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Workman's Compensation
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Carl Eugene Noland
Lola Maxine Ogg
Homer H. Ogg
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