Premier Thors pledges to review US troops in Iceland
Reykjavik Premier Olafur Thors says if his Independence party wins a majority in today’s parliamentary elections he will review the decision to remove U S troops from Iceland’s NATO base. He states troops can leave when it is safe but condemns prolonging their stay.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Olafur Thors
U.S
Thora
Kristinn Gudmundsson
Progressive Party
United States
Thors
Progressives
Althing
Keflavik
Woman Stabbed, Daughters Injured In Shocking City Incident
In New York a 40 year old restaurant worker stabbed a 26 year old friend and hurled her two young daughters from a fourth floor window. The woman and children were rushed to a hospital with injuries. The attacker fled.
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New York
Eleanor Small
Lois
Alzora
James Taylor
Taylor
Aid
Thors
Keflavik
Thompson Enters Georgia Senate Race. Feud With Talmadge Reignites
Former acting governor Melvin E. Thompson files to challenge Herman Talmadge for retiring Senator Walter F. George's seat in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary. Talmadge accuses Thompson of being a lackey of big money and inflames a racial issue as campaign tensions begin. One other candidate, tombstone salesman D. Talmadge Bowers, also runs.
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Nicholas C. Chriss
Atlanta
Melvin E. Thompson
Herman Talmadge
Walter F. George
Talmadge
Georgia
Thompson
Tombstone
D. Talmadge Bowers
Annual Dawson Farm Bureau Queen Contest Set July 26
Dawson County Farm Bureau announces the annual queen contest July 26. Miss Gerri Barrett says the local winner advances to the district in Big Spring with a $20 prize. second place $10 and each contestant gets $3. The event is at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
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Dawson Farm Bureau
Lamesa
Dawson County Farm Bureau
Gerri Barrett
Big Spring
Girosium
Barrett
Installation At Mackenzie Masonic Lodge Slated Monday
Mackenzie Lodge 1327 will install officers at 7 30 p m Monday in the lodge hall 1710 42nd St announced. Officers to be installed include F C Odrizzi worshipful master John O Deal senior warden E A Dunlap junior warden W B Mays treasurer W S Anglin secretary H H Nance chaplain S R Sims junior deacon W H Griffin tiller and M E Jackson senior deacon M L Eldridge appointed installing officer.
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Mackenzie Masonic Lodge
42Nd St
F. C. Odorizzi
John O. Deal
E. A. Dunlap
W. B. Mays
W. S. Anglin
H. H. Nance
S. R. Sims
W. H. Griffin
Tiller
M. E. Jackson
M. L. Eldridge
Teen Girl Granted Marriage by Court in Hereford
In Hereford England a 16 year old girl named Beryl Parker was allowed to marry after a court ruled she was thoroughly domesticated. The decision was issued on June 23.
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Hereford
England
Bery] Parker
Three Lubbock Men Appointed To State VFW Committees
Three Lubbock men were appointed to state VFW committees. Casey Charness joined the resolutions committee, Joe Hitchcock became vice chairman of the press and public relations committee, and Cecil R. Shongo was named to the rehabilitation committee. All are members of Local VFW Post 2466. A. M. Armstrong, former Lubbock resident, chairs the credentials committee.
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Lubbock
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Casey Charness
Joe Hitchcock
Cecil R. Shongo
VFW
A. M. Armstrong
Lynn Pioneer Reunion Draws 635 Attendees in Lynn County
The 23rd annual Lynn County Old Settlers Reunion in Tahora drew 635 attendees. Plaques went to Mrs. B Harold for greatest travel distance. J E Ketner and Mrs M B Clinton were the oldest man and woman at 89. A J Mears won the old fiddlers contest, with runners up from Sam Hy Smith and others.
Naples Eyes US Funding for 30-Story Skyscraper Hotel
American capital is sought to back a 30-story hotel tower planned for Naples, Italy, signaling a major international investment push. The project aims to redefine the city skyline and attract high-end hospitality traffic with a flagship property.
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Naples
Italy
Three Rodeo Riders Held In Robbery Beating Of Fan
Arlington police charged Freddy Brooks Johnny Brooks and Billy Breeches all from the Fort Worth Dallas area with robbery and beating Roscoe Souder a 61 year old Arlington produce dealer. Souder was found semi conscious April 8 in a horse barn near an Arlington theater after the attack which involved a $3200 theft. Breeches remained hospitalized with a broken jaw from the same incident.
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Fort Worth
Roscoe Souder
Arlington
Freddy Brooks
Johnny Brooks
Billy Breeches
Fort Worth-Dallas
Breeches
Dallas
Souder
Arlington Drive In
Gang Loots Summer Home Eludes Police
A U A gang looted a Keswick cottage of $1.80 in jewelry, then escaped pursuit and struck again in Jackson's Point. They later entered Mrs. John Preston's Charleston West Virginia cabin, taking $200 cash and $5,000 worth of rings after slicing a screen door, before fleeing.
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Sutton, Ont. U
Keswick
Lake Simcoe
Jackson’s Point
Here
John Preston
Charleston
W. Va
Preston
Agriculture Student From Iran To Visit Slaton In July
Iradj Master, an agriculture student from Iran studying in Bohn Germany, will spend eight weeks this summer in Slaton as a guest of the Slaton Rotary Club. He arrives mid July after an all expense trip from New York and will stay with eight Rotary families. This continues last year’s program begun with Pierre Devillers of France.
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Slaton
Iradj
Iran
Bohn
Germany
New York
Rotary
Piere Devillers
Carl Laxton Rites Slated In Oklahoma
Funeral services for Carl Laxton 32 lineman for Andrews Telephone Co will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at Konawa Methodist Church Burial in Konawa cemetery Three others died in the crash near Noble Oklahoma with seven injured including Laxtons 13 year old stepson Frankie Rusty Starnes who was in satisfactory condition in Purcell hospital Laxtons sister in law Wanda Huckleberry 32 and her husband Ernest 42 also perished Relatives from Andrews plan to attend services with Bud Smith and Bill Betenbough also en route.
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Andrews
Carl Laxton
Andrews Telephone Co
Konawa
Okla
Frankie
Rusty) Starnes
Purcell
Laxton
Noble
Czechoslovakia Recognizes Tunisia and Morocco
Vienna reports on June 23 that Czechoslovakia has recognized Tunisia and Morocco as independent nations, signaling expanded diplomatic ties and stance in North African affairs.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Tunisia
Morocco
Italian widow denied death certificate for late husband
In Taranto on June 2 Mrs. Marina Ferraris, 32, was told she is legally dead. She sought a death certificate for Ser festead who died Oct 2 but was refused because records show her husband is widowed and she lacks consent.
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Taranto
Italy
Marina Ferraris
Festead
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