Canyon hosts district Interscholastic League literary contest
Monterey and Lubbock High students led the District 3-AAAA IL literary meet in Canyon with top placings. Monterey tallied 137 points from three firsts, six seconds and six thirds while Lubbock High collected 106 points with six firsts, three seconds and two thirds.
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Lubbock
Canyon
Monterey
Lubbock High
Odessa
Cecil Green
Tommy Hester
Gloria Brown
Frankie Stogner
Frank Denton
Knox Willams
Carr Opens Campaign Center in Lubbock at 1916 Ave Q
Former House Speaker Wag goner Carr opened his campaign headquarters at 1916 Ave Q in Lubbock with a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. He arrived from Austin for the ceremony and will travel to Fort Worth and Houston next. Over 300 visitors toured the center and Carr answered questions about his campaign. Later, campaign workers held an organizational meeting for duty assignments.
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Waggoner
Carr
1916
Ave. Q
Lubbock
Austin
Fort Worth
Houston
Five Injured In City Auto Mishap
Five Latin Americans were injured when their car struck the back of a parked auto at Curtis Ripple's home on 43rd Street around 10 p.m. Saturday. Lupe Gonzales 17 Paul Gonzales 15 Johnny Gonzales 25 driver Mike Gonzales 16 all of route 4 Lubbock and Lorenzo Zamorra 24 of Gonzales County were taken to West Texas Hospital for cuts and facial lacerations. Officials expected all to be released after minor treatment.
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Curtis Ripple
43Rd St
West Texas Hospital
Lupe Gonzales
Paul Gonzales
Johnny Gonzales
Mike Gonzales
Route 4
Lubbock
Lorenzo Zamorra
Gonzales County
Cursillistas Mark 25th Christian Course in Lubbock
The Amarillo and San Angelo Diocese will celebrate the 25th Cursillistas Christian Course at the Fair Park Coliseum in Lubbock on Sunday March 25 starting at 1 00 p m Jorge Moreno publicity chairman reports an expected attendance of 3000 including participants and their families from across Texas The 25th course previously took place at St Joseph Catholic Church Hall
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Amarillo
San Angelo
Fair Park Coliseum
Lubbock
Jorge Moreno
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Linda Christian and Edmund Purdom wed in Mexico City
Film star Linda Christian and Edmund Purdom married in a formal ceremony at Christian’s mother’s mansion in Mexico City attended by Mexican society and Hollywood figures. The text also lists contest results with names and places from Monterey, Lubbock, Amarillo and Tas ca.
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Mexico City
UPI
Linda Christian
Edmund Purdom
Miss Christian
Hollywood
US AI ports from Honduras through September 1961 exceed 11 million stems
The report notes that US ai ports handling shipments from Honduras through September 1961 processed over 11 million stems. (If the source lacks context, this entry reflects the available figures about trade volumes and ports in that period.)
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Honduras
Ex-Bandleader Jean Goldkette Dies in Santa Barbara
Jean Goldkette, famed bandleader of the 1920s and 30s who helped launch a star cohort including Beiderbecke Miller Dorsey and Carmichael, died in Santa Barbara at 69 after abdominal pains led to a heart attack. He recently moved from Detroit to Los Angeles to form a Detroit artists foundation chapter. He opened the Graystone Ballroom in 1923 and led the band that Metronome called the nation’s rockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa. Barbara
Calif
Jean Goukette
Los Angeles
Detroit
Santa Barbara
National Artists Foundation of Detroit
Goldkette
Cottage Hospital
Valenciennes
France
United States
Graystone
Metronome Magazine
Bix Beiderbecke
Glenn Miller
Tommy and
Jimmy Dorsey
Glen Gray
Joel Venuti
Eddie Lang
Jimmy McPartland
Frankie Trumbauert
Hoagy Carmichael
Morton Rites Set For George Fine
Funeral services for George Fine 73 a farmer who had lived near Enochs since 1924 will be at 2 p m today in First Baptist Church Morton with Rev J E Moore Abi lene officiating assisted by Rev Milton Kresse Maple Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery Morton under direction of Singleton Funeral Home Fine died at 315 p m Friday in West Plains Hospital Muleshoe where he had been a patient about a week
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Morton
George Fine
Enochs
First Baptist Church
J. E. Moore
Abilene
Milton Kresse
Maple
Memorial Cemetery
Singleton’ Funeral Home
Fine
West Plains Hospital
Muleshoe
James Sizemore Dies In Hobbs
James Madi son Sizemore 77 longtime Hobbs High School custodian died Saturday in a Hobbs hospital after a short illness. Funeral services 2:30 p m Monday at Jefferson Street Church of Christ with George Fletcher officiating. Burial Memory Garden Cemetery Griffin Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Myrtle two sons Travis and Bill Hobbs three daughters Blanche Street San Angelo Gay Ogle Cone Tex Inez Seabourn Ralls two sisters Kimbrough 66 a World War I veteran Willie Nichols, and Lizzie Pack Chinero Tex two brothers T R and H S Size- Temple. Burial Ralls Cemetery. Kimbrough a retired farmer lived in Ralls since 1920 native of Jonesboro. Survivors three brothers W R Kimbrough Odessa Howard Kimbrough Waco Rex Kimbrough Lorenzo two sisters Addie Sikes Denver Colo and Cecil Melton Ralls. Pallbearers Conde Harrell Roy Harrell Porter Wheeler George Moore Bill Elam Marvin Heinrich.
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Jefferson Street
Church of Christ
George Fletcher
Memory Garden Cemetery
Griffin Funeral Home
Myrtle
Travis
Bill Sizemore
Hobbs
Blanche Street
San Angelo
Gay Ogle
Cone
Tex
Inez Seabourn
Ralls
James Kerry
Canary Islands
Kimbrough
Willie Nichols
Lizzie Pack
Chinero
Veteran’s Hospital
Brothers
T. R
H. S. Size- Temple
Corpus Christi
Ralls Church of Christ
Preston Oden
Lubbock
Leland Knight
Booneville
Ark
Ralls Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Jonesboro
W. R. Kimbrough
Odessa
Howard Kimbrough
Waco
Rex Kimbrough
Lorenzo
Addie Si
Snyder Services Set For Mrs. Roe
Mrs. Rebecca Ann Roe 73 a longtime Snyder resident died Saturday after a stroke. Services are 2 pm today at Greenhill Baptist Church with Rev. Allen Cartrite officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters Estelle Lee and Merle Roe a son Horace Roe nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Snyder
Rebecca Ann Roe
Greenhill Baptist Church
Allen Cartrite
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
Roe
Tennessee
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Estelle Lee
Merle Roe
Horace Roe
Odessa
B. M. Payne
Abilene
Clara Bell Farrell
Comanche
W. H. Land
San Angelo
Death of Greyhound founder Ralph L. Bogan at 66
Ralph A. L. Bogan founder of Greyhound Bus Lines has died at 66. He lived in Evanston Illinois with a winter home in Palm Beach Florida and died Friday. Survived by his widow Alice three sons Ralph Jr Michael and Thomas and two daughters Mrs John Jenkins and Mrs H J Van Orman plus two sisters. Funeral services will be held in Evanston.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Greyhound Bus Lines
Ralph A. L. Bogan
Bogan
Evanston, Il
Palm Beach
Alice
Ralph A. L. Jr
Glenview
Michael R
Boulder
Colo
Thomas R
Evanston
John Jenkins
H. J. van Orman
Billings, Mont
Thomas Koons
New York
Jessie Archey
Glen Cove
N.Y
Clarence C. Ramsey Funeral Services Set Monday
Funeral services for Clarence C. Ramsey aged 45 of 2013 65th St will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Oakwood Methodist Church with Rev. Billy Wilkinson officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home guidance. Ramsey a barber lived in Lubbock since 1955 moved from Post and died at 2 15 p.m. Friday in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Big Spring He was a World War II veteran.
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Clarence C. Ramsey
65Th St
Oakwood Methodist Church
Billy Wilkinson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Ramsey
Lubbock
Post
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
J A Cumming Rites Slated Monday In City
Funeral services for J A Jim Cumming 79 of 705 29th St will be at 2 p m Monday at Southside Baptist Church with Rev Clifton Igo officiating. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction. He died at his home at 1104 a m Friday.
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J. A
Jim) Cumming
29Th St
Southside ‘Baptist Church
Clifton Igo
Second Baptist Church
Lamesa
Buri‘al
City of Lubbock
Rix ‘Funeral Home
Cumming
Two Die When Car Crashes Into Tree North of Baytown
Two people were killed Saturday night when a car left the freeway 2 1 2 miles north of Baytown and struck a tree. Gulf Coast Hospital identified the victims as Mrs. Hattie Epperson Scott 3 and her nephew George Robert Middleton 16, both of Baytown.
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Baytown
Tex
UPID
Gulf Coast Hospital
Hattie Epperson Scott
George Robert Middleton
Graveside rites for infant Lloyd Carver II held in Portales
Graveside services were held at Babyland Cemetery in Portales for 3 month old Lloyd Alton Carver II, son of Sgt. and Mrs. Lloyd Carver of Reese Village. The infant died from suffocation when bed clothing covered his face. Rev. B. C. Goodman officiated. Survivors include grandparents L F Carver and Lucille Carver and Charles J Sparks. Vubbock arrangements were at Rix Funeral Home.
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Babyland
Portales
N. M
Lloyd Alton Carver II
Lloyd Alton Carver
Arnold Dr
Reese Village
Carver
Reese Air Force Base
B. C. Goodman
First Methodist
Elmore Norris Rites Slated in Wink
Funeral services for Elmore Norris 82 Wink resident will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Wink with Rev Clifford Spencer officiating Arrangements are by Hixon Funeral Home Norris died at 7 40 p m Thursday in Winkler County Memorial Hospital after a short illness
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Levelland
Elmore Norris
Wink
First Baptist Church
Clifford Spencer
Hixon Funeral Home
Norris
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Tibetan Demographic Shift Due to Chinese Migration
Reports from informed sources in Darjeeling describe a large influx of Chinese Communist nationals into occupied Tibet. They warn Tibetans may soon become a minority in their own country as migration accelerates.
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Darjeeling
India
Tibet
Anson Funeral Slated For Albert Powers
Albert Powers 73 of Anson former Dickens County resident and WWII state representative died from a heart attack. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Norris Onstead and Rev. R. H. Knight officiating. Burial in Anson Cemetery under Lawrence Funeral Home.
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Anson
Albert Powers
Dickens County
Northside Baptist Church
Norris Onstead
First Baptist Church
R. H. Knight
McAdoo
Anson Cemetery
Lawrence Funeral Home
Powers
Rites Set For Mrs Cavet In Tulia
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church for Mrs. H. J. Cavet 88 a longtime Swisher County resident who died Friday at her home Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery with Wallace Funeral Home directing She moved from Fort Worth in 1915 and married Cavet in 1888. Survivors include two sons a daughter two brothers a half brother a sister and one grandchild.
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Tulia
H. J
Emma) Cavet
Swisher County
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Koerselman
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Arkansas
Fort Worth
Cavet
McGregor
Funeral services for Charlie Scott held in Post
Funeral services for Charlie Scott, 59, a Pleasant Valley farmer, were at 2 30 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church in Post. Officiating were Rev. Joe Green and Revs A T Nixon and C B Hogue. Burial in Terrace Cemetery. Survived by wife, a daughter Joy Pool Big Spring, two sons Wesley and Vernon, six sisters, four brothers, and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Charlie
Robert Scott
Pleasant Valley
First Baptist Church
Joe Green
Slaton
A. T. Nixon
C. B. Hogue
Terrace Cemetery
Hudman Funeral Home
Scott
Joy Pool
Big Spring
Wesley
Vernon Scott
Addie Shipley
Ida Earp
Putnam
Lou Thompson
Cordie McKinney
Cisco
Maude Hardy
Allie Robbins
Idilou
Forrest Scott
Ernest Scott
Tulsa
Emmett Scott
Pecos
Gaines Scott
Lubbock
James Henry Chandler Funeral Set In Friona
Funeral services for James Henry Chandler age 55 of Friona will be at 2 30 p m Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev Bill Burton officiating Burial will follow in Friona Cemetery under the direction of Clathorn Funeral Home Chandler moved to Friona from Littlefield in 1959 and died Friday at 7 p m after becoming ill at home four hours earlier at Muleshee Hospital
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Friona
James Henry Chandler
Baptist
Bill Burton
Friona Cemetery
Clathorn Funeral Home
Chandler
Littlefield
Muleshee ‘Hospital
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Lhs
Lubbock High School
Jeanine Coats
Nancy Greene
Jean Martin
Kathy Graw
John Green
Loren Bentley
Tascosa
Keith Strala
Robert Roper
Miral Taylor
Janet Wood
Michelle MacLeod
Keith Billingsley
James Simpson
Pampa
Tom Seifriend
Palo Duro
Gins
Anne Moore
Elizabeth Cameron
Ascosa
Dana Taylor
Bill Johnson
Amarilio
Elton Pharr
Mike Port
Robin McKenzie
Johnnie Gatford
Vickie Melin
LaNell Riley
Richard Kinman
Kenneth McNeil
Suzy Crain
Jeanie Allen
Emadene Colwell
Ruth Harrington
Plainview
Mary Ann Eliott
Little Rule
Charles Bolton
Gary Wampler
Carr’s Campaign Center
Nila
Wales
Knoxville
Sat
Sun
Milton Evitt
Bill Robert
John Boley
Spelling
Janie Scholemer
Patti Lewis
Shirley Morris
Camila Brady
Truett Reeves
David Nelson
Lurbbock
Jim Bearden
Tommy Jackson
Donald Morrison
Lora Clements
Mildred Klein
Beaa
James Sizemore
James Madison Sizemore
Hobbs High School
J. K. Kimbrough
Greyhound Lines
J. A. Cumming
Mrs. Cavet
Charlie Scott
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34Th & Ave
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