Gaines Rodeo Opens Today in Seagraves Seagraves Texas
Seagraves hosts the Seventh Annual Gaines County Rodeo with a 3 30 p m parade and 8 p m nightly shows through Saturday. More than 300 riders from across the South Plains are expected. Queen is Miss Mary Pat Elder with princesses Miss Bliss Simmons Miss Joen Smith and Miss Virginia Thornton. Rodeo prize money totals 2380 dollars. Stock from Adrian Parker Saint Jo. Doug Hudson voices the event. Entries reached 150 cowboys with more anticipated before the noon deadline.
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Seagraves
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South Plains
Scurry
Hale
Hockley
Lynn
Terry
Cochran
Martin Counties
Adrian Parker
Saint Jo
Doug Hudson
Mary Pat Elder
Jess Elder
Lions Club of
Bliss Simmons
Opal Simmons
Rotary Club
Joen Smith
Equil Smith
Cultus Study Club
Virginia Thornton
Hobbs Highway Project Plans Four-Lane Upgrade
Engineering on U S Highways 180 462 at Hobbs will begin soon to extend four lanes five miles west of the city and create a new junction with Broadway Avenue. The work, costing about 1 million dollars, may go to contract in 12 to 18 months and will complete a four lane system through Hobbs.
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Hobbs
U.S
John Sudderth
Broadway Avenue
Sudderth
U.S. 180
Marland Street
Broadway
Marland
Testimony Heard In Mouse In Drink Damage Suit
A damage suit in 99th District Court over finding a mouse in a Coca Cola Bottling Co drink continues. Plaintiff F A Corley seeks 2000 dollars with jurors listed and testimony by company employees and a physician described.
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99Th District Court
F. A. Corley
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Howard Davison
Dallas
Kent Wagenseller
Gene Cobb
Crenshaw-Dupree and
Milam
Campaign Tour Highlights Appeals Court Race
Bryan campaigns for the Court of Criminal Appeals opposing Judge Lloyd W. Davidson. He visited Lubbock on Tuesday as part of a statewide tour that included Tyler Longview San Antonio and Houston.
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W. T. McDonald. Bryan
Lloyd W. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lubbock
Tyler
Longview
San Antonio
Houston
Bryan District Judge McDonald Seeks Reelect in Texas
McDonald 48, Texas A&M and UT Law School graduate, serves sixth year as district judge in Bryan. Former Texas House member for eight years and 1941 appropriations subcommittee chair for higher education. He criticizes the Court of Criminal Appeals for technical interpretations and cites a Dallas County indictment case. He practiced law 18 years locally and led the Brazos County Bar Association in 1950.
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Texas A&m
Law School
University of Texas
Bryan
Texas House of Representatives
Texas Tech
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
Brazos County Bar Assn
State Bar of Texas
Blind children in U S schools number estimates rise
Estimates by the American Foundation for the Blind put the number of blind children in U S schools between 11000 and 14000, reflecting the scope of services and accommodation needed for visually impaired students nationwide.
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United States
American Foundation For the Blind
Dickens County Snyder Honored for Traffic Deaths Record
Special citations recognizing no traffic deaths in 1959 were awarded to Dickens County and the city of Snyder among 13 Texas counties and 17 cities honored by Gov. Price Daniel at the Governor's Highway Safety Conference. Loving County extended its no death record since 1931.
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Dickens County
Snyder
Texas
Price Daniel
Associated Press
Daniel
Bexar County
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Loving County
Amarillo C C Talks Draw Lubbock Men
Eleven representatives of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will attend a chamber leaders session in Amarillo conducted by the U S Chamber of Commerce. The meeting at the Herring Hotel runs 9 a m to 3 p m and may include a chartered bus for Lubbock attendees. Attendees listed include Gene Anderson Pat Garrett James H Goodman Herman Heath Tom Hutchinson Randall Jones J O Kuykendall Joe Moise Jim Rosson Bob Snyder and Guy C Victory.
Auto Tag Sales Reach Fifty Thousand In Lubbock
Lubbock County motor vehicle registrations topped 50 000 Tuesday as the April 1 deadline nears. Russell S. Hardin, assessor collector, said 4 350 tags were issued that day, lifting the total from 46 839 announced Monday toward a projected near 51 000. He urged owners to use the Municipal Coliseum for plates due to parking. courthouse lines grow longer each day.
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Lubbock County
Russell S. Hardin
Hardin
Ecru
South Carolina Area Size Noted at Nearly Thirty Thousand Miles
The report states South Carolina covers 30,989 square miles, outlining a regional geographic measure used for planning and comparisons with other states.
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South Carolina
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Bob Sanford
Floyd Kitchens
Appeals Court
W. T McDonald
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Carroll Cobb
Pearl Care
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Tricot
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