West Texas druggists to meet in Lubbock for two day convention
More than 300 West Texas druggists are expected to attend a two day convention in Lubbock with Caprock Hotel as headquarters and Hotel Lubbock hosting events. Prominent speakers include Fdd A. Robinson, Henry M. Burlage, J. W. Lansdowne, Allen T. Stewart, and William H. Gordon.
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Lubbock
West Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Caprock
West Texas
Fdd A. Robinson
Abilene
Henry M. Burlage
College of Pharmacy
University of Texas
J. W. Lansdowne
Eli Lilly & Co
Allen T. Stewart
The
Texas Medical Association
William H. Gordon
Labor union CIO reorg slashes offices in Buffalo
The Buffalo Evening News reports a nationwide CIO administrative reorganization cutting 46 offices to 13. The plan affects the national structure and was announced today in Buffalo.
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Buffalo
National Cio
Buffalo Evening News
Recanal
Buffalo once ranged near Great Slave Lake
A historical note records that a variety of buffalo or bison inhabited areas as far north as Great Slave Lake, indicating a much wider ancient range for the species.
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Great Slave Lake
Lennis Baker and Todd duo head to Friden conference in California
Lubbock salesmen Lennis W. Baker and Frank L. Todd depart for Pebble Beach California to attend a Friden calculating machine sales conference with 250 top sellers. The trip includes a San Leandro factory office tour as part of the program. Mrs Ray Miller is hospitalized in Lubbock after a fractured ankle from a fall. condition listed as satisfactory.
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Lennis W. Baker
Frank L. Todd
Baker Company
Pebble Beach
Calif
del Monte Lodge
Friden
Lubbock
San Leandro
Ray Miller
50Th St
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Walgreen's
Grand Jury Slated To Convene Tuesday
A 99th District grand jury will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday to consider 94 charges including two capital cases. The cases involve murder with malice against Harrison Smith and Luis C. Herrera, both from Lubbock, plus a fatal stabbing and a fatal bowling related death. The panel will also hear statements from a 48-year-old man connected to the brain concussion death and a hospital witness.
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Harrison Smith
Ave. C
Jud Blackman
Ave. A
Luis C. Herrera
Lubbock
Jose Maria
James G. Denton
Ed Haddock
Carlos May
Milton H. Elliott
W. O. Moore
Otis Neil
John Fair
C. E. Newton
Berlin Haught
J. Holland Cox
Fabian Stahl
R. J. Schutte
Bill Mead
Foreman
Blowing Sand Tested With Geiger Counter
In Sweetwater a resident found chocolate brown dust highly radioactive using a geiger counter. The red sand lacked radioactivity, and the tester speculated the dust might come from distant Nevada or be related to cloud exposure from atomic tests. He noted no harmful radium levels in Oklahoma New Mexico or Texas earth mixtures.
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Sweetwater
West Texas
Texas
W. D. Harris
Court House
Harris
Nevada
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Former Lubbock High Student On Duty With Carrier In Korea
Bobby J. Littrell fireman USN serves aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea on her third Korea tour with Task Force 77. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Littrell of Post and husband of the former Miss Betty J. Long of Amarillo. he attended Lubbock High School before enlisting in October 1951.
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Post
Philippine Sea
Korean
Bobby J. Littrell
USN
Bill Littrell
Betty J. Long
Amarillo
Navy
Littrell
Lubbock High School
Officers Installed At Post VFW Meet
At a recent Veterans of Foreign Wars post gathering Thad Patterson of Sea Gate District 7 conducted the installation of officers Wagoner Johnson became commander Richard Vardiman senior vice commander J C Steel junior vice commander J D King quartermaster Bob Mitchell chaplain Robert Russell adjutant Milt Hester three year trustees W O Holly service officer and Jack Kirkendall post surgeon Also discussed was the upcoming District 7 convention scheduled for May 23 24 and a joint VFW Auxiliary meeting. Chile is about 100 miles wide on the average.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
District 7
VFW
Thad Patterson
Seagraves
Wagoner Johnson
Richard Vardiman
J. C. Steel
J. D. King
Bob Mitchell
Robert Russell
Milt Hester
W. O. Holly
Jack Kirkendall
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W. C. (Slick) Reynolds
Wiliam Magness
J. Walter Taylor
Claude Gentry
John Halsey
E. B. McNeil
Dallas Whaley
T. R. Carpenter
Jim Jackson
McNeil
Halsey and Gentry
J. C. Park
Bob Stumbaugh
Lee Cavin
Scott Ballard
Herb Bannister
Johnny Monden
J. L. Downs
James Norman
George Tate
Bert Pinson
F. F E. Carter
John McClendon
M. C. Snell
W. H. Henderson
Bob Lavendar
J. T. Boaz
Nelson Curry
John Foster
Harlan Cook
Martin Munn
Don Murphy
M. T. Cruz
William Magness
Jake Warnick
Kelly Doughetty
Magness
Marvin Moreau
Fred Ellison
J. K. Miller
Marshall Lewis
Tom Johns
Dick Brown
Joy Riddle
Pinson
Dave Bell
Jimmy Smith
Bill Norris
Spencer Ellis
Art Taylor
Slick Reynolds
John Clark
Harold Stubbs
Reynolds
J. C. Park Jr
Downs
J. N. Curry
L. D. Fletcher
Don Murphee
Ralph Carpenter
Carl Hudgins
Riddle
Sam Lytal
John Hal
Commerce ST. Dallas
Q Clothiers
Broadway
Lubbock High
Carrier
Korea
Chile
Nashville
Tennessee
Wallpaper & Supplies
Plaza Paint & Supply
Green Acres Center
Fisher
America
Chevrolet
Fehr
Dinah Shore
NBC
Radie
Kuykendall Chevrolet CO
19Th Street
Texas Avenue
Rayons
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