King Ranch Drives 5500 Steers North By Rail For Summer Pastures
King Ranch in Kingsville Texas ships 5500 Santa Gertrudis steers by rail as part of 85 000 head from the 940 000 acre ranch. The cattle head to Pennsylvania pastures for summer fattening, rest after 36 hours on trains, then reload 12 hours later at North Little Rock stockyards before onward trips to Osage Oklahoma Bluestem Kansas and Buck and Doe Ring Valley Farms in Doran Pa.
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King Ranch
Kingsville
Tex
Pennsylvania
Texas
Oklahoma
North Little Rock
Kansas
Buck
Doe Ring Valley
Doran
Fisherman Killed by Ambush on Brushy Creek
Charles Heise aged 69 was shot as he hauled in a fish from Brushy Creek near Taylor Texas. His body was found on the creek bank after 2 pm by Sheriff Henry Matysek who said the killer likely took Heise’s car and fired the shot as he was reeling in the catch. The motive remains unknown and authorities note the shooting occurred early Friday.
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Taylor, Tex
UPI
Charles Heise
Brushy Creek
Henry Matysek
Matysek
Iran to Spend One Billion on Seven Year Development Plan
Tehran reports that Iran will allocate one billion dollars to a seven year development program. The plan aims to fund infrastructure and economic projects across the country, signaling a long term growth strategy.
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Iran
Tehran
Lorenzo Area Woman Dies in Oklahoma
Funeral services are tentatively set for Wednesday in Perry Oklahoma for Margaret Coyle 95 a Robertson community resident who died Saturday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Cremation and funeral arrangements are managed by Carter Funeral Home Ball Township She is survived by son Ed J Coyle and daughter Pearl Vivian both of Lorenzo a sister Mrs A S Wilson of Colonial Beach Virginia six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren The body will be taken to Oklahoma Monday
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Lorenzo
Margaret Coyle
Robertson
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Perry
Okla
Carter
Colonial Beach
Mrs Ward Rites In Jayton At Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mary J. Ward 85 of Jayton will be at 2 p.m. today at Jayton Baptist Church. The Rev Ervin Looney and Rev WP Waters will officiate. Burial will follow in Jayton cemetery. She died Friday night at her daughter’s home in Wichita Falls.
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Mary J. Ward
Jayton
E. M. Murphy
22Nd St
Jayton Baptist Church
Ervin Looney
WP. Waters
Cross Plains
Jayton Cemetery
Ben-Gurion regrets not serving as private in Israeli army
Tel Aviv report quotes Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion who also heads defense saying he regrets never having served as a private soldier. He views it as a personal revolution he will never experience.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
David Ben-Gurion
Funeral services held for Mrs Ben Hatley in Clovis
Mrs Ben Hatley 76 a Clovis resident for 40 years died Thursday at her home Funeral services were set for 3 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church with Rev Walter A Mitchel officiating Burial followed at Lawn Haven Memorial Park Clovis Steed Funeral Home. She leaves her husband two sons Jack and Wiley of Clovis two daughters Mrs Ruth Morgan Albuquerque and Mrs Martha Bay Fort Worth 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren and three sisters Mrs Rudolph Weiss Wood River Ill Mrs Monroe Wood Prescott Ark and Mrs Stanley Nix Long Beach Calif
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Clovis
Ben Hatley
First Baptist Church
Walter A. Mitchel
Lawn Haven Memorial Park
Steed Funeral Home
Jack
Wiley
Ruth Morgan
Albuquerque
Martha Bay
Fort Worth
Rudolph Weiss
Wood Rover
Til
Monroe Wood
Prescott
Ark
Stanley ‘Nix
Long Beach
Calif
Rites Set Today For Mrs Nichols
Last rites are scheduled for 2 p m today for Ava Belle Nichols 45 who died Thursday night in an Odessa hospital A former Odessa resident she had lived here since 1956 and had been ill about a month She is survived by husband W O Nichols daughter Janis Ann 16 son Billy Joe 17 brother Joe Smith of Tallahassee Fla and sister Mrs Robert Taylor of Tuscola The Rev C E Jameson retired Methodist minister will officiate burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens Odessa
Rites Held For Silverton Infant
Graveside services were conducted for Julie Ruth Morris infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Morris who died at birth Friday. The Rev James P Patterson and Rev Allan Adams officiated. Burial followed at Silverton Cemetery under Douglas Funeral Home. Survivors include brother Joel Clark Morris and grandparents B F Morris of Lubbock and Bailey Brown of Knox City.
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Silverton
Julie Ruth Morris
Gene Morris
James P. Patterson
Silverton Methodist Church
Allan Adams
Shallowater
Douglas Funeral Home
Joel Clark Morris
B. F. Morris
Lubbock
Bailey Brown
Knox City
Rumsey Services To Be At Clovis
Rumsey, 58, died in a Topeka hospital and funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at the First Christian Church in Clovis with Rev. R. C. Bolton officiating. Burial will follow in Mission Garden of Memories, under Steed Funeral home arrangements.
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Clovis
Baber Service Set Today for Lubbock County Resident
Tom A. Baber 63 a longtime Lubbock County resident died 4 a m Saturday at Methodist Hospital after a heart attack. He farmed south of Lubbock for over 30 years, ran East Side Variety Store since 1955, and was WWI veteran. Funeral 3 p m today at Overton Methodist Church with burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. Survivors include wife two daughters a son a sister and nine grandchildren.
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Tom A. Baber
Lubbock County
Methodist Hospital
Baber
South Plains
Austin County
Lubbock
Slaton Highway
Avenue A
East Side
Idalon Hwy
27Th St
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Overton Methodist Church
Overton
Sanders Funeral Home
Jasper Sanders
39Th St
J. C. McGee
Robert Baker
Roger Burgess
Austin
Willie Pier
Terrell
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Terry 87
Funeral services for Mrs. W. T. Terry 87 who died at a Plainview convalescent home Friday will be held at 10 a m Monday in the Fire Methodist Church of Plainview The Rev J Howard Crawford and the Rev E E White will officiate Mrs Terry widow of a Methodist minister who served the Northwest Texas Conference 45 years before his 1940 death A Havana Ala native she married there in 1890 and came to Texas in 1907 Her husband served pastorates in several Texas towns and was district superintendent at Big Spring with their son Claude Terry at 2705 39th St
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W. T. Terry
Methodist Church of
Plainview
First Methodist Church
E. E. White
Childress
Terry
Northwest Texas
Havana
Ala
Texas
Big Spring
Claude Terry
39Th St
Scarborough Services Slated In Levelland
Funeral services for J. H. Scarborough 78 a lifelong Hockley County resident set for Friday in Levelland at 2 30 p m at the Fifth Street Church of Christ. Retired farmer born January 18 1881 in Milam County survives by seven sons two sisters and one brother.
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Levelland
J. H. Scarborough
Hockley County
Sete Wek Ames
Tnamaenianen
5Th St. Church of Christ
Dale Self
T. A
Milam County
Ad Ieene
W. T
el Paso
Geenoel Heese
Mule
Robert
Clovis
N. M
Edne
Alamogordo
Hubert
Acuff Farmer V E Railsback Dies At 62
V E Vic Railsback 62 longtime Acuff area farmer died at Methodist Hospital after a monthlong illness. Funeral at 10 a m Monday at Acuff Baptist Church with Rev W O Donley officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by wife three daughters father four brothers three sisters and nine grandchildren.
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V. E
Vic
Railsback
Acuff
Methodist Hospital
Record 30,829 Overseas Motoring Arrivals to Britain
London reports a record 30,829 overseas motorists visited Britain last year, rising from 24,800 in 1957. The figures show growing international motoring ties and higher cross channel travel volumes for the year.
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Britain
London Learns
Funeral services set for Mrs W H Daily Plainview
Mrs. W H Daily 67 of Plainview died at home Friday night after nine weeks illness. Funeral at 2 p m Monday at Pentecostal Church with Revs E D Throckmorton and Floyd Dawson of Lubbock officiating. Burial in Lubbock Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home. Surviving husband a son Jesse V Daily a brother George Patrick and three sisters Mrs R L Beasley and Mrs Lena etc.
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Plainview
W. H. Daily
Pentecostal Church
E. D. Throckmorton
Floyd Dawson
Lubbock
Jesse V. Daily
George Patrick
Daingerfield
R. L. Beasley
Mount Pleasant
Lena
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JU. W. Blake
Lubbock Elks Club
Blake
Elks Lodge
1617
College
Patsy Tucker
A. G. Tucker
25Th St
Tom S. Lubbock
James G. Denton
Victor H. Lindsey
Clifford B. Jones
Little Rock, Ark
Adwane Sport
The
Trav'ler
Lorenzo Area
Mrs. Nichols
Rumsey
Paare Merits
Rae
Ouaranteld
Siamond
Ngonbae
Bach
Scarborough
Brady
Ave
Bix
Avens O Dial
Bose
Rome
Tual
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