Postal Pay Raises Assured Yet Amount Uncertain
The nation’s 500000 postal workers are promised a pay raise this year though the size remains uncertain. House Post Office Chair Tom Murray says a 7.6 percent option could win White House support if Eisenhower vetoes the 8.8 percent bill. Murray foresees House approval and a possible Senate vote next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Donovan
Tom Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office Committee
Eisenhower
Lubbock Students Earn Writing Honors in National Contest
Two Lubbock students achieved top honors in a national scholastic writing contest. Frank Clover, 17, won for a short story while Jo Anne Warren, 14, took first in poetry. The Shaeffer Pen Co run the event for Scholastic Magazine, with 45 000 entries from 48 states and judges who were notable authors. Each winner receives a certificate, award, gold key, and 25 dollars.
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Lubbock
Frank Clover
Jo Anne Warren
Clover
Jo Anne
Scholastic Magazine
Shaeffer Pen Co
Chess Exhibit Seeks Boards For Koltanowski Appearance
Local call to bring chess boards and pieces to the George Koltanowski exhibition at 7 p.m. in K N Clapp Party House. W C Marshall of the Lubbock Chess Club invites players and observers, with out of town entrants welcome and a small entry fee. Koltanowski is a West Coast expert known for simultaneous and blindfold events.
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George Koltanowski
W. C. Marshall
Lubbock
Marshall
Floydada
Koltanowski
San Francisco
Backyard Supper Hosts Salesmen and Wives
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Kerr entertained Tom's Roasted Peanuts salesmen and their wives with a steak supper Saturday night at their home. Guests included Billy Knox G S Henderson Roy Hobbs Gerriel Lyda Wilson Hollars Bill McCasland David Bell H L Jackson age to Lubbock John Knox Brownfield Clyde Doherty Littlefield James Nixon Clovis NM Emery Lea Hobbs NM Tom Kaigler Michard A T Broadwell Colorado City Homer Simpson Seminoe.
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Wright Kerr
Billy Knox
G. S. Henderson
Roy Hobbs
Gerriel Lyda
Wilson Hollars
Bill McCasland
David Bell
H. L. Jackson
Lubbock
John Knox
Brownfield
Clyde Doherty
Littlefield
James Nixon
Clovis
N. M
Emery Lea
Hobbs
Tom Kaigler
Michard
A. T. Broadwell
Colorado City
Homer Simpson
Semino'e
NEW FREEDOM FROM THE LAXATIVE DRUG HABIT
Kellogg's All Bran is promoted as the original whole bran cereal. The ad claims a daily dish with milk aids fitness and intestinal tone improving regular elimination. It promises double your money back if not on schedule within 10 days and notes Kellogg's of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Michigan
Funeral Services for James M Inklebarger
James Marshall Inklebarger a 69 year old Lamb County farmer died Thursday of a heart attack at his Littlefield home three miles east of town He was honored with funeral services Friday at Littlefield First Methodist Church Burial followed in Littlefield Cemetery Hammons Funeral Home directed he is survived by four daughters five brothers and one sister and ten grandchildren
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Littlefield
James Marshall Inklebarger
Littlefield First Methodist Church
Harry Vanderpool
Inklebarger
Lamb County
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammons Funeral Home
Sherman
Shamrock
H. B. Merrifield
Harman Brown
Dean Sanders
A. C
L. J
Hereford
I. O
San Aldo
California
Clarence
Lake Charles
J. R
Spade
Essie Clark
Shasta
Calif
Denver Couple Files for Marriage License
Seth Dis mounts Thrice of Denver seeks a marriage license to wed Katherine Chasing Horse in Denver. The filing was recorded Friday in the county clerk's office.
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Denver
Seth
Katherine Chasing Horse
1955 Cover Girl Ruth Moore chosen by Jacksonville Beach Chamber
Ruth Moore, crowned 1955 Cover Girl by the Jacksonville Beach Chamber of Commerce, has won multiple beauty titles including Miss Legs. The pose is used on highway billboards and the front of the chamber’s new four color travel folder.
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Ruth Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Moore
Bell Appeals For Drouth Aid In South Texas District
Representative Bell of Cuero asks President Eisenhower to grant drought relief to his South Texas district. He cites a grave economic and social emergency from five years of drought, noting 13 of 19 counties are already eligible for federal disaster aid and urging inclusion of the remaining six.
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Rep
Bell
Ike
Washington
Dtex
Eisenhower
South Texas
Cuero
Texas
Lubbock Residents Attend Amarillo Personnel Course
About 30 Lubbock residents will take a one day course on Human Relations and Management in Amarillo. Dr J L Rosenstein, a psychologist and author, will conduct the session for the Panhandle Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers with endorsements from local associations. The Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel hosts the event with topics on supervision human nature leadership safety and teamwork. A 60 page set of notes will be handed out and the price is 6 50 per person.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
J. L. Rosenstein
Spon
Panhandle
American Society of Safety Engineers
The
Panhandle Personnel Association
Texas Manufacturers Association
Texas Safety Association
Rosenstein
University of Miami At
Coral Gables
Fla
Department of Management
Loyola University
National War Labor Board
Career Planning Council of America
Red China marks 60th anniversary of radio invention
Peiping radio reports that Red China celebrated the 60th anniversary Friday of the invention of the radio by Russian scientist N S Popov. Most history books credit Marconi with the first radio on June 2 1896, 59 years ago.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red China
N. S. Popov
Marchese G. Marconi
Britain
Action On Canadian River Bill Delayed
The Canadian River Bill approved by the Legislature to allow federal financing of an 85 million project awaits Gov. Allan Shivers signature. The governor has not stated if he will sign. The act would modify the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority structure set two years ago. J O Mack president of Houston Pipeline Building Firm dies in Houston at age 70 after two months illness.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
J. O. Mack
Houston Pipeline Building Firm
Houston
Baton Rouge
Miami
Fla
Oil executive Mack plans long Gulf Coast pipeline network
Mack, a veteran Gulf Coast oil operator, organized several firms and led Houston Texas Oil & Gas Co. which on March 22 announced preliminary plans for a 950 mile pipeline. The route would connect at the Mississippi River with a 350 mile Texas line proposed by Coastal Transmission Corp. The plan includes dam water control and funding from the federal government, subject to district payments.
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Gulf Coast
Mack
the Co
Houston Texas Oil & Gas Co
Mississippi River
Texas
Coastal Transmission Corp
Trict
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Brownfield Hwy
Din
College Ave
Clovis Hwy
Shallowater
U.S. 84
Ed Love
Southwestern Public Service Co
American Investors Life
Lubbock General Agency
W. Ken Rogers
Porter
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Food Freezer
New Frigidaire Cold Pantry
Sherwood Green
Stratford
Dulux
Arthur Godfrey
General Motors
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