Road-E-O Winner To Go To State Contest
Lubbock County teen-agers competed in a four part obstacle course at Municipal Airport for the second annual Teen-age Road-E-O. The winner earns an all expense paid trip to Austin to join the statewide event after a driving test and comprehensive examination.
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Lubbock County
Municipal Airport
Lubbock
The
Traffic Commission
Texas Highway Patrol
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lubbock City
Reese Air Force Base
Gordon Graves
M. W. McCurry
Sanford B. Lee
Department of Public Safety
Joe Lopez
Bill Cox
Clay Bednar
Two Young People Aid Mission Work
Two members of First Christian Church are set for summer mission projects. Don Elliott, 19, will join a Jamaica team July 15 to August 20 aiding hurricane-damaged church buildings. Jane Breedlove, 17, will teach Bible classes and assist children at All Peoples Christian Church in Los Angeles from June 9 to August 15. Elliott studies pre med at Texas Tech. Breedlove is a pre med junior at Tech and DSF service chairman.
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First Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Fred Jobs
Texas Tech Christian Foundation
Don Elliott
Ennis Elliott
15Th St
Tn 20
Jamaica
British West Indies
Fllcott
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Jane Breedlove
Walter Breedlove
17Th St
All Peoples Christian Church
Los Angeles
United Christian Missionary Society
DSF
Post Rites Planned For Hobbs Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde Wau gaman of Hobbs will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Methodist Church in Post. She died Friday in the Methodist Hospital in Houston after illness since February. She is survived by her husband, three brothers Pryor Hammons of Littlefield Bud Hammons of Lubbock and Cecil Hamons Vega and three sisters Mrs. Dela Smith of Flovda Mrs. Jack Ruggles of Phoenix Arizona and Mrs. Mae Hillard of Hobbs.
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Hobbs
Clyde Waugaman
Methodist Church
Post
Waugaman
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Pryor Hammons
Littlefield
Bud Hammons
Lubbock
Cecil Hamons Vega
Dela Smith
Flovdada
Jack Ruggles
Phoenix
aAriz
Mae Hillard
Close City Competes in Neighborhood Progress Contest
POST May 7 report shows Close City in its second year of Rural Neighborhood Progress Contest. Read through 4 Cs program since May 1955 with 29 families in the neighborhood, 2 491 crowland acres and 37 officers of the 40's Club led by Alvin Young president, Chester Morris vice president, and Mrs L H Peel secretary treasurer.
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40’S Club
Alvin Young
Chester Morris
L. H. Peel
Cab Driver Robbed and Stripped After Four Mile Walk
Anahuac Texas cab driver J. W. Raggan, 45, was robbed Friday night by a gunman who forced him to walk naked four miles to seek aid. Raggan slipped to a Stanolind oil camp to call for help. The suspect M. J. Hawkins, a Negro, was arrested early Saturday after abandoning Raggan's cab at Anahuac cemetery. The $76 taken from Raggan was recovered.
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Anahuac
Tex
Raggan
Otter
Local and Army News From Lubbock Area
Dr. Ivan G. Mayfield recovering satisfactorily at U.S. Naval Hospital Corpus Christi after April 25 surgery. Cpl. Bill W. Davidson on 18 day leave to visit family. en route to El Toro Calif. Electronics graduate from Memphis training and Texas Tech alumnus. R. H. Hindman resting well after surgery in Lubbock. Gerry Morse to speak at Lubbock YMCA session. Dan Pitt to lead discussion. Latin American Youth Center to hold tacky party at 2492 14th St. Rachel Bustillins chairs. YMCA dinner for Mothers and others hosted by Single Guys and Gals. Marine Pfc. Gleave D. Drury arrives in Yokosuka from Korea, unit to return soon to Santa Ana. Eight-year-old Norma Wilkins treated for head laceration from fall. released. R. B. McAlister improves after heart attack, in Methodist Hospital.
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Ivan G. Mayfield
30Th St
Lubbock
U.S. Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi
Cpl
Bill W. Davidson
LaFawn Davidson
Ave. N
R. J. Jeffers
18Th St
Naval Air Technical Training Command
Memphis
Texas Tech
Pfc
Gleave D. Drury
Clyde Beasley
Wilson
Yokosuka
Japan
Korea
Marine Air Group 33
1St Marine Air Wing
United States
Fl Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Calif
Three Men Injured in Butane Tank Explosion Farm Incident
Three men were badly burned when a large butane tank exploded on a farm 14 miles south of MCCAMEY during a moving operation. Rodriguez about 24 Tomas about 13 and Rejino about 45 were injured with two in serious condition and one critically hurt. The blast occurred when a pipe connection broke as the trio moved the tank.
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McCamey
Butane Rodriguez
Tomas
Rejino
Here
Else Rejino
Benny
Vaughn Rites Set At Littlefield
Funeral services for Henry Hamilton Vaughn 68 will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the 9th Street Church of Christ in Littlefield. Burial will be in Littlefield Cemetery. Vaughn died Friday at Olton Memorial Hospital after a stroke. He was a 13 year resident of Littlefield. Survivors include son Wilburn Hereford two daughters Mrs D E Layman Earth and Miss Fidith Vaughn Littlefield.
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Littlefield
Henry Hamilton Vaughn
9Th Street Church of Christ
Hammons
Wilburn
Hereford
D. E. Layman
Earth
Fidith Vaughn
National Home Demonstration Week Observed In Post
Exhibits by Garza County’s six home demonstration clubs mark the 19th annual National Home Demonstration Week. Projects include emergency food storage, winter woolens, reading center, safety, home stead planning, and cake baking. Club presidents lead about 69 members across Fifty Five, Town and Country, Home and Community Builders, Graham, Sunshine, and Barnum Springs clubs.
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Luther Bilberry
Sexton Huntley
Herman Messer
Home and Community Builders
J. L. Williams
Sunshine Club
Glenn Davis Graham
Wes. J. W. Long
Barnum Springs Club
Land Control Echoes of Early U S Policy
The article notes that the United States government once held about sixty percent of the land now within the United States. It discusses the historical shift as public domain lands were transferred to private ownership and state governments through policy actions and sales.
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United State Government
United States
Crude Allowable Falls With May Schedule In Effect
ASTIN May 7 The average calendar day crude oil allowable dropped to 3 109 021 barrels a day a decline of 206 527 from a week earlier as the May producing schedule started. The Railroad Commission weekly drilling report shows 242 new oil wells 11 gas wells and 150 dry holes completed this week. Totals for the year: 5 106 oil wells 363 gas wells 2 355 dry holes. Wildcatting yielded five oil wells one gas well and 14 dry holes.
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Astin
Railroad Commission
Making Sandwiches Then Stacking and Slicing Double or Triple
A home cook demonstrates a method for preparing multiple sandwiches by stacking two or three together and slicing through all at once with a sharp bread knife. This technique speeds assembly while keeping portions uniform.
U S Policy Shifts Threaten Philippine Allies
The Manila Chronicle warns that U S foreign policy shifts threaten its friends in Southeast Asia. It says changes in tone and color by the hour create derision and contempt toward America, calling Southeast Asia the biggest victim of American vaccination.
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Manila
P. I
Manila Chronicle
United States
America
Far East
The
Chronicle
U. S
Southeast Asia
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