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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1958

Page

8

Evangelist Billy Graham Tops San Francisco Attraction

Billy Graham has drawn crowds at the Cow Palace for 13 shows, with attendance exceeding 200000 and standing room only crowds. The revival began April 27 and may extend to June 15, while pledges fall short of the $421000 budget and $90000 remains to be raised.

Haa San Francisco Bay Area Graham San Francisco Cow Palace Cra California New York Nessee Graham Group

Cotton Carnival At Plainview Closes

About 1,500 people filled the auditorium for the second annual Plainview Cotton Carnival talent show on Saturday night. Attendance across three nights reached about 1,000, with 3,000 visiting booths and exhibits Saturday. Winners in age-group talent contests included several Plainview entrants in 5, 9, and 15 year-old divisions, with other acts from Petersburg and Orton.

Plainview Ath Plaing Co-Operative Compress Plaing Cotton Carniv Lockney Dianne Byrd Susanne Ferguson Kress Debra Jones Brenda Simpson Tommy Witten Cheryl Poteet Charleston Orson Monette Smith Stanley Jones George Amergin

Armed Forces Day Talk Planned by Allen Bros Post 148

Members of Allen Bros Post 148 American Legion plan an Armed Forces Day talk at 3 p.m. Monday at the Post 910 Texas Ave to hear a report on the 1958 Legion Junior Baseball Program and discuss post housing committee progress and membership.

Lubbock

Tech Junior Council Names Officers for 1958 59

Texas Tech announces its Junior Council Members for 1958 59 an honorary society for junior women chosen for scholarship leadership and dependability Nineteen sophomores and one junior join Carolyn Porter of Lubbock as president Officers include Ann Danny Wichita Falls Mary Ann Indley Bilie Jean Stroenle reporter chepers parliamentarian McGregor Linda Hagler Alma and others from Lubbock Fort Worth Pasadena Portland Ore and Winters Nancy Wilton Port Arthur chosen as junior The group is advised by Mrs Laura Evans assistant professor of education and Carol Cumming Sea Falls Falls Falls

Mrs Anna Nowell Dies In Lamesa

Mrs Anna Rebecca Nowell 7 a resident of Lamesa since 1943 died at 6 15 am Saturday in Lamesa General Hospital after a long illness Funeral services set for 3 30 pm today at Lamesa Church of Christ with W T Hamilton and John McCoy officiating Burial in Lamesa Cemetery Higginbotham Funeral Home in charge Survivors include two sons Frank L Nowell and Farris C Nowell a sister Mrs R P King Abilene two brothers W T Garrett Abilene and Roger Q Garrett Anson and five and four great grandchildren

Lamesa Anna Rebecca Nowell Lamesa General Hospital Farris C. Nowell Brownfield R. P. King Abilene W.T. Garrett Roger Q. Garrett Anson

Lamesa Resident Clarence Norris Rites Today

Funeral services for Clarence Gayland Norris 46 Dawson County farmer who died Friday afternoon will be held at 2 30 p m today at the First Presbyterian Church Lamesa with Rev Walter Horn officiating Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park under Higginbotham Funeral Home direction Survivors include his widow his father S B Norris of Stanton one sister Mrs George Davis of Stanton and one brother Olen Norris of Lamesa In Memoriam details appear in the report from Lamesa

Lamesa Clarence Gayland Norris Dawson County Walter Horn First Presbyterian Church Lamesa Memorial Park Lof Higginbotham B. Norris Stton George Davis Stanton Olen Norris

Trade in People and Info Bridges U S Soviet Ties

U S and Soviet Russia keep political distance while exchanging science art and culture. Dr George Skriabin a Soviet microbiologist works at Rutgers under Dr Selman Waksman. Van Cliburn winner of the Tchaikovsky piano competition dazzles Moscow audiences. Six American students visit the Soviet Union and vice versa. Moscow reviews Moscow performances by the Movseyev folk dance ensemble and Blanche Thebom in concerts. Smith Kline and French hosts study Russian pharma progress while Soviet experts inspect results of Russian visits. Such exchanges hint at broader non political links unless a crisis interrupts.

Y Thomas FP New York United States Soviet Russia George Skriabin Rutgers University New Brunswick N. J America Selman Waksman Texas van Cliburn Moscow Soviet Union Movseyev Metropolitan Opera Blanche Thebom Smith, Kline Philadelphia Russia Smith Kline

Edwards Rites Set In Littlefield

Funeral services for Haymond Olen Edwards 54 retired farmer will be held at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Littlefield with Dr Lee Hemphill pastor assisted by Rev Pastor of the m Friday following a he was born Aug in Frederick Oklahoma widow Alene M Edwards Littlefield one daughter Mrs Melvin Seymour of Muleshoe two sisters Mrs Mr Emanuel Littlefield and Mrs Ell Northcutt Muleshoe and three grandchildren

Mlefield Haymond Olen Edwards First Baptist Church Lee Hemphill Aug Frederick Okla Alene M. Edwards Little’ Sfield Melvin Seymour Muleshoe Muleshoe; Two Sisters, Mrs. Mr. Emanuel, Littlefield Ell Northcutt

Britons Walk Through Bus Driver Strike In Stride

London endures a bus strike as 50 000 drivers walk out for higher wages forcing many, including stenographer Janet Canwell, to walk to work. Some find walking quicker and friendlier. others explore roller skates, water scooters, bicycles, and river rides.

London Jlanet Canwell Britain Thames

Funeral services for Corine Carson held in Seagraves

Funeral services for Corine Carson 54 former Seagraves resident who died in Long Beach California will be held at 3 p m today at Twelfth Street Church of Christ with Orville Miller minister officiating Burial will be in Seagraves Cemetery under Joe Webb Funeral Home direction Survivors include son G W Carson of Loving and daughter Mra enson of Casa Grande Arizona

Seagraves Corine Carson Long Beach Calif Twelfth Street

Painter Bleeds After Lean from Blast at New York Hospital

Clarence Bolton 34 of East Orange New Jersey leaped from a 14th floor window at New York Hospital after an explosion while he renovated a room. He landed on a 12th floor sundeck and is in serious condition with extensive burns. Bolton underwent a tracheotomy and was removing varnish with a solvent when the blast occurred.

New York New York Hospital Clarence Bolton East Orange Nut Bolton

Alert Driver Saves Couple From Car In Water Filled Ditch

In Hernando Mississippi CW Curtis 20 formerly of Biloxi recounts how a pickup driver used a chain to pull his upside down car from a four foot deep water filled ditch. The driver who left before a wrecker arrived saved the couple and disappeared.

Hernando Biloxi Miss Curtis Keesler Air Force Base Kansas

71 Passengers Escape Serious Injuries In Plane Crash

A Flying Boxcar crash landed at Harmon Field near Stephenville Newfoundland injuring few aboard. The nose wheel collapsed on landing from Europe to a New York base, causing the aircraft to slide on its side. Ambulances moved injured to hospital. TCA flight delayed. New Caledonia reports a salvage offer for wartime ships wrecked on reefs.

Missiag Stephenville Nfld U.S. Armed Forces Harmon Field Air Force Fuerope New York Trans-Canada Air Lines New Caledonia Noumea New Zealand New Caledonian

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