93 Year Old Plainview Resident Named Pioneer Woman of the Year
Mrs. Sarah Jane Ross Jarvis, 93, hailed as the "Florence Nightingale of the Plains," was chosen Pioneer Woman of the Year at the 41st Pioneer Round-up in Plainview. She arrived in 1911 as the community’s first nurse and later led the hospital nursing staff for nine years, with Red Cross service in World War I. The day featured parades, awards for TOPS Club and Home Demonstration Club, and honors for Daisy McClung and O. B. Jackson on long marriage.
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Red Cross
Hale County Red Cross
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Hale County Agricultural
Tops Club
Mother Goose School
Paducah
Hart
Bill Whitesides
Daisy McClung
Honolulu
O. B. Jackson
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Reception for Senator Yarborough Draws 200+ Attendees in Lubbock
U S Senator Ralph Yarborough was greeted by more than 200 friends and supporters at a Saturday reception at the In Town Inn in Lubbock. Attendees ranged from longtime political associates to a 17 year old Union High School student curious about politics, with Lubbock attorney Ralph Brock hosting. Earlier, Yarborough attended dedication ceremonies and an open house for a USDA cotton ginning research lab.
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South Plains
In Town Inn
Union High
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Brock
Lubbock
Yarborough
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Magnesium Co. Names New Directors and Tours Snyder Plant
The American Magnesium Co. announces its newly elected board meeting in Tulsa. Directors toured the Snyder plant ahead of July production start. National Steel Co. has bought a 30 percent stake in American Magnesium. The company will process salt deposits in Borden County into magnesium for national and international distribution.
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American Magnesium Co
National Steel Co
American Magnesium
Borden County
White South Dakota hosts peaceful beer weekend after Zap riot
Hundreds of college aged youths gathered in White to drink and avoid trouble after Zap. South Dakota Highway Patrol kept guards outside town while a five piece band entertained in a park. The tavern Sing's Place reported booming beer sales as most visitors left by night.
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N.D
Zap
North Dakota
South Dakota
Hghway
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
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Sing
Irwin Singsaas
South Dakota State University
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Pair nabbed in Virginia for Penn coed kidnapping ransom
Edward Lee Dull 39 and Alvina Spriggs 22 were arrested in Petersburg after abducting Anne Elizabeth Jenkins 22 of Waterloo Iowa and extorting $10000 from her banker father Richard Jenkins. Magistrate set May 22 for prelim hearing. both plea insolvency. Jenkins recovered in Baltimore hospital.
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UPI
University of Pennsylvania
Barney
Racial Rioting Causes Traced By Malaysian Prime Minister
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Prime Minister Abdul Rahman on television attributed the Malay island riot to a mix of Communist terrorists paid saboteurs and members of secret societies funding the trouble He said the emergency government led by deputy Tun Abdul Razak was fully engaged in ending the state of emergency as order began to return to the capital.
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Malaysia
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Rahman
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Abdul Razak
Pope Paul VI Likely to Visit Sardinia
Msgr Paolo Botto told a farewell crowd in Cagliari that Pope Paul VI plans a Sardinia visit but gave no date. A Vatican source said the pontiff would like to go and would likely schedule it after mid June regional elections to avoid campaign interference.
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No One Hurt As Bullets Hit Brooks Super Market
Police investigated a noon shooting at Brooks Super Market 202 Ave H. Two Latin Americans in a black car shot at a third man. bricks and windows damaged. Two men in a similar car stopped later. no ID. Separate stabbing and beating incidents left Jim Hunter hospitalized briefly and Mike Kelley treated for a left arm stab. Texas has about 425 golf courses one per 24 000 residents.
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56Th St
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