Seagraves Honors King Cotton With Community Festivities
Huge crowds cheered King Cotton as Seagraves hosted a Main Street style show with 60 local models in cotton dresses. Students won in the What Cotton Means To My Community essay and poster contests, sharing medals and more than 750 in prizes. Local officials and state candidates spoke during the day event, with masters of ceremonies County Judge Charles E. Lawrence and Ike Moore. National Cotton Week activities began with a Rotary Lions luncheon featuring Raymond King of Lubbock Cottonoil Co.
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Seagraves
King Cotton
Main Street
Margaret Garland Noble
O'Donnell
Stephen Haley
Charles E. Lawrence
Ike Moore
Seagraves Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Lions Club
Raymond King of
Lubbock Cottonoil Co
17 Year Old Lubbock Youth Charged With Dope Possession
A 17 year old, James Griffin of 19th Street and Ash Avenue, was charged with marijuana possession after an arrest Friday at a cafe on FE 19th Street. He remained in county jail on a $1500 bond after reportedly trying to conceal a suspected item by swallowing it.
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Lubbock
James Griffin
19Th St
Ash Ave
Griffin
Justice Court
Mexico to Raise Postal Rates Next Month
Mexico City reports postal rates will rise to reduce the deficit. Ordinary first class letters go from 20 to 30 centavos, about 2.4 U.S. cents. Air mail increases from 30 to 50 centavos, about 4 U.S. cents.
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Mexico
Mexico City
U.S
U. S.S
Brannan Seeks Democratic Nomination for Senate Seat
Former Agriculture Secretary Charles F. Brannan announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate seat held by Republican Eugene D. Millikin. Brannan highlighted redirection of federal policies and a focus on foreign affairs and economic opportunity, with no firm farming-plan pledges.
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Gordon G. Gauss
Denver
Agriculure
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Truman
U. S. Senate
Senate
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
United States
Millikin
John A. Carroll
Carroll
Gordon Allott
Roaring Springs High School Commencement Set
Roaring Springs will graduate 14 seniors with Dr. Seymour V. Connor of Texas Tech delivering the commencement address. Valedictorian Gena Vee Harmon leads with a 92.11 GPA and salutatorian Myrna Bailey has 90.16.
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Roaring Springs
Roaring Springs High School
Seymour V. Connor
Texas Tech
Gena Vee Harmon
Arthur Harmon
Myrna Bailey
Marion Bailey
S. N. Davis Jr
Norma Redd
Roy Mathis
Gena Lee Harmon
Maxine Hook
Barbara Dye
Lester Mullins
Sallie Hipp
Ted Alsup
Bob Lewis
Rebecca Cooper Graham
Don Warren
Tommy Allen
Delinquency Rise Highlighted by Children’s Bureau Chief
Dr. Martha M. Eliot, head of the Children’s Bureau, says juvenile delinquency rose nine percent in 1955 from 1954. About 500000 children ages 10 to 17 entered juvenile courts as the youth population grew about three percent, while FBI data show police arrests of under eighteens up 11.4 percent.
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Washington
Martha M. Eliot
Children's Bureau
Eliot
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shriners to Gather in Houston for State Convention
About 6,000 Texas Shriners are expected in Houston next week for their annual state convention. W Kendall Baker potentate of the Arabia Temple Shrine and president of the Texas Shrine Assn said reservations come from 10 Texas temples. National officers and representatives from several out of state temples and a Mexican temple will attend.
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Houston
W. Kendall Baker
Arabia Temple Shrine
Texas Shrine Assn
Texas
Democratic Convention Manager Quiet On Quit Reasons
William Neal Roach, who abruptly resigned as Democratic convention manager, flew to Washington after submitting his notice to Paul M. Butler. Roach refused to explain his departure, saying he cannot tell why he resigned. Butler dismissed any rift, noting a new manager would be named next week and Roach would aid during transition.
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Chicago
William Neal Roach
Washington
Roach
Paul M. Butler
Bethesda
Butler
Indianapolis
National Committee
India Hikes Round-Trip Fares To Boost Rail Travel
India's railways will introduce round-trip fares at 1 percent of the single ticket for journeys over 300 miles to spur heavier travel.
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India
Arizona Man Given Five Year Suspended Sentence
Ray Davis 36 of Coolidge Arizona was convicted of the shotgun shooting March 29 1953 at a Big Spring hotel in which his wife’s uncle Bob Childers was shot. Davis received a five year suspended sentence after a prior 20 year term was reversed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Davis testified I did not intend to kill anyone seeking reconciliation with his wife who was also shot. Childers manager of the hotel. Davis wife Patricia Huggins testified for the state.
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Midland
Ray Davis
Coolidge, Ariz
Bob Childers
Big Spring
Court of Criminal Appeals
Davis
Childers
Patricia Huggins
Re-Wed Pair Ships Honeymoon To Pay For Earlier Divorce
Charles and Audrey Bembridge of Derby England divorced six months ago and decided to marry again last week. They opted for no honeymoon and will work to pay off the remaining 23 pounds debt from the divorce, about 64 dollars.
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Derby
England
Charles
Audrey Bembridge
Bembridges
Bembridge
Toronto University group studies Salmon Glacier depth for potential tunnel
A seven member University of Toronto expedition has traveled to Salmon Glacier in the Coast Range of British Columbia to measure depth. Led by Dr. John Jacobs, the team believes findings could support a tunnel through the ice to allow ore shipments by Canada instead of the Alaska Panhandle.
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Toronto
University of Toronto
Salmon Glacier
Coast Range
British Columbia
John Jacobs
Canada
Alaska Panhandle
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Preston Smith
Kilmer Corbin
Carroll Cobb
Smith
Cobb
Gaines County
Wester Roberts
Lamesa
Watkin
I Campbells Organic Base
Yio
Houston Texas
Green Light
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Williamson Seed CO
Lubbock Porter
Avenue H
4Th Street
Kellogg's
National Farmers’ Union
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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First Baptist Church of
Balls
Henry Teague
McAdoo
Bert Green
Johnnie Durham
Children’s Bureau
Reese Air Force Base
H. C. Salter
Salter
U.S. Army Reserve
Jim Fickle
41St St
Bob Spears
21St St
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Parker
Walt
Arizona
U. S. Patent Office
U. S. Department of Agriculture
China
America
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Gow
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ELGIN
Lester's
Broadway, Lubbock, Tex
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