H S U Honors Area Youth Awarded Minter Medal
Hilton Hemphill a Hardin-Simmons University senior and Littlefield High School alumnus has won the Minter Medal for top scholastic record at H S U. He also earned Outstanding ROTC Cadet in his class and becomes the first ROTC cadet honored in four years. He will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors.
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Hilton Hemphill
Hardin-Simmons University
Littlefield High School
Minter
H-Su
Young Hemphil
Lee Hemphill
Littlefield
C. W. Hemphill
Coleman
Minter Dry Goods Co
Hemphill
Hardin-Simmons
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Hsu
Multiple Thefts Reported Including Baby Clothes And Cattle Feed
Varied theft losses were reported to sheriff's deputies and police, including baby clothes diapers a diaper pail and cash in hand from residences on 2nd Street and 46th Street. Cattle feed stolen from a barn area at 78th Street and College Avenue. Other losses included a hearing aid cash jade necklace gun titles and tools. GRADUATION PLANNED OLTON 41 graduates to receive diplomas Friday at the school auditorium. Sir Winston Churchill visited the House of Commons for half an hour in London for a second week of visits.
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Bob McCrea
Ave. X
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JW. Reid
Serth St
78Th St
College Ave
Louise Bills
47Th St
Juanita Stephens
46Th St
Western Body Works
Texas Ave
Sheriff's
Olton
Olton High School
P.m
Harold D. Carson
John F. Lewis
Joe Turner
Ray Bass
Luly Kock
Parliament
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
The
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Senate approves land sale for Texas Tech housing
The Texas Senate backed a bill to sell part of the Texas Tech campus to the Inter-Fraternity Housing Corp for sorority and fraternity lodges. Funds go to the general revenue. Gov signs Blanchard measures and Parsley resolution. Bills take effect 90 days after adjournment.
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Bill Parsley
Lubbock
Blanchard
Texas Tech
Parsley
Congress
Two Explosions Hit Local Areas Injuring One
A Lubbock man received second degree burns at 748 pm when gasoline fumes ignited from a water heater at a used furniture shop located at 605 4th St. Heavy damage followed. Seven minutes earlier a separate blast at 704 Ave 1 damaged a residence, lifting the north roof edge while Maria Castellon, living at 702 Ave L, and others escaped injury.
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Lubbock
Joe Cawley
4Th St
Cawley
Harder
Ave. 1
J. H. Wilson
Ave. L
Maria Castellon
Pillow magnate ships foam rich decor in vast quantities
A Chicago pillow tycoon uses 65 car loads of latex foam rubber 5 million yards of fabric in 500 shades 5 million spools of thread and 2 million slide fasteners annually to make 6 million dollars worth of foam rubber decorator pillows.
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New York
UPI
Chiago
Community News Briefs From Lubbock Area
The Single Guys and Gals Club at the YMCA hosts Crazy Bridge at 7 30 p m with Don Kittrell and Bettie Greer in charge and Weldon Jones giving devotion. An executive committee meeting is slated for 6 30 p m at Ming Tree with reservations via Kittrell or phone numbers. Funeral services for KK P Hurd, 72, are at Elliott Funeral Home Abilene with survivors including his wife and two brothers. A Southwestern Industrial Traffic League meeting opens at 9 a m with about 75 attendees at Pioneer Hotel led by Walter B Smith Jr. A credit management educational session is set for 7 30 p m at Lubbock National Bank featuring Bob Garner. Red Cross Disaster Institute sessions run today through Thursday. An explosion at 1 30 p m destroys a shop behind Fred Wright’s home on Dartmouth. Felony charges filed against Santiago Afanador and Alton Clevenger. USDA marks 50 years of marketing services with cotton industry notes and history of classification and market-news use.
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YMCA
14Th St
Don Kittrell
Bettie Greer
Weldon Jones
Ming Tree
19Th St
Kittrell
C. C. Coffee
21St St. Hert Lubbock
KK. P. Hurd
Abilene
Elliott Funeral Home
Southwestern Industrial Traffic League
Pioneer Hotel League
Walter B. Smith Jr
Foreman
Ark
Lubbock Assn. of Credit Management, Inc
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Bob Garner
Law Firm
Brock, Wright, Waters & Galey
Association
Lubbock Man Is Found Innocent Of DWT Charge
Jurors in County Court at Law No 1 found Charles Donald Blount, 98, 4407 43rd St, not guilty of driving while intoxicated after his Oct 2 arrest. Judge James A. Ellis presided. The case list also notes other defendants facing charges including shoplifting, weapons violations, and DWI with license suspension, with various bonds and fines set.
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Lubbock
Blount
43Rd St
Tom Elliott
Foreman
George Birdwell
M. Milstead
Norman C. Duke
Leonard Brown
Dale R. Long
James A. Ellis
Elmo Dolling
28Th St
Hemphill-Wells
Ave. J
Ellis
Anthony Burke Bullard
Ave. P
Pat Moore
Law No
Elis
Louis Lopez
Harvard St
Natividad Gonzales Florez
Ave. F
Gilbert Trejo
David St
Ruperto R. Ramos
5Th St
Carl Oral Hagan
Ave. C
William Richardson
29Th St
Elfren C. Lucero
3Rd St
Plains Farming Cotton Classing Marks 50th Year
Plains area celebrates 50 years of cotton classing under the Smith-Doxey Act allowing USDA grading for farmer groups. The micronaire testing service begins, charging eight cents per sample, with farmer ginners applying by July 1. Wheat referendum notes caution that cotton and other crop producers will vote separately. staff changes at the National Cotton Council shift European promotion operations to Brussels.
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USDA
Palmer
Mike
Twirlers From Sundown Lead Local Invitational Contest
Six twirlers from Sundown and neighboring towns competed in an Invitational contest Saturday. Most outstanding honors went to Judy Danney and Barbara Spencer both listed from Levelland, with Diane Davis Petersburg and Hank Fay Overman Sundown earning class awards.
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Seventssix
Seminole
Lubbock
Plains
Lockney
Muleshoe
Judy Danney
Levelland
Barbara Spencer
Diane Davis
Petersburg
Hiail Fay Overman
Mach
Mick Neel
Bill Woods
Two Area Students Receive A M Awards
Malcolm Earl Hickman Jr of Balls and Joe Wood Lindley of Plainview, both four-year veterinary students at Texas A&M, won AVMA awards at the campus banquet. Hickman received the Martin Award, a $150 instrument prize from C J Martin and Sons Co. of Austin, for outstanding clinical performance. Lindley earned the AVMA Auxiliary Award, worth $590, for campus involvement and the favorable impression he projects of the profession.
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Balls
Texas A&m
Joe Wood Lindley
Plainview
A&m
American Veterinary Medical Association
Hickman
Martin
C. J. Martin and Sons Co
Austin
AVMA
Lindley
Kuwait Recognized by Poland and Romania in London
The Communist regimes of Poland and Romania recognized the Middle East kingdom of Kuwait, the Kuwaiti embassy announced in London on Monday.
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London
UPI
Poland
Romania
May Wheat Surges on Short Covering at Chicago Board
Urgent short covering lifted the May wheat future sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade amid firm to strong grains and soybeans. Large open interest in May wheat and recent sales to Spain reduced tender hopes as Chicago stocks moved, with soybeans and rye gaining in spots and mixed feed grains activity. May wheat closed up 7 to 9 cents, May at 2.18 3 to 2.13 1/2, corn mixed, oats down, rye up, soybeans higher.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Spain
Grain futures price quotes from Fort Worth and Chicago markets
Fort Worth grain prices show wheats oats and corn with modest moves while Chicago markets report various No 2 and No 4 yellow corn prices and bean and barley quotes. Potatoes and wool prices also appear with mixed regional shifts and shipments data.
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Fort Worth
Six Injured In Traffic Crash At Zenith and Parkway
Six people were injured in a Monday night crash at Zenith Avenue and Parkway Drive. Mrs. Glenn Cherry and four children were hospitalized with injuries along with Sammy Jobe, 13. A second crash at 50th Street and Boston Avenue injured James Karl Nipp and was treated and released.
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George
Jay
Sammy Jobe
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Julia Lock
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Jobe Boy
George Cherry
James Karl Nipp
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Boston Ave
West Texas Hospital
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Marvin Chester iGraves
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