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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1954

Page

2

New Jersey Man Traces Daricek Family Across the Nation

A Houston machine shop remark linked Jessie Dari cek and Carl Daricek as kin and sparked Henry Daricek in Newark to unite relatives from New Jersey to Washington and Texas. He found half siblings and many relatives, with a planned family reunion spanning from Yakima to Kansas and beyond.

Avalanche-Journal Star Houston Newark N. J Yakima Washington Plains of Texas Jessie Lee Daricek Carl Daricek Carl Jessie New Jersey Henry Darriek Dariceks Oklahoma Lubbock W. H. Jernigan Jernigan Daricek Alexandria Henry Daricek A.H. Daricek Maple Avalanche Journal Olbie Coby Wash Doi Kansas Center N.J Frank Daricek Jr Wingate A. H. Daricek Bailey County Daricck Frank A. H Henry

Five Masked Youths Rob Filling Station

Five masked youths robbed a Galena Park service station about 1 a.m. taking 1730 dollars in payroll checks and cash from the safe drawer and attendants. An exchange of shots occurred as the suspects fled, injuring no one and drawing police fire from Officers Brand and Gilbert.

Houston Galena Park Travis Knox W. T. Brown Jimmy Larkin Brown Knox J. R. Brand E. W. Gilbert Jr

Adjustments Slated On Cotton Acreage

The West Texas Chamber of Commerce reports 1955 state and county cotton acreage will be adjusted due to abnormal weather. Frank H. Husbands says Agricultural Secretary Ezra Taft Benson notified him by mail. The chamber notes 80 West Texas counties lost 2,016,717 acres in 1953 vs 1951 and 1,805,627 acres compared with 19. The acreage was not planted due to drought and other conditions.

Abilene Tex West Texas Chamber of Commerce Frank H. Husbands Chamber Ezra Taft Benson Benson West Texas Drouth Husbands

Widow to gain pension under Tojo era law

A government bill would grant the widow of wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo a pension of more than $600 yearly if parliament approves the revision.

Hideki Tojo

Man seeks $500000 in suit over adultery accusation

Houston attorney Percy Foreman sued Norris H. Hooks for $500000 claiming the adultery accusation against him harmed his practice. The charge, dismissed for lack of evidence by a Galveston justice, stems from a May 1 incident at Foreman's beach house related to the Hooks' divorce case.

Houston Percy Foreman Thursday Galveston Justice of the Peace Foreman Wite Norris H. Hooks Lora Hooks

Graduation Sermons At Three Area High Schools

Graduation sermons are set for Plainview Nazareth Levelland Slaton and East Ward Auditorium services at 8 p.m. or 8:15 p.m. with valedictorians and salutatorians named and speakers including Rev J H Wright Dr Wilson H Elkins and Father Peter Marscha. An Egypt air rights note reports Egypt refusing overflight to Indochina by U S planes.

Plainview Gayle McLain Otis McLain Fred Orman Ernest Orman Nazareth High School Peter Marscha Holy Family Church Nazareth Mildred Conrad Leonard Conrad Rubye Mac Annen Raymond Annen Levelland High School Wilson H. Elkins Texas Western College el Paso University of Maryland Slaton Slaton High School East Ward Auditorium

Pajamas by Van Raalte Two Piece Summer Set

Van Raalte pajama set in saucy two piece style for summer slumber or travel. Tricot nylon fabric in Wild Rose and Mimosa. Available sizes small and medium. Price 4.95.

van Raalte

Terms in Hearing Lose Dictionary Worth Explainings

A fragmentary glossary notes how terms like expediting points of order and cross examination are perceived in hearings. It cites Sen Symington and Sen Mundt, Army counsel Joseph Welch, and references to Rockefeller. The piece closes with a note on Transvaal watermelon prices in Cape Town.

Sen Symington D-Mo Mundt R-Sd Special Committee Ray Jenkins Army Joseph Welch John D. Rockefeller

Death claims William D. Click 67 in Lub Bluff area

William D. Click 67 of Lub- Bock died at 3 35 p m Saturday after a long illness. A native of Pulaski Tennessee he had lived in Lub- Bock 26 years and was a retired plaster contractor. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev Brown C Welch presiding burial in East Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers named with honorary mourners listed.

Gick Pulaski Tenn Click Lub- Bock W. D. Click Howardville Woolverton First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Brown C. Welch Fort Loler Estes East Lawn Cemetery McDonald Funeral Chapel Billy Clark Paul Graham Glenn Lattimore Edwin Hatchett Gilbert Hillis Jeptha Martin

Johnson Urges State Commission To Regulate Rates

TEXAS CITY May 22 AUSTIN insurance man and lieutenant governor candidate C T Johnson urged creation of a state electrical utilities commission with power to regulate rates. He cited farmers quitting irrigation due to high electric costs and noted 45 states already use such commissions. He referenced a letter from over 500 Crystal City area farmers seeking federal help for lower rates.

Texas City C. T. Johnson Johnson Electrical Utilities Commission Austin Crystal City

Adventist General Conference Opens in San Francisco

The 47th general conference of Seventh Day Adventists begins in San Francisco on Monday with delegates from 89 countries and an expected attendance of 10 000.

San Francisco General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

Brownfield Pastor to Leave for New England Post

Rev. Tom Keenan of Brownfield Presbyterian will conduct morning worship May 30 and preach his final sermon before moving with his wife and two children to New Haven Connecticut. He will lead the New Haven First Presbyterian Church and pursue graduate studies at Yale University.

Brownfield Tom Keenan First Presbyterian Church Keenan New Haven Conn

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Uabhot Aveta Texas Plains United States Frank J. Daricek Kenally Lamarea Frank Darriek Honna Pope Egypt Cairo Indochina Akhbar al Yom Diorsay Colorado Carter Transvaal Cape Town William D. Click Brownfield Presbyterian New England Post Pario SY
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