Area men return from capital on cotton classing office plan
Three South Plains representatives returned from Washington where they discussed establishing a cotton classing office in Plainview this fall or improving the Lubbock office with humidity control. They met with Department of Agriculture officials, Senate leaders, and noted support from Mahon and Johnson.
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Plainview
South Plains
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Lubbock
Gene Mitchell
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Farm
Raymond Akin
Hale County
Balford Rochelle
Lamb County
Mitchell
F. M. Rhoades
Rodney Whitaker
E. J. Overby
Johnson
Rep. Geoge Mahon
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Howard Gordon
Production and Marketing Administration
Gordon
Board of Trade
Rhoades
Daniel
Rogers
Poage
Mahon
Carl Mundt
South Dakota
Mundt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rites Are Monday For W. E. Russell
W E Russell 87 of 1508 Ave Q died about 6 40 am Saturday at his home Funeral services set for 1 pm Monday in the Rix Funeral Home chapel with the Rev S N Daniels of Lockney Methodist Church officiating Burial will be Crosbyton Cemetery He was a retired farmer who lived in Lubbock three years after coming from Crosbyton Survivors include four sons three daughters a brother 20 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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W. E. Russell
Ave. Q
Rix Funeral Home
Albert Curry Named To Post Of Alderman In Tahoka Vote
Albert Curry won the Tahoka special election to replace Stanley Sigman as alderman. Only 17 ballots were cast with Curry receiving 16 votes and Ross Smith earning one write-in. The term ends in April 1954. Current aldermen are Winston Wharton Herman Heck R H Gibson and Lewis Allsup. Argentina sent its first shipment of chilled beef to Britain in 14 years.
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Tahoka
Albert Curry
Curry
Ross Smith
Stanley Sigman
Winston C. Wharton
Herman Heck
R. H. Gibson
Lewis Allsup
Argentina
Britain
Texas Exemption Highlighted As Housing Boom Surges
United States housing activity rose in April with 110000 new dwellings started, a 13 percent increase from March. Texas saw a drop, part of a western slowdown amid a nationwide boom era, while private residential construction climbed 25 percent and public housing fell to 3500 units.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Texas
Pacific Coast
California
West
Pacific States
E L Mitchell Dies Services Set In Idalou
Funeral services for E L Mitchell 74 retired Idalou farmer will be at 4 p m Sunday at Idalou Church of Christ with Everett Huffard officiating. Burial in Idalou Cemetery. He died Saturday in West Texas Hospital after a stroke at home Friday. Resided in Idalou since 1917 formerly of Jack County. Survived by wife one son two daughters three grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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E. L. Mitchell
Idalou Farmer
Idalou Church of Christ
Everett Huffard
Idalou Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Mitchell
West Texas Hospital
Idalou
Jack County
A. Mitchell
Aachiors
J. Roberts
Lubbock
Mra ‘Smith Shaw
Hearing Set June 27 On Santa Fe Injunction Suit
U.S. District Judge Joseph B. Dooley announced a 9:30 a.m. June 27 hearing on moving the Santa Fe injunction suit from state to federal court. The action stems from a long series of legal maneuvers involving Santa Fe and unions in Amarillo. Cross actions have been filed in 108th District Court over a union shop agreement.
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U.S
Joseph B. Dooley
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Dooley
108Th District Court
Four Nation Talks Open on Burmese Guerrilla Disarmament
Discussions began in Bangkok on May 23 as a four nation military commission begins talks to disarm and withdraw 12,000 Chinese nationalist guerrillas from North Burma. France and Britain also discuss plans for a tunnel across the Channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Four Nation
Burma
France
Britain
Channel
Longtime Lubbock Woman Mary Kittrell Dies at 93
Mary Kittrell, 93, died at her daughter’s home in Lubbock on Saturday evening. Funeral services were held Monday at the Rix Funeral Home chapel with P. J. Ausmus of the Lubbock Primitive Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at East Lawn. She moved to Lubbock in 1927 with husband M. L. Kittrell. he died in 1931. Survivors include three sons W. E. Kittrell of Lubbock Alex Kittrell of Lorenzo Milford Kittrell of McGregor and three daughters L. A. Butts of De Leon J. E. Greenway of Abilene and Mrs Carter of Abilene. Eleven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kittrell
A. B. Alien
Lubbock Rt
Rix Funeral Home
P. J. Ausmus
Lubbock
Last Legal Barrier To Return Of Binion To Texas
The U S Ninth Court of Appeals ordered Las Vegas federal court to drop jurisdiction over Benny Binion, clearing the way for his return to Texas to face income tax evasion charges. Binion warns he would be murdered if sent to Texas and claims the indictment aims to lure him to Dallas for gambling charges.
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Texas
San Francisco
Nevada
Benny Binion
U. S. Ninth Court of Appeals
Federal Court
Las Vegas
Nev
Binion
Dallas
Family memoir line with descendants list
Fragment lists descendants including children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren in a family record. It reflects extended kinship ties without broader context or events.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Seagraves Auto Agency
Gene Day
Ford
Seagraves
Wilbourn Studio
Clint H. Castleberry
College Ave
Lubbock, Texas
Tex
Avelenche-Journal
Sun
Sec
Pege
Dren
Rockies
Colorado
Denver
Cromaryae
Emerson
Cascade
Emerson Space-Baver
Amarillo Hardware Company
23Rd & Ave. A
Grant St
Lubbock Hester's Hwd. Co
Hilton Supply
Household Supply
Melnecke Bros
Hdwe Myers, Herdweare
Brownfield J. B. Knight Hdw
Knight Furniture
Crosbyton Garrison Herdwere
Ploydada Floydada Implement Co
Lamesa Herrington Hdw
Lemesa Hdw
Building Supply
Levelland Bighem Furniture Modern Appliesce
Stecy-Mason
Littlefield Zachery Redle
Lorenzo Carter
Muleshoe
E. R. Hert Co
O'Donnell H. & S
Auto & Home Supply
Olton
Petersburg
Plainview Sterk TV
Seminole
J. B. Knight
Hdw
Fura
Sleton Hardware
Sundown
Pernitare
Tahora
BD. W. Gailgnat
Wolforth
Stapleton Lumber
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