Shirley Morton Weds Richard Marriott in Candlelight Ceremony
Shirley Ann Morton and Richard Talmage Marriott exchanged double ring vows at 7 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church with Rev. H. F. Scott officiating. The bride’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morton. the groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marriott of Slaton. The bride wore a white silk gown with scalloped neckline and lace veil. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs. Curtis Christopher and bridesmaids Miss Sharon Rhoads and Miss Donna Morton. Best man Larry Clark. groomsmen Jim Lowry and Richey Polk. Ushers were Fred Marriott, John Frank Davis, and Don Morton. Flower girl Lisa Clary. Honeymoon to Dallas. the couple to reside in Slaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Clark
Slaton
Jim Lowry
Richey Polk
Fred Marriott
John Frank Davis
Don Morton
Paul Trout
Carolyn
Slaton High School
Texas Tech
Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumbebrb Co
Marriott
N. 20Th St
Hobby Club Tea Meeting At Lubbock Clubhouse
The Hobby Club held a Friday tea at the Lubbock Women's Clubhouse with Mrs. Bryan Edwards delivering a talk on the Excitement Of Being A Woman. Ninety five guests attended the final club meeting of the year as new officers were installed: C. L. Stores president, Marvin C. Robinson vice president, K. G. Rafferty secretary, J. W. Kinard treasurer, and Jack Barnes reporter.
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Hobby Club
Lubbock Women's Clubhouse
Bryan Edwards
Ninty
C. L. Stores
Marvin C. Robinson
K. G. Rafferty
J. W. Kinard
Jack Barnes
Miss Anne Shamburger Bride Elect Honored At Party
Miss Anne Shamburger bride elect of Bill Sanders was honored with a Sunday dessert party at Mrs. George Nelsons home. Special guests were Mrs. Roy Shamburger and Mrs. Morris T. Sanders, mothers of the couple, with pink flowers decorating the serving table and lingerie given as a hostess gift.
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Anne Shamburger
Bill Sanders
George Nelson
31St St
Roy Shamburger
Morris T. Sanders
Miss Pat Eskridge Honored Before June Wedding
Miss Pat Eskridge bride elect of Ronnie McAfee was feted at a tea hosted by Mrs. George Cole at 1617 28th Street. Other hostesses were Miss Linda Bowen and Mrs. John Fann. The couple plans to marry June 7 at Parkway Drive Baptist Church.
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Pat Eskridge
Ronnie McAfee
George Cole
28Th St
Linda Bowen
John Fann
Eskridge
McAfee
Parkway Drive Baptist Church
Breakfast honors graduating senior at Lubbock High
Miss Meta Ulrich hosted a breakfast at the Pancake House honoring her nephew Rob Adair a senior at Lubbock High. Special guests included Mr and Mrs Robert M Adair Jan Adair James Blakey Jay Stanley John Ford Danny Atcheson Johnny Walker Truett Reeves Dickie Mathews and John D Robertson.
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Meta Ulrich
Rob Adair
Lubbock High
Robert M. Adair
Jan Adair
James Blakey
Jay Stanley
John Ford
Danny Atcheson
Johnny Walker
Truett Reeves
Dickie Mathews
John D. Robertson
Olton Couple Announces Daughter Joy Fern Cole Wedding
Mr and Mrs J F Cole of Olton plan the marriage of their daughter Joy Fern Cole to Jerry De Sha son of Mr and Mrs J D De Sha of Amarillo. The ceremony will be held at the bride’s parents home on June 5 both are students at West Texas State University.
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Olton
J. F. Cole
Joy Fern
Jerry de Sha
J. D. de Sha
Amarillo
Miss Cole
de Sha
West Texas State University
Senior Patterson Tate honors swim dinner dance event
A swim dinner and dance party honoring Patricia Tate, a senior at Lubbock High School, was held Sunday night in the Fiesta Room at the Holiday Inn. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Felix Hocker.
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Patricia Tate
Lubbock High School
Holiday Inn
Felix Hocker
Longtime Roscoe Wilson principal honored by school
Hundreds visit the school to honor longtime principal Mrs. Savage as a portrait is placed in the hall. The 1940 appointee reflects on changes, recalls a 1940 blizzard, and praises students and former pupils who went on to college or service, with ties to Roscoe Wilson and Lubbock ISD.
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Ae Ee
Savage
Roscoe Wilson
Lubbock Independent School District
Roscoe Wilson School
Carroll Thompson School
Germany
Bercoming
Dupre
Clarence Whiteside
Hostage Holding Escapee Yields To Prayer in Salt Lake City
Jim Lindley aged 30 seized a Salt Lake City couple for 14 hours and, after a Mormon church official and a doctor prayed with him, surrendered his gun to a police officer. He held the Robards spouses since 6 a.m. Saturday but no one was harmed. Lindley cooperated after learning he had been baptized a Mormon and witnessing the officer’s approach.
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Salt Lake City
Jim Lindley
Chester Robards
Lindley
Thelma Robards
Kenneth Hill
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Hill
Mormon, Dr. Hill Telephoned Lindley
Dr. Hill
Salt Lake County
George Neilson
Robardses
Neilson
Lindsley
Parisian Kidnap Victim Rescued By French Gendarmes
Paris near Paris two gendarmes found Mrs Marcel Dassault the kidnapped wife of a wealthy aircraft maker at a deserted farmhouse. A guard dropped his gun and surrendered two other men were captured. The 65 year old socialite said she was ready for anything and celebrated with champagne with her husband. Police noted the abductors had no political ties and were linked to underworld activity.
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Paris
Marcel Dassault
Algeria
Anti- de Gaulle Secret Army
Secret Army
Pigeons Return to Germany Devastate Farms in Boon Call
Pigeons emerging from hibernation in the Pyrenees and southern France swarm back to Germany and devastate vegetable fields by eating young plants and seeds. Farmers urge action, and the Hunters' Association in Boon recommends increased hunting of wild pigeons to curb damage.
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Hamburg
Germany
Pyrenees
France
Hunters’ Association
Boon
Pupils in Revue to be staged at Hutchinson auditorium
Shirley Williams School of Dance presents Pupils in Revue at 8 p.m. today in I. T. Hutchinson auditorium. Admission is free for the public. Hillcrest Junior Optimist Club wrapped up its year with an excursion to Silver Falls canyon east of Crosbyton. Sponsors included Hillcrest Optimist Club members Troy Bowers and his wife Nelma and Ernest Graves. A civil jury week opens in 72nd District Court with jurors to report at 10 a.m. Judge Victor H. Lindsey presiding. Lubbock County commissioners begin eight sealed bid sets and other business at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners Court.
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Shirley Williams School of Dance
I. T. Hutchinson
Hillcrest Junior Optimist Club
Silver Falls Canyon
Crosbyton
Hillcrest Optimist Club
Troy Bowers
Boys’ Work
Nelma
Ernest Graves
72Nd District Court
Victor H. Lindsey
Lubbock County
Commissioners Court
Frenship High School Graduation Is Today
Commencement exercises for 18 seniors at Frenship High School are scheduled for this afternoon in the school auditorium. Charles Guard will deliver the salutatory and Gail Smith the valedictory speeches, with James Gammill of Texas Tech as featured speaker. Tom Holden will present awards, and J Weldon Bennett and O W Smith will confer diplomas. Honor graduates are Guard, Smith, Mantaker, Westbrook, and Thoomer. THE HAGUE Dutch airliners are carrying peak loads.
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Frenship High School
At & P.m
Charles Guard
Gail Smith
James Gammill
Texas Tech
Tom Holden
Frenship Hh
J. Weldon Bennett
O. W. Smith
Guard, Smith
Claud Mantaker
James Westbrook
David Thoomer
Goldwaters atom bombing remarks spark Red backlash
Senator Barry Goldwater drew swift criticism from Moscow after urging possible use of low yield nuclear weapons to defoliate forests and expose Viet Cong supply trails in South Vietnam. He said defoliation could help cut guerrilla routes through North Vietnam and Cambodia, while some plans were studied but not supported. The Soviet press blasted him as a dangerous extremist and urged sober action in the United States. Morse advocated a UN peace force for Vietnam and a new Geneva Conference to address the split nation.
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Avalanche Journal News Services
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Moscow
Goldwater
United States
Ile
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Tass
South
Morse
UN General Assembly
Soviet Union
Security Council
France
U.S
Laos
250 Teachers To Be Honored Here
About 250 current and retired teachers from Lubbock Independent School District will be honored at a recognition service at 7 30 p m today in the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. The honored include retirees with 20 or more years, those retiring this year, and active teachers with more than 15 years of service. Pins will be awarded for 15 to 19 years 20 to 24 years and over 25 years.
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Lubbock Independent School District
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Priest killed by poison arrow in eastern India
An informed source says a Belgian priest was slain by a poison arrow while trying to shield Muslim villagers from marauding Christian tribesmen in eastern India. The attack underscores sectarian violence amid regional tensions and refugee movements.
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New Delhi
India
Saigon presses outlaw more papers as crackdown widens
Saigon's military government banned six more newspapers and pursued political opponents jailed after January's coup. An apparent lull in guerrilla fighting followed, but a terrorist bomb near a bar used by U.S. servicemen exploded, injuring none. The regime has shut down scores of newspapers on anti government and security grounds.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Morse Says Vietnam War Could Escalate to Nuclear Conflict
Sen. Wayne Morse warns US plan to extend combat into North Vietnam could trigger nuclear war with China and a massive Chinese counterattack. He argues unilateral support for South Vietnam risks World War II like escalation. Peru urges businessmen to diversify amid regional tensions.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
United States
North Viet Nam
Morse
Southeast Asia
China
South Viet Nam
Lima
Peru
Busi- Morses
Uss Inessmen
Man Admits Killing His Three Children
A Sacramento man confessed to police that he killed his three young children to spare them from earthly suffering. John Crow said Nicolaus believed his duty required the act, and Nicolaus turned himself in at a South Lake Tahoe resort. Authorities said the killings occurred Saturday in a car trunk in North Sacramento, with bodies found in the vehicle on Arcade Street.
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Tahoe
Calif
Sacramento
EL Dorado County
John Crow
Robert Henry Nicolius
Crow
Nicolaus
Lake Tahoe
Ernest Carlson
Placerville
Arcade Street
North Sacramento
Nicvolaus
State Division of Highways
Athens Oil Refineries Plan Africa Expansion
Greek oil refineries announce plans to shift operations toward Africa, signaling a strategic move to diversify supply routes and access new markets. Company officials decline further details pending regulatory reviews and partner discussions.
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Athens
Africa
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Richard Marriott
Millett
Ivy Savage
Lubbock
25Th St
S Teacher Association
S. W. Brunson
Androm
Burt Stephens
Switzerland
Agnes True
Dr. True
Brussels-Belgium
Marcy
Coats
Morranes
Frontier
the Hague
Reds
United Nations
Man
Warnick
Lubbock Democrats
Austin
Democratic Party
Izaner Nanas
Monterey
Pacer
Help Hold
Monterey Center
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