Genteel New England Ghost Plays Host at Forty Acres
Elizabeth Porter Phelps, a genteel specter in rustling silk, haunts the Porter Phelps Huntington estate in Hadley Massachusetts. The ghost, a probable great great grandmother, is described as motherly and nonthreatening, often visiting the attic or pacing the house to watch for her son Charles. Dr. James Huntington preserves the mansion and furnishings while recounting family tales of Elizabeth’s appearances and the house’s haunted reputation.
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Joy Miller
Elizabeth
James L. Huntington
Dr. Huntington
Boston
Northampton
Charles Phelps
Frederic Huntington
Harvard
Ice House
Huntington
Vatican Marshal Married to Rome Georgia Woman
Vatican City reports Prince Sigismondo Pietro Chigi Albani della Rovere, 63, will lock in cardinals during the conclave to elect a new pope. He inherits the marshal role from his father and is married to Marianne Berry of Rome, Georgia, with two children. He previously assisted at the 1939 conclave and spent years in Washington, DC, for American sales of his lands.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Rome
Georgia
Sigismondo Pietro Chigi-Albani Della Rovere
Ludovico
Chigi
Prince Sigismondo
Lish
Washington, D. C
Tuscany
Marianne Berry
United States
Agostino
Francesca
Sigismondo
Brussels
UN Chief opposes major change in information setup
Dag Hammarskjold rejects a six country committee plan to shift UN information from general news media to selective public relations. He says the assembly intended economies not policy overhauls and warns the move could undermine objective reporting and broaden propaganda risks.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
General Assembly
U.N
Boy Hangs Self Accidental While Watching TV
Police say 12 year old William Carl Beringer hanged himself with a cloth belt tied to a door knob while re enacting a Western program. He was found slumped beside the door by his mother as the TV showed the program and a magazine pages turned to more shows.
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Sheboygan
Wis
William Carl Beringer
Telvision
Oakley Frank
Frank
Lebanon crisis ends in standoff and uneasy peace
Beiru t Lebanon ends five month crisis in a standoff as both sides admit neither can dominate. The population stays evenly split and opts for a traditional middle path, avoiding full pro Western or pro Arab Union alignment.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nasser
United Arab Republic
College Students Better Spellers Today, Prof Says
A University of Texas English professor marked Noah Webster’s 200th anniversary and argued spelling changes are needed. Dr E Barley Atwood said many gifted people misspell, noting English is not phonetic and changes are hard. He remains optimistic that college students are better spellers than 20 years ago.
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Atwood
Lelia Moses Riles Rites Planned at Littlefield Church
Funeral services for Lelia H. Moses 83 who died Friday at Medical Arts Hospital will be held at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Littlefield with Dr Lee Hemphill officiating. Burial follows at Littlefield Cemetery under Hammond Funeral Home direction.
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Littlefield
Lelia H. Moses
Medical Arts Hospital
First Baptist Church
Lee Hemphill
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammons
Chaney Rites Set In Roaring Springs
Funeral services for George W. Chaney 71 long time Dickenson County resident who died at his home in Matador will be held Monday at 3 p.m. Roaring Springs First Baptist Church burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery by Eudy Seale Funeral Home Matador He is survived by his wife three daughters and three sons 24 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren.
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Roaring Springs
George W. Chaney
Dickens County
Matador
Roaring Springs First Baptist
Chaney
Knoxville
John Hogland
Joe Rice
Clovis
N.M
Loyd
Oklahoma
Leoland
Denver
Colo
Calvin
Spokane
Wash
Tom R. Morgan Services Set Today
Funeral services for Tom R Morgan 56 Bailey County farmer and Precinct 1 commissioner held at 3 p m in First Baptist Church He died about 2 30 p m Thursday at his home six miles northwest of Muleshoe after a heart ailment Burial in Bailey County Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral Home directions Graveside rites conducted by the IOOF Lodge
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Muleshoe
Tom R. Morgan
Bailey County
Precinct 1
First Baptist Church
Morgan
Bailey Counity Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Ioof Lodge
Stapp Services Pending for Lubbock Man Lester H Stapp
Lester H. Stapp, 56, died at 7 45 am Saturday at his home 1705 Vanda Ave Funeral services were pending Saturday night at Rix Funeral Home Survivors include a daughter Mrs Janice Pruitt four sons I Billy J C Harold and Rickey and a brother Bobby Stapp all of Lubbock
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Lester H. Stapp
Vanda Ave
Rix Funeral Home
Janice Pruitt
I Billy
J.C
Harold
Rickey
Bobby Stapp
Lubbock
Two Levelland Businesses Damaged By Repeated Fires
A fire in Littlefield damaged Inman Barbershop and Loy's Cafe in the north end of the business district near U.S. Highway 84. Alarms sounded at 10:30 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday. crews extinguished both blazes but smoke and water caused damage estimated over $2,000. Officials cite likely electrical wiring as the cause, with the cafe origin and spread to the adjacent barbershop.
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Littlefield
Inman
U.S. Hwy
Job On Small Town Paper Suggested
AP reports at the Southwest Journalism Forum Austin Texas panelists urged journalism careers. Millard Cope editor of the Marshall News Messenger and Mason Walsh Dallas Times Herald agreed small towns can pay as well as large cities and recommended the field. Awards honored Allen Merriam Paul Rosenfield Harry McCormick Bill Glines Frank H. King and Bob Considine.
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Dallas
Texas
Millard Cope
Marshall News‘Messenger
Southwest Journalism Forum
Southern Methodist University
The
Press Club of Dallas
Mason Walsh
Dallas Times Herald
Cope
Walsh
Forum
Allen Merriam
Paul Rosenfield
Harry McCormick
Bill Glines
Dallas Morning News
Frank H. King
Associated Press
Bob Considine
King Features
Hayride Tragedy Leaves Fluvanna Students Injured
Seven Fluvanna High School students were injured when a tractor and trailer on a hay ride plunged 20 feet into a ravine near Fluvanna. None of the seven hurt were in serious condition. eight were hospitalized, with several fractures and bruises. The event was sponsored by Future Homemakers and Future Farmers of America at Fluvanna.
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Ethel Glover
Rodney Summers
Betty Pylant
Hylen Blair
Darlene Pate
Shirley Stansell
Wlagene Berryhill
Harvey Boulware
Future Homemakers
Future Farmers of America
Fluvanna
Rites For Levelland Woman Set Today
Mrs Frances Belle Luker age 49 died at home on the Littlefield highway likely from a heart attack. She lived in Levelland three years and was a Wellington native. Funeral at 3 p m today at Levelland Methodist Church with Rev A B Cockrell. burial in Levelland Cemetery. Survivors include husband Eugene F Luker, parents E A and Mrs Singley Wellington, sister Helen Sue Sisk Indianapolis, brother Jones Singley Wellington. Pallbearers C B Edgar Hugh Davis Cone Green Willis Breshears Frank Bigham James Hatch.
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Levelland
Frances Belle Luker
Littlefield Highway
Luker
Wellington
Levelland Methodist Church
A. B. Cockrell
City
Levelland Cemetery
George Price
Eugene F. Luker
E. A. Singley
Helen Sue Sisk
Indianapolis
Jones Singley
C. B. Edgar
Hugh Davis
Cone Green
Willis Breshears
Frank Bigham
James Hatch
Fluvanna Rites Set Today For Rancher Browning
Funeral services for Bob Browning 79 longtime Fluvanna rancher will be held at 2 p m today at Fluvanna Baptist Church with Rev B C Finch officiating Burial will be in Fluvanna Cemetery by Bell Funeral Home of Snyder Browning retired resident since 1905 and survived by wife two sons Alfred and E C both of Fluvanna a sister Mrs Tom Huffman Vinita Oklahoma five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Also note South Africa 1957 mine production rose to record levels according to Pretoria
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Bob Browning
Fluvanna
Fluvanna Baptist Church
B. C. Finch
Browning
Bell Funeral
Snyder
Alfred
Services Scheduled Wednesday in Arkansas for Dale Vaughn
Graveside funeral services for Dale E. Vaughn 7 son of S Sgt and Mrs Cecil R Vaughn Rt 5 Lubbock will be held Wednesday at Oakhill Cemetery Hot Springs Arkansas. He died Friday at Reese AFB Hospital after being treated there since July 2. Survivors include his parents and two brothers Arvis and Allen at home. Gross Mortuary will direct the funeral. Rix Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
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Dale E. Vaughn
Cecil R. Vaughn
Rt. 5
Lubbock
Oakhill Baptist
Hot Springs
Ark
Reese Afb Hospital
Arvis
Allen
Gross Mortuary
Rix Funeral Home
Mrs. H. H. Nance Rites Held At Wesley Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. H. H. Nance 61 of 313 Waco were held at 3 p m in Wesley Methodist Church with Rev. Kenneth Hargrove and Rev. W E Higginbotham officiating. Burial followed at Texas Tech Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home supervision. She died Friday night in Goodnight Hospital after several days illness. She lived in Lubbock eight years after moving from Dallas and belonged to Woodman Circle in Dallas and Wesley Methodist Church. Her husband Rev H H Nance and two sons Ray M Clapp and Joe M Clapp, four brothers Jim Brice Andrew Steward Ed Steward, four sisters Rosa Brock Johnnie Crutcher Earline Butler and Fannie Steward and four grandchildren survived her.
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H. H. Nance
Waco
Wesley Methodist Church
Kenneth Hargrove
W. E. Higginbotham
Texas Tech Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Nance
Goodnight Hospital
Lubbock
Dallas
Woodman Circle
Ray M. Clapp
U. S. Air Force
San Antonio
Joe M. Clapp
U. S. Navy
Italy
Jim Brice
Andrew Steward
Ed Steward
Sadler
Rosa Brock
Whitesboro
Johnnie Crutcher
Waxahachie
Earline Butler
Fannie Steward
C L Stanley Rites Slated In Tahoka
Chester Lee Stanley 39 died Saturday in the Veterans Hospital at Big Spring burial in Tahoka Cemetery after services at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev W A Brooks. He was an oil well driller from Dallas who moved to Tahoka in 1954 and belonged to the Odd Fellows. Survivors include his wife a daughter Annie Marie a son John Lee his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Stanley Tahoka and sister Mrs Ruby Woodall Lubbock.
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Tahoka
Chester Lee Stanley
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
First Baptist Church
W. A. Brooks
Tahoka Cemetery
Stanley Funeral Home
Stanley
Dallas
The
Odd Fellows
Annie Marie
John Lee
Floyd Stanley
Ruby Woodall
Lubbock
G C Green Rites Scheduled In Earth
Funeral services for Golden C. Green, 53, Lamb County farmer, will be at 2 30 p m today at Earth Baptist Church with Rev Cecil Meadows and Rev Bruce Giles officiating. Burial will be in Earth Cemetery. Green died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a sudden illness at home. He formerly managed grocery stores in Canyon and Amarillo and moved to Earth 15 years ago. Survivors include his widow, son Terry, two brothers H H Green and C D Green, and three sisters Jeanette Robbins Lester Cooper and Earlie Wallace.
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EARTH
Golden C. Green
Lamb County
Earth Baptist Church
Cecil Meadows
Bruce Giles
Flint Avenue Baptist Church
Lubbock
Earth Cemetery
Dennis Funeral Home
Dimmitt
Green
Methodist Hospital
Canyon
Amarillo
Jone
Terry
Texas Tech
H. H.green
Walling
Tenn
C. D.green
Brownfield
Jeanette Robbins
Lester Cooper
Portales
Earlie Wallace
Rusk
Rites Pending For John J. Myles
Funeral arrangements for John J. Myles 74 livestock dealer and Lubbock resident of 10 years who died at his home after a 3 year illness are pending at Franklin-Mallett Funeral Home. He was born January 31 1884 in Hamilton County and is survived by his wife a son J B Dalhart a daughter Mrs A C Preston Tex homa Okla two brothers J H of 302 E Regis and R B Roaring Springs three sisters Mrs J E Shaum and Mrs Nancy Squires Monahans and Mrs Edna Baker Ackerly and one grandson.
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John J. Myles
Lubbock
Franklin-Mallett Funeral Home
Myles
Hamilton County
J. B
Dalhart
A. C. Preston
Texhoma
Okla
J. H
E. Regis
R. B
Roaring Springs
J. E. Shaum
Nancy Squires
Monahans
Edna Baker
Ackerly
Thompson Services Held In Amherst
Funeral services for Ira Thompson 86 longtime Amherst resident were held Saturday at the First Baptist Church. The Rev. John Rankin officiated with the Rev. Wayne Perry assisting. Thompson died Thursday and was born July 25 1872 in Hopkins County Texas. He is survived by his widow three daughters Zora D Ford Muskogee Oklahoma Edna Mae Stewart Tribune Kansas and Zela Connell Muleshoe six sons A L and W A Thompson Bakersfield Texas C D Thompson Riverside California I V Thompson Pasadena Texas U E and C F Thompson Amherst.
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Amherst
Ira Thompson
First Baptist Church
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Pretoria
Arkansas
Dale Vaughn
C. L. Stanley
G. C
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John Rankin
Wayne Perry
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