Churches Cooperate in Halloween CROP UNICEF Drive
Lubbock youths from about 30 churches plan a Halloween fund drive for CROP and UNICEF. Teams will canvass the city from 5 to 9 pm on October 31 with area assignments, badges, and collection boxes in stores. About 700 young people are expected to participate.
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
City Church
Unicef
Lubbock
Christian Rural Overseas Program
United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund
CROP
Johnny Franklin
Lubbock Christian
LCYA
Franklin
Fund Drive
Zales to Open Second Lubbock Store at Caprock Center
Zales Jewelers opens the Caprock Shopping Center location in Lubbock as its 176th store, with Harold Markman announcing the grand opening and C B Powell named manager. The new shop features dual entrances, walnut fixtures, and fall fashion merchandise from a recent New York convention. Powell, a Houston native with 12 years in jewelry retail, joins with wife and two children at their 2705 35th Street home.
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Zale's Jewelers
Lubbock
Caprock
Harold Markman
Markman
C. B. Powell
Pacific Northwest
New England
Zale
New York
Powell
Houston
Design Similarity Is Key Program Necessary At Car Show
Detroit AP reports the 1961 National Auto Show highlights a need for a car program to distinguish models as price classes blur. Compact lines mix with mid and full size, with shifts in styling across GM, Ford, Chrysler, and imports. Analysts cite Rambler, Corvair, Falcon, Valiant, and Comet as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Phlegar
Detroit
Studebaker
Corvair
Falcon
Comet
Dodge
Dart
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Ford
Mercury
Pontiac
General Motors
Cdillac
Ford ‘Motor Co
Continental
Thunderbird
Olds
Buick
Cadillac
Lincoln
Edsel
Dodge Dart
Chrysler
de Soto
Imperial
Lutheran Official Warns Unchurched Grow Each Year
In Atlantic City New Jersey United Lutheran Church official Rev. Lee L. Houser says every year 1,000,000 more Americans join the 66 million without a church home. He warns of a post Christian era unless churches unite to rekindle urgency and mission.
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Atlantic City
NL J
UPD
United Lutheran Church In America
Ee L. Houser
Board of American Missions
United States
Canada
North America
Houser
Government forms seven member panel to probe communism
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government issued a decree naming a seven member committee to investigate Communist activities in the country. The move comes amid concerns over ideological influence and security.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cuban Barber Shop Bomb Rattles Miami
In Miami Florida a Cuban owned barber shop linked to Fidel Castro sympathies was heavily damaged by a Wednesday bomb. Owner Gabrel Ruiz age 55 and his son David 21 slept in a rear apartment and survived unharmed as police found the blast shattered the door and many windows. The attack comes amid a wave of demonstrations over Cuba’s revival of firing squad justice and reflects tensions among Cuban exiles in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
APJ
Fidel Castro
Gabrel Ruiz
David
Sequid Justice
Cuba
Minami
Navy Bares Underwater Polaris Launchings
The Navy announced four successful Polaris missile firings by the submarine Patrick Henry Iber in Atlantic waters about 500 miles east of Cape Canaveral. The tests, between Oct 1 and Oct 18, mark near operational conditions as the George Washington prepares to receive its 16 missiles at Charleston and join Atlantic stations.
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Washington
UPD
Patrick Henry Iber
Navy
Atlantic
Cape Canaveral
Ala
Patrick Henry
Patrick iHears
George Washington
Groton
Rhodesia Recommends Decimal Coinage Switch
A Rhodesian government committee urges changing the Rhodesia Federation currency from pounds shillings and pence to a decimal system. Nearby South Africa plans the switch on January 1.
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Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
APJ
Rhodesia Federation
South Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caprock Shopping Center
Ume
Decca Phonographs
V. Blake Record Center
F.D.I.C
J. Walker Davis, M.D
Methodist Medical Building
Porter
Remart
Hotpoint Refrigerator
Freezer
Hard Rock Maple Dining Room
Dinette
Bronze
Formica A
Buna Beds
Nome
Motorola
Formica
34Th Street
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