China and Yugoslavia boycott Prague Comintern ceremony
In Prague marks the 50th anniversary of the Comintern congress with absence by China and Yugoslavia. Representatives from 35 parties attend the event as China boycotts international communist meetings and Yugoslavia stayed away after its split with Stalin era policies and Tito.
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China
Yugoslavia
Vienna
Austria
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist International
Comintern
Cominform
Tito
Joseph Stalin
Plainview Center Opens as Cotton Festival Kicks Off
Hale County dedicates a new $200000 Agricultural Exhibit Center on the first night of the Hi Plains Cotton Festival drawing 7500 residents. Nedra Magee, 18, Plainview, wins Miss Cotton as 125 booths display cotton in various forms.
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Hale County
E. L. Abernethy
Plainview
Nedra Magee
Elaine McGarr
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Hale County Agricultural Exhibition Center
South Plains
Cotton
JL. Ll. Magee
Plain View
Miss Coteton
Plainview High School
East Mound
Ralph Mabry
Petersburg
Carol Buchanan
Ray Buchanan
FFA
Tut Tawwater
Vicki Young
Evelyn Watgoner
Tummitt
Jeanie Thomas
Kay Strange
Silverton
Brenda Stova
Betsy Simpson
Hereford
Diane Scheele
Lockney
Dora Maria Sabedra
Tulsa
Princess Roberts
Shirlene Rave
Fioydada
Linda Popejoy
Hart
Karen Pogue
Elaine Pinkerton
Margaret Parker
Hale Center
Janet Painter
Edmonson
Paulette McFadden
Orton
Linda McEachern
Ethel Mabry
Sue Last
Dimmutt
Martha
Laurie
Kress
Patsy Lambert
Abernathy
Sue Kimball
Krews
Kathy Kidd
Wanda Jones
Melody Snuhs
Tula
Sandra Huggins
Locknes
Brenda Herbert
Judy Harris
Vicki Gregory
Floydada
Cindy Garvin
Alicia Gallow Farth
Mamba Frizzell
Judy Ann Emert
Fiordada
Katherne Exger
Dariene Dysart
Amherst
Necla Lynn Fiyer
Tom Beth Dycus
Ydada
Pam Qutton
Twas
Daphne Hale
Ilona Clevenger
Sue Church
Tanner Byrd
Janice Burnett
Susan Brazele
Joanie Brantley
Debra Brandes
Alice Baumgardner
Debbie Barton
Earth
Kathy Bain
Tulla
Glenrbhy Amonett
Carolyn Allison
FHA
Betty Boyd
Judy Brownd
Abilene Man Killed in Mishap South of Snyder
A 20 year old Abilene man, Stanley Ted Cawley, was killed and five others injured in a two car crash southeast of Snyder at 7 10 am Thursday. Passengers in the other car included Mrs Geral Greene and Mrs Montic Ivison both of Snyder and Ronald Bond Joe Parker Randy Lewis, all of Abilene. Cawleys car flipped and struck a pole. Survivors include his wife and parents. Services will be held in Okra Baptist Church Rising Star with burial in Rising Star Cemetery.
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bond
Lewis
Parker
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Cawley
Greene Auto
Wendell Rehm
Snyder
Rehm
Cogdell Memorial
Wes Tex Drilling Co
Okra Baptist
Okra
Charlie Chick
McDonald
Rising Star Church of Christ
Mart Agnew
Cisco
Rising Star Cemetery
Highginbotham Funeral Home
Rising Star
Paul Cawley
Carolyn Agnew
Government asks Supreme Court to uphold Voting Rights Act
The U S government seeks original jurisdiction to test the 1965 Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court. It asks the court to halt state court delays in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana that bar registrars from enrolling voters certified by federal examiners. It argues quick action could prevent disenfranchisement ahead of primaries and cites 46 000 eligible voters named by examiners not yet added to state lists.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
High Court
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
United States
Thurgood Marshall
South Carolina
Department
Somalians expelled from Soviet Union over death incident
Three Somali men were expelled from the Soviet Union for involvement in the fatal plunge of a Russian girl from a seventh story diplomatic apartment. The men were accused of unspecified criminal activity and sent back to Somalia, according to diplomatic sources.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Ikeya-Seki Comet Shines Bright Then Fades Near Sun
The Ikeya-Seki comet blazed 60 times brighter than the moon during its sun orbit before fading as it moved away. NASA jets failed to glimpse it from Midway and Honolulu, while Lick Observatory later reported the object visible but with a shorter tail than expected. Estimates put the comet's miss distance from the sun between 300000 and 800000 miles.
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Honolulu
Ikeya-Seki
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Here
Midway Island
Minoru Honda
United States
Lick Observatory
California
NASA
Mrs. Fred Gary Dies at 48 in Dunn
Mrs Margaret Gary 48 of Dunn died Thursday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set Saturday at 2 p.m. in Dunn Methodist Church with Rev Jesse Dea officiating. Burial in Dunn Cemetery under Boledger Funeral Home Snyder direction. Survived by husband, one daughter Mrs Everett Groseclose of Dallas, and her father Dock Callaway of Merkel. Pallbearers named Roy Hanson L A Scott H F Billingsly W J Fuller Artie Taylor Max West.
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Snyder
Fred
Margaret) Gary
Dunn
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Dunn Methodist Church
Jesse Dea
Dunn Cemetery
Boleger Funeral Home
Gary
Anson
Everett Groseclose
Dallas
Dock Callaway
Merkel
Roy Hanson
L. A. Scott
H. F. Billingsly
W. J. Fuller
Artie Taylor
Max West
Graveside Rites Set For Infant Daniel Fincher
Graveside services for Daniel Fincher 1 day old twin son of Mr and Mrs Al Fincher of Girard will be at 2 p m today in Girard Cemetery. Burial under Campbell Funeral Home Spur with Rev William McReynolds officiating. Survivors include his parents two brothers and sisters grandparents and great grandfather.
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SPUR
Daniel Fincher
al Fincher
Girard
Spur Memorial Hospital
Campbell Funeral Home
William McReynolds
Spur First Methodist Church
David White
Joe Randy
Sheree
Alana
Tammy
Homer Gannaway
Hermleigh
A. A. Fincher
Breckenridge
Joe Nachlinger
Snyder
Connally to Speak at McAllen Workshop on migrant schools
Gov John Connally will address a three day migrant school program workshop in McAllen starting Monday night. The event runs through Wednesday with emphasis on educational initiatives and migrant student services.
Joseph Lambs Services Today in Crosbyton
Joseph C. Lamb, 76, died Thursday at Crosbyton Clinic Hospital after a long illness. Funeral 3 p.m. today at Crosbyton First Baptist Church with Rev. Wayland Boyd and Rev. Ernest Stewart officiating. Burial at Crosbyton Cemetery. Survived by wife Belle, daughter Mrs. Wiley McGee, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers.
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Crosbyton
Joseph C. Lamb
Crosbyton Clinic
First Baptist
Wayland Boyd
Vasville
Ernest Stewart
Croshyton Cemetery
King Funeral Home
Grimes County
Lambj
Croshbyton
Social Oil Co
Bevie
Wiley McGee
San Angelo
KE. T. Cluck
Munday
Verna Flowers
Ralls
W. FE
Velma
Anton Lamb
Wigington Rites Pend In Lockney
Funeral services are pending at Carter Funeral Home in Lockney for James Bishop Wigington 78 of Floydada who died Thursday at Lockney General Hospital. A retired farmer born in Knox County he lived in Cedar Hill and Floydada. Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter six sisters and five grandchildren.
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Virginia Lee Strickland
Muleshoe
Floyd
Finnis
Jackshoro
Annie Lee Wigington
Mary Hondrink
Gertie Bates
Wanahachie
Hessie Bryant
Bridgeport
Tex
Kecsidl Galloway
Albuquerque
Stella Love
Childress
George E Tiernan dies in Brownfield
Funeral services pending at Brownfield Funeral Home for George E Tiernan found dead at his home around 4 45 p m Thursday. Justice of the Peace ruled death by natural causes with an estimated time of death about 2 p m Thursday. Born in Brownfield he lived in Terry County all his life and was a retired theater projectionist. Survivors include his brother Jack of Lovington and a daughter.
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Brownfield
George FE T Pete
Tiernan
Justice of the Peace
Ll. A. Rhyne
Terry County
Methodist Church
Jack
Lovington
Kennedy Rites Pending In Clovis
W G Kennedy 78 a former Bailey County judge died Thursday morning in Clovis Funeral arrangements are pending at Sherwood Mortuary He was a rancher in the Grady Community north of Clovis and a well known figure in area Democratic political circles
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Clovis
W.G
Worship and devotion in daily life, a clerical reflection
The passage questions how much worship one truly offers beyond outward signs. It urges love, commitment, deeds, and heart felt emotion as core elements of genuine worship. The author emphasizes confession and daily dedication following Psalm 95 6.
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Julien CL Hyer
Mrs Turton Rites Set in Paducah
Pearl Turton 72 of Paducah died 5 30 am at a Quanah convalescent home after two years there Funeral services 11 am today Norris Funeral Home chapel Rev Robert Beck will officiate Burial Garden of Memories Cemetery Paducah She was born February 7 1893 a longtime Cattle County resident Survivors include two sisters Mrs Vesta Jacobs Benjamin and Mrs Georgia Fortenberry Clovis two half sisters Mrs Oma Brown Fort Worth and Eva Brown Benjamin and a half brother Olen McMinn Fort Worth Pallbearers named Elmer Clark Roy Jones J F Powell and J G Ford
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Paducah
Pearl Turton
Quanah
Norris Funeral Home
Robert Beck
Burja
Garden of Memories
Turton
Cattle County
Vesta Jacobs
Benjamin
Georgia Fortenberry
Clovis
Oma Brown
Fort Worth
Candors
Eva Brown
Olen McMinn
Elmer, Clark
Roy Jones
J. F. Powell
J. G. Ford
M B Hamars Services Slated
CLOVIS Special Melvin Hamar 65 formerly of Melrose NM died Monday in Springdale Arkansas. Funeral Saturday at Melrose Church of Christ with minister W W Cooksey officiating. Burial Melrose Cemetery directed by C V Steed Funeral Home Clovis. Survived by wife Maude of Springdale two sons Roger Portales and Frank Ruidosa two daughters Mrs Claude Wilemon Muleshoe and Mrs Marion Mitchell Springdale mother Mrs Bell Hamar Vie Okla two sisters Mrs Francis Gor rell Weslaco and Mrs May Peckham Chino Calif three brothers Penn Grant Tal go Okla Sherman California eight grandchildren
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Clovis
Melvin’ 'R. Hamar
Melrose
N.M
Springdale
Ark
Melrose Church of Christ
W. W. Cooksey
Melrose Cemetery
C. V. Steed
Claude Wilemon
Muleshoe
Marion Mitchell
Bell Hamar
Viei
Okla
Francis Gorrell
Weslaco
May Peckham
Chino
Calif
Penn and
Grant
Talgo
Sherman
Clifornia
Burial Set Today For Johnson Infant in Levelland
Graveside services for the one day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Johnson will be held at 11 a.m. in Levelland City Cemetery with Rev. John C. Lambreth of First Presbyterian Church officiating. The infant, born 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital, died 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Survivors include parents Jamie, Levelland, and Homer Johnson of Levelland. maternal and paternal grandparents. great grandparents in Odessa, San Angelo, Amarillo.
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Levelland
Jimmy Johnson
Jamie
Homer Johnson
Burnett Roberts
W. W. Johnson
Odessa
J.C. Staggs
San Angelo
Mas Augustine Greening
Amarillo
Walter Swinford Dies at 73 in Lubbock Rites Pending
Walter Oscar Swinford, 73, a Lubbock resident since 1957, died Thursday of a heart attack. He lived at 5120 41st St. The body will be moved to Sulphur Springs for funeral plans. Rix Funeral Home handles arrangements. Survived by wife Elegie, four sons Woodrow Marvin Glenn and Dale, and two step-daughters Mil dred Reese and Ruth Bowen.
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Walter Oscar Swinford
Lubbock
Wilson
41St St
Sulphur Springs
Rix Funeral Home
Elegie
Woodrow
Marvin
Glenn
Dale Swinford
Mildred Reese
Ruth Bowen
Mrs Lucy Grimes Rites Pending After Snyder Death
Funeral services are pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home for Mrs Lucy Myrtle Grimes 85 who died Wednesday night in Snyder. A Dunn resident since 1917 she leaves two daughters Mrs Mark Murphy and Mrs Ollie Richardson both of Dunn a son T E Grimes Jr a brother Luther H Nichols of Temple nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Snyder
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Lucy Myrtle Grimes
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W. G. Kennedy
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Palomar
M. B. Hamar
Johnson
Walter O. Swinford
Lucy Grimes
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