Man Dies After Snyder Car Crash Funeral for John Evans Held
Funeral services for John Isom Evans 67 retired Snyder farmer killed in a car truck collision in Snyder were set for 4 p.m. at Avenue D Baptist Church with Bell Funeral Home handling burial at Hillside Memorial Garden. Others injured from Sunday crashes include Carroll Cowan 41 Plainview and W L Stewart 50 Midland in a Flaming two car collision near Plainview.
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Fredda Bybee
Dallas
John Isom Evans
Snyder
Avenue D Baptist Church
Hillside Memorial Garden i
By Bell Funeral Home
Plainview
Carroll Cowan
W. L. Stewart
Midland
Cowan
Farm Road
Robstown
Solon Dies Rep Sid Simpson Dies in Illinois Hospital
Rep. Sid Simpson of Illinois died in Pittsfield on a Sunday, apparently of a heart attack, shortly after dedicating a new hospital wing. The event was captured in an AP wirephoto.
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Solon
Sid Simpson
Pittsfield
Ill
Albuquerque Gem Robbery Probed at Hilton Vault
Police investigated the loss of diamonds rubies emeralds and sapphires valued between 100000 and 150000 from a Hilton Hotel vault in Albuquerque. Sal G LaSalle of New Hyde Park New York reported checking in Friday evening and finding his briefcase with gems missing Saturday morning. Hilton assistant manager Mark Neal offered no theory on the disappearance.
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Albuquerque
Hilton Hotel
Sal G. LaSalle
New Hyde Park
N. Y
William V. Schmidt Co
New York City
LaSalle
Hilton
Los Angeles
Mark Neal
Subcommittee Plans Private Sector Study on Latin America
The panel will gather input from private citizens with Latin America experience including businessmen journalists professors and foundation officials. Public hearings are planned early next year and some members will travel to the region. A final report is targeted for June 1960 with interim reports possible.
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Latin America
Papal Conclave Smoke Mystery Delays Pope Announcement
The crowd near St. Peter's watched Vatican radio report white smoke as cardinals prepared to reveal a new pope. Officials hustled to posts, Palatine Guard readied, then returned to barracks as suspense deepened and doubt grew about an imminent balcony appearance.
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Vatican Radio
Vatican
Callori di Vignale
Sigismondo Chigi
Palatine Guard
St. Peter's Basilica
Body Of Cardinal Mooney Returned To U. S.
The body of Edward Cardinal Mooney, 76, Archbishop of Detroit, was brought back to the United States Sunday from Rome. He died Saturday at the North American Pontifical College an hour before he was to enter conclave with other cardinals.
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Rome
Edward Cardinal Mooney
United States
Detrolt
North Ameria Pontifical College
Texas Weather Dips and Drizzle Across Northern Regions
Rains blanket northern Texas with light showers extending to Beaumont, Junction and the Davis Mountains. Brownsville records 85 degrees the high while Amarillo cools to 47 as cold pockets form in the Panhandle and Lubbock reports varied rainfall totals statewide.
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Texas
Beaumont
Junction
Davis Mountains
Lufkin
Waco
Lubbock
Guadalupe Pass
Brownsville
Panhandle
Cal
Amarillo
The
Weather Bureau
Cotulla
Dellee
Presidio
el Plainfall
Anne
Amarillo Art
Houston
Piano
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Victoria
Wichita Falls
Wink
Turner to Play With Lubbock Symphony In Los Angeles
Miss Turner of Carousel fame headlines a concert in the Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles with the Lubbock Symphony conducted by Toscani. The program features operatic arias and orchestral numbers including the Masked Ball scene, Carmen, Saint Saens Samson and Delilah, Mozart Haffner, Tchaikowsky Capriccio Espagnol and Handel Royal Fireworks. Tickets range from 1.50 to 3.50 with season passes available. information from the symphony office.
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China
Miss Turner
Nettie
Carousel
New York
Carouse
Handel
Mozart
Tchaikowsky
Carmen Dragon
Local Births Chronicle Weekend Notices
Congratulations to several families on newborns. Jim Buckner and wife welcomed a son at Methodist Hospital weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces. Don Isbell and wife welcomed a daughter at Methodist Hospital weighing 6 pounds 6? ounces. Dale Dye and wife welcomed a daughter at Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds. Phillip Matthews and wife welcomed a daughter at Methodist Hospital weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Estiririon Garcia and wife welcomed a son at Latif Clinic weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. Bentura Reyes and wife welcomed a daughter at Lauf Clinic weighing 6 pounds.
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Jim Buckner
18Th St
Methodist Hospital
Don Isbell
Rt. G. Lubbock
Dale Dye
38Th St
Corner Drug
Phillip Matthews
3Rd St
Triple A Service Co
Estiririon Garcia
Rt. 2
Lubbock
Latif Clinic
W. R. Fage
Bentura Reyes
Rt. 5
Lauf Clinic
Flight Ends on Ambitious Leg of Banfe's Route to Miami
Banfe aimed to fly nonstop 7 022 miles to Miami in a single engine Battles Engine. Engine trouble fog and ice forced a string of emergency landings from Tokyo to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. After many diversions including Seattle Miles City and Chicago he reached Idlewild. Banfe is on vacation from Pan American World Airways piloting duties.
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Miami
Fla
North Pacific
Banfe
Tokyo
Euteova
Alaska
Cordova
New York
Yakutat
Juneau
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Miles City
Mont
Idlewild
Pan American World Airways
Missing Piper Cub Search Extends Over Nevada Desert
A Piper Cub rented by Charpee M. Jacobs of Shamrock Texas and passenger Mrs Dorothy Bailey of Las Vegas disappeared after taking off from Nellis AFB for a local sightseeing flight. Air Force Civil Air Patrol and sheriff planes scoured a triangle from Kingman Arizona to Baker California and north of Las Vegas. An oil slick sighted in Lake Mead offered faint hope but no wreckage was found as darkness halted the search.
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Charpee M. Jacobs
Shamrock
Tex
Nellis
Nevada
Air Force
Kingman
Ariz
Baker
Calif
Las Vegas
Two Held After Beer Riff With Large Cache Seized
Police nab two men after a car at 2330 East 50th Street prompted a chase for two suspects who fled with a case of beer. Officers recovered 240 32 ounce cans and 180 24 ounce cans valued at 480 dollars as evidence in an illegal possession case.
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E. 50Th St
Clark
Lubbock
Robert Weed
Coral Parker
Broadway
Snowstorm Tangles Routes Around Tannersville Area
A snowstorm across Denver and west of the divide brought freezing temperatures to the northwest and central plains. Plow crews finally began clearing winding mountain roads in the Tannersville region where many side roads were blocked by stranded cars. Storm damage felled trees, knocking down telephone and power lines across the area. Tannersville sits over 2,000 feet up in a mountain pocket flanked by higher ridges.
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Denver
Continental Divide
Northwest
Central Plains
Tannersville
AEC Accelerates Tests At Nevada Nuclear Site
At the Atomic Energy Commission test site in Nevada scientists raced to finish a final blast series before Halloween. Two full scale detonations occurred Sunday with a 2:20 am start and an 8 am blast, followed by four more shots planned as part of the current program amid Eisenhower’s proposed October 31 nuclear test moratorium.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Eisenhower
Nevada
Woman Injured In Blast At West 32nd Home
An explosion and fire at a West 32nd Street residence injured Mrs. T. C. Roberts. She suffered second degree burns on hands arms and face while her husband sprayed a gasoline mixture to kill bugs. Fire gutted two rooms. she was treated at West Texas Hospital and released.
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Methodist Hospital
William Dwane Higdon
14Th St
4Th St
Ave. V
James V. Jay
Fort Worth
Higdon
Santos Contrerras
Rt. 1
Lubbock
19Th Street
Roscoe Holton
Lamesa
J. H. Middleton
5Th St
Leon Rios
19Th St
Brownfield Highway
Joe Thompson
2Nd St
West Texas Hospital
Winnie Ayers
Shallowater Drive
Clovis Road
Jimmy L. Petty
25Th
Petty
Ave. Q
R. W. Copelin
Idalou Rd
Copelin
Iralou Rd
Roy Cortez
N. Ave
U.S. 84
Cortez
T. C. Roberts
Farmer Of Year In 1956 To Address Lubbock Club Meet
Clinton Harbers, Fayette County farmer named Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture in 1956, will speak at the Lubbock Agricultural Club meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Slide Road Clubhouse. Harbers has won the 1953 Hoblitzelle Award, was praised as Outstanding Comeback Farmer of the Year in 1954, listed among four top young farmers by the U.S. Junior Chamber in 1955, and chosen Man of the Year by Progressive Farmer. Jack Creel, program chairman, says a meal and entertainment will be provided.
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Clinton Harbers
Fayette County
Texas Agriculture
Lubbock Agricultural Club
Slide Road
Harbsers
Hoblitzelle
Texas
Fort Worth Press
U.S
Water cut off after election bonds pass in Coats NC
In Coats North Carolina the town of about 1200 voters adopted bonds to build a municipal water system. Norwood Adams who owns the present water company reportedly cut the tap as results were announced. Mayor Turlington said the town will seek a legal writ to restore service until the new system is ready.
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Coats, N. C
UPI
Coats
Norwood Adams
Angier, N. C
Adams
C. J. Turlington
Turlington
Guy Stewart
Bernard F. McLeod
Logan Cummings to Speak at Fellowship Hall Meeting
Logan Cummings a senior Texas Tech student will speak at the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church tonight at 7 30 in Fellowship Hall Tohoka He plans to attend Southwestern Theological Seminary at Fort Worth after graduating Lubbock contractor and sportsman W G McMillan remains in critical condition at West Texas Hospital in a coma Attendants say he has been under treatment for several days Psychologists and psychiatrists joined a tea at Lubbock Country Club to promote cooperation among mental health disciplines.
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Logan Cummings
Texas Tech
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Tohoka
Cummings
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Wor
W. G. McMillan
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Workmen in Harrow Post Sign Claiming Unique Job
In Harrow England workers digging a street hole posted a sign overnight declaring their occupation as the only job where you start at the top. The witty placard drew attention from passersby and added local charm to the daytime street work.
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Harrow
England
Two More Bodies Retrieved From Springhill Mine Disaster
The Springhill Cumberland No. 2 mine disaster death toll stood at 14 Sunday night with 79 believed dead beneath. Rescue crews saved 81 of the workers from the shaft after Thursday’s surge. 15 were injured.
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Springhill
N. S
Cumberland No. 2
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Louis Washington
New Deal
East 28Th St.' S
Juniper
Earl Aaron
N. Ash
Roy Payne
E. Tulane
Hettler Road
Quirt
Jimmy E. Guerra
Rosenberg
U. S
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J. W. King
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Axe
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AEC
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McDonald Funeral Home
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