Texas two party race shifts as Kennedy Nixon tour state
Texas each party mounts hard campaigns for its presidential ticket with Sen John Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon barnstorming Sept. 12 13 across cities including El Paso Lubbock San Antonio Houston Austin Fort Worth Dallas and Texarkana. The state supreme court and party chairs push loyalty and electors pledged to the Kennedy Johnson ticket while Lyndon Johnsons Texas headquarters coordinates efforts at the LBJ ranch near Johnson City.
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Brief Patient Updates and Local Notices From Lubbock
Mrs Lavena Julian remains in good condition at West Texas Hospital after a driveway accident. Maud Dean travels to Meridian for nephew B ert Greer’s funeral. Sammy Jase, Ta hok a, is in fair condition at Methodist Hospital for an abdominal stab wound from Thursday. Mr and Mrs Kay Whitley and daughter Amy visit relatives in Lubbock before a move to Uvalde for a new public service job. Enesensio Villancuda is at the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation after an injury from an accident while formerly employed at Reese AFB.
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Tahoka
Methodist Hospital
Kay Whitley
Amy
Kingsville
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Ave
Texas
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Reese Airs Force Base
Villancuda
Trends
Blaze Plague Strikes Far West as Lightning Sparks Wildfires
Hundreds of fires raged in the mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, mostly sparked by Friday night lightning, with as many as 1000 blazes reported. A 3500 acre Modoc National Forest blaze, blamed on a camper or hunter, led the pack, contained by 600 firefighters aided by planes dropping borate.
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San Francisco
Oregon
California
Modoc National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Melvin Miller surfs in Laguna Beach holiday spectacle
In Laguna Beach California a crowd cheers Melvin Miller as he rides a surfboard belly down on a small breaker and heads to the beach after a crowd pleasing first ocean ride. Melvin Miller Week began with a joke and became a nationwide chuckle as Marines and local officials escort him.
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Toll Hits 16 In Army Shelling At Grafenwoehr
The toll from a U S Army training accident in Grafenwoehr Germany rose to 16 with the death of another seriously injured enlistee. An 8 inch howitzer shell overshot the range and struck a tent camp housing members of the 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron 12th Cavalry 3rd Armored Division who had just arrived for field training. The incident prompted an Army investigation and a memorial service near the scene.
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Mrs. Johnson Dies In City
Mrs. Ellis Johnson 56 of 210 Sherman Ave died at 6 p m Saturday in West Texas Hospital after five months illness. She lived 22 years in Lubbock coming from Belleville Arkansas. Funeral services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors: husband two daughters Miss Ruby Nell Houston Alpine Miss Iva Mozelle Clark Kansas City Mo a son Edward M at home a sister Mrs Ruby Dean Coleman Okla two brothers Wendell Parker Eau Claire Wis Fred Parker Roswell eight grandchildren.
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Alpine
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Kansas City
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Coleman
Okla
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Eau Clair
Wis
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Roswell
Mrs. Thelma Lewis 50 Dies After Illness
Thelma Irene Lewis of 2615 Amherst, a Lubbock resident, died Saturday at 7 30 a m in Methodist Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 10 a m Monday at Arnett Benson Baptist Church with Rev Billy Barber officiating. Burial will follow at Ralls Cemetery under McDonald Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband Harry a son Jerry Stanfield in California a daughter Mrs Jo Ann Shahan in Utah four brothers and one sister and seven grandchildren.
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Okla
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California
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Utah
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Country Club Dr
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27Th St
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Wichita Falls
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el Paso
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Seattle
Wash
Radios Distributed In Villages Across India
India has distributed nearly 34 000 battery operated radio sets in villages. All India Radio broadcasts special programs of interest in rural areas.
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New Delhi
India
All India Radio
Rites Today For J T Allen In Wolfforth
Funeral services for J T Allen 64 will be held at Wolfforth Baptist Church with Rev W A James officiating. Burial follows at Wolfforth Cemetery under Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home of Lubbock. Allen, longtime resident of Wolfforth and former Delta County native, died after months of illness at Goodnight Hospital Lubbock. He worked in Texas Tech maintenance.
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Ceylon Journalists Association Backs Newspaper Reform
The 300 member Ceylon Journalists Association passed a resolution welcoming the government decision to end newspaper monopoly ownership and convert two major newspaper groups into broad based public corporations in Colombo Sri Lanka.
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Colombo, Ceylon
Ceylon Journalists ‘Association
Mrs. Acuff Rites Set At Andrews
Mrs. Minerva Arlene Acuff 81 will be honored with 2:30 p.m. services at First Baptist Church Andrews led by Rev. J. W. Stovall assisted by Rev. A. M. McConaghie. Graveside rites follow Monday at Evergreen Cemetery Ranger. Odess a resident she lived in the last 15 years died 8:45 p.m. Friday at Permian General Hospital. Local arrangements by Singleton Funeral Home.
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Couple Has Simple Happiness Formula
SOUTHBRIDGE Mass Ninety four descendants of Mr and Mrs Paul Cournoyer gather to celebrate their 70th anniversary. Cournoyer 89 and his wife 85 were married Sept 4 1890 and say love and prayer keep them strong. He kisses her hello daily and the family rosary is a household ritual. Their 10 surviving children include state Rep Leo Cournoyer with 37 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren.
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Egyptian Women Protest Ban on June and December Marriages
Cairo protesters oppose a proposed law barring marriages where men over 60 wed women under 30. Activists call the measure unfair and discriminatory against young women and couples.
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