William C Jones Back From Russia in Lubbock Visit
U S diplomat William C Jones returns home after two years as administrative officer with the U S Embassy in Moscow for a visit with his mother Mrs Clyde C Jones and family. He plans to depart Sept 10 for a Berlin post with the U S Mission in Berlin where he will serve as administrative officer.
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Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
William Jones
Russia
U.S
Clyde C. Jones
Clyde Jones
Ave. J
Jones
Alec
Diplopost
U. S
Inimat
Mia
Harry C. Hal Berlinzel
Richmond
Calif
Carol A. Taylor
Lamesa
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
United States
Joneses
Munich
Germany
Foreign Service
Nyack
Breakfast event opens Texas GOP convention in Fort Worth
The Texas State Republican Convention will begin September 18 in Fort Worth with Lindy Berry as chairman. About 300 Republicans from Houston 200 from San Antonio and 250 from Dallas are expected among roughly 3 000 delegates. Democrats hold their convention in El Paso the same day.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Texas
el Paso
Lindy Berry
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Diplomat Bill Jones Returns From Russia to United States
William C. Jones chats with his mother Mrs Clyde C Jones at her home 1314 Ave J after two years in Russia where Jones served as administrative officer at the U S Embassy in Moscow. Family reunites with staff photo.
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Anna Reed
Avalanche-Journal
United States
Moscow
William C
Bill) Jones
Clyde C. Jones
Ave
J. Jones
United
Russia
Jones
Meany Pushes 35-Hour Week at Seattle Labor Day Rally
AFL CIO President George Meany urged a 35 hour workweek to spur job growth and offset recession and unemployment. He warned Congress’ do nothing stance hinders the economy and said automation will cut jobs, calling for labor action to create five million more private sector jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meany
Congress
Seattle
Greek exchange student jailed by U S order to depart
Nico Lao louvaris, a Greek exchange student who married an American and fathered two children, was ordered to leave the United States after his visa extension was revoked in October 1960. He faced possible fines for breach of contract and losing his teaching post in Greece if he returns. U S representatives had sought waivers on hardship grounds, but both waivers failed. The government set a departure deadline of September 20.
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Jones
Russia
Beth
Philadelphia
Nicolaos Louvaris
United States
Athens
Jo’ Ann Pollard
Osaks, Minn
Louvaris
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Billy
Edward
Greece
U.S
H. Carl Andersen
R-Minn
New Deal Area Gins First Cotton Bale For Season
The first bale of cotton for the New Deal area was ginned at 7 pm Monday at the New Deal Gin Co. Grown by Jackson R. West on irrigated land two miles east of New Deal, the Gregg variety was planted April 17. The 2,500 seed cotton came from 2 acres with a 509 pound bale and 1,050 pounds of seed. West will receive 50 cents per pound for lint and 100 per ton for seed. bale ginned free with bagging.
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New Deal
New Deal Gin Co
P. B. Justice
Jackson R. West
Country Club Cave
Lubbock
West
Justice
Snyder Fireman Hurt While Fighting Blaze
Snyder volunteers rushed to a burning home of L. C. Harber where Butch Martin, a volunteer fireman, injured a leg while moving furniture from the fire scene. Fire officials said a welding torch ignited flames in the ceiling and attic during remodeling. Spectators aided by helping move furniture as Martin slipped while carrying a washing machine.
Weekends Only JFK Won't Take Full Vacation
President Kennedy plans limited time off this fall as Congress stays in session and the 1962 campaign intensifies. A Labor Day note says he will continue work with only regular weekends free, aiming for a longer break at Christmas and New Year in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Newport
R.L
Kennedy
Congress
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Palm Beach
Fla
Work Continues On Rail Strike
Chicago and North Western Railway and the striking telegraphers union held talks on Labor Day after a two hour hotel room session. National Mediation Board official Francis A. ONeill Jr. said separate meetings with mediators would occur today, though he doubted any rapid settlement. The five day strike disrupted grain harvesting and manufacturing in the Midwest and halted train service on the C and NW network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & North Western Railway
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
National Mediation Board
O'Neill
C&nw
Streight
Burglaries Reported At Two Lubbock Homes
Two Lubbock residences reported thefts of household articles including bedspreads draperies and dishes with losses totaling about 348.90. Burglars left footprints in a Nash Phillips Copus Co. model home yard and several other items were taken from Bob Jones and local residents. Police held two men after a store arrest and investigated a separate abusive language incident at a laundry and vehicle-related thefts including a broken car window parakeets and a Shriner’s hat.
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Lubbock
Nash Phillips Copus Co
College Ave
56Th St
Bob Jones
Zenith Ave
S. H. Kress Co
Broadway
John Arnold
4Th Street
Soviet Union To Rent Fins Part Of Saima Canal
The Soviet Union agrees to rent the Saima Canal outlet and 20 miles of canal on its side for 50 years while retaining broad legal jurisdiction. Finland gains a land strip beside the canal and pays repair costs and annual rent amid postwar border shifts.
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Soviet Union
Helsinki
Finland
Baltic
Karelia
Viborg
Gulf of
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Democratic Hopefuls Rally For Party Unity In Wichita Falls
About 400 attendees gathered for a Labor Day rally sponsored by the Democratic Women’s Organization of Wichita County. Speakers included Gov candidate John Connally from Fort Worth and Attorney General candidate Waggoner Carr from Lubbock, with Rep. Jim Wright and others urging unity amid a site shift due to heavy weekend rains.
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Democratic Women’s Organization of
Wichita County
John Connally
Fort Worth
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Lubbock
U.S
Jim Wright
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Omer Burleson
Anson
Horseshoe Lake
Town Park
President Kennedy urges students to return to school
JFK appeals directly to youth on Labor Day urging them to finish schooling and prepare for skilled jobs. He warns 7.5 million youths may fail to finish high school in the 1960s and stresses parental and community outreach to motivate students to resume their education.
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JFK
Newport
Ben Bella Army closes in on Algiers in siege push
Ahmed Ben Bella’s Communist equipped forces move from south and west toward Algiers with about 30 000 trained troops aided by Soviet artillery while guerrillas retreat or surrender after token resistance. The attack concentrates on Wilaya 4 suburbs as rebels brace for street fighting in the capital.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Wilaya
Medea
Dreamsville
Oran
Wilaya 4
Vilayra 4
Kabylie Mountains
Wilaya 3
Algiers Casbah
Clusm
Aawir
Plumber Admits Slaying Woman On Beach
Philadelphia plumber Thomas Robert Clements confessed to beating 22 year old Sandra Hall and dragging her into the ocean to drown after an alleged lovemaking dispute on a Cape Cod beach. Prosecutor James A. ONeill said autopsy showed death by drowning.
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North Wildwood
Nlj
Philadelphia
Cape Cod County
James A. O'Neill
Thomas Robert Clements
Sandra Hall
O'Neill
Clements
Miss Hall
Post Office Chief Honors Mail Carrier Doherty
Postmaster General J. Edward Day awarded William C. Doherty the Distinguished Service Award as Doherty retires after 20 years leading the National Association of Letter Carriers. Doherty remains technically on leave from his Cincinnati letter-carrier job. The salute included an old mail carrier satchel stamped Mailman, U.S.A., the title of his book.
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Denver
Colo
J. Edward Day
Post Office Department
William C. Doherty
Doherty
National Association of Letter Carriers
Cincinnati
U.S.A
Nevada Primary Voters Set to Decide Governor and Senate
In Reno Nevada expects a record turnout for today’s state primary with hot races for governor and Senate. Democrats favor Gov Grant Sawyer Sen Alan Bible and Rep Walter Baring while Republicans contest treasurer and face a two way governor race and a three way Senate race. About 80 000 voters about 15 percent of registration expected to cast ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Alan Bible
Walter Baring
Crime tally in Norwich rises 38 percent in 1961
About 2,860 crimes were reported in Norwich England last year signaling a 38 percent increase from 1960. The figure underscores rising crime levels in the city and will concern local authorities and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
England
Services Slated For Mrs. Gideon
Mrs. G F Mary Sue Gideon 68 mother of two Lubbock men dies in Oklahoma City and will be buried there. Funeral at Capitol Hill Free Baptist Church with Guardian Funeral Home directing. Survived by husband two sons George and Billy Ray in Oklahoma City three daughters and many relatives.
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G. F
Mary Sue) Gideon
Lubbock
Capitol Hill Free Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
M. J. Gideon
48Th St
James Gideon
60Th St
Guardian Funneral
New Deal
George
Billy Ray
Ray Dryden
Pryor
Okla
W. E. Bur- Fitzhugh
A. Harkey
Pottsville
Ark
L. N. Harkey
California
J. W. Harkey
E. E. Harkey
Roosevelt
Pete Harkey
Loyal Judkins
Abernathy
Lois Gideon
Tulse
Effie Jackson
Potts
Service for W R Spangler Held in Muleshoe
William Robert Spangler 81 died at daughter’s home in Muleshoe. Services set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Troy Walker and Rev Don Murray officiating. Burial in Levelland Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction. He had lived in Muleshoe eight years and was a Calvary Baptist member. Survivors include four daughters, four sons, twenty six grandchildren, thirty two great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Muleshoe
William Robert Spangler
R. J. Parker
6Th St
Trinity Baptist Church
Troy Walker
Don Murray
First Baptist Church
Levelland
Lunder
Singleton Funneral
Spangler
Sudan Resident Is Shock Victim
Dover Allen 37 of Sudan was electrocuted Monday afternoon near Ruidoso New Mexico while setting up a television antenna. He and his family, vacationing for a week, were near a trailer when the 18 foot antenna touched a power line. Attendants and a doctor pronounced him dead after 45 minutes. He was part owner of MAGCO and had been Jaycee of the Year in Sudan in 1961. Survivors list unavailable.
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Sudan
Dover Allen
Ruidoso
Allen
Mason Funeral Home
Hammons Funeral
Littlefield
Lubbock
MAGCO
Services Today For Mrs Hamill In Levelland
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Toney Hamill 88 longtime Levelland resident will be held at 2 p m in the First Baptist Church with Dr Bill Cook officiating Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock under direction of George Price Funeral Home Survivors include two sons Paul and George H of Levelland two daughters Grace Phegley Levelland and Gale Long Baldwin Park Calif and 15 great grandchildren Pallbearers are Donal Hamill Joe Bob Garner Bob Dean Gene Mowrey Bill Delashaw Harold Long and Jerrold Long Honorary pallbearers include Sam Hoover Ben Tipton J Earnest Bowman Drew Bowman J C Cunningham Bill Cunningham Alton Lawson and J Ernest Railback
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Levelland
Jennie Toney Hamill
First Baptist Church
Bill Cook
Hamill
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
George Price
Grace Phegley
Gale Long
Baldwin Park
Calif
Donal Hamii
Joe Bob Garner
Bob Dean
Gene Mowrey
Bill Delashaw
Harold Long
Jerrold Long
Sam Hoover
Ben Tipton
J. Earnest Bowman
Drew Bowman
J. C
Former Lubbock Resident Dick Robinson Killed
Funeral services are set for Dick Robinson son of Lubbock residents and a 1960 Texas Tech graduate who died after a gun he picked up discharged in Garden City California. Survivors include his wife two sons and his parents. He lived in Lubbock most of his life and worked in construction. Back to class with public school students in September involves 1.5 million teachers and staff per US Office of Education reports. Wellington New Zealand releases revised licensing schedule under Brussels nomenclature tariff classification.
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Dick Robinson
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Garden City
Calif
Robinson
Tech
R. A. Robinson
35Th St
U.S. Office of Education
It Was a Chance That Happened to Us
A short quoted verse from I Sam 6 9 and a proclamation by Julien C Hyer stressing that luck does not insure success. It urges reliance on skill brains and work to light the fires of industry and keep them burning with 24 hours of effort rather than luck.
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Julien C.hyer
Bob V. Charlton Rites Set Today
Services for Bob Charlton 39 furniture salesman will be at 11 am in sixchapel with Rev. William S. Smith. The body will go to Narrows Virginia for 2 pm Friday service at Riffs Funeral Home. Charlton of 2812 43rd St was found dead Sunday morning. death ruled natural causes from heart attack. He is survived by four daughters, his mother Mrs Anna Charlton, Narrows, a brother Jack Brownwood, two sisters Mrs John J Lowery Warwick Virginia and Mrs J W Cash Dundalk Maryland.
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Bob Charlton
Sixchapel
William S. Smith
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Narrows
Riffs Funeral
Charlton
43Rd St
M. C. Woodlock
Justice of the Peace
George McCleskey
Anna Charlton
Jack
Brownwood
John J. Lowery
Warwick
J. W. Cash
Dundalk
George R. Bean Services Held
George R. Bean 88 Lubbock attorney and civic leader died after a stroke. Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church with burial at City at Lubbock Cemetery. A pioneer who came to Lubbock in 1893 he served as county judge school board trustee and bank director. The George R. Bean Elementary School honors him. Surviving are three daughters four sons 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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George R. Bean
Lubbock
Bean
22Nd St
Citizen's National Bank Board
Lubbock Lions Club
First Methodist Church
Pioneer Jones Resident Mrs. Etta Whaley Dies
Anson Special reports Mrs. Etta Whaley 89 or 90 year old pioneer Jones County resident died at 10 33 am Monday in Anson General Hospital Funeral services set for 11 am Wednesday at First Baptist Church burial in Bethel Cemetery under Lawrence Funeral Home direction She came to Jones County in 1888 native of Limestone County Survivors include three sons Dallas Lubbock and Searcy and Maurice Dallas two daughters Mrs Calvin Council Lubbock and Mrs Lester Gravely Quanah five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Anson
Etta Whaley
Jones County
Anson General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Bethel Cemetery
Lawrence Funeral Home
Whaley
Limestone County
Dallas
Lubbock
Searcy
Maurice
Calvin Council
Lester Gravelly
Quanah
Willie Ellison Rites Set Today
Services for Willie Ellison 32 who died Saturday in Parkland Hospital Dallas are at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Plains under Singleton Funeral Home. Ellison son of the late Joe B. Ellison former Yoakum County sheriff had heart surgery months ago. Survivors include his mother Mrs Joe B Ellison Plains a son Glenn Allen Houston two daughters Rene Houston and Denise Denver City and three brothers Joe B Jr Denver City Leland and Frank Plains.
Cover Services Scheduled Today for Clarence M. Cover
Last rites for Clarence M. Cover aged 67 of 206 Hub Homes are set for 1 PM at Parkdale Baptist Church with Rev D G Davison presiding. Burial will follow in City of Tubbock. Sanders Funeral Home directs arrangements. He died Saturday night in Methodist Hospital. Survivors include his wife seven daughters and four sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Cover
Parkdale Baptist Church
D. G. Davison
City of Tubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Cover
Methodist Hospital
Stunt Pilot Dies At Air Fair Exhibition
Stunt pilot Cliff Winters, 33, was killed when his Ryan biplane crashed during a double snap roll at the National Air Fair in Chino California. About 15 000 spectators watched as the craft plunged after passing two obstacles and a wall of flames. Winters from Santa Ana had survived a near death incident last month when his plane collided during TV filming in Ventura County and he bailed out landing in a tree.
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Chino
Calif
Cliff Winters
Winters
Santa Ana
Ventura County
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