Board To Seek Stock Investment For School Fund
The State Board of Education voted to ask the Legislature to permit partial investment of the permanent school fund above 400 million dollars in corporate stocks and bonds. The fund at 422 million now limits investments to government and municipal bonds with a 50 percent securities safeguard. The panel also set a 366.0 million minimum foundation program for 1959 60 including 322 million for teacher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPD
State Board of Education
W. C. Graves
Dallas
Paul Matthews
Greenville
Graves
Jack Binion
Houston
University of Texas Permanent Fund
Four Enter Pleas At Court Session
Bonds of 500 each were set by Judge Pat Moore in County Court at Law No 2 during a Labor Day session for four defendants who pleaded innocent to misdemeanor charges. Atilano Rosales 35 New Deal and Charles Everett Nelson 30 Floydada faced drunken driving charges. Willie Wise Jr 37th St and Beach Ave 27 year old Negro pleaded not guilty to theft over 5 linked to two rolls of wire stolen from a baseball park under construction. Jesus Ortiz 37 1709 Vanda Ave entered a plea to illegal possession of intoxicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Moore
at-Law No
Atilano Rosales
New Deal
Charles Everett Nelson
Floydada
Willie Wise Jr
37Th St
Beach Ave
Jesus Ortiz
Vanda Ave
San Antonio Woman Invites Suspect Away From Window
After police concluded a reported peeping tom was the woman's boyfriend, she invited him away from her window and into the house. A 1960-61 school year program was set at 380.486 million dollars, boosted by 3,100 extra teachers. Board members also urged the legislature to approve a public school teacher salary increase at the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
The Shepherd by Julien C Hyer
A devotional meditation on finding strength beyond self through prayer and trust in God's care. The author notes times when friends fail to help and urges reliance on divine power drawn from worship and faith in the Lord.
Funeral Set For Amarillo Woman
Funeral services for Dora Blinderman 74 of Amarillo will be at 10 a.m. in Griggs Pioneer Chapel with Rabbi Arthur Blumm officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo. She died Monday at Goodnight Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include daughter Mrs Chartoff two sons Morris and Meyer of Amarillo and seven grandchildren.
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Dora Blinderman
Amarillo
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Arthur Blumm
Llano Cemetery
Anderson Rites Planned Today
Funeral services for Sam Anderson 80 Sundown are set for 2 p m in the George Price Funeral Home Chapel Sundown Rev Jesse Young of Sundown Methodist Church will officiate Anderson a post office worker and Sundown resident for 18 years died after being struck by a car the driver said sun glare blinded him Survivors include sister Mrs Minnie Looman of McPherson Kan and two nieces in West Virginia Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery Lubbock
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Levelland
Sam Anderson
Sundown
George Price
Jesse Young
Sundown Methodist Church
Anderson
Minnie Looman
McPhearson
Kane
West Virginia
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery
Lubbock
Wealthy Oilman Dies Sunday At Houston
William Hooper 69 died of a heart attack at his Houston home Sunday night. His wife Lucille Mayfield Vick Hooper died in 1956 leaving about 4 million dollars. Half went to son Kyle Vick Jr. of Rockport and half to a trust for four grandchildren. Hooper owned interests in banking real estate and ranching. He was the son of a Baptist preacher. A sister Mrs J H Shaeffer of Conroe survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
William Hooper
Lucille Mayfield Vick Hooper
Kyle Vick Jr
Rockport
Hooper
J. H. Shaeffer
Conroe
Jurors To Open New Term Of 106th Court
Sixteen grand jurors have been summoned to open a new term of the 106th Judicial District Court in Lamesa on September 12. Names include Fred B. Sanders Ronnie Shephered Frank Veasey Joe Whitlow Clyde Privitt Raymond Earnest Curtis Hawkins J H Baldwin J E Nely Jr Clarence Nolen J J Miles Nelson Williams W N Anderson M Y Bowlin Horace Burger James T Dunn.
Double Rites Planned for Four Sheppards Drowned
Double funeral services set for Bobby 26 and Horace 21 Sheppard who drowned in the Cimarron River near Stillwater Oklahoma while trying to rescue brother Billy 30. Billy survived and the three lived in Plainview before moving to Stillwater for Hoak Cement jobs.
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Plainview
Church of the Nazarene
Bobby
Horace Sheppard
Cimarron River
Stillwater
Okla
Billy
J. C. Sheppard
Hoak Cement Co
R. H. Sheppard
Denver
Mildred
Bobby Vincent
Horace
Billie Louise
Debby
Floyd Woman's Services Slated for Lucy Ann Bollman
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ann Bollman Floyd County pioneer are set for 3 p.m. today at Harmon Funeral Home Chapel in Floydada. Rev. Charles Lutrick of First Methodist Church will officiate. She moved to Floyd County from Wichita Falls in 1919 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include two sons Henry of Lockney and Wiley of Huntington Beach California, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial will follow in Floydada Cemetery under Harmon Funeral Home direction.
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Floydada
Lucy Ann Bollman
Floyd County
Harmon Funeral Home
Charles Lutrick
First Methodist Church
Bollman
Flood County
Wichita Falls
First Presbyterian Church
Henry
Lockney
Wiley
Huntington Beach
Calif
Floydada Cemetery
Funeral Pending For Lubbock Man Fuquay 77
Funeral services for Archie I Warren Fuquay 77 of Lubbock are pending at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. A Mount Vernon native born in 1909, he died Monday at a local nursing home after two weeks there. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include wife three sons Jerome C Murray and Garth two sisters seven grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Archie i
Warren Fuquay
Grinnell i St
Lubbock
Franklin-Bartley
Fuquay
Mount Verinon
Jerome
St. C
Murray
Midwestcity
Okla
Garth
Shelton Bay
Canada
Abby Hague
Mount Vernon
New Officers Of GI Forum Named Here
New Officers for the American GI Forum were elected Monday night with Agustin Estrada named to head the club as chairman. Other officers included Joe Carrillo vice chairman Bob Olivari secretary Alex Munis treasurer and Richard Guzman chaplain. The Ladies Auxiliary named new officers including Mrs Lillie Carrillo chairman Mrs Delfina Estrada vice chairman Mrs Estella Munis secretary Mrs Eva Castro treasurer Mrs Ofelia Jimenez chaplain Mrs Virginia Torres reporter and Mrs Isabel Rodriguez sergeant at arms.
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GI Forum
Agustin Estrada
Joe Carrillo
Bob Olivari
Alex Munis
Richard Guzman
Lillie Carrillo
Delfina Estrada
Estella Munis
Eva Castro
Ofelia Jimenez
Virginia Torres
Isabel Rodriguez
Fire Victim Lila Gray Rites Set in Lubbock
Funeral services for Lila Gray 57 a Lubbock resident burned to death at 1326 East 25th Street will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev E N Wyatt officiating. Burial follows in City of Lubbock Cemetery under South Plains Funeral Home. She is the fourth fatal burn victim in Lubbock this year and the third Black resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Gray
Lubbock
E. 25Th St
New Hope Baptist Church
E. N. Wyatt
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral Home
Funeral services for A B Whitlock in Lubbock
Funeral services for A B Whitlock 87 of 1620 18th St. will be at 2 p.m. today at Sanders Funeral Home Chapel with Dr J Ralph Grant of First Baptist Church officiating. Whitlock died about 10 p.m. Sunday at home and burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Whitlock
18Th St
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
J. Ralph Grant
First Baptist Church
Whitlock
Ex City Youth Drowns In Lake
Charles Robert Bobby Peden 19, former Lubbock resident now of Oklahoma City, drowned while swimming at Lake Altus Lagert. He was a Classen High School graduate and Central State College student. Survivors include parents a twin sister Beth grandmother and two aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lubbock
Charles Robert
Bobby) Peden
Lake Altus-Lagert
Peden
Robert A. Peden
Lynwood Methodist Church
Merritt Funeral Home
Oklahoma Highway
Ray Griffin
Kenneth McConnell
Young Peden
Classen High School
Central State College
Beth
Nita Hinson
Levelland
Ben Kizer
7Th St
J. E. Edwards
Abernathy
Longtime Contractor Of Road Work Dies
Willis Maynor Powell 66 longtime Brown and Root executive and road builder died of a heart attack at his Houston home. A native of Albany he led West Texas Construction before joining Brown and Root in 1935 becoming vice president in 1941. He directed Texas highway projects and aided Fort Hood and Los Alamos sites. Survived by widow and two sons in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamos
N.M
Houston
Midland Labor Day traffic death in Permian Basin
Louis Johnson, 33, a Midland resident, died in Midland Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull and injuries after a Saturday city limits accident marking the first Labor Day weekend traffic fatality in the Permian Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Louis Johnson
Permian Basin
Johnson
Midland Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Ellis Johnson Rites Arranged in Lubbock
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellis Johnson 56 of 210 Sherman Ave will be at 10 a.m. today at Sanders Funeral Home Chapel. Elmer Knowles Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints minister will officiate. Mrs Johnson who lived in Lubbock 22 years died Saturday at West Texas Hospital. Burial at Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction.
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Ellis Johnson
Sherman Ave
Sanders Funeral Home
Elmer Knowles
Church of Christ of Later Day Saints
Johnson
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Resthaven Memorial Park
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Webster's Dictionary
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