Daniel Denies Plot As Democrats Gather For Convention
Daniel rejects charges of steering the Texas Democratic convention amid factional fights between loyalist liberals and conservatives. He urges open minds, warns against preconvention rulings, and backs Stevenson if possible while naming Kilgore as keynote and other officers for the governor's convention setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Bucks Kilgore
Jack Blalock
Houston
U.S
Joe M. Kilgore
McAllen
Jim Lindsey
Texarkana
Texas House of Representatives
Jake Jacobsen
Austin
Fort Worth
State Democratic Executive Committee
Convention
Repeat
Yarborough
Texas
Rayburn
Johnson
Sandlin
Daniel Hil
Bagers
Voigt
el Paso
Harris
Bexar
Wichita
Hidalgo
Jefferson
Nolan
State Executive Committee
Lubbock Toastmasters honor Walker for contest run
Harry Walker, second in the 1956 International Toastmasters Speech Contest, received a trophy from District 44 at a Lamont’s dinner. Fred Balderson presented the award as 50 district members from Amarillo to Midland attended. Walker led Texas in the international meet despite a 5 percent penalty for exceeding time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Walker
Toastmasters District 44
Lamont's
N. College
Amarillo
Midland
Walker
Texas
Fred Balderson
C. K. Cunningham
Will Rogers Toastmasters Club
Detroit
Bud Sherrod
Texas Tech Athletic Department
Tech
Clarence Simes
Pete Peterson
George Heather
Fred McLain
Lubbock
District 44
Hereford
Albuquerque
District 44 Council
Ken Durham
Paul Elbrecht
Balderson
John Stuart
Toastmaster District 44
Philip Levereault
Lubbock Toastmasters Club
Ralph Dreeser
Reese Officers Toastermasters Club
C. 3X. Cunningham
Will Rogers
Cunningham
Cooper grid team burglary tied to Friday night game
Investigators report break in at Cooper High dressing room after a Wolfforth Friday night game. Lock broken, clothes and personal belongings taken from players and coaches. Bills and papers stolen, with items found along Slaton highway later. Additional retail thefts and robberies being probed by Slaton and Lubbock police, including purse and cash losses at local stores and a market robbery on the Slaton highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Grid
Wolfforth
Slaton
Cooper
Frenship High School
Lubbock
Lavada ‘Johns
Mth St
Ave. H
Francisco Borunda Chacom
Jose Chavez Diaz
J. R. Payne
Slaton Highway
Dale Barton
E. 4Th St
Quirth Ave
Miss America crowned amid pageant notes and South Carolina tie
Marian McKnight, a South Carolina beauty, won the Miss America title after a dramatic pageant performance including a Monroe Doctrine skit. She is the first SC winner since the pageant began in the 1920s and is engaged to Lt. John Granling, stationed at Shaw Air Force Base. The event featured top finalists Barbara Hilgenberg Miss Arizona and Mary Ann McGrew Miss Kansas, with scholarships totaling $14,500 for runners up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian
Monroe
Annie F. McKnight
B. N. McKnight
Chhosen
Barbara Hilgenberg
Arizona
Mary Ann McGrew
Kansas
Joan C. Beckett
California
Dorothy G. Moreau
Canada
Sandra J. Stuart
Chicago
Jere Wright
Hawaii
Jewell Smearage
Massachusetts
Miss Alabama
Miss California
Miss Arkansas
Miss Hawaii
Miss Nebraska
Miss Chicago
Fort Worth District Battle Looms For State Demo Posts
Lubbock County delegates head for Fort Worth amid a spirited contest over the selection of the State Democratic Executive Committee from the 28th Senatorial District. The outcome hinges on the Fort Worth convention and the delegation’s choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock County
Fort Worth
Hilton Hotel
Daniel Vs. Yarborough
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
O. B. Ratliff
Lubbock
Albert Morrow
Morton
Ft. Worth
Robert E. Dennis
Dennis
Daniel
G. H. Nelson
Nelson
O Daniel Accepts Constitution Party bid for governor
O Daniel accepts the Constitution Party nomination for governor while a state hearing in Austin weighs certifying him and four ex Democratic candidates for the ballot. Harding rejects the bid and party leaders plan Monday and Tuesday caucuses in Fort Worth to shape the ticket and executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’daniel
Constitution Party
Sec. of
Tom Beavley
Austin
Reavley
Constitution
Harding
O’daniels
Warren Harding
J. Evetts Haley
Canyon
Reuben Senterfitt
San Saba
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
T. Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue
Supreme Court
Sen
Price Daniel
Veterans Land Board
O'Daniel
Veterans ‘and Board
U.S
Yarborough
Senate
Daniel
Two Die As Wreck Leaves Youths Injured
Officers reported two dead after a crash involving a family sedan and another car. Mrs Richards appeared to be driving the sedan, but investigators could not identify which of three youths drove the other vehicle. The collision event was under active inquiry with further questioning planned. Bodies were moved to George Price Funeral Home with funeral arrangements pending.
Killarney Estate Offered Irish By American Realty Speculator
American real estate man J Stuart Robertson says he will sell the 8500 acre Killarney Lakes estate to the people of Killarney if they wish to buy it back He has turned down global offers and would profit more than 150000 dollars from such a sale. He paid 280000 dollars for the property from Beatrice Grosvenor niece of the seventh Earl of Kenmare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Ireland
Killarney Lakes
United States
J. Stuart Robertson
Florida
Killarney
Robertson
Beatrice Grosvenor
Earl of
Kenmare
Muleshoe Child Is Killed In Driveway
An 18 month old girl Glenda Joyce Vinson died after a truck rolled over her in the family driveway in Muleshoe. She was playing with sisters Lettie and Linda when the accident occurred. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Muleshoe Church of Christ with burial in Muleshoe Cemetery. Survived by her parents, sisters, and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muleshoe
Glenda Joyce Vinson
Glenda
Billy C. Vinson
West Plains Hospital
Lettie
Linda
Blackie Johnson
Johnson
Dan Vinson
Militia Readies School as Integration Debates Rage
At Houston Texas President Samuel Nabrit noted several white students enrolled at Negro Texas Southern University with one withdrawing. In Kentucky's Sturgis and Clay clashes guardsmen to escort nine Negro students as mobs press for white-only schools. In Matoaka West Virginia pupil boycotts shrink classes. 100 of 600 pupils attend. Southern School News estimates 300,000 Negro students will join integrated schools across nine states and DC. Pine Bluff Arkansas plans gradual 1958 integration starting with first grade. Texarkana Arkansas sees a cross burned near a NAACP leader's funeral home and three Negroes blocked from exams at Texarkana Junior College. Larue County Kentucky integrates two of three schools, Hodgenville�s Negro elementary school remains open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Samuel Nabrit
Texas Southern University
Nabrit
Kentucky
Sturgis and
Clay
Dixie
Sturgis High School
Thhe
Stugill
Sturgis
FBI
Adj
J.J.B. Williams
Matoaka
W. I.va
Matoaka High School
Southern School News
Nashville
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
John Jay Jones
The
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Colored People
Abraham Lincoln
Supt
Ova A. Haney
Larue County
Desk and Derrick Clubs elect new officers in New Orleans
The Assn. of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America elected Miss Irma Cline of Wichita Falls Texas as president at the fifth annual convention. Miss Lavada Clayton of Wichita Falls was chosen secretary and Mrs. Florynee T. Brandon of Houston Texas as treasurer. Chicago was chosen for the 1957 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Assn. of
Desk and Derrick Clubs
North America
Irma Cline
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lavada Clayton
Florynee T. Brandon
Wouston
Chicago
Births List From Methodist and West Texas Hospitals
Mr and Mrs James Anderson Brownfield welcome a baby weighing 3 pounds 3/4 ounces at 4:10 pm Saturday in Methat Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jerry Harrie, on Mt St, report a son born 7 pounds 8 1/2 ounces at 12:54 pm Saturday in Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs serene B Stark Brownfield announce another son weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces at 1:11 pm Saturday in West Texas Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clay Coursey 4919 Ave G greet a son 7 pounds 14 ounces at 4:20 pm Saturday in Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Virgil Jones Lorenzo report a daughter 7 pounds 19 ounces at 12:24 pm Saturday in Metipatet Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clyde R Edwards 308-B N Ave V welcome a son 6 pounds 4 ounces at 12:45 pm Friday at Taylor Hospital. Mr and Mrs H D Armitage 2 Both He celebrate a son weighing 7 pounds ounces at 2:10 am Saturday at Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Eldon Embree 112 18th report a son 7 ounces at 5:01 pm Friday at Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs L K E Grier Jr 2428 Statl St announce a son 6 pounds 15 1/2 ounces at 11:07 pm Friday at Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Douglas Guinn 204th St greet a daughter 9 pounds 8 1/2 ounces at 6:33 am Saturday at West Texas Hospital. The fathers are noted as various workers including civil service, sales, and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Harrie
Methodist Hospital
Reese Afb
Serene B. Stark
Brownfield
Ehcey
West Texas Hospital
Phillips Petroleum Co
Clay Coursey
Ave. G
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Virgil Jones
Lorenzo
Metipatet Hospital
Clyde R. Edwards
Ave
Taylor Hospital
West Texas Construction Co
Rs. H. D. Armitage
Douglas Guinn
Annie
Consolidated Gin Supply
Tell Rider Awarded Ralls Rodeo Saddle
Ralls Sept 8 special Clifton Smith Tell was awarded a hand tooled Leddy saddle for calf roping and double mugging as the three day Jaycee rodeo ended. Winners include Cotton Barrington Lubbock bare back Dave Hopper Lubbock saddle bronc Jim Sealy Snyder bull Mildred Farris Iowa Park girl barrel racing and Jimmy Byrd Post calf roping with fast times. About 500 attended final rodeo with entertainment by a Lubbock mounted quadrille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralls
Clifton Smith
Tell
Cotton Barrington
Lubbock
Dave Hopper
Jim Sealy
Snyder
Mildred Farris
Iowa Park
Smith
Jimmy Byrd
Post
Harlan Webb
Adie
Jimmy Moore
Pees Tington
T. Hibbert
Breckenracon Brone
Moore
Barrington
Delbert Hataway
Sealy
Hopper
Joe Mer
Sue Fienniken
Floydada
Farris
Laddie Smith
O'Donnell
Frances Motley
Archer City
Farm Bureau Queen Contest Highlights Local Entries
Texas Tech bound contestant Miss Kilattenhoff plans home economics major with farm life as future. Other entrants from Abernathy Lubbock Slaton and Idalou studied poise during brief interviews with Frank Jonell as judges and audience weighed farm appeal. Previous queen Miss Moore crowned 1956 runner up. winner advances to state contest in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lke
Misg Kilattenhoff
Miss Moore
Paula Mayo
Shirley Watson
Abernathy
Sandra Janice Lackey
Rt. 1
Lubbock
Patricia Patterson
Wolfforth
Gail Klatt
Rt. 6
Janice Sedgwick
Slaton
Betty Lovenia Motley
Idalou
Bessie Frances Hogan
Rt. 2
Frances Flournoy
Rt. 4
Frank Jonell
Miss Motley
Fred Mohart
Austria
Pat Boyd
Farm Bureau
Klattenhoff
Wilmer Smith
New Home
Joe D. Unfred
Nita Johnson
Texas Tech Home Economics Department
Bevis Jordan
South Plains
Funeral services for week old Wines infant pending
Randy Wayne Wines infant son of Mr and Mrs W L Wines of 4403 46th St died at 2 18 p m Saturday at Methodist Hospital The baby was nearly a week old and born last Sunday at Methodist Hospital Funeral arrangements are pending at McDonald Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Wayne Wines
Iof
W. L. Wines
46Th St
Methodist Hospital
McDonald Funeral Home
Tower fight stalls as zoning board weighs special exception
In Lubbock the Caprock area waits on Sept 20 as Chancey seeks a zoning special exception to keep a tower on land near Bayless school patrons. The case echoes a long dispute over a nonconforming use erected in 1955 with city and federal approvals debated, while court actions move toward a non jury trial and potential daily fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sef “Doyle
Oswalt
City Hall
Chancey
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Federal Communications Commission
City Legal Department
Corporation
Caprock Addition
Vandelia Village
City Planning and Zoning Commission
54Th St
Ave. U
Lubbock
First Christian Church Sets Area Evangelism Meet
An area evangelism conference will be held Wednesday at the First Christian Church starting 10 a.m. Speaker Rev Clarence Fuqua new minister of evangelism and membership will headline with other speakers. Area conferences precede evangelistic institutes in 15 Texas districts. Rev Harry B Hembree of Palestine is committee chair with Chester Crow and Art Buhler leading teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
First Christian Church
Clarence Fuqua
Harry B. Hembree
Palestine
Chester Crow
Art Buhler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim Sewell
Corsicana
Kathleen Voigt
San Antonio
George Sandlin
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
United Texas
Eisenhower
Ray
Hurn
Adlaid Stevenson
GOP
Lambman
Littlefield
Sept
Paul Lewis
Constitution Party of Texas
Va Lewis
Lamb County
Lamb County Farm Bureau
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lewis
J. B. Airhart
Byron Abernathy
James Sharp
Frank Guess
Winnie Bardwell
E. C. Dodd
James 0. Wood
Coleman McSpadden
P. M. Larsen
Percy Spencer
James Bavousett
Arnest Griffith
Symian E. Mar
Melville Larson
E. H. Boedecker
H. P. Clemons
Billy Fortenberry
Ford Stansell
W. B. Hestand
B. H. Bollinger
J. C. Smith Jr
A. W. Blount
E. R. Merrill
James Norman
A. T. Stewart
Nation's Desk
Derrick Clubs
James Anderson
Ralls Rodeo
Farm Queen
Future
Texas Tech
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