Fair runs out of exhibit space at Panhandle South Plains Fair
The 45th Panhandle South Plains Fair opens Monday with all exhibit space in the Merchants Building and concession areas filled. Gene Ledel Shows begin midway setup, while Ice Capades of 1962 performs daily with limited seats. Over 500 hogs and 364 cattle will be judged as 29 local bands headline the opening parade for $600 in prize money. area students receive free admission on Monday and Lubbock students on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Homer E. Hunt
Merchants Building
Hunt
Vanguard
Gene Ledel Shows, Inc
Fair Park Coliseum
Fair
Earl Kerr
Kerr
Pioneer Hotel
Lee Roy Colgan
W. B. Griffin
Lubbock
Assailants Beat Rob Hobbs Man in Residential Area
Hobbs Cecil W. Luttrall, 26, reported beaten and robbed of 50 dollars by two white men. Found dumped from a car in a Hobbs area about 3 am Friday in fair condition at Lea General Hospital. Police had no suspects.
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Hobbs
Lea General Hospital
Cecil W. Luttrall
Luttrall
Quadruplets Born to Limerick News Dealer Family
In Limerick Ireland three boys and a girl were born Thursday to Mrs Thomas Peppard wife of a local news dealer at a nursing home. Mother and all four babies are reported doing well.
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Limerick
Ireland
Thomas Peppard
Monterey Honor Graduate Wins Notre Dame Scholarship
William E. Lasher of Lubbock is awarded the Augustus F. Meehan Scholarship for Texas at Notre Dame. The four year award includes a 5200 stipend for undergraduate study. A 1962 Monterey High School graduate, he was National Merit finalist and a regional ready writers winner with multiple honors.
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William E
Bill) Lasher
Myron Lasher
54Th St
Augustus F. Meehan
State of Texas
University of Notre
Notre Dame
Jury Acquits Airman in Death of Child
Fort Worth jury deliberated over six hours before acquitting Charles Croley Jr., a 20 year old former air policeman, of beating to death his four month old daughter Rhonda on June 26 1961. The state sought the death sentence. Croley admitted the beating and said his confession was coerced after police threats.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Charles Croley Jr
Air
Croley
Rhonda
Deer Roams Into Tahoka Woman's Backyard
Mrs. Ed ward Pool on a farm near Tahoka reported a deer grazing in her backyard early in the morning. She heard barking dogs and went to look out the kitchen window to see a buck with fair-sized antlers standing in the yard.
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Edward Pool
West Texas
Here
All Breed Dog Show Slated In Amarillo
The Amarillo German Shepherd Dog Club sponsors an All Breed Fun Match at Avondale Shopping Center Amarillo. Registration at 10 a.m. dogs enter for 1.25 dollars each. Demonstration by German Shepherds of the Amarillo Police K 9 Corps at 3 p.m. The deer story mentions a deer once at T Bar Ranch later given to South Plains Boys Ranch near here after straying to Pool backyard.
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Amarillo
German Shepherd Dog Club
Avondale
Avondale St
Plains Blvd
Tbar
South Plains Boys Ranch
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Frances Denney
Monterey
Downtown
Hrocessor Ces
Monte
Rob Hobbs
Bill Lasher
Tahoka
All Breed Dog
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