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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1956

Page

4

MGM Pre production started for The Brothers Karamazov

Hollywood gossip notes report Dore Schary begins pre production on The Brothers Karamazov with Pan-Berman as producer and Kaufman scripting Dostoyevsky novel. Edwin OConnor’s Last Hurrah eyed for influence. cast talks include Michel Ray as a promising child actor and Jack Lemmon reflecting on Europe trip. Other items note reconciliations in progress, legal matters, and industry chatter about stars and projects.

Louella Parsons MGM Faris Kara Jack $S Mazor Mari Edwin O'Connor Lym Monroe Rin Fedor Dostoyev James Cagney Boston Jack Dore Schary Revel Pan- Berman Mil- IpTa Kaufman Rentree Coun- Kathryn Ty Dostoyevski Karamazov Dores

August Consumer Prices Rise for Third Straight Month

New York reports August NICB all-items consumer price index climbs 0.2 percent to 102.3, the third consecutive peak. The index shows prices 2.0 percent above the year-earlier level and the purchasing value of the dollar at 97.8 cents, down 1.9 percent from August last year.

New York National Industrial Conference Board NICB

Rites For Lockney Pioneer Set Today

Funeral services are planned for Fred N. Thornton 76 a pioneer Lockney resident at 3 p m Saturday at the Broadway Church of Christ. He died at 7 a m today at Lockney General Hospital after a long illness. Born in Joshua he lived in Palms and worked for Bar Ranch Cochran County 1899 to 1904 later moved to Floydada and Lockney in 1908. Survivors include five brothers W M Plainview F Thornton Crosbyton Claude Phoenix Ariz Edwin Floydada and Burton Sterley and four sisters Mrs Cope Phoenix Mrs Lyda Cope Plainview Mrs Tom Cope Lockney and Mrs Clyde Bennett Clovis New Mexico.

Thornton Lockney General Hospital Joshua Pato Pinto County Palms Silverton Bar ( Bar Ranch Cochran County Floydada Lockney W. M Plainview Crosbyton Claude Phoenix

Center For Migrant Workers To Open Today In Floydada

Floydada Texas September 28 a migrant workers center opens in the Hughes building north of the courthouse. Volunteers from local churches prepared the space and final plans for opening. The Casa de Amigos will operate Saturdays and Sundays during harvest with children’s toys and adult games and Spanish church service each Sunday morning. It is one of nineteen centers in Texas sponsored by the Texas Migrant Ministry of the Texas Council of Churches.

Lloydada Hughes Floydada Center Texas Texas Migrant Ministry The Texas Council’ of Churches

Auto Train Collisions Kill Four at Hughes Crossing

In Hughes Missouri Pacific crossing two auto train crashes within eight hours killed four people. Leon Reigel 51 Beatrice Reigel 45 and their mother died in a late Thursday collision with a freight train. A tractor trailer driver B. J. Bailey of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin perished in an early Friday crash as the locomotive and several freight cars derailed.

Hughes, Ark Missouri Pacific Railroad Hughes Helena Ark Leon Reigel Beatrice Reigel B. J. Bailey Chippewa Falls Wis

Mrs Rackley Rites Are Slated Today

Funeral services for Geneva Rackley Thalou age 19 will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Talo Methodist Church with Rev R S Watkins and Rev Bill Mark presiding. She died Friday morning at Methodist Hospital after a long illness following the birth of a stillborn daughter. Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Leonard of Idalon a son Gregory Keith 11 months mother Gladys Christie of New Deal two brothers Kenneth Hereford Dale New Deal two sisters Delorious Scott Plainview Kathy Christie New Deal and grandfather J D Goodgiod Floydada.

Geneva Rackley Thalou Talo Methodist Church R. S. Watkins Ying Bill Mark New Deal City of Lubbock Rix Funeral Home New Deal Hhool Clarendon Leonard Idalon Gregory Keith Gladys Christie Kenneth Hereford Dale Delorious Scott Plainview Kathy Christie J. D. Goodgiod Floydada

New Report Links Smoking to Lung Cancer

A forthcoming American Cancer Society report, cited by the New York World Telegram, states a definite relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer with lung cancer death rates about ten times higher for smokers and about 27 times higher for very heavy smokers. The tobacco industry’s response criticizes the generalizations as unwarranted while noting ongoing scientific uncertainty.

New York American Cancer Society New York World - Telegram Scripps-Howard Tobacco Industry Tobacco Industry Research Committes Timothy V. Hartnett Tobacco Industry Research Committee Philip Morris

Crawford Named Head Of Automatic Laundry Group Here

Crawford was chosen as head of the Automatic Laundry Group here at a meeting attended by Eric Lubbock and others. Leon Pettigrew elected secretary. The group discussed salaries at the University of Texas and a case to restrain payment of teachers amid an integration dispute involving Mrs. Barnett, head of the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, and antiintegration factions. Judge Dan Jackson to consider Monday. In Jakarta, nine soldiers and six civilians died as Darul Islam rebels raided villages in west Java.

Lee Barnett John Calvert Java Jakarta Indonesia Darul Islam West

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