Amarillo Weighs Polk Street Redevelopment Plan
Amarillo business leaders advance a Polk Street redevelopment idea called the Million Dollar Mile. A civic development committee, led by Bourden Barfield, studies parks, parking ramps, and a Polk Street mall with private funding and city engineering input.
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Chamber
Polk
City Commission
Jackson
Civic Development Committee
John Armstrong
Chambers
City Engineering Department
Polk Street
George Dahl
Dallas
Dahl
Amarillo High School
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
AHS
Carleton Mayberry
Mayberry
Irvin Farman
Greater Fort Worth
Barfield
Darrell Fleming
University of Texas
Little Rock
Ark
Wolffin Village
Sunset Center
Wolfin Village
Texas
Houston
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Taylor Services Set In Plainview
Funeral services for Cleo C. Taylor 56 a Halfway Community farmer will be at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Methodist Church of Halfway. The Rev R L Bowman and Rev Carlos McLeod will officiate. He died at Plainview Hospital from a heart attack. Born August 27 1901 in Cleveland Oklahoma he moved to Halfway in 1943 from Pampa. Burial at Mannford Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife and his mother Mrs W S Taylor of Mannford.
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Plainview
Cleo C. Taylor
Halfway
Here
Methodist Church
Cleveland
Okla
Tulsa
Taylor
Pampa
Mannford
W. S. Taylor
Rites For Pioneer Hale County Resident Set
Funeral services for Mrs. W. F. Cunningham 96 Hale County pioneer will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hale Center Baptist Church with Dr. Frank Travis and Rev. Raymond Dyess officiating. Burial follows at Center Plains Cemetery under Wood Mitchell Funeral Home. She died Thursday at her home fourteen miles west of Hale Center after a brief illness, having lived in Hale County since 1903 after moving from Stamford where she resided since 1887.
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Pioneer Hale County
Hale Center
W. F. Cunningham
Hale Center Baptist Church
Frank Travis
Plainview Presbyterian Church
Raymond Dyess
Hale Center Methodist Church
Center Plains Cemetery
Wood Mitchell Funeral Home
Hale County
Stamford
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Head held today
Mrs. Cora E Head, 71, of 820 50th Street, died Friday after months of illness. Funeral services were at 3 p.m. today at Central Baptist Church with Rev John W Duggar officiating. Burial followed in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. She had lived in Lubbock 27 years, moving from Parker County in 1930.
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Cora E. Head
50Th St
Central Baptist Church
John W. Duggar
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Misusing Funds Linked To Hoffa
Washington reports Sen. McClellan accuses James R. Hoffa of diverting union funds, listing 34 improper activities alongside 48 items from last month’s hearings. The probe highlights a $1 million loan to John W. Thomas department store and a $200,000 loan during a strike, with promoter Henry Lower linked to the Sun Valley Project near Orlando, Fla.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters
Senate
Hoffa
Teamster
Florida
Teamster Union
Stere McClellan
John W. Thomas
Minneapolis
Sun Valley Project
Orlando
Fla
Robert F. Kennedy
Carmine Ss.Bellino
Joseph N. Kritch
Kritch
Northville
Mich
Kennedy
Lower
Bellino
Teamsters Union
Detroit
Tech enrolls record 8 343 students at Texas Tech
Texas Tech reports a fall enrollment of 8 343 by the Saturday noon deadline, a near 500 rise from the prior 8 055. Engineering leads with 2 744 students, Arts and Sciences 2 625, Business 1 517, Agriculture 791, Home Economics 415, and Graduate 51. Women total 2 254. Last student to enroll was Elvin R. Higgins of Lubbock Christian College, who plans a doctorate in education.
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Texas Tech
The
Tech
School of Arts and Sciences
Elvin R. Higgins
Lubbock Christian College
Higgins
New College
Plainview Woman Dies After Months Long Illness
Mrs. W. E. Sharp, 86, a Plainview resident for six years, died at 6 30 p m at her home after a months illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Lemons Funeral Home. She moved from Honey Grove where she lived 38 years and was a Baptist Church member for 72 years. Survivors include her husband two step-daughters in Plainview and one brother in Oklahoma City.
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Plainview
W. E. Sharp
Lemons Funeral Home
Sharp
Honey Grove
The
Baptist Church
Ernie Howard
K. L. Adkins
Elzy Jaco
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Zoe Lindsey Returns From Hunting Trip
Mrs Zoe Lindsey of 1811 14th Street returns to Lubbock Saturday after a two week hunting and fishing trip in New Mexico and Colorado visiting Truth or Consequences and Pagosa Springs. She stayed at the H D Dunn Ranch and the Dry Moon Ranch near Pagosa Springs.
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Zoe Lindsey
14Th St
Lubbock
New Mexico
Colorado
Truth Or Consequences
N. M
Pagosa Springs
Colo
H. D. Dunn
Dry Moon Dude Ranch
Services for Mrs. W. L. Hillis Held Today in City
Mrs. W. L. Hillis 72 died Friday in West Texas Hospital of a coronary occlusion. Funeral at 3 p.m. today at Asbury Methodist Church with Rev. John English and Dr. C. A. Bickley officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. McDonald Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Hillis moved from Dover Arkansas to Clarendon area in 1914 and resided on the South Plains before moving to Lubbock in 1938.
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W. L. Hillis
West Texas Hospital
Asbury Methodist Church
John English
C. A. Bickley
Lubbock
McDonald Funeral Home
Fall Weather Hangs Over Most Of State
Rain swollen streams spill into South Texas lowlands with mild flooding forecast around Cuero and Victoria through Monday. No rain statewide in 48 hours and no rain expected through Sunday. Lubbock foresees clear skies and a high near 82 and a low around 48.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Cuero
Victoria
Lubbock
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Hettie Norwood
Waty Chapman
Taylor Services
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Your Family Shoe Store
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Diana Woods
Hays Woods
Duke
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