Annual Memorial Service at Comanche Crossing Bicentennial Emancipation Celebration
The annual Memorial service at the dineteenth Celebration at Comanche Crossing Booker T. Washington Park occurs Saturday at 11 AM with O B Pinkard as MC. Rev Marshall E Hodge of Dallas delivers the principal address during the Bicentennial Emancipation Proclamation anniversary week.
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Dineteenth
Comanche Crossing
Booker T. Washington Park
O.B. Pinkard
Marshall E. Hodge
Aldergate United
Mexia
Henry Taylor
Juneteenth Celebration at Comanche Crossing Blooms Day Two
Crowds fill Comanche Crossing as Juneteenth celebrations continue with tents, food aromas, and family reunion atmosphere. The Juneteenth Association, founded in 198, chartered 1910, supports education and spiritual values and funds scholarships. Activities run Thursday to Saturday with athletic events, a fashion show, beauty contest, Sunrise Prayer Service, and memorial religious service led by local organizers.
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Comanche Crossing
Juneteenth Association
Limestone County
Roscoe Murphy
Howe
Ziot
Almle
Kenny Tucker
James Alford
Joe Phillips
L.V. Murphy
Elwood Enge
Resene Murphy
OB. Pinkard
Dro Ell. Harrison
M.O. Collins
A.B. Cotton
EL. Harrison
Aclo
D. Enge
Oletta Foster
Francis Phillips
BL. Harrison
W.W. Baker
Zemus Busby
Richard Moore
Robert Tatum
Edd Sandie
Levy Keeps
J.F. Gray
Cora Smith
Isola Echols
Monroe Baker
E.L. Harrison
Lucy Faye Johnson
Louise Murphy
Ifaim
O.B. Pinkard
Favors of
Lancaster
Stocks Rise Among Major Firms In Evening Trading
AT&T climbs 56 percent, Ad Rich advanced to 103, Coca Cola up to 83.4, duPont at 150 percent, Gen Elec gains three times, Great A&P rises to 12, Penney reaches 52.4, RCA up 12 to 27, Safeway up 41.4, Sears climbs to 65.4.
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At&t
Ad Rich
Coca Cola
duPont
Gen Elec
Great A&p
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Brucellosis Talk Set for Groesbeck Cattlemen
Limestone County LCA sponsors a June 21 meeting in Groesbeck with Dr. Sousares of the Texas Animal Health Commission to explain current brucellosis laws and the 8 branding system. President Frank Connell will nominate delegates for the State ICA convention in July in Austin, inviting all livestock producers to attend.
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Limestone County Lca
Dr. Sousares
Texas Animal Health Commission
Br. Sousares
Frank Connell
I.C.A
Austin
Farmers State Bank
Groesbeck
Humphrey Plans Senate Majority Leader Run
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey announces active bid for Senate majority leader after Mike Mansfield retires. His main rival appears to be Robert Byrd who says he has 23 commitments. Humphrey cites confidence from new members and a caucus vote planned for January.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Humphrey
Sean
Mansfield
Rotary Talk Emphasizes Fitness and Health Facts
Dr. Richard Coney of Baylor University urged Mexia Rotarians to improve cardio vascular and muscular fitness along with flexibility. He cited that about half of Americans do not exercise and warned hereditary obesity and stress raise illness risk while noting one in three Americans is too sedentary. Jeanna Ramsey provided piano music as guests discussed Bicentennial plans for July 3.
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United States
Richard Coney
Physiology
Baylor University
Mexia Rotary Club
Couey
Ted Powers
Baylor
Randall Bryan
Cdiarman
Powers
Mexia State School
Coney
Jeanne Ramsey
Motive disclosed in VA Hospital poisoning case
Federal prosecutors say motive behind last summer's mass poisoning at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor will be proven at trial. Two nurses from the Philippines, Narciso and Perez, face murder and conspiracy counts for harming patients, with bail set at $500,000 for Perez.
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Detroit
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Philippines
Filipina B. Narcisco
Ypsilanti
U.S
Barbara Hackett
Miss Narciso
Chicago
Leonora M. Perez
Evanston
Ill
Narciso
Perez
FBI
Asst
Richard DeLouis
Trail
DeLouis
Bomb Kills Argentine Police Chief in Home Assault
Federal police chief Cesario Cardozo was killed by a bomb as he returned home early today in Buenos Aires. The blast also seriously injures his wife, mother, and a daughter, officials said.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cesario Cardozo
Pentecostal Revival at First Assembly of God
Evangelist Bob Lakey and his wife Dianne Lakey begin an old fashioned Pentecostal revival at the First Assembly of God Church on North Ross Avenue. Services will be held nightly at 7 through Friday with the minister Homer Tarkington inviting all to attend for gospel preaching and singing.
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Joel
Proarest
Henry Kaiser
Drumwright
Okla
First Assembly of God Church
North
Ross Avenue
Lokey
Central Bible Institute
Springfield
Missouri
Dianne
Homer Tarkington
Assembly of God
Rev. Tarkington
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Alb. Cotton
Jackie Oliphant
Whoofdune
Azlee Ruble
Marshall E Hodge
Elwood Kage
LV Murphy
Bro Ell. Harrison
Merry Freeman
Lowts Eetrals
Lake Mexia
Linda Wells
Primitive Baptist Church Convention
M.W. McDonald
Murphy
Maude Estee Ander
Charles Watts
Woody Benford
Charlie Baker
Brenda Freeman
Brenda
Faye Freeman
Rotarians
Sam Jackson
John Barham
John Ivie
Entea
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Johannesburg
South Africa
Dallas
Page Drugs of
Bob Lakey
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