Hobbs Victim's Rites Slated
Funeral services for Bill J. Wilson, Hobbs Oil Co. employee killed in a traffic crash near Eunice, will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at Hobbs First Assembly of God Church. Rev. Eugene McClain will officiate. burial in Prairie Haven Cemetery. Wilson, of Hobbs, died en route to Eunice hospital after his car struck a dump truck driven by Franklin Ray of Hobbs. Survivors include his widow Marie, son Bill, daughter Lomna Jean, brother Vernon Wilson of Borgery, two sisters Betty Monigold of Odessa and Helen Donahue of Roanoke, Va.
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Hobbs
N. M
Bill J. Wilson
Hobbs Oil Company
Eunice
Lester Raney
Wilson
Franklin Ray
Ray
Marie Wilson
Bill
Lomna Jean
Vernon. Wilson
Borgery
Betty Monigold
Odessa
Helen Donahue
Roanoke
German Cadet Killed In Crash At Bryan Base
A German Air Force cadet training at Bryan Air Force Base was killed and another cadet was critically injured in a two car crash early Saturday. Names were withheld. Officers said the cadets’ car appeared to be traveling in the wrong lane on a divided highway and collided with a second car carrying a group of Negro passengers. the other four were in fair condition.
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Bryan
Bryar Air Force Base
Private pilot seeks first manned satellite flight rise
Chicago report notes William Sallee, 34, a private pilot who has never flown above 12,000 feet, plans to ascend to space Friday seeking to set a new altitude record and improve his personal aviation standing. The appeal marks an unusual bid for spaceflight in pursuit of altitude achievement.
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Chicago
William Sallee
Lea Fair Board Elects Officers in Lea County
Marvin McClish of Tatum was elected president succeeding Frank Walker. Ralph Wrinkle of Hobbs was named vice president with Robert Madera of Jal as second vice president and Kenneth Cox of Lovington as treasurer. Mrs Ben Hessler of Lovington resigned as secretary after years in the post. The Lea County Fair is scheduled for September 18 to 20 next year.
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Lovington
Marvin McClish
Tatum
Lea County Fair Board
Frank Walker
Unice
Ralph Wrinkle
Hobbs
Robert Madera
Jal
Kenneth, Cox
Ben Hessler
Autopsy Waited In Woman's Death
Corpus Christi area autopsy to determine cause of death for Mrs Easter Condrin 37 of San Antonio whose body was found on an inlet mud bar near the city Friday. She had been missing about two weeks. Sheriff says autopsy needed to go further. Her husband W E Condrin a Teamsters Union organizer fears anti union foes may be involved.
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Corpus Christi
Easter Condrin
San Antonio
Here
Johnnie Mitchell
W. E. Condrin
Teamsters
Boy Disappears Down Wall Shaft in Greenville
Tony Roberts, two year old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Roberts, vanished after entering a stairway at home. Neighbors and his mother heard him crying as firemen knocked out a closet wall and freed the boy from a twelve foot shaft between the chimney and wall. He was imprisoned about fifteen minutes and showed his dirt stained hands when released.
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Greenville
S. C
Tony Roberts
Roy Roberts
Six Trapped in English Cave Rescue Finds Six Victims
Six young cave explorers, four youths and two girls, trapped since Saturday in a 400 foot underground maze in Kettlewell, England, were found today by rescue teams including frogman divers. The group, aged 16 to 20, are members of a Bradford Technical College cave-exploring club. Their parents reported them missing after failing to return from a moor expedition.
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Kettlewell
England
Peter Clough
Jiichael Cazalet
Robin Turner
Christine Woodward
Joan Smith
Peter Blackburn
Bradford Technical College
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Timmy
Lea Fair Board
Kennedy
Cooper
Ation
Credit Grantors Club
Retail Merchants
Association of Odessa
Vernon Grove, Clothiers
K & L Motor.Co
Gage & Cochran
Bateman
T. L Miller
Jewelers
First State Bank
Shop de Los Llanos
Griffin Plumbing Co
Jo Ann Shop
Kosa
Winkler
Cecil's Liquor Stores
West Texas Concrete
Hardwick Furniture Store
Headlee Hospital Clinic
Dunlops Store
Sewell Motor Co
First National Bank
Key, Rhoades and
Jenkins
Tower Food Market
Don Maxwell Co
John Shortes Motor Co
The
Quicksilver Co
Victory Home Equipment Co
Acme Lumber Co
White's Auto Stores
Abel Lumber Co
the Model Shop
Lovely Foundation
Bros
Charmode
Sears
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