Encampment Set Near Sheffield
Sheffield special encampment scheduled July 11 20 by Pecos River Encampment sponsored by Sheffield Church of Christ Wesley Mickey Fort Worth and Harold Ripford Waco guest evangelist and song leader large tabernacle cottages kitchens and tables at grounds six miles north of Sheffield on Pecos River
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Sheffield
Pecos River
Sheffield Church of Christ
Wesley Mickey
Fort Worth
Harold Ripford
Waco
Labor policy on braceros stirs Southwest politics
Washington reports a political storm over Mexican farm workers known as braceros. Officials plan tighter limits and higher wages for entrants, triggering criticism from Texas Arizona and California lawmakers. Hearings June 9 11 may test the Labor Department while unions weigh support and opposition to wage safeguards.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Southwest
United States
Rio Grande Valley
Michigan
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Texas
Arizona
California
Mitchell
Rep
U.S
Aerial tribute marks WWII graves in Cambridge
In Cambridge England an RAF plane dropped 3811 flowers at a World War II American cemetery to honor the 3811 graves as more than 5000 Britons and Americans stood at attention below the plane.
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Cambridge
England
API
Royal Air Force
Humble Tire Trade In Ad Promises Best Value
A Humble tire dealer urges customers to trade worn tires, promising the best trade in town. The ad touts the Alas Plycron Cushionaire as the top tire value available at service station driveways and emphasizes convenient location near home or office.
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Southwest
Humble
U. S
Canada
Charcoal Industry Opens Prospect for Investors in Texas
In LUFKIN Texas an expert from the Texas Forest Service notes charcoal making could attract investors due to available raw materials and barbecue demand. He warns part time operations face market and scale limits, with profits near one cent per pound, needing about 1000 pounds daily for ten dollars.
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Lufkin, Tex
UPI
Texas
Texas Forest Service
Montgomery R. Childs
Ling
Childs
Connecticut
Black Rock Forest
Fifteen Enlisted Here In Army May Enlistments Reported
Local Army recruiters M Sgt Charles Pearson and M Sgt Bill Parks say in May fifteen area residents enlisted in the Army. Peggy L Flowers of Odessa joined the WACs and trains at Fort McClellan Alabama. Enlistees include Waylon H Jones Odessa in Aircraft Maintenance School and William A Fowler McCamey in TV Equipment Repair School. Others are Ralph M Porter Melvin A Freeman Odessa John H Heidelberg Pike M Talmadge Bobby R Kennedy Midland. Overseas duties include Robert W Woods Odessa Corps of Engineers Joe H King Crain Ariel D Hoisager Midland Hector David of Midland Quartermaster Corps Jack M Hoskins Kermit Jack M Flores Andrews Joe H King Crane.
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Charles Pearson
Bill Parks
Peggy L Flowers
Odessa
WAC
Fort McClellan
Ala
Women’s Army Corps Training Center
Anniston
Waylon H. Jones
William A. Fowler
McCamey
Ralph M. Porter
Melvin A. Freeman
John H. Heidelberg
Pike M. Talmadge
Bobby R. Kennedy
Midland
Robert W. Woods
Corps of Engineers
Joe H. King
Crain
Ariel D. Hoisager
Infantry
David
Hector
Quartermaster Corps
Jack M. Hoskins
Kermit
Signal Corps
Jack M. Flores
Andrews
Crane
Crane Hospital Bond Vote Set
Crane County residents will vote June 21 on a $210,000 revenue bond election for Crane Hospital additions. Plans include an operating and delivery area with x ray and lab rooms, plus a larger lobby and business office. If approved, six more patient rooms will be added for a total of 30 beds. architect Bill Clift of Gross and Clift, Odessa, drew the plans.
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Crane
Crane Hospital
Crane County
Robert Skidmore
Bill Clift
Gross and Clift
Odessa
Registration Set At College for Summer Session at Odesa College
Registration for the first six weeks of summer school at Odesa College will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the college library. Classes start Tuesday with all but five special courses meeting in two time blocks. Entrance tests for freshmen are at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the science lecture room. The five special courses run 12 weeks, including piano on Tuesdays 6 to 9 p.m., welding on Mondays and Wednesdays 6:30 to 10:20 p.m., radio and television on Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30 to 10:20 p.m., and two art classes drawing from 9 to 12 a.m. Monday through Friday through July 1, and painting 7:38 to 10:20 p.m. Monday through Friday through July 11.
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Odessa College
Midland Rodeo Opens Tuesday 34th World Championship event
Midland launches the five day World Championship Rodeo with a downtown parade at 3 p.m. top riders from across the nation compete for 15000 dollars in prize money. Bareback riding bull riding calf roping steer riding and barrel racing headline the nightly 8 p.m. performances with Movie Star Scott Brady and Tex Ritter appearing at each event. Everett Colburn of Dublin Texas will produce and direct the arena. Tickets on sale at the stadium box office from 3:30 p.m. daily and at Hotel Scharbauer.
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Midland
Scott Brady
Tex Ritters
Everet
Colburn
Dublin
Texas
Rodeo Stadium
Hotel Scharbauer
Cliburn Plants Lilac On Grave
VALHALLA NY AP A lilac bush from Russia grows on Sergei Rachmaninoff grave in Kensico Cemetery. Van Cliburn the Kilgore Texas pianist planted it after winning the Tschaikovsky piano competition in Moscow. Kirill Kondrashin attended the ceremony and helped place soil from Rachmaninoff on Tchaikovsky's grave in Russia.
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Valhalla
N.Y
Russia
Sergei Rachmaniinoff
van Cliburn
Kilgore
Tex
Cliburn
Tschaikovsky
Moscow
Rachmaninoff
Kensico
New York City
Kiril Kondrashin
New York
Kondrashin
Rachmanioff
Tschaiakinsky
Bee swarm at Bloomfield police station prompts beekeeper rescue
In Bloomfield New Jersey a swarm of bees buzzed around the police station entrance for about an hour. Officers deputized Paul Schindler, a professional beekeeper, who lured the queen into a hive. The swarm reformed and settled away from the doorway.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Paul Schindler
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