Labor Leader Seeks Ballot Spot Against Alger
Dallas labor leader Grover Cantrell asked the Texas Supreme Court to compel the Dallas County Republican Executive Committee to place his name on the Republican primary ballot for Congress against Bruce Alger. Cantrell warned he will run as a write-in if blocked, noting he has never voted for a Republican but supports a progressive party and identifying as a Stevenson Republican.
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Cantrell
Republican Party
Funeral rites for William Jennings Grainger
Funeral services for 69 year old William Jennings Grainger a retired farmer who died at his home on Monday were scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p m at Seminole First Baptist Church Interment would be in Seminole Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction A Kentucky native he had lived in Seminole 13 years and had suffered ill health for two years Survivors include his wife two sons Joe of Humble City New Mexico and Wayne of Seminole two daughters Mrs Elizabeth Hughes of Andrews and Mrs Dorothy Camp of Seminole a stepson R E Covington of Seminole and one sister Mrs Maude Waters of Hillsboro New Mexico
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William Jennings Grainger
Seminole ‘First
Joe
Humble City
N. M
Wayne
Seminole
Elizabeth Hughes
Andrews
Dorothy Camp
R. E. Covington
iMrs
Maude Waters
Hillsboro
Seminole School Principal Resigns for Perryton Post
Georg e Zoller, assistant Seminole High School principal, resigns to become Perryton High School principal. The 35-year-old will assume duties this fall after seven years at Seminole, including five as head coach and athletic director.
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Seminole
George Zoller
Seminole High School
Perryton ‘High School
Zoller
Reeves City Approves 39000 Water Survey Contract
Reeves County and Ward County to share a 39000 water survey funded by state engineers. Reeves City pays 6000, county 6760, state covers the rest. Key financiers include E W Beauchamp Fred Armstrong Carl Holmes and W L Eeds. Also two-year terms given to Jimmy Morrison and H L Hightower on the Pecos Housing Authority.
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PECOS
State Board of Water Engineers
Reeves County
Ward County
Reeves
E. W. Beauchamp
Pecos Water Board
Fred Armstrong
Seminole Lumber Firm Burglarized In Three-Week Spree
Acme Lumber Company at 400 North Main suffered a burglary discovered at 7 a.m. Wednesday after robbers pried open a filing cabinet and broke in through a window under an air conditioner. Police and sheriff's officers investigate six other burglaries, one yielding $800 from Dearing's Super Market.
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Acme Lumber Company
North Main
Bob Johnson
Buffalo Delilah to Welcome Calf This Summer at Midland Zoo
Midland AP Charles Campbell, Midland Parks Director, announced that Delilah the 1,500-pound buffalo is expecting a calf in July or August. The animal and her quarrelsome mate Samson were donated to the zoo by the government nearly two years ago, and Campbell said the birth was anticipated.
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Midland
Charles Campbell
Delilah
Samson
Campbell
Oilfield Worker Burns To Death In Hotel Fire
In Hobbs New Mexico a 28 year old oilfield worker Norman Slack died in a hotel fire that broke out around 3 am when a gas oven allegedly caused a blaze. His roommate Fred Hobbs 40 suffered a cut to his right forearm while attempting a rescue. Slack’s body was sent to Kalamazoo Michigan for burial.
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Hobbs, N. M
Norman Slack
Griffin Funeral Home
Kalamazoo
Mich
Slack
Fred Hobbs
Hobbs
Stack
Navy Recruiter Leaves Odessa After Three Years
Navy chief aviation machinist's mate James L. Haney leaves Odessa after nearly three years on the local recruiting staff. He goes Thursday to Patuxent River Maryland to join an Air Station. Chief Donald G. LeBeau becomes head, assisted by Thurman H. Parosa and Joe L. Crawford. Haney helped win the Houston district Station of the Month Award. He will serve in an Airborne Early Warning Squadron near Washington, D. C. Haney and his wife with four children sold their Odessa home at 1407 East 38th. three children attended Burnet Elementary last year.
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Navy
James L. Haney
Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
Donald G. LeBeau
Haney
Thurman H. Parosa
Odessa
Houston
Washington, D. C
East 38Th
Burnet
Oklahoma Suspect Former Agriculture Dept Official Charged
A deputy heads to Dalhart Texas to extradite Fain Cesar former marketing director of the Oklahoma Agriculture Department charged with embezzling 688.27 from the department's trust fund Cesar who moved to Dalhart on April 15 after 23 years with the department signed a waiver of extradition claiming innocence Harold Hutton president of the department said Cesar was asked to resign after complaints from industry partners.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office
Dalhart
Tex
State Agriculture Department
Atty
James Berry
Fain Cesar
Cesar
Oklahoma Agricultural Department
Harold Hutton
Andrews Hires Juvenile Head
Pat Young a 23 year old Odessa High and Hardin-Simmons graduate has been hired as Andrews County's first juvenile officer. He will serve as juvenile counselor and may become probation officer later. He arrives with summer experience in Odessa and HSU football standout who was named Who's Who at Abilene. He plans to marry in February.
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Andrews
Pat Young
Odessa
Hardin-Simmons University
Andrews County
Young
H-Su
Who's Who
Abilene School
G. M. Young
East Fifth
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Bruce Alger
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Sunshine
Maxwell
Clary
OKRA
Odessa Savings & Loan
10Th and
North Texas
Lee and
Murphy Streets
Dessa Savings & Loan Assn
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Mic Ie Og Eis
Seturdey
Buffalo
Stork
Oklahoma
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