Billy Graham Wins His Battle To Continue Coastal Crusade
In San Francisco evangelist Billy Graham wins permission to extend his six week Bay Area revival at the Cow Palace by a final open air mass meeting on June 22 at the San Francisco Giants ballpark. The campaign aims for about 750000 total attendees and 25000 decisions for Christ, with heavy emphasis on post crusade home visitation to recruit new church members.
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Coastal Crusade
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Seals Stadium
Graham
Ball Park
San Francisco Giants
North Carolina
Ballpark
W. Earle Smith
Cochairman
Crusade
San Francisco Crusade
San Francisco Bay Cities
Manhattan
Crusade Committee
Odessa Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Grady Jackson Pilgrim 55 of 408 Alfred are set for 4 p m Monday at Hubbard Funeral Home Chapa with Rev H E Gregory of South Side Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pilgrim died Sunday morning at Medical Center Hospital after a two week illness. He moved to Odessa in 1950 from Las Cruces New Mexico and was a cement finisher for Briley Construction. Surviving are Vera his wife two sons Donald of El Paso and Darrel of Houston one brother Phonie Lee Pilgrim of Dallas four sisters Eva Mae Cisson Ruth Merrett Ethel Hood and Pauline Lemons Las Cruces. He was born May 3 1903 in Pittsburg Texas. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
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Hubbard Funeral Home
Chapa
Grady Jackson Pilgrim
Alfred
Medical Center Hospital
H. E. Gregory
South Side Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Odessa
Pilgrim
Briley Construction Company
Nabors Lane
Pittsburg
Tex
Anson
Vera Weeden
Las Cruces
N. M
The
Baptist Church
Donald
el Paso
Darrel
Houston
Phonie Lee Pilgrim
Dallas
Eva Mae Cisson
Ruth Merrett
Mesquite
Ethel Hood
Stamford
Pauline Lemons
Mishap Victim Still Critical in One Car Wreck
Mrs. Ference Marshall Major, 30, of Midland, injured in a one car accident five miles south of Big Lake, remained in critical condition at Reagan County Hospital. Returning from a Del Rio trip with her daughter Katrine Major, 8, she slept at the wheel, went out of control, and the car overturned. The daughter suffered minor injuries.
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Big Lake
Seminole Rites Slated Tuesday
Funeral services for James S Patterson 56 of 406 Southwest 12th Street Seminole will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from First Presbyterian Church. Rev D Burks Kerr will officiate with burial in Big Spring City Cemetery under Seminole Memorial Chapel direction. Patterson a retired oil field worker lived in Seminole 20 years and was a Mason. Survivors include widow Zora Patterson two stepsons Charles Carter Jal NM and Donnie Carter Odessa step mother Mrs Louella Deeds Marshall TX four nephews and five step grandchildren.
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James S. Patterson
Southwest 12Th Street
Seminole
Gaines Clinic
First Presbyterian Church
D. Burks Kerr
Big Spring City Cemetery
Seminole Memorial Chapel
Patterson
Masonic Lodge of
Okla
Zora Patterson
Charles Carter
Jal, N. M
Donnie Carter
Odessa
Louella Deeds
Marshall, Tex
Lea County boys to face hearings in shooting case
In Lovington New Mexico two Lea County farm boys admitted roles in the shooting of their father William Herschell Sims 42. An inquest returned a verdict of gunshot wound inflicted by William Paul Sims 10. Herschel Leroy Sims 8 allegedly assisted. The boys live four miles south of Eunice and are said to be involved in the Thursday shooting.
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Lovington
N.M
Lea County
William Herschell Sims
William Paul Sims
Herschel Leroy Sims
Eunice
Bond Election Slated In Lea for Lovington Hospital
Lovington New Mexico bond election set for Tuesday in August to fund an 40 bed hospital with potential operation as a Lea General Hospital branch in Hobbs. Petitions with 200 names were verified as qualified voters and presented to the county commission. Jal residents asked for a $160,000 hospital but no action was taken.
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Lovington
N. M
County Commission
Lea General Hospital
Hobbs
Jal
Union Officials To Miami Beach Anniversary Meet
Communica tions Workers of America Local 6127 officers W J Hinshaw Midland president and Barney G Howard Odessa treasurer attend the 20th anniversary convention in Miami Beach Fla They will return after the convention ends Friday The local covers telephone workers in Midland Odessa Crane Seminole Kermit Pecos Monahans Marfa Goldsmith McCamey Fort Stockton Marathon and Alpine.
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Communications Workers of America
Miami Beach
Fla
CWA
W. J. Hinshaw
Midland
Barney G. Howard
Odessa
Crane
Seminole
Kermit
Pecos
Monahans
Marfa
Goldsmith, McCamey
Fort Stockton
Marathon
Alpine
Bartender Recalls Missing El Pasoans In Mexico
El Paso officials report a Nuevo Laredo bartender identified photos of missing El Paso businessmen W. D. Patterson and his wife. A bar owner and bartender said they served the couple who were last seen in a tequila sour order. Handwriting from a Reforma Hotel register and a Plaza Hotel entry are studied for ties to Patterson.
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EL Paso
UPI
Nuevo
Laredo
Mexico
Tequesia
W. D. Patterson
Patterson Photo Supply Co
Cowan
Nuevo Laredo
Pattersons
Reforma
R. E. Patterson
Houston
DPS
Clayton
Bill Williams
Plaza Hotel
Neuvo Laredo
Patterson
Tanker and fishing boat collide off Cape Cod
Provincetown, Mass AP A tanker Jamestown collided with the Yankee fishing trawler twelve miles off Cape Cod. The Jamestown sped on, leaving the stricken vessel to battle flooding for three hours with two crew aboard. Coast Guard later confirmed the accident and coordinated port arrival at Harbor Island Texas.
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Cape Cod
Provincetown
Mass
Coast Guard
Boston
Jamestown
Race Point
Harbor Island
Tex
Arthur Duarte
Esso Oil Co
Wilmington
Del
Duarte
Arthur Joseph
Antone Henrique
World News Briefs from Paris to Cambridge
AP dispatches report Premier Charles de Gaulle summoning his Cabinet to discuss problems and possibly announce new ministers. Cambridge notes a truck perched atop Senate House after a prank by students. Germany reports Foreign Minister von Brentano’s return from Canada and the U S. A London court denial of a Deborah Kerr related enticement claim follows. Swiss rescue tragedy ends in death of Daniel Tille. A Kyoto World War II monument is dedicated. Mopsy cartoon by Gladys Parker features a hill push gag.
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Paris
Charles I de Gaulle
France
Tunisia
Morocco
Antoine Pinay
Miss Kerr
Bartley
LES Diableretsa
Switzerland
Daniel Tille
Tille
Maryse Bleul
Kyoto
Japan
Notice to bidders for Goldsmith water reservoir project
Legal notice in Odessa American invites sealed proposals to supply materials machinery and labor for a steel ground storage water reservoir in Goldsmith Texas. Bids due June 17 1958 with 5 percent bid bond and 100 percent performance bond required. Plans and specs at Goldsmith City Secretary and Cecil M Hawk Associates Lubbock. Mayor John S Durant.
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Odessa American
John S. Durant
Goldsmith
Texas
John 8
Durant
State of Texas
Cecil M. Hawk
Broadway
Lubbock
John 8. Durant
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Bank of America
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Executive Committee
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Mighty Chrysler
World News
Cambridge
England
Cambridge University
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Frankfurt
Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Canada
United States
Vienna
Austria
Peter Viertel
Deborah Kerr
Anthony Bartley
Viertel
London
Yul Brynner
Gladys Parker
Malvern G. McDonald
Walter H. Acreman
McDonald, Sewell & Acreman
Jack Stockton
First National Bank Bldg
Federal
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