Perryton man dies after highway crash near Booker
J D Wright 36 of Perryton died in a hospital after his car skid on rain slick pavement and struck a power pole on Highway 117 near Booker. Wright, single occupant, was injured about 8 8 p m Wednesday and died at 2 a m today. He worked for Ochiltree Implement Co. Survived by wife Cora Lee and three children Nancy Tim and Roger, plus his parents and two sisters.
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Perryton
J.D. Wright
Booker
Highway 117
Wright
Follett
Ralph Taliaferro
Taliaferro
Dee Brewer
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance
Ochiltree Implement Company
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Cora Lee Wright
Nancy
Tim
Roger
J. D. Wright
Dallas
Mrs. Koontz Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Bell Koontz 69 longtime Clarendon resident will be held at 3 p m Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev I E Biggs and Rev Ernest Phillips officiating Burial follows at Citizens Cemetery under Murphy Spicer Funeral Home direction Survivors include four daughters five sons 15 grandchildren six great grandchildren and several stepchildren, with services noting her active church life in the Naylor area and Clarendon ties
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Clarendon
Mary Bell Koontz
Donley County
First Methodist Church
I. E. Biggs
Ernest Phillips
Citizens’ Cemetery
Murphy-Spicer Funeral Home
Koontz
Naylor
Methodist Church
Leroy Luttrell
Ed Wheeler
W. M. Pickering
Edd Mooring
F. S. Blackwell
Will Chamberlain
Seth Swinney
Clarence Reynolds
Curtis Moffett
R. G. Eddleman
Goodnight
Delmer
Ray
Otis
Doyle
Leonard Koontz
Anaheim
Cal
Beulah Barnard
Willie Tidwell
Ft. Smith
Ark
Horace
Oscar Koontz
California
Lou Herring
Borger Girl Takes Polio Treatments
Mary Ann Bible, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Harvey of Borger, admitted to West Texas Polio Center in Plainview in acute Poliomyelitis with slight leg weakness. Dorothy Schrooll, Amarillo teen, admitted after illness at camp. Bonnie Carol Post of Plainview earlier admitted July 3, dismissed July 17.
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Plainview
Mary Ann Bible
Walter Ernest Harvey
Borger
West Texas
Phillips Petroleum Company
Dorothy Schrooll
Amarillo
Ceta Clen Presbyterian
Bonnie Carol Post
Jesse L. Post
Perry shifts drive toward South Plains in congressional bid
Herb Perry Jr., Carrizo Springs attorney and former Lions International president at 34, expands his campaign across the Panhandle. He will speak in Plainview, attend a Lubbock luncheon, and rally with the League of Women Voters. Radio and stopovers highlight his support for the Canadian River Dam, tidelands, and tax cuts. Local supporters join the Panhandle tour, including Hudson Davis and others from Borger, Plainview, and Amarillo.
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Herb Perry Jr
Carrizo Springs
South Plains
Southeast
mid-Panhandle
Plainview
Lubbock
League of Women Voters
Perry
Panhandle
Tidelands
The
Lions International
Europe
Petry
Hudson Davis
Borger
Plains
Bull Durham
Memphis
Funeral set for Mrs Beulah Gilvin Richey
Final rites for Beulah Gilvin Richey wife of Harold Richey will be at 4 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church with Dr Carl E Bates as officiant Interment follows at Llano Mausoleum under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home direction She was mother of R D Northen and sister of late John and Will Gilvin with another brother O K also dead She died at home 2221 Harrison Survivors include daughter Edna Earle Rumsey and grandson Darrell W Rumsey of Clovis
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Beulah Gilvin Richey
Harold 8. Richey
First Baptist Church
Carl E. Bates
Llano Mausoleum
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Richey
R. D. ‘Buster’ Northen
Clay County
Tex
Dan Gilvin
John
Will Gilvin
Amarillo
O. K
Martha
Harrison
Edna Earle Rumsey
Darrell W. Rumsey
Clovis
Landers Funeral Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Absalom Landers 91 of Hale Center will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at Hale Center Baptist Church with Rev F N Allen officiating. He died today after a two month illness survived by three sons Guy W T and Arthur Landers. Interment in Strip Cemetery beside his wife.
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Plainview
Absalom Landers
Hale Center
Hale Center Baptist Church
F. N. Allen
Lakeview Baptist Church
Landers
Alabama
Hale County
Eastland County
Barcentrate Testimonials From Weight Loss Efforts
A reader reports starting at 278 pounds and losing 20 pounds while using parecentrate. Another testimony notes rapid breathlessness relief and 14 pounds lost after starting centrate, calling Barcentrate wonderful.
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Tesas
Mary Nm
Lightning Ignites Feed Stack North of Tulia
Lightning struck a feed stack 10 miles northeast of Tulia on Wednesday night starting a smoldering fire. Firefighters battled flames for about two hours as strong winds turned it into a blaze before it was contained near a barn. Grain owned by James McKinney valued around $300. Farm hands aided four firemen.
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Tulia
James McKinney
McKinneys
Tulsa Fire Department
McKinney
Cobb Funeral Set at Claude Cobb Claude
Jessie Lewis George Cobb 73 died at home of his daughter in Amarillo. Funeral at Claude Baptist Church Friday at 3 p.m. with Rev. J. J. Allison officiating. Burial in Claude cemetery under N. S. Griggs & Sons. Survivors include wife two sons five daughters and four sisters.
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Claude
Jessie Lewis
George" Cobb
Armstrong County
Claude Baptist Church
J. J. Allison
Bert Wooldridge
Paul Hood
Delton Dye
Leland Wood
Floyd Wilson
W. P. Pope
Claude Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Amarillo
Cobb
Ray Burton
Graveside Rites Set For Williams Infant
Graveside rites for the infant son of Mr and Mrs J D Williams of 4114 Ong St will be held at 5 p m today at Huffines cemetery near Bivins Texas The baby died Wednesday morning in Northwest Texas Hospital Survivors include the grandparents Burial is under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home direction
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J. D. Williams
Ong St
Huffines
Bivins
Tex
Northwest Texas
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Plainview YMCA Boys Visit Canyon and Amarillo
A group of Plainview YMCA boys will visit Canyon and Amarillo today through Sunday. They will tour the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon and then tour the News-Globe-Times plant. Dan C. Pitt Jr., area YMCA secretary, leads the group.
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Plainview Ymca
Canyon
Amarillo
Panhandle-Plains
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Nannie Sullivan
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Sullivan mother of Glen Sullivan will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Griggs Pioneer Chapel with burial in Llano Cemetery. She died in Harris Hospital Fort Worth at 3 45 a.m. and had lived in Amarillo Hereford Glenrio and Glen Sullivan NM. Survivors include her two sons a brother and grandchildren.
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Nannie Sullivan
Glen Sullivan
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Llano Cemetery
Lawrence Joins The Childress Index Editorial Staff
C W Larry Lawrence, former Amarillo News Globe editor and journalist, named managing editor of The Childress Index. Native of Amarillo and veteran of RCAF, Navy, and Army, he has held roles at Globe-News, News-Globe, Amarillo Times, and re write desk prior to this appointment. Mrs. Lawrence and four children will relocate to Childress when housing is ready.
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Amarillo Times
The
News-Globe
Lawrence
Childress
Rayburn Confident Democrats Reach Harmony at Chicago Convention
Rayburn leaves for Chicago confident Democrats will forge a unified platform and nominations for November. The Texas congressman and House speaker directs the National Democratic Convention while facing reelection in Texas fourth district against Reagan Brown. Governor Shivers leads the conservative Texas delegation en route, with credentials to be heard in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Sam Rayburn
Chicago
From
Bonham
Texas
House
Reagan Brown
Terrell
Rayburn
Greenville
Gov. Shivers
Windy City
Texas campaign rivalry colors Democratic gubernatorial race
Governor Shivers repeats Democratic loyalty while facing challenger Yarborough who accuses waste and corruption. Yarborough outlines a 10 point program including dam projects to conserve flood water, raises teachers pay, and restores the anti narcotics bureau. Other candidate Allene Traylor attacks Shivers administration as wasteful.
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Ralph Yarborough
Austin
San Antonio
Yarborough
Covernor
Texas
Anti-Narcotics Bureau
Department of Public Oakatss
Houston
Gulf Coast
Lockhart
Allene M. Traylor
Shivers
Rayburn
Brown
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