Meadows Rites Set For Today
Funeral services for Patrolman William Stanley Meadows 23 will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at First Baptist Church with Dr. Winfred W. Moore officiating. Burial at Olton Cemetery follows a 3 p.m. graveside service after viewing at Parsons Funeral Home. Meadows, killed in a pursuit of a stolen truck, joined Amarillo Police in 1962 and lived on Bowie Street. He leaves a wife, parents, two sisters, two brothers, and grandparents.
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William Stanley Meadows
First Baptist Church
Winfred W. Moore
David, Griffin
Tommy Burrows
Boyd Baker
William Eaton
Austin Vaughan
G. W. Dick
Peters
Parsons Funeral Home
Olton
Meadows
Boys Ranch
Amarillo
Amarillo Bible Church
Bowie
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
McCracken
E. Douglas Carver
Speaker to discuss trend on medicine
Dr John Whinery will give a comprehensive report on The Attempt To Federalize Medicine in America at the Amarillo Conservative Club weekly meeting in the Colonial Cafeteria at noon today. Warren Lowry, club president, said anyone interested in hearing the facts about the progress this country has made toward socialized medicine is welcome to attend.
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John Whinery
America
Amarillo
Warren Lowry
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Line
A $150000 damage suit against Potter County Sheriff Jim Line by Alabama convict Charles A. Cline was dismissed in Federal Court by Judge Joseph Dooley after a pre trial conference. Costs of the action are to be paid by the plaintiff. The suit claimed Cline was falsely imprisoned from Aug 17 to Sept 13, 1962 and that civil rights were violated.
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Potter County
Jim Line
Alabama
Joseph Dooley
Dooley
Charles A
Cline
Arthur Lamb
Joe E. Estes
FBI
47Th District Court
E. E
Gene) Jordan
Sheriff Line
Amarillo
Joe Harlan
Channing Fire Dept Ambu lance Fund Seeks Needed Equip
The Channing Volunteer Fire Department launched a drive to buy an ambulance and a resuscitator. With 385 dollars already pledged or donated, they aim for 3,000 more. Donations can be given to any Channing firefighter or sent to Citizens State Bank of Dalhart. Fire Chief McMean of Dalhart will provide first aid instruction after fundraising.
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Channing
McMean
Dalhart
Jimmy May Rites Today
Funeral rites for Jimmy May 14 of Boys Ranch are set for 2 p.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Kenneth Quaid, Boys Ranch chaplain, officiating. Burial will follow at Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers named. May was killed by a state patrolman’s gun after a chase through Amarillo and south on Washington early Monday. He died at Northwest Texas Hospital. he had been in foster care since being abandoned in Phoenix at age five and came to Boys Ranch about two years ago.
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Jimmy May
Boys Ranch
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Kenneth Quaid
Llano
Jim Petty
Emery Stokes
Donnie O’brien
Joe Romero
Harold Eason
Mike Willis
Amarillo
Washington
Northwest Texas Hospital
Phoenix
Ariz
Area Obituaries Run Through Amarillo Region Notices
Obituaries from the Amarillo area list Robert Browning 70 of Amarillo died at home. Services set Thursday in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with burial in Liano Cemetery. Other notices include Delia Robertson 89, Mrs. Car ce Alice Boney 77 of Sunray, Lillie D. Parks 83 of Shamrock, Harry Bagwell 53 of Memphis, and Olive R. Scheetz 75 of Pampa with funeral plans and survivors noted.
Gray County Official Dies in Pampa
Gray County commissioner Jim M. Mc Cracken 63 died at Highland General Hospital after a heart attack in a pickup outside his Grandview home. Funeral at First Baptist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survived by wife Elsie, son Jimmy, daughters Betty and Margaret, sister and seven others. He was elected in 1954 and served since. Born September 11, 1900 in Major County Oklahoma.
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Pampa
Gray County
Jim M. McCracken
Highland General Hospital
McCracken
Grandview
Mr. McCracken
Major County
Okla
Grand‘view
Ames
First Baptist Church of
International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Groom
Elsie
Jimmy
Betty Miller
Margaret Morgan
Tulsa
Fred Detrick
Spear Charles E fr Funeral in Happy First Methodist
Funeral services for Charles E Spear were held today at 2 p m in Happy First Methodist Church with Rev S H Salley and Rev Vernon Willard officiating. Burial followed at Happy Cemetery under LaGrone Funeral Home Canyon. Spear, a Happy resident since 1995, died Monday night in Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. He was born July 19, 1892 in Vermillion County Indiana and married Helen Webster June 25, 1910. Survivors include wife Helen, two sons Robert of Brownsville Clyde of Amarillo, a daughter Mrs Jancie Horse of Vega, two brothers Cecil of Tulip and Hermon of Lakeview, a sister Mrs Ollie Speer of Happy, and six grandchildren.
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Tri-State
Harry Bagwell
Carrie Boney Dumas
Car Ce
Alice Boney
Sunray
First Methodist
Charles Gates
First Methodist Church
Spearman
Leroy Baker
Memorial Park
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors
Dumas
Boney
Shamrock
Lillie D. Parks
Missionary Baptist Church
Oscar Welch
United Pentecostal Holiness Church
Allison
Shamrock Cemetery
Richerson Funeral Home
Lone Wolf
Oklo
Marion Cellahan
Tucson
Ariz
Alvin Dorris
Bob Tyler
Bot
Oklahoma City
Hubert Parks
W. A. Racher
Alamogordo
N.M
E. A. Parks
Hugh Parks
Hooker
Okla
George Cooper
Inkahoma
Fidge Bevel
Cache
Dink Lucas
Hobart
Herbert Lucas
Clinton
Canyon
Charles E. Spear
First Methodist Church of
Happy
S. H. Salley
Vernon Willard
Pevy
Travis LaDuke
First Baptist Church of
Happy Cemetery
LaGrone Funeral Home
Spear
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Payne Implement Co
Mr. Spear
Vermillion County
Ind
Helen Webster
Vigo Park
Hiis
Robert
Brownsville
Clyde
Amarillo
Jancie Horse
Vega
Cecil
Tulip
Hermon
Lakeview
Ollie Speer
Phillip E. Wiedman
Clarendon
Phillip Fred Wiedman
Bob Ely
Citizens Cemetery
Murphy Funeral Home
Wiedman
Adair Hospital
Lord Beaverbrook Dies in His Home
Lord Beaverbrook, 85, Canadian born newspaper magnate who backed Britain in World War II and built The Daily Express empire, died at his Cherkley home. Survived by son Max Aitken and daughter Janet Gladys. widow Lady Marcia Dunn.
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Lord Beaverbrook
London
Beaverbrook
Max Aitken
Daily Express
The
Sunday Express
Evening Standard
Glasgow Evening Citizen
Britain
Express
Janet Gladys
Marcia Dunn
Gladys
Doolittle Raider Buried at Taylor
Rod ney Wilder, 47, one of the 80 original Doolittle Raiders who bombed Tokyo in World War II, was to be buried today. The retired Air Force colonel died Saturday at his Dallas home. He served as regional director of business affairs for the General Services Administration. Survivors include his widow, a son, a daughter, a sister, and two grandchildren.
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Taylor
Tex
UPI
Rodney Wilder
Tokyo
Air Force
Wilder
General Services Administration
Dallas
Delinquency Case Jails Dumas Man for Minor Offense
Frank Laub, 21, pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of minors after being accused of selling intoxicating beverages to youths aged 14 and 15 in Dumas. Judge Archie McDonald imposed 10 days in jail and $32.45 in court costs.
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Dumas
Frank Laub
Archie McDonald
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Harold D. Sanderson
Madison St
Amarillo Area
Robert Browning
Jock Sisemore
Olsen Park Baptist Church
Liano Cemetery
Mr. Browning
Martha
Mrs
Delia Robertson
Travis
Carehaven
Williams Funeral Home
Slaton
Lillie Parks
Olive Scheetz
Panhandle
Olive R. Scheetz
Dearborn
Mich
Grants Pass
Ore
O. C. Scheetz
Vancouver
Wash
Poston Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Duenkel-Carmichael Funeral Home
County Commission
Chrysler
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Collins Motor CO
Pierce
Hitler
the Express
Cherkley
Doolittle Raider
SEARS
Sears and
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E. B. Burgess
Sth
Tyler
Grouchy
Sears’roebuck and CO
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