Services Today for Roy Britton Godman
Roy Britton Godman 69 a Randall County resident for 22 years who farmed and ranched between Canyon and Happy will have services at 2 p m in LaGrone Funeral Chapel Officiating will be Rev J L Bozeman Temple Baptist Church Hereford and Rev W H Thompson retired minister from Hereford Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery Godman moved to Randall County from Yukon Okla and died Wednesday afternoon in St Anthony s Hospital Amarillo Survivors include his wife Caroline two daughters Mrs M J Thomas of Sunnymead Calif and Mrs J B Thompson of Hereford two sons Ronald O of Lawton Okla and Roy B of Dumas a brother Bill of Oklahoma City three sisters Mrs Robert Chambers of Hiattville Kan Mrs C C Ogburn of Kansas City Kan and Mrs Mary Marcell of Laguna Beach Calif and 16 grandchildren
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Canyon
Roy Britton Godman
Randall County
Happy
LaGrone Funeral Chapel
J. L. Bozeman
Temple Baptist Church
Hereford
W. H. Thompson
Dreamland Cemetery
Mr. Godman
Yukon
Okla
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Caroline
M. J. Thomas
Sunnymead
Calif
J. B. Thompson
Ronald O
Lawton
Roy B
Dumas
Bill
Oklahoma City
Robert Chambers
Hiattville
Kan
C. C. Ogburn
Kansas City
Mary Marcell
Laguna Beach
Arlene “Delle’ Fenley
N. Hughes
Northwest Texas Hospital
Johnson Chapel Ame
A. J. Davis Sr
Llano
Watford
First United Methodist Church of
Hubert Thomson
Penick
Thompson Hospital
el Paso
Dallas
John
Miami
Fla
Robert Myers
Carrollton
Rowntree
Southwest Convalescent Center
Bob
Tom
Lubbock
Neal Schrodt
Midland
Homer Rowntree
1005
Western
Mar Jaffoe
Floydada
Doyle Pope
Norman
Ernest Bryant
Livingston
Plainview
Erma Coronado
Margarita P. Coronado
Star Route Kress
Central Plains Hospital
Plainview Cemetery
Rex Nicholl
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Lemons Funeral Home
Frank
Alexander
Rocky
Junior
Rebecca
Gracy
Marie
Melquadez Coronado
Colorado City
Jesus Hernandez
Poteet
Eugene Alexis LeGrand
Pharr
Gilisland Rose Chapel
West Park Cemetery
LeGrand
Olga
Windell
Santa Fe
N.M
Cherris Kelly
Corpus Christi
Carroll Awbry
Houston
Louie
Tucumcari
John Lewis Stanfield
Trigg Memorial Hospital
Johnson Funeral Home
Newbern
Tenn
Stanfield
Stanfield and Sons Novelty Co
Mesa Country Club
Center Street United Methodist Church
Maxine
George
John L
Albuquerque
Clara E. Stanfield
H. Edward
C. Horace
Shelby E
Dyersberg
Sarah Frances Clark
Trenton
N. M
Louis King Webb
Doughty-Douglass Funeral Home
Webb
Quay County
Simpson County
McAlister
Amarillo Obituaries Share Deaths Of Five Local Residents
Notices report funeral services for Louise Manning Elliott 85 of 1200 S Van Buren with burial in Llano Cemetery, for Arlene Fenley 59 of 309 N Hughes, for Edgar Penick 69 of Dallas formerly Canyon, for Muriel Rowntree 88 of 202 Crestway, and for Guy Ward 61 of Chandler Ariz. Details cover service times, burial sites, and surviving relatives.
Rites Today for W K McCaskill in Plainview
Funeral services for W K McCaskill 69 who died of an apparent heart attack will be at 4 p m today in Lemons Dr Roy C McClung president of Wayland Baptist College will officiate Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery McCaskill attended Rice University moved to Plainview in 1940 from Amarillo He was part owner of Morton Grain Co in Kress and co owner of Southwestern on Supply Co of Sub Survivors include two daughters Mrs O T Ryan Plainview and Mrs Joe Koker Norman Okla and eight grandchildren
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Plainview
W. K. McCaskill
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Roy C. McClung
O. T. Ryan
Joe Koker
Norman, Okla
Bald Tires Double Risk of Skidding
Washington reports the Tire Industry Safety Council defines a bald tire as tread depth 116 inch or less in two adjacent grooves. The council notes skidding risk, five to nineteen times higher on wet roads than dry, doubles with bald tires.
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Washington
Tire Industry Safety Council
Council
Funeral services for Hollis dispatcher Sailor Carter
Funeral services for Ray Stuart Sailor Carter 69 Hollis police dispatcher will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Hollis burial in Fairmount Cemetery under Coley Funeral Home. He died after a heart attack en route to Lake Texoma. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Carl Robinson of Hollis and many siblings.
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Hollis
Okla
Spc
Ray Stuart
Carter
First Baptist Church of
T. Bone King
Tishomingo
Fairmount Cemetery
Coley Funeral Home
Waurika Hospital
Lake Texoma
Bennington
Ella
Carl Robinson
Bessie Bought
Lucille Farris
Fresno
Calif
Lena Robertson
Los Angeles
Frank
Ray
Leon
Alfred
San Francisco
James
Bakersfield
Wayne
Chowchilla
Pepys Diary Cipher Decoded and Lake Mead Water Levels
Samuel Pepys famed diary was written in cipher and later deciphered, revealing daily life and court morals from 1660 to 1669. He served as a naval official and Admiralty secretary, also author of Memoirs of the Royal Navy. Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam holds four-fifths as much water as Lake Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Samuel Pepys
Magdalene College
Cambridge
Pepys
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Lake Mead
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Lake Erie
Brakes Fail Destroys Apartment Complex Fire in Liberal
A car with failed brakes crashed into two motorcycles then the electric meter bank and a 32 unit luxury apartment complex in Liberal Kansas causing a fire. Fire officials estimate damage between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars. One firefighter was injured and Ivan Lee 24 was treated and listed in satisfactory condition. Eight units suffered fire and smoke damage while eight more had smoke and water damage.
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Liberal, Kan
Liberal Fire Department
Kenneth McGee
Western Power Co
Ivan Lee
Southwest Medical Center
Four Hour Gun Battle Ends in Three Police Deaths
In Oberhausen West Germany a violent man Karlheinz Girod 43 barricaded inside a home firing on officers for four hours killing two police and wounding two more before arresting Girod his wife and 15 year old son amid a charged crowd. Neighbors quoted Girod threatening to kill anyone who tries to institutionalize him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberhausen
West Germany
UPI
Karlheinz Girod
Girod
Sterkrade
Karl-Heinz Meier-Gerdingh
Brunhilde
U N Holds Key To Pilot Strike
The UN secretary general Waldheim signaled a UN Security Council meeting on air piracy, prompting pilot federation leader Capt Ola Forsberg to reevaluate plans for a 24 hour worldwide strike. the federation's five member governing body would meet in New York to decide on action.
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United Nations, N.Y
Worldwide Federation of Airline Pilots
Kurt Waldheim
U.N. Security Council
Ola Forsberg
Finland
Waldheim
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Forsberg
New York
James O'Grady
Ireland
Federation
Charles Blyth
International Transport Workers Federation
London
Colorado Man Killed In Collision
DALHART Amarillo man Dwain David Miller 46 was released from Coon Memorial Hospital after injuries from a three vehicle crash on U S 87 that killed Pueblo man Hugh Bryan Edmiston 49. Edmiston died at the scene. Miller and Joseph James Jackson 37 were north and southbound drivers. Edmiston’s body was taken to Walker Funeral Home.
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Dalhart
Amarillo
Pueblo
Colo
Dwain David Miller
Route 3
Coon Memorial Hospital
Miller
Here
U. S
Hugh Bryan Edmiston
Justice of the Peace
L. L. McBrayer
Edmiston
Joseph James Jackson
Killeen
Jackson
Helen
Walker Funeral Home
Crash Kills Bovina Man in New Mexico Accident
A 22 year old Bovina man Donavan Lynn Murphy died when his car failed to negotiate a curve and overturned on New Mexico Highway 3 at Tres Ritos. He was en route to Colorado for work. Funeral services tentatively set for Saturday afternoon at First Baptist Church with burial in Bovina Cemetery. He is survived by his parents a sister two brothers and several grandparents.
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Bovina
New Mexico
Clabhorn Funeral Home
Friona
Mr. Murphy
Lockney
West Texas State University
Canyon
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Don Murphy
Darlene
Rodney
David
Elvin Murphy
Elmer Patton
Ballinger
Crashnam and Skyfire: Two Crashes Shake Asia Flights
Radar tracked a missing plane with a split blip before it disappeared. Japan Airlines DC8 crashed near New Delhi killing 84 of 89 aboard, six Americans among the dead. Cathay Pacific’s crash marks another serious loss for the crown colony carrier since World War II. Earlier, a Convair 880 veered off Kai Tak runway into Hong Kong harbor, killing one and injuring 27. flight engineer James K. Hickey, listed on the ill fated flight, was Australian.
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Asia
Hong Kong
Kai Tak
James K. Hickey
Two-Minute Abortions To Test Law Two-Minute Abortions To Test Law
London AP report says Dr. Harvey Karman of San Vicente Hospital outlines a syringe method to induce menstrual periods for late periods to avoid pregnancy. He predicts Britain will adopt it despite moral concerns, noting doctor shortages and cheaper care. Australian Dr Geoffrey Davis plans a private London clinic charging about 2 pounds per treatment.
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London
Britain
United States
Harvey Karman
San Vicente Hospital
Los Angeles
Geoffrey Davis
Ex-Portales Man Held for Shooting
Ex Portales man Jose Mercedes Aranda Panda, 25, was captured by border patrol officers at the Casner Ranch about 17 miles northeast of Alpine. He was jailed in Presidio County on $100,000 bond after five charges including assaulting a U S officer with a firearm and conspiracy to import marijuana. Border patrol seized 23 pounds of crude cannabis after a high speed chase and gunfire.
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Portales
N. M
U. S
Jose Mercedes Aranda Panda
Presidio County
Panda
Border Patrol
Casner Ranch
Alpine
Brewster County
Jim Skinner
Mesa
Ariz
Bewster County
Mexico
Magne Joseph Segura
Mar‘a
Flood Death Toll Rises in Rapid City SD Disaster
Rapid City officials report 207 dead with 16 unidentified after the Black Hills flood. The missing list dropped from 2,000 to 667 as searches continue along Rapid Creek and the Cheyenne River. Officials urge cash donations to aid survivors and urge tourists not to cancel visits this summer.
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Rapid City
S.D
UPI
Black Hills
Pennington County
Glenn Best
Rapid Creek
Cheyenne River
Cheyenne
Don Barnett
Richard Kneip
South Dakota
Jack Allman
Nevada hotelman tied to underworld hit plot
A $2000+ contract target is on John William Hicks 28 son of a former Thunderbird owner linked to the hollow chip cheating ring in Las Vegas casinos. Hicks faces murder related charges in Clark County. The case ties to a device faking casino payouts and a ring that bilked casinos of $300,000 to $400,000.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Nevada
Underworld
John William Hicks
Los Angeles
Hicks
Clark County
Algiers
District Court
John Branch
Robert Lee My
Murphy
Phil Hannifin
State Gaming Control Board
Ralph Lamb
Six Insurers Challenge $96 Million Windfall Claim
NEW YORK AP private study says six large insurers earned a $96 million windfall from group health insurance due to wage price controls and tight job markets. The firms Prudential Aetna Travelers Metropolitan Connecticut General Equitable denied profits, citing refunds and rate adjustments.
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New York
Prudential Insurance Co
Committee For National Health Insurance
Citizens’ Group
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers Union
Prudential
Aetna
Travelers
Metropolitan
Connecticut General
Equitable
The
Price Commission
James A. Attwood
Travelers Insurance
Pioneer gas rate change proposal eyed by Amarillo council
Pioneer officials urge a city ordinance to allow annual gas rate adjustments tied to gas costs. The plan would gradually integrate West Panhandle gas into Amarillo supply, with 10 percent supplemental by 1972 and up to 50 percent by 1980. Rates may rise starting the month after ordinance adoption.
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Pioneer
West Panhandle
Watson
Northeast Panhandle
Far West Texas
Amarillo
John Stiff
Commission
West Texas
Canyon
Plainview
Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Nixon Meets Mexican Leader In Washington Talk
President Nixon hosted Mexican President Luis Echeverria in a private Washington session calling him a world leader and friend. They planned frank, bilateral and hemispheric discussions, inclining toward the summit and other mutual issues while addressing saline Colorado River water disputes and stalled tariff preference plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
Echeverria
Moscow
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Colorado
Mexico
Congress
United States
Rogers
Emilio O. Rabasa
Metcalf Admitted To Helena Hospital
Sen Lee Metcalf of Montana was admitted to a Helena hospital after experiencing discomfort on a flight. His wife Donna said he did not appear seriously ill and planned to rest on the ground. A physician advised admission and he canceled a state Democratic gathering appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Washington
Metcalf
Donna
Drv Cleaner Out Bond Pending Unspecified Charges
A John Gaston Hospital ER nurse said Duncan did not appear roughed up though his wrists were swollen as if tied. She noted he looked relieved to get it over with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gaston Hospital
Duncan
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Mrs
Louise M. Elliott
Louise Manning Elliott
S. van Buren
Hillhaven Convalescent Center
Polk Street United Methodist Church Chapel
J. Walter Browers
Llano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors
J.U.G. Club
YWCA
Phi Mu Sorority
Daughters of the Americal Revolution
Polk Street United Methodist Church
Arlene Fenley
Edgar Cohen Penick
Muriel Rowntree
Muriel Jarobe Rowntree
Crestway
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Guy S. Ward
Chandler
Springerville
Ward
Arizona
Ruby
Davis
Rites Today
W.K. McCaskill
Southwestern On Supply Co
Sub
Tri-State Area
Ray S. Carter
Coronado
Eugene A. LeGrand
Mary Ogilvie
Farmington
Mary Elizabeth Ogilvie
Tom Ogilvie
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of
G. Rogers Smith
State Presbyterian Synod Office
Robert Allen
Fairview Cemetery
Basin Funeral Home of
U.N
Dakota
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