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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1965

Page

3

Obituary notices span multiple towns across Texas and Oklahoma

The column lists numerous funeral notices and obituaries for residents of Amarillo Dalhart Borger Pampa Dalhart Perryton and nearby areas. Names include Mary Gladys Allen Bill Daugherty Wayla Lynette Girard Jeanne Marie Loyd Duke Mitchell J T Neal Gue toy Adolph Olsen Mamie Mattie King George Pendier Edward Andrew Tex Hamilton Zora Stone Connie Williams James O Coolbaugh John Daves Murray Suthard and John Augustus Watson. Details cover ages addresses surviving family and burial plans with local churches hospitals and funeral homes identified.

Brown and Root Wins Major Power Plant Contract in Texas

Brown and Root Co of Houston has been awarded a contract to build a massive power plant in southeast Grayson County. The project will add 550000 kilowatts capacity to Texas Power and Light Co whose 125000 kilowatt unit was completed in 1962. The contract value was not disclosed.

Dallas Brown and Root Co. of Houston Grayson County Texas Power and Light Co

Panhandle Man Dies from June 18 Accident near White Deer

Alvin R. Driggers 48 of 452 Pitt, Pampa, died Monday at Veterans Hospital Amarillo from injuries in a three vehicle crash on U.S. 60 west of White Deer. His wife Dorothy 45 died at Pampa Highland General Hospital. The crash involved a grain truck that ran out of gas and a refueling pickup. Funeral at First Baptist Church Pampa with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Donna Driggers, stepchildren, sisters and a brother.

Wayla Lynette Girard Ray R. Girard N. Nelson Anthony's Hospital Amarillo Grand Avenue Mamie King Silverton Mamie Mattie King High Plains Hospital Borger Lubbock Wilma King Wanda Elens Conroe Roy King Pauline Todd Tulsa Thelma Green Wilmington Calif Lillie Johnson Delois Nix Bakersfield Duke Mitchell Dalhart Duke Mitchell Coon Memorial Hospital Memorial Park Cemetery Bernard Ryan St Anthony's Catholic Church Walker Funeral Home Mitchell Oklahoma Dalnart Wallace Garrison Salt Lake City Utah Don M. Mitchell Los Angeles J.T. Neal Neal Appalooha St. Anthony 5 Hospital Cleburne First Baptist Church of Caveer Guetoy Adolph Olsen Hansford County Oslo Lutheran Church Oslo Olsen Shattuck Ohio Dean HH. Miller Dawn Billy Hill Canyon George Thomas Pendier N. Aranahoe Curtis Lee Buchanan Street Methodist Church Albert Dore Greenville Liono Cemetery Carrol Wright Dan Wells Gene Pengrey Roy Hill Harold Kennedy Pendley Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital Channing Ters Lummie Pendhey Rnome Tex E. H. Wright Boyd Crooks Boxwell Bros Grandchild Perryton Ochiltree Stone Gienrose Wrovesigeg Mires Connie Earl Williams Monroe Liano Cemetery J. E Burkhalter San Jacinto Tri-State James O. Coolbaugh James O. Coalbough Jackson Northwest Texas Hospital Coolbough Borger Baptist Church Mabie Munlem Means Dalla Brothers Charles Jackson Morris Stockton Edith Allan Lillian Mackings California Minton Mortuary Murray L Suthard Kingswood Methodist Church Leonard Gillingham Lawn Haven Cemetery Steed Funeral Home Suthard Clovis Memorial Hospital Clove Frieda Rolph Williams Clovis Nancy Meddiman Washington, DC Eand John Augustus Watson Hull County Hospital Snicer Robert Knight David Hamblin First Methods Church Fairview Cemetery Watson Memphis San Marcos First Methodist Church Ella Rylander Palsadena Sydney Grass San Antonio Annie Kerehevinle Memoirs J. W. Burk D. H. Nelson Friona Pampa Alvin R. Driggers Pitt Veterans Hospital Dorothy Pampa Highland General Hospital Driggers U.S. 60 White Deer First Baptist Church E. Douglas Carver Duenkel Funeral Home

Accidental Death Ruled in Drowning of Nicolas Baca

Nicolas Baca 24, a Ft Sumner native and Navy veteran, drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming about 300 yards downstream from the Alamogordo Dam. An undertow pulled him under. Assistant District Attorney John Humphrey Jr. ruled the death accidental and funeral plans are pending with Julian Funeral.

New Mexico Fort Sumner N. M Ft. Sumner Nicolas Baca Ft Sumner Alamogordo Dam Baca John Humphrey Jr Navy Julian Funeral Home

Keck Estate Valued at 180 Million in Partial Inventory

The estate of oilman William M. Keck Sr is valued at 180,508,586 after a partial inventory filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Keck died August 20 at 84, leaving most assets to charities and others, with Mrs Sylvia Jean Keck receiving 400,000 outright and 4,000 shares of Superior Oil in trust. Executors include his sons William M. Keck Jr and Howard B. Keck and attorneys Paul R. Watkins and Harold C Morton.

Los Angeles William M. Keck Superior Court Ixweck Superior of Co Superior Oil Co Charles R. Newby Syliva Jean Keck

Jazz Bandleader Loring Nichols Dies at 54 in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS AP Bandleader Loring Red Nichols died of a heart attack Monday. He collapsed at his motel and was pronounced dead on arrival at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Nichols led big bands and the Five Pennies combo over four decades and mentored stars like Benny Goodman Artie Shaw Jimmy Dorsey and Gene Krupa. Glenn Miller was his first arranger. The Five Pennies life story became a 1950 film starring Danny Kaye.

Las Vegas Nev Loring Red) Nichols Nichols Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Mint Hotel Benny Goodman Artie Shaw Jimmy Dorsey Gene Krupa Glenn Miller Danny Kaye New York

Three Injured in Car Pickup Collision on U S 54 Bridge

NARA VISA New Mexico three persons were hurt in a noon wreck on a bridge four miles east of Nara Visa on U S 54. One person was seriously injured in the collision between a car and a pickup truck.

Nara Visa N.M Here U.S. 54

Rights Violation Frees Le Roy Johnson

US District Judge Joe Ingraham ruled Le Roy Johnson is freed after finding constitutional rights violated in two prior convictions. Johnson, 45, was sentenced as a habitual criminal in Wichita Falls in 1961 after a third fel ony. a second Oklahoma conviction from 1955 is void due to lack of counsel when his attorney fell ill. Carl E Wachsmuth, 71, of Tucumecari, listed very poor after hospital treatment for severe injuries from a collision on a bridge near a construction zone. Kenneth Kruse, 39, and Lela Golgart, 45, both of Costa Mesa, were in satisfactory condition.

Houston Dist Joe Ingraham Leroy Johnson Johnson Wichita Falls Ingraham Oklahoma Carl E. Wachsmuth Tucumecari Trigg Memorial Hospital Kenneth Kruse Lela Golgart Costa Mesa Calif Wachsmuth Kruse

Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth

An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH powder to keep dentures secure and comfortable. It claims to prevent slippage during talking, eating, or sneezing and mentions ease of use and confidence. The fragment references a vehicle incident and a dry wash but lacks clear context.

Wreck Injures Bell Executive and Grandsons in St Louis

ST LOUIS UP I Karl A Ganssle 61 vice president of Southwestern Bell Telephone and two Dallas grandsons Allen G Ma and Robert E Mason suffered facial lacerations and other injuries in an automobile crash. All were reported in satisfactory condition at St John s Mercy Hospital Monday morning.

Daily News St. John's Mercy Hospital ST. Louis UPI Karl Ganssle Allen G Southwestern Bell Telephone Son Robert E. Mason, Co Texas Dallas

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