Bank plans new 2 million building at 50th and University
Plains National Bank and Plains Corporation win zoning to build a 2 million banking and professional office complex near 50th Street and University Avenue. Construction slated for mid summer with bank basement and first floor and upper floors for offices.
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Lubbock
Banking On Professional
50Th Street
University Avenue
Bank
J. F E. Waller
Commission
City Planning Office
H. M. Bourgeois
Holiday Park
Obituary notices and civic notes from Lubbock region
Obituaries list multiple deaths with funeral details for Sam Garner James Robards F Zeb Payne Carl Smythe Lind Goodwin Horatio Hardage Alma Tucker Hulett Rice Alta Sandlin Ida Mae Bruce J Lyn Wood Charlie Maberry G L Davis and others Funeral notices include locations like W W Rix Chapel First Baptist Gordon Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson and Plainview churches Also brief items note a rescheduled Science Bowl and new academic appointments including Frank Imke as chair of regional accounting groups A correction adds David Franklin as a candidate for O Donnell School Board Emmett Simmons named to Lubbock District Advisory Council of the SBA
Raymond Hunter Rites Planned
Services for Raymond E. Hunter 71 of 509th St. will be at Oakwood Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Lyman Wood officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Hunter died at Methodist Hospital after moving to Lubbock in 1950. He was retired owner of Hunter Grocery and is survived by Cecil his wife, a son, a daughter, a brother, three sisters, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Raymond E. Hunter
Oakwood Methodist Church
Lyman Wood
Lloyd Hamilton
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral Directors
Hunter
Lubbock
Methodist
Cecil
Bobbie
Connie Neel
B. K
Nemaha
Neb
Nellie Shipley
Oklahoma City
la Clare Liming
Riverside
Calif
Zoe Mills
Walsh, Colo
Meadow School Wins Region I One-Act Contest
Meadow High School won first place in the Region I Conference B One-Act Play contest with War Movie. Jayton High School took second for The Pot Boiler. Major Howard of Meadow was best actor and Holly Hahn of Jayton best actress.
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Meadow High School
Jayton
Major Howard
Meadow
Holly Hahn
Amy Lemley
McAdoo
Teresa Huie
Ropesville
Mickey Williams
Kim Nichols
Harriet Burleson
Terry Wilkes
Jimmy Neff
Alan Neff
Polly Marchbanks
Dale Thetford
John Davis
LaJuana Hamilton
Judge
George W Sorensen
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Bert T. Holman Rites Planned
Services for Bert T. Holman 81 of O'Donnell will be at 2 30 p m Saturday at the Church of Christ with burial in O'Donnell Cemetery under White Funeral Home of Tohoka. Holman died about 10 25 p m Wednesday in Lamesa Medical Arts Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a retired farmer. Euna two daughters Mrs Glynn Everett of Oceanside California and Mrs Ben Morrison of O'Donnell a step daughter Mrs W W Flat of Princeton a son Denton of O'Donnell a brother Ed of San Angelo eight grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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O'Donnell
Bert T. Holman
Church of Christ
White Funeral Home
Tohoka
Holman
Lynn County
Lamesa
Medical Arts
Euna
Glynn Everett
Oceanside
Calif
Ben Morrison
W. W. Flat
Princeton
Denton
San Angelo
Aza A Peoples Rites Held in Plainview
Funeral services for Aza Allen Peoples 81 were held at 10 20 a m in Wood Dunning Colonial Chapel with burial in Plainview Cemetery Peoples a Oklahoma native was a farmer and rancher prior to retiring in 1995 He died Wednesday in a Plainview rest home Survivors include five sons Ace Allen James Frank Billy Earl Dean Ira Dale and others and seven daughters, a brother Earl Peoples, 29 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren
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Plainview
Aza Allen Peoples
Oklahoma
Peoples
James Frank
Ace Allen
Grand Prairie
Billy
Amarillo
Earl Dean
Clarendon
Ira Dale
Albuquerque
N.M
Shirley Wedzeworth
Gladys Cochran
New Mexico
Doris Walls
Calfornia
Florence Gentze
Dumas
Faye Moore
Sadie Wise
Arla Curnett
Earl Peoples
Inmate Riot Disrupts Manhattan Federal Detention
Scores of inmates seized control of the top two floors of the Manhattan federal house of detention Thursday night. Five staffers including a guard and two engineers plus two commissary workers locked themselves in a cell and another room for protection. No injuries reported.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan Federal House of Detention
Sign at North Lubbock service station links Calley and Clay
A three line marquee outside a north Lubbock service station on Thursday linked Lt. William Calley with Cassius Clay in a provocative comment on the Calley sentence. The sign posed a question about what is right.
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North Lubbock
William Calley
Wm. Calley
Cassius Clay
Emergency housing status cut for 412 tornado families
Mi Casita Home Counseling Service reports 412 families moved from emergency housing after May 11 tornado. Last July 788 families remained in emergency housing citywide awaiting relocation. Board discussed HUD report on housing counseling, legal aid, medical assistance, and education. Budget set by federal government at $11,000. Quorum not present.
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Mi Casita Home Counseling Service
Jack McGraw
Rites Planned for L. E. Garrett at Church of Christ
L. E. Garrett, 72, dies in Plainview Hospital. Services set for 4 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Kress with minister Lawson Wallace and Truitt Adair officiating. Burial in Kress Cemetery by Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. Native of Paris, he moved to Kress 1952, to Lubbock 1960, returned 1967. Survived by Ella and three sons Robert Olton Willie Louis Doyle Wayne, and 10 grandchildren.
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KRESS
L. E. Garrett
Church of Christ
Lawson Wallace
Truitt Adair
Lubbock
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Plainview
Garrett
Paris
Blast Rocks Los Angeles City Hall No Injuries Reported
An explosion in a City Hall restroom on a Thursday afternoon caused debris and broken glass to fly through hallways. Police say no injuries occurred, and the blast is believed to be a bomb. It marks the third bombing of a LA public building in eight months.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Hall
Rites for Melvin L. Francis in Seagraves
Services for Melvin Lee Francis 21 of Seagraves will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Don Worthington officiating. Burial follows at Seagraves Webb Funeral Home. Francis died after a lengthy illness from leukemia in Brownfield Hospital. Survivors include his son Ron and daughter Ava, his parents Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Francis, two brothers James and Jimmy, a sister Clara, and grandparents and great grandparents listed from Seagraves and Houston.
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Seagraves
Melvin Lee
Francis
Baptist Church
Don Worthington
Carroll Smith
Seagraves Church of God
Freeman Thompson
Seagraves Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Brownfield Hospital
Ron
Ava
S. M. Francis
James
Eunice
N. M
Jimmy
Clara Francis
Alonzo Wilson
Comie Francis
Tom Wilson
Houston
Mrs Williams Rites Set In Sundown Church Service
Services for Mrs Euna Mae Williams 65 of Sundown are set for 2 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev Glenn Reece officiating Burial will be at Morton George Price Funeral Home Levelland Mrs Williams died about 9 p m Wednesday at South Plains Hospital after a brief illness Surviving are a daughter Mrs Speedy Lindsey of Brownfield six brothers including Fred Carter W S H B and T G Carter of Sundown J N Carter of Lufkin W G Carter of Tonico two sisters Mrs L C Kearney and Mrs A J Richards both of Sundown and Mrs Ike Shults of Denver City and three grandchildren
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Euna Mae Williams
Sundown
First Baptist Church
Glenn Reece
Morton Cemetery
George Price
Fred Carter
Levelland
W. S
H. B
T. G. Carter
J. N. Carter
Lufkin
W. G. Carter
Tonico, NL
L. C. Kearney
A. J. Richards
Ike Shults
Denver City
Old things pass away says a hero keeps winning
A poem excerpt by Julien C. Heyer stresses that past misdeeds fade and last actions define worth. It notes that even great starts matter little if a single error ruins reputation, urging continual winning to stay safe and valued.
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Julien C. Heyer
Steven Steward Services Pend Disease
Steven Wayne Steward, 14, of 5511 18th St. died about 2:20 a.m. Thursday at Morton Wadley Clinic in Dallas after an extended illness. Services are pending at Henderson Funeral Directors. Survivors include his father and stepmother Bob and unnamed Steward of the home, his mother LaWanda Steward of Dallas, a brother Lance, sisters Shana and Brenda, all of the home, and King Steward of San Marcos, California, and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Arnold of Austin.
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Steven Wayne Steward
18Th St
Morton Wadley Clinic
Dallas
Henderson Funeral Directors
Bob Steward
LaWanda Steward
Lance
Shana
Brenda
King Steward
San Marcos
Calif
Curtis Arnold
Austin
Lonie L. Booker Services Today
Funeral services for Lonie Lee Booker 82 will be held at 11 a.m. today at Oakwood United. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery follows his death Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. He moved to Lubbock from Alabama in 1930 and is survived by his wife Katie Ruth two daughters a son seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Lonie Lee Broker
79Th St
Oakwood United Methodist Church
Lyman Wood
Broker
Methodist Hospital
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral
Booker
Lubbock
Alabama
Katie Ruth
Bryce Etherege
31St St
Andy Cloyd
Dallas Newsman Albert Jackson Dies at 66
Albert Jackson 66 vice chairman of The Times Herald Printing Co. died Thursday night in the Mayflower Hotel Washington while dining with Rep. Earle Cabell. A veteran Dallas journalist he joined the paper in 1927 and held multiple top posts. He is survived by his daughter Jennie and two grandchildren.
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Albert Jackson
Times Herald Printing Co
Dallas Times Herald
Mayflower
Jackson
Earle Cabell
D-Tex
Dallas
Times Herald
The
Jennie
City council passes parental accountability ordinance in Lansing
The Lansing City Council unanimously approves a measure making parents responsible for misdemeanors by their children 17 and under. Violations carry fines up to 500 dollars or jail time up to 90 days.
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Lansing, Mich
Longtime Slaton Police Chief Gentry Dies at 80
Gentry a longtime Slaton police chief died Thursday in a Lubbock rest home. Services set for 2 p.m. at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. W. F. Ferguson officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery Slaton. Survived by four sons three daughters a brother three sisters nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Nephews to serve as pallbearers.
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Eulyses A. Genltry
Sanders Memorial
W. F. Ferguson
Lubbock
Englewood Cemetery
Slaton
Gentry
Roverton
Tenn
Lubbock County
Claude A. Gentry
28Th St
Dorsey P. Gentry
Edgewood
Tommie F. Gentry
Gallup
N. M
George F. Gentry
Hugoton
Kan
Bettye Oats
Dallas
R. R. Gentry
Mizzie Shelton
Mattie Joplin
Brownfield
Lizzie Harris
Brownwood
Idalou Resident Arthur Reddell Dies After Illness
Arthur E. Reddell 69 of Idalou died at Ray's Hospitality Home in Lubbock after a lengthy illness. A World War II veteran, he belonged to the American Legion and Lions Club. Survived by brother E. W. Reddell of Fort Worth and sister Mrs. Mary Hudson of Bridgeport. Services pending at Carter Funeral Home.
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Ralls
Arthur E. Reddell
Idalou
Ray
Lubbock
Carter
Reddell
Tarrant County
Bridgeport
American Legion
The
Lions Club
E. W. Reddell
Fort Worth
Mary Hudson
Mrs. Thornton Rites Planned in Lockney
Mrs. Lucy Maude Thornton 72 died at Methodist Hospital Lubbock after six weeks as patient. Funeral at West College and Third Street Church of Christ conducted by Frank Duckworth with Hubert Setliff assisting. Burial in Lockney Carter Funeral Home. Survived by three sons, A. R. Harper, Leonard Harper, Newell Harper. daughter Ray Smith. others. eight grandchildren. four great.
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Floyd County
A. R
Leonard Harper
Plainview
Newell Harper
Lockney
Homer
Cap" Holden
Hereford
Ray Smith
Durango
Colo
Elmer Biggs
Kate Dixon
James L. Allred Dies Rites Set
James L. Allred 65 died Thursday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring after a lengthy illness. A retired city plumbing inspector, he lived in Slaton and Lubbock, served in World War II, and was a member of the American Legion. Rites at Resthaven Funeral Home with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Pallbearers named. remembrances to the American Cancer Society.
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James L. Allred
71St St
Resthaven
Singleton-Wilson
B. H. Kendrick
Idahu
First Baptist Church
Bob Hoover
Lubbock
Indian Territory
Robber’s Roost
Allred
Slaton
Allred Plumbing Co
Munday
Plainview
Lagerton
Bowie
American Legion
Naomi
Homer D. Maddox
Rt. 1
Clarence Kirby
Campbell
Calif
Holly D. Sims
48Th St
Donald Basinger
Post
James N
James V
Juneau
Roy Stanley
O. L. Bowman
Bonn U S Exports Rise 27 Percent in September 1970
U S exports to Germany climbed 27 percent in September 1970, reflecting stronger trade flows between Bonn and Berlin. Industrial goods and machinery led the gains as American shipments to Germany increased amid broader Western European demand.
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Bonn
U.S
Germany
Sun
Memorial Services for Mrs Courtney in Morton
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Courtney 94 dies after lengthy illness at Cochran Memorial Hospital. Services at 2 30 p m today in First Baptist Church Morton with Jim Green Portales and Rev Ike Harris Lubbock officiating. Burial in Memorial Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survived by husband Ed a daughter Mrs J G Fuhonk of Bovina a son W K of Morton 12 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
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Morton
Sarah Elizabeth Courtney
First Baptist Church
Jim Green
Portales
Ike Harris
Lubbock
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Singleton Funderal Home
Courtney
Cochran ‘County
Bovina
W. K
The Weekly News First English Paper in London 1622
The Weekly News began publication in London in 1622 as a pioneering English newspaper. It established a print model for periodical news and commentary in the early modern city.
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The
Weekly News
London
Eddie L. Dodds Rites Planned in Lubbock
Eddie L Dodd 19 died March 25 from mortar fire near Da Nang Vietnam while serving with the 20th Engineering Battalion He will be honored with services at 10 am Saturday at W Rix Chapel with Rev Kenneth Coats Burial beside Peaceful Gardens follows He was a former Estacado High School student and Matador band member born in Wichita Falls and later moved to Lubbock Survivors include his mother Odessa Ewing father Edgar Dodd sister Phyllis Dodd brother James Dodd and several grandparents
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Eddie L. Dodd
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Dodd
20Th Engineering Battalion
Vietnam
Nancy
E. Purdue St
Eddie
Odessa Ewing
Austin
Edgar Dodd
Gulfport
Miss
James Dodd
Gayle Camp
Phyllis Dodd
Charlmer Carr
E. Dodd
Renfro Rites Planned for Tahoka Resident Herman Renfro
W H Renfro 55 of Tahoka died after a heart attack in an Athens hospital. Services set for 3 30 p m at the local church with Rev Jim Turner and Rev Hugh Daniels officiating. Burial in Tahoka White Funeral Home. Survivors include his mother Mrs Nora Renfro of Malakoff a daughter Mrs Rita Sue Cain of Dumas a son Donald of Houston two sisters and three brothers.
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Tahoka
W. H. “Herman
Renfro
First Baptist Church
Jim Turner
Hugh Daniels
Tahoka First United Methodist Church
White Funeral Home
Lynn County
Athens
Retail Merchants Association
Tahoka Chamber of Commerce
Tahoka Independent
Terrell
Mamie Hansard
Malakoff
Vernon
Garland
Olen
David
Brownfield
Mrs. Fannie Ruzicka Funeral Today in St Ann's
Services for Mrs. Fannie Ruzicka 72 will be at 9 30 a m today in St Ann's Catholic Church with Rev David Grecka officiating Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock under direction of Singleton Funeral Home Morton She died about 645 pm Wednesday in St Mary of the Plains Hospital Lubbock after a two month illness She was a West native who moved to Morton in 1954 from Abbott Survivors include three daughters Mrs Joe Beseda of Morton Mrs R B Chandler and Mrs Frances Lewis both of Lubbock two sons Leo of Friona and Jerry of Morton a brother John Marek of Albuquerque New Mexico three sisters Philomenia Marek Mrs Grace Hynek and Mrs Annie Pavlicek all of West 18 grandchildren and four great grandchildren
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Morton
Fannie Ruzicka
St. Ann's Catholic Church
David Grecka
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
Singleton Funeral Home
Ruzicka
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
West
Abbott
Joe Beseda
R. B. Chandler
Frances Lewis
Leo
Friona
Jerry
John Marek
Albuquerque
N.M
Philomenia Marek
Grace ‘Hynek
Annie Pavlicek
Rites Scheduled For Corrie Henry Lowe
Corrie Henry Lowe 85 of Tulia dies after long illness in Swisher Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church Tulia with Rev. James Carter. Burial in Rose History under Webb Funeral Home Tulsa order. Survived by Margaret and 3 sons James Tulsa Herschel Brownfield Ted Abilene. Six daughters listed with spouses. Twenty grandchildren and six more details follow.
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Tulia
Corrie Henry Lowe
Tula
United Methodist
James Carter
Rose
Webb Funeral Home
Tulsa
Lowe
Swisher Memorial Hospital
Margaret
James
Herschel
Brownfield
Ted
Abilene
Mildred Avents
Stinnett
Clara Rogers
Plainview
Walter Edwards
Burrell Glass
Apple Beach
Fla
Glenn Dean
Aberdeen
Wash
Harvey McBeth
Lubbock
Brazil Adopts Cruzeiro as Monetary Unit
The cruzeiro becomes Brazil's official money, replacing prior currency in a major monetary reform. The move affects pricing, banking, and financial transactions nationwide as the new unit circulates.
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Brazil
Cruzeiro
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Alma) Tucker
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Rt. 6
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