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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
8
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker conferred with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon to discuss recent moves toward U S North Vietnam peace talks. The talks began at Independence Palace as President Johnson planned a Honolulu trip for consultations with Saigon officials.
A break in at 3117 Grinnell St. left Mae Bell’s home with cash missing 34 dollars a ladies wrist watch 38 dollars and a hairpiece 75 dollars amid a frosty spray snow scene on the fridge and phone. Other incidents include a portable TV from a car at 17th St and Ave N. three missing pants from a car near Flint Ave and Clovis Rd. a bank bag with 198.75 in checks from a car at 2406 Ave Q. and a storage house break with over 400 dollars in clothing items.
Texas Tech students voted to elect six coed and male cheerleaders and 41 student senators. Cheerleaders named include Jan Glenn Mary Legg Rhonda Lewis George Ellis Weldon Mitchell Bur Ziegler. Senators elected span Arts Science Business Education Engineering Graduate Home Economics Agriculture and Law with numerous named individuals.
Cyril D. Hilliard 20 of 2902 Ltd Pt died at Methodist Hospital after a crash at Loop 289 and 4th Street. A Texas Tech sophomore in business administration he is survived by wife Cheryl and his Midland parents. Services will be at St. Paul Methodist Church Midland with burial at Voca cemetery near Brady. He was one of three 1968 Lubbock traffic fatalities so far.
A large swastika flag hung from a farmhouse balcony in Miesbach, Germany, drew police attention after a housewife claimed to have found the relic in an attic during cleaning. Authorities say it was a historical artifact and removed from public view.
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory details a 15 year, 70 000 car study across 31 states comparing 651 belted to 651 unbelted occupants. Results show unbelted drivers face 30 percent higher death risk and about 50 percent more risk of death or serious injury, with belts mainly causing minor injuries in rare severe crashes.
A devotional meditation on faith describing the light of God as a beacon that cannot be extinguished by darkness. It emphasizes faith hope and love as sources of guidance through sorrow loss and pain.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ellen Young 68 of Amarillo and former Silverton resident will be at 3 30 p m today at the Silverton Church of Christ with Earl Cantwell officiating. Burial will be in Silverton Cemetery under Silverton Funeral Home. She died Tuesday night at Lockney General Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her husband a son Jack Ingram of Dimmitt two daughters Mrs Roy A Morris of Silverton and Mrs Tom L Stout of Floydada seven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Levelland TEXAS special funeral services are set for Joe Escobar 48 a 20 year resident at St Michael s Catholic Church at 10 a m The Rev R H MacLellan will officiate Burial will be in City of Levelland Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home Funeral directors report death due to an apparent heart attack Escobar moved from Melvin and died at South Plains Hospital Survivors include his mother four brothers and a sister.
Washington AP reports Senator J. W. Fulbright favors peace and wears a blue tie with silver peace doves and olive branches. He says the tie came as a gift from a Greenwich Connecticut store but cannot recall the giver. The item also mentions the 1556 Shensi China earthquake killing about 850000.
Ray Wortman 70 of 3615 32nd St died at 3 10 p m Wednesday at Methodist Hospital after an industrial accident at the Texas Tech Administration Building scaffold. Fellow worker Joe Trujillo 530 42nd St in fair condition. Wortman survived by a son, three stepsons, two daughters, three sisters, a brother, 27 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home.
Charley Franklin Reves 89 retired farmer died early Wednesday in Lockney General Hospital. Services set for 3 p.m. Friday at Church of Christ at W College and Third St with Frank Duckworth officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Hattie Knight, son Walter, three daughters, three brothers, a sister, ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Oscar Lee Ward died at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Services 2 p.m. Friday at Friendly Will Baptist Church with Rev. George Cole officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Ward, a Gilmer native, had lived in Snyder 12 years. Survived by daughter Mrs. Charles Collins of Snyder, son Walter Lee of Houston, sisters Miss Celia Ward and Miss Leila Ward of Cisco, brother Hilton Ward of Snyder, and four grandchildren.
Paul H. Blair, a lifelong lawman and veteran constable since 1955, died Tuesday in Austin. Born in Killeen he served as assistant police chief of Guam in 1947 48 and as police chief in Mission 1948 49 before moving to Austin. Services are set for Thursday afternoon. Survivors include sisters L A Grimes Abilene Amarillo and E T Grimes Marble Falls and brother J H Blair of Bellaire.
Producer David Wolper and actress Natalie Wood have purchased screen rights to the project titled Its All Zoo from Ray Wortman. The deal secures development and potential production of a film based on Wortman's concept with Wolper and Wood attached as producers.
Officiating at a service in Peaceful cnta cemetery directed by South Plains Funeral Home. Gibbs died after a short illness and will be buried after a Parkway Manor Rest Home service. Survivors include six daughters from California and Texas, one son, two stepsons, a half brother, four sisters, 44 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. An 11 year sunspot cycle is noted.
Leon B Harkits a native of Cowden Oklahoma lived near Dimmitt for about a year moving from the Union Cane area with his wife two daughters his parents and a sister listed among mourners the obituary notes.
Mrs Peggy Sue Standmire 34 of Pettit will be laid to rest at 2 p m Friday at Morning Star Baptist Church. The Rev Raymond Davis of Price Funeral Home will officiate. She died Tuesday at South Plains Hospital after a week-long illness. Survivors include her husband four sons father six brothers and seven sisters.
The AP reports Gardner Ack presents credentials as the new U.S. ambassador to Italy. The ceremony marks formal beginning of his tenure and signals strengthened diplomatic ties with Rome amid ongoing European affairs.
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