Lubbock Delegation Pushes Interstate Route Plan
A Lubbock area delegation urged Texas Highway Commission to study an east west interstate style corridor from Lubbock toward Fort Worth. They argued the route would boost economy by moving cotton cattle and grain efficiently, linking Texas Tech and medical centers, with Dallas and Fort Worth support noted.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
Dallas - Fort Worth
Lieva Jones
Seymour
Iis
Fort Worth
Herb Petry
Nouth
Greer
Arena
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Jacksboro
Fort, Worth
Jed
Texas Tech School
West Texas
Fort Worth - Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
TCU
SMU
University of Texas At
Hooklet
Chambers of Commerce
Roswell
Phoenix
Thomas
John A. Logan
Cc-Bcd
Rod Shaw
J Lamb
Les Derrick
Max ‘Arrants
Sam Wahl
Community events and obituaries highlight Odessa area notices
The monthy NASFE meeting is set for Thursday at Slide Road Clubhouse with a 1 50 p m start and a 4 pan social hour, Ken Horn presiding. Rev Jack Garrett will speak at First Christian Churchs Church Night Dinner at 6 p m on Wednesday. Richard Molder 1 died after a long illness, services in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Hubbard Kelly directing. Ester Todd, 44, dies in Denver City. service 2 p m today at First Baptist. South Plains Racing Association meets at Drover House to discuss Arena Park Raceway season opening. Gladys Marie Dyer of Lamesa services at First Baptist. Debung Eugene Collies 17 of Morton gets seven-year probated sentence for marijuana possession. A B Evans 21 of Rt 6 Woodrow in serious condition after 12 30 a m Saturday wreck on University Ave. D W Gilbert 47 injured in car-pickup crash at Loop 1289 and University Ave.
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National Association of Retired Federal Employes
Slide Road
Jack Garrett
Brownfield
Richard Molder
W. L. Molder
Odessa
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Alabama
Ester Todd
Denver City
First Baptist Church
Denver City Memorial Park
Todd
South Plains Racing Association
Drover House
Ave. A
Arena Park Raceway
Howard J. Davison
99Th District Court
A. B. Evans
Rt 6
Woodrow
St. Mary's Hospital
University Avenue
Malone Rites Set for Ben T Malone in Lamesa
Ben Thomas Malone 51 died in New Mexico Saturday. Rites are 10 a.m. Thursday at Branon Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Wayne Hennesay of the Church of God officiating. Burial in Lamesa Cemetery. Survivors include wife two daughters three sons of Ventura Lubbock his parents eight sisters and a brother from Abilene. Eight grandchildren. Autopsy ordered.
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Lamesa
Ben Thomas Malone
New Mexico
Branon
Wayne Hennesay
Church of God Here
Lamesa Cemetery
Malone
Thomas FE
Johnny HL
Ventura
Calif
Ben
Lubbock
John Malone
Lamesi
Norma Greenburg
Garland
Airs
Helen Pennington
Farmington
Nom
Jo Butler
Odessa
Bonnie Youngs
Mouston
Thuth Weldon
Andrews
Wanda Moyers
New Moore
Tex
Dorothy Bullard
Evelyn Price
Linness
Abilene
Sterling Hulen's Rites Conducted
Snyder Special Services for Sterling P. Hulen 60 were at 3 pm in Munday Colonial Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Miller Robinson officiating. Burial followed at Hillside Memorial Gardens by Bell-Seale Funeral Home. A native of Macon Missouri he lived in Snyder 16 years and supervised Texaco Fuller Gasoline Plant. Survivors include his wife a daughter Shirley Garden of Salem Illinois and his parents Mr and Mrs J Hulen of Clark Missouri and three grandchildren.
Rites Planned for J. W. Clements in Marietta Church
J W Clements 86 died about 8 30 am Monday in a Marietta hospital Funeral services set for 10 30 am Wednesday at the Marietta Church of Christ Goodrich Funeral Home handles arrangements He is survived by his wife a daughter and a son of New Home
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Marietta
Okla
J. W. Clements
Marietta Church
Mrs Murfee Sr. Rites Wednesday
Services for Mrs. J Louis Murfee Sr. of 2201 30th Street will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Patt M Bumpers and the Rev. Ward Griffin officiating. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery per Sanders Funeral Home. She died Monday in Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 76 and a native of Navarra County, living in Lubbock 50 years. She was a member of the church, Lubbock Women's Club and Museum Association. Survivors include her husband two sons a daughter a sister 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Bill Murfee Jr Lance Murfee Mike Murfee Joe Murfee Jr Patrick Murfee Rick Martin Jim R Ray and Kenneth Kratzer.
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J. Louis Murfee Sr
30Th St
First United Methodist Church
Patt M. Bumpers
Ward Griffin
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Marlee
Methodist Hospital
Navarra County
Lubbock
The
D. Louis Je
Broadway
William
John F Hull Rites Planned in Plainview
John F Hull 82 a Plainview resident since 1930 will be buried in Hainsiew Cemetery after services at Wood Dunning Colonial Chapel with Rev Jerry Haberts of Plainview First Assembly of God Church officiating He died at home Sunday Survivors include wife Frankie son Melvin daughter Beatrice Huntley sister Dorothy Bergin four grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Plainview
John B. Hull
Jerry Haberts
Plainview First
Frankie
Melvin
Sauthback
Beatrice, Huntley
Sacramento
Calif
Dorothy Bergin
Meredith Ready For Campaign For U S Senate
James H. Meredith the first Negro graduate of the University of Mississippi qualified with the secretary of state as a Republican candidate for the U S Senate seat held by James O Eastland. He predicted Negro loyalist Democrats and Charles Evers would back him and that Eastland’s delta aristocrat image would help his bid.
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Jackson, Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
U.S. Senate
Mississippi
James 0
Eastland
Meredith
Charles Evers
Funeral services for Fredrick Schmer in Hereford
Hereford and West Park Cemetery funeral for Fredrick Fritz Schmer 63 died about 1 a.m. Monday at home. Services 2 p.m. today at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Herman Schelter. Burial at West Park Cemetery under Gilisland Funeral Home. Born May 19 1908 Fort Collins Colorado. moved Hereford 1965 from Amarillo. Survived by son Garland Lee Hereford daughter Caroline Davis Snyder and two grandchildren.
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Hereford
Fredrick ‘Fritz
Schmer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Herman Schelter
West Park Cemetery
Gilisland Funeral Home
Fort Collins
Colo
Amarillo
Mortis
Garland Lee
Caroline Davis
Snyder
Services for Merle Fulton Held in Sanders Chapel
Merle M Fulton of Corpus Christi 62 died suddenly from a heart attack He was a cafe operator who lived in Lubbock 1927 1940 then moved to San Angelo and Corpus Christi The service at Sanders Memorial Chapel will be led by Rev Paul M Bumpers Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery Survivors include his son G H daughter Mrs Joanie Breith two brothers a sister six grandchildren and a great grandchild
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Merle M. Fulton
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Sanders
San Angelo l
Myra
United Methodist Church
G. H
24Th St
Joanie Breith
Denver City
R. H
21St St
G. V
23Rd St
W. L. Smith
New Orleans
Graveside services for Mrs Catherine Shye Morgan
Graveside services for Mrs. Catherine Shye Morgan 74 will be at 2 p.m. today at Athens Cemetery directed by Paul A. Rix Funeral Home. A native of France she died Monday in Gray's Nursing Home. She moved to Odessa from Dallas in 1970. Survivors include two nephews.
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Odessa
Catherine Shye Morgan
Athens
Paul A. Rix
France
Gray's Nursing Home
Dallas
Mrs. Clovis J. Grayson Rites Set in Midland
Services for Mrs. Clovis J. Grayson 77 will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. The Henderson Kentucky native died Monday in a Midland nursing home after moving to Midland in 1964 from Evansville Indiana. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Leland Taylor of Midland.
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Midland
Clovis J. Grayson
Ellis Funeral Home
Fairview
Henderson
Midland Nursing Home
Evansville
Ind
Leland Taylor
Ellington Dies On Florida Golf Course
Buford Ellington former Tennessee governor and longtime Democratic force died at 64 after collapsing on a Boca Raton golf course. Governor Dunn ordered state flags lowered, Ellington had served as a White House liaison in the Civil Rights Act era and directed the Emergency Planning Office at Johnson's request.
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Florida
Ellington
Boca Tecca
Gold Coast
Tennessee
Winfield Dunn
Dunn
Lyndon Johnson
Mississippi
White House
Johnson
U. S
Office of Emergency Planning
Mrs Rucker's Funeral Today in Lubbock City
Mrs Hollis Rucker aged 54 dies Sunday night after 40 years in Lubbock. Funeral at 10 a.m. today in W W Rix Funeral Home chapel officiated by Gordon Burton of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She came from Oklahoma with a band, two sons Tony and Gary at home, and a large Cook family from Ark and elsewhere.
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Hollis Rucker
3Rd St
W. W
Gary
Elmer Cook
de Queen, Ark
Ethel Corcoran
California
Nina Lapp
Keene
Ora Lee Deal
Alvarado
Flora Smith
Gentry
Ark
Mia
Marjory Dickenson
Dallas
Delbert Cook
Durango
Colo
Pittsburg
Kan
Earnest Cook
de Queen
Milton Holloway Services Pending in Lubbock
Milton W Holloway 84 of 2203 24th St died at 5 45 pm Monday in University Hospital after a lengthy illness Survivors include wife Annie two sons W I and W II a daughter Mrs M P James Jr a brother Joe Corsicana two sisters Mrs Lacy Goodwin and Mrs Nona Cummins and eight grandchildren Funeral services are pending at Rix Funeral Directors.
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Milton W. Holloway
24Th St
University Hospital
Rix
Holloway
Lubbock
Merton
Asbury United Methodist Church
Anniie
Rt. 4
Levelland
W. II
Problems We Face as Challenges to Our Faith
Poems exhort readers to accept life’s grave problems as hazards of the course. Each problem has a solution and builds character. The piece urges boldness in tackling adversity as a shared adventure with God.
J D Welch Rites Set Wednesday
Services for J D Welch 42 a former Lubbock resident who died Sunday of a heart attack will be at 10 a m Wednesday in Resthaven Singleton Wilton Funeral Home chapel Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park A memorial service was held today in Jones Funeral Home Burleson Welch worked as a flight test engineer for General Dynamics Fort Worth He was a Church of Christ member and a Navy veteran He is survived by his wife three daughters a son his mother five sisters and a brother Donations to the American Heart Association or Christ Haven Children's Home are requested.
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J. D. Welch
Lubbock
Burleson
Resthaven- Singleton-Wilton Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
Welch
Maurice
Fite
57Th St
General Dynamics
Fort Worth
Church of Christ
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech University
U.S. Navy
Virgina
Delamy
DaVitra
DaVonia
John D. Haygood
45Th St
Avis Kellum
Sarah Pippen
Amarillo
Rita MelIntire
Dallas
Claudette Biggins
New Jersey
Jonnie Harris
Gary Welch
Aimerican Heart Association
Christ Haven Children's Home
Mrs Ruth Osborn Rites in Eunice
Mrs Ruth Osborn died Monday in an Andrews rest home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at First Christian Church Eunice with burial in Eunice Cemetery. She was a member of Rebecca Lodge Eula Hardison Grandmothers Club and First Christian Church. Survivors include husband W F and parents Blanche Poff and C A Parkapile.
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Eunice
Melba Ruth Osborn
Andrews
First Christian Church
Griffin Funeral Home
Hobbs
Osborn
Rebecca Lodge
Eula Hardison Grandmothers’ Club
W. F
Mia. Blanche Poff
C. A. Parkapile
Altoona
Penn
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Reader Classifieds
Fragmentary OCR shows address and subscription rates for Lubbock Avalanche Journal with morning evening and Sunday options. Details include phone number, P.O. box, and variable pricing for morning evening and Sunday editions.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Rites Wednesday for Mrs Cotter in Littlefield
Mrs Mattie Jane Cotter 84 died Monday at Littlefield Hospitality House. Rites set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hammons Funeral Home chapel with Rev Benny Goss officiating. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery. Survivors include eight sons and four daughters, plus 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
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Littlefield
Mattie Jane Cotter
Hammons
Rome
Benny Goss
Sunset Avenue Baptist Church
Litttlefield Cemetery
D. J
Garden City
Clarence
Tucumcari
N.M
Raymond
Amarillo
M. J
Joe
Flagstaff
Ariz
Howard
Levelland
Jerry
San Angelo
Ross Hill
Mia
Jack McKinnon
Big Spring
Luther Horton
Mathis Simnacher
Portales
Maggie Foley
Sam Wilson Services Set in Hereford
Services for Sam Wilson 93 who died about 12 30 a m Monday at his home are set for 10 a m Wednesday at Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Gerald Mann and Rev Norman McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Gililland Funeral Home. Born August 12 1876 in Corinth Mississippi he came to Hereford from Gail in 1938. He was a farm owner and member of First Baptist Church. his wife Eliza preceded him in death in March 1972. Survivors include two sons Earl of Snyder and Byrd of McKinney a daughter Vera Davison of Hereford a sister Rosetta Blackburn of Royse City 15 grandchildren 48 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren.
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Hereford
Sam Wilson
Avenue Baptist Church
Gerald Mann
First Baptist Church
Norman ‘McDonald
Burlai
Restlawn
Gililland Funeral Home
Corinth
Miss
Wilson
Gail
Eliza
Earl of Snyder
Byrd of
MccKinney
Vera’ Davison
Rosetta Blackburn
Royse City
Joe Cisneros Rites Today
Earth burial service for 33 year old Joe Cisneros, who drowned Saturday at Bull Lake near Littlefield, will be held at St. Mary Magdalene Church at 2 p.m. The Rex Nichols firm will handle arrangements. Cisneros worked for Farmers Co-Op Gin in SprinGlake and left behind four daughters and a son.
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EARTH
Joe Cisneros
Bull Lake
Littlefield
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church
Rex Nichols
Plainview
Parsons - Ellis ‘Singleton Funeral Home
Cisneros
Springlake
Fernado Ramos
Selmo Moreno
Debbie
Linda
Norma
Stephanie
Joe
Ten Die In Texass Worst Highway Crash Near Dimmitt
A late Saturday crash near Dimmitt after a police chase left ten dead and several others injured. Victims include Nicholas Arrizola Jr and Bridgidio Sanchez both from Hart, plus Antonio Guia and Zola Alvarez and her son Johnny. Survivors and service details span Hart, Dimmitt, Olton, Amarillo and Burnsville with funeral times and burial places listed.
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Dimmitt
Texas
Castro County
Nicholas Arrizola, Jr
Hart
Bridgidio Sanchez
Antonio Guia
Zola Lunda Alverez
Johnny
Tam Anne
Dimmidtt
Robert Caddell
Johnny Raper
Raymond McLain
Jeffrey Gelin
Michael George
Burnsville
N.C
Caddell
Raper
McLain
Glenn
Dimmitt High School
Jack Cartwright
Rex Coward
Granville Martin
Dimmit
W. W. Jones
Bill Scott
Curle Maples
U.S. 86
Nazareth Catholic Church
Wart Cemetery
Lee Street Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Westlawn Memorial Gardens
Alvarez
Jher Son
Dimmitt Catholic Church
Castro Memorial Gardens
Sanchez
Olton
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Gaia
Mission ‘Bautista
Westminister Presbbyterian
Amarillo
Llano
George
Exstagoe Baptist Church
Carroway
Arrizola
Hart Baptist Church
Hart Cemetery
Mrs Patrick Rites Planned at Green Hill Church
Funeral services for Mrs Dora Jane Patrick 84 longtime Scurry County resident will be held at 10 a m Wednesday at Green Hill Baptist Church Quinton Montgomery pastor and the Rev Leslie Kelly officiating Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery directed by Bell-Sayers Funeral Home She was born in Putnam and lived most of her life in Scurry County a member of the Baptist Church Surviving are her son James Snyder Germany based daughter in Munich six grandchildren and two great grandchildren London men smoking less Nigeria seeks French teachers
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Snyder
Dora Jane Patrick
Scurry County
Green Hill
Quinton Montgomery
Leslie Kelly
Big Spring
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seales Funeral Home
Patrick
Putnam
The
Baptist Church
Jack Bolster
Munich
Germany
James
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Lew Sterrett
Commission
Sterrett
Gladys Marie Dyer
Branon Funeral Home
Lamesa Memorial Park
Eugene Collies
Morton
D. W. Gilbert
20Th St
Apt
Loop 1289
Ben T. Malone
Sterling Hulen
Mrs. Murfee Sr
J. L. Murfee SR
John F. Hull
Rochester
U.S. 52
Minn
Fredrick Schmer
Ruford Ellington
Merle Fulton
C. J.grayson
Westhaven
19Th St. Lubbock, Texas
Boca Raton, Fla
UPI
Buford Ellington
M.W. Holloway
Dullen
Hyer
J.D. Welch
Ruth Osborn
Lebrock Avalanchg
Chinal
Lubbock Avalanche Journa
Sid
Avense J
P.O
Rand Clase
Sioz
Mrs. Cotter
London
Nigeria
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