Councilmen undecided on city garbage plan and funding
Lubbock officials debate containerization with 2,880 containers and nine trucks planned for first year. Some favor a service charge to pay for the program, while others push for tax funding or test runs before full adoption. Council weighs budget impact and future action.
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Turner
Rigsby
Plac
Denton Rigsby
Baker
James H. Granberry
Lonnie Hall
K Ingsworth
Cilmen
Hollingsworth
Jack Baker
Council
Morris Turner
Blackwell
Public Works
Sam Wahi
City considers containerized garbage pickup savings
City officials study containerization to cut garbage collection labor by up to 85 workers. Projections show annual savings of about 634000 with full implementation by 1974 75, amid rising costs and capital outlays for new trucks and equipment.
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Wahi
Escondido Canyon
Lubbock
Dallas
The
Crimsons
Depen- Bridge
Joel
Funeral Pending For Fred Shaw
Fred Law Shaw 61 of 1511 Ave D was found dead Monday evening in his home with doors and windows closed and a gas heater on high. Justice Bolen ruled death by asphyxiation. Services are pending at Sedberry Funeral Home.
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Fred Law
Ave. D
Justice of the
Peice F. H
Body of Mafia figure Valachi lies unclaimed in El Paso
Joseph Valachi dies at La Tuna prison at 66 from a heart attack with no known heirs or claimants. Warden William Zachem says officials have trouble locating kin and will ship remains after legal steps. autopsy cites coronary thrombosis and a local undertaker to handle arrangements.
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EL Paso
UPI
Joseph Valachi
Mafia
Valachi
la Tuna Federal
William E. Zachem
Underworld
Zachem
Federal Prison Bureau
Washington
la Tuna
Milan
Mich
Fl Paso
Funeral Planned For W. B. Henry
Floydada obituary notes WoBL Jack Henry 74 a Floydada resident since 1900 died after brief illness in Lubbock Methodist Hospital. Services at 4 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev C B Melton and Dr Tilden Armstrong. Burial Floydada Cemetery under Moore-Rose Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Alene a son Maj Jack Henry stationed with the US Air Force in Montgomery Ala a sister Mrs T M Bartlett of Newport Ark and a grandson.
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Floydada
Wobl
Jack Henry
First Methodist
C. B. Melton
Tilden Armstrong
Seminole
Moore-Rose Funeral Home
Henry
Lubbock
Methodist
Obituary notices and services for Bean Bruce and Jackson
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices. W R Jackson 66 of Lubbock area and W R Jackson 69 of Colorado Springs have services announced with burial in local cemeteries. Ida Mae Bruce noted as former Lubbock resident who died in Madrid, Spain.
Mystery Writer Dies Rites Set For Ellery Queen Creator
Manfred Lee co author of Ellery Queen mystery novels died at 68 after a heart attack. Funeral services planned in Waterbury Connecticut. His cousin Frederic Dannay said Ellery Queen ventures will continue with new works like Broussard and Jeanie Hiser.
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Roxbury
Conn
Manfred Lee
Lee
Waterbury Hospital
Frederic O Dannay
Larchmont
N.Y
Ellery Queen
Barnaby Ross
Dannay
Funeral Pending For DeWitt C Fyffe In Floydada
Services are pending at Moore Rose Funeral Home for DeWitt C Fyffe 82 who died Monday in Fort Worth. A retired businessman, Fyffe moved to Floydada in 1916 from Hale County and was born in Hunt County. He was twice married and leaves seven daughters and three sons across Texas and California.
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Floydada
Moore- Rose
DeWitt C. Fyffe
Fort Worth
Fyffe
Hale County
Hunt County
Maysel Winn
Cecile Covington
Clinton
DeWinn
Dallas
Barry
Eagle Pass Man Charged Here
Manuel Rodriguez Perez of Eagle Pass was charged Monday with illegal transportation of aliens and held on $1,000 bond by U.S. Magistrate Bill Brister. Perez was seized Saturday in Knox City while allegedly transporting two Mexican nationals from Lubbock to Dallas seeking jobs. Border Patrol notes March totals of 141 illegal aliens apprehended for shipment to the border, up from prior months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Rodriguez Perez
Eagle Pass
U.S
Bill Brister
Perez
Knox City
W. H. Kleine
Lubbock
Dallas
Kleine
Border Patrol
Bid Opening Scheduled for County Courthouse Upgrade
County commissioners approve plans for a 550 000 courthouse improvement in Snyder Texas. Bids open 4 p m Friday May 14 to fund exterior granite walls white concrete columns a fourth floor addition and full interior refinishing. Construction could start June 1 and last about a year with leased space for offices during work.
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Snyder
Texas
Mrs. Ada Wittmer Rites Planned in Abilene and Lubbock
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Wittmer set for 10 15 a m today at Asbury United Methodist Church with Pastor Neill Johnson and chaplain bounds. Graveside rites at 2 00 p m at Resthaven Sinleton Wilson Funeral Home in Lubbock. Mrs. Wittmer died Sunday night at Methodist Hospital. She leaves a son J D Pete Marshall two sisters Mrs Anna Leatherwood Mrs Mattie Lan ningham and Mrs Mary Hawkins a brother Robert Pardue two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Memorials to Dr Bickley Memorial via Asbury United Methodist Church.
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Ada Wittmer
17Th St
Asbury
Pete” Marshall
Lubbock
Anna Leatherwood
Tacoma
Wash
Mattie Maud Lanningham
Mary Hawkins
Abilene
Robert Pardue
King Sides
Skinny Edwards
Bonner Cummings
Wilbur Hunt
LaVon Ray
Ty Lassater
Dr. Bickley
Asbury United Methodist Church
Fleming Rites Planned After Fatal Shooting
J L Fleming dies from a gunshot wound in Lub bock Texas event. Sanders 19 of 602 Ave E charged in the case. Funeral arrangements set for 2 pm Wednesday at Christ Temple Church with Bishop W D Daynes presiding. Burial at Austin South Plains Funeral Home in Lubbock. The deceased leaves a daughter Norma and a family including Simon Fleming Sr and Jr, Lorena Morgan, Marie Louise Fleming, and others. Local officers indicate the shooting occurred at a home in the 700 block.
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Mae Lice
Conley Edward Santers
Ave
E. Sanders
Essie Les Fleming
Lorena Morgan
Marie Louise, Fleming
Austin
Lee
U.S. Army
San Francisco
Calif
Simon Jr
Alo’ Alto
The Art of Growing Old in Sermon Tone
A reflective verse contrasts growing old with getting old. It argues that sudden grief or a single event can age a person, yet growing old brings compensation through wisdom and gratitude for God’s gifts, softening the spirit in later years.
Rites Scheduled For J. R. Bell
Services for J R Bell 55 of 1514 E Tulane set for 3 pm today at Franklin Bartley Chanel with Rev Wayne R Williams officiating Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery Bell a longtime resident found dead at 215 pm Sunday at 1911 Dixie Dr visiting relatives Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy ruled natural causes Survivors include wife Gloria two sons Jack and Jimmy a daughter Judy Sims two stepsons Billy Homes and Buddy Elam two stepdaughters Kathy Tanya Hodges Denice Hodges a sister Mrs sie Hodges and eight grandchildren Pallbearers named WW Webb Kenneth Webb Joe Lewis Trvayne Naron Beryle Robertson Clyde Menre.
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J R. Bell
Letors
Jimmy
Yuraina
Calif
Judy Sims
Mansfield
Billy Homes
Buddy Elam
Lubbock
Kathy
Tanya Hodges
Denice Hodges
Arlington
Bertie Ure Bell
Yucaipa
Sie Hodges
Yucaip
Mrs Morrow Dies in Sudan Resident Since 1927
Elizabeth Morrow 89 a Sudan resident since 1927 died about 1250 pm Monday at West Plains Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements pending Singleton Ellis Funeral Home Muleshoe. She was born in Springdale Arkansas moved to Sudan from Kiowa Oklahoma. Survivors: two sons B M Morrow of Sudan Hale of Oakland California a daughter Mrs RE Allen of Carefree Arizona two sisters Mrs Lois Sucklew of Congate Oklahoma and Mrs Tea Strait of Frisco Texas a brother J L Mackey of Oklahoma City two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Sudan
Elizabeth Morrow
West Plains Memorial Hospital
Mulleshoe
Singleton-Ellis Funeral Home
Muleshoe
Springdale
Ark
Morrow
Kiowa
Okla
B M
Suden
Hale
Oakland
Calif
RE. Allen
Carefree Ariz
Lois
Sucklew
Conlgate
Tea Strait
Frisco
J. L. Mackey
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Mitchell 83 Funeral Slated in Lubbock
Services for Mrs. Ethel Mitchell 83 of 1522 24th Place will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Jack Boles officiating Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery Slaton under Sanders Funeral Directors of Lubbock. She was found dead at her home Monday Survivors include two sons Jack Boles of Lubbock and Joe Boles of Taos New Mexico two sisters Mrs S I Fluke and Mrs H L Diamond both of Lubbock and two grandchildren
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Ethel Mitchell
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Jack Boles
Slaton’s
Englewood Cemetery
Sanders Funeral
Lubbock
Taos, N.M
S. I. Fluke
H. L. Diamond
Mishap Victim's Services Pending for Maria Alicia Mancias
Mrs Maria Alicia Mancias 45 of Morton died in a two car head on collision about 840 p m Sunday five miles west of Lubbock Texas. Her husband Maximo 44 and daughters Josie and Juanita 9 and Elva 5 were injured with varying conditions. Other occupants Vincente Rodriquez 21 and Antonio Davalos 23 of Sundown also injured. Surviving relatives include sister Sophelia Salas El Paso and brother Elasio Ortega California.
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Morton
Maria Alicia Mancias
Lubbock
Texas Uf
Singleton Funeral Home
Maximo
Josie
Juanita
Elva
Latchhock
Methodist Hospital
Mancias
Vincente Rodriquez
Antonio Davalos
Sundown
Rodriquez
Davalos
Truck Train Crash Kills Three in Oklahoma
A trailer truck colliding with a Santa Fe train near Oklahoma wreck killed two Tulsa girls aged nine and the truck driver Albert Wilson. Debra Younger nine remains hospitalized as 18 others injured. The tragedy occurred as the party of Girl Scouts and their sponsor traveled to Bartlesville.
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Tulsa
Santa Fe
UTSA
Woolaroo Indian Museum
Bartlesville
Okla
Collinsville
Kansas City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cheryl Jane Smith
Janana Penuel
Debra Younger
Stillwater Milling Co
Albert Wilson
Stillwater
Oklo
R. E. Williamson
Chanute
Kan
Rites Scheduled for H T Hale in Cochran County
H T Hale 70 long time Cochran County resident died Monday in Cochran Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10 am Wednesday at Bledsoe First Baptist Church with Rev Herbert Ros. Burial in Spar Cemetery. Hale born in Stonewall County moved to Cochran County in 1953 from Spar. Survived by daughter Thelma McNutt, son Leon, four brothers, five sisters, five grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Morton
Harvey Terrell
Cochran County
Cochran Memorial Hosp
Bledsoe
First Baptist Church
Herbert Ros
Herating
Spar
Singleton Funeral “Home
Hale
Stonewall County
Ada
Thelms McNutt
Lavington
Leon
Lubbock
Bil
Frank
Robert
Johnny
Spur
Reby Shawn
Dickens
Merriman
Lube
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Flossie Bohannan
Slaton
Frazar Mortuary Chapel
John Pratt Sr
Wahl Ang Blackwell
Ludvik Maly
Auburn St
Ming Tree
W. WW
Rix Chapel
Taurant
Garnie Atkisson
Sanitation Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix
Mary
Hock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubboki
Athbork School Food Service, Assn
Mev
GW Burit
John Kattman
Kattman
Arachi
Pakistan
Victoria Hospital
Karachi
Pakistan International Airlines
Chittagong
Calcutta
U.N
Bassa River
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
AP Wirephito
Fred Shaw
Brussels
UPD
W. B. Henry
W. B
Jack” Henry Seve
East Pakistan
Serv Bean
Ida Mae Bruce
Garner
Madrid
Spain
Church of Christ
Millsap
Baum-Carlock-Baumgardner Funeral Home of Mineral Wells
W. R. Jackson
Richard Rodriguez
East St
Hillcrest Country Club
West Texas Hospital
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. RB Jackson
Swan's
Lubbock - Crosby - Garza
Riverview Cemetery
County Medical Society
Jackson
Union Printers
James
John
Omaha
Pauls Valley
Nacogdoches
Texas 21
East Texas
Jim Scheim
Eugene Rector
Douglas
Rector
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
India
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Magnusson
Magnus Vo Magnusson
Iceland
United States
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
D.C. Fyffe
J. L. Fleming
London
Age Shepherd
J. R. Bell
Mrs. Morrow
Mrs. Mitchell
Oklahoma
Jerome Chamberlain
Robert Walker
Walker
H. T. Hale
Piesbanen
19Th St. Lubbock, Texas
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