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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1966
Page
7
At Easter Swiss folk wear masks and hold eye races in costume. In Italy oxen pull a decorated cart with straw and flowers. Holland features dyed eggs and lifting women. Germans see hillside fires lighting Easter night.
A Catholic University of America scientist demonstrated a lab technique to generate man made tornadoes. The method aims to open a path toward reducing the toll of tornado disasters by enabling controlled study and potential disruption of twisters.
Edith Dee Jenkins, heiress to the JC Penney fortune, vanished from her Del Mar home on March 7 or 8 as investigators probe the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson. A 19 year old, Donald Collins of Cardiff, is being questioned. a letter to Jenkins was found, and authorities seek any information.
Mrs B C Cox aged 47, sister of two, died at 9 am Friday. Funeral at Evergreen Cemetery in Macon. Survivors include sons Jerry Wayne and Sar, brothers F E 28 Main St and Elmo A 10th St, a sister Mrs Stratton, and seven grandchildren. The text lists other relatives and locations.
Dr. Oscar Kinchen, retired Teaus Tech professor, will speak at the South Plains Rite Association Maundy observance at Masonic 1201 Main St. A dinner at 6 30 pm and the election of officers for next year will precede the observance. Dr. Robert McCarty, president of the South Plains Scottish Rite Association, will preside.
Funeral services for WO Odell Childress aged about 42 will be at 10 am at Guilege Avenue Baptist Church with Rev James D. Metainias officiating. Graveside rites follow at Wellington Cemetery at 3 pm under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home direction. Childress, a 15 year Lubbock resident, died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital after a March 8 hospitalization. He is survived by his wife five sisters and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers include Hayes Heffner W A Boyer Gus Greenway Lloyd Stickets CH Cox and S K Porter. Honorary pallbearers are men from No 2 and 3 Sunday School classes at College Avenue Baptist Church.
A local inventor in Lubbock created a home made weather machine from junk parts. The device allegedly tests tornadic conditions and miniature hurricanes using cans thread spools and other common items.
In San Francisco daily commuters face a tense drive home with congested streets, stop signs, busy pedestrians, aggressive buses, and chaotic traffic as the city rejects a new freeway solution. The account highlights the tension between downtown traffic and Marin County suburbs, underscoring the macro challenge of linking city to suburb without a freeway.
Graveside services for infant Stehlik of Littlefield and special rites for Mrs. Mary Jane Vinyard of Levelland are planned with local ministers officiating. Survivors include parents and extended family. Also includes a long San Francisco transit feature on freeway opposition and a $235 million federal grant rejected by the city.
Special rites for Clyde Williams a 47 year old Corpus Christi resident will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Slaton Church of Christ with James Wilbanks officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. Williams a retired Naval officer died Tuesday in Corpus Christi and the body will be flown to Slaton. Survivors include wife Janes daughter Janice Lynn son Jerry Shayne and four brothers.
Longtime Clovis resident Annie Pierre 92 died Wednesday at a local rest home. Services at 2:20 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. John J. Abendschan officiating. Burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery under C. V. Steed Funeral Home. Survived by two daughters Zella Pierce and Jie Batley both of Clovis, one son Hoss of Needles, California, and six grandchildren.
Lovington notices say Solan L Cowan longtime resident died Wednesday at Lea General Hospital. Retired Southern Union Gas Co employee, he worked in Lovington 26 years. Survived by wife Doyle Nagle and Joy Ive Cowan plus five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services pending at Smith Rogers Funeral Home.
Walter Hen iy Haynie 80 longtime free farmer land resident of Grec County since 1906 died Wednesday in Gap Memorial Hospital after five weeks illness. Services Friday at Fine Christian Church with Pastor Hy Bernard Ramsey and Rev Clarence Stephens officiating. Burial at Thrace Cemetery under Hudman Funeral Home. Survivors include wife four daughters and four sons with siblings in Texas and Oklahoma. Aye-grandchild noted.
Services for Mrs. Katie Blugoth Daw son 38 died about noon in Chasis Memorial Hospital will be at 2pm Friday at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev Arthur Shaw and Rev Leonard Gillinsham officiating. Burial in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery under C. V. Steed Funeral Home. Survivors include daughter Mrs. George Skarf of Clorks one brother Mada Martin l of Hazel Ky and two grandchildren.
Campbell 42 died in Baton Rouge hospital after a heart attack. Services set for today at the Church of Christ with Dale Simpson of Lubbock officiating. Burial at Bring Rings Cemetery under Seigler Funeral arrangements. Survivors include three daughters and his father, plus several brothers and sisters and a stepbrother.
Special services for Mrs Zula Miller Yearold Big Spring resident will be today at Branon Philips Funeral Chapel with David Tarbet minister from Bus Spring Church of Christ officiating. Burial is in Hancock Cemetery. Mrs Miller died at home in Big Spring. Native of Big Spring she moved to Dawson County in 1923 where she and husband farmed in Hancock community then moved to Big Spring in 1936. Survived by husband three daughters a son five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Funeral services for Elizabeth Rachel Bogle 9 former Plainview resident are scheduled today at Wood-Dunning Colonial Chapel. Paul Epps and John McCourt will preside with burial in Plainview Memorial Park. She died Tuesday after a six month illness leaving two sons a daughter five grandchildren and many great grandchildren as survivors.
Funeral notices say Georg Tyler dies of heart failure after illness. Services scheduled Friday at First Baptist Church with graveside rites at Terrace Cemetery. Survivors include three sons George Alvin, Hoste, and P I. daughters Dell and James Ford. and siblings in Lamesa and nearby towns.
Snyder Texas man L G Devenport 56 longtime Scurry County resident and former Lloyds Dry Cleaning operator dies at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Services at Northside Baptist Church Friday with Rev John Duke officiating burial Hillside Memorial Garden. Survived by wife Thelma daughter Janis Thompson five sisters and three grandchildren.
Willam Fowler 94 a Ralls resident will receive special rites at Forest Park Methodist Church in Ralls with Rev Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Carter Funeral Home arranging. Survivors include four sons a daughter and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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