Hereford's sugar refinery spurs heavy expansion drive
Hereford leaders led by Henry Sears and Walter Rogers won sugar quota changes to lure a $21 million refinery set to start in 1964. The project spurred a wave of new industry including a beef processing plant, salt mine, liquid feed supplement plant, lettuce leaf tobacco-free cigarettes facility, large beef yard, and a 160000 square foot air conditioned shopping center mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Richards
Hereford
UPL
Henry Sears
First National Bank
South Plains
Walter Rogers
U. S
Srea
Sears
Chicago
Texas
Burglars Loot Cars and Shops in Weekend Theft Spree
A rash of automobile burglaries Saturday saw thieves take tools batteries and a lawn mower from cars while a passerby described a getaway car to police. Items stolen include a $240 loss from Doyle Pollard a lawn mower and tools from Linda Warren a trainsister radio from her home and $475 in damage from Womble Olds. A modern Chevrolet body shop window was smashed to steal cash and cigarettes with $100 damage. Other thefts included a rifle portable radio and camera totaling several hundred dollars and a stolen statue from a flower bed. Police noted a suspect described as a Negro woman and recovered a forged license plate CDY-658 used to fake oil company cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Pollard
Jeff Dunn
Linda Warren
Womble Olds Body Shop
41St St
Chevrolet
19Th Street
Ave. C
Theda Robinson
E. Broadway
Oneta Putman
37Th St
Lubbock
Sherri Muller
57Th St
E. J. Southerland
Lynnhaven Drive
Surgeon Arrives in Madrid En Route to Rio
Dr. Christiaan Barnard renowned heart transplant pioneer lands in Madrid on Saturday as he travels from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro. He is hosted by the Brazilian government during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
UPI
Christiaan Barnard
South Africa
Cape Town
Rio de Janeiro
Grand jury to hear 41 cases in Monday session
A grand jury panel is to report Monday morning to Judge Howard C. Davison with 41 cases including the murder charge against Benjamin Lach. Judge James A. Ellis will convene a criminal docket of 48 cases at 9 30 a m, with about 13 guilty pleas expected at 10 45 a m. Jury trials start Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Benjamin Lach
Texas Tech
Sarah Morgan
James A. Ellis
137Th District Court
Catholic Nuns Serve in Hue War Zone Faces Adjustments
Five of 18 Catholic sisters in South Vietnam’s Hue aid medical and social work amid Tet ruins. They adjust to military life, learn jargon, endure mortars, and cope with C rations while aiding Vietnamese locals and living near barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Florence Maresca
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ethelreda Zaleski
Chicago
Iry
Mary McDonough
Services Today For Mrs Weeks In Seminole
Funeral services for Mrs D F Weeks 68 who died Friday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock are set for 2 p m in Singleton Chapel of Chimes with Rev Bobby Phillips and Rev R L Kirkle officiating. Bur ial will be in Seminole Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction. She was born in Erath County a hospital auxiliary member and charter member of South Seminole Baptist Church. Survivors: son Jack R Huffmyer Tulsa daughter Audie V Freeman Seminole brother Joe Olen Denton Midland three grandchildren pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton
D. F. Weeks
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Bobby Phillips
South Seminole
E R Ferguson Services Monday
Floydada special obituary for E R Ferguson Roy Ferguson former Floydada resident died in El Paso at 72 of an apparent heart attack. Survived by three sisters Floydada residents Ola Farrow Mary Wahl and Ethel Wise Wichita Kan and brother Joe Ferguson Eugene Ore. Services 10 a m Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev Floyd C Bradley officiating burial Floydada Cemetery Moore Rose Funeral Home directed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
E. R
Roy) Ferguson
el Paso
Garcia Funeral Scheduled Here
Services for Andras G. Garcia age 46 of 2910 Emory will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Josephs Catholic Church with burial in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Garcia died of a heart attack at Methodist Hospital and leaves wife Nicolasa two sons Jose and Benito a daughter San Juana a brother Richard and five sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andras G. Garcia
Emory
Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Wayne LeCroy
Garcia
McCulloch County
Lubage
M N Keniston Services Pend
M N Keniston 44 formerly of Plainview died about 5 15 p m Saturday in a Plainview hospital. He was a WWII Army Air Corps veteran, retired from the Air Force in 1964. He had lived in Wichita Falls the past four years after moving from Alaska. He was a member of St Mark s Episcopal Church Plainview American Legion VFW and Disabled American Veterans. He leaves two sons Wayne and David both at home a daughter Sharon Tinnon of Wichita Falls his father N J Keniston of Plainview and grandparents Mr and Mrs J S Cargill of Plainview services are pending with Wood Dunning Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Martin N. Keniston
Kenniston
Army Air Corps
Air Force
Wichita Falls
Alaska
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of
American Legion
Veterns of
Wayne
David
Sharon Tinnon
N. J. Kenniston
J. S. Cargill
Plainvie
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Mrs Gully Rites Planned After Wichita Falls Collision
Graveside services for Katharine Jordan Gully 47 will be at 10 am Monday at Rest Haven Memorial Park officiated by Rev Carl Anderson of Lubbock. Burial by Henderson Funeral Home. She died Friday in Wichita Falls General Hospital from injuries in a two car crash five miles west of Wichita Falls. Her husband Dr Arnold Gully head of Tech Chemical Engineering and a daughter Jane were injured. Survivors include two daughters Kate Martha and son John, brother Terrell Jordan, sister Mrs C H Jepsen and mother Mrs Ida Kate Jordan. Pallbearers will be Tech Chemical Engineering graduate students.
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Katharine Jordan Gully
Resthaven Memorial Park
Carl Anderson
Lubbock
Henderson Funeral Home
Gully
32Nd St
Wichita Falls General Hospital
Arnold Gully
Chemical Engineering
Tech
Jane
Kate
Martha
John
Terrell A. Jordan
McLean
C. H. Jepsen
Greenwich
Conn
Ida Kate Jordan
Mississippi
Tech Chemical Engineering Department
Area Soldier Killed In War In Vietnam
Army Spec. 4 Jack William Osborn, 20, of Plainview, has died of wounds received in Vietnam. He served in an artillery unit and entered the service in 1966 after graduating from Tascosa High School. Survived by his parents, three sisters, and grandparents. Services pending arrival of the body.
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Plainview
Defense Department
Army
Jack William Osborn
Vietnam
Osborn
L. W. Osborn
Irene
Floydada
Tascosa High School
Amarillo
Supply Co
Claytonville
Kay
Sandie Lovelady
California
Sharon [Whitten
Dora Pittman
Arthur Osborn
Texhoma
Counts Services Set At Lockney
Services for Justice of the Peace William Hugh Counts 74 will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Main Street Church of Christ with Bob Glover officiating Burial will be in Lockney Cemetery directed by Carter Funeral Home Counts died at 745 a.m. Saturday in Lockney General Hospital where he had been a patient since April 4 He was a native of Jacksboro and married Bettie Brown on November 11 1924 in Floydada He was a former commissioner for Precinct 2 and a World War I veteran Survivors include his wife two sons Gerald Sams Fort Worth and Garland Sams Lockney three brothers Jim and W T both of Fort Worth and Amos of Washington D C four sisters Mrs Myrtle Duty Abilene Mrs Edna Weed Brawley Calif Mrs Lora Mae Matthews Lamesa and Mrs Lorene Lynch Las Cruces NM five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren MOSCOW Communists are planning a world meet in Budapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockney
Justice of the Peace
William Hugh Counts
Main Street
Church of Christ
Bob Glover
Carter Funeral Home
Counts
Lockney General Hospital
Jacksboro
Bettie Brown
Floydada
Gerald Sams
Fort Worth
Garland Sams
Jim
W. T
Amos
Washington, D.C
Myrtle Duty
Abilene
Edna Weed
Brawley
Calif
Lora Mae Matthews
Lamesa
Lorene Lynch
Las Cruces
M. M
Lubbock Man Drowns While Trying to Save Son in Salt River
A Lubbock man, Kenneth R. Hildreth, 37, disappeared after entering Salt River to rescue his son near Mesa Arizona. Witnesses saw him dive in as his son struggled. a fisherman pulled the boy out. Hildreth, employed by Hughes Cleaning Service, left on vacation with his family Sunday and is survived by two sons, three daughters, his father, and several siblings. Services await body recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa
Ariz
Lubbock
Salt River
Kenneth R. Hildreth
Hildreath
Hildreth
Hughes Cleaning Service
Lubshock
H. T. Hughes Jr
Hughes
Petersburg
Larry
Stephen
Kaye
Delayne
Carla
Lonnus L Bibb Rites Monday After Manila Grenade Kills
Lonnus L Bibb, 53, of 2910 Cornell, dies at Methodist Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at W W Rix Chapel with Dr E Harold Henderson officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers and three sisters. Pallbearers named. Earlier Manila jail blast reportedly killed three prisoners and a woman visitor. Police say inmates were executed to prevent testifying in a robbery case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
UPI
Quezon
Lomnis L. Bibb
Cornell
Methodist Hospital
W. W. Rix Chapel
E. Harold Henderson
Central Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Lubbock
Bibb
Meadow
K. W
38Th St
W. C
Sunray
M. R. Free
Dean Glazner
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Dixie Drive
39Th Street
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Max Ball
73Rd St
Balli
Mauricio S. de la Rosa
Box 395
Abernathy
42Nd Street
Quaker Avenue
Patsy G. Hildebrand
de la Rosa
Lubbock and Area
Bruce Caldwell
Eddie Adams
Howevever
Dargon Jarrin
Helena Reisch
Springfield
Marcella Schuller
Minneapolis
Minn
Marcella
Robert Jensen
Memphis
FBI
Martin Luther King
Jensen
Dr. King
Mrs. Weeks
Seminole Cemetery
Dorchester
Boston
E. R. Ferguson
Nicolasa
Jose
Benito
San Juana
Richard
Duke, Lubbock
David Aleman
Rafael Rodriguez
Jose Sembrana
Antonio Benavidez
Santos Hernandez
Brady
M. N. Keniston Services
Pend
Peaceful Gardens
Memorial Park
Tohoka Highway
Moscow
Budapest
American Kennel Club
Scatty Coudt Marshall
Heart of the Plains Kennel
Arizona Search
River
Son
Lonnus L. Bibb
The
Tom Purdom
P.l. Adv
Zales
China
Bristol
Caprock Center
50Th
Elgin
University
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