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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1963

Page

4

Hotel Integration Suits Attacking Nonexistent Law

Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion argues two out of state Negro plaintiffs challenge a nonexisting law in desegregation suits against New Orleans hotels and motels. The suits target a statute banning rental of living quarters to both races, with exceptions for employment housing, and were filed by Daisy Bates and James T. McCain. Bates claims she was denied a Sheraton reservation due to race.

New Orleans UPI Louisiana Jack Gremillion Gremillion Daisy Bates Little Rock James T. McCain Sumter S. C Organization For the Congress of Racial Equality

White House weighs Kennedy Pearson meeting

Washington reports the White House says a future summit between President Kennedy and incoming Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson is under consideration by both governments. Plans are described as still in flux as Pearson’s Liberal party leads the recent election and will form a government with minority party support.

Washington White House Kennedy Lester B. Pearson Pearson Liberal Party

Nan Herzlinger Designs Jackie Kennedy Maternity Wardrobe

New York Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy has 10 maternity dresses by Nan Herzlinger a Manhattan designer. The dresses in wool cotton and linen suit late pregnancy before August birth. Herzlinger known for add a bit seam eight inch panels expanding with pull threads. The Kennedy sisters in law also use her services. Yugoslavia produced 25 000 tons of aluminum in 1960.

New York UPI Jacqueline Kennedy Manhattan Nan Herzlinger Miss Herzlinger Baby Kennedy Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Edward Kennedy Fifth Avenue Yugoslavia

New Theory Aims To Permit Organ Tissue Trading

A University of Minnesota team tests a method to cross immune barriers by transferring skin between different mouse families. By repeated spleen cell extracts, recipients tolerate grafts after immune system conditioning, raising hope for human skin bone marrow and kidney compatibility in future trials.

Atlantic City N.J University of Minnesota Minnesota Carlos Martinez Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology

Taylor County Eyes Right of Way Purchase for Loop 322

Taylor County Judge Roy Skaggs asked the Texas Highway Commission to fund right of way costs for the final 5.9 mile segment of Loop 322 around Abilene from U S 83 84 to Texas 36 within Abilene city limits. The estimated cost ranges from 200 000 to 540 000 with a 1 500 000 total cited, as commissioners debate funding.

Commission Herbert Perry Nelson Perry Jackson County Lolita Calhoun County J. H. Kultgen Waco Galveston Theodore B. Stubbs

Sechrist Funeral Planned in Lorenzo for Samuel S Sechrist

Services set for 2 p.m. today at the Methodist Church in Lorenzo for Samuel Hyatt Sechrist 74 a resident 30 years who died Wednesday. The Rev W L Armstrong Jr and the Rev U S Sherrill will officiate burial at Lorenzo Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home of Ralls direction. He is survived by his wife four sons three daughters two brothers two sisters 21 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Lorenzo Samuel Hyatt

FBI arrests fugitive at border crossing

FBI agents nabbed Albert Strawbridge, 50, of Newaygo Michigan as he crossed the International Bridge from Nuevo Laredo into Laredo. Mexican authorities deported him as an undesirable alien. Strawbridge faces a Grand Rapids warrant for gross indecency alleged last June. jailed on $2,000 bond.

Joseph Bender Rites Planned Here Today

Services for Joseph C. Bender 52 of 1216 5th St will be at 10 a m today in Rix Funeral Chapel with Rev James D Taylor chaplain at Reese AFB officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Bender moved to Lubbock in 1951 died Tuesday at Reese AFB hospital He retired in 1957 from the Veterans Administration and had served in the U S Army Survivors include his wife a brother and two sisters

Joseph C. Bender 5Th St Rix James D. Taylor Reese Afb Resthaven Memorial Park Bender Lubbock Veterans Administration U.S. Army

Rites Saturday For Mrs Agnew in Baptist Church

Services for Mrs S R Agnew 77 of 3201 2nd Place will be at 10 a m Saturday at Arnett Benson Baptist Church with Rev Wyendell Taylor officiating Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park under Henderson Wilson Funeral Home direction Mrs Agnew a Lubbock resident 22 years died at 345 a m Thursday in West Texas Hospital She and Sam R Agnew were married 59 years Survivors include her husband two sons Kenneth Olney and Walter Alta Dena Calif nine daughters and 25 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren plus a brother George Lay Littlefield

S. R. Agnew Arnett- Benson Baptist Church Wyendell Taylor Resthaven Memorial Park Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home

Rites For Noted Musician Slated

AMARILLO Special Services for Dr. Michael Peter Daia 60 year old internationally known musician and composer will be at 3 p m today in Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Chapel Dr Daia died at 6 p m Wednesday His career spanned Europe and the United States He taught at Wayland College 1954 56 and had pupils in Lubbock Survivors include wife a daughter Michaela and a son Peter Portales Special Services for Dolphus Taylor 45 will be at 2 p m today at Dora Church of Christ Burial in Portales Cemetery Wheeler Mortuary Portales Taylor a former Roosevelt County resident lived in Lordsburg New Mexico at death Survivors include wife Doris a daughter Carolyn a son Stanley mother Mrs E N Taylor and three brothers Boyd Gallup Bloomfield and Benny Arch Pallbearers listed

Amarillo Michael Peter Daia Blackburn‘Shaw Daia Europe Georgette Italy United States Wayland College Lubbock Dalia Alois Haba Prague Portales Peter Dolphus Taylor Willcox Ariz Dora Church of Christ Portales Cemetery Wheeler Mortuary Taylor Roosevelt County Lordsburg N. M Doris Carolyn Eastern New Mexico University Stanley U.S. Army E. N. Taylor Elida Boyd Gallup Bloomfield Benny Keith Ross Lloyd Creamer Glenn Knoll Paris Jordan Buddy Hayter

Rites Set For L F Marquam At Westminster

Services for L F Marquam 56 of 3701 22nd Place will be at 3 p m today at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev William Smith officiating. Memorial Park handled by Franklin Bartley Funeral Home. Marquam died 11 30 p m Wednesday in Methodist Hospital. Born in Decatur Illinois he moved to Lubbock in 1951 from Albuquerque and was a member of Westminster and Chi Phi. Survivors include wife Marguerite son Robert two daughters and four grandchildren plus siblings and in laws. Pallbearers listed and honorary pallbearers named.

L. F Mark) Marquam 22Nd Place Westminster Presbyterian Church William Smith Resthaven Memorial Park Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Marquam Marquam and Co., Inc Methodist Hospital Decatur Ill Lubbock Albuquerque Chi Phi Fraternity Marguerite Robert Marquam Leon Smith 7Th St Richard Catero Bryan William P. Marquam Evanston Bob Baillie Sherman Robert Morgan Pittsburgh

Rites Today for Mrs Jarvis in Amherst

Rosary at 10 a m in Payne Funeral Home Amherst for Elizabeth Jarvis 79 of San Angelo died in a local hospital Thursday Burial at Littlefield Cemetery services at 2 30 p m in Littlefield Catholic Church She was a longtime San Angelo resident and had been ill Survivors include daughter Juanita Clayton Amherst son Clarence Kansas City and five grandchildren

Amherst Payne Elizabeth Jarvis San Angelo Littlefield Catholic Church Littlefield Cemetery Jarvis Littlefield Juanita Clayton Clarence Kansas City

Chambers Rites Planned At Ropesville

Funeral services for Wilburn Chambers a 49 year old Ropesville resident will be held at 2 p m today at Ropesville First Methodist Church with Rev Lloyd Mayhew Rev Ollie Apple and Rev Jesse Young officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home direction. Chambers co owned Farm Center Gin and Elevator and drowned in a boating accident on Lake Kickapoo near Wichita Falls leaving a son a father a brother a sister two half brothers and two grandsons.

Wilburn Chambers Ropesville Farm Center Gin and Elevator Lake Kickapoo Wichita Falls

Wife Of Church Leader Is Dead

Mrs. Sloan Bachelor, wife of prominent Texas Methodist leader Dr. Bachelor, died Thursday at her daughter’s Houston home. She helped operate Mt. Wesley Encampment in Kerrville where her husband served as superintendent for 11 years. Survived by three daughters and the funeral is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church in Kingsville.

Kerrville Sloan Bachelor Houston Mt. Wesley Bachelor Texas E. G. Miles Earl Wilson Kingsville Morris Brooks

Retired Andrews Rancher Hezze Howell Dies at 77

Hezze kiah Howell, 77, longtime Andrews resident and rancher, died Thursday at a San Angelo hospital. He had lived with a daughter in Seminole the past three years. Survived by four sons Lee Raymond J P all of Andrews and W G Chino Valley Ariz, two daughters R A Ross Midland and Mrs Wayne Dolloff Seminole, a brother Ray Lovington, 15 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Services pending at Singleton Funeral Home.

Andrews Hezzekiah Howell San Angelo Singleton Funeral Home Brown County Howell Seminole Lee Raymond J. P W. G Chino Valley Ariz R. A. Ross Midland Wayne Dolloff Ray Lovington

Rites Pending for James C. Whiteside

James C. Whiteside, 60, of Sunny Slope Arizona, died Thursday in a Plainview hospital after a Wednesday check up. He had lived in San Diego before moving to Arizona and was visiting two sisters in Lubbock, Mrs. Luther Henderson and Mrs. Stell Stribling, at 3702 39th Street. Other survivors include another sister, Mrs. Lora Wooster of Banning California, and a stepdaughter.

James C. Whiteside Sunny Slope Ariz Franklin - Bartley Funeral Home Whiteside Plainview Hospital San Diego Arizona Lubbock Luther Henderson Stell Stribling 39Th St

Eleven oclock arrives in life’s shifting show

A reflective note by Julien C Hyer cites a showman remark that all circumstances pass with time. The piece uses biblical allusion to 11 oclock as a reminder that the present endures briefly and then moves on to new towns and chances.

Pioneer Farwell Resident Bettie Smart Dies at 81

Mrs Bettie Smart 81 longtime Farwell resident died at her home Wednesday in Farwell. Rites set for 2 pm today at C V Steed Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev E E Houlette and Rev B L Barnes. Burial in Texico Cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers. Survived by three sons Ben of Lubbock Jim Bob of Farwell and Jack Johnson of Amarillo.

Clovis C. V. Steed Funeral Home Bettie Smart Farwell Ben Lubbock Jim Bob Jack Johnson Amarillo

Clovis Rites Planned for Mrs. Ray Aycock

Services were pending at C. V. Steed Funeral Home for Mrs. Bessie Ray Aycock 73 of Clovis who died while visiting relatives in Belen New Mexico. Local obituaries note her death occurred during a visit to relatives.

Clovis Ray Aycock

Mrs. J. M. Dawson Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. J M Dawson a prominent Southern Baptist youth and women work leader died in Austin at 75 after a stroke and arthritis complications. She taught Baylor University women for decades and led a 1934 campaign to raise 490000 for a new Baylor dormitory. Survived by Dr J M Dawson and eight descendants across Waco Corsicana Colorado Springs Lubbock and Washington.

First Baptist Church Waco University Baptist Church Dawson Baylor University Washington, D. C Baptist Joint Committee On Public Affairs Congress David A. Cheavens Leighton B. Dawson R. Matt Dawson Corsicana Joseph T. Dawson Colorado Springs Colo Roy van Hoove Lubbock

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Nan Herzlinger Jackie Wire Insurance CO 13Th St Phillip Axe Lima Ohio Rita Marie Barbara Julie Marie Susan Marie Anna Marie Resthaven Memorial Park and Mausoleum S&q Clothiers The Quicksilver Co Taylor County FBI Joseph Bender Lagos Nigeria Elizabeth II I State Mexico City Raymond ‘Bell toMexico Boho Bel Mrs. Agnew Rites L. F. Marquam Dora Andrews Rancher J. C. Whiteside Services Lora Wooster Banning, Calif J. R. Jordan Beltons Beltone Rives Julien C. Hyer Mrs. Dawson Fiorential Center Broadway Caprock Shopping Center Plainview Clovis, N. M Zale Preston
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