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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1968
Page
8
AEC scientist Dr. R. F. Taschek said U S special military satellites can sense nuclear test blasts up to 200 million miles away. The Vela system, launched since 1963, uses x rays from blasts to detect tests and guard against treaty violations. A fifth Vela pair is planned, with added capability to monitor atmospheric and space tests.
News briefs discuss space radiation and satellite testing affecting weather, noting Van Allen belts and solar radiation. It covers obituaries Wallace Pool 77 Hobbs Arthur Drexel 67 Hobbs and Margaret Odell 79 Sioux City with funeral details and survivors.
Mrs. Virginia F. Judge 63 a Lynn County resident of 15 years will have services at 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Turner officiating. Graveside rites follow at 3 p.m. Thursday in 100F Cemetery Denton. Burial by White Funeral Home Tohoka. Judge died Tuesday at home of an apparent heart attack. Survived by her husband and two sisters Mrs. Knox Denton and Mrs. Grady Goodman Stephenville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Marie Whitlock Tock, 62, are set for 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Lockney with Rev. Gene Hawkins officiating and Rev. James Allison assisting. Burial follows in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. Mrs. Whitlock died Monday at 7:30 a.m. en route to Lockney hospital. survivors include husband, a son, a daughter, three brothers and three sisters.
Bids tabulated for nearly 10 miles of four lane highway on U S 87 from Lubbock to the Lynn County line. Apparent low bidders are Henry L Stafford of Lubbock and Bailey Bridge Co Inc of Abilene with 2 579 589 dollars. Work likely to begin in about 30 days and take about 300 working days. This is the largest single contract in the 17 county Texas Highway Department District Five.
Services for Mrs. Ann Cobb 85, of 2302 28th St., will be at 3 p.m. today at Broadway Church of Christ with Rev. William S Banowsky and Rev. Horace Coffman officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park directed by Sanders Funeral Home. She died Tuesday at Ray's Hospitality Home after an extended illness. A Lubbock resident since 1942, she moved from Dallas and was a member of Broadway Church. Survivors include daughters Mes. Nelson Smith and Mes. Bob of 2214 42nd St., Mes. Tom of Clovis, seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
Mrs. Helen Mae Buchanan 41 died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church Snyder with Rev. Jerry Spears officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Cemetery under Bell-Seale Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters Anita Marie and Barbara Louise. sisters Mrs. Ed Schmidt and Mrs. Dorothy Taft. brother Bud Dunning. mother Mrs. G. D. Dunning. Pallbearers listed.
E A Junior Wyer 47 dies in Amarillo hospital after heart attack. Foreman for Texas Highway Department longtime Tulsa resident born Hereford married Jimmye Skipworth in 1940. Survivors include wife two daughters step brother sister mother and four grandchildren. service at Dimmitt First Methodist Church.
Dr Sol Goldstein pediatric psychiatrist from Chicago led the final session of the Annual Worry Session at First Christian Church in Lubbock. A panel including Dr Mary Bubbs Lyn Turner Ted Jolly and Jess Hall Jr discussed adolescence and its pressures on parents, highlighting family unity and limits on parental power.
Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Don Gladden spoke to about 50 people at an 8 pm meeting in the In Town Inn Lubbock outlining his town background legislative experience and reasons for seeking the second highest state office He criticized the Texas House as rubber stamping executive decisions and urged reforms to avoid crippling the Senate He also addressed administrative changes and the rising crime rate noting social and economic fixes He attended a 6:30 pm dinner before arriving in Lubbock after campaigning in Amarillo earlier Tuesday.
Services for Mrs. Bessie B. Turnbow 72 will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Southwest Butane Church of Christ with H L Mathney officiating. Burial will be in Andrews Cemetery directed by Singleton Funeral Home. She died Monday in a local hospital after a short illness. a native of Mineola, she was a longtime resident of Andrews County. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Lola Fulwider, five sons Grover Roy Julian and BIN, one daughter from Wichita Falls, and five sisters, with 21 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial in Ralls Cemetery conducted by Rix Funeral Direct Lubbock. The text also includes a separate obituary snippet for Miss Callaway with conflicting details.
Dickens Deputy Sheriff T. J. May age 60 died Tuesday in a Crosbyton hospital after a short illness. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at North Central Baptist Church Hamlin with Rev. Billy Bush Rev. Virgil Smith and Rev. Marshall Stewart officiating. Burial in Hamlin East Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home Spur. Survivors include wife son stepson two daughters a stepdaughter five half sisters one half brother and 17 grandchildren.
Memorial services for 2nd Lt Richard Edward Wolfe 23 and his wife Sara 21 will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Reese AFB Chapel officiated by Chaplains Asa Hunt and Larry Mosley. The pair died from injuries Sunday in a one car crash at West 4th Street and Loop 289 with Mrs Wolfe killed instantly and Lt Wolfe dying Monday after surgery. Funeral services are tentatively set for Thursday at the USAF Academy chapel in Colorado Springs, where the airman was a graduate. The couple lived at 5301 W List Street. Henderson Funeral Directors handled local arrangements. Mrs Wolfe is survived by her parents Lt Col and Mrs Robert Clark and two brothers Jack and Bruce. Wolfe by his parents Mr and Mrs Richard C Wolfe and sister Mrs Sandra L Dyer.
Union leaders say no move to end the cross country telephone strike before Friday. A federal judge in Alabama will hear an antipicketing order amid ongoing stalemate with South Central Bell facilities. About 200,000 CWA members walked off Thursday, with no formal negotiations since then though informal talks occurred in New York.
A CWA official in Lubbock accuses Southwestern Bell of importing strikebreakers and threatens broader picketing, while company spokesmen deny the charge and say volunteers help at exchange switchboards. About 326 union members are honoring signs. none plans new action today.
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