Mrs. Fred Craig Dies at 90 in Lubbock Services Set
Mrs. Fred E. Altha Craig 90, a Lubbock resident, died at 9 40 a m Sunday after six years illness. Services 4 p m today at Broadway Church of Christ with Pastor Joe Barrett, burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Alex McDonald, five grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. Pallbearers named: C B Martin, Craig McDonald, Fred McDonald, Alton Peak, Bill Winner, Gus Niblack Jr.
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Fred E
Altha) Craig
Lubbock
Ray
Broadway
Church of Christ
Joe Barrett
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Craig
Nebraska
Texas
Falla
Alex McDonald
18Th St
C. B. Martin
Craig McDonald
Fred McDonald
Alton Peak
Bill Winner
Gus Niblack Jr
Two Escapees Charged With Murder In Georgia Robbery
Two Texas prison escapees, John Benzie and John Watson, faced murder charges after a fatal shooting of Columbus restaurant manager Marshal Miner during a robbery. They held four hostages at various times, escaped to Georgia, and were captured at Atlanta airport after a flight to Greenville.
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Atlanta, Ga
Texas
Columbus, Ga
Atlanta
John Francis Benzie
Granite City
John E. Watson
Pasadena
Tex
Columbus
Marshal Miner
Miner
Judy Head
Willemina Carter
Selma
Als
Frank Gruber
Gruber
Greenville
D.C
Drowning of French Oil Workers After Helicopter Crash
Three French oil workers drowned off the Cameroon coast when a helicopter carrying them to an offshore oil rig plunged into the Atlantic Thursday. Police announced the deaths Sunday.
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Douala
Cameroon
Atlantic
Vacation Bible School and Funeral Notices Across City
Church on Elgin Avenue hosts vacation bible school this week for children ages 3 to 11 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Teens and college-age students meet 7 to 9:30 p.m. Today services are held for Rosa Espinosa at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Slaton with burial at Englewood Cemetery. Beulah Shockley, 77, to be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after services at Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Chapel. Fred Walker, 60, to be buried at Fairlawn Cemetery after 9 a.m. service at Colonial Hill Baptist Church Snyder. Gaines Teeple, 64, to be buried at Floydada Cemetery after 2 p.m. service at First United Methodist Floydada. Jerry Wade Tue, 27, 2031 62nd St., burial at Parklawn Memorial Garden after 11 a.m. service. A two-car crash injures Don and Thelma Middleton in Clovis. both treated and released. John Goldston, 22, and son John Kevin, 10 months, injured in Fort Worth crash. treated and released. Frances Torres, 42, and Carmen Villareal, 22, injured in Detroit Avenue crash. treated at Methodist Hospital.
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Beulah Shockley
25Th St
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Chapel
Resthaven Memorial Park
Fred Walker
Snyder
Colonial Hill Baptists Church
Fairlawn
Bolger Funeral Home
Walker
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Jerry Wade Tue
62Nd St
Lemons Memorial
Don Middleton
Thelma
Clovis
Methodist Hospital
Mra
John Goldston
Fort Worth
John Kevin
North Rusker Avenue
East Loop
Erakine Street
Detroit Avenue
Frances Torres
Emory St
Carmen Villareal
David Ave
Gunshot Fatal to Youth in Plies Home
Randy Sareen four year old son of Floyd Bankston of Petersburg died at Lub bock Osteopathic Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered at home on Friday. He shot himself while playing with a 357 Magnum. Funeral arrangements are pending with Rix Funeral Directors. Survivors include parents three brothers Floyd Jr Charles Glenn half brother Ikey Halcomb seven sisters and grandmother Ada Bankston.
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Randy Sareen
Floyd Bankston
Plies
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Rix Funeral
Petersburg
Floyd Jr
Charles
Glenn
Ikey Halcomb
113 Temple
Modena
Mary
Carolyn
Linda
Judy
Gladys
Karen
Ada Bankston
Charles M Wilson Buried In Olton
Charles M. Wilson, 95, Olton resident for 49 years, found dead at home. Graveside services at Olton Cemetery officiated by Rev. John E. Lewis. Coroner ruled natural causes. Survivors include two daughters Ethel Fisher Amarillo and Joe Ella Smith Odessa, three brothers John Will Jim, twelve grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, fourteen great great grandchildren.
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Olton
Charles M. Wilson
John E. Lewis
First Baptist Church
Parsons Funeral Home
W. G. Finney
Wilson
Ethel Fisher
Amarillo
Joe Ella ‘Smith
Odessa
John
Will
Waco
Jim
Gilbert
Frances Farmer Dies At Age 56
Frances Farmer, 56, Actress in films with Bing Crosby, Cary Grant and Tyrone Power, died Saturday in Indianapolis. Believed cancer caused death. Farmer began in the 1920s, also performed on New York stage and television. recently involved in concert tours and business ventures after moving to Indianapolis in 1958. No immediate survivors.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frances Farmer
Tress
Bing Creeby
Cary Grant
Tyrone Power
Miss Farmer
New York
Misa Farmer
Nixon heads home from California after Denver stop
President Nixon will fly from the Western White House to Washington today stopping in Denver en route to meet about 200 planning agency representatives and law enforcement groups to discuss federal funds and crime control programs. The trip follows a weekend at the California retreat with family and friends before dining in Yorba Linda and Beverly Hills.
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San Clemente
Calit
UPI
Nixon
Rhodex
White House
Washingtonj
Denver
Apresa
Santa Monica
M Bane
California
C.G
Bebe
Rebozo
Miami
Robert H. Abplanalo
Bronxville
N.Y
Henry Kisaingér
Newamen
Yorba Linda
Ekere
John N. Mitchell
Pate
Law Enforcement Assistance
Bank Breaks as Revolutionary Group Claims Attack
A small white armed group calling itself Revolutionary Affinity Group claimed credit for a 4 a.m. Saturday explosion at Banco de Brazil on Fifth Avenue and 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan. A Viet Cong flag was found nearby and the group said it targeted the bank to support revolutionaries opposed to the Brazilian American dictatorship.
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NEW York
Manhattan
Banco de Brazil
Associated Press
Brazil
Pig Mitchell
Weatherman
Fifth Avenue
45Th Street
Shoe
Amerikkkan World Exploitation
NFL
Hearing Planned In Federal Court On Catalyst Suit
A federal hearing is set in U S District Court over the Catalyst a campus tabloid at Texas Tech University The Channing Clubs sponsor seeks an injunction to stop Tech officials from banning the paper The suit claims Dr Owen L Caskey violated the First Sixth Ninth and 14th Amendments by banning the publication from campus The hearing may be postponed to Tuesday due to earlier scheduling
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U. S. District Court
Texas Tech University
Catalyst
Channing Clubs
At Tech
Tech
Owen L. Caskey
Charley McConal Rites Set for Loop Pioneer
Charley McConal 78 moved from San Saba to Loop in 1935 and died Sunday in Brownfield. He owned a Loop grocery, later ranching, and was a member of Loop Church of Christ. Services Tuesday at Loop Church of Christ with burial in Loop Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Elizabeth a son Keith three daughters eleven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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Loop
Charley McConal
Brownfield
Elizabeth
Keith
R. L
Doris) Hunt
D. N. Hunt
Nighttime US Moves to Cabinet as Cat Greeves in Session
In a late session move, the United States government shifts toward cabinet leadership as Cat Greeves is noted in the ongoing proceedings. Key figures and dates remain unclear in the fragmentary report.
Doctors role as folk hero at Powder Ridge rock festival
Dr. William Abruzzi a 44 year old general practitioner from Wappingers Falls operates a field hospital at Powder Ridge near Middlefield treating injuries and overdoses for 30,000 fans. He condemns alcohol and hard drugs while noting limited view on marijuana and LSD. He has 22 years of experience with youth addiction and civil rights marches.
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Middlefield
Conn
Sweden
Catskills
Powder Ridge
William Abruzzi
Wappingers Falls
Abruzzi
Powder Ridge Ski Resort
Here
Teit
Columbia University
Medical
Harlem
Woodstock
Briton Watt Freed From Red China After 34 Months
Hong Kong AP report: George Watt, 38, Belfast-born engineer of Vickers-Zimmer, released from a Peking prison after 34 months. He says Capt. Philip E. Smith and other Americans held in China face hard time and possible mistreatment. Watt plans to fly to London with his wife and two children.
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Red China
Peking
George Watt
U.S. Air Force
Philip £. Smith
Victorville
Calif
North Vietnam
Smith
Watt
China
Hainan Island
Tonkin Gulf
Hainan
Shumchun River
Lowu
Sfficial
New China
London
Josephine
Christine
Stephen
Vickers-Zimmer
Landow
Red Guards
James Edward Walsh
Cumberland
Americads
Americ
Chin
Smith Cone
Thomas ‘Downey
New B
Richard George Fe Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Korea
Navy
Ae Flynn
Oak Hathor
Wash
Idee
Vietnam-China
Joseph P. Dunn
Randolph
Miss
Bishop Walsh
Hugh Redmond
Yonkers
N.Y
Redmond
Seea
Mrs. Minnie Whitten Dies in Post at 84
Mrs Minnie Velma Whitten 84 longtime Post resident died Sunday at Garza Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. Services set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Post Church of the Nazarene with Rev Jimmy Davis officiating. Burial in Terrace Hadrian Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mauritia Pruitt and Junita McAdams, son Wayne, nine grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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POST
Minnie Velma Whitten
Garza Memorial Hospital
Post Church of the Nazarene
Jimmy Davis
Terrace Cemetery
Hadrian Funeral Home
Mauritia Pruitt
Junita McAdams
Shreveport
Algon, Wayne
Not in Word but in Power Says Hyer Phrase
A short religious verse by Julien C Hyer emphasizes living by example over spoken words. It warns that deeds shape impression and influence others, especially children, more than talk. The poem reflects moral instruction on conduct and character.
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Julien C. Hyer
Claud Dalton Rites Planned
Claud H. Dalton 65 of 2119 30th St died about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at Ray's Hospitality due to length ill health. Rites set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Eichinges Miller Funeral Home Chapel in Nevada Missouri. Burial in Shell Knob Cemetery. local arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home.
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Claud H. Dalton
Ray
Eichinges Milster Funeral Home
Nevada
Shell Knob
Sanders Funeral’ Home
Dalton
Vernon County
Dalton’ Dental Lab
First United Methodist ‘Ch
Ae Pre Kan
Hale Collision Injures Three in Hale Center
A two car head on crash Sunday afternoon along FM 37 near Hale County sent three people to High Plains Hospital. Manuel Gomez of Rio Grande City and Mrs Gomez were listed in fair condition with Martin Torrez of Littlefield also hospitalized in fair condition. Patrolman Jerry Johnson of Abernathy said Torrez’s northbound car struck the southbound station wagon driven by Mrs Gomez.
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Hale Center
Bnside
Hale County
High Plains Hospital
Manuel Gomez
Rio Grande City
Martin ‘Torrez
Littlefield
Sunay
Jerry Johnson
Abernathy
Torrez
Lamb County
Gomez
Purse Snatching Probed After Park Incident
Police investigate a Saturday night purse snatching in a supermarket parking lot on Parkway Drive. Emma Bustillos reports a Black male in his early 20s grabbed her purse containing 135 dollars and personal papers. Additional thefts include pistols at TG&Y and liquor from a residence.
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Parkway Drive
Emma
E. Auburn St
Ken Davis
Tg&y
Ét Parkway Drive
Joe Harkey
1Th St
John Chain
32Nd St
Ave
Joyce James
35Th St
23Rd Street
Lonnie Biddy Funeral Today in Paducah
Funeral services for Lonnie Clifton Biddy 52, who died Friday in San Angelo Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Paducah with Rev. Robert Beck and Rev. Mac Farrington officiating. Burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery under Norris Funeral Home direction. Biddy born in Paducah lived there before moving to San Angelo nine years ago where he was a mail truck driver. Survivors include wife Virg ie and three sons Clifton Wayne and Gary Don of Racine and Chester Ray of Fort Worth, three sisters Mrs Raymond Brown Paducah Mrs Mattie Hall Dallas and Mrs Marvin Tatum Abilene, a brother Mac Spearman, and two additional siblings.
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Paducah
Lonnie Clifton Biddy
San Angelo
First Baptist Church
Robert Beck
Mac Farrington
Post
Garden of Memories Cemetery
Norris Funeral Home
Biddy
Virgie
Clifton Wayne
Gary Don
Racliff
Chester Ray
Fort Worth
Raymond Brown
Mattie Hall
Dallas
Marvin Tatum
Abilene
Mac
Spearman
Britain Grants Reprieve for Three Aircraft Carriers
Britain's Conservative government orders a reprieve for carriers Hermes Ark Royal and Eagle. The trio are the last ships in the Royal Navy to carry the carrier designation, previously slated for mothballing by the Labor government.
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London
Britain
Hermes
Ark Royal
Eagle
Memorials for Connelley Highlight Fort Worth Native
Funeral notices detail Rosary in W. W. Rix Chapel and a Requiem Mass at Christ the King Catholic Church for Connelley a Fort Worth native and Rice graduate who coached tennis there until 1954. Burial will be at Resthaven Mausoleum under local direction. Survivors include wife Mee three daughters two sisters and four grandchildren. Memorials are asked to Quinn Connelley Memorial Tennis Fund at Lubbock National Bank. Pallbearers listed.
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W. W. Rix
Christ the King Catholic Church
Resthaven Mausoleum
Fort Worth
Connelley
Central School
Rice University
Rice
Lubbock
Lubbock General Athletic and Recreation Association
Southwest Conference
Quinn Connelley
Lubbock National Bank
Mee
Robert W. Anderson
Houston
Richard G. Wright
Midland
Lee Stafford
63Rd St
H. W. Anderson
Dallas
James Dehlinger
Fort ‘Worth
Frank ‘Guernsey
Marion _ T. Key
Michael Anderson
Myles ‘Sweeney
L. Nelson
Glenn Gry
Tom Leary
Rowan Shaw
Professor Climbs Peak At Age 70
Edwin H. Paget, a retired North Carolina State University professor, says he is 70 and completed his 462nd ascent of Pikes Peak since 1919, returning Sunday from the 14,100 foot summit in Manitou Springs Colorado.
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Manitou Springs
Colo
Edwin H. Paget
Pikes Peak
Paget
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
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First Unit Methodist Church
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Caprock Hospital
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Parklawn Memorial Garden
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Claud Dalton
Lonnie Biddy
Caichan
34Th St
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