Local business leader James C. Clark dies in Lubbock
James C. Clark 63 longtime Lubbock resident and construction executive died at 1 05 am Sunday after a heart attack. He was president and general manager of Lubbock Build and part owner of Panhandle Construction Co. Clark moved to Lubbock in 1920 after marrying Lena Gillis. He supervised early paved streets in Lubbock and West Texas, and since 1956 led Lubbock Building Products as manager, shaping regional building projects.
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Billy) Clark
Lubbock
West Texing Products
Ave. M
Pan‘Clark
Bird St
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Lena Gillis
Fort Worth
Panhandle Construction Co
Street and Water
West Texan
Pont
Chancellor Dies At Seminole Plant Leader Of Phil lips Petroleum
J C Chancellor of Seminole died Saturday at 2 15 p m in his home He had lived in Seminole 13 years and operated a Phil lips Petroleum Corp plant In Brussels Belgium Cardinal Van Roey dies at 87 former bishop and college of cardinals member Survivors include wife two sons and several siblings Funeral services set for First Methodist Church with burial at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Dallas under Rix Funeral Home guidance Pallbearers listed.
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Seminole
J. C. Chancellor
U.S. Air Force
Seminole Memorial Chapel
Phillips Petroleum Corp
John Swaelens
Brussels
Belgium
Joseph Ernest Cardinal van Roey
Clarkett
College of Cardinals
Hejto
Yellowhouse Mandery
Lubbock Lions Club
City Planning and Zoning Commission
23Rd
William
G. Clark
15Th St
David Clark
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ronald Clark
Dallas
Joseph J. Rady
Fort Worth
Vance Winslow
Temple
John Kennedy
Weatherford
First Methodist Church
J. Chess Lovern
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
H. A. Padgett Jr
Arnold Macker
W. McMillan Jr
W. H. Rodgers
J. C. Strange
W. B. Holmes
J. G. Pierce
Back to School Show Promises Prizes At 3 PM Draw
Colorful fall style event invites audiences to join a lively back to school show. A prize awaits one lucky attendee as the countdown hits 3 PM with enthusiastic crowd energy and sponsor names lining the program.
Prepare to meet thy God warns readers of last things
A religious notice urges readiness for death and burial planning. It questions whether readers have updated wills, insurance, pallbearers, and resting place while stressing the soul's preparation, quoting Amos 4 12 and signing Julien C Hyer.
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Amos
Julien C. Hyer
Rites Set For A L Honeycutt and Other Cardlinal Van Roey News
Levelland special report covers funeral plans for A L Honeycutt 68 in Church of God with burial at City of Levelland Cemetery. Also notes Cardinal Van Roey a leader in Belgium who opposed fascist links and earned nickname Rhinoceros of Malines. mentions other cardinals deaths in Vatican City and pastoral stances against socialist reforms.
Rites Set For City Resident's Mother
Mrs Lola Bevers 65 of Amarillo died Friday at Martin Rest Home Claude after a short illness. She had been in the rest home one week. Burial will be in Lakeview. She was widow of John Bevers who died June 28 following a car strike at an Amarillo intersection. Survivors include Glen R Bevers and six other sons, a sister, a brother, and 119 grandchildren.
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Amarillo
Glen R. Bevers
Ave
Martin Rest
Claude
Lakeview
Bevers
John c. ‘Ana
Aldsaghine
Red China Exports Pigs to Colony Amid Trade Move
A sparser report notes a significant pig export from Red China to a British colony last month. The figures show a large shipment of livestock and related trade activity, with unnamed officials and entities referenced in scrambled OCR text.
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China
Space race prompts cautious Senate clash over arms pace
Republican leaders urge measured progress in space arms while Democrats warn against haste. Senators discuss the Moscow space show and possible regulatory steps, balancing defense needs with diplomacy as NASA and the President push for cooperative rules. The debate centers on funding, leadership, and international cooperation.
Rites Set For Meadow Woman 81
Mrs. Mollie Hickman 81 of Meadow Route 12 died at 1 20 a m Sunday at her home. Services 2 pm Monday in the Rix Funeral Home chapel with Rev Philip Gootum officiating burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include two daughters Mrs E J West Tahoka and Miss Elen Hickman Meadow two sons Robert M Hickman Hickman Muleshoe a sister Mrs Everett Roberson Spa brothers Manuel Byrd and later Byrd Tennessee G Byrd Melrose NM and O Pallbearers include Elmo Knight Frank Timmons C Fails M E Hickman Jr Teland White and Edwin Nettles.
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Route 12
Meadow
Rix Funeral Home
Philip Gootum
Lakeview Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Hickman
Lubbock
Spur
Texas
Tennessee
E. J. West
Tahoka
Elen Hickman
Robert M. Hickman
Muleshoe
Everett" Roberson
Spa
Manuel Byrd
Byrd
G. Byrd
Melrose
N.M
Lubbock Driver Tops Tahoka Gymkhana Race
Lubbock driver Paul Silvius won the top time and average in the Town Square Gymkhana held Sunday in Tahoka. Amarillo’s Jack Wirtz topped the larger car class with 1:38 averages. Forty-plus entrants competed across four cc classes with 36 total entries. trophies were presented by Police Chief Jack Miller after dinner at Fort's Family Park Cafeteria.
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South Plains Sports
Panhandle
Jack Miller
Fort’s Family Park
Wirtz
Amarillo
Fin Healy
Richard Vawter
Dallas
Norris Rumsey
Jean Pearson
Reese Afb
Austin Healy Sprite Lidl
Jean Howze
Renault
Carol Wirtz
Austin’ Healy 3000
Funeral services for Mrs Sadie Barnes 81
Funeral services for Mrs Sadie Barnes 81 will be at 10 a m today at Good Shepherd Church with Rev J R Anderson and Rev Mont Walker officiating Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Mc Donald Funeral Chapel direction The annual meeting of Southwest Lubbock National Little League is at 7 45 p m today in Bald ridge Bakery sales room 1420 19th Lt Officers and directors for the coming year will be elected at the meeting William J Clark CLA Springfield Mass will speak at noon today in Cap rock Hotel for the South Plains Association of Life Underwriters meeting The SPALC board meets at 11 a m today at the hotel Capt and Mrs J D Green visiting Mrs Green s mother Mrs Floyd Roan 2007 Sth Street The Greens stationed in England for three years Capt Green will report to Randolph AFB San Antonio as next assignment Jesse Ybarra 17 Rt 1 Slaton treated for abdominal stab wound at Methodist Hospital Sunday night from an altercation on Broadway He did not wish charges filed Detectors note none
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E. L. Logsdon
E. M. Barnes
Robert Williams
Sadie Barnes
Good Shepherd Church
J. R. Anderson
Mont Walker
City of Lubbock Cemetery
McDonald Funeral Chapel
Southwest Lubbock National Little League
Baldridge Bakery
William J. Clark
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Springfield
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South Plains Association of Life Underwriters
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Red) Oldham
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Sth Street
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San Antonio
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Methodist Hospital
Broadway
Ybarra
Bill Rutherford
Bob Tedder
Tech Graduate Killed In Fall
Donald Ray Evans a Texas Tech Muay graduate died after falling from a drilling rig near Tran last Monday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Harry Johnson officiating. Burials in Sunset Memorial Park under Hubbard Funeral Home. Evans born Sept 16 1935 in Merizon Texas attended Midland High School Texas Western College El Paso and Tech. Lived in Iraan two months. Survived by wife Sarah two daughters Cathy and Kay Lynn mother Mrs Bill Evans Paramount California brother Eugene Evans in Air Force Washington state sister Sonya Kay Evans Lubbock.
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el Paso
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Cathy
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Bill Evans
Paramount
Calif
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Air Force
Washington State
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Lubbock
DeLeon Funeral Scheduled For E R McClellan
SEMINOLE Special E R McClellan 71 longtime Seminole resident died Sunday in Lubbock's Methodist Hospital Funeral set for 10 am Wednesday at DeLeon First Baptist Church with Rev Cecil Goff officiating Burial in DeLeon Cemetery under Seminole Memorial Chapel and Sharp Nabors Funeral Home care He was a retired oil company employee and former executive secretary in Ohio Oil Co district offices in Hobbs Born March 7 1881 in Mississippi lived in DeLeon 40 years moved to Hobbs Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs R R Patterson Sr Hobbs a son Pete McClellan three brothers Don McClellan Seminole Howard McClellan Seymour and B J McClellan Los Angeles a sister Mrs Bessie Smith and four grandchildren
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Seminole
Methodist
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
DeLeon
Cecil Goff
Dallas
DeLeon Cemetery
Memorial Chapel
Sharp
Nabors Funeral Home
McClellan
Don McClellan Seminole
Howard McClellan Seymour
B. J. McClellan
Los Angeles
Calif
Bessie Smith
Monday
U.S. Experts to Study Water Logging in West Pakistan
Four U.S. experts are to arrive in Rawalpindi to study water-logging and salinity harming 27 million acres of farmland in West Pakistan, as reported by AP.
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PERTS
Rurawalpindi
Pakistan
U. S
Two Are Injured In Freak Mishap Near Petersburg
A 48 year old Petersburg man W L Holt and his 19 year old son Mack were injured when their car collided with a Fort Worth and Denver freight train three miles southwest of Petersburg. They were taken to West Texas Hospital in Lubbock. The El Paso visitor Wes Maxwell was uninjured. The front of the 1959 model car was struck and the vehicle was demolished. Engineer J V Crowley of Childress led the 16 car train.
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W. L. Holt
Mack
Fort Worth
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Here
West Texas Hospital
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Dick Roe
Holt
Roe
el Paso
Holts
Wes Maxwell
J. V. Crowley, Childress
Hiroshima Observes A Bomb Anniversary
Hiroshima marked the 16th anniversary of its atomic destruction with prayers for the dead and a plea against nuclear war. Sirens wailed and bells tolled at 8 15 a.m. Observers gathered at the peace monument for a minute of silent prayer.
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Japan
U.S
Peace Monument
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