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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1966
Page
6
Seasick serpent smuggled ashore in Viet Nam brace
An extra 200 soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, U.S. 4th Infantry, landed at Qui Nhon as a martial welcome greeted the unit. Clarence the seasick boa was smuggled in a gray suitcase aboard the troopship and kept secret from the Navy. the mascot amused some while alarming others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
U.S. 4Th Infantry
Clarence
Viet Nam
Charley Company
1St Battalion
General Walker
Jay FE. Vaughn
Mayville
Ore
Navy
Masent
Vaughn
Portland
Mitchell Brown
Urbana
Til
Walker
Brown
Pacific
Tacoma
Wash
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Commission Urged To Probe UT Sniper Preparedness
Gov. John Connally may be asked to appoint a commission to study police unpreparedness after Charles Whitman’s Aug 1 University of Texas sniper rampage. A petition circulated by Stanley Werbow cites questions about warning devices and police communications during the 80 minutes of terror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connally
Whitman
Rites Pending for Mrs Allison in Tulia
Mrs Josephine Allison 62 Swisher County resident died early Sunday at Neblett Hospital Canyon. Funeral arrangements at Wallace Funeral Home listed survivors including three half siblings and three half sisters. Other items in list include names and ages of local residents. All toy pistols must be surrendered by August 22 in Penang Malaysia to avoid penalties up to six months jail and fines up to 700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penang
Malaysia
Chef
Salleh bin Abdul Rahman
Four More Alpinists Die On Mount Blanc Blizzard
Rescue workers on Mount Blanc found the bodies of four amateur climbers, raising holiday toll to eight as three other French climbers were overdue. The victims include Britons and Swiss. no French fatalities reported. Swiss officials ordered guides and mountain police to search for more missing climbers as calls for tighter peak restrictions grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamontx
France
UPI
Mount Blanc
Hilh
Europe
Obituary Contested as God Still Lives in Lubbock Notice
Whit Rix Victory and Arlen P. Trice, funeral directors of Lubbock Texas, defend the belief that God the Supreme Being is not dead despite widespread obituary claims. They cite conversations with many good people as proof and urge faith in the divine presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Whit Rix
Pathologist finds old head injury not linked to Whitman rampage
Dr Coleman de Chenar, who performed Whitman’s autopsy, said there was no remaining sign of the 1963 Guantanamo Bay injury. Whitman had been in a Jeep that rolled 25 feet, leaving him unconscious for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Coleman de Chenar
Marine Corps
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Cecil E Buck's Rites Set Today
Services for Cecil Edward Buck 63 of 3111 26th St. will be at 10 a.m. today at Broadway Church of Christ with Dr. William S. Banowsky officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home. Buck died after a brief illness Saturday. Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter a brother and two sisters. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Edward Buck
26Th St
Broadway Church of Christ
William S. Banowsky
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Buck
Shattuck
Okla
Denton
Silverton
Lubbock
Texas A & I
Sanders
Posey
Capt
Virgil Allan
Scott Abf
Ill
Cecil Douglas
Albuquerque
N.M
Eva Beth Buck
James T
Corpus Christi
Roger Cummings
Lucille Langston
Georgetown
Tex
Foy Johnson
Herman McNabb
Alton Wilson
Cecil Puckett
Charles Moester
Bill Parker
Mrs. McKinnon Rites Set Today
Services for Mrs. 5 R. McKinnon 73 former Lubbock area resident will be held at 2 p m at Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers. She died Friday in a Abilene nursing home after moving there in 1952. Surviving are her husband three sons a sister a brother seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Officiating will be Dr George Bailey with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. R. McKinnon
Lubbock Area
Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers
George Bailey
College Church of Christ In
Abilene
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven
E. A. Vernon
Vernon
Tulia Resident Shot To Death
Tulia Texas a retired farmer Smith Cargill Purdy 84 was found dead in his backyard at 11 10 a m Sunday by his son in law Bill Covington and a neighbor Officers said Purdy had been shot in the head with a .410 shotgun found beside the body Services are pending at Wallace Funeral Home Purdy had lived in Tulia three years since moving from Turkey His wife was seriously ill in Swisher County Memorial Hospital Sunday night Four sons Cisco Littlefield Neal and Austin all of Tulia Odell Amarillo four daughters Mrs G Ms Covington Tulia Mrs Audie Kimball and Mrs Harvey Williamson both of Amarillo and Mrs Delia Hampton Oklahoma City a brother Walter of Lubbock and a sister Mrs Tommy Smith of Quitaque
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Smith Cargill Purdy
Bill Covington
Darrell Smith
Dean Butcher
Purdy
Wallace Funeral Home
Tilia
Turkey
Swisher County Memorial Hospital
Cisco
Littlefield
Neal
Austin
Tubbook
Odell
Amarillo
G. Ms. Covington
Audie Kimbell
Harvey Williamson
Delia Hampton
Oklahoma City
Walter
Luhbeec
Tommy Smith
Quitaque
Mrs Albert Schuler Services Scheduled
Mrs Albert Schuler 82 died Sunday at Nichols Manor convalescent home Tulsa. Services set in Valley Falls Kansas, her birthplace in 1883. Wallace Funeral Home handling local arrangements Haage Funeral directing burial in Valley Falls. Survived by husband and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Albert Schuler
Nichols Manor
Schuler
Valley Falls
Kan
Wallace Funeral Home
Haage Funeral Home
Tulsa
Eastland Man Dies After Lengthy Illness
Eastland special notices say 85 year old father of Mrs Maudie McMillan of Lubbock died after a lengthy illness. Services planned for 3 p.m. at Sand Hill. Survived by one daughter Gladys Green of the home. Singapore to allow more foreign fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastland
Hoo
The Shepherd Wealth by Julien C Hyer
A devotional poem contrasts wealth with true lasting riches found in love. It quotes Deuteronomy 8 18 and warns that money lands stocks and dividends often breed enemies and loneliness, while prestige cannot buy friendship or soothe the soul. True wealth is headed by love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julien C. Hyer
Obituary notices from Abernathy Lamesa and Southland
Services for Florencia Longoria 65 Abernathy die Friday night at High Plains Hospital Abernathy at 10 a.m. today First Baptist Abernathy burial Abernathy Cemetery under Chambers Funeral Home. Maude M. Lindsey 81 died Saturday Medical Arts Lamesa at 3 p.m. First Baptist Lamesa burial Lamesa Cemetery Branon Philips Funeral Home. Jewel P. Cook 57 died Thursday West Texas Hospital from injuries July 15 service 10 a.m. today Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers burial Resthaven Memorial Park under Resthaven Funeral. John Wesley Donahoe 75 longtime Southland resident died Friday Mercy Hospital Slaton burial Southland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florencia
Longoria
Abernathy
High Plains Hospital
Abernathy First Baptist Church
Abernathy Cemetery
Chambers Funeral Home
Maude M. Lindsey
Medical Arts Hospital
Lamesa
First Baptist Church of
Branon- Philips, Funeral Home
Jewel P. Cook
54Th St
West Texas
Resthaven
Church of the Flowers
Resthaven Memorial Park
First Baptist Church
Southland
John Wesley Donahoe
Mercy Hospital
Slaton
Southland Cemetery
Crash Victim's Rites Arranged
Mrs. Charlene Jones 47 of La mesa died in a two car crash near Hobart Oklahoma. Her husband and daughter in law were hospitalized and son Philip Jones escaped injury. Services set for Tuesday at Downtown Church of Christ with burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband parents a sister and four brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Jones
Rt. 2
Lamesa
General Hospital
Hobart
Okla
Joel Fletcher
Joe Howard
Big Spring
C. G. Walker
L. R. Jones
Artis Walker
Delton Walker
Biz Spring
Wallace Walker
Billie Ray. Walker
Rites Set Today For Mrs Street
Mrs W G Street Sr about 80 died Friday in Medical Arts Hospital Clinic after a lengthy illness. Services at 4 pm at First Baptist Church Littlefield with Rev Robert Longshore and Rev John Street officiating. Burial in Littlefield Memorial Park Hammons Funeral Home directed. Survived by a son a daughter and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield
W. G. Street
Medical Arts Hospital
First Baptist Church
Robert Longshore
John. T. Street
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Mrs Leon Harris Dies After Tandem Crash
Mrs. Leon E. Harris 43 died at Methodist Hospital after being struck by a car while riding a tandem bicycle with her husband in the 1900 block of 50th Street. Her husband, 45, remained in fair condition. She was a partner in Webster Harris and Welborn advertising and a ceramics instructor at the First Baptist Church. Burial in Lubbock Cemetery. Memorials to the Ceramic Fund of the First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon EK
Ina Roy) Harris
39Th St
Methodist Hospital
50Th ‘Street
Harris
Webster, Harris and Welborn
Paducah
First Baptist Church
D. Ralph Grant
J. T. Bolding
Lubbock Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Roya
Coy
Kim
C. A. Norcross
14Th St
Willard G. Green
24Th St
Daulton Blevins
Harry Howle
Lynn Rowan
Horace Sandlin
Alton Strickland
J. P. Watt
Rex, Webster
Howard Welborn
Lubbock Lions Club
Hugh McDonald Services Pending in Hobbs New Mexico
Hugh Wilson McDonald 80 of Hobbs New Mexico died Sunday at Methodist Hospital He had lived in Hobbs since 1955 a native of Elimfield Nova Scotia Canada He came to Filley Nebraska in 1903 worked for the Chicago Burlington and Quincey Railroad at Alliance Nebraska retired 1950 moved to California then Hobbs Survivors include his wife Margaret three sons a daughter a step daughter a brother seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren The body will lie in state at Rix Funeral Home Lubbock and be sent to Alliance Nebraska for services and burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rix
Hugh Wilson McDonald
Hobbs
N.M
Methodist Hospital
Order of Eagles
Actie
Alliance
Rix Funeral Home
Lubbock
Neb
Margaret
A. MacDonald
Bayard
Bernard
MacDonald
Castro Valley
Calif
F. R. MacDonald
Ridgefield
Wash
Margaret MacDonald
Seattle
Paul S. Herz
60Th St
John McDonald
Nampa
Idaho
Funeral Pending For Kenneth Rhorer
Kenneth Rhorer aged 60 dies Sunday at M J Anderson Hospital Houston after extended illness. A Lubbock resident 27 years and shop superintendent for Lubbock Steel Works, he belonged to Yellow House Masonic Lodge. Survived by two sons Richard and Kenneth Charles, a daughter Frances Faye Brown, four brothers and two sisters and three grandchildren. Red Soviet engineers visit Algiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Kenneth Rhorer
28Th St
M. J. Anderson
Houston
Lubbock
Rhorer
Lubbock Steel Works
Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge
Richard
Kenneth Charles
el Paso
Frances Faye Brown
Fort Worth
Services for 18-Year-Old Gilchrist Held Today
Mishap victim Gregory Howard Gilchrist will be honored at 3 p.m. in the Tatum High School Auditorium with ministers Carl Cain and Tommy Harquess officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Cemetery under Smith-Rogers Funeral Home direction. He died after a tractor accident on State Road 18 near McDonald, about 12 miles south of Tatum. Survivors include his parents Howard and Mrs. Gilchrist of McDonald, a sister Sherron Hoyle of Hobbs, and grandmothers May Ivey of Montebello and Lillie Gilchrist of Grand Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Gregory Howard Gilchrist
Tatum High School
Carl Cain
Church of Christ
Lovlington
Tommy Harquess
Tatum Church For Christ
Resthaven
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Gilchrist
Lovington - Lea General Hospital
McDonald
Mrs Laura Smith Services Pending
Mrs Laura Smith 80 a Lubbock resident since 1925 died Sunday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. She worked at West Texas Hospital until 1961 and was a member of First Baptist Church. Survived by son Lee Roy Smith and three grandsons, plus a brother Sam Odil of McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Smith
7Th St
Methodist Hospital
Sanders Funeral Home
Two Hospitalized In Traffic Mishaps Here
Two Lubbock residents were hospitalized after separate traffic mishaps Sunday. Dan Alten Bidwell 18 was in a collision on FM 855 and taken to Methodist Hospital in serious condition. Arthur Herbert Boyd 13 was treated and released. Sandra Ashby 15 was admitted to Methodist in fair condition after a crash at 16th Street and Raleigh Avenue. Nancy Teague 29 was treated at Highland Hospital and released. Hong Kong bought water from China for about 1.5 billion dollars for roughly 10 billion gallons in the nine months to June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Dan Alten Bidwell
Buffalo Lakes Road
Methodist Hospital
Arthur Herbert Boyd
Sandra Ashby
9Th St
16Th St
Raleigh Ave
Nancy Teague
15Th St
Highland Hospital
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