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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1971
Page
2
A travel note from Tunis discusses tourist growth in Tunisia with remarks on beaches. The author describes the sand clarity and sea, swimming experiences after 4 p.m., and mentions Louise as a birthplace. Tourist towns like Sousse and Kairouan are cited along with a well kept mosque and carpets of Kairouan.
Franklin wreck injuries. Hillcrest Cemetery burials. Frenship School fall term registration for Wolfforth students. LaPlace Lane in serious condition after Hale Center crash. water talks by State Rep. Bill Clayton in Lubbock. Lubbock retirees meet with Meats on Wheels topic. Reina Mattila services in Ironwood. Sadie Adams funeral pending in Durant. Roy Forkner recovering after heart surgery. Barbara Shepard injury in North Lubbock crash. local police arrest trio on charges. Tunisian student Touzeni talks of culture and travel with Air Force assignments.
Three homicide detectives rush to solve the stabbing death of 22 year old waitress Carolyn Montgomery found by her son. Investigators link the case to five prior unsolved slayings in Dallas, suggesting a possible sadistic serial killer. Montgomery died after at least ten stab wounds, with a 12 inch butcher knife and steak knife found in her chest. A note reading I ve got the wrong son I m sorry may mislead, and witnesses place the time between 1 20 am and 6 am Sunday. The victim shared an apartment with a son and roommate. the roommate was away and the son did not hear a struggle. Montgomery is identified as the sixth unsolved female slaying since 1967 in northern Dallas and Oak Cliff areas, all attributed to a suspected killer.
Martin J Cuba 40 died at home then in hospital of heart attack about 12:44 a.m. Monday. Services pending at George Price Funeral Home. A Williamson County native, he moved to Hockley County in 1934 from Littlefield. He farmed and for 15 years was assistant county agent for the agricultural extension service. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Angeline, two daughters Mrs Henry J Otis and Mrs DeTomson of Levelland, four brothers Benjamin of Temple, Leo, Victor and Aaron of San Angelo, four sisters Mrs Arthur Dula San Angelo, Mrs Howard Crawford LubSBocx, Mrs Alfred Sladek Anton and Miss Cornelia Cuba Washington, D. C., and three grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs LeRoy Mary Spires Sr 72 will be at 4 a.m. today at Harding Orr McDanie Funeral Chapel with graveside rites at 1 00 a.m. Wednesday in Hillside Memorial Gardens Snyder Local arrangements are by Bell Scale Funeral Home Survivors include daughter Anna Lee Judd Amarillo son LeRoy Jr Snyder two sisters Mabel Taylor Sweetwater Emley Morris Roscoe and four grandchildren The deceased had extensive ranching and oil interests in New Mexico and Texas and moved to El Paso 11 years ago from Maryneal born in Buda
Mrs. Daugherty 69 of New Home died about 3 a.m. Monday at Lamesa Medical Arts Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. today at New Home Baptist Church with Rev. Paul McClung and Lonzelle Ross officiating. Burial in Tohoka Cemetery. She taught in Aspermont before retiring. survived by husband, two stepdaughters Norma Howard and Milton Schulz, a sister Hermoaine Kuykendall, and a brother Fred Brownlee.
Mrs Cassie Viola Howard dies after a three month illness at Central Plains Hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a m Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Roy Johnson of Irving and Rev Tommy Meers officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home direction. Survived by two sons, three sisters, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The United States protested to the Soviet embassy in Washington and to Moscow's foreign ministry over a serious attack on cars belonging to two American diplomats in Moscow. A State Department spokesman said the incident could not have occurred without official cognizance and summoned the Soviet embassy counselor to deliver the protest.
Washington UPI Young Americans for Freedom named Sens. Robert Byrd and James Buckley as principal speakers at its national convention in Houston on September 2. Byrd, assistant Senate majority leader, will discuss the disintegration and problems of America’s court system, Buckley scheduled for Friday morning.
Dr. Maxwell Malte of New York will present a public lecture on Psycho-cybernetics and Self-fulfillment for Children at 6 p.m. today in the Koko Inn ballroom. Representing Goals, Inc., Amarillo, he will discuss child development beyond academic training in public schools.
Specialty services for Mrs Stella Stalcup 78 will be at 4 p m today at Garland Street Church of Christ with minister Joe Wilkinson officiating. She died Sunday at Central Plains Hospital after a lengthy illness. Surviving daughters include Quisenberry Dannheiser Kirkpatrick Campbell of Plainview and Houston. brother Harry C Huguley of Amarillo. six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Services for Richard Harold Way age 23 will be at 2 p m today in the Ira Church of God with Rev Jim Germany and Rev R F Bowden officiating Burial will be in Ira Cemetery under Bell-Seale Funeral Home direction Way a Snyder native died Sunday in Andrews after a lengthy illness Survivors include his mother Mrs Woodson McEwen of Andrews his father Kenneth Way of Snyder grandparents Mr and Mrs C D Barnett of Ira and Mrs Christine Way of Dallas a sister Vickie of Andrews and four brothers Terry Lynn Danny Virgil and Jimmy all of Andrews
Funeral services are pending for Santiago Puentes Jreda of Wyednd Street and his half-brother Jack Domingo Garcia of Amarillo after a two car head on crash about two miles south of Hale Center on Interstate 27 killed them Sunday evening. Garcia, a Bell Helicopter employee, grew up in Seattle and later moved to Amarillo. Puentes was a student at Slaton Junior High School. Survivors include spouses, parents, siblings, and extended family. Rix Funeral Directors are handling arrangements.
Spur man Spur Monroe Claude Dunaway 79 retired grocer and farmer died after a brief illness in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital. Born in Murfreesboro Tennessee he moved to Dickens County in 1945. Services at 2 30 p m today at Spur Church of Christ with Gary Williams officiating burial in Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home in charge Survivors include a son John Crosbyton two brothers Homer and Wilson both of Mineral Wells three sisters Mrs Mary Williams Mineral Wells Mrs Emma Johnson Santo and Mrs Teena O Bannon Luling three grandchildren and a great grandchild Pallbearers listed.
The piece argues education should go beyond mere skill time by teaching why. It contrasts knowing how with knowing why, claiming deeper understanding makes one a leader and able to deliver finished products. It urges reflection on purpose in learning and growth.
Mrs Sadie Yell 75 longtime Howard County resident died Sunday in her home after extended illness Services set for 3 pm today at Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel with burial in Mt Olive Cemetery Survivors include son Elliott Midland three daughters Kathleen Fowler Floydada Miriam Franklin Big Spring and Billie Jean Benton Midland two brothers Paul Bishop Lampasas Bruce Bishop Uvalde six grandchildren and three great grandchildren
Mrs JCora Nell Besped 38 a former Lubbock resident died after brief illness in Lubbock Methodist Hospital. Services set for Wednesday at Singleton Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery. Survived by husband Lester a son and three daughters all at home mother sister and three brothers.
Miss Katy Beth Tingle 30 of House New Mexico died Sunday in House. Services set for 3 p m today at First Baptist Fort Sumner with Rev Bobby Fuller and Rev Leroy Lupner officiating. Burial at Fort Sumner Cemetery under Jilian Mortuary direction. Survived by two sisters Mrs Owalfa Field House and Mrs Frances Summers Longview and a brother Sherm L Tingle Plains.
James Wiley Stout, 46, died of natural causes after a heart attack while driving a tractor on his brother’s Hale Center area farm. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, burial in Plainview. Stout, a World War II veteran and Hale Center resident for 45 years, survived by his brother, son, mother, another brother, and two sisters.
Services for J C Roberts Sr. will be held at 2 p m today in the Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Roberts, a longtime Paducah resident and Lubbock ISD maintenance foreman at Chapman Field, died about 12 40 am Sunday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a brief illness. He moved to the area in 1958 from Petersburg and is survived by two sons Jimmy of the home and J C Jr. of Buffalo Lakes, his mother Mrs C M Roberts of Lubbock, and three sisters Mrs Mildred Lallard of King County, Mrs Lucile Ryan of Lubbock, and Mrs Leona Walker of Levelland. Pallbearers include Tommie Fisher, Carl Fleer, Dan Tallard, Nicky Dillard, Donnie White and Jerry Tarbel.
Graveside rites for Wesley Shane Sanders infant son of Bill Sanders of Hoffman Estates Illinois and Jeannie Sanders of Andrews will be at 1 pm Wednesday at Prairie Haven Cemetery Hobbs. The infant died at birth Sunday at Permian General Hospital. Survivors include the parents grandparents and siblings Shantaarents Mr and Mrs Kid Sanders Hobbs Mrs Flo Brake Andrews two sisters Mrs Jan Northcutt Lovington and Karen Sanders Andrews and brother Bill Sanders Jr Nocona.
Mrs Rosaline Grace Looper 68 longtime Dawson County resident died about 1145 am Monday at Medical Arts Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services are 2 pm Wednesday at Second Baptist Church with Rev Abe Hester officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park under Branon Funeral Home. Survived by son Vernon of San Antonio and James Gibson of Kansas City Kansas plus brothers Ramon Boling Odessa and A P Bolint Fort Worth among others.
Cecil A Williams 42 of West Texas Hospital after short illness. He owned Williams Dental Laboratories and moved from Childress to Lebbeck Avenue 19.1. A Oklahoma native, he served in the US Army in World War II. Funeral will be Wednesday at Resthaven Singleton-Valesan Chapel with Rev Peyton Fullingiss officiating. Burial Resthaven. Survivors include daughter Cecilia Seaman of Lubbock Route D, three sisters Jimmy Lattlefield, Ob Hatton, Etta Mae Pilcher, brother Paul Sonatne of Mos 6th Place, and ten grandchildren. Pallbearers named Dr David Haynes Gene Cos Cates Dain Rae Dr Charles Hel Te Wharies Hale Charles McCluny.
Graveside services for Simon Saldana 45 of Lubbock will be held Wednesday at City of Lubbock Cemetery. The native Harlingen, Texas, resident died Sunday at Methodist Hospital from injuries suffered in a June 7 one car turnover in East Lubbock. Survivors include his wife Sonia a son two daughters Becky Elizabeth and Diana Martinez of Lubbock two sisters Rosa Caona and Catalina Romero and a brother Lake.
Greenville Texas man James Dennis Gillham, 68, died after a heart attack before his car struck a hay truck near Miami Oklahoma. Gillham suffered a broken neck and other injuries but was pronounced dead at the scene. Truck driver Joe Richard Granger, 42, of Setlla Missouri, was not injured.
Texas authorities charged Clarence Otis Smith as a fugitive from California justice and ordered him held as a suspect in the California sickle slayings. A Brownsville justice of the peace set bond at 70000 dollars and granted California officials the custody request.
Peace Justice Ed Sarabia filed a governor's warrant request after Texas authorities received a Nevada County California sheriff's warrant for 43 year old Aubrn California resident Smith. Smith is accused of killing two people with a curved knife at a Nevada County campsite on July 12 in a attack described as laughing and growling. He was arrested in Mexico and turned over to federal agents. Smith appeared before US Magistrate William Maltier who granted his request for an attorney to advise him on extradition procedures.
James J. Parker 39 of 1613 1 Ave N died on arrival Monday at Methodist Hospital. Justice Wayne LeCroy ruled death by natural causes in an inquest. He was a former Farrs Inc employee and native of Abilene later moving from Odessa to Lubbock in 1970. Survived by Kimberley and Kerry Lynn Parker, brothers Floyd and Leonard, and grandmother Mrs Mapere Parker. Services pending with Toes 2 Soneleom-Wiis.
Fort Worth man Carrs Meye collapsed at home on Friday and died before reaching hospital. An inquest by Justice Wayne LeCroy Beige concluded the man died from a health incident, with details tied to his friend Tom Walsh at 380 Seth Street.
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