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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1966

Page

3

River Authorities Back Texas Water Plan Plan

Guadalupe-Blanco and San Antonio river authorities oppose the latest Texas Water Plan but reaffirm a joint agreement to build dams on the Guadalupe and San Antonio rivers to supply San Antonio. Hearings continue with Carrizo Springs next.

Texas Water Plan Goliad Guadalupe-Blanco San Antonio Carrizo Springs Cueva Guadalupe River Guadalupe-Blanca River San Antonio River

Post Stampede Opens With Welcome Rains In Texas

Rain dampened the opening of the Post Stampede and Southwestern Championship Junior Rodeo in Post. Judy Huff, 16, was crowned Rodeo Queen as awards were presented, followed by a parade and officials’ recognitions. Winners included Jim Brock in hareback bronc and bull riding, Martha Rose, Buttons Howard, Ed Workman, Handley Driver, and several junior event champions.

POST Judy Huff Cliff Grigsby Jim Brock Dimmitt Martha Rose A Paul Butler Lubbock Deborah Whitehead Morton Kenneth Foy Sweeny Joe Bever Fluvanna

Teen-Agers Caught Burglary Suspects in 616 28th Street

Two youths, ages 19 and 17, were arrested after being found inside the B and M Vending Co building at 616 28th Street. Patrolman Heller and officers trapped the suspects, who hid in the attic, and small money, tools, and a razor were recovered. Charges expected today.

28Th St Dennis Heller B&m Vending Co B. G. Cason James Shepard John Arnold

Bread price rise tied to higher operating costs says bakers

At a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing in Washington bakers including Russell J. Hug of Ward Foods Inc. warned bread prices may climb as operating costs rise. Hug noted home baking would be costlier today and Rep. Paul Fine blamed commodity markets for price spikes.

Washington UPI Bakere House Agriculture Russell J. Hug Ward Foods Inc Graham Purcell D-Tex Hug Paul Hich Commodity Exchange Authority Page Belcher R-Okla

Senate Passes 14.1 Billion Budget With Moon Plan

The Senate approved a 14.1 billion appropriations bill funding 27 agencies for the current year. It includes NASA support for a moon landing by 1970 and Project Mole drilling toward Earth’s mantle off Hawaii. The measure now heads to the House after narrow cuts were rejected.

Washington UPI Senate House John J. Williams R-Del Stephen Mc Young Ohio John Tower R-Tex Department of Housing and Urban Development Veterans Administration Warren G. Magnusson D-Wash National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Agency U.S Hawaii

Bewildering Acceptance: Faith and Endurance in Ezekiel Text

A fragment discusses endurance of the heart citing Ezekiel 22 14 and a belief that what cannot be cured must be endured The speaker asserts God will be refuge and security and urges stillness and trust despite distress attributed to JULIEN CO HYER

Reese AFB projects gain half million in House measure

The House measure includes a half million dollars for Reese Air Force Base construction. Projects cover three tower pads with taxiways and detectors, taxiway lighting, a high altitude training building, an aircraft corrosion control building for undergraduate T-38 training, and a flight line maintenance facility. Congress must pass an appropriations bill before spending.

Reese Afb Reese Congress

T. C. Herring Dies at 74 with Funeral Arrangements Pending

T. C. Check Herring, 74, of 5001 W. Woth St., has died. Arrangements are pending with Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.

Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home T. C Check) Herring W. Woth St

Services Friday For Mrs. Jones in Snyder

Friday services are planned for Mrs. Willard HL Jones Jr., a Snyder resident for 12 years, who died Wednesday in Cagdell Memorial. Funeral arrangements are pending with local authorities and community members remembering her life.

Mrs Winfield's Services Pend For Joe Winfield

Arrangements are pending at a Mena Arkansas funeral home for Joe Winfield, a Cove Arkansas native and former Shallowater resident. He died en route to an Arkansas hospital. Relatives said he was dead on arrival. Surviving family includes four sons Janine of Ruidesa, No M. Gersham of California, and J A and J Ry of Lahhack, plus Mrs Virgib Wal Laihhack and Mrs wnaries Krebbs.

Mena, Ark Joe Winfield Cove Ark Shallowater Winfield Thesdas Arkansas Revee Pee Swetheag Ters Virgib Wal Laihhack Wnaries Krebbs Janine Ruidesa M. Gersham California J. A and J. Ry Lahhack

Goodwill Bus Leaves for Peru to Aid Cerebral Palsy School

A goodwill bus departs Laithback Friday bound for Austin as the first leg toward a trip to a Peruvian school for young cerebral palsy victims. Donated to Texas Partners of the Alliance for Peru, it will be shown in Austin Friday night during a Texas Partners meeting Saturday.

Laith Austin Texas ‘Partners The Alliance For Peru Texas Partners In

Rites Set For Rev Alejo Vela In Lubbock Peru Friendship Bus

Services for Rev Alejo Vela will be held as Lubbock honors Peru with a refurbished 48 passenger school bus to be sent to Arequipa. The bus carries a sample of items donated by Lubbock citizens for Texas Partners and Peru’s people to people program with USAID, including a refrigerator and clothes.

Texas Partners Lubbock S Ca. Peru Peru Arequipa Sampte Lubbock Area U.S. Agency For International Development

William Heckler Services Today

Funeral services are planned today for William F. Fritz Meckler 78 father of an advertising director as neighbors recall his life and service. The notice notes a spring memorial and local church arrangements.

William Heckler Big William F Fritz) Meckler

Mrs Iris Browning Services Slated Today

Special funeral for Mrs. Iris Browning, 56, who died Tuesday in a Fort Worth nursing home, will be at 2 p.m. today at Fluvanna Baptist Church. Rev. Thomas Hall will officiate. Burial follows in Fluvanna Cemetery under Bell-Seale Funeral Home of Snyder. Survivors include husband Foch Browning of Fort Worth and mother Mrs. Willie Gunn of Sweetwater.

Rev Thomas Hall Fluvanna Cemetery Bell-Seale Funeral Home Snider Foch Browning Fort Worth Wilie Gunn Sweetwater

Services Set Today For B. E. Brumley

Services for B. E. Brumley 44 of Hereford and Lathbock resident for 10 years will be held at Central Church of Christ Hereford at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Hereford. He died in his sleep at his Passum Kingdom lake home. Survived by wife two sons a daughter mother sisters two brothers and seven grandchildren.

B. BF. Brumley 17Th St Central Church At Christ Hereford Bromiley Passum Kingdom

Obituary fragment lists Burk family relations and survivors

Mrs Raymond Parrish of 4415 and Mrs James Lanes of San Diego Calif plus two brothers F W Herring of Lavaca Ark and Bill Herring of Los Angeles Calif and 10 grandchildren of Bell Seale Funeral Home daughter Wenona and son Jerry all of the home her parents Mr and Mrs Earl Burk of Snyder and a brother Earl Burk of Ludhock listed among survivors

Raymond Parrish Thy James Lanes San Diego Calif F. W. Herring Lavaca Ark Bill Herring Los Angeles Cali Wenona Jerry Earl Burk Snyder Ludhock

Mental Health Official Resigns From Texas Post

Dr. Shervert Frazier resigned Wednesday as commissioner of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. He plans to return to Baylor University in the psychiatry department and said the acceptance date for his new position is for mutual discussion. He praised the department and expressed continued interest and support in any capacity.

Horace E. Cromer Mental Health Board Frazier Tocun Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Man Dead After Humorous Prank Turns Violent

In Valenciennes France Ernest Dore aged 45 tried a joke on friend Henry Bate 46 on a park bench. Bate rose enraged struck Dore causing fatal head injuries. Dore died from the blows and Bate was held on homicide charges.

Valenciennes France Ernest Dore Henry Bate Dore Bates Rates Nove Ratel

Funeral services for S B Pops Upton noted in West Texas

Funeral services for S B Pops Upton 76 of 1709 Ave N will be at St Luke s Methodist Church with Dr Lloyd Hamilton and Rev Ernest McGauhey officiating. Graveside rites follow at Hall County Cemetery Lakeview. Surviving family includes daughter Mrs FE M Sewell, brothers Roy A Upton and Wesley C Upton, sisters Mrs J O Gillham and Mrs Harvey Pace, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. An earlier traffic crash left two people in hospital including Antonin Lial Gutierrez and John Timothy Hendrix.

Upton 1709 Ave. N West Texas Hospital St. Luke's Methodist Church Lloyd Hamilton Ernest McGauhey Hall County Lakeview Hardin County Dunlap’s Brownfield Harvey Pace Orange Grove Calif Tont Suits Rob Upton Elmer Caddel Karl Nail Bud Welcb Jack Lomax

Allen Watts Services Pending In Floydada

Floydada notes the death of 57 year old Allen Watts at his home on Wednesday after a period of illness. The Floydada resident apparently died of a heart attack with Moore Funeral Home handling arrangements. He is survived by three sons Gene and Buddy of Floydada and Wayne of Roswell New Mexico.

Floydada Allen Watts Watts Moore Funeral Home Gene Buddy Floy

Obituary: Marshal Rogers of Slaton Dies After Illness

Marshal Rogers 89 a longtime Slaton resident and former pastor of the First Baptist Church died Wednesday after a long illness. Rev John Cartrite will officiate Friday service at the First Baptist Church with burial in Englewood Cemetery. Survivors include son Louis of Slaton route one a brother Fross Rogers Weslaco a sister Hattie Ratliff Dallas three grandchildren four great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Slaton First Baptist Marshal Rogers Okla Rogers First Baptist Church John Cartrite Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home Louis Rt. 1 Fross Rogers Weslaco Hattie Ratliff Dallas

Services for T. R. Carleton Friday

Thomas R. Carleton 51 a retired Air Force technical sergeant and Lubbock resident since 1962 died Wednesday in Reese AFB Hospital after a lengthy illness. He served at Reese AFB and worked at the Texas Tech Library after returning from Okinawa in 1960. Services set Friday in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. Bill Wilkerson. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral directing. Survived by Ruth a daughter Sandra his mother Essie Carleton Shreveport La a brother Charles S. Carleton Austin and a sister Mrs D H Kewell Jr Shreveport La.

Thomas R. Carleton Air Force Lubbock Reese Afb Carleton Reese Air Force Base Texas Tech Okinawa Sanders Memorial Chapel Bill Wilkerson Colorado City Methodist Church City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home Ruth Sandra Essie i Carleton Shreveport Charles S. Carleton Austin D. H. Kewell Jr

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Parrish Grocery and Market Amity Study Club 10 Cash Implement Co Ken Young Tommy Young Vahrenkamp FBRA State Water Board Wayne Connally John Connally State Senate Robert L. Person B. A. Hartman Karnes William A. Smith San Patricio W. A. Nichols Pete Hurst Jarvis St Steve Peace Dartmouth Si 7Th Street Avenue R P&r Grocery Ave. D James QC Hurley 54Th St 17Th Street Avenue D Bakers Emily Dickinson Monterey Robert Trenner Ezekiel God Julien CO Hyer Texas. Tech Germain Roor Chicago Arthur Anderson and Co. Tech Redinald Rushing Dr. Boer Tech School of Business Administration T.C Herring Jones J. B. Donathan Lawndale Friendship( Primitive Baptist Jimmy, Bass Littlefield Sylvester Goens Laibbock Brownfield Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home Donathan Union Terry County Gertrude J. S Idalou C. P Plainview Thomas JD Woodland J. R. Patton Elmer Griffith Lewis Segars Westminster Jack Roberts Silver City Mum D. D. Kelley Odessa O. V. Ludicke Lancaster Vela Temple Bautista Mission Wayland Baptist College Parkdale Baptist Church Labbock Primera Iglesia Bautista N. Sherman Ave First Mexican Baptist Church Ropesville Latin American Baptist Mission Mineral Wells Southwestern Baptist Thelogical Seminary Language Missions Department Baptist’ General Convention of Texas Chicana Cerebral Palsey School Mrs. Winfield Joseph Kelly Emmett Kelly Ind Joseph Alejo Vela Iris Browning B. E. Brumley Bell Seale Funeral Home Missy Montgomery Melissa Missy” Montgomery Tiehe Robert Edmwndson Hollywood Dinah Shore George Montgomery Missy Edmundson Palm Springs AP Wirephate S. B. Upton Methodist Hospital Antonin Lial Gutierrez Avenue U Loop 289 John Timothy Hendrix Ave. V Avenue Q Annie Herman Heckler Luther Clara McMurray Ric Spring Alice Roushenbury Zelma Heckler Annie Heckler Vieana Austral T. R. Carleton Resthaven Funeral Home Funeral Home Cemetery
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