Gun Control Looms As Next Legislative Item
Texas lawmakers weigh gun control after the 1966 campus massacre. Debates over lifetime confinement for insane criminals and wider pistol permit ideas surface alongside questions about reporting rifle and shotgun sales. Officials warn many firearms remain in civilian hands and could reach dangerous users.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
University of Texas
Texas
Johnson
John Connally
Waggoner Carr
U. S
Carr
Dave Finney
Fort Worth
Connally
Austin Outdoors
Oswalds
LBJ Ranch
Dallas Outdoors
President's Ranch
Texas Department of Public Safety
Reward Offered For Missing Black Dog Linked To Rabies Fears
Don Davis offers 100 dollars for information leading to the return of a small black dog reported to have bitten Scott Davis. If not found by Saturday morning the 6 year old may need rabies shots. The dog is 12 to 15 inches high, black with a white throat spot, wearing a blue green collar with a tag, last seen east of the bite scene behind a neighbor's house. Reports to Lubbock Police or Davis at SW9 6805. Fire destroyed the bedroom of a rear unit at 1922 9th St. total loss, with smoke damage to the rest of the house.
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Don Davis
13Th St
Scott
Lubbock
Davis
Two Charged In Bank Job In Minnesota
Two young gunmen from Little Rock Arkansas were charged after robbing Citizens State Bank of about ten thousand dollars at Big Lake Minnesota. They fled by plane to Little Falls and Detroit Lakes before authorities arrested them in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Bic Lake
Minn
Citizens State Bank
FBI
Little Rock
Ark
Johnny Bauzh
Herman Dale Scates
U.S
Bernard Glimpfer
Bauzh
Scates
Hennepin County
Big Lake
Little Falls
Detroit Lakes
El Paso Water Bill Completed In House
The House passed a bill amending repayment provisions of a contract between El Paso County Water Improvement District 1 and the government for a reclamation project. Payments will be proportional to water actually available from the Rio Grande, replacing a fixed annual amount. the measure, sponsored by Rep. Richard White, D Texas, had cleared both chambers and returned for minor changes.
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House
Senate
Twirling Clinic Set At Tech Next Week
National champion Terry Stephens will conduct a twirling clinic at Texas Tech August 15 18. Classes run 9 a.m. to noon on the band practice field near the Music Building. Stephens a 1965 Texas champion and 1966 national international boys crown holder is a featured Tech Band twirler. Contact the Tech Band Office Ext for details.
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Terry Stephens
Texas Tech
Tech Music
Stephenville
Texas
Tech
Tech Band
Mop Handle Sought as Murder Weapon in Texas Slayings
In Fort Worth detectives and Johnson County search fields for a pink mop handle believed used to strangle Edna Sullivan 16. Roy Green 18 and Kenneth McDuff 20 are charged in three killings in Johnson and Tarrant counties with Green alleging McDuff killed Edna and raped her twice.
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Fort Worth
UPD
Johnson County
Edna Louise Sullivan
Robert Brand
Mark Dunnam
Roy Green
Kenneth McDuff
Green
McDuff
Johnson
Tarrant
Edna Louise
Banquet Dad Treats Daughter at Caprock Club Event
Don Adams and his daughter Angela attended the Caprock American Business Club father-daughter banquet at the Johnson House Restaurant. Angela, three, appeared in various moods from doubtful to amused as photos captured the moment.
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Don Adams
49Th St
Angela
Caprock American Business Club
Johnson House
Don
Panhandle Davidson clan reunion stitches two branches
About 52 Texas Panhandle Davidsons plus nearly as many Southern California kin gathered at Newport Beach after arriving in Fullerton to join a weekend reunion organized by Sister Pearl Cluck of Grover Texas. The event blends a reception dinner harbor cruise and trips to Disneyland and local venues.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Davidson Clan
Texas
Panhandle
Fullerton
California
Okla Davidson
Inglewood
Sister Pearl
Pearl
Homer Davidson Cluck
Grover, Tex
Southern California
Mrs. Cluck
Disneyland. Mrs. Cluck
Altus
Okla
Cluck
Panhandle Davidsons
Peggy Ralph
Bell
Georgia Miller
Gardena
Okla Lee Davidson
Tory Davidson
Long Beach
Terry Davidson
Ernest Davidson
Denver
Colo
CAP Meeting Ends With Final Sessions Today
The second and final day of the Community Action Program workshop convenes in the Arnett Room of Citizens National Bank with Bob Allen and Dwight Davis delivering featured addresses. CAP directors from multiple Texas towns gather with officials for talks on youth programs and local media use.
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Arnett
Citizens National Bank
Bob Allen
Dwight Davis
CAP
Citizens National
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Meador
Gov
Austin
Joe Kelly
Lubbock
Bob Nash
KFYO
Area Cap
Don Malone
Vernon
Frank Latimer
Dimmitt
O. L. Watson
Levelland
Sweetwater
Snyder
San Angelo
Lamesa
Plainview
Amarillo
Rodeo's First Round Complete At Post Stampede
The Post Special Competitors completed first go round action at the Post Stampede and Southwestern Championship Junior Rodeo. Winners in the second performance include Joan Minor Post in flag race Gladys Pinkett Ropesville in barrels and others with senior winners such as Judd Simms Lubbock in bareback riding and Marie Voss Snyder in barrels. The event runs through Saturday despite Wednesday rain delays.
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POST
Joan Minor
Gladys Pinkett
Ropesville
Jennys Voss
Snyder
Glenn Carrol
Crane
Wayne Cunningham
Gail
Wade Lewis
Hereford
Charles Coax
Amarillo
Judd Simms
Lubbock
Marie Voss
Jess Everett
Paul Butler
Truman Mauldin
Sylvester
Backbone and Conviction Teach Steady Living
Motivational verse stresses building character through conviction and right choices. It urges readers to stand firm with courage, wisdom, and confidence, guiding plans and decisions with strength and positive purpose.
Premier Petroleum Buys West Texas Reed Oil Stations
Premier Petroleum Co purchases Reed Oil Co with about 34 stations in 14 West Texas cities. Meehan says operation transfers immediately and notes Lubbock sites mark first Premier stations there.
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Andrews
Big Amarillo
Borger
Brownfield
Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Pampa
San Angelo
Stamford
Stanton
Sweetwater Jr
Tornado Rider Roy Bennett Dies After Tornado Injury
Roy Bennett 46 a former Air Force master sergeant who rode in the center of a tornado funnel two years ago died of an apparent heart attack. He survived injuries from the April 3 1964 twister that killed seven at Sheppard Air Force Base and carried debris past his home. Funeral mass set for Saturday. survivors include his widow parents two daughters and a brother.
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Wichita Falls
Roy Bennett
Bennett
Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
Former Rio Grande developer dies in Houston
James Bruce Relin Sr. 64, lumber man, rancher and real estate man, died Wednesday night. Relin, president of Statewide Juimber Co., helped develop the Lower Rio Grande Valley and moved to Houston in 1933. He established an early on your lot home firm and later ran 5B Ranch near Brenham. Survived by widow and three sons J Bruce Jr Douglas and Gary Belin of Houston. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Houston
James Bruce Relin
Relin
Statewide Juimber Co
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Midwest
Camilla
Brenham
J. Bruce Jr
Douglas
Gary Belin
Summer Is Dead The Airline Strike Hits Miami Beach Hotels
Miami Beach hotelier George Bernstein says business is the worst in 25 years as a nationwide airline strike decimates occupancy. Delano Hotel runs about 65 percent, with July at 100 percent then collapsing. Chamber of Commerce puts daily losses at 2 million dollars.
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Doug Bailey
Miami Beach
Fla
George Bernstein
Florida
Delano Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Jules Schoen
Bernstein
Ajong Moro Row
Miami
Delano
Morahan Death Reveals Lubbock Widow Rites
Mrs. Julia C Morahan 92 of 4805 Canton Ave died at 3 a m in Colonial Manor Nursing Home She will lie in state at Christ the King Catholic Church with a Requiem Mass set for Saturday Burial follows at Whiteshoro Cemetery under Henderson Funeral Directors She was born in Rogers Arkansas and lived in Lubbock 14 years Survived by three sons two sisters two grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Julia C. Morahan
Canton Ave
Colonial Manor
Lubbock
Christ the King Catholic Church
J. F
Charles J
Corpus Christi
George L
Prominent Texas Surgeon Dies at 65
Dr. Joseph R. Shaeffer 65 a noted surgeon and disaster medicine authority died Thursday in San Antonio. He was director of medical education at Santa Rosa Medical Center and earned awards from the American Cancer Society. Surviving are his widow and two sons.
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San Antonio
Joseph R. Shaeffer
American Cancer Society
Shaeffer
University of Texas South Texas Medical School of Medicine
Cornell University
Army Medical Corps
Houston
Ronald Shaeffer
Gainesville
Fla
Funeral set for Rev Aleic Vela in Hammond Ind
Services for Rev Aleic Vela longtime pastor and Lubbock native who died Monday at Baylor Hospital Dallas will be held Saturday at First Southern Baptist Church in Hammond Indiana. Vela formerly led Templo Bautista Mission Primera Iglesia Bautista in Lubbock First Mexican Baptist Church in Ropesville and the Latin American Baptist Mission in Mineral Wells. He had been hospitalized since January with an acute kidney illness and was licensed to preach in 1959 ordained in 1960.
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Aleic Vela
Lubbock
Baylor
Primera Iglesia Bautista
N. Sherman Ave
First Mexican Baptist Church
Ropesville
Latin American Baptist Mission
Mineral Wells
Mrs Roberts Funeral Se t in Amarillo Church Services
Mrs Jonahnnie Leo Roberts 85 of 2813 9th St Amarillo died at 2 a m Thursday in St Anthony s Hospital Funeral services set for 10 a m Saturday at Grace Baptist Church with Rev M O Garner officiating Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under direction of Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Survivors include her husband R M Roberts a daughter Mrs Rex Tatum Lubbock a sister two brothers P H McKinney Silverton and R L McKinney Harris Ark and two grandchildren
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Amarillo
Jonahnnie Leo Roberts
9Th St
St. Anthony’s Hospital
MelKinney
Roberts
Grace Baptist Church
M. O. Garner
Llano Cemetery
Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Home
R. M. Roberts
Rex Tatum
Lubbock
P. H. McKinney
Silverton
R. L. McKinney
Harris, Ark
Herring Rites Set for Saturday in Franklin-Bartley
Funeral services for TC Herring 74 of 5001 11th Street will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Franklin-Bartley Chapel with Rev. George Faison of Grace Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will follow in Petersburgh Cemetery. He was a World War I veteran, a retired farmer, and survived by his wife three daughters and ten grandchildren.
R. B. Bryant Dies: Longtime Jones County Resident
R B Bryant 77 a Stamford merchant and longtime Jones County resident died Thursday in Shannon Hospital San Angelo He owned Bryant Link Stores started by his father in 1884 He served on the McMurry College board planned for SMU and on a Methodist Home board He was married 1909 to Josephine Gentry Survivors include his wife two daughters four children a brother and a sister Seven grandchildren accounted for Services set for 3 p m Saturday at St John s Methodist Stamford Burial in Highland Cemetery Stamford Johnson Funeral Home in charge.
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San Angelo
R. B. Bryant
Stamford
Shannon
St. John's Methodist Church
Eugene Matthews
Highland Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Anson
Bryant
Jones County
Bryant- Link
Texas
McMurry
McMurry College
SMU
Methodist Home
Waco
Rotary Club
Josephine Gentry
Rule
Tex
J. E. Lovelace
Welby Callicoate
Robert L
Lake Jackson
John C
Hamlin
W. J
Stanford
Charles G.eralish
Corpus Christi
Alton Seigler Services Pending in Crosbyton
Alton Oliver Seigler 58 of Crosbyton died Thursday at his home. A WWII veteran, he ran a radio and television repair service and was a Baptist Church member. Funeral services are pending at King Funeral Home. Survived by wife Mary Lou two sons Richard and Gary daughter Mrs. Billy Don Renfro of Stamford Tex a brother Weldon Seigler a sister Georgie May Grace and three grandchildren.
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Crosbyton
Alton Oliver Seigler
Seigler
Tie
The
Baptist Church
King Funeral Home
Mary Lou
Richard
Gary
Billy Don Renfro
Stamford
Tex
Weldon Se
Carleton Rites Scheduled Here
Thomas R Carleton 51 died Wednesday in Reese AFB Hospital. Services set for 4 p m today at Sanders Memorial Chapel with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. He was a retired Air Force technical sergeant and longtime Texas Tech library staffer. Family: Ruth daughter Sandra and mother Essie Carleton. Brother Charles S Carleton and sister Mrs D H Jewell Jr. reside in Shreveport and Austin respectively.
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Thomas R. Carterton
62Nd St
Air Force
Reese Afb
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Bill Wilkerson
Colorado City
Ruth
Sandra
Essie Carleton
Shreveport
Charles S. Carleton
Austin
1D. H. Jewell Jr
Santos Cruz Services Pending At City Funeral Home
Santos Cruz, 51, of 650 Zenith Street, died Wednesday at his home. Three sons Encarnacion Ruben and Jose and two daughters Maria Cruz and Mrs Rosabel Martinez reside with him. Public services are pending at San ders Funeral Home in the city.
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Sanders Funeral
Santos Cruz
Zenith St
Encarnacion
Ruben
Jose
Maria Cruz
Rosabel Martinez
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J. S. Green
James S. Chapman
Minnesota
el Paso
Twirling
Ray Westbrook
Panhandle Dugout
Davidson
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Nugents
Sir Ralph Drake
Bahamas
Luci
Pat Nugent
Lady Drake
Government House
Julien C. Hyer
West
Fort Worth Oil Company
Ave. Q
E. Broadway
Rio Grande
Lincoln Road Mall
Rev
Vela
Mrs. Roberts
Jones
Alton Seigler
Carleton
Sesthaew
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