Acquittal Move Closes Kennedy Assassination Probe
Dean Andrews, 44, the self styled “fat man” in the JFK conspiracy probe, faced a perjury charge as his trial adjourned. Judge Shea planned a Sunday ruling on a defense motion for acquittal. Andrews walked out smiling, claiming the “fat man” will sleep well tonight.
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New Orleans
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Frank J. Shea
Dean Andrews
Andrews
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Jim Garrison
Eugene Davis
Clay Bertrand
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Seven juveniles held after two Lubbock burglaries
Police say seven youths aged 12 to 16 were arrested after two break ins at Sears Roebuck and TG Y Store on College Ave. merchandise valued in the thousands was recovered, including watches and attic cases. A shooting incident and other thefts were noted in the same report.
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Sears Roebuck & Co
15Th St
Tg&y
College Ave
Sears
Lubbock Downs
Ave. C
Henry J. Jackson
Vanda
North Lubbock
Dallas
M. C. Hamilton
Dixie Drive
Apt. 3
Henry Caffee
16Th St
Wesley Methodist Church
E. Stanford
Henry Adkesson
54Th St
Z. M. March
41St St
Michael G. Elliott
45Th St
Kim Fox
Tyler
34Th St
Ronnie Goode
Main
Bruce Redford
Auburn
Funeral Pending For Sheila Scott
Funeral arrangements are pending at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home for Sheila Annette Scott, 22 month old daughter of Jerry Don and Mrs. Scott of Colorado City. She died after being struck by an auto Saturday morning as she ran behind a backing vehicle at a neighbor’s home. She died en route at Root Memorial Hospital in Colorado City. Survivors include her parents, two grandparents, and great grandparents.
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Franklin-Bartley
Sheila Annette Scott
Jerry Don Scott
Colorado City
Scott
Root Memorial Hospital
Lubbock
T. C. Scott
Ave. D
Ray Barnett
36Th
J. D. Rayburn
Joe Clark
Blossom
Tex
N. V. Barnett
Paris
Polls show new lows for LBJ amid riots and Vietnam
The Harris and Gallup polls report 39 percent approval for President Johnson as of early this month, the lowest in both polls. Harris shows a 19 point drop since mid July, while Gallup’s figures flip from July with 39 percent approval and 14 undecided. Romney and Nixon lead Johnson in presidential preference.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Harris
Gallup
Glassboro
George Romney
Michigan
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Nixon
Explosions In Space Planetarium Program
A planetarium show today at 3 p.m. highlights a famous 1885 supernova in M31 as a turning point for E B Frost. The program is free for West Texas Museum members, with admission for others 50 cents adults and 25 cents children.
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Services for Juan Garcia Monday in Earth parish
Juan A. Garcia 21 a Petersburg farm laborer killed in a car train crash near San Jose California will have services at a Catholic church with Earth Parson Ellis Singleton Funeral Home directing burial in Earth Cemetery He was a Mathis native and had worked in California this summer Survivors include four brothers Jose Hale Center Petersburg and others and three sisters Mrs Mickey Liserio Fort Worth Mrs Lupe Oliviazarez Groves Mrs Alcaria Garcia Spring Lake
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Juan A. Garcia
Petersburg
California
Earth Parson - Ellis - Singleton Funeral Home
Earth Cemetery
Garcia
Mathis
San Jose
Calif
Jose
Genaro
Hale Center
Valentine
Olton
Esa
Cactus
Tex
Mickey Liserio
Fort Worth
Lupe Oliviazarez
Groves
Alcaria Garcia
Springlake
Walter Chavers Dies in Tahoka At 66
Walter Chavers 66 of Dallas died of an apparent heart attack Friday night at his temporary Tahoka residence while working on Sira and Payne Construction Co. projects. He was here about a month and was a Baptist. Survivors include two Dallas brothers Joe and Claude. daughters Bobbie Pear Lines of New York, Betty Winkles, and Pansy Chavers. sons Walter, Everett, Lonnie and Roy. and eight grandchildren. Services are pending at White Funeral Home.
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Tahoka
Walter Chavers
Dallas
Chavers
The
Sira and Payne Construction Co
Baptist Church
Joe
Claude
Bobbie Pear Lines
New York City
Betty Winkles
Pansy Chavers
Walter
Everett
Lonnie
Roy
White Funeral Home
Mrs. Cotton's Rites Monday in Littlefield
Margaret Mae Cotton 81 longtime Littlefield resident died at Hospitality Home. Survived by three daughters, one son, three sisters, one brother, nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Monday Hammons Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. R. B. Hall officiating. Burial Plains Cemetery Plains Ohio meaning of name noted.
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Littlefield
Margaret Mae Cotton
Anna Elliott
Jack Renshaw
Hammons Funeral Home
R. B. Hall
First Baptist Church
Plains Cemetery
Plains
Ira T. Riggs Funeral Slated
Services are set for 5 p.m. today at Dunn Baptist Church for Ira T. Riggs 67 a Snyder County resident of 45 years. The Rev. Shelby Jones and the Rev. Cone Merritt will officiate. Burial will follow in Snyder Cemetery. Riggs a Parker County native and retired farmer died Friday night at Cogdell Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Galeda daughter Barbara Russell of Big Spring son Lia Jr. of Snyder sister Ollie Prestidge Snyder brother Howard Snyder and five grandchildren.
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Snyder
Dunn Baptist Church
Ira T. Riggs
Scurry County
Shelby Jones
Cone Merritt
Bell - Seale Funeral Home
Snyder Cemetery
Riggs
Parker County
Cogdell Funeral Home
Galeda
Barbara Russell
Big Spring
Lia Jr
Ollie Prestidge
Howard
Mrs. Minnie Wyatt Funeral in Levelland
Mrs. Minnie Lee Wyatt 76 a Levelland resident since 1946 died in Baltimore after a heart attack Services are at 4 p m today at the Church of the Nazarene in Levelland with Rev. Troy Martin and Rev. Fred Blake officiating Burial is in City of Levelland Cemetery George C Price Funeral Home directs Survivors include six sons and seven daughters
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Minnie Lee Wyatt
Levelland
Baltimore
Church of the Nazarene
Troy Martin
Fred Blake
Trinity Baptist Church
City of Levelland Cemetery
George C. Price
Cantrell Rites Set for Local Resident Dies at 65
Services for B A Cantrell, 65, longtime Lubbock resident since 1928, will be held at 10 a m Monday in Sanders Funeral Home Memorials Chapel. Burial follows in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Cantrell died Friday night of an apparent heart attack in Ruidoso. Survivors include wife six sons four daughters four sisters and 14 grandchildren. Pallbearers named J R Henkel Ira Tomblin O P McCall John Alexander Guy Allen H B Hutson.
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RB. A. Cantrell
20Th St
R. N. Huckabee
First Methodist Church
Sanders Funeral Home
City of Lubbock
Cantrell
Lubbock
Ruidoso
J. R. Henkel
Ira Tomblin
O. P. McCall
John Alexander
Guy Allen
H. B. Hutson
Mrs. Connie Moody Funeral Set Monday
Mrs. Connie Moody 64 former Littlefield resident died Friday in a Fort Worth hospital after a long illness. Services tentatively set in Johnson Funeral Home chapel with burial in a San Angelo cemetery. Survived by a son, a daughter, five brothers and two sisters. Widow of Horace Moody of Littlefield. She had lived in Fort Worth Dallas area since 1956 and served as pianist for First Baptist Church in Fort Worth.
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San Angelo
Connie Moody
Littlefield
Fort Worth
Johnson Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Horace Moody
Moody
Fort Worth-Dallas
First Baptist Church
Pulitzer Winner Esther Forbes Dies At 76
Esther Forbes, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Paul Revere and The World He Lived In, Johnny Tremain, and A Mirror for Witches, died Saturday at Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass at age 76. Survived by two brothers and two sisters. Private funeral services planned.
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Mass
UPI
Esther Forbes
America
Memorial Hospital
Forbes
Paul Revere
Westboro
American Library Association
Newbery Medal
Olin Gause Hardin Rites In Lovington
Services for Olin Gause Hardin 81 are set for 3 p.m. today at Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L S Lovall of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow in Lovington cemetery. He died Friday at Lea General Hospital after an extended illness. Hardin ran ranching operations in Lea County for many years. He is survived by four daughters nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Lovington
Olin Gause Hardin
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
L. S. Lovall
First Christian Church
Lovington Cemetery
Lovington- Lea General Hospital
Hardin
Lea County
Mrs Martha Leech Services Set Today
Services for Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Leech 81 of Hermleigh will be at 2 p.m. at Central Baptist Church Hermleigh Burial will be in Hillside Memorial Gardens Bell Seale Funeral Home in charge of arrangements She died at 11 p.m Thursday in Snyder Cogdell Memorial Hospital Survived by daughters two sons a sister nine grandchildren and five others
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Snyder
Martha Elizabeth Leech
Hermleigh
Central Baptist Church
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell- Seale Funeral Home
Leech
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Montreal Limited Crashes Into Freight Killing Two
A Montreal Limited train carrying more than 300 tourists to EXPO 67 slammed a freight train on the Delaware and Hudson line near the Saratoga Performing Arts Center killing two passengers Kristian S. Ebsen of Bergen Norway and Sidney Kirseh of New York City. More than a dozen injured including a nun, with 76 sleeping car riders and 250 in coaches.
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Springs
N.Y
Montreal Limited
Delaware and Hudson
Kristian S. Ebsen
Bergen Norway
Sidney Kirseh
New York City
118Th St
Queens
Montreal
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