City to Hold Rites for Blair Adams
Blair Dewitt Adams 53 will be honored at 2 30 p m today at Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church for his death by gunshot in his Blair Adams Supply Co office at 2139 Baylor Drive. Police say self inflicted wound. Survivors include a wife a son Blair C Adams a daughter Mrs E A Herring a sister and his mother.
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Bowman Chapel
First Methodist Church
Blair Dewitt Adams
Blair Adams Supply Co
Baylor Drive
Adams
Robert L. Warren
Justice of the Peace
F. R. Land
Lubbock
Levelland
Amarillo
Franklin Bartley
Miss Texas Sharon McCauley to speak at Lubbock Lions luncheon
Sharon McCauley Miss Texas will address the Lubbock Lions Club noon luncheon at KoKo Palace and outline her Miss America pageant plans in Atlantic City in early September. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith will speak at Industrial Lions Club noon meeting at Betty Jay Restaurant in KoKo Korner Complex. Mackenzie State Park hosts for two family reunions with picnics. Wise County reunion set with Ora Mat Wilhite as secretary. Civil jury panel in 140th District Court was dismissed after no objections for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon McCauley
Lubbock Lions Club
KoKo Palace
Miss McCauley
Atlantic City
Preston Smith
Industrial Lions Club
Betty Jay
KoKo Korner
50Th St
Ave. Q
McWilliams
Mackenzie State Park
L. H. McWilliams
McAdoo
L. T. McWilliams
Sudan
A. C. McWilliams
Glen Rose
Wise County
Ora Mat Wilhite
Tulsa
140Th District Court
Robert H. Bean
NASA to Use Syncom II to Help Launch Syncom C
NASA said next week it will use the Syncom II satellite already in orbit to direct the upcoming Syncom C launch from Cape Kennedy, a first in which one satellite assists another. Syncom II will relay commands to overcome Pacific weather and ionospheric disruptions during positioning around the equator near the International Date Line.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fla
H. N. Stafford
NASA
Syncom Project
mit-Pacific
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
First U.S. Tennis Champion Richard Sears 1881
In Newport Rhode Island the first United States amateur tennis champion was Richard D Sears who won the inaugural American championships sponsored by the Lawn Tennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R.I
United States
Richard D. Sears
Canine Restaurant Opens in Antibes with Monaco Princess Ties
In Antibes France a new canine themed restaurant opens following a suggestion by Princess Grace of Monaco and Princess Paula. The venue joins his La Siesta with a 20 cover charge and aims to attract pet friendly dining clientele.
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Antibes
France
Wns
Grace of
Monaco
Paula Ope
Judge backs new law on publicizing juvenile cases
Helena Montana Judge Lester H Loble defends open juvenile court hearings saying publicity lowers crime by naming offenders and involving parents. Since 1961 law, juvenile felonies dropped 49 percent and nationwide interest grows as authorities seek copies of Montana's approach.
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Jack J. Zygmond
Helena
Mont
Montana
Lester H. Loble
Great Britain
Loble
Lions Open Crosbyton Rodeo Celebration With Parade
Crosbyton hosts the 17th annual Lions Rodeo kickoff with a large downtown parade led by rodeo queen Brenda Suther 13. Winners in riding and floats receive trophies as about 2500 spectators watch bands clowns and a burro brigade.
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Crosbyton
Lions Club
Brenda Suther
Lee Suther
Petersburg
Idalou
Camp Rio Blanco Girl Scouts
Lady Bugs
Pioneer
Red Whatley
The
Sandhills Co
Hartsell Ash
Throckmorton
Ed Workman
Orton
Dallas
Johnny Nix
Tulsa
Workman
Debbie Ferguson
Harold Williams
Claude Groves
Lubbock
Clyde Ken- Kennedy
Abilene
Jack Dickey
Plainview
Red Doyle
Happy
Cotton Wheat
O'Donnell
Law Profession Hit By Michigan Educator
EAST LANSING Mich UPI A Michigan State University professor criticizes the legal field saying criminals thrive due to public apathy and a neglectful profession He argues the public must be re educated and lawyers should engage more in criminal law Former police administrator Frank D Day cites that many lawyers treat criminal law only as a service to long established clients
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
UPI
United States
Michigan State University
Frank D. Day
Day
Anniversary of Berlin Wall Rally by Goldwater Miller
Washington AP reporting Republican nominees Barry Goldwater and William Miller marked the third anniversary of the Berlin Wall with a statement urging Americans to write to Europeans about freedom. They rededicated to human dignity and the belief that freedom lights will eventually shine again.
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Washington
Berlin Wall
Europe
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William E .Miller
New York
Republican National Committee
America
Goldwater
Miller
Theft Losses Include Cash Radio Watch Across Lubbock
Lubbock residents report mixed thefts Thursday from a pistol to a radio and welding gear. Missing items include a .22 derringer, a shortwave radio, a car radio and tire, a woman's watch, clothing, and an agitator from a washing machine. Probed break ins occurred at homes, garages, a motel, and a coin laundromat.
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Lubbock
Bobby Brown
Auburn] St
Kenneth Bray
Mike Sadd
Cornell St
Louise Branum
Oak St
Jerry Sims
65Th St
Michael Aden
Kewanee St
Apt. 15
Richard Purdy
Dartmouth St
Vendals
Monterey
Starlite
Fir St
Litter Business Big At Michigan State
Maintenance engineers at Michigan State University say trash collected on campus last year would fill Spartan Stadium to a 30 foot height if dumped on the field. MSU spends about $18,000 annually to dump garbage and about $50,000 to maintain containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan State University
MSU
Spartan
Dust Storm Carried 10 Million Tons Across Mediterranean
A two day windstorm in 1903 blew roughly ten million tons of dust from African deserts across the Mediterranean into Europe, affecting visibility and air quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Mediterranean
Lnto
Europe
Ira C Maddox Funeral Today
RALLS Special Services for Ira C Maddox 84 Meadow will be at 2 30 p m today at Ralls First Baptist Church with Rev C M Fields officiating Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. Maddox died about 7 a m Thursday at Green Memorial Hospital Muleshoe Born in Tennessee he was a retired farmer and had lived in Meadow since 1948 after leaving Ralls where he resided since 1934 He moved to Ralls from Paris Surviving are a son John W Maddox Muleshoe three daughters Mrs Herbert Williams Houston Mrs Alvis Reese Meadow and Mrs Porter Norrell Sayre Okla 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Ralls
Ira C. Maddox
Meadow
Ralls First Baptist Church
C. M. Fields
Ralls Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Maddox
Green Memorial Hospital
Muleshoe
Tennessee
Paris
John W.maddox
Herbert Williams Houston
Alvis Reese
Meardow
Porter Norrell
Sayre
Okla
Mrs. Garners Funeral in Snyder Scheduled
Funeral services for Pearl R Garner 85 former Snyder resident are set for 5 p m today at East Side Church of Christ. Richard Williams of Big Spring will preside with Don Browning assisting Burial will be in Pyron Cemetery Bell Seale Funeral Home directing Garner died Thursday morning at Cogdell Memorial Hospital Survivors include five sons Lynn Malissa Ewell Grand Prairie Harold Kermit L E Hobbs and C F Overland Park Kan five daughters Mrs Smith Mrs J J Fletcher Parks Tex Mrs Layne Hungerford Hobbs Mrs Delton Burnett Angleton and Mrs Elmer Morrison Lake Jackson three brothers Joe Johnny Mills Ladonia Cecil Mills Dimmit a sister Mrs Ivan Fry Ladonia 20 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren
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Joe
Johnny Mills
Ladonia
Cecil Mills
Elma D. Smith Funeral Planned in Plainview
Graveside rites for Elma D. Smith 71 a former Plainview resident will be held at 5 p.m. today in Plainview Cemetery She died Monday in Willow Springs Missouri from injuries in an automobile wreck The Rev Corble Grimes will officiate Burial is under the direction of Lemons Funeral Home Survivors include two sisters Mrs L S Sheffy Canyon and Mrs Lena Dillehay Bonham
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Plainview
Elma D. Smith
Plainview Area
Plainview Cemetery
Smith
Willow Springs
Corble Grimes
Pas
Lemons Funeral Home
L. S
Sheffy
Canyon
Lena Dillehay
Bonham
Amarillo Rites Set For City Man's Dad
Services for James F. Wharton 67 father of Lubbock resident Joe C. Wharton will be at Griggs Memorial Home Chapel Amarillo at 10 30 a m today Burial follows at Bailey County Memorial Cemetery Muleshoe Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Doris Brown Muleshoe his mother Mrs Sally Wharton Geary Okla a brother Elmo Geary two sisters Mrs C C Granks key Amarillo and Mrs Bobbie Gilbert El Reno Okla and five grandchildren
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Amarillo
James F. Wharton
Bailey County Memorial Cemetery
Muleshoe
Cree
Doris Brown
Sally Wharton
Geary
Okla
Elmo
C. C. Granhskey
Bobbie Gilbert
el Reno
Turkey Called American Bird in Newspaper Snippet
A fragmented OCR passage questions what a turkey is called, referencing phrases like American bird. It appears to be a stray linguistic note without a clear event, date, or involved organizations.
Old memories and traditions echo in faith and life
A reflective poem by Julien C. Hyer contrasts praise for the old with enduring values. It catalogues old memories, scenes, faces, traditions, principles, silver, ideals, friends, and life’s steady interests, ending with a tranquil image of old age.
Noted Former Athlete Coach Dies At 63
Mack Poss Clark longtime TCU athlete coach and assistant athletic director dies at 63 from heart attack. He led Horned Frogs track from 1929 to 1956 and was an assistant to Othel Abe Martin at his death. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at University Christian Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Ann and sons Danny Tim Terry plus brothers Herman and N L Clark.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Mack
Poss) Clark
Texas Christian University
TCU
Clark
Othel
Abe) Martin
Horned Frogs
University Christian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary Ann
Danny
Tim
Terry
Herman Clark
N. L. Clark
Corpus Christi
Womans Rites Set Saturday for Mrs Wakefield
Graveside services for 80 year old Mrs Ella G Wakefield will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bellevue Cemetery Bellevue She died at Green Memorial Hospital Muleshoe and her body will be moved to Aulds Littlepage Funeral Home Archer City for local arrangements Survivors include two sons Joe Spokane Wash Loyd San Antonio a daughter Mrs H M Gable Pleasant Valley a brother Robert Hoover Grand Junction Colo 12 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren AUCKLAND New Zealand plans a traveling fair.
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Muleshoe
Ella G. Wakefield
Bellevue
Wakefield
Pleasant Valley
Green Memorial Hospital
Aulds - Littlepage Funeral Home
Archer City
Singleton Funeral Home
Montague County
Joe
Spokane
Wash
Loyd
San Antonio
H. M. Gable
Robert Hoover
Grand J Junction
Colo
Sisters buried together after Wyoming murders
Deborah Ann McAuliffe 12 and Cynthia Louise 8 were slain in a Jackson hotel on vacation with their parents. They were buried in a single off white casket at St Eulalia church Maywood with about 200 mourners. Police had charged Andrew Pixley 21, a transient, in their death.
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Chicago
McAuliffe
Deborah Ann
Cynthia Louise
Jackson
Wyo
Abraham
Msgr
Muzik
Andrew Pixley
Chicago Area
Judith Mae Andersen
Barbara
Patricia Grimes
Robert Peterson
Anton
John Schuessler
Oliver V. Bell Dies In Levelland At 68
Oliver V. Bell 68 of 311 4th St. Levelland died on arrival at Levelland Hospital and Clinic from an apparent heart attack at 5 p.m. Thursday. He owned Bell Apartments and lived in Levelland 37 years after moving from Merkle. A retired farmer, he belonged to the Assembly of God Church and served 21 years with the Levelland Volunteer Fire Department. Services are pending at George Price Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Mamie a son T. J. Sonny Bell Levelland a daughter Mrs C B Noonkester Levelland his father Memrod Bell Greenville two sisters Mrs Grace McCormick Greenville and Mrs Merle Boone Paducah five grandchildren and two great-
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Levelland
Oliver V. Bell
4Th St
Levelland Hospital
Bell
Bell Apartments
Merkle
Assembly of God Church
T. J
Sonny) Bell
C. B. Noonkester
Memrod Bell
Greenville
Grace McCormick
Merle Boone
Paducah
Duncan, 67, Dies. Lubbock Resident Was Retired Butcher
W A Duncan of 119 Ave T died at 1 45 p m Thursday in Methodist Hospital. Services pending at Henderson Wilson Funeral Home. He had lived in Lubbock 23 years. Survived by wife Connie E Duncan a son Dennis 3303 Dartmouth two daughters Mrs Jo Farris Midland and Mrs Rex Jordan Waco and nine grandchildren.
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W. A. Duncan
Ave. T
Methodist Hospital
Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home
Duncan
Lubbock
Connie E. Duncan
Dennis
Dartmouth
Jo Farris
Midland
Rex Jordan
Waco
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Carroll Jones
55Th St
Nederland
Tex
U.S
Michigan
Barry
Michigan State
Mrs. Garner
Julien C. Hyer
Auckland
New Zealand
Wyoming
St. Eulalia’s
Maywood
Martin E. Muzik
lJudge
Robert E.mcauliffe
Susan
Hockley
Renae
Cy Aren Ak A
Bosht Mfrae Pre Gas
Resthaven Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Broadway & Ave. S
Zale’s
B. Slim
D. Diamond Solitaire
Zale
Broadway & Caprock Shopping Center
Texas
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