Kansas town wary of atheist colony proposal
Speed Kansas residents react to reports that Madalyn Murray may locate an atheist colony near Stockton. An Oakland couple offered land containing 11 buildings to her group while local officials split between caution and amusement as townspeople debate the idea and future prospects.
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Speed
Kan
Kansas
Harold Chapman
Oakland
Calf
Madalyn Murray
Baltimore
Murray
Stockton
Chapman
Cohen Bludgeoned in Atlanta Prison Feud
California racketeer Mickey Cohen was severely injured by a pipe blow in Atlanta Federal Prison. Convict Berle Estes McDonald, a forger with a record as a mental patient, attacked Cohen in the radiotelevision repair shop. Warden Heritage called it a personal vendetta, not a gangland hit. Cohen, 49, sustained a fractured skull and was deemed in satisfactory condition after surgery.
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Atlanta
UPI
California
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Oright
Berle Estes McDonald
Radiotelevision
David M. Heritage
FBI
McDonald
Alcatraz
Island
San Francisco Bay
Southern California
Heritage
St. Stephen
S. C
Second Siamese Twin Described As Holding Own
Four day old David Bartley was described as holding his own Wednesday after the death of his Siamese twin brother Daniel from a postoperative infection. Daniel died about 60 hours after separation in a hospital in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
David Bartley
Daniel
Children's Hospital
David
William Bartley
Rebecca
Verber Services Slated At Tulsa
Frank Verber, 51, farm laborer, died at 1 30 am Wednesday in Swisher County Hospital. Services set for Friday at St William Catholic Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife, son Enaro in the Army at Ft Polk Louisiana, five daughters Paula Robinson of New Jersey Janie Mary Sarah and Josephine Verber all at home and a grandchild.
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Tulia
Frank Verber
Swisher County Hospital
St. William's Catholic Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Enaro
Ft. Polk
Paula Robinson
New Jersey
Janie
Mary
Sarah
Josephine Verber
New York model claims Cleopatra billboard likeness
Lois Bennett, a 20 year old from New York, says the Cleopatra billboard used worldwide for a million dollar publicity campaign is her image not Elizabeth Taylor. She received 35 dollars for an hour of work and later learned her face was painted over Liz Taylor’s. Bennett recalls posing with armor and a gown during the shoot and asks for acknowledgment from Century Fox. The piece notes a separate historical presidential vcpmquip race between Coolidge and Roosevelt in 1920.
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Cleopatra
New York Theater
Elizabeth Tassor
Louis Bennett
Richard Burton
Ellenville
New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Lois Bennett
Sutton Model Agency
Aio
Liz ‘Paylor
Broadway
Lis Taylor
Miss Bennett
Graham Rites Held For LBJ Aide Glenn Stegall
Funeral services were held in Graham for Glenn Stegall 42 longtime aide to Vice President Lyndon B Johnson He died of a heart attack Saturday in Washington and his wife also works on the Johnson staff The vice president traveled from Washington to attend the ceremony held at Graham First Methodist Church.
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Gratam
Glenn Stegall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Graham
Stegall
Johnson
U.S
Amarillo Train Crash Kills Man Driving U S Government Truck
Francis M. Stripling aged 30 was killed when a U S government pickup he drove was struck broadside by a Santa Fe French train ten miles east of Amarillo. The train dragged the truck for about one and a quarter miles before stopping.
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Amarillo
UPN
Francis M. Stripling
U. S
Mysterious Lights Spark Sightings Across South Plains
Reports of bright, neon like flashes and strange sky objects roil South Plains skies during early hours. Witness James Radford described a blue flame streak seen between Plainview and Hale Center while others report green flashes and teardrop shaped objects near Alpine, amid revived meteor shower chatter.
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South Plains
James Radford
2020Th St
Abilene
Plainview
Hale Center
Space
Texas
Balloon Flight Center
Palestine
Mexico
Radford
Fortier
Alpine
Air Force
Lubbock
New Mexico
Levelland
Special Air Force
The Shepherd 4 KINSFOLK
The excerpt discusses jealousy and wealth within kinship, urging self awareness about money and social status. It counsels not to overreact to a richer kinsman’s aloofness and to avoid letting his wealth strain the relationship.
Rites For Shock Victim Scheduled
Rites for Rene Elkins 23 Plainview who died in a Hart power line accident will be held at 3 pm today in the Tram mond Funeral Home chapel Littlefield with Loyd Lowry and LL Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Littlefield Memorial Park. He was an apprentice lineman for Southwestern Public Service killed by contact with a 4160 volt line. He moved with his family to Plainview two years ago from Littlefield and had previously lived in Littlefield. Survivors include his wife Peggy a son Terry Allen and daughter Felicia Ann his mother Mrs Olaf Elkins of Oklahoma City a sister Mrs D N Bennethy of Santa Fe and two brothers Gary of Arlington and Keith of Lubbock.
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Littlefield
Rene Elkins
Plainview
Hart
Trammond Funeral Home
Loyd Lowry
LL. W. Wilson
Lubbock
Jehovah's Witnesses
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammond Funeral Home
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Elkins
Southwestern Public Service
D. N. Bennethy
Santa Fe
Gary
Arlington
Keith
Rites Set for Mrs. Kate McCandless in Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate McCandless will be held today at Sanborne Baptist Church in Amarillo with Reverend Nolan Rucker officiating and graveside rites at Ralls Cemetery later. She died Tuesday night in Amarillo after living in Ralls since 1900 and moving there in 1940. She is survived by four sons Clarence and Jack Lorenzo EEL Jr. and Tom and three daughters Mrs. Claude Stephens Mrs. Bill Wright and Mrs. Joe Brown, plus two sisters, 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Kate McCandless
Amarillo
Joe McCandless
Lubbock
Sanborne Baptist Church
Nolan Rucker
Lawerie
Lorenzo Baptist Church
Ralls Cemetery
Gene Hawkins
Lockney First Baptist Church
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
McCandless
Sherman
Ralls
Clarence
Lockney
Jack
Lorenzo
Eel Jr
Odessa
Tom
Lampasas
Claude Stephens
Buckeye
Aviz
Bill Wright
Airman Killed In Truck Crash Near Roswell
An Air Force tractor-trailer carrying helium gas ran off rain slick U S Highway 285 into the Felix River bed south of Roswell killing the driver Richard L Lanham 25 of the Sixth Supply Squadron Walker Air Force Base The vehicle went off the left side of the road and dived into the river bed authorities said Lanham died instantly
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Felix River
Here
Richard L. Lanham
Walker Air Force Base
U.S
Mrs Edmonson Services Slated At Loop Community
Mrs C L Edmonson 70 a Loop community resident for almost four decades will receive services at 4 p m today in First Methodist Church Seagraves Rev Wesley Daniel will officiate assisted by retired minister Rev Preston Florence Burial in Loop Cemetery Webb Funeral Home in Seagraves directed She died about 7 Wednesday in Seagraves Clinic Hospital after heart ailment born Chico Wisconsin the husband a farmer died 1952 survivors include two daughters Mrs Nathan Layer Lubbock and Betty Joe Eddind San Antonio two sons Chester Sanders Loop and Jack Edmonson San Antonio a sister Miss Connie Gore Loop and 13 grandchildren
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C.L. Edmonson
Loop
Wesley Daniel
Preston Florence
Loop Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Edmonson
Seagraves Clinic
Chico
Wise County
Nathan Layer
Ave. R
Lubbock
Betty Joe Ed
San Antonio
Chester Sanders
Jack Edmonson
Connie Gore
Mrs Wright Dies at 80 in Eunice Funeral Pending
Mrs Mary Wright, 80, resident of Eunice eight years in the home of her daughter Mrs Lena Hughes, died Wednesday in Lea General Hospital. Funeral rites are pending at Griffin Funeral Home Hobbs. Survivors include another daughter Mrs Charles Penrose Tulsa, two sisters Mrs N L Pugh Arkansas and Mrs Grace Kreager Lawton, a brother Sam Crabtree Tulsa, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Eunice
N.M
Mary Wright
Lena. Hughes
Lea General Hospital
Griffin Funeral
Hobbs
Charles Penrose
Tulsa
Okla
N. L. Pugh
Arkansas
Grace Kreager
Lawton
Sam Crabtree
Samuel Prentice Funeral Slated
LITTLEFIELD Special Rites for Samuel Paul Prentice 86 will be at 10 a m today at the First Methodist Church. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Frank Elwood Monroe all of Littlefield two daughters Cora Bruce Oakland Calif and Pearl Jamerson Amarillo 26 grandchildren 62 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Funeral director Hammonds.
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Littlefield
Ifor Samuel Paul Prentice
First Methodist Church
R. H. Campbell
J. B. Cagle
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammonds Funeral Home
Prentice
Childress
Att Medical Arts Hospital Clinic
Frank
Elwood
Monroe
Cora Bruce
Oakland
Calif
Pearl Jamerson
Amarilla
Funeral Set For Longtime Editor Cliff Clines
Wichita Falls AP report says Cliff Clines longtime city editor of the Wichita Falls Record-News died Monday at 51 after a heart attack at his home. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home with burial in Wichita Falls. The Rev H Dewey Barlow will officiate. Survivors include wife Mrs Chinis a son Charles a Record-News reporter and three daughters.
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Wichita Falls
Cliff Clines
Wichita Falls Record-News
Clines
Daily Record
Vernon
Hampton-Vaughan
H. Dewey Barlow
Lamar Baptist Church
Chinis
Charles
Record-News
Services Today For Lubbock Boy Peter Hess
Funeral set in Rix Chapel Resthaven 1 for Peter Darden Hess son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Hess. Rix Mausoleum directs services with Rev J T Bolding of First Baptist Church officiating. Hess died Tuesday night after a lengthy illness. burial to follow at Resthaven with survivors including his parents three sisters and grandparents.
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Peter Darden Hess
Resthaven 1
Frederick
Rix
W. Hess
27Th St
Hess
Rix Chapel
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