Beaming Red for Emergencies Ranger Recalls Adventures
Renfrew, sworn Texas Ranger since 1944, recalls a career with incidents from Pecos cattle cases to the 1951 Joshua Blocker beating death. He reflects on public attitudes, legal rulings, and near-misses like the disappearance of Mrs. Andrea Phares, and notes plans to farm after retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renfrew
Marshall
Ark
Joshua Blocker
Bailey County
Community of Progress
Renfrow
Supreme Court
George Eubanks
Andrea Phares
Hale Center
Civil rights groups oppose Haynsworth Supreme Court bid
Civil rights forces are mobilizing to oppose Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court if nominated. NAACP officials and Sen. Javits urge the White House not to appoint him, citing civil rights rulings and a potential setback to civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Clarence Mitchell
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Haynsworth
Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roy Wilkins
Nixon
Javits
L T Winn Jr Dies Rites Set In Estelline
L T Paige Winn Jr 61 died Wednesday night in a Littlefield hospital. Services will be at 10 30 a m Saturday at First Baptist Church Estelline with Rev Don Holmes officiating. Burial in Dreamland Cemetery Turkey under Spicer Funeral Home Memphis direction. He lived in Springlake three years born February 28 1908 in Melrose New Mexico. He managed Paymaster Gin here and worked with Paymaster 23 years. Survived by wife Frankie son Lotus Winn II of Estelline daughter Mrs Harold Wheeler of Clovis New Mexico four sisters and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springlake
L. T
Paige) Winn, Jr
First Baptist Church
Estelline
Don Holmes
Winn
Littlefield
Dreamland Cemetery
Turkey
Spicer Funeral Home
Memphis
Melrose
N.M
Paymaster Gin
Paymaster
Fort Worth
Pugh Thrasher
Brookhaven
Bill Tucker
Temple
D. L. Gibson
Dallas
Morris Jackson Wideman
Cone
Cone Baptist Church
John Tubbs
R. C. Guess
Silverton
Wideman
Methodist
Lubbock
Ralls Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Mrs Selman’s Services Set in Tatum
Services for Mrs Carrie Lavada Selman 77 of Tatum will be held at 3 p m today at the First United Methodist Church. Rev Edwin Chappel and Rev Lester Brunner will officiate. Burial in Tatum Cemetery. Survivors include son J B of Lavington daughter Mrs Raymond Patterson of Tatum two brothers two sisters and three grandchildren.
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Tatum
N. M
Carrie Lavada Selman
First United Methodist Church
Edwin Chappel
Lovington
Lester Brunner
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
Lavington
Selman
Highway 380
J. B
Raymond Patterson
Hubert Newberry
Mexia
Terrell Newberry
Beaumont
H. M. Hines
Norman
Gee
B. R. Atkiseon
J. P. Cockrell
Dallas
Insurance Rate Review Becomes Complex In Texas
Gov. Presston Smiths car insurance fact finding committee examined lawyers and agents fees and no fault policies as a cost cutting approach. They signaled no drastic changes and weighed an attorney generals view on using investment profits in setting rates. Board member Ned Price warned the issue remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Presston Smith
Atty
Crawford Martin
State Insurance Board
Insurance Board
Ned Price
Price
Martin
Durwood Manford
Smith
Richard Norgaard
University of Connecticut
Texas House Approves Medal of Valor for Apollo 11 Astronauts
The Texas House approved a resolution to award a Medal of Valor to the three Apollo 11 astronauts. The measure creates a Lunar Landing Commission of Texas to select an artist and have the medal struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas House
Senate
House
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Ray Lemmon
Houston
Texas
Obituary Notices From Cone to Sudan Area
Services for Morris Jackson Wideman and L E Sursa, among others, are set in Cone Crosbyton Tahoka and Sudan with several pastors officiating. Survivors include spouses and children, burial in local cemeteries, and funeral directions by Carter King White Payne Lemons funeral homes. Wideman died in Lubbock Methodist Hospital.
Wisdom Builds Life Through Knowledge And Work
The piece extols wisdom as the principal thing, earned by experience and schooling plus on the job training. It emphasizes that progress hinges on intellect, planning, and applied know how to turn knowledge into successful outcomes.
Davis Services Slated Today
Services for L. G. Red Davis 65 will be in Stamps Arkansas with burial in Stamps Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home directs the burial and Griffin Funeral Home handled local arrangements. Davis died Wednesday in a Lovington hospital after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include his wife Eva two sons Jerry Wayne Hobbs and L G Davis Jr of Berea Ohio a daughter Mrs Earl Lockett of Hope Arkansas his mother Mrs Rendie Davis of Stamps Ark three brothers Joe Davis Ft Lauderdale Dexter and Louis Davis both of Stamps and a sister Mrs Clara Blankenship of Habba
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Hobbs
N. M
L. G
Jerry Wayne
L. G. Davis Jr
Berea
Ohio
Earl Lockett
Hope, Ark
Rendie Davis
Stamps, Ark
Joe Davis
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Dexter Davis
Louis Davis
Clara ,Blankenship
Habba
William Fisher Rites Arranged in San Angelo
William Fisher 81 died at Shannon Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Harold Odom officiating. Burial in Fairmont Cemetery under Johnson Funeral Home direction. Surviving wife Edna Miller died 1966, later widower of Manie Hilyard. Survivors include children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren across Iowa and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
William Fisher
Shannon Memorial Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Harold Odom
Fairmont Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Fisher
Des Moines
Iowa
Edna D. Miller
Manie C. Hilyard
Clifford E. Fisher
45Th St
Lubbock
Virginia Enabait
52Nd St
Ruth Meyer
Waterloo
Wreck Victim's Rites Saturday
Funeral for Juan Gomez Jr. 16 of 1502 Baylor Street will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Spanish Assembly of God. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. He died Wednesday when a large truck and a farm worker laden pickup collided on U S Highway 84 seven miles northwest of Lubbock. Fifteen others injured. three listed in fair condition at Methodist Hospital. Injured include truck driver William Royce Holder 30 Odessa. Marguerita Salazar 31 318 Ave N. Rosie Mercado 12 1509 Baylor Street.
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Juan Gomez Jr
Baylor St
William Royce Holder
Odessa
Marguerita Salazar
Ave. N
Rosie Mercado
Rites Saturday For Mrs Carey in Merkle
Services for Mrs Mary J Carey who died early Thursday in a Fort Worth hospital will be held at a church in Merkle. Time of services is pending. Survivors include son O R Carey Sr of 5416 14th St five other children 19 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
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Mary J. Carey
Fort Worth
First Baptist
Merkle
O. R. Carey Sr
14Th St
Dinis seeks exhumation autopsy in Kopechne death
Dist. Atty. Edmund Dinis said he will petition a Pennsylvania court in Wilkes Barre to order exhumation and a full autopsy of Mary Jo Kopechne to add the findings to the Sen. Edward Kennedy car crash inquest record. The Kopechne family opposes the move.
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New Bedford
Mass
Edmund Dinis
Wilkes-Barre
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Dinis
Miss Kopechne
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Bernard C. Brominski
Luzerne
Kopechnes
Col. Erskine Berry Jr. Killed in Randolph AFB Jet Crash
Investigation begins into cause of a fiery crash that killed Col. Erskine G. Berry Jr. 50, assistant deputy chief of staff for material at Randolph AFB. He piloted a T-38 jet trainer during a routine flight four miles southeast of Dryer, Gonzales County. The crash crater measured 25 feet across and 14 feet deep with wreckage scattered over 200 yards. Berry is survived by wife Nell, daughter Sandy, son E G Berry II, and his Temple parents. Memorial donations go to the E G Berry scholarship fund at Randolph AFB Chapel Center.
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San Antonio
Air Training Command
Randolph Air Force Base
Erskine G. Berry Jr
Dryer
Gonzales County
al Tech
Temple
Col. Berry
Nell
Sandy
Texas Tech
E. G. Berry II
Randolph High School
E. G. Berry
Berry
Randolph Afb Chapel Center
City fiddlers win prizes at international festival
Two Lubbock residents took first prizes at the Fiddler's Festival International in Fort Worth. Joe Stephenson, 17, won junior division for 20 and under. Jack Mears, 70 plus, won Oldtimer's division. Each earned 125 dollars and advance to Saturday’s finals for 200 dollar grand prize and festival trophy.
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Fort Worth
Lubbock
Joe Stephenson
Nathan Stephenson
Anderson Road
Jack Mears
Merchants C Chia Aza Shop
Mrs McKnight Services Set for Mrs Sarah McKnight
Mrs Sarah McKnight 63 of 2501 Weber died 9 15 p m Tuesday at West Texas Hospital. Services 2 30 p m Saturday Lyon s Chapel Baptist Church Rev O D Hollins officiating. Burial at Block Cemetery directed by South Plains Funeral Home. Survivors include son Willie of the home brother Raleigh Scott of Waco sister Mrs Willie Shannon of Lubbock and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah McKnight
Weber
West Texas Hospital
Lyon's Chapel Baptist Church
O. D. Hollins
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral Home
Willie
Raliegh
Scott
Waco
Willie Shannon
Lubbock
Fourteen Mexicans Die Crossing Rio Grande Area
In Del Rio district a Border Patrol report says fourteen Mexican nationals died this year escaping to the United States. Five deaths were from heat prostration in brush along the river and nine drowned as the Rio Grande rose upstream after Amistad dam impoundment. The report notes a July record of 1,794 illegal arrests, compared to 1,018 a year earlier, amid a heat wave over 100 degrees.
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U.S
del Rio
M.E. Hensley
Border Patrol
Hensley
Wiley Puckett Rites Set for Local Neighbor
Wiley Puckett 87 of 2310 E 19th St died at 5 30 p m Wednesday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after years of ill health. Services 10 am today in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Elder Don Martin of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include son Raymond Puckett. daughter Mrs Howard Glass. sister Mrs Rachel Delaney. brother D W Puckett. four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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Wiley Puckett
19Th St
Sanders
Raymond Puckett
Howard Glass
E. 4Th St
Rachel Delaney
10Th St
D. W. Puckett
Weed, N.M
Funeral for Mrs Alma Hardy in Shallowater
Services for Mrs Alma Lee Hardy 79 will be 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church Shallowater with Rev Wilson Wood officiating She died Thursday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital She moved to Shallowater in 1950 from Portales New Mexico Survivors include her daughter Mrs Chester Sprague of Pasadena three stepdaughters Mrs Bamma Wright Mrs Jewell Stanton both of Shallowater and Mrs Lorene Cullison of Princeton New Jersey four brothers K C Humble and W R Humble Sr C W Humble and E C Humble all of Fort Worth three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Shallowater
Alma ‘Lee Hardy
First Baptist Church
Wilson Wood
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Hardy
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Portales
N.M
Chester Sprague
Pasadena
Bamma Wright
Jewell ‘Stanton
Lorene Cullison
Princeton
N.J
IC. O. Humble
Nampa
Idaho
W. R. Humble Sr
C. W. Humble
E. C
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Ranger
Maan Ts
Josh
Blocker
Razz
Jean Ranger
Marshall, Ark
Opal
63Rd Drive
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
The
Rangers
Company C
Department of
Renfrew Rangers
Farm Bureau
Glenda Sue Henderson
H. D. Henderson
Wolfforth
District II
Moody Auditorium
Lubbock Christian College
Tyler Vance
L. T. Winn Jr
John Hill
Wyer
Hill
William Hold
University of Texas
Robert Keeton
Harvard Law School
Hold
Keeton
Texas Ranger
W. E
Terry Walkup
L. E. Sursa
Crosbyton
King Funeral Home
Wayland Boyd
Amarillo
Ernest Stewart
Lursa
Ralls
Lee H. Martin
Tahoka
Tahoka First Baptist Church
Jim Turner
Resthaven Memorial Park
White Funeral Home of
Tohoka
Perry Grover Small
Dickens Church of Christ
Small
Dickens County
Frank White
Sudan
First Baptist Church of
Payne Funeral Home of
Amherst
Martha Louise Greening
Plainview
Lemons Funeral Home
Plainview Cemetery
Davis
Lennon
Wiliam Lennon
Holy Cross Cemetery
Peggy
Kathy
Mrs. Carey
Manchester
N.H
New England Telephone Co
Boston
Tech Coed
City Fiddlers
Mrs. Alma Hardy
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