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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1968

Page

5

McCarthy Names 20 Possible Cabinet Picks in Speech

Senator McCarthy listed twenty potential cabinet members and one ambassadorial candidate, saying they represent the kind of people he would want in his administration if elected. Names include Fulbright Morton Cooper Ford Rockefeller Hughes Pearson Lindsay Gardner Hoff and others.

New York Huegene J. McCarthy W. J. Fulbright D-Ark Thruston B. Morton R-Ky John Sherman Cooper IBM James B. Pearson Kan Patrick A. Lucey Wisconsin John Gardner Health Education Welfare John J. Convers, Jr D-Mich Howard Johnson Massachusetts Institute of Technology Philip H. Hoff Vermont James Whitaker McCarthy Martin Luther King, Jr United Nations

Wrecks In City Send Three To Hospital

A string of crashes Thursday sent three people to Lubbock hospitals. Donna Kay Young, seven, remained in fair condition after being hit on Main Street near David Avenue by a car driven by Nell Hawkins. Motorcycle officer Ray Coleman was in satisfactory condition at Methodist Hospital after a separate crash at West Street and Boston Avenue. Mike Dunlap, fifteen, suffered injuries in a second car motorcycle crash at Avenue Po and 27th Street.

Lubbock Donna Kay Young Semerson Young Birch Ave Porter Clinic Main St David Ave Nell Holland Hawkins Cornell St Ray Coleman Methodist Hospital Merit Dth St Boston Ave Mike Crate Dunlap Avenue Po 27Th St

Area Woman's Rites Slated for Abernathy

Mrs. John H. Davis 85 died after illness. Services set for 2 pm Saturday at First Baptist Church in Abernathy with Rev Tiester and Rev Marry Brewer officiating. Burial in Abernathy Cemetery. Survivors include six sons, three daughters, two sisters, a brother, and numerous grandchildren.

Abernathy Speetah John H. Davis Tam First Baptist Church Tiester Flint Avenue Baptist Church Larbhock Marry Brewer Abernathy Cemetery Chambers Funeral Home Tackett Ark Dyivis WSS Fief Butslard Osix Sons Connie Shodlowater Qoho Seattle da Tio Lancaster Cochrane Agbrey Layce Otis Ars Th Smadkin Toenver Mgrs W. R. Porter J. A. Nabors Carl Shelton Albuquerque Jess Wilkerson Greenwood Ark i

Funeral services for Loyd Bullock announced

Loyd Bullock 62 died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at his son’s home in Vic. Funeral today at Wyapitist Church with James Allison and Rev Carl Hogue officiating. Burial at Wayside Company under Wallace Funeral Home of Pula. Bullock, a former JA Ranch cowboy, leaves Bertha his wife two sons Delbert Gail and Jerry Don a daughter Melba fye Shire and many relatives.

Hoop Todas Heey James Allison Lockney Carl Hogue Thieid Wallace Funeral Home Pula Bullock Paceek Hall County Briscoe County Vic JA Ranch San Jaca Wie Bertha Delbert Gail Silverton Jerry Don Yuba Melba Fye Shire Armarillo Walter Cterley Amarillo Pride Ria Anil Cleo Coshern Tucunicart M. AL

Mrs Youngblood Dies Services Slated Saturday

Mrs Ruby WH Youngblood 75 dies at Colonial Nursing Home and services are set for 3 pm Saturday at Resthaven Funeral Home Little Church of the Flowers. Rev William S Smith will officiate with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. She lived at 4421 47th St and had a long Florida and Georgia background with survivors including a daughter, siblings, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Ruby WH. Youngblood Resthaven First Christian Church Jacksonville Ila Morean Davis 47Th St J. Ll. Ray Milton Fla Eunice Stone Athens PR. L. Henderson Doraville Emory Db. Henderson Sebring Flac

Lockney Pioneer Resident Dies

Aliccs Eien Love longtime Lockney resident dies at Lockney General Hospital after a short illness. Services set for today at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church with burial in Lockney Cemetery. Survived by two sons Povie of Bridgeport and Raymond of Lockney, daughter Mrs Cephu Portenberry, a brother Harve Thompson, two sisters Ida Thompson and Thedford, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Carter Funeral Home in charge.

Lockney Eien Love Locknes Teday First Baptist Church Love Yslofim Loceknes General Hospital Twee Sons Povie Bridgeport Raymond Cephu Portenberry

Cuban refugees land in Florida by stolen crop dusting plane

Fourteen Cuban refugees arrived in Homestead Florida aboard a Russian built AN 2 crop duster stolen from Cuba. They carried three pistols and a rifle and were escorted by fighter jets before landing at Miami International Airport for processing.

Homestead Fla CPD Florida Straits Homestead General Aviation Agricult Florida Cardenas Cuba Thanarathian Antonov Corp Russia Air Defense Command U.S Angel Ricardo

Funeral Notices From Diverse Communities Across Texas

Services held for Susie Williams of Providence Kentucky with funeral in Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers and burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Edgar Logan of Austin dies in a Cuba New Mexico crash. survivors include wife and children. Hall Higginbotham, 65, to be buried at Helmleigh Cemetery after brief illness in Snyder. Hubert Lee Simmons, 56, dies in Woodland California after extended illness. services in Lamesa. District 2 Farm Bureau Queen pageant at Coronado High School with Ed Cumbie as master of ceremonies. Edith Mucha transferred from Cuba to Midway Island Navy station. Robert Wilson to receive degree from University of Holston. Firefighters respond to Detroit Avenue fire with minimal damage and a baby kept safe in storage area.

Hubert Lee Simmons Lamesa Northside Baptist Lamesa Memorial Park Branon-Philips Simmons Woodland Calif Farm Bureau Coronado High School Geadlets Ed Cumbie Bronte

Space division needs stronger UN role say Indian scientists

Indian scientist Dr Vikram A Sarabhai urged expanding the United Nations Outer Space Division to coordinate global space efforts and speed tech transfers to developing nations. He favored periodic expert panels to study costs and data distribution and proposed an international fellowship for engineers and scientists. He warned against Western sales pitches delaying indigenous space capability and noted funding and trust as major hurdles.

Howard Benedict AP Aerospace Vienna United Nations Outer Space Division Vikram A. Sarabhai Indian Atomic Energy Commission U.N India United Nations Sarabhai Ivy Assembly Perts International Atomic Energy Agency

Singleton Dies Rites Set in East Side Church of Christ

LW Singleton 66 died Wednesday at Cochran Memorial Hospital Wr ogem. Services 4 p.m. today East Side Church of Christ with Steve Bracken of Cortez officiating, burial in Memorial Cemetery directed by Singleton Funeral Home. WWII veteran lived in Cochran County since 1944. Survivors: Altis, three sisters Frances Holcomb Pearl Holcomb and Ann Lydle, two brothers Dave Knox City Tom Ringo, two grandchildren.

Morton Dobn Willi Singleton Wr Ogem Cochran Memorial Hospital East Side Church of Christ Steve Bracken Cortez Cole Cecil Williams Mbortean Memorial Singleton Cochran County Altis Francis Holcomb Pearl Holcomb Lincoln, Ark Ann Lydle Atoka Okta Dave Knox City Tom Ringo

Mrs Collier Rites Arranged in Levelland

Levelland special obituary for Julie Edna Collier age 62 who died after long illness. Services at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Bill Cook officiating. Burial in Whitharral Cemetery under Smith Funeral Home direction. Survivors include husband O L two daughters two sons three brothers and eight grandchildren.

Levelland Julie Edna Collier Pamy Pam Trinity Baptist Church Bill Cook First Baptist Church Whitharral Smith Funeral Home O. L J. G. Clarkson Decatur Ala W. G. Wilkerson Gary Rush Jerry Larry Lubbock Flerney Biddle Waco Carl Biddle Beaumont Cage Biddle Normuangee Jeie Wyehe Roma

City Woman's Services Pend for Mrs Koehler in Lubbock

Mrs. Koehler 47 of Lubbock died Tuesday in Methodist Hospital from an apparent heart attack. She moved to Lubbock three years ago from San Angelo and earlier lived in San Antonio. She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church. Survived by her husband and nine children including Mary Ann Teresa Barbara Robert Michael Gregory James all at home, plus three brothers John Joseph Thomas Bailey of San Antonio. Funeral services pending at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.

Marvin L. Woehler Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Koehler Acss Oxford Methodist Hospital Lubbock San Angelo San Antonio Christ the King Catholic Church Mary Ann Teresa Barbara Robert Michael Gregory James John Bailey Joseph Bailey Thomas Bailey

Funeral services for R. T. Casey held in Levelland

Levelland mourns R T Casey 40 of San Antonio died Tuesday after a heart attack. Two daughters Alice Jean Casey and Rebecca Casey survive with parents Charlie and wife of Levelland. Brother John Illinois and Klein Tennessee, sisters Rosa Lee Johnson and Dorothy Casey Tennessee. Burial in Levelland City Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home directs.

Levelland Casey S24 Comiuneres Austin Charlie Ware John Illinois Klein Tennessee Rosa Lee Johnson Dorothy Casey Eleie Casey

Laymen Aid Building By Assembly of God

Springfield MO Laymen join MAPS mobilization to assist overseas missions construction. Twenty five men have joined or will join crews building a church in Freeport Grand Bahama Island. Carpenters electricians plumbers and others with building skills apply to MAPS for two week relays to keep work moving.

Springfield Assemblies of God Freeport Grand Bahama Island

Mechanized cotton harvest began in 1944 at Hopson Plantation

In Clarksdale Mississippi the world first cotton crop grown entirely by machinery was harvested on a 28 acre plot at Hopson Plantation in 1944. Soil prep seeding cultivation weed control by flame and the crop harvested with a mechanical picker.

Clarksdale Miss.upd Hopson Plantation Here

Words Shape Reputation Says Julien C Wyer Lecture

A local sermon warns that every idle word reveals inner thoughts and character. The speaker, Julien C Wyer, urges residents to speak truthfully and only what is necessary to avoid damaging reputations formed by daily impressions.

Tech Student's Rites Set In New Mexico

James Doyle Jolson 25 a Texas Tech finance and banking student died from a gunshot wound received at his Truth or Consequences residence His funeral at First Baptist Church Truth or Consequences NLM will be officiated by Rev James Abernathy and Rev Danny Smith Burial will be in Truth or Consequences Cemetery French Mortuary Johnson 2939 Auburn St was the deceased Survivor list includes wife Dianne parents Randall Darrell Jimmy Brothers Pallbearers named Wayne Negley Bill Turner Frank Silva Chuck Eastborn Jim arider Roger Parker.

James Doyle Jolson First Baptist Church of Truth Or Consequences NLM James Abernathy Danny Smith Truth Or Consequences French Mortuary Johnson Auburn St Methodist Hospital New Mexico Henderson Funeral Lubbock Texas Tech Dianne James Johnson Randall L Darrell D Tucumcari, N. M Jimmy George Afb, Cali

Funeral Planned for Miss Keener

Services for Miss Bonnie Keener 77 of Petersburg are set for 2 p.m. at Petersburg First Baptist Church with Rev. Russell Pogue officiating. Burial will follow in Petersburg Cemetery. She died at 5 a.m. Thursday after a two week illness in Plainview Hospital. She had served as secretary treasurer of the Petersburg First Baptist Church for 25 years. Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews.

Plainview Bonnie Keener Petersburg Petersburg First

Confession Clears Landlord After Houston Rooming-House Fire

Donald Prennen, 51, confessed to starting the March 6 blaze that killed eight at a two-story Houston rooming house. Landlord David Thrailkill, who helped evacuate tenants, describes the fire as rapidly spreading and notes he believed it accidental until Prennen’s admission. Investigators tied the arson to a motive involving revenge against his girlfriend.

Houston IPI Mickey Manos Donald Robert Prennen David Thrailkill Warren Ark Thrailkill Big Dave Thralkill United Press International Drennen Manos Mickie Baker Harrisburg Prennen

Retired Lockney Farmer William H. Fields Dies at 90

William Henry Fields a 90 year old retired farmer died Thursday in Lockney General Hospital. Services are Saturday at 2 20 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Carter Funeral Home in charge. Burial will follow in Lockney Cemetery. He was born in Lampasas and lived in Lockney since 1911. Survivors include his wife Nola three sons Earl of Los Angeles R V of Kress and Leland of Lockney three daughters Iki Fave Felty Evelyn Hollums and Dorris Flemmons eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was brother to Webster Fields of Adamsville and sister Annie Hines of Lometa Mabel Wille of Adamsville and Maude Townsend of Evant.

Lockney William Henry Fields First Methodist Church Surial Carter Fields Lockney General Hospital Lampasas Nola Earl of Los Angeles R. V. of Kress Leland Iki Fave Felty Evelyn Hollums Lubbock Dorris Flemmons Albuquerque Webster Fields Adamsville Annie Hines Lometa Mabel Wille Maude Townsend Evant

Sterilized women say marriages happier in London test

In London a study reports sterilized women claim greater personal happiness and more stable marriages, challenging social assumptions about family life and reproductive choices.

FASE London

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Tari Wideroe Scandinavian Airlines System Oslo Loyd Bullock Patricia Dodze Carasses U.S. Navy Kansas Miami Freedom House John Davies Poison Control Center Jose Susie Williams Providence, Iky Resthaven Funeral Home Resthaven Memorial Park Edgar Logan Keith Trammell Stuh St Logan N. M Higginbotham Boleer Funeral Home Helmleigh Boleer Funeral Nome Snyder Navy Cordr Edith Mucha Vietor Macha 7Th St San Dies Midway Islind Labboel Navy Horse Lubboek Memorial Hospital School Robert DB. Wilson Adrs Afarvine Wilson Seth St University of Holston Dein School Wilson Monterey Sebo Detroit Ave Jack FF. Garretp U.N. Outer Space Division LW. Singleton Highway Patrol Sturgeon Pay Wise Long Beach Naval Station Wits C ‘Jon Pass California Highway Patrol City Woman’s Services Pend R. T. Casey Assembly of God Julien C. Wyer Tech Wayne Negley Bill Turner Frank Silva Chuck Eastborn Jim Arider Roger Parker Miss Keener Prieces Harper Valley P.T.A Keith Franklin
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