Funeral Services Slated Today For Hale Pioneer
Hale County citizens and relatives gather in Plainview for funeral services at 10 a.m. for B. H. Towery 89 longtime Hale County resident and former WPA director. Towery who died after a lengthy illness in Lubbock served in multiple local roles including tax collector and clerk from 1914 to 1928 and was the first Santa Fe telegrapher here. He leaves a wife a daughter nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Burial is in Plainview Cemetery with the Rev. Arthur Digby officiating.
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B. H. Towery
Works Projects
Plains
Christian Church
Charvday
Lemons
Knights of Chapel
Pythias
Towery
Lubbock
Texarkana
Ark
Mary Lindsey
Hale County
Swisher
Ruth Shipp
Santa Fe
Ross W. Towery
Portland
Ore
Harold A
Son
Calif
Downey
Amarillo
D. Towery
Chaney 66 Dies in Eunice and Other Obituaries
Leonard Charles Chaney 66 of Eunice died at Hobbs Hospital. Funeral rites set in Milburn Oklahoma with Griffin Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Lee Robbins two daughters Lorene and Louise, two sons L G and Hubert, brother Archie and sister May Dennig. Robbins, an LCC track star, died after a 45 foot fall at the new field house.
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Eunice
Leonard Charles Chaney
Hobbs Hospital
Milburn
Oklo
Griffin Funeral Home
Olton
Hobbs
Church of Christ Here
James Chaney
Lee
Jimmy) Robbins
Lorene
Charles Lee Robbins
Naomi Wilkinson
Smyrna Beach
Fla
Final Rites Planned for Mrs Derr of McAdoo
Final rites for Mrs Jim Derr aged 65 a former area resident will be at 3 p m in the First Baptist Church of McAdoo Burial will follow in McAdoo Cemetery She died Monday at her Port Lavaca home and had lived in Slaton and near McAdoo for decades Her husband was a farmer in the McAdoo area
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Jim
Georgia
Rites Held for T. D. Hamill Here Today
Final rites for T. D. Hamill of 2616 Bird St. are set for 2 29 pm at Bowman Chapel. Hamill, a retired farmer, died after long service as an area organizer. In Tokyo Communist China pledged aid to Cuba without conditions during a North Korean celebration in Peiping, praising Cuba’s struggle against imperialist aggression.
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T. D. Hamill
Bird St
Tokyo
Bowman
Cuba
Hamill
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Comdent
Cheerfulness Uplifts Neighborhoods by Friendly Living
Juxtaposes riches and neighborly virtue. The piece praises cheerful, friendly residents who improve blocks by turning eyesores into beauty spots and creating wholesome atmospheres for the community.
Funeral pending for G W Campbell after death in Lubbock
G W Campbell 77 of 215 F Rice St died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. He had lived there 31 years. Survived by wife Rhoda Campbell three daughters Mrs H B Burchett Mrs Lazelle Vitzenty and Mrs Buryl Davis two sons Buford and Earl 17 grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Ella Oats and Mrs Juddie Morrison and a brother Arnold. Funeral services are pending at McDonald Funeral Home.
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McDonald Funeral Home
George Washington Campbell
Rice St
Methodist’ Hospital
Campbell
Lubbock
Rhoda Campbell
H. B. Burchett
6Th St
Lazelle Vitzenty
Olympia
Wash
Buryl Davis
Concord
Calif
Buford
el Paso
Earl
Santa Rosa
Arnold
Hugo
Okla
Ella l Oats
Fort Worth
Juddie Morrison
Snyder
Services Set Today For Traffic Victim
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys Lindsey Womack 43 of 2117 2nd Pl. who died in a two car crash at Dartmouth and Detroit will be held at 11 am today at Southcrest Baptist Church The Rev Wayland Edwards will officiate Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery under McDonald Funeral Home direction Mrs Womack died after arrival at St Marys Hospital Investigators report severe head and chest injuries Pallbearers are Norman Womack J J Amburn Bobby Womack Roy Jones J C Jones and Earl Jones.
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Gladys Lindsey
Womack
Dartmouth St
Detroit Ave
Southcrest
Baptist Church
Wayland Edwards
City of Lubbock
McDonald Funeral Home
St. Mary's
Cuban Foreign Minister Threatens Exit Over Police Action
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa said Cuba would withdraw from the OAS foreign ministers conference if Costa Rican security police do not stop harassing the delegation. Police disarmed gunmen and broke up a serenade outside the Cuban quarters as Roa criticized the treatment amid regional anti Communist sentiment. Secretary Herter urged ministers to uphold freedom principles in the hemisphere during the session.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Raul Roa
Roa
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States
Alfredo Vargas Fernandez
Sec
Christian A. Herter
Hemisphere
Duty Rites Set At Abernathy
Services for Guy Kenneth Duty 30 of Lubbock will be held at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church Abernathy. He died after injuries from a two car crash near Seymour last week in which Bert Davenport 24 of Lubbock was injured and Jody Merle Griffith former Clovis resident was killed. Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery. Surviving are his wife two sons Mark Alan and Bryan Keith his parents Mr and Mrs John Duty and grandparents Mrs Floyd Caldwell.
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Abernathy
First Baptist
Guy Kenneth Duty
7Th St. Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Duty
Lubbock
Bert Davenport
Clovis
Jody Merle Griffith
Seymour
Davenport
47Th St
Cal
J. F. Nix
Joe Griffin
Abernathy Cemetery
Rix
Army man charged in girl's death near Merced
Police report the nude body of a year old girl Annie May Stewart found on a ranch 135 miles southeast of San Francisco after her disappearance. Clarence Ashley a chief warrant officer is charged with kidnapping and murder and denies involvement. His car leaking oil was found at the scene or along a country road. The body was discovered a week after she vanished from a migrant Oregon farmworkers camp.
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Merced
Calif
Annie May Stewart
Oregon
Clarence Ashley
Angie
San Francisco
Two Women Die In Car Truck Crash In West Texas
A car and a gasoline transport truck collided on U S Highway 87 in Angelo, killing Evelyn Stephenson 52 of Van Horn and her daughter Patience 18. Passenger Margarita Ortega 123 of Odessa remained in serious condition. The truck driver Dave Magee of San Angelo was uninjured. Survivors include Richard Stephenson Jr Pecos T Q Cooper Longview and A C Evans San Angelo.
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San Angelo
West Texas
Evelyn Stephenson
van Horn
Tex
Patience
U.S. Highway 87
Angelo
Margarita Ortega
Odessa
Dave Magee
Ed Vnjui
Richard Stephenson
Richard Jr
Pecos
Larry Burleson
Port Lavaca
Stephenson T. Q. Cooper
Longview
A. C. Evans
Four Die in Texarkana Crash In Rain on Highway 67
A car overturned after hitting a culvert on U. S. Highway 67 in Texarkana. Four members of a Benton Arkansas family were killed S. Hl Curtis 73 Ella 55 Sammy Curtis 17 and Mickey Curtis 12. The mother Orvist Curtis 36 was in critical condition in hospital after the wreck. The victims had been visiting relatives in Waco.
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Texarkana
Rainslick
Benton, Ark
S. Hl. Curtis
Ella
Sammy Curtis
Mickey Curtis
Orvist Curtis
Waco
Mississippi Insurgent Democrats Form Independent Elector Slates
In Jackson Mississippi insurgent Democrats ousted loyalists and created two slates of presidential electors pledged and unpledged while rejecting national party platforms and candidates. The recall state convention marked Mississippi as the first Deep South state to offer independent electors as a potential Electoral College bargaining point.
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Frenny Jackson
Miss
Missisippi
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
House
Walter Sillers
Bolivar County
Resolutions Committee
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Merle Palmer
Harrison Jackson
Bidwell Adam
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Drug Source In Sleeping Beauty Case Sought
Cleveland AP detectives seek the supplier of barbiturates given by Mrs. Vin cent N Fratantonio to her two daughters Berna 3 and Venita 15. Fratantonio faces juvenile court neglect charges after admitting drugging the children without a doctor’s authority. Police question several people to identify the drug source.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Vin
N. Fratantonio
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Berna[dette
Venita Fratantonio
Smith
Grace Church Revival Begins Tonight In Lubbock
Grace Church of the Nazarene starts a revival at 7 30 p m with evangelist Rev Clifford B Mayo of Lubbock leading nightly services through Sunday at 7 30 p m Mayo attended Petersburg high school and is a Texas Tech and Asbury Seminary graduate Mrs Mayo teaches in Lubbock Public Schools He has preached at the Tri City Crusade in Louisville and has done foreign evangelism in Mexico and San Salvador.
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Grace Church of the Nazarene
Salem Sts
Clifford B. Mayo
Lubbock
Grace
Billy J. Burton
Mayo
Petersburg
Texas Tech
Asbury Theologial Seminary
Engelical Methodist Church
Tri-City
Louisville
Mexico
San Salvador
Quiet Day Marked For Traffic Mishaps In Lubbock
Lubbock police reported one of the quietest days in years with only three minor crashes in over two hours and no injuries. The city notes 2,619 accidents since January 1 with 974 injuries and many fatalities previously recorded.
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Lubbock
Littlefield Educator Leaves for Ruidoso Post
Jim Hine, principal of Littlefield Elementary for five years, resigns to become city manager of Ruidoso and will assume duties Monday. He arrived in Littlefield nine years ago as a primary principal and previously taught distributive education. Superintendent Glenn Reeves has not yet named a replacement. Mayor Robert Pearson announced the hiring.
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Littlefield
Jimmy Hine
Ruidoso
Hine
Abilene
Hardin-Simmons University
Texas Tech
Glenn Reeves
Robert Pearson
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Senate panel boosts Congo aid and Latin America program
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a $100 million emergency Congo fund to restore stability and backed a $500 million Latin America development program. Both measures were approved 11 to 0 amid debate on final terms, following Undersecretary Dillon's testimony. The report notes the WAVES nickname for women in the U S Navy.
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Washington
UPI
Sentate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Congo
Latin ‘America
U. S. Navy
Northwestern pupil captures first photo of satellite in flight
Northwestern University Dearborn Observatory reports a student photograph of a 100 foot satellite in flight. Sophomore John Blair of Washington DC framed the image through a refracting telescope during the early morning hours after a Friday launch.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Deariborn Observatory
John Blair
Washington, D.C
New York City
Echo
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