Lubbock Construction Boom Surges With Schools, Stores and Plants
A flurry of projects drives a strong building boom in Lubbock. Major additions include a $5.5 million chemistry facilities expansion and a $2.4 million museum phase, set to finish by next August and next spring respectively. Retail expansion features a $1 million K Mart and Gibson's store, with several industrial and educational builds underway.
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Ile
Indiana. Ave
Hida
Red Raiders
Kmart
Loop 289
University Ave
Lubbock
Riots in Ulster Bring British Troops to Belfast
Rioters clash across Northern Ireland for five days as arson bricks and sniping injure and threaten. About 600 troops patrol Belfast with 350 in London Derry. 20 gasoline bombs reported earlier. Prime Minister Wilson to host emergency talks as Chichester Clark invokes emergency powers to detain riot leaders.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londondery
Britain
Ulster
24Th Infantry
Ireland
London
Harold Wilson
James Chichester-Clark
Wilson
Chichester-Clark
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Aguirre In Hereford
Mrs Rebecca Lorres Aguirre 62 died Friday night at Deat Smith County Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. at St Anthony's Church Hereford with burial at St Cemetery under the direction of Claborn Funeral Home. She was born in Browneville and moved to Hereford in 1959.
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Hereford
Rebecca Lorres’ Aguirre
Deat. Smith
St. . Anthony
Michael Graha
St. Cemetery
Rona
Aguirre
Browneville
City vets vaccinate 2124 dogs in weekend clinic
Lubbock veterinarians and city workers vaccinated 2124 dogs Saturday marking the second consecutive weekend clinic. The total animals treated rose to 5199 as six doctors and dozens of city staff volunteered, with community donations totaling 1567.82 for the two weeks.
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Lubbock
George Jury
David Williams
John Key
J.C. Hart
W. W. Clifton
W. Rogers
Old Settlers Hold Reunion in Crosbyton Pioneer Building
Nearly 300 Crosbyton area residents attended a Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Building reunion. The event included a memorial service, a basket lunch, a fiddlers contest won by Elmer Glenn of Throckmorton, with Sterley Allsup Gustin second, Henry Lester Idalou third, Shorty Lester Lubbock fourth. New officers include Woodrow Robertson as director and Truett Mayes as president.
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Crosbyton
Crosby County
Evelyn Lowrie
Elmer Glenn
Throckmorton
Sterley Allsup
Gustin
Henry Lester
Idalou
Shorty Lester
Lubbock
Woodrow Robertson
Truett Mayes
Marine Sergeant Killed By Reds in Vietnam Action
Marine Sergeant Albert T. Anzaluda, 23, was killed August 10 in Quang Tri Province Vietnam during action against the enemy. He would have taken rest and recreation leave in 12 days. A six year Marine on his second tour, he previously returned to the States after a face injury. Survived locally by wife Yolanda and one‑month‑old daughter Linda, he is mourned by parents Mr. and Mrs. Pete Anzaluda and reared in Santa Rosa with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Juan Flores. Body to be returned for burial with services at Cox Mortuary.
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Plainview
Albert T. Anzaluda
Quang Tri Province
Vietnam
Anzaluda
Yolanda
Linda
Henry Hilliard Rites Monday
Services for Henry Dee Hilliard 80 will be 2 pm Monday at First Presbyterian Church Lamesa with Rev. Walter Horn officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park under Branon Funeral Home direction. Hilliard died Saturday at Medical Arts Hospital. Survivors include his wife daughter sister and brother and two grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Henry Dee
Hilliard
First Presbyterian Church
Walter Horn
Lamesa ‘Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Dawson County
Medical Arts Hospital
Western Auto Store
Aninie Mae Hilliard
E.B. Dozier
Lubbock
Myra Burton
Dallas
Eugene Hilliard
Waskom
Ren
Reese Air Base Craftsmen to Get 8 Cent Hourly Pay Raise
At Reese AFB 388 hourly workers will receive an average 8 cent an hour raise after a wage survey. The 2.59 percent increase matches such raises at Laibock and private sector peers. Colonel Clyde J. Morganti said a full pay schedule from the U S Civil Service Commission will confirm the raise and estimates the base payroll rise will total about 64 757 annually boosting the local economy.
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Reese Air Force Base
Reese
Laidbock
Department of Raises
Laibock
Defense
Washington
Clyde J. Morganti
Reese Afb
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Morganti
Rites Pending In Alto For Carter Infant
One day old infant son of Sp. 4 and Mrs. Donald Wayne Carter died Saturday in University Hospital Alto. Services are pending with Anon Funeral.
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Sp. 4
Wilber McKee to be buried Monday
Wilber Ernest McKee, 90, died at 10 a.m. Saturday in Plainview Hospital. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev. Dick Richards of St Johns Methodist Church officiating assisted by Rev. Williams also of the church.
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Plainview
Wilber Ernest McKee
Plainview Hospital
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Dick, Richards
St. Johns Methodist Church
Re Williams
Sine
Geisler Service Will Be Today
Theodore Geisler 80 longtime rancher dies after long illness in Lockney nursing home. Funeral at 3 p.m. Sunday First Baptist Quitaque with Rev. Bob Beck officiating. Burial Dreamland Cemetery Turkey. Survived by two sisters Mrs. George Ray Colvin Quitaque and Mrs. Emma Lammam Lockney and two brothers Walter and E L of Turkey.
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Quitaque
Theodore Geisler
First Baptist Church
Bob Beck
Paducah
Dream
Land
Turkey
Quitaque Funeral Home
Geisler
Lockney
Brenham
Briscoe County
Lutheran Church In
George Ray Colvin
Emma Lammam
Walter
E. L
Former Lubbock Native Bowles Dies in California
Former Lubbock resident T Bowles, age 58, died Saturday in Palmdale California after a long illness. Services are pending in California. He lived in this area until age 20 and is survived by two sons Michael and Stephen, two brothers Hoyle and Julian Gate, and a grandson. Lake Texoma spans 93080 acres on the Oklahoma Texas border.
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Allen. T. Bowles
Lubbock
Palmdale
Calif
California
Bowles
Michael
68Th St
Stephen
Tarzana
Hoyle
3Rd St
Julian
Gate
A. G. Mueller rites set at Tahoka
Anton G. Mueller 3 of Tahoka dies after heart attack Saturday evening at home. Services Monday 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Hugh B. Daniel officiating. Burial in Terrace Cemetery at Post. White Funeral Home directing. Survivors include Emma Gerner Mueller wife four sisters in Oklahoma and four brothers in Oklahoma and California. Pallbearers listed.
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First United Methodist Church
Hugh B. Daniel
Terrace
White Funeral Home
Clinton
Okla
Emma Gerner
Lynn and Garza County
Tohoka
Calif
R. C. Ray
Glenn Mathis
Ben Wilkey
Bob Thomas
Horace Daniel
Mack Terry
Sharon Wallace Rites Scheduled
Sharon Wallace an 11 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald Wallace of Idalou died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Services set for 11 am Monday at W W Rix Chapel in Lubbock with Rev Paul B Holmes officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock. Survivors include parents a sister Andra Lee Wallace Elvis Shipley of Littlefield and Mr and Mrs Fred 8 Wallace of Aspermont.
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Idalou
Sharon ‘Wallace
Ronald Wallace
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
W. W
Rix
Paul B. Holmes
Assembly of Gods Church
Ralls
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Andra Lee Wallace
Elvis Shipley
Littlefield
Fred 8. Wallace
Aspermont
Father of Local Resident Dies
V. R. Brooks 65, father of Bob Brooks of 1608 57th St., died at 3 45 p.m. Saturday in Cleburne hospital after a heart attack. Services pending at Crosier-Pearson Funeral Home in Cleburne. Brooks lived in Joshua. Survivors include wife Marie and another son Bill R. of Fort Worth.
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V. R. Brooks
Bob Brooks
57Th St
Inis Cleburne Hospital
Crosier-Pearson Funeral Home
Cleburne
Brooks
Joshua
Marie
Bill R
Fort Worth
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50Th St
Slide Rd
Dunlap’s
Caprock Center
Tohoka Highway
West 19Th Street
Brownfield Highway
Matthews
Southwestern Public Service Co
West Texas Air Terminal
Lubbock State School
St. Mary's Hospital
John Howard
Lubbock County Courthouse
Terry Walkup
Mrs. Aguirre
City Clinic
Henry Hilliard
Municipal ‘Coliseum
Xeum
Planetarium
West Texas Museum
4Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Court Place
Texas Avenue
Main Street
Pauline Warner
Fabel
Ingusits
Rites
Carter
Wilber McKee
Pend
Lake ‘Texoma
Oklahoma
A.G. Mueller
Tahoka
Sharon Wallace
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