Bomb Blast Kills One In Dance Hall
A homemade bomb exploded at the VFW hall near Sapulpa Oklahoma during a Saturday dance injuring 13 and killing James Rame 23 of Keifer. Police suspect stolen dynamite sticks and note a similar Bristow blast last Tuesday. Investigators say no motive yet but lines of inquiry include a low order device and construction dynamite.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Foreign Wars
U.S. 66
James Rame
Keifer
Tulsa
American National Bank
Bristow
Here
Earl Burnett
Treasury Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Burnett
Gun Creek County
Jim Mills
VFW
Funeral rites set for Eva Mat Blackburn in Lubbock
Services for Eva Mat Blackburn of 3019 33rd St will be at 10 am Tuesday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. O A McBrayer officiating. Graveside rites follow at 2 pm Tuesday at Jayton Cemetery. She was native of Stonewall County, lived in Lubbock 49 years, member of Forrest Heights United Methodist Church, and survived by two daughters, a half-brother, and a grandson.
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Eva Mat Blackburn
Sanders Memorial Chapel
O. A. McBrayer
Forrest Heights United Methodist Church
Jayton
Stonewall County
Blackburn
Lubbock
Breckenridge
Cisco
Bruce Caldwell
56Th St
Rose Lee Blackburn
Sind
Gerald England
Hacienda Heights
Calif
Oscar L. Watson obituary and funeral planned
Oscar L. Watson, 76, of Plainview died Sunday at Central Plains General Hospital. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at College Heights Baptist Church, with Rev. Wayne Blankenship officiating, and burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Watson, a former California native who moved to Plainview in 1950, retired in 1970 after 20 years as a male nurse at Central Plains General Hospital. Survived by wife Minnie, daughter Lucile McEachern of Half Way, sons Ed of Dallas, D. A. of Albuquerque, Oliver of Tularosa, brother Dewey of Bakersfield, sisters Clara Angel, Pearl Ford, Mamie Shadley, Irene Dart, Opal Collier, ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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Plainview
Oscar L. Watson
Central Plains General Hospital
College Heights
Baptist Church
Wayne Blankenship
Plainview Memorial Park
Lemons Funeral Home
Watson
California
Minnie
Lucile McEachern
Halfway
Dallas
D. A
Albuquerque
Oliver
Tularosa
N.M
Dewey
Bakersfield
Calif
Clara Angel
Bakersfeild
Pearl Ford
San Francisco
Mamie Shadley
Cheyenne
Wyo
Irene Dart
Mrs Williams Funeral Set at Matador Church
Mrs Velma Williams 63 of Matador dies Saturday at home A Motley County resident since 1928 funeral at First United Methodist Church with Rev Douglas Gossett and Rev Roy Patterson officiating Burial in East Mound Cemetery Seigler Funeral Home in charge Survivors include three sons Pete and Bobby of Matador Clyde of Freesport three brothers Jobert Pierce Carl Pierce Troy Pierce four sisters Aubrey Ellington Ora Dillard Zora Whitaker and Mrs George Ebling five grandchildren
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Matador
Velma Williams
First United Methodist Church
Douglas Gossett
Roy Patterson
Turkey First United
Clyde
Freesport
Jobert Pierce
Clovis
Carel Pierce
Roaring Springs
Troy Pierce
Lubbock
Aubrey Ellington
Ora Dillard
Zora Whitaker
Tyler
George Ebling
Modesto
Calif
Roark Baby's Rites Pending
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Lonnie Roark of 4723 40th St. died shortly after birth. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home following death at St Marys Hospital around 8 p m Sunday.
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Lonnie Roark
40Th St
Sanders Funeal
St. Mary's Hospital
Cecil Stanley Rites Announced
Cecil Roy Stanley 66 died about 1 35 a m Sunday at Lubbock Methodist Hospital Services will be at 4 p m today at the Church of the Nazarene Rev Jerrold Lake to officiate Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park under Branon Funeral Home direction A Cook County native he lived in Lamesa 42 years and was a retired farmer Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Roy Huffaker of Lamesa six sisters Mrs Lloyd Fincher Mrs John Woodhouse Mrs Claude Henderson Mrs Jim Jones Mrs Emmett Allison Mrs Clifford Downing a step sister Mrs Claude Fincher two brothers Bill and P J Stanley a step brother Bart Riddle and two grandchildren
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Lamesa
Cecil Roy Stanley
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Church of the Nazarene
Jerrold Lake
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Cook County
Roy Huffaker
Lloyd Fincher
John Woodhouse
Hammond, Okin
Claude Henderson
Elk City
Okla
Jim Jones
Raymond, Wash
Emmett Allison
Clifford Downing
Norwalk
Ohio
Claude Fincher
Seminole
Bill
P. J. Stanely
Bart Riddle
Mrs Bedwell Rites Scheduled at First Baptist
Mrs. Imogene Bedwell 52 died about 9 30 p m Saturday in Medical Arts Hospital. Services set for 2 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev Bill Hardage officiating. Burial in Park Cemetery by Branon Funeral Home. Survived by husband R T Bedwell Jr two daughters Loran McCormick and John Deere ing mother Beulah Robison Littlefield two sisters Roberta Royal Hereford Donna Smith Littlefield two brothers Clifton Hereford Harold field and one grandchild.
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Lamesa
Imogene Bedwell
Medical Arts Hospital
First Baptist Church
Bill Hardage
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon ‘Funeral Home
Loran McCormick
John Deering
Beulah Robison
Littlefield
Robetta Royal
Hereford
Donna Smith
Clifton Robison
Harold Robison
Field
Lena Capehart Rites Pending
Lena Capehart 63 of 1305 4 Ave died in a morning apartment blaze. Funeral services pending with Henderson Funeral Directors as officials locate relatives. Justice of the Peace Charles Smith ruled death by carbon monoxide from smoke inhalation, noting apparent smoking in bed and an overturned ashtray igniting the mattress.
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Lena Capehart
Ave
Henderson Funeral
Justice of the Peace
Charles Smith
Mexican American teachers honored at Lubbock dinner
More than 100 guests attended a Sunday dinner at the Charro Restaurant as the League of United Latin American Citizens and local banks welcomed 31 new Mexican American teachers. Francisco Gonzalez urged civic involvement, education, and financial independence while a host of local officials and leaders observed the occasion.
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Pete Garza
League of United Latin American Citizens
Council 263
Francisco Garza
Lubbock
Garza
el Charro
Gios
Ellmuch
Opper
Spont
Francisco Gonzalez
Horizon Property Corp
YMCA
United Fund
Good Will Industries
Planned Parenthood, Inc
Mindred
Ed Irons
Bill Tucker
Joan Ervin
Charles Waters
Gonzalez
Don Quixote
Famous Retired Newsman Dies in Nashville Nursing Home
Karl L. Shaub, 86, a veteran reporter who covered the Scopes Monkey Trial, Lindbergh, the Tunney fight and the Judd and Snyder executions, died Saturday in a Nashville nursing home. A Tucumcari native, he spent 31 years in newspapers with the Nashville Tennessean and Hearst Universal Service. His Scopes coverage helped ignite the national feud over evolution.
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Nashville, Tenn
Karl L. Shaub
Scopes Monkeyer
Charles Lindbergh
ey-Tunney
Fight and
Med Presidente
Nashville
Tucumcari
N.M
Shaub
Nashville Tennesseans
Hearst Universal Service
Universal Service
Dayton
Tenn
John Scopes
William — Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Henry Gray Judd
Ruth Snyder
Couple's Son Wins Film Award at Atlanta Festival
W. G. Bill Williams, son of George and Mrs. Williams of 2204 A 35th St, earned bronze in the Atlanta International Film Festival for a television station production in Bowling Green Ohio titled Tinker. He edited photographed and produced the film and is a Lubbock High School graduate with bachelor and master's degrees from Texas Tech.
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W. G
Bill” Williams
George Williams
35Th St
Bowling Green
Ohio
Williams
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
Ethiopian Ruler Visits Lubbock for Two Day Tour
Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfere, leader of over 500000 Ethiopian tribesmen, travels with a State Department escort and staff during a U S visit. He tours Texas Tech University and ICASALS, will receive honorary Lubbock citizenship, and discusses agriculture scholarships for Awsa region students. The tour runs Aug 3 to Sept 14 with stops nationwide.
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Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfere
Lubbock
U.S. State Department
Sultan
Ali Ibrahim Yousuf
Hashim Gamal A-Shami
Kadafa Mohamed Hanfare
American University
Washington, D.C
John Large
Department of State
Texas ‘Tech University Museum and Ranch
International Center For Arid and
Texas A&m University
Hanfere
Awsa
Ethiopia
Washington, D. C
Orlando
Fla
St. Thom
Virgin Islands
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Oklahoma City
Glup, N.M
Phoenix, Ariz
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
New York City
Retired Admiral Harold Stark Dies at 91
Washington AP reports Adm. Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations during Pearl Harbor, died Sunday at his Washington home of a heart attack at age 91. A Wilkes-Barre native, he pressed for a strong Navy against the danger of a coalition Axis attack. Stark led the Navy from 1939, jumping over 59 seniors, after graduating from the Naval Academy in 1903. He retired in 1946 after a stroke earlier in the year. he is survived by two daughters.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Pearl Harbor
Wilkes-Barre
Stark
Franklin D. .Roosevelt
Naval Operations
Sothers
Naval Academy
British Shoot Three Snipers Die In Northern Ireland Violence
AP reports Northern Ireland saw renewed sectarian violence with snipers firing in Londonderry Falls Road and Belfast. Soldiers clashed with gunmen near Catholic and Protestant areas, a bomb factory was found in Armagh, and two police or military-linked deaths were noted as authorities restrained further bloodshed.
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Belfast
Irel
Indandi
Fourlireland
Basthn Cathai
Anenlila
Oipere We Ane 7
Ister
Republic
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Falls Road
James Neill
Graveside rites for Shirley Park and Day child
Multiple brief notices report graveside services for Shirley Park and a child born dead at Palmer County Community Hospital. Other obituaries note Kenneth Dale Garrett stationed in Corpus Christi with the Navy, plus local deaths in Hobbs and Post. Community updates include a BPW meeting on heart disease prevention and several injury updates from Lubbock area hospitals.
Soldier Killed as Car Flips on I 35 Near San Marcos
John Alfred Morris, 23, stationed at Ft. Hood with a unit police detachment, was killed when an automobile overturned on Interstate 35 about a mile south of San Marcos. A companion was seriously injured and hospitalized.
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San Marcos
John Alfred Morris
Ft. Hood
Interstate 35
Texas
Morris
Day Clinic Chiropractic Promises Health Through Care
A testimonial style notice urges families to seek chiropractic treatment at Day Clinic for a variety of ailments. It claims a 53 year old woman found relief after prior hospitalizations for neck and shoulder pain, spasms, breathing issues, heart involvement, and digestive disturbances. The piece promotes chiropractic as addressing underlying causes and encourages readers to refer the sick for care.
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Plady
John
A Mother’s Guiding Love Is Always Near
A short reflective verse extols the mother as the source of constant care and guidance from infancy through life. The poem celebrates a mother’s steadfast presence, compassion, and moral guidance shaping every life. Cullen C. Hyer is cited as the author.
Houston Man Charged With Youth's Death
Houston police charged 29 year old B D Taylor with murder after Daniel J Walker 19 was shot at a party and died later at hospital. Detectives said the wound was a small caliber bullet entry in the stomach and officials initially suspected a drug overdose.
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Houston
Daniel J. Walker
B. D. Taylor
Walker
Revolutionary UK Patent 43 003 068 Discovery
A report highlights a groundbreaking development flagged as UK Patent 43,003,068. The article outlines the claim of a novel method or device with potential transformative impact across multiple sectors. Further details remain forthcoming as officials verify the invention’s novelty and practical applications.
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Mills
Floyd Conetzer
Conatzer
Oscar Watson
Roark
Cecil Stanley Rites
Oaex
Linday Rita Baca
Himise 'Badell
Yolanda Belazi
Amalia Campbell
Beatrice Cantu
Helen Espineza
Edward Garcia
Lupe Reyes
Olivia Tarango
Minerva Trevino
Carlos Vasquez
Adela Vasquez
Laura Villareal
Miriam Zamora
Lumbock Avalanchi
Solinal Steining
Tanhon Avalerche Journal
Texae
Goupbeck
Sarnina
Ha Ina
Mornsieve
Sum
CIA
Ing
Adm
Harold Stark
Sner
Shirley Park
Day
Clemons
Stan
Leon Clemons
Bovina
Parsons-Ellis Funeral Home
Friona
Palmer County
Kenneth Dale
Garrett
Levelland
Corpus Christi
Park Drive
Memorial Gardens
George Price
U.S. Navy
Glen Blaylock
E. 42Nd Street
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Loop 289
U.S. 84
Iale Smith
A. C. Bush
Methodist
Hobbs
Lea General Hospital
Dimmitt
Roberts Funeral Home
Muleshoe Cemetery
Bush I
Walter Lee Crider
Garza Memorial Hospital
Post
Margaret’ Hall
17Th St
Henderson Funeral “Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ida Cherry
West Texas Hospital
Oakswood Methodist Church
Quail Cemetery
Franklin Bartley
Lorene Day
Sandlers Memorial Chapel
Resthaven Memorial
Johnnie Johnson
Eidth Street
Gidden
Sundown Community Center
Sandown
Odessa
Abilene
Fort Stockton
Sweetwater
Sundown
Bob Clarke
Both Street
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Chiropractic
Sith & Ave
Lizzy
Sanders Funeral Home
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