McNamara Sees 100000 Recruits From Rejected Men
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told the Veterans of Foreign Wars that about 100,000 of the 600,000 annually rejected men could meet military standards through advanced medical and educational techniques. He stressed standards remain and the group could serve first in military careers and later in civilian roles.
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New York
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Defense Department
U.S. asks Soviets for private talks on nuclear ban
UPI reports in Geneva that the United States requested private negotiations with the Soviet Union on a treaty to halt nuclear weapons spread. Adrian Fisher said progress toward non proliferation was set back when Moscow refused a prior meeting and warned against pressuring outcomes.
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John A. Callcott
Geneva
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Fisner
Fisher
Moscow
U.S
Two German Climbers Rescued After Five Day Ledge Sit
Two German youths Heinz Ramisch and Herman Schridde survived a week on a icy ledge in the Dry Needle on Mount Blane before American rescuer Gary Emming and team reached them in Chamonix France. The pair credited German temperament for their calm during the ordeal and said they survived by eating snow after conserving food.
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Chamonix
France
French Alps
Gary Emming
Pasadena
Calif
Heinz Ramisch
Baden-Baden
Herman Schridde
Karlsruhe
Mount Blane Range
Titan 3D rocket launch delayed to Friday
The Air Force postponed the Titan 3D rocket attempt to orbit eight military communications satellites until Friday at the earliest. The delay followed reports that seven identical satellites already in orbit were involved and an official reason was not available. An Expo 67 program in Montreal will feature opera and a striptease act.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Air Force
Montreal
Robert Wayne Rites Slated Here Today
Funeral services for Robert Wayne 26 a Dallas resident who died from a gunshot wound at Parkland Hospital in Dallas will be held at Mount Gilead Baptist Church. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include his wife a son and a daughter his mother Eudora Woods Cannon and extended family.
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Robert Wayne
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Sedberry Funeral Home
Wayne
United States Marines
Eudora Woods Cannon
Eli, George
Curtis Wood
Lubbock
Currey Leon Perry Graveside Rites Set
Graveside services for Currey Leon Perry Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Currey Leon Perry at City of Lubbock Cemetery at 1 L a m. today. Rev Harry Adams pastor of Rock of Ages Baptist Church will officiate. Burial is at Funeral Home. Survivors include grandparents H W Rachels and Lottie Rachels of 216 E 37th St and Mrs Edna Mae Morris of Lubbock.
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Currey Leon Perry Jr
Currey Leon Perry
E. Stanford
City of Lubbock
Latif Clinic
Harry Adams
Rock of Ages Baptist Church
H. W. Rachels
E. 37Th St
Lottie
Blessed is the nation and its path of obedience
In this devotional reflection Julien C. Hyer cites Psalm 33 12 and the Bible to warn that nations suffer when they forsake God The author notes that ancient tribes faced wrath for disobedience and argues current troubles stem from corrupt national life urging repentance and alignment with divine codes
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Julien C. Hyer
Parks Official Dies At Age 45 In Tulia Texas
Alvin R. Roberts 45 longtime parks and recreation head in Tulia died at Hi Plains Hospital Hale Center after a week long illness. A pathologist attributed death to encephalitis while further tests continued. He previously led Tulia police from 1959 to 1964 and had worked as a bookkeeper in Kress. Survivors include his wife Wynelle a son Jimmy three daughters and several relatives. Services set for Thursday at First Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Tulia
Alvin R. Roberts
Parks and Recreation
Hi Plains
Hale Center
Lubbock
Roberts
Kress
Swisher
Tulsa
Hamlin
Knox City High School
1St Armored Division
Calvary Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
D. R. Philley
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Wynelle
Jimmy
Cornelia
Mary
Sue
John Roberts
Knox City
J.W
V. R
Haskell
Eldon Leek
Weldon Leck
Odessa
Services Slated For Mrs. Riggs
Funeral services will be held at Avenue B Church of Christ in Seminole at 3 p m Thursday for Varilla A Riggs 95 who died Monday in Memorial Hospital Officiating pastors are Rev D M Duke and Rev Orlo Boteler Burial is in O Donnell Cemetery under Seminole Memorial Chapel directions Survivors include one son Branick Lometa California eight daughters Gladys Baite Alamogordo Ben Emison Lovington Alamae Batte La Luz NM Mary Benthall Anson Iuna Welman O Donnell and Agnes Blackmon Izabeth Reynolds and Davie Riggs all of Seminole 22 grandchildren 67 great grandchildren and 24 great great grandchildren
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Seminole
Avenue B
Church of Christ
Varilla A. Riggs
Memorial Hospital
D. M. Duke
First Church of the Nazarene
Big Spring
Orlo Bot
Eler
Assembly of God Church
Hobbs
N. M
O'Donnell Cemetery
Maize Days Event Set for Friona in September 1966
Friona prepares for Maize Days the week of September 11 to 17 1966 with two new events Pony Express rides and an old fiddlers contest. The parade and beard growing contest return while the queen selection and the 60th Friona observance anniversary are featured.
Fort Wayne Wire Plant Explosion Claims One Bosses Life
An explosion at Phelps-Dodge Copper Products in Fort Wayne killed one secretary and left four other workers missing presumed buried in rubble. Twenty injured, and damage topped more than five million dollars including a Honeywell 200 computer. Local officials reported a natural gas smell before the blast and crews worked through the night to reach victims.
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George Zucker
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wire Manufacturing Company
Gordon Franke
Margaret Sleesman
Edgerton
Ohio
Earl Smith
Organic Research
Marie Jackson
Ruth Deyoung
Virginia Becher
Smith
Jackson
Becher
Dave
U.S. Army
Ft. Polk
Benath
Charles Lancaster
Phelps-Dodge ‘Copper Products Corp
Honeywell 200
Jack Carmean
Ager of Systems and Data Processing
Donald Gerig
Phelps-Dodge
Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corp
Inca
Indiana Rod & Wire
George Bernat
Harley Jensen
Northern Indiana Public Service Co
Walter
Ainsworth
Phelps- Dodge
F.allen Jacobs
St. Louis
Bob Cole
Frentress Dies. Rites Set For C W Frentress
Charlie Wayne Frentress 64 of 804 58th St. died Monday at a local convalescent home. He worked at Lydick Roofing Co. until retirement three years ago. Services today at 2 p.m. in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. J B Whitten officiating. Burial in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. Survived by sister Mrs. Florence Walker 910 E Rice St and pallbearers N L Morris T T Morris Will Bell Pete Gorrell J D Gorrell M D Smith.
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Charlie Wayne Frentress
58Th St
Lubbock
Frentress
Lydick Roofing Co
Sanders Memorial ‘Chapel
J. B. Whitten
Peaceful Gardens Memorial ‘Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Texas Tech names Dr. Robert M. Betha assistant professor
Dr. Robert M. Betha, previously with NASA in Virginia and a former DuPont process engineer, was named assistant professor of chemical engineering at Texas Tech. He holds BS from Virginia Tech and MS and PhD from Iowa State and has been active in environmental research for space applications.
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Robert M. Betha
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia
Texas Tech
Chemical Engineering
Arnold J. Gully
Betha
Iowa State University
Virginia Tech
Iowa State
DuPont
Mayors Seek More Federal Aid Amid City Accountability Clash
Los Angeles Mayor Yorty testifies on federal relief while Senator Ribicoff rebukes his scope, urging leadership in education welfare and housing. Detroit Mayor Cavanagh proposes a 10 year urban development fund, $240 to $250 billion, to reboot city programs.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Abraham A. Ribicoff
O'Conn
Samuel Yorty
Los Angeles
Ribicoff
Yorty
Senate
John V. Lindsay
New York
Detroit
Los
Kennedy
Sam
Watts
America
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Cavanagh
National League of Cities
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Francis X. Bushman dies after kitchen fall at 83
Francis X. Bushman once hailed as King of the Silent Movies died at age 83 after a kitchen fall in his Pacific Palisades home following a prior Sunday injury. He remained active into his final days and was slated to begin a new Western, Huntsville, Monday. He began in 1911 at Essanay Studios and rose to fame at Metro/MGM, later facing a blacklist dispute and transitioning to vaudeville radio and stage work. He left behind his widow Iva Richardson, six children, twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Francis X. Bushman
Pacific Palisades
Bushman
Huntsville
Chicago
Essanay Studios
Charlie Chaplin
Gloria Swanson
Wallace Beery
Broncho Billy
Metro Studios
MGM
Beverly Bayne
Rudolph
Rudolph Vallentino
Messala
Ramon Novarro
Louis B. Mayer
Indus
Leielcallul
Norfolk
Baltimore
Iva Richardson
City Couple Rites Set After Mountainair Crash
Services for Elmer H. Newton and his wife Mrs. Jeffie Crawford Newton, both of Lubbock, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Assembly of God Church. The couple died in a head-on crash near Mountainair, New Mexico, Sunday. Burial will be at O'Donnell Cemetery under White Funeral Home of Tahoka. Newton worked as a city water department plumber. They were active in the church and are survived by family including Lloyd Crawford, grandchildren, and many siblings. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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Washington
America
McNamara
United States
New York Hilton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Spickers
Elmer H. Newton
Jeffie Crawford Newton
iFirst Assembly of God
Mountainair
N.M
L. F. Ammons
O'Donnell
White Funeral
Tahoka
Newton
City of
Plainview Rites Slated For West Plainview
Monroe West 71 a former Plainview resident who died Monday in the VA Hospital Amarillo after living with daughter Mrs Jean Coy in Lubbock. A WWI veteran he moved to Plainview in 1949. Services 3 p m today at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev Corbie Grimes officiating. Burial Plainview Lemons Funeral Home. Survivors include six sons two daughters ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Plainview
Monroe West
Jean Coy
Lubbock
Amarillo
Church of the Nazarene
Corbie Grimes
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Marvin
Davis
Huntsville
Waylon
Kenneth
Wayne
Houston
Cecil
May Bynum
Clovis Woman Hattie Baker Dies at 88
Mrs. Hattie C. Baker 88, longtime Clovis resident and former president for 38 years, died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after hospitalization since July 19. Services were held Thursday at West 21st Street Church of Christ with minister Mardell Lynch officiating. Burial will be in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Texas, after graveside services at 10 a.m. Saturday. Survived by son Marvin L. Baker of Clovis and sisters Callie Mills Autie Frazier and Ada McBroome, all of Hillsboro. Pallbearers listed as Wayne Perkins Bill Thomas Buck Tucker Floyd Talley Gus Campbell Manzy Simms.
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Clovis
Hattie C. Baker
Memorial Hospital
West 21St Street Church
Callie Mills
Autie Frazier
Ada McBroome
Hillsboro
Wayne Perkins
Bill Thomas
Buck Tucker
Floyd Talley
Gus Campbell
Manzy Simms
Allen A Phenix Dies Rites Set
Allen Andrew Phenix 90 retired farmer of Plainview died Monday in a local hospital. He had lived in Plainview since 1908. Services 10 a.m. today at Lemons Memorial Chapel conducted by W T Hamilton of Plainview Church of Christ. Burial in Plainview Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home direction. Survived by two daughters Vera Phenix and Opal Day both of Plainview two sisters Mrs G A Warren Clovis NM and Mrs C A Elliott Glenrose TX one grandchild and three great grandchildren.
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Plainview
Allen Andrew Phenix
Phenix
Lemons Memorial Chapel
W. T. Hamilton
Garland Street
Church of Christ
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Elzia
Vera Phenix
Opal Day
G. A. Warren
Clovis
N.M
C. A. Elliott
Glenrose
Tex
Charles Henry Fields Funeral Slated Today
Services to honor Charles Henry Fields 69 will be held at 2 pm in Bellevue Church of Christ Stanton with Ernest West officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery directed by Gilbreath Funeral Home. Survived by four sisters Cloe Brooks Grace Cunningham and John Chuculate plus six brothers in several states.
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Stanton
Charles Henry Fields
Physicians Hospital
Ernest West
Bellvue Church of Christ
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Cloe Brooks
Grace Cunningham
John Chuculate
Stillwell
Okla
Mel
John I. Jonson
Silome Spring
Ark
Jeff Brown
Bethany
Ervin Brown
Jefferson City
Frank
Ike
Lee
Gleason Fields
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Custer Duniton
Robert L. Boltz
Schwegman-Wilte Co
Paul Kleber
Fort. Wayne
Lutheran Hospital
Army
Marine
Pat Daly
Yoder
Jackie Heckman
C. W. Frentress
Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
D-Ny
Amsterdam—Holland
Plainview Rites
DeKalb, Tex
West
Clovis Woman’s Services Slated
Allen A. Phenix
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