Rains Drench South Texas as Other Regions Dry Out
The Texas weather story details a cool front bringing heavy rains to South Texas while other areas dry. Dell City suffered major flood damage with 5 million dollars in losses to irrigation and homes. Gov. Connally pledged aid. Hurricane Faith looms east of Puerto Rico, prompting warnings as Texas temps stay below normal and forecasts call for a warming trend inland.
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Reau
Corpus Christi
South Texas
Austin
Midland
Wichita Falls
South
Boerne
U.S
Gulf
Dell City
Allan Hill
Casey
St. Isidore’s
Puerto Rico
Florida
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
San Juan
Virgin Islands
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Alpine
Laredo
Lufkin
San Antonio
Presidio
Dallas
Five Hoffmans Honored as Five Marines Serve
President Johnson sent a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hency J. Hoffman of Rumson New Jersey thanking them on behalf of the nation for their five sons serving in the Marine Corps. Johnson called the record unprecedented and praised the family for patriotism and citizenship.
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Johnson
Hoffman
Marine Corps
Rubber Plants Need Shade Not Direct Sunlight
St. Louis report notes rubber plants suffer in bright sun. Nelson Russell of the University of Missouri extension advises thorough watering then wait for the soil surface to dry before watering again. Emphasizes good light without direct sun to protect root air needs.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Nelson Russell
University of Missouri Extension
Mrs Williams funeral held in Lubbock after Houston death
Services for Mrs Leon Eva Williams 49 of Lubbock were conducted at 4 p m in Second Baptist Church with Rev Robert J Hearn officiating. Burial followed in a local cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors supervision. Survivors include husband E L Williams son Monta Glenn Williams daughter Nancy Sue Williams father Rev H P Bishop Tahoka two brothers Rev Shelby Bishop Tahoka and H P Bishop Jr four sisters Mrs Austin L Purdy Mrs John Chandler Mrs John A Hughes and Mrs Charles A Fowler. Pallbearers were A J Strawn Neil Purdy Ben Brown Harley Robinson Farris Eubanks and Eugene Wheeler.
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Leon
Eva) Williams
55Th St
Lubbock
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Second Baptist Church
Robert J. Hearn
Sncal Cemetery
Rix Funeral Directors
Williams-Chapman Realtors
Monta Glenn Williams
Nancy Sue Williams
H. P. Bishop
Tahoka
Shelby Bishop
H. P. Bishop, Jr
47Th St
Austin L. Purdy
John Chandler
Rites Set Today For Terry Stephen Barrett
Funeral services for seven year old Terry Stephen Barrett will be held at 9 50 a m today at St Elizabeths Catholic Church. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors. Terry died Wednesday in a Burkburnett hospital and was a lifelong Lubbock resident. He is survived by his parents two sisters Mickey and Janie one brother Jerry and grandparents Pearl Edmondson A H Greenburg and A E Thayer.
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Terry Stephen Barrett
Jeff W. Barrett
E. 48Th St
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral
Terry
Burkburnett
Lubbock
Mickey Barrett
Janie Barrett
Hobbs
N.M
Jerry Barrett
Pearl Edmondson
Lamesa
A. H.greenburg
Beverly Hills
Calif
A. E. Thayer
San Jose
Rites Set Today For Mrs Emma Escobedo
Funeral for 71 year old Mrs Emma Escobedo is at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Slaton with Rev James Erickson officiating. Burial follows at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery Woodrow under Williams Funeral Home direction. Survivors include husband Julio Rt J Wilson two sons Pete Salas Frank Salas four daughters Mary Silva Julia Melendez Nellie Almene rez Suzie Garcia a brother fifteen grandchildren eight great grandchildren.
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Okla
Mary Silva
Julia Melendez
Waco
Nellie Almencarez
Suzie Garcia
Houston
Ulbricht to Make First Official Yugoslavia Visit
East Germany leader Walter Ulbricht will make his first official visit to Yugoslavia in late September. He has made several unofficial trips since Yugoslavia and East Germany established diplomatic relations in 1957.
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Ulbricht
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Communist Party
M G Grewell Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Mae Garland Grewell 67 who died Wednesday at the Pitchfork Ranch near Guthrie will be held at 11 a.m. at Paducah Church of Christ with Don Tarbet officiating. Burial follows at Garden of Memories Cemetery under Norris Funeral Home direction. Grewell lived in Cottle and King counties most of his life and worked on Pitchfork and 6666 ranches. Born November 20 1898 in Hunt County Texas he served in the Merchant Marine during World War I. Survivors include a sister Mrs Mabel Johnson Pampa and three brothers Mason and Bayne Grewell Odessa and Charlie Paducah.
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Paducah
Mae Garland Grewell
Pitchfork Ranch
Guthrie
Pa‘ducah Church of Christ
Don ‘Tarbet
Garden of Memories
Norris Funeral
Grewell
Cottley
King Counties
Hunt County
Tex
Merchant
Mabel Johnson
Pampa
Mason and
Bayne Grewell
Odessa
Charlie
Paul Whiteside Rites Planned for Local Resident
Paul Whiteside 55 of 2523 Bates St. will have services at 2 p.m. today in Sanders Memorial Chapel officiated by Rev. Bruce Giles. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Whiteside, a paint contractor, was found dead after his car bogged in mud while helping boys with a stuck vehicle. He is survived by his wife, one son, five daughters, his mother, one brother and three grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Paul Whiteside
Bates St
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Bruce Giles
Westmoreland Baptist ‘Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Whiteside
Lubbock
Pat Harrington
Gene Watson
Ralph ‘Montgomery
Ray Dippel
Billi Goble
Ferman Pierce
Rites Set Saturday For Chauncy Gidney
A requiem Mass will be celebrated at 1 a m Saturday in St Alice s Catholic Church for Chauncy Gidney 65 year old Plainview resident Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park under direction of Lemons Funeral Home A rosary will be said for Gidney at 730 p m today in Lemons Memorial Chapel Gidney an employee of the government and European head of the Feed Grains Council died Aug 16 in Rome Italy Survivors include one sister Mrs Marie Wyckoff Plainview and several nieces and nephews
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Plainview
St. Alice's Catholic Church
Chauncy Gidney
Plainview Memorial Park
Lemons Funeral Home
Gidney
Lemons
Rome
Italy
Marie Wyckoff
Mrs. Thelma Bratton services pending in Post
Mrs. Thelma R E Bratton 68 longtime Post resident died Thursday at Methodist Hospital Services are pending at Mason Funeral Home in Post She was born in Correll County and moved to Post 44 years ago Survivors include her husband a son Spencer Kuykendall of McAllister Montana a daughter Mrs Durward Bartlett of Post two stepsons R A Bratton of Monahans and M A Bratton of Burleson three stepdaughters Mrs Bud Warden Mrs Marshall Boyd and Mrs T L Martin all of Snyder eight grandchildren and eight stepgrandchildren five great grandchildren and 11 step great grandchildren
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POST
R. E
Thelma) Bratton
Methodist Hospital
Mason Funeral Home
M. A. Bratton
Burleson
Bud Warden Burleson
Marshall Boyd
T. L. Martin
Snyder
Leasing Trend Spreads to School Classrooms Nationwide
UPI reports a nationwide shift to leasing in education with 252 of 303 relocatable classrooms furnished to local districts and colleges in the year ended June 30 1966. Leases run one to five years with options to renew or buy fully equipped classrooms.
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New York
UPI
William R. Nixon
C.lt. Educational Buildings, Inc
Rites Set For C A Pierce Longtime Lubbock Resident
Services today at 4 p.m. in Sanders Memorial Chapel mark the funeral for C A Pierce known as Charlie, a longtime Lubbock oil lease broker who lived in Hotel Lubbock Room 820. He died after a long illness, survived by four daughters, two sons, 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Pierce born 1879 in Ellis County and pioneer H A Pierce descendant.
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C. A
Charlie) Pierce
Lubbock
Sanders Memorial Chapel
W. F. Ferguson
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Lubbocks
Pierce
Pioneer Hotel
South Plains
Ellis County
Jones County
Smyer
H. A. Pierce
J. B. Crane
Dean Pierce
Jerry Brooks
Sam Middleton
Bruce Gentry
M. T. Faylor
States Run Liquor Supply Under Public Control
Seventeen states maintain government ownership of liquor wholesaling and run most package liquor retailing operations through state agencies and controlled outlets.
Nine hurt in Lubbock area traffic crashes. one dies
A Shallowater woman, Estanislado Rodriguez, 35, died from injuries after a car truck crash near Shallowater. Her husband and two Carlisle men were injured but treated and released at West Texas Hospital. Additional incidents near Lubbock harmed several others, with no hospitalizations.
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Shallowater
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Estanislado Rodriguez
Rt. 1
Carlisle
Herbert Moore
Woodray Johnson
Lindale
Kennard Lowell Mauplin
64Th St
Tohoka
Leon York Jr
Janette E. Marchbanks
43Rd St
Memphis Ave
32Nd St
Larry Doggett
Houston
Dewey Wendell Ellison
40Th St
Tommy Sanchez
Baylor
Doggett
Ellison
Ave
Sanchez
I. A. Leach
Quirt Ave
Ozelle Lightfoot
34Th St
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The Blacksmith of Truth Tempering Souls
Poem excerpt shows a blacksmith testing iron in fire to prove temper and strength. It likens pain and loss to forging steel, shaping character through hardship. The lines echo a biblical quote from Jeremiah 15 12 and end with attribution to Julien C Hyer.
J W Harrell Rites Set In Anton Church
Funeral services for James Westley Harrell longtime Anton resident who died at Littlefield Hospital will be held at 2 30 p m in Central Baptist Church Anton with Rev Darvey Lavender and Rev E H Phillips officiating Burial will follow in Anton Cemetery under Hammons Funeral Home Survived by a daughter two sons two brothers nine grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren Pallbearers named
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James Westley Harrell
Littlefield Hospital
Central Baptist
Darvey Lavender
E. H. Phillips
Anton Methodist Church
Anton Cemetery
Hammons
daugh_ter
Boyd Rea
Boots Tipps
Charles Buchanan
J. C. Fowler
Alton Bullington
Charles Butler
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah J. LeCroy Slated in Resthaven
Mrs. Sarah J. LeCroy, 87, will be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after a 3:30 p.m. service at Resthaven Funeral Home Little Church of the Flowers. Dr. C Melvin Ratheal will officiate. She died Wednesday in a Ralls nursing home after living there two years, previously in Lubbock for 16 years. Survivors include four daughters, one son, two sisters, 10 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Pallbearers: A T Bradley, Elbert Myers, J W Myers, Robert Nichols, Marvin Fann, Arthur Pierce.
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Sarah J. LeCroy
Resthaven
A. T. Bradley
Elbert Myers
J. W. Myers
Robert Nichols
Marvin Fann
Arthur Pierce
J. J. Gardners Rites Today In Plainview
Funeral services for Jessie Johnson Gardner 83 a Plainview resident will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lemons Memorial Chapel with W T Hamilton and Sam Pounds officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery. He died Wednesday evening in a local hospital. A native of Wolf City he moved to Plainview in 1928 leaving two sons A J Gardner and J C Gardner a sister Rosa Morgan six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren is listed as survivors
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Plainview
Jessie Johnson Gardner
Lemons Memorial
W. T. Hamilton
Garland Street Church
J. C.gardner
Kress
Rosa Morgan
Wolf City
Home Delivery Subscriptions Rates and Options
Subscriptions offered by monthly, quarterly and annual plans with Morning, Evening, and Sunday delivery options. Pricing lists monthly and annual totals for Morning Only, Evening Only, Sunday Only, and combined Morning & Sunday, Evening & Sunday, and Morning-Evening-Sunday packages. Postage and service charges apply. second class postage paid at Lubbock Texas.
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