Gold Star Award Winners Honored at 4H event
More than 450 people attended the Gold Star awards honor ceremony at Memorial Mall in the First Methodist Church as 4H members from 12 rural counties received certificates. Reagan Brown, Texas A&M extension sociologist, explained the pledge meaning and urged clearer thinking and loyal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sak
Tains
Texas Agricultural Extens Service
Memorial Mall
First Methodist Church
Brown
Reagan Brown
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
College Station
Texas Community Improvement Pro
Speeding Case Ends Short Of federal Court
John W Leftwitch draf Tyler of the Alcohol Tobacco Tax Unit pleaded guilty in Justice Court a move that kept the case from the federal docket. He was fined 50 and 20 court costs after a petition for removal to state court and a joint motion to dismiss were filed. Leftwitch was arrested three miles south of Lubbock on U S 81 May 17 for allegedly driving 110 mph in a 70 mph zone and posted a 500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Leftwitch
Draf Tyler
George HH McCleskey
Leftwitch
Alcohol-Tobacco Tax Unit
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Court
Atty
Quinn Brackett
Brackett
Case
Lubbock
U. S
MacCleskey
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Pilgrimage At Arizona Memorial
Hundreds gather at the Pearl Harbor memorial honoring 1102 men aboard the Arizona. Navy captain Sidney Sherwin recalls the surprise attack as he tours the site with Tulbeck Rotary Club members. He notes the inner walls list over 2000 names and calls the memorial peaceful and impressive inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Sherwin
Batavia
N.W
Oklahoma
Sherwin
Naval Academy
Arizona
Funeral planned for Trinity Plan supervisor Noah Hull
Houston AP Funeral services are set for Wednesday for Noah BE Hull 68 longtime supervisor of Trinity River Authority plans for the Livingston Dam Project Hull died Sunday night his widow said he had been ill since Thanksgiving but was recovering He led TRA Livingstone Dam work after City of Houston TRA contract approval formerly headed Houston Surface Water Department Survivors include wife Mrs Margaret AJ Hull and sister Mrs Bennett Yountz of Pompano Beach Calif Services at George Alan Sons Funeral Chapel at 1230 p.m. Wednesday burial in Houston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Noah
Hull
Trinity River Authority
Livingston
TRA
Surface
Trinity
Defiance
Ohio
Hughes 'Tool Co
Hie Wide
Margaret
AJ Hull
Isiater
Bennett
Yountz
Pompano Wearh
Calif
Funeral services for Harold K. Carruth
Funeral mass for Harold K. Carruth 27 of 2822 63th St will be read at 5 30 pm today at Christ the King Church. Rosary at 6 30 pm in Franklin Bartley Chapel. Protestant services at 2 30 pm Wednesday in the same chapel with Rev T J Lowe. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Mrs Carruth died at 6 45 am Monday in Plainview. She had been a Lubbock resident five years and was a Catholic at Ft Sumner NM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold K. Carrath
63Th St
Christ the King Catholic Church
T. Tinnes
Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home
Franklin- Bartley Chapel
T. J. Lowe
Federal Jurisdiction Warned In Case Involving Leftwitch
A discussion notes a possible shift to federal jurisdiction that would force U S attorneys to defend Leftwitch while Brackett as state attorney would prosecute. The move would redefine who handles the case and where it is heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Leftwitch
Brackett
Carr argues FPC gas order illegal in Permian Basin
Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr told a Denver federal appeals court that a Federal Power Commission price order for Permian Basin gas exceeds its authority. He urged delaying the order pending appeals and noted the set prices for new and old gas wells are below current levels. Carr filed an appeal last month.
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Austin
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Denver
Colo
Federal Power Commission
Permian
Carr
Permian Basin
Commission
Chilly Weather Hits Mexico City
Mexico City and surrounding valley endure near freezing temperatures with snow on higher peaks. Raices town reports 15 inches of snow as Mount Popocatepetl and Mount Ixtaccihuatl are capped by fresh snow. Snow and fog clog highways into the capital and mountain areas report below freezing conditions.
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Mexico City
UPN
Valley of Mexico
Raices
Popocatepet
Ixtaccihuatl
San Luis Potosi
Torreon
Rain Packs Eastern Australia as Drought Persists
Rain drenched large parts of eastern Australia over the weekend and into Monday. The region still bears the scars of a severe dry spell that has devastated heat, sheep and cattle country for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raina
Australia
Sydney
Land Transactions List by County Entities
A fragmented entry lists multiple land interests and pairs across Texas counties including Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Swisher, Terry, Yoakum and Swisher. Names include Jane Murphy Carolyn Allison David Britton Oleta Bednarz Kenneth Burford Lexi Adams Kent Wood Karen Marricle John Hill Linda Wiggins Robert Pieper Melody Inglis Dickie Jones Kathy Beck Gary Burnett Linda Blair and Alton McGinty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coun
Jane Murphy
Robert Haney
Lamb County
Carolyn Allison
David Britton
Lubbock County
Oleta Bednarz
Kenneth Burford
Lynn County
Lexi Adams
Kent Wood
Mitchell County
Karen Marricle
John Hill
Scurry
Linda Wiggins
Robert Pieper
Swisher County
Melody Inglis
Dickie Jones
Terry County
Kathy Beck
Gary Burnett
Yoakum County
Linda Blair
Alton McGinty
L D Wood Rites Slated In Roscoe
Funeral services for Lawence D. Wood 80 of Roscoe will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church Roscoe with Rev. Bill Tanner and Rev. Lewis Wood officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock. Wood died Monday in Johnson Hospital Loraine after illness at home Sunday. He moved to Roscoe in 1958 from Lubbock and was a retired farmer survived by wife Myria two daughters four stepsons three stepdaughters and 28 grandchildren.
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Roscoe
First Baptist Baptist Church
Lawrence D. Wood
Lubbock
Johnson Hospital
Loraine
Wood
Burbhall
Ark
Bill Tanner
Merkel
Lewis Wood
Roscoe Baptist Church
Wells Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Myria
Mary Ritchey
Mesquite
Jo Ann Sumner
Jack Wood
Veneta
Ore
Sterling H. Wood
W. M
J. B. Hunter
Martha Saunders
Big Spring
Opal Hyatt
Seminole
Myra Gardner
Wasco
Calif
M. B
C. C. Wood
Stephenville
Clark Wood
Norman
Okla
Chrissie Kerr
Abernathy
Mrs. Webster Rites Set In Lubbock Today
Funeral for Mrs. Willene Webster 46 of Lubbock will be at 10 a.m. at St. John's Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Williams officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Survived by husband William J. Webster two sons Jim and Cris a daughter Patti Franklin two brothers George B. Wimberley Russell E. Wimberley and a grand daughter.
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St. John's Methodist Church
Willene
Whimpy) Webster
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Mark Williams
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders
Leete Jackson Jr
Earl Ince Jr
Max Rutledge
Elmer Tarbox
Robert Ritchie
Neil Graff
Webster
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
William J
Bil) Webster
Jim
Cris
Patti Franklin
52Nd St
George B. Wimberley
26Th St
Russell E. Wimberley
Lubbock Toastmasters Honor Best Speaker and Club News
The Lubbock Toastmasters Club honored Tom Davis as best speaker and Leroy Waggoner as best informal participant at a meeting with ten members at the Country Inn Restaurant. New officers for the Women's Council of Lubbock Board of Realtors will be installed at Medlock’s Restaurant. Roadrunner Travel Trailer Club moved its December meeting to December 15 for a Christmas party at Farr’s Town and Country Cafeteria.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Toastmasters Club
Tom Davis
Leroy Waggoner
Country Inn
Women's Council of Lubbock Board of Realtors
Medlock'’s
Brownie Brownlee
Lubbock Board
Tommie Norman
Wanda MeWilliams
Ruth Stinson
Roadrunner Travel Trailer Club
Farr
Toreador
Brother of Harold Macmillan Is Dead
Daniel Macmillan dies at 79 in London home. longtime head of Macmillan Co. Ltd from 1936 to 1953 and former chairman of Macmillan Holdings Ltd. He was the eldest of three brothers, with Arthur Macmillan the other sibling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daniel Macmillan
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan Co., Ltd
Macmillan Holdings, Ltd
Arthur Macmillan
Services for Mrs. Leola A Thornton Held at St Luke Church
Mrs. Leola A Thornton, age 55 of 04 E 23rd St, died Saturday in Methodist Hospital. Services are at 3:30 p.m. today at St Luke Baptist Church with burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery under South Plains Funeral Home. Survived by husband, a sister, foster parents, and a stepson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola A. Thornton
E. 23Rd St
St. Luke Baptist Church
A. L. Davis
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral Home
France Launches First Satellite From U S Aboard American Rocket
The first French satellite to be launched from the United States was pushed toward orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base by a U S rocket. The 135 pound satellite reached a nearly polar orbit about 490 miles up roughly 90 minutes after launch. Built by France’s space center it will study low frequency radio wave propagation and ionospheric and magnetospheric electron densities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPS
United States
National Center For Space Studies
France
Sahara Desert
U.S. Space Agency
Ammunition Controls In Viet Nam Deemed Essential
The Defense Department said firearm and ammunition controls for U S troops in Vietnam are essential to ensure discipline and prevent needless losses. The statement responds to Specialist 4 James Martin a Denver soldier who claimed his battalion could not keep rifles loaded. He said four rounds were taken away and they had to wait to draw ammo during attacks. He also alleged the 101st Airborne Division guarded his unit’s compound and mocked him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Denver
James Martin
Robbery at Walt's Service Station prompts citywide probe
Police seek two Black men after an early Monday morning hold up at Walt's Service Station on 34th Street. The pair masked with stockings demanded cash, a billfold, and a key, escaping with about $63.50. The investigation also covered related burglaries and a church break in as officers pursued multiple leads.
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Lubbock
Walt
W2ek
34Th St
Homer Spears
WTEF
Stanford St
Hoth
Spears
Mishap Victim's Services Today in Plains
Funeral services for Rebecca Lyne Field two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Field will be held at 3 p.m. in the Assembly of God Church Plains. The infant died after falling from a car driven by grandmother Edna Hazel Kee and struck by the right front wheel at 9:15 a.m. Monday near Western Grill Cafe. Burial is in Plains Memorial Cemetery Barrett Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include the parents one sister Patricia Suzanne paternal grandparents W. R. Field Hendon and maternal grandparents S. C. Kee.
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Webb City
Patrica Suzanne
W. R. Field
Hendon
S. C. Kee
Dagley Rites Slated for Mrs Monette Dagley
Services for Mrs. Monette Dagley 57 of 2426 30th Street will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with Dr. Paul Bumpers and Rev J O Haymes officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. She died Saturday in Methodist Hospital after being a patient since Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monette Dagley
30Th St
Methodist
First Methodist Church
Paul Bumpers
J. O. Haymes
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Monette Maxey
Plainview
J. A. Dagley
Amarillo
Benjamin I. Loughry
Howard Moore
Ray C. Corbin
Tom J. Gardner
Bill Wampler
O. A. Dunn
Indian court sentences 12 to death in village feud fire
A Mysore State judge convicting 12 men for cornering 20 villagers in a house and setting it ablaze last February. Fourteen were acquitted and 28 others given life terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Mysore
Christmas in England's Festive Season Echoes Dickens
The verse-minded note paints an English Christmas with feasts of goose and beef and plum pudding, Yule logs and wreaths, lighted trees, and folklore from Twelfth Night tales to Dickens. It evokes bells, carols, and the line God rest you, Merry Gentlemen as the season brightens hills and downs.
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England
Funeral services pending for W. H. Fincher 88 in Snyder
W. H. Fincher 88 died at 545 p.m. Monday in Snyder's Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He was a retired Breck ridge farmer living in Snyder 12 years. Survived by wife four daughters and six sons and many grandchildren. References to native Montague County and Methodist Church.
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Snyder
Bell Seale
W. H. Fincher
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Breckridge
Fincher
Montague County
Methodist Church
Ethel McCoy
Farmington
N. M
Velma Kirby
Valrico
Carl
California
Roy Fincher
Queen City
Mrs Wheatley Dies In Garza
Funeral services for Mrs Henry Wheatley 49 lifelong Post area resident will be held at 2 p m today at the Post Church of Christ with Ernest McCoy and Leonard Title officiating Burial follows at Terrace Cemetery under Hadrian Funeral Home direction She died on arrival at Garza Memorial Hospital about 3 a m Monday Born in Post she lived in Pleasant Valley northwest of town Survivors include her husband two daughters Mrs Barbara Ethridge Post and Mrs Pat Clabhorn Plainview two sons Paul Wheatley Dallas and Went Wheatley Post a brother Grover J Leggett La Mesa Calif her parents Mr and Mrs George Leggett Post and three grandchildren Pallbearers named Kieth Weemp James Mitchell Darren White W C Bush Dee Hodges and J D Hawthorne
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POST
Henry Wheatley
Post Area
Post Church of Christ
Ernest McCoy
Leonard Title
Amherst
Terrace Cemetery
Hadrian Funeral Home
Wheatley
Garza Memorial Hospital
Pleasant Valley
Here
Church of Christ
Barbara Ethridge
Pat Clabhorn
Plainview
Paul Wheatley
Dallas
Went Wheatley
Grover J. Leggett
la Mesa
Calif
George Leggett
Kieth Weemp
James Mitchell
Darren White
W.C. Bush
Dee Hodges
J. D. Hawthorne
Rites Wednesday For City Woman's Mother
Services for Mrs. J. P. Parish 62 of Abilene will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church. She died Sunday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. Burial is in Elmwood Memorial Park. Born 1903 in Eastland County she moved to Abilene from Cisco 20 years ago. She was a dry goods worker and retired in 1958. Survivors include her husband five sisters and a brother.
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Abilene
J. P. Parish
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
W. J. Wilson
47Th St
Lubbock
Elmwood Memorial Park
Eastland County
Parish
Abi- Jone
Cisco
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Ronnie Floyd
James T. Hull
Lane Wolf Electric Camp
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Sharon Haumgardner
Hale County
Morton Symplephony Orchestra
Elvis Fleming
Dotin Coffman
Thir Old Drennan
Robert Fields
Yonkum County
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Brownfield
South Plains
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Left
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Eseh Staff Photar
Pearl Harbor
Pearl
John Readfont
Tulbeck
Sher- Win
Trinity Plan
Mes. Carruth’s
Federal
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BY Carr
L. D. Wood
50Th St
Neat
Family Planning Center
Enem Wat
24Th St
College Ave
Gloria Jayne Delgado
Lynda Kay Delgado
Jimmy Roy
Gene Troy Williams
A. H. Keene
E. Brown
Ave
Keene
Arizona Memorial
Hawaii Air National Guard
Nimitz High
Hawaiii
Ette Charlene
Sarah Gene
Janis Kay
George Pierce
Ft. Sumner
N.M
Glen R. Herrod
Bill McDaniel
Bob Ellis
Harvey Howard
Otis Taylor
Wesley Wilkerson
Leola Thornton
Viet
Martin
J01st Airborne Division
Junits
Pier
Iivo
Cruz Tijerina
Arthur Guerrero
Tijerina
Juan Martinez
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Sammy Valencia
Vanda Ave
1St. Place
West Texas Hospital
Guerrero
el Capitan
Broadway
A. G. Stringer Construction Co
Stringer
Blink Company
First Baptist Church
OL Broadway
Rane
B&j Cafe
54Th St
Blaylock Grocery
Quirt Ave
John Mitford
35Th St
Christie
Idalou
Chrysler Corp
Wis Pith
A. Thompson
Remly Aubrey Thompson
22Nd St
Paul M. Bumpers
Sam T. Auslam
Thompson
Albuquerque
Dickson-Jenkins Manufacturing Co
Fort Worth
Florence
Floyd Kirby
Waco
Seth
Brownwood
Ralph
San Antonio
Deborah Gene Lewis
Joe Remly Lewis
43Rd St
G. W. Fulton
Ro P. Fuller
Ameral Payne
W. Mansfield
W. Tom Campbell
Clem Bouerie
RC Harvey
Bill Bradbury
Roy Loveless
Briggs Irvin
C.I.T
Universal C.I.T
Mos
Credit Lite
34Th Street
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