Sirhan Sirhan on hunger strike at San Quentin
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, sentenced to death for Kennedy's 1968 slaying, has been on a hunger strike since November 28 at San Quentin. Officials report he weighs 105 pounds, subsists on cocoa and coffee, and seeks more cell access and exercise with condemned men, while authorities cite safety hazards and death threats.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
San Quentin Prison
Park Sirhan
Park
Kennedy
Los Angeles
California
Hitler
Louis Nelson
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Six Soldiers From Morenci Die in Vietnam Nightly Toll
In Morenci Arizona nine local men enlisted together in 1966 and went to boot camp as a unit. Six were killed in Vietnam by 1968 including Sgt Clive Garcia Jr who was buried in the town cemetery. Three survived and most residents avoided antiwar displays while many worked for Phelps Dodge Corp.
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Morenci, Ariz
Arizona
U.S. Marine
San Diego
Calif
Vietnam
Clive Garcia Jr
Navy
Greenlee County
Morenci
Lance Cpl
Robert B. Draper
Lance
Bradford
King
Larry J. West
Jose Moncayo
Alfred V. Whitmer
Garcia
Mike Crawford
David Leroy Cisneros
Joe Sorrelman
Phelps Dodge Corp
Mrs. Majors Rites Held at Colorado City Church
Mrs. Sam L. Majors, sister in law of Mrs. Boyd Bowen, died after a lengthy illness in Root Memorial Hospital Colorado City. Services and burial were at the First Christian Church Colorado City. She leaves three children Sam L. Majors Jr. Odessa Mrs. Lloyd Mackey Midland and Mrs. Ned Nickson Gallup NM along with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Sam L. Majors
Boyd Bowen
16Th St
First Christian Church
Colorado City
Sam L. Majors Jr
Odessa
Lloyd Mackey
Midland
Ned Nickson
Gallup, MM
Death believed caused by fall near Amarillo car
Hendricks 48 died early Monday after slipping on icy ground near his car. Investigators stated he crawled about a block after the fall and died around 3 am. an autopsy was performed but results were not released.
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Amarillo
Durwood
Hendricks
Justice of the Peace
Cliff Roberts
Former Lubbock Resident Dies in Austin Services
Mrs. Lurlyne Eledge 43 of Austin a former Lubbock resident died Saturday in Dallas. Services set for 10 a.m. today at Cook Funeral Home in Austin with graveside rites at 3 a.m. in Hamilton Cemetery. She lived in Lubbock about 15 years before moving in 1961 and is survived by her son Mike of Austin her mother Mrs. George Rose of Denver City and a sister in Florida.
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Lurlyne Eledge
Austin
Lubbock
Cook Funeral Home
Hamilton
Eledge
Dallas
Mike
George Rose
Denver City
Florida
Mrs. Emily Dewey 77 Dies in Lubbock Rites
Mrs. Emily Dewey 77 of 3406 Ave K a Lubbock resident for over 25 years died early Sunday in Methodist Hospital Graveside services are set for 11 a.m. at City of Lubbock Cemetery with Rev J T Bolding officiating Arrangements are by Rix Funeral Directors Survivors include her husband daughter Mrs Helen of Bryan and brother Dan of Bakersfield Calif with grandchildrenweathered by errors
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Emily Dewey
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
City of Lubbock
J T. Bolding
Rix Uneral Directo
Helena
Bryan
Dan
Bakersfield
Calif
Randchildren
Notable Educator Earns Doctor of Education Degree
John Vance Gilbert receives a Doctor of Education degree from Teachers College Columbia University. He will join New York University as assistant professor in music theory and composition. He is a Texas Tech graduate, son of Amarillo residents Lewis C. Gilbert.
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John Vance Gilbert
Teachers College
Columbia University
N. Y
Gilbert
Texas ‘Tech University
Iof
Lewis CG. Gilbert
Amarillo
New York University
New York
A E Clark Service Set for Wednesday in Lubbock
A. E. Clark 80 of 114 33rd St dies after two weeks in Methodist Hospital. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Ford Memorial Chapel First Baptist Church with Dr. David Ray and Rev. J T Bolding officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by wife Otie two daughters Opal Pope and Ry Beeson and son. Pallbearers named Tom Sima Alvin Shambeck Malcolm Zo Ralph Lockard Ray.
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A. E. Clark
33Rd St
Ford Memorial Chapel
First Baptist Church
David Ray
J. T. Bolding
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Clark
Methodist Hospital
Haskell
Lubbock
Samir
Ottie
Opal Pope
Ry Beeson
Tom, Sima
Alvin Shambeck
Malcolm Zo
Ralph Lockard
Ray
Lake Baykal's Vast Basin Reaches 5315 Feet Deep
Eastern Siberia's Lake Baykal spans a vast area larger than Belgium and plunges to a depth of 5315 feet, marking it as one of the planet's deepest freshwater bodies and a major geographic landmark.
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Siberia
Baykal
Belgium
Third Soldier Dies From Barrack Fire Burns
A third soldier died from burns after the Fort Bragg barrack fire on November 26. Greg L King 21 of Sonora California died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas. Larry W Salmon 20 of Tiptonville Tennessee died at the same facility. George H Jessup 20 of Longview Washington died November 29 at Fort Bragg. Billy R Gomez 39 of Fort Bragg is charged with involuntary manslaughter for ordering use of flammable floor cleaner.
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San Antonio
Ftorage
N. C
Spee
Greg L. King
Sonora
Calif
Brooke Army Medical Center
Pfe
Larry W. Salmon
Tiptonville
Tenn
George H. Jessup
Longbranch
Wash
Ft. Bragg
S. Set
Billy R. Gomez
Jessup
Gomez
Salmon
Elitee Salmon
Rt. 1
King
Arlie King
Rt. 2
Carroll E Free Dies in Dallas at 41
Carroll EF Free 41 a former Lubbock resident died at 1 30 p m Sunday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Dallas after a lengthy illness Services will be at 2 p m Wednesday Maple Lawn Baptist Church Dallas with burial Restland Cemetery Restland Funeral Home in charge Survivors include wife Jean two daughters Phyllis and Kathy both of Florida a son Jeff of Merkel two step daughters Mrs Janis Walker Abilene and Mrs Carla Crider Irving a step son Darby Morton Dallas his parents Mr and Mrs H R Free 3306 Emory St two brothers Bernie of Houston and Don Dallas a sister Mrs Lois Adair 5438 2nd St
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Carroll EF. Free
Lubbock
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dallas
Maple Lawn Baptist Church
Restland Cemetery
Restland Funeral Home
Jean
Phyllis
Kathy
Florida
Jeff
Merkel
Janis Walker
Abilene
Carla Crider
Irving
Darby Morton
H. R. Free
Emory St
Bernie
Houston
Don
Lois Adair
2Nd St
Looking Backward and Forward in Folklore and Faith
A reflective verse excerpt cites biblical Lot’s wife and Satchel Paige on looking back. It weaves themes of caution and forward motion, urging speed and focus to avoid danger and failure.
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Satchel Page
Mrs. Rena Page Rites Planned in Girard
Services for Mrs. Rena Page 76 will be at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Girard with Rev Victor Crabtree officiating Burial will be in Girard Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home Spur She died Sunday in Stamford Hospital after a lengthy illness A native of Box Elder she moved to Kent County in 1923 Survivors include her husband 3 G a son Earl of Girard and a sister Mrs Alta Coats of Girard Pallbearers C V Hagar Garth Gregory Bernice Goodall Buck Thompson Orwin Stephens and Billy Wilson
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Girard
Rena Page
First Baptist Church
Victor Crabtree
Campbell Funeral Home
Spur
Page
Stamford
Boxelder
Kent County
3. G
Earl of
Alta Coats of
C. V. Hagar
Garth Gregory
Bernice Goodall
Buck Thompson
Orwin Stephens
Billy Wilson
Mrs Tarkenton Rites Arranged
Clara Lee Tarkenton 59 of 4710 Slide Road died at 1 35 a m on Monday after a long illness She had lived in Lubbock since 1942 Services set for 11 a m Wednesday at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Francis Wilson officiating Cemetery under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home She moved to Lubbock from Beaumont She belonged to Trinity Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star Survived by a daughter Ann Brown of Bossier City La three sons Dick of Austin Mickey of Mineral Wells and Don of Fort Lee Va a step brother Truman Huffard of Wichita Falls and ten pallbearers named Charles R Tarkenton Jimmy L Williams Ernest H Loveless Mike Fowler Newell B R Loveless and Martin V Dobbins
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Clara Lee Tarkenton
Slide Road
Ray
Lubbock
Trinity Baptist Church
Francis Wilson
City of Lubbock
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Tarkenton
Lurb« Bock
Beaumont
Jet sets down at Abilene after bomb threat on flight
Abilene police detained a 15 year old Lexington, Massachusetts youth after a Dallas bound Texas International flight 690 from Albuquerque prompted a bomb threat report by a Dallas hostess. The plane landed unscheduled at Abilene around 1 45 pm. No bomb was found. The youth, said to be a hailaway, was released into his father’s custody.
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Abilene
Texas International
Albuqueque
N. M
Dallas
Carl Moss
Euless
Lexington
Mass
Big Spring
Dyess
Afb
Marlene Vunk
SALT Talks Delayed as U S and Soviet Delegations Miss Meeting
In Helsinki the United States and the Soviet Union postponed their SALT negotiations without signaling a breakdown. A U S spokesman said a follow up meeting would likely occur today or Wednesday and stressed no major issue between the two delegations. The delay followed three weeks of smooth talks and continued lower level discussions.
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Helsinki
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
Eddie Sellers rites set in city today
Eddie Sellers 65 of S216th Street dies aboard a hunting trip near Kingsland. Services at First Baptist Church with Dr. David Ray and Rev. J. T. Bolding officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction. He helped run Sellers Jondahl Jenkins Furniture from 1950 to 1967 and was a longtime civic figure in Lubbock. Survived by Edith his wife John son Howard Leonard a sister and a granddaughter. Pallbearers listed.
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D. Eo
Kiddie
Sellers- Jondahl-Jenkins Furniture
First Baptist Church
Sellers
Yelowhouse Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Canton of Oddfellows Lodge
Edith
John
Jacksonville
Flas
Howard
Odessa
Leonard
Shaw
Claud Stephens
Epps
Ami
Elsie Sellers
John Spikes
A. F
Bill’ McCarty
Walter
Geanberry Sr
J.D. Sane
Mrs. Bryan's Rites Pending in Lubbock
Mrs Daniel Bryan, 76, of 3603 23rd St, died shortly before noon Monday at West Texas Hospital after a brief illness. She moved to Lubbock in 1941 from Littlefield and was a member of the First Baptist Church and Old Culpepper Circle. Survived by husband, a son Joe of Spearman, a daughter Mrs Lavelle Beene of Stamford, a brother Pierce Wardeill of Walters Okla, three sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with Rix Funeral Directors.
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Rix
Daniel. Bryan
23Rd St
West Texas Hospital
Bryan
Lubbock
Littlefield
First Baptist Church
Old Culpepper Circle
Joe
Spearman
Lavelle Beene
Stamford
Pierce Wardeill
Walters
Okla
Lizzie Holloway
Manitou
CG. M. Chappell
Silverton
Lessice Bryan
Elk City
Oklo
Mexican National Killed In Crash Near Hilburn City
Pedro Cano 40 a Mexican citizen died in a one car wreck on County Road 127 east of Hilburn City Two other Mexican citizens in the vehicle were jailed on suspected illegal entry Armando Bernier 20 was the apparent driver and Manuel Hernandez Robles 35 was a passenger All three had been residing at McDonald.
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Lovington
Pedro Cano
Mexico
Hilburn City
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
el Paso
Lea County
L. E. Bullington
Bullington
Cano
Armando Bernier
Manuel Hernandez ‘Robles
McDonald
Baptist Leader Daniel Russell Dies at 70 in College Station
Daniel Russell a prominent Baptist layman and Texas A&M retiree died Sunday night at 70. A sociologist, he taught 38 years in the Agricultural Economics and Sociology Department until his 1964 retirement. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Callaway Jones chapel. Survivors include wife, one brother Gorton Russell of Bryan, and three sisters Lou Russell Prescott AZ Dean Russell Los Angeles CA and Mrs Ralph Brown Pasadena CA. He chaired the Texas Baptist Rural Church Committee and served on the Texas Baptist Executive Board and Christian Education Committee.
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College Station
Daniel Russell
Texas A&m University
A&m
Callaway-Jones
Gorton Russell
Bryan
Lou Russell
Prescott
Ariz
Dean Russell
Los Angeles
Cal
Plainview Driver Dies in Early Morning Crash
Mrs. C. H. Emmai Gravelle aged 65 died before a 7 a.m. crash when her car left 1501 South Date Street and struck a parked vehicle owned by Robert L. Owens. Gravelle, en route to Mass at St. Alice Church, is survived by four daughters, two sons, two sisters, and 27 grandchildren. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Plainview
Lemons Funeral Home
C. H.emmai Gravelle
South Date Street
Robert L. Owens
Gravelle
St. Alice Catholic Church
Rt. 1
S.set
William FE. Gravelle
Vietnam
Glen C. Stona
Cofton
Til
Hale Center
The
Altar Society
Order of Martha
Mirs. Norman Breton
Pasadena
Harold Pool
Odessa
Edwin Rigsby
W. RR. Connally
Hereford
Kenneth
C. H
Fats Blanchette
Gene Miller
Kankakee
Turner Infant's Funeral Today
Two day old Toby Wade Turner son of Mr and Mrs Truman Turner will be laid to rest at 2 p m today in the First Baptist Church of Lockney Rev James Allison will officiate Burial will follow in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home direction The infant died in Lockney General Hospital earlier Monday Survivors include a sister Christy and grandparents Mr and Mrs W G Hayes of Lockney and Mr and Mrs D Turner of Turkey
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Lockney
Toby ‘Wade Turner
Truman Turner
First Baptist ‘Church
Ames Allison
Lockney Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Lockney General Hospital
Christy
W. G. Hayes
D. Turner
Turkey
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Point Defiance
Tacoma
Miami
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Lubbock County
James T. Watt
Lubbock Area
National Association of Accountants
Red Raider Inn
Watt
Texas Tech
Shirley Ruth Maxey
Samuel Maxey
Slaton
Job Corps Center For Women
Alburquerque
N.M
Henry Hil
American Legion
the Legion
Hall
Ave
Allen Brothers
George E Berry
Booker Tashington
Elmo Dean Dressel
Long Beach
Dressel
Ramada Inn
Amarillo Highway
Raymond S. Tapp
39Th St
New Orleans
Payton Reese
Tom Suits
Petersburg
Henry Buastillos
Ave. N
Walter A. Blake
27Th St
Capitol Mortuary
the Chimes
Denver
Colo
Crown Hil
Jimmy FR. Burk
Littlefield High School
Burk
Glenn S. Burk
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Boyd. Red
Anton
Ruth Burk
Alex Lewis
Lubbock Hospital
George C.price
City of Levelland Cemetery
Lewis
Levelland
Carroll E. Free
Julien
Hyer
Mrs. Tarkenton
JET
Miss Vink
Russia
Gerard C. Smith
Eddie Sellers
D. FE
Eddie) Sellers
Mrs. Bryan
Turner
C. V. Singleton
Frank W. Wilson
Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Lubbock, Texas
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