Hartford Hospital Fire Began In Trash Chute Says Janitor
Hartford authorities identify a trash chute as the origin site of a hospital blaze that killed 15 people after spreading rapidly through the 14 story building. Janitor Arthur LaFontaine said he fought the flames for about 10 minutes before firefighters arrived. The hospital began returning to normal operations as 200 displaced patients were moved and 195 were discharged to make space.
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Hartford. Conn
Hartford Hospital
Arthur LaFontaine
Josh Randolph Dies At Graham Rites Pending
Josh Randolph dies at Graham Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Services for Mrs. Mattie E. Beay of Clovis will be held at First Church with burial in Mission Garden of Memories. Survivors include wife, children, siblings, and grandchildren. Funeral director is Steed. Randolph was a longtime businessman and president of Randolph Manufacturing Co. in Lubbock.
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Clovis
Josh Randolph
Mattie E. Beay
Lubbock
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Graham Hospital
Graham
the Nazarene
J. Paul Tucker
Herbert Bergstrom
First Baptist Church
Mission Garden of Memories
Steed Funeral Home
Beaver
Lee
Leon
Nolan
Claude Bell
Jewell Bell
Ethel Eller
U S Shrimp Boats Detained by Mexican Navy near Veracruz
Twenty four U S shrimp boats spent over a month near Sacrificios Island, one mile off Veracruz, when a Mexican gunboat and five launches escorted them into port. A navy spokesman said the boats were detained because foreign flag vessels cannot remain in territorial waters indefinitely unless storms or damage intervene. Mexican marines boarded each boat.
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Rites Pending For McClanahan
Drew Alexander McClanahan 88 died at 7 30 p m Saturday at Nichols Rest Home Spur Funeral arrangements are under Campbell Funeral Home He was born in Louisiana Survivors include three sons Preston Spur Jim Brownfield and Abbi Acuff four sisters Mrs Alice Collins Fort Towson Okla Mrs Panola Coker Fort Sill Okla Mrs Leonora Luck midnight Thursday en route to Upton Calif and Mrs Abbiojan Odessa Hospital a brother Felix Mcheath Funeral time not given The text also mentions Mrs Price details from Odessa but is fragmented and unclear.
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Drew Alexander McClanahan
Nichols Rest Home
Campbell Funeral Home
McClanahan
Louisiana
Preston McClanahan
Jim McClanahan
Brownfield
Abbi McClanahan
Alice Collins
Fort Towson
Okla
Panola Coker
Fort Sill
Leon
Rites Today For Mrs Price In Levelland
Funeral services for Mrs. Oconee Price 81 a former Odessa resident are set for 3 p m today at Fifth Street Baptist Church Levelland with Rev John Mullins officiating Burial will be in Level land Cemetery under direction of the local undertaker
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Oconee Price
Odessa
Fifth St. Baptist Church
John Mullins
City of Levelland Cemetery
Slaying Investigation Ties Pickup Death to Bovina Suspect
The body of 26 year old Jesse Dawkins of Friona was found in a Clovis pickup on Saturday. A 36 year old Bovina man in custody is being questioned for the slaying. Autopsy shows a .22 caliber bullet entered under the left shoulder blade. The body was wedged in the floorboard area of the rack. Charges may be filed today or Monday.
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Clovis
Texas
Jesse Dawkins
Friona
Palmer County
Charles Lovelace
Farwell
Bovina
Dawkins
Lovelace
Oklahoma Man Plans Texas trip to clear bad check case
Jimmy Nimmo of Tulsa will travel to Abilene Texas voluntarily to clear a long standing 86 bad check charge. His attorney says Texas will defer extradition until Nimmo goes to Abilene on his own with Tulsa minister Rev. Edwin Conly accompanying. The fee filing had delayed prior action.
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Jimmy Nimo
Texas
Abilene
Tex
Nimmo
Oklahoma
Ed Morrison
Edwin Conly
Firemen Answer Four Calls In Lubbock Saturday
Firemen answered four alarms with only one causing damage. At 8:28 p.m. a 1953 auto owned by Donald Sain on 24 Ave HL caught fire after an automatic transmission overheated. No damage reported at Aurora Garcia home, 1814 Ave L Apt 7, at 4:01 p.m. A faulty hot water heater summoned units to 709 2nd Pl. home of Elizabeth Zapata. After a vehicle accident at 23rd St and Ave Ie at 4:15 p.m., firemen cleaned up gasoline on the street.
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Donald Sain
Cornell
Aurora Garcia
1814
Ave. L
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2Nd Pl
Elizabeth Zapata
Lena Brown
Lorenzo
23Rd St
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Father of City Minister Dies in Falls Church VA
Richard Blackburn dies at 76 in Falls Church Virginia after a stroke. He was father of Rev Jaquelin M Washington of St Pauls Episcopal Church. He had been a Washington D C attorney and GM of Land for the U S in Europe briefly before practicing law. He is survived by his wife Lil Jian and six sons with relatives in Alexandria and elsewhere.
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Jaquelin M. Washington
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Falls Church
Washington
Lubbock
D. C
Virginia
George Washington University School of Law
Thomas Washington
Alexandria
Severs Brothers
M Hobbs Services Set At Amherst
Funeral services for M. R. Hobbs 79 a retired area farmer will be at 1 p m today at the Main Street Church of Christ Amherst burial will be in Amherst Cemetery under Pay Funeral Home direction Survivors include two sons Ray Hobbs Lubbock Arnie Hobbs Clovis two brothers J J Hobbs Amarillo Jim Hobbs Texola Okla four sisters Mrs John Beck Spearman Mrs A W Messamore Amherst Mrs Paul Jones Wellington and Mrs J M Warren Dickens London reports a bronze cross with rubies and diamonds was stolen from St Asaph Cathedral Flintshire England.
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Saturdie
Knight's Rest
Howe
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Lubbock
Arnie Hobbs
Clovis
J. J. Hobbs
Amarillo
Jim Hobbs
Texola
Oklo
John Beck
Spearman
A. W. Messamore
Paul Jones
Wellington
J. M. Warren
Dickens
London
St. Asaph
Flintshire
England
Jarnagin Rites Slated Monday
Funeral services for Walter Frances Jarnagin 54 will be at 2 p m Monday at Pioneer Church of Christ. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under McDonald Funeral Chapel. He lived at 107 Ave U and moved from Oklahoma three years ago survived by wife Blanche six sons and five daughters, one brother and five sisters.
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Frances Jarnagin
Lub
Bock Osteopathic Hospital
Pioneer Church of Christ
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Bock Cemetery
McDonald
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W. V
St. James Roy
Tacoma
Wash
Robert
California
Harold Eugene
Jack
David
Edith Walker
Plainview
Mattie Williams
Alein
Jo Anne
Novia Nixon
Lubbock
Land
Beaula Alston
Atoka
Okla
Johnny Young
Tishomingo
I. L. Tucker
Caney
IJ. E. Hood
C. C. Lovett
Hastings
Rites Planned for Lula Stewart in Andrews
Funeral services for Lula Mae Stewart 56 will be at Means Memorial Methodist Church Andrews with Rev James Tidwell officiating. Burial in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction. She died Friday in Permian General Hospital native of Springdale had lived in Andrews 20 years. Survivors include husband a daughter Rose Mary Newton Fort Worth three sons William in Greece Carroll and McConnell Stewart Lubbock three sisters a brother and six grandchildren.
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Carroll and
McConnell Stewart
Lubbock
Marvin C Welch Rites Planned After Lubbock Death
Marvin C Welch 57 of Lubbock died Saturday at West Texas Hospital after months of illness. A Gainesville native who moved to Lubbock in 1948, he was formerly with West Texas Oxygen Co. He is survived by his wife two daughters his mother a brother and three sisters. Memorial services will be held Tuesday in Gainesville with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Local arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home.
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Randy Drilling Co
Roswell
Whiteface
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Rix Funeral Home
Troy Dawn
27Th St
Rayace Deloy
Hobbs
Delly D
Marvin C. Welch
31St St
West Texas Hospital
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Gain ‘Ville
West Texas Oxygen Co
Trenton
Gainesville
Forrest Heights Methodist Church
George J. Carroll and Sons Funeral Home
John Rice
Fairview Cemetery
Sanders Funneral
Gage
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E. A. Welch
Gainsville
George W. Welch
Grinnell
Obituaries: Neva Kenchurch and Nellie Congar
Miss Cowgar Morton longtime Clovis resident dies at 83 in Clovis Memorial Hospital burial in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery Funeral services held at First Baptist Church and Elbert Johnson Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Thomas and Rev Crowe with pallbearers named. Neva Irene Ken shurch of God Shawnee Oklahoma dies. burial in Memorial Park.
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Terry
Tommy Johnson
Elbert
Fred Thomas
Mort Johnson
Earl Johnson
Arthur Shaw
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Hale Woman Ruth Childress Rites Pending
Ruth Childress 53 of Plainview died Friday night after a 10 day illness at Plainview Hospital. She operated a nursing home since moving from Dallas five years ago and taught a young married women Sunday school class. Survivors include four sons Joe Plainview Donald Phoenix Ronald Seattle and David with the Marine Corps in Japan, three brothers Harold Amarillo Ronald Westchester and Norbert Grandfield, a sister Ethel Foreman Dumas, and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Lemons Funeral Home.
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Plainview
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Dallas
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Wis
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Miss Lillie Bussell Rites Held in Hale Center
Funeral services for Miss Lillie Bussell 58 of Hale Center are at 2 30 p m at Lemons Funeral Home Chapel Hale Center with Rev Luther Crawford officiating She died Friday night at her Hale Center home She was born in Hale Center and belonged to Missionary Baptist Church Lamesa Survivors include brother A Russell Canadian and sisters C S Ruggles C Gibbs and E L Lakey of Lamesa Burial is in Hale Center Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home direction
Local Clergy Man Mortenson Dies After Illness
The Rev. Mortenson, a Baptist minister and longtime Shaw native who moved to the area in 1944, died after a two year illness. Burial will be in Morton Cemetery under the direction of Singleton Funeral Home. He was associated with the U. S. Boil and Pump shop before retirement. He was survived by his wife and several relatives.
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Melot
Ajrial
Shaw Singleton Funeral Home
Kennedy
Ing
U. S
Antonio Hospital
Maband
Lloyd R. Kennedy
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