Meteor of Unusual Size Sparks Fires Across Multiple States
A fiery meteor streaked across northern states Thursday night igniting grass and woods fires. Michigan children found metallic fragments while adults in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and California reported sighting the blaze. Astronomers call it a fireball possibly a Geminid, with debris observed over a wide area.
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Larry Jones
Livonia
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Hess
William P. Riderman
University of Michigan
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California
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James Lovell
Earth
Elyria
Cleveland
Ralph Richards
Air Force
Kecksburg
Lapeer County
Humboldt County
Pioneer Lubbock Dentist Dr. Herbert Bidwell Dies
Dr. Herbert H. Bidwell 70 longtime Lubbock dentist died early Friday at Methodist Hospital after a long illness. funeral at 4 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Andrew Jumper officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. He practiced 40 years in Lubbock after moving here in 1925 and held numerous civic and professional memberships. Survivors include his wife Pearl Blushmire a daughter and three grandsons. A memorial fund will be sent to Texas Scottish Rites Hospital For Crippled Children.
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Herbert
H. Bidwell
Methodist Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Andrew Jumper
Resthaven Memorial
Kansas City
Texas and
South Plains Dental Societies
Atchison, Kan
American Legion
Allen Brothers
Bidwell
West Texas Museum
Odd Fellows
Mackenzie Masonic Lodge
Lubbock Goodfellows Movement
Lubbock
Dr. Bidwell
Texas Scottish Rites Hospital
W. EK. Inman
A. C. Jackson
F. A. Kleinschmitt
James Milam
Lee York
R. D. Sherrod
Services Set for Donald W. Young in Post
Donald Wayne Young 24 died after contact with a high voltage line while working as a lineman for Lyntegar Electric Cooperative near Brownfield. He had lived in Lynn County three years, belonged to First Baptist Church of Post, and is survived by his wife Judy Stovall, a son Todd, his parents, a brother and several grandparents. Funeral services are planned at the First Baptist Church of Post with burial in Terrace Cemetery of Post.
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Donald Wayne Young
Post
Brownfield
Lyntegar Electric Cooperative
Young
First Baptist Church of
Judy Stovall
Lynn County
White Funeral Home
Mason Funeral Home
C. B. Hogue
Odessa
Jimmy Turner
Tahoka
Terrace
Cemetery of Post
White and Mason Funeral Homes
Todd
Charlie Hart Rites Planned In Dumont Church
Funeral services for Charlie Borden Hart 55 longtime Dumont resident will be at 2 p m today at First Baptist Church in Paducah officiated by Rev James Tidenberg of Brownfield Burial will be in Dumont Cemetery under Norris Funeral Home direction Hart died Thursday at Richard Memorial Hospital where he had been a parent for about three weeks He was born Aug 29 1910 in King County a farmer and rancher Survived by wife Ruth a daughter Mary Ann at home three brothers Clay Matador Roy B and Lawson and father Tom Hart of Aspermont
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Paducah
Charlie Borden Hart
Dumont
First Baptist Church
James Tidenberg
Brownfield
Dumont Cemetery
Norris
King County
Ruth
Mary Ann
Clay
Matador
Roy B
Lawson
Aspermont
Tom Hart
Hindman Rites Slated Sunday
Paducah special notice of funeral services for Jesse Clyde Hindman 74 longtime Paducah resident death Friday at his home 1509 10th Street Burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery Norris Funeral Home directing Hindman born Hackett County Arkansas a retired farmer died after a lengthy illness Survived by wife Lera Elizabeth two sons J L Paducah Ewell Lubbock two sisters Lanelle Sumrow Fort Worth Beulah Graves Lubbock four brothers Orville Spur Homer Wichita Falls Alvin Claude Houston ten grandchildren five great grandchildren.
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Paducah
Jesse Clyde
Hindman
Padu ‘Cah
First Methodist Church
Kenneth Wyatt
Garden of ‘Memories
Norris Funeral Home
Hackett County
Ark
10Th St
Lera Elizabeth
J.L
Ewell
Lubbock
Lanelle Sumrow
Fort Worth
James Hill
Irving
Mrs. Connie Dutton Dies in Comanche Services Today
Mrs. Connie Dutton 74 a resident of Lubbock for the past two months died Thursday in a local rest home Services are at 2 p m today at Comanche Funeral Home Comanche Texas Burial will be in Indian Creek Cemetery near Comanche Survivors include her husband three sons four sisters five grandchildren and a great grandchild
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Connie Dutton
Lubbock
Comanche
Tex
Indian Creek
Dutton
Christmas Feast Under Northern Light With Saint Nick
A Swedish Christmas celebration lasts through January with the Twelfth Night mark. It features lutfisk, a simorgasbord, and a goat-drawn sleigh by St. Nicholas while families praise the Lord and share gifts for well behaved children.
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Mary Joseph
Lutfisk Simorgasbord
St. Nicholas
Juliemten
Funeral services set for Cecil Webb in Woodrow Baptist Church
Cecil Webb 63 of Lubbock County died Friday morning after a year of illness. A charter member and deacon of Woodrow Baptist Church, he will be buried in City of Lubbock Cemetery after services at Woodrow Community Baptist Church led by Rev. Wayne Perry with assistance from Rev. Cletis Caswell and Rev. Dick Guest. Webb moved from Woodrow to Floydada in 1955 and returned to Lubbock in 1983. He leaves three daughters, three stepchildren, two brothers, two sisters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Public funeral pallbearers are nephews. honorary pallbearers are listed.
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Cecil Webb
33Rd St
Lubbock County
Woodrow Community Baptist Church
Wayne Perry
Lubbock
Cletis Caswell
Woodrow
Dick Guest
Cone
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Webb
I! Health
Floydada
Woodrow Baptist Church
Floydada Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Annie
Moody White
Bob Yates
24Th St
Hubert
O'Donnell
Tom
Hermeligh
Andrew Jones
Ivan Beezley
Snyder
A. L. Brownfield
C. B. Barrett
D. W. Huckelbee
J. P. Clark
Funeral services set for ENMU dean killed in crash
Dr. Gary R. Anderson 32 dean of students at Eastern New Mexico University died Thursday in a one car crash east of Ruidoso. He was dead on arrival at ENMU Medical Center in Roswell. Driver Craig Ezell 20 ENMU sophomore from Falls Church Virginia was treated for lacerations and released. A campus memorial service is planned for next week.
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Portales
Fueneral
Gary R. Anderson
Eastern New Mexico University
Ruidoso
Wheeler Mortuary
Anderson
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Roswell
ENMU
Craig Ezell
Falls Church
Plainview area businessman Robin Baker dies at 71
Robin Baker 71 longtime Plainview Lockney resident died Friday at Plainview Hospital after seven years of poor health and months of critical illness. Funeral services are set for 10 a m Monday at Mi and Columbia Street Church of Christ with burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Rene Mae two sons Dr Charles A Baker and Guernes R Baker a daughter Mrs Albert Willis and multiple siblings. He co founded Baker Fleming Flash-O-Gas Baker Plow Company and Baker Mercantile and Baker Hardware of Lockney before moving to Plainview in 1941. He formed Baker Fleming Flash-O-Gas in 1956 and started Baker Flash-O-Gas in 1940. Burial under Lemons Funeral Home direction.
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Plainview
Robin Baker
Lockney
Wspan
Plainview Hospital
Baker
Columbia Street Church of
Baker Plow Company
Baker Mercantile
Baker Hardware
Carl Fleming
Lubbock
Baker- Fleming
France
Norton
Amarillo
Arlie
Pecos
Dorsey
Lester Honey
Dimple McGovack
Lee Seaman
Alex Deavanport
Boulder
Colo
Mary Phillips
Helen Gross
Port Lavaca
Rev. I. Cliff Hinson Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for the Rev. I. Cliff Hinson 44 retired Baptist minister who died of a heart attack at his home will be held at 2 p m today at the First Baptist Church Plains. Burial will follow at Denver City Memorial Cemetery under Barrett Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife a daughter a brother two sisters and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Jim Lane 88 Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim Lane 88 will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church Valley View Tes Burial will follow in Valley View Cemetery with Vernie Keel Funeral Home directing She died Thursday at Methodist Hospital survivors include three brothers and a sister
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Jim Lane
19Th St
Lubbock
First Methodist Church
Valley View
Tes
Vernie Keel
Lane
Methodist Hospital
Methodist Church
UL Ss. Department of Agriculture
Teague proposes treason charge for Vietnam protests
Rep. Olin Teague plans a bill declaring antiwar demonstrations treasonable in response to local protests after a Viet Nam visit. He urged prosecuting dissenters for aiding the enemy, arguing such actions endanger soldiers and provoke stronger enemy attacks.
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College Station
Olin Teague
D-Tex
Viet Nam
United States
Teague
G.O
Exservicemen
China
Ex Actor Tom Neal Gets Prison Term for Manslaughter
Former film star Tom Neal was sentenced to one to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife Gail Neal, found shot to death at their Palm Springs home. The California Adult Authority will set actual time, with at least one year to serve.
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Indio
Calif
Tom Neal
Superior Court
Hilton H. McCabe
Neal
Gail Neal
Palm ‘Springs
California
Franchot Tone
Chicago
Survivors listed in Huntington death notice
A Huntington hospital obituary lists Mrs. Jones who died Thursday after a long illness. Survivors include Mrs. Donald Delude of Minneapolis, a son and a sister. Barbara Payton is noted in connection with the family, and references to Tone and a former marriage appear among the relatives and affections of the actress.
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Tempe
Huntington
Jones
Tone
Carl Anderson
Barbara Payton
Clearwater
Fla
James W Germer Dies in Houston After Illness
funeral services await at Sanders Funeral Home for James W. Germer 21 of Lubbock son of Mrs Alton R Taylor 3102 31st St and Herbert Germer Del Rio who died at 4 15 am Friday at the Texas Institution for Rehabilitation Hospital Houston after a lengthy illness A Monterey High School graduate he had worked at Cecil Turner's barber shop here before hospitalization five months ago Memorials may be sent to the Lubbock Cystic Fibrosis chapter Survivors include parents two brothers Don Taylor Herb Taylor three sisters Mrs Dwain Serrat and Mrs Don Arnold both of Lubbock and Leslie Ann Germer Del Rio maternal grandmother Mrs Vernon Grant San Antonio and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Fritz Germer San Antonio
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Sanders Funeral
James W. Germer
Alton R. Taylor
31St St
Lubbock
Herbert Germer
del Rio
Germer
Texas Institution For Research and Rehabilitation Hospital
Houston
Monterey
Cecil Turner
Don Taylor
Herb Taylor
McClain
Dwain Serrat
Don Arnold
Leslie Ann Germer
Vernon Grant
San Antonio
Fritz Germer
Mrs Estelle Jackson Services Set Today
Funeral services for Mrs Estelle Louise Jackson 54 of 1326 EB will be held at 2 p m today at Bethel AME Church with Rev Merrell T Reed officiating. Burial follows in Carver Estate City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sedberry Funeral Chapel direction. Survivors include three daughters three brothers four sisters and a grandchild.
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Estelle Louise Jackson
Methodist Hospital
Bethel Ame
Merrell T. Reed
Carver
City of Lubbock
Sedberry Funeral Chapel
Methodist Church
City Woman's Brother Dies in Dallas Hospital
Troy Dodd a San Angelo resident and brother of Mrs. Freda Pierce died at 4 a.m. Friday in a Dallas hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are set for 3:30 p.m. today at Bell Moore Baptist Church in San Angelo with burial in a local cemetery. He is survived by his wife Willadean a son Roddy his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. FE. Dodd a brother Elmer Salt Flat two sisters Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Margaret Porterhouse.
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Troy Dodd
San Angelo
Freda Pierce
Lubbock
Dallas
Bell Moore Baptist Church
Johnson Funeral Home
Dodd
Willadean
Roddy
R. FE. Dodd
Elmer
Salt Flat
Tet
Pierce
Margaret
Porterhouse of
Monahans
W H Grant Rites Pending In Shallowater City
W H Grant of Dallas died about 10 30 a m Friday at his daughter s home Mrs A M Coyington in Shallowater after moving there six weeks ago from Dallas Surviving are four sons W H Jr and Lee in Dallas Reader Pearsall and Tew in California a daughter Mrs Jesse Hatton Grass Valley California nine grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and two great greats
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Rix Funeral Home
W. H. Grant
Dallas
A. M. Coyington
Shallowater
W. H. Jr
Lee
Reader
Pearsall
Tew
George
San Andreas
Calif
Jesse Hatton
Grass Valley
Davis Services Set Today In Floydada
Services for Lon Davis Sr. a 75 year old former Floydada resident who died Thursday in Siloam Springs Arkansas will be held at 2 p m Sunday at the First Christian Church burial will follow in Canyon Cemetery under the Moore Funeral Home of Floydada direction Survivors include his wife Betty a son Lon Jr of Floydada and two grandchildren World's longest railway tunnel under Italy Lepontine Alps measures 12 2 miles in length.
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Floydada
Lon Davis
Siloam Springs
Ark
First Christian Church
P. D. O'Brien
Houston
Darrell Faeris
Canyon Cemetery
Moore Funeral Home
Betty
Lon Jr. Floydada
Rites Set For Mrs. Amanda Hardy Of Brownfield
Funeral services are planned for 2 40 p m Sunday for Amanda Hardy 78 Brownfield resident since 19 52 following a lengthy illness She died Thursday night at Brownfield General Hospital Born in Montgomery Alabama she moved to West Texas in the late 1920s and to Brownfield in 1934 Her husband John Thomas Hardy died in 1959 She was active in the Four Square Gospel Church Burial is in Brownfield Cemetery Survivors include three sons Bill of Midland Ted of Hobbs J T of Tucson a daughter Mrs J F E Bryant of Brownfield one brother Tilman Clark of Birmingham Alabama three half sisters Trannie McClure of Houston Gla Graham and May Clark both of Cleburne 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
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Brownfield
Amanda Hardy
Brownfield General Hospital
Montgomery
Ala
Hardy
West Texas
Ropesville
Four Square
Four Square Gospel Church
Paul Risser
H. B. Harris
Brownfield Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Bill
Midland
Ted
Hobbs
J. T
Tucson
Ariz
J. FE. Bryant
Tilman Clark
Birmingham
Trannie McClure
Houston
Gla Graham
May Clark
Cleburne
Mrs T H McLain Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Mrs Willie McLain 81 of Hempstead former Lubbock resident will be at 10 a m at Asbury Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Lubbock Cemetery. She died at Red Bluff Hospital Pasadena Texas survivors include eight sons four daughters four sisters 44 grandchildren 56 great grandchildren and a great great grand child. BELFAST Ireland plans schools for traffic offenders.
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Pasadena
Tes
Congregational Methodist Church
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