Soviet Urges March 1 Start for World Communist Conference
Moscow reports the new Soviet leaders call for preparations to begin March 1 for a world communist conference. Pravda says the editorial commission will meet March 1, with 26 parties as members and likely boycotts by several including Red China. The move deepens Moscow Peking rift as China rejects unity efforts and emphasizes peaceful settlement with the West and aid to revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
China
Kremlin
Peking
Communist Party
Pravda
Communist Parties
Commission
Red China
Nikita
Khrushchev
Russia
Poland
Chou En- Lai
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Stamp club meeting and council auction at Municipal Garden
Don Kittrell, Lubbock architect, displays Jerusalem and Israel stamps at the South Plains Junior Stamp Club meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Municipal Garden and Arts Center. Open to the public, with invites to club parents and Senior members. The South Plains Council meets 7:30 p.m. Monday at the same center for an auction of coins. Also noted are funeral services for Jackie Jones, infant nephew of W C. Jones, held in Alba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kittrell
Lubbock
South Plains
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
College Ave
Kittrell
Jerusalem
Israel
Joe Matt Smith
49Th St
South Plains Stamp Club
South Plains Council
Municipal Garden
Rudy Rice
W.C
bin) Jones
8Th St
Jackie Jones
Alvin Jones
Alba
Dallas
District 1 Wool Contest Winners at Texas Tech
Winners named in the Make It Yourself With Wool contest at Texas Tech. Terri Sinclair Abernathy won sub-teen, Rebecca Hutchinson Spearman junior, Charlotte Caldwell Floydada senior, and Mrs Charles Craig Floydada adult. State finals Jan 8-9 in San Marcos. national finals second week January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist
San Marcos
Terri Sinclair
Abernathy
Rebecca Hutchinson
Spearman
Charlotte Caldwell
Floydada
Charles Craig
Texas Tech
Europe
American Wool Council
National Association of
Paris
London
Nice
Rome
Phoenix
Ariz
Sandy Hitchinson
Cathey Jo Lanne
Happy Dunlor
Darla Merrell
Randal County
Martha Shaker
Haskel
Sandra Smith
Amarillo Anders
Carolyn Atkins
Mrs. Gallimore
Tula
Pamely Murse
Miss Jessie Clark Rites In Scurry
Miss Jessie May Clark 79 will be buried at Snyder Cemetery after a 4 p.m. service at First Assembly of God Church Snyder with Rev. R. C. Dearman and Ek. E. Malone officiating. Clark, a retired teacher born in Snyder, lived in Scurry County, moved to Dallas in 1905, returned in 1954, and died Friday in Coggd Memorial Hospital. Survived by sister Mary Ruby Clark and brother Aubrey Clark of Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Jessie May Clark
First Assembly of God
R. C. Dearman
Ek. E. Malone
Church of God
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger Funeral Home
H.C. Clark
Scurry County
Dallas
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Mary Ruby Clark
Aubrey Clack
Snywder
Mrs. Vaughan services in Scurry at East Side Church
Mrs. Mary Francis Vaughan, 74, a Scurry County resident for 41 years, will lie in state at 2 p.m. today at East Side Church of Christ. Burial follows in Dunn Cemetery with Bolger Funeral Home directing. She died at her residence Wednesday. survivors include her husband Jesse T. Vaughan, a daughter, nine sons, a sister, a brother, 28 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
Hardy L Dent Dies Rites Set
Services for Hardy Lee Dent 76 Hale Center resident will be at 10 a m Monday at Hale Center First Methodist Church Frank Travis pastor assisted by Rev Rex Mauldin with burial in Hale Center Cemetery under Hale Center Funeral Home direction He died at 1230 am Saturday at his home He was a native of Parker County a retired farmer and businessman and a member of Plainview First Presbyterian Church Survivors include wife a son H H J Dent Jr three daughters Mrs John A Wardlaw Mrs Tom Stanton and Mrs Henry Jones two brothers L L Dent of Loop Lewis Dent of Tra three sisters Mrs Betty Francis Mrs Norman Goode Mrs Pearl Ritchey seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers John Trimmier Kit McDaniel Claude Burnett Kenneth Hodges Jake Bourland Cecil Nicholson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Center
Hardy Lee Dent
First Methodist Church
Frank Travis
First Presbyterian Church
Plainview
Rex Mauldin
Surial
Hale Center Funeral Home
Dent
Parker County
HH. J. Dent Jr
John A. Wardlaw
Tom Stanton
Henry Jones
L. L. Dent
Loop
Lewis Dent
Tra
Betty Francis
Tucumcari
N. M
Norman Goode
Amarillo
Pearl Ritchey
Albuquerque
John Trimmier
Kit McDaniel
Claude Burnett
Kenneth Hodges
Jake Bourland
Cecil Nicholson
Rites Set For Mishap Victim
Robert E. Swinford 72 a Portales retiree and bus contractor died Friday in an auto crash near Artesia. Services at 2 p m Monday at Portales First Methodist Church with Rev Joe Emanuel and Rev B C Goodwin officiating. Burial Lawn Haven Cemetery Wheeler Funeral Home Portales. Survivors include three sons and five daughters and 21 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portales
Robert E. Swinford
Artesia
Portales First Methodist Church
Joe Emanuel
Artesia First Methodist Church
B.C. Goodwin
Lawn Haven Cemetery
Wheeler Funeral Home
R. A. Swinford
Clovis
Frank Swinford
Mamogor= do
H. J. Swinford
Parta Les
Leon Balko
Lubbock
Tex
Lewis Scroggin
Muleshoe
Jola Smith
Aztec
Franklin
Isaacs
Elsinore
Calif
Wright Butler
Mountainair
Orville Ballard Dies In Lubbock
Orville O Ballard 76 of 2120 Duke died Saturday afternoon at his home in Lubbock. He moved from Dallas in 1982 and was a Rockwall native. Funeral services at Rix Funeral Home. Ballard a Farrs Inc retiree survived by four sons James Allen Ballard Ulysses Grant Ballard Ernest O Ballard and W N Ballard. two daughters Oleta Faye Dury Luzelle Turner. a brother T J Ballard. Justice of the Peace to rule inquest likely natural death. He belonged to Tabernacle Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville O. Ballard
Duke
Lubbock
Dallas
Rockwall
Texas
Farr’s, Inc
Rix Funeral Home
Ballard
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ulysses Grant Ballard
James Allen Ballard
W. N. Ballard
Zapata
Tex
Ernest O. Ballard
Main St
Oleta Faye Dury
E.8th St
Luzelle Turner
Odessa
T. J. Ballard
Grapevine
Gravel Truck Kills Paducah Man In Wreck
Welford Benjamin Tiller, 51, was crushed to death when a gravel truck’s dual rear wheels ran over him on a dirt road south of Paducah. The driver and another passenger said he fell from the cab around 3:40 p.m. He died at Richard Memorial Hospital. Tiller, a Cottle County cotton farmer, moved here in 1932 and was born July 28, 1913 in Bowie County, Texas. Surviving are his wife Ruby and daughter Sherry Nell, plus his mother and four sisters and two brothers. Services Monday at 2 a.m. in the Church of Christ, Rev. Ode Prescott officiating. Burial in Garden Of Memories Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Welford Benjamin Tiller
Here
Tiller
Richard Memoorial Hospital
Justice of the Peace
H. H. Moore
Frank ‘Bullock
Calvin” Liebtke
Liebtke
Cottle County
Bowie County
Tex
Ruby Tiller
Sherry’ Nell
Pearl Morgan
Hooks
Liallie Strickland
Redwater
Ruby Martin
Boston
Ark
Marie Bradford
Palducah
Frank Smith
Dallas
Herman
Fireball
Calif
Raymond
Pine Bluff
Church of Christ
Ode Prescott
Garden of Memories
C R Cook Rites Set In Snyder
Funeral services for C R Cook, 75, will be held at 2 p m Monday at the Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall in Snyder. Harry Weaver of Sweetwater will officiate assisted by Jack O Shields of Big Spring, with burial in Snyder Cemetery under Bolger direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
C. R. Cook
Jehovah Witness Kingdom
Harry Weaver
Sweetwater
Jack O’shields
Big Spring
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger
Postponement in Session Sparks Wide Attendee Debate
A delayed Dec 15 session avoidance splits nations.China North Korea Albania Japan Indonesia North Viet Nam Romania Cuba undecided. Attending parties include Australia Argentina Bulgaria Britain Czechoslovakia Finland France Hungary East and West Germany India Italy Mongolia Poland Syria United States with Brazil uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chou
China
North Korea
Albania
Ja ‘Pan
Indonesia
Viet Nam
Romania
Cuba
Australia
Argenttina
Bulgaria
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Finland
France
Hungary
East Germany
West Germany
India
Italy
Mongolia
Poland
Syria
United States
Brazil
Former Plains Resident Clarence Douglas dies after long illness
Clarence Shorty Douglas 71 longtime Brownfield Sundown area resident died in Park County Hospital Fairplay Colorado after a 22 day illness. Services set for Monday 10 a.m. at First Baptist Sundown with burial at Coleman Cemetery. Survived by wife Effie two daughters Eleanor Ellyson and Marcella Hickman son Rev Ray Douglas and six grandchildren. He worked for Mobil 32 years and earlier in mines and rails in Colorado Kansas Texas and New Mexico. He was a member of Fairplay Baptist Lodge Shrine and Masonic orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Clarence
Shorty) Douglas
Fairplay
Colo
First Baptist Church
Sundown
Thomas Lynn
Gaston Green
Coleman
George Price
Douglas
Park County
Crebe
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas
Texas
Mobil Oi! Co
la Fors
Kermit
Brownfield
Mobil
San Angelo
Colorado
Sweet Home
Alma
Fairplay- BaptistChurch
Effie
Ray Douglas
Gamboa
Canal Zone
Elleanor Ellyson
Marcella Hickman
Modesto
Calif
Roy Douglas
Seal Beach
Clifford Douglas
Clifton
Har Lord Douglas
Hartsel
Donald Douglas
Utah
Myre Raasch
Thousand Oaks
Edna Korts
Ingalls
Kan
Olive Webb
Garden City
Longtime Lubbock Educator Heads Marfa English Department
Born and raised in Lubbock she earned through Texas Tech and taught at Rule Llano and Carroll Thompson Junior High before leading the English and Speech departments at Marfa. The report notes later community events and local notices including union banquet and airport board appointment.
Mrs. Jones Services Scheduled In Lubbock
Mrs. A Vernon Jones 77 died Friday and will be buried in Plainview after a 10 am Monday service at Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church in Lubbock. Officiants include Dr Paul Bumpers and Rev J O Haymes. Burial at Plainview Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. Survived by a son and three sisters. Contributions urged to Methodist Children's Home Waco or First Methodist Church library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Vernon
McCarver Jones
York
Bowman Chapel
First Methodist Church
Paul Bumpers
BE. E. White
J. O. Haymes
Plainview Cemetery
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Methodist Children's Home
Waco
W. R. Col Pormer
Clint Courtney Ler
King Sides
Dixon White
Stanley D. Beck
Raymond Kingsatcher
Houston Colt
Surviving relatives listed in Texas obituary notice
Survivors include three daughters Mrs Louis Boggs Dexter New Mexico Miss Omega Cook and Mrs Warren Taylor both of Langtry three sons J D and C R Cook Jr both of Snyder and Roy L Cook of Brooklyn NY three sisters Mrs Tom Bussey Roswell NM Mrs Mose Branch and Mrs G W Dare both of Duncan Oklahoma 171 grandchildren and seven greats
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Boggs
Dexter
N.M
Omega Cook
Warren Taylor
Langtry
J. D
C. R. Cook Jr
Snyder
Roy L. Cook
Brooklyn
N.Y
Tom Bussey
Roswell
Mose Branch
G. W. Dare
Duncan
Okla
A A Pinter Dies In City
A A Pinter age 51 of 2201 47th St died early Saturday in a Methodist Hospital. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Monday at Oakwood Methodist Church with Rev Billy Wilkinson officiating. Graveside services will follow 11 a m Tuesday at Hillcrest Garden of Memories Hillsboro burial under Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include wife two sons Paul of Waco and Neil of Grand Prairie a sister Mrs Fred Matula West Tex two brothers Pat Pinter Waco and W J Pinter West plus six named pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Pinter
47Th St
Oakwood Methodist Church
Billy Wilkinson
Hillcrest Garden of Memories
Hillsboro
Rix Funeral Home
Pinter
Paul
Waco
Neil
Grand Prairie
Fred Matula
West
Tex
Pat Pinter
W. J. Pinter
C. B. Gilliland
Bill Fowler
F. J. Hamman
Frank B. Hodges
Lowell R. McDonald
R. L. Chisum
Hub of the Plains AA Group Holds Homecoming Program
More than 250 people attended the Hub of the Plains Alcoholics Anonymous homecoming at 501 Ave N in Lubbock. The event featured barbecue, talks by six members, and a dance, with visitors from Lamesa Post Hereford Plainview Slaton and Tahoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hub of the Plains
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lubbock
Ave. N
Ave
16Th
Lamesa
Post
Hereford
Plainview
Slaton
Tahoka
501 Ave. N
Death notices Mrs Hattie Meridith services pending
Mrs Hattie Meridith 79 of 605 Ave O died Saturday at 5 10 p m in a local convalescent home She was born in Parker County moved to Lubbock in 1897 widow of D E Meridith pioneer resident Survivors include son Oscar L Meridith daughter Sylva McKinley four sisters two grandchildren and a great grandchild
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Meridith
Ave.o
Sanders Funeral Home
Rites Slated For Mishap Victims Pat Teal and Bill Edgin
Services arranged for 19 year old Patsy Teal of Seminole and 21 year old Bill Edgin of Graford after a car truck collision on U S Highway 180 killing them. Teal’s services are at Singleton Funeral Home with burial at Laimesa Cemetery. Edgin to be buried in Graford Cemetery with services in Mineral Wells. Injured passenger Tommy Humphries of Jacksboro remained in fair condition at Jacksboro Hospital. Survivors listed include Teal family and Edgin family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
Patsy Teal
E. Ave. A
Bill David Edgin
Graford
Here
U.S. Hwy. 180
Teal
Singleton Funeral Home Chapel
Elwyn Lambright
Laimesa Cemetery
Singleton
Edgin
Mineral Wells
Baum-Carlock- Baumgardner
Graford Cemetery
Jacksboro Hospital
Tommy Humphries
Jacksboro
Humphries
Miss Teal
Heri
Bill Teal
Bill Northcott
Hazel Brown
Hobbs
N.M
Walton
Lamesa
W. C. Teal
James David Teal
Myleah
Andrews
D. H. Edgins
Hester Gilmore
Shirley Ann Edgin
George. Edgin
Effie Smith Dies in Lubbock at 76
Mrs Effie Fay Smith 76 of 3602 Ave E died about midnight Saturday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock She moved to Lubbock two years ago after living in Dodge City 30 years Funeral arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home call for 2 pm Wednesday services in Dodge City with burial at Maple Grove Cemetery She was a Christian church member She leaves five sons Ralph M Darrell Harold L V and Richard plus a brother Ellsworth Griswold 19 grandchildren and four great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Fay Smith
Ave. E
Methodist Hospital
Sanders Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Dodge City
Kan
Maples Grove
The
Christian Church
Harold V. Tennant
Ave
Tom Blair
Eugene
Ore
Max Madison
Ralph M
Newton
Darrell F
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Harold E
el Segundo
Calif
L. V. Conway
Richard L
Pampa
John B Elmore Services to Be Held in Tahoka
Tahoka special service for John Bale Elmore 79 of Bosque will take place at 3 pm today in Mite Funeral Home Chapel with Aubrey White First Methodist pastor. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery. Elmore died in sleep Friday at daughter Mrs Horace Rogers home. Born Willeen he farmed in Lynn County and lived in Bosque since 1955. Survived by wife five grandchildren and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
John Bale
Elmore
Bosque
Mite
Aubrey White
First ‘Methodist Church
Tahoka Cemetery
Horace Rogers
Willeen
O'Donnell
Eden
Mrs. Mabel Bishop Rites Set In Ralls
Mrs. Mabel Edith Bishop 62 Crosby County resident since 1926 will be buried in Ira Cemetery after services at Ralls First Baptist Church Monday at 10 am. Officiants include Rev. Jack Hopson Rev. Marcus L Adair and Rev. Homer Coberly. She died Friday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock. Surviving husband one son seven daughters two brothers three sisters 29 grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Grandsons pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralls
Mabel Edith Bishop
Crosby County
Ralls First Baptist Church
Jack Hopson
Marcus L. Adair
Canyon
Homer Coberly
Lubbock
Ira Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Bishop
Snylder
West Texas Hospital
Longtime Terry Man's Rites Set
Funeral services for H. H. Doc Harben 64 Terry County resident since 1922 will be at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Brownfield with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He died after a heart attack at Brownfield General Hospital. Surviving are his wife a son Tom Harben four daughters his mother and several brothers and sisters. He had owned a grocery and service station and formerly was a garage operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
H. H
Doc) Harben
Terry County
First Baptist Church of
Ed Crow
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Harben
Brownfield General Hospital
Tom Harben
D. F. Murphy Jr
Corpus Christi
J. V. Boen
Juanita Saunders
Big Spring
E. F. Harben
McKinney
Jess
Paul
Farmersville
Guy
Fort Worth
Broughton
Oklahoma City
Charlie Miller
John Strickland
Jack Fisher
Fren Hollen
Norfolk
Eva Harben
Midland
Ophelia Harben
Denton
Graveside Rites Set For L. O. Gore in Amarillo
L. O. Red Gore, 62, of Amarillo, died Friday after a brief illness. Services were held in Amarillo with graveside rites Monday at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport. A Baylor University graduate and former Chicago White Sox pitcher, he later worked as a sales rep for Western Co. in Oklahoma City before moving to Amarillo two years ago. Survivors include his wife Naomi, a brother G. G. Gore of Houston, and a sister Mrs. R. R. Grove of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
L. O
Oklahoma City
Gore
Naomi
G. G. Gore
Houston
R.R. Grove
Nellie Chilton Funeral Slated in Lamesa Today
Funeral services for Nellie Chilton aged 59 are set for 2:30 p.m. at First Methodist Church in Lamesa with Rev. E. D. Landreth officiating. Burial follows at Lamesa Memorial Park under Branon-Phillips Funeral Home direction. A longtime Lamesa resident, she died Friday at her home. She is survived by two sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Chilton
First Methodist Church
E. D. Landreth
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Chilton
Lamesa
Friday J
Rt. D. Lamesa
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Reds
Austini State Hospital
Emily Riley
Hershel Riley
Uvalde Ave
Jerry Lynn Johnson
Henry D. Johnson
56Th St
Floydada Hospital
Noland Kelley
Marfa
Tech
Jessie Clark
Mrs. Mary Vaughan
Hardy L. Dent
Orville Ballard
W. B. Tiller
Plains
Monterey High School
Boy Marvel
Electrical Workers’ Union Local No. 850
KoKo Palace
R. C. Sutton
Bridgeville
Gladys Sims
38Th St
Pittsburgh
Sutton
Sims
Atkins
Lubbock Post L
Trav ‘Elers Protective Association
Chicken Shack
34Th St
J. L. Hooper
D.w. Wiggins
Eunice, N. M
Lea County Airport Board
Lea County Commissioners
Lovington
Mrs. Jones
City
AA Group
Mrs
Bern
Switzerland
Effie Smith
John B. Elmore
Mabel Bishop
Terry Man
ARIX
Resthaven Park
Este CL
Lverm Memorial Park
Nineteenth Street
Levelland Highway
Lubbock, Texas
Swift
Resthaven Memorial Park and Mausoleum
P.O
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