Freak accident at Dallas tire plant kills worker
A vulcanizing kettle explosion at a Dallas tire retreading factory hurled a two ton steel door 40 feet. E. M. Richardson, 23, was decapitated. Five others injured, including J. P. Anderson, 55, in fair condition. Waters, Slocum, Killiam, and Albright treated for shock. Manager A G Howard described a cloud of dust and steam after the blast.
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Dallas
E. M. Richardson
J. P. Anderson
Parkland Hospital
Ewes F. Albright
Fred Waters
Maurice Slocum
M. R. Killiam
Waters
Quiet Dignity Marks Services For Laughton
Hollywood funeral services for Charles Laughton drew only a small attendance among invited celebrities. The 63 year old British born actor died Saturday night of cancer of the spine. Isherwood delivered a eulogy, praising Laughton’s powerful presence in stage and film. The Presbyterian rites at Church of the Hills Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Memorial Park included readings from Shakespeare and the Bible. The service was conducted with quiet dignity at a replica of Longfellow’s boyhood church in Portland Maine. Chrysler Motors plans a five year guarantee on all cars sold in Great Britain.
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Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Laughton
John E. Cantelon
University of Southern California
Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood
King Lear
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Church of the Hills
Forest Lawn
Hollywood Hills Memorial Park
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Portland
Maine
Liverpool
Chrysler Motors
Great Britain
Mrs Nancy Maddox Services Today in Ralls
Services for 72 year old Mrs Nancy Velma Maddox, a former Ralls resident, will be held at 2 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church with Rev C M Fields officiating. She died Tuesday afternoon in a Littlefield rest home. Burial is in Ralls Cemetery. Survivors include husband three daughters a son two sisters a brother ten grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Rabat Report notes metal industries study planned in Morocco for 1963.
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RALLS
Nancy Velma Maddox
First Baptist Church
C.M. Fields
Maddox
Littlefield
Ralls Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Ruthe Norton Rites Pending After Fatal Auto Crash
Roswell resident Ruthe Norton 28 a Sam Houston State College staffer died in a Tuesday night auto crash near Huntsville while traveling to a Trinity meeting with two fellow faculty members. Norton a Roswell High School alumna and University of Arizona drama graduate held a UT masters and had taught drama and speech at Sam Houston State for 18 months. Survivors include her parents sister Francie Norton Cincinnati brothers Tommy Cincinnati and Dr. Robert Norton naval stationed in Japan. Ballard Funeral Home Roswell in charge of arrangements.
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Roswell
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Ruthe Norton
Roy Norton
The
Texas College
Trinity
Miss Norton
University of Arizona
University of Texas
Sam Houston State
el Paso
Francie Norton
Tommy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Norton
U.S. Navy
Japan
Ballard Funeral Home
Rites Set for Blast Victim at Happy Elevator
Amarillo Special Steve Huseman 45 died at 9 45 am Wednesday in Northwest Texas Hospital after a Tuesday explosion and fire at the Happy grain elevator. Rosary set for 8 pm at Dennis Funeral Home Dimmitt with Nazarene burial pending. Two other elevator workers Lawrence Webster 31 and Johnson Phillips 21 of Happy were in satisfactory condition. Huseman was hurled 50 feet from the head house as the blast shook the million bushel facility.
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Amarillo
Steve Huseman
Northwest Texas
Huseman
Dennis Funeral ‘Home Chapel
Dimmitt
Nazareth
Lawrence Webster
Johnson Phillips
Hapiey
Mexico Christmas Folklore and Nine Day Feast
The verse praises Mexican Christmas traditions marking nine full days of celebration. Balthazar and Santa Claus are referenced as gift givers while native feasts, songs, prayers, and the bursting of pinata sacks symbolize the holiday.
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Mexico
Balthazar
Santa Claus
Rites Held for Garza County Pioneer Mrs Florence McCartney
Funeral services were held for Mrs Florence Babb McCartney 70 a Garza County pioneer at the Chapel of the Angels in Denver. Burial followed at Crown Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday at Denver General Hospital after a month’s illness stemming from a October 1961 stroke. She is survived by her husband J A McCartney a daughter Mrs Paul Oles Midland three sons Jay Gresham New York Neilson Gresham Dallas and Alex McCartney Denver a brother Jarrell C Babb Glendale Calif and two sisters Mrs G I Dickinson Post and Mrs Sherrill Boyd Slaton. ANKARA-Turkey granted a German contractor a franchise to build gambling casinos in Ankara Izmir and Istanbul.
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Florence Babb McCartney
Garza County
Chapel of the Angels
Denver
Crown ‘Hill
Denver General Hospital
McCartney
J. A. McCartney
Paul Oles
Midland
Jay Gresham
New York City
Neilson Gresham
Dallas
Alex ‘McCartney
Jarrell C. Babb
Glendale
Calif
G. I. Dickinson
Post
Sherrill Boyd
Slaton
Ankara
Turkey
Izmir
Istanbul
Clovis Services Are Pending For Hanging Victim
Clovis reports a pending service for Guy H. Zari 18 son of Ray G. Zari Swift and Co. plant superintendent. Zari was found dead in a Raton jail cell after arrest on a stolen car charge following a police chase. Coroner’s jury rules death by his own action. The family had moved from Denver.
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Clovis
Raton
Guy H. Zari
Zari
Ray G. Zari
Swift and Co
Colorado-New Mexico
Denver
Rites Today for Mrs Haynie in Snyder Church
Services for Mrs Lora Mae Haynie 79 of Stamford will be at 10 AM at the 37th Street Church of Christ Snyder with Durwood Boggs officiating Burial follows at Highland Cemetery Stamford under Bolger Funeral Home direction Graveside rites set for 2 PM in Stamford She died Tuesday night at Cogdell Memorial Hospital after living with her daughter Mrs Alfred Lieb for about three months Survivors include two sons Jeff Haynie Abilene and three grandchildren The husband R L Haynie died in 1926.
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Snyder
Lora Mae Haynie
Stamford
37Th Street
Church of Christ of Snyder
Durwood Boggs
Highland Cemetery
Bolger Funeral Home
Haynie
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Germans Back Kennedy Handling of Cuban Crisis Poll
The Emnid Polling Institute reports 81 percent of the German public supported President Kennedy's management of the Cuban crisis as of Wednesday.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPI
Emnid
Kennedy
James Z. Clark Rites Slated At Arnett Benson Baptist
Services for James Z. Clark, 59, a 2011 Baylor retiree and former city street and water department foreman, will be held at 4 p.m. today at Arnett Benson Baptist Church. He died Tuesday in Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife four sons a daughter three brothers a sister six grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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James Z. Clark
Baylor
Arnett Benson Baptist Church
Wendel Taylor
Clark
Methodist Hospital
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
City Street and Water Department
Littlefield
Methodist Church
Rites Pending for Lawrence H. Cook City Educator
Lawrence H. Cook 52 of 4809 Detroit died at home after a night. He taught at Ralls High School and earlier Idalou schools before moving from Sain Angelo to Lubbock in 1953. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Dale Brown and Mrs Richard Baker a son Capt Larry L Cook in Korea his mother Mrs Dorcus V Cook and four others.
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Lawrence H. Cook
Detroit
Sanders Funeral
Cook
Lubbock
Ralls High School
Ralls
Texas Tech
Idalou
Sai Angelo
Dale Brown
Detroit Ave
Richard Baker
Abilene
Larry L. Cook
U.S. Army
Korea
Dorcus V. Cook
Lee Jones Rites Pending Here
Lee Jones 71 of 702 E Tulane died at 1 15 pm Wednesday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a day in hospital He was a furniture dealer in Lubbock a member of Emanuel Baptist Church Services are pending with Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home He is survived by his wife brothers E M W 111 E Kent Robert Levelland H P Jr Phoenix and John Amarillo six grandchildren and three sisters
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Lee Jones
E. Tulane
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
E. M
E. Kent
Robert
Rites Today For 3-Month-Old Billy Payne Infant
Services are set for 4 p.m. at Northside Baptist Church in Abernathy for Tracy Leahdon Payne the 3 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Billy Payne who died at 12 45 p m Wednesday at High Plains Hospital Hale Center Rev E C Chron will officiate Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery under direction of Chambers Funeral Home Survivors include the parents one sister Kim and grandparents Mr and Mrs Ebb Payne and Mr and Mrs W A Young all of Abernathy
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Abernathy
Northside Baptist Church
Tracy Leahdon Payne
Billy Payne
High Plains Hospital
Hale Center
E. C. Chron
Abernathy Cemetery
Chambers Funeral Home
Kim
Ebb Payne
W. A. Young
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Richardson
Nancy Maddox
Rabat
Morocco
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Pacity
Waverly
Naval Electric Co
Texas
Broadway
Feliz
Navidad
Garza
John M. Babb
This County
Callahan County
San Antonio
Colorado
Cuba
Resthaven Memorial
Levelland Highway
James Clark
L. H. Cook
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