Christmas reunion aboard USS Ranger in Gulf of Tonkin
Sailors aboard the USS Ranger wake to family reunions and Christmas thoughts as 13 sailors and their relatives meet during a rare holiday visit in the Gulf of Tonkin. Officers from Roswell and Bellevue describe longing for home while mail and mass offer solace aboard the carrier.
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Ranger
Gulf of Tonkin
UPI
Bellevue
Neb
Navy
Roswell
N.M
Bellair
Tex
Tonkin
North Vietnam
Charles Green Funeral Today in Austin
Charles Green 66 longtime editor of the Austin American and Statesman died of cancer. He led the paper after 1929 and championed public influence without dictating policy. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Austin
Charles Green
The
Austin American and Statesman
Green
Seton Hospital
Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Bain Set in Grace Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Pont Lee Bain, longtime Plainview resident since 1907, died early Monday in a local hospital. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert McGeehee and Rev. William Smith officiating. Burial follows in Plainview Cemetery under the direction of Vemans Funeral.
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Splainview
Pont Lee
Bain
Grace Presbyterian
Robert McGeehee
William Smith
Westminster Presbyterian
Lubbock
Plainview Cemetery
Vemens
Company Institutes Trainee Programs
Industrial relations experts say maintaining a constant manpower pool in Rochester with 1.8 percent unemployment is tough. Eastman Kodak has started trainee programs since February, hiring over 150 under educated workers mainly from the Negro community for training in machine operation, technical trades, and laboratory work, with extra courses in reading writing and arithmetic as needed.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPD
Eastman Kodak
Noted Italian Sculptor Dies Christmas Day
Rome AP reports sculptor Alessandro Monteleone died Monday at age 70. Son of a blacksmith he won an international competition for a bronze door on St. Peter's Basilica. He later turned to painting and held tone-man shows in Paris Zurich and New York with Christmas card sales in bulk to Fairbanks Alaska postmarked North Pole Alaska.
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Rome
Alessandro Monteleone
Monteleone
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City
Paris
Zurich
New York
Funeral services for Howard A. Smith in Rotan
Funeral services for Howard A. Smith 66 retired oil company employee who died Sunday at Calland Hospital will be at 1 30 p m today at the Rotan Church of Christ. Minister Mickey White will officiate with graveside rites at 4 p m today at the Post Cemetery. Weathersby Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include his wife Floy three daughters Mrs Jim Frame Goldsmith Mrs Roland Trout Rotan and Mrs BUL Sartain Jayton three sons Lesley Fort Myers Flay Robert Midland and Horace Odessa a brother Horace Llano four sisters Mrs Jewel Cobb Mrs Eloise McGuffin both Midland Mrs Florence Cox Copperas Cove and Mrs Ruby Adkins Seminole and 19 grandchildren.
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ROTAN
Howard A. Smith
Oil Company
Calland Hospital
Rotan Church of Christ
Mickey White
Jal
Eunice
Hatin
Clairemont
Lanes Post
Floy
Jim Frame
Goldsmith
Roland Trout
Bul Sartain
Jayton
Lesley
Fort Myers
Flay
Robert
Midland
Horace
Odessa
Llano
Jewel Cobb
Eloise McGuffin
Florence Cox
Copperas Cove
Ruby Adkins
Seminole
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Cecil Guthrie
City of Lubbock
Lubbock
Calvert Curry
Brownient Medical Pharmacy
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Sweetwater
Garden of Memories
Cate Spencer
Curry
Brownfield General Hospital
D. J. Loe
Dickens County
Spur Church of Christ
Dean Jay Young
Kent County
Jayton School
Jayton Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Young
Seed and Feed Store Burglary Tops Holiday Crime List
Several small business break ins were reported, including Lobo's Seed and Feed at 2817 Clovis Road where leather goods, flashlights, a saddle, battery chargers, a cash register, and a cigarette machine were stolen. Other incidents included a gum machine from Star Barber Shop and loot from Jim's Drive In and Colgate Grocery. A microphone was taken from the Church of Christ and a whiskey theft occurred at a residence on East 8th Street. Police moved to locate the Goodfellow package left at a home.
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Lobo’s
Clovis Road
Robert Wood
Star Barber Shop
Jim’s Drive In
Colgate Grocery
Colgate
Jose Vasquez
Church of Christ
W. H. Massey
Broad
Way
East 8Th St
Memories of a bygone friendship echo in reflection
A letter from an old friend recalls a 30 year ago trip, a meeting, a football game, and friends long since passed. The writer, Julien C Hyer, fondly preserves those days as sweet rewards of growing old.
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Julien C
Hyer
F D Crowder Rites Arranged In Brownfield
Funeral services for F D Baldy Crowder 172 retired Brownfield area farmer and ranch foreman will be held at 4 p m in Calvary Baptist Church with Rev A D Kyle officiating. Burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survived by nephews Doyle Crowder Brownfield and Troy Crowder Lubbock.
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Brownfield
F. D
Baldy) Crowder
Brownfield Area
Brownfield General Hospital
Calvary Baptist Church
Crowder
Terry County Old Settlers Assn
A. D. Kyle
Calvary Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Doyle Crowder
Troy Crowder
Lubbock
Mrs Chesshir's Services Slated
Morton special obituary for Maude Etta Chesshir a Cochran County resident for 13 years who died Monday in Cochran Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Southwest Second Street Church of Christ with Minister Gene Wooley. Burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include husband Dave three sons Henry D D Chesshir and D E Chesshir Jr Dallas two daughters Ester Barker and Mildred Chappell three sisters Virgie Hattie Morgan and Lou Tina Goddard and 14 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren.
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Morton
Maude Etta Chesshir
Cochran County
Second Street Church of Christ
Gene Wooley
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Chesshir
Cochrane Memorial Hospital
Dave
Henry
D. D. Chesshir
D. E. Chesshir
Crosby County Ex Judge Hames Dies at 67 in Crosbyton
Crosbyton special report says War ren V. Hames former Crosby County judge died at 4 30 pm Monday in Crosbyton Hospital after a short illness. He previously served as deputy sheriff and county clerk and worked as a carpenter until retirement two years ago. Sister Tommie Rollin l Artley and brother Quincy survive. Services pending. Washington was chosen as the site for the national capital by Congress in 1790.
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Crosbyton
Warren V. Hames
Crosby
Crosbyton Hospital
Scurry County
Hames
Crosby County
Tommie
Rollin l Artley
Quincy
Washington
National Capital
Congress
New York
Rites set for J. W. Addington longtime Lubbock resident
J. W. Addington 96 longtime Lubbock resident died Monday at University Convalescent Home. Services Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. D C Hamilton officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include three sons J B Sacramento Calif J A 2402 7th St and R B Clovis two daughters Mrs Earl Bloodworth Mrs Buford Oliver 14 grandchildren 360 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Grandsons will pallbear.
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J. W. Addington
Lubbock
Calvary Baptist Church
D C. Hamilton
James McGinlay
College Avenue Baptist
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin Bartley
Addington
University Convalescent
14Th St
Hale Center
Abernathy
J. B
Sacramento
Calif
J. A
7Th St
R. B
Clovis
Earl Bloodworth
6Th St
Buford Oliver
Dumas
Mary Pounds Funeral Set
Mary Ida Pounds 77 longtime Lamesa resident dies. funeral at Northridge Methodist Church with Rev Howell Watkins and Rev Jimmy Law to officiate. Burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. survivors include three daughters a son two mothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Mary Ida Pounds
Northridge Methodist Church
Pounds
Howell Watkins
Jimmy Law
Colorado City
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
M. M. Debnam
Ruby Warren
Cisco
Bessie Edna ‘Duncan
Portales
N.M
Dalph
Lubbock
Ralph Hensley
Tucumcari
Roscoe Hensley
Couple Receives Gift In Line For License
El Paso report describes a nervous couple seeking a wedding license after paying for a blood test with only 3 80 remaining. The stranger in line lent them 1 20 to meet the 5 license fee, enabling them to proceed. Separate note mentions Chile's area of 286 366 square miles.
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EL Paso
UPI
Jine
Chile
California
Oregon
Washington
E. C. Rose Services Pending At Snyder
Snyder reports funeral arrangements are pending for Emmett Columbus Rose 62 of Snyder who died Sunday at Cogdill Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his wife four daughters Katherine Kelley Liberal Peggy Hughes Sidney Jacqueline Leffer Clear Lake Oaks and Lee Wright Potter. three sons James Bill Jack Mangum and Clear Lake Oaks. a sister Lille Stowe Mangum.
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Jack
Clear Lake Oaks
Calif
Eh Lille Stowe
Mangum
Funeral Notices and Burial Plans Across Lubbock Area
Multiple obituaries list deaths from Friday to Saturday in Big Spring Kermit Odessa and Lubbock. Names include Frances McGuire James Buck Rogers Cecil Guthrie Bob Hancock Sgt Joe Pena Jr Carrie Bonner Lewis Robinson Nannie Hull Ida Mae Birden Earl Lane Lawrence Alexander Calvert Curry D J Loe Judge Dean Jay Young and others with church gravesides and cremation details across towns. A grass fire damaged a vacant house at 217 Redbud, reported at 4 p m.
Frank L. Todd Dies. Services Set In Lubbock
Frank Lester Todd 54 of Lubbock dies at West Texas Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with Dr. David Ray and others officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Todd, a Baker Co. salesman, served on Lubbock Power and Light Board and held multiple memberships. Survived by Hazel. three sons Frank Bill Don. two daughters. a brother. stepmother. one grandchild. Pallbearers listed.
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Frank _ Lester Todd
West Texas Hospital
First Baptist Church
David Ray
J. Ralph~ Grant
J. T. Bolding
Resthaven
Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Todd
Lubbock
Kansas City
Kan
Baker Co
Friden Conquistadores
Lubbock Power and Light Board
Optimists International
Knife and Fork Club
West Texas Museum
South Plains Genealogical Society
Friends of the Lubbock Public Library
Hazel
Frank
Bill
Don
James E. Schroeder
Houston
Susan
Gerald
Santa Fe
N.M
Neola. Todd
Lenexa
Funeral today for Dewey Darden 66 in Lubbock
Funeral services for Dewey Darden 66 will be held at 2 p m in Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers. Darden died Sunday from injuries in a Wednesday night truck railroad collision east of East 50th Street Southeast Drive in Lubbock. He was born in Winnsboro and lived in Lubbock since 1942. He was a Mason and Baptist. He leaves Ann and two daughters Fort Worth. a sister in Lubbock. two brothers in Winnsboro and Lubbock. six pallbearers.
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Dewey Darden
West Texas
Resthaven
Church of the Flowers
Donnie Miller
Victory Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Darden
East 50Th Street
Southeast Drive
Winnsboro
Lubbock
Masonic Lodge
Ann
Dell Huntsman
Earlene Carr
Fort Worth
Mavis Parr
Morris Darden
Rudy Darden
Woodrow Pugh
Ralph Collings
Matt Hatfield
Phill Williams
Keith Earthman
Clovis Johnston
R. W. Childress
Herman Edge
Rushing Rites Planned for Silous Earl Rushing
Funeral services for Silous Earl Rushing 62 of East Afton are set for 2 p.m. today at Garden of Memories Cemetery Paducah with Reverend Don Tarbit officiating. Norris Funeral Home handles arrangements. Rushing, a retired farmer, died Monday in Big Spring V A Hospital after an eight month illness. He is survived by his wife Alma, a son S. E. Rushing Jr. of Ardmore Oklahoma, four sisters and a brother plus his mother, and two stepbrothers.
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Lewis Ortis
Antonio
Cole
Phan Rang
da Nang
Saigon
Roger Grtis
J.g
al Jones
Shady Side
Rusty Scholl
Bellair
Tex
North Vietnam
Scholl
San Antonio
Harry Sanders
Alameda
Calif
Gulf of Tonkin
Paduch
Silous
Earl Rushing
East Afton
Garden of Memories
Don Tarbit
Church of Christ
Norris Funeral Home
Rushing
Big Spring Veteran's Hospital
8. E. Rushing Jr
Ardmore
Okla
Hubert Adams
Paducah
Stella Hudspeth
Benjamin
Opal Gentry
Madera
Lonnie Watson
Lubbock
Ju. C
Services Pending For Fred Cross
Fred Cross 66 longtime Floyd County resident died Monday in a local nursing home after a long illness. He lived in the Sand Hill community since moving to Floyd County except for two years in Hale County. He was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving relatives include his wife Eula Mae two daughters Mrs Henry Hinton Floydada and Mrs Joe Fowler Bovina five sons Dan Thacker both Clovis Allan Peters burg Jerry Seattle Wash Lonnie Pat Cleveland Tenn a sister Mrs Henry Graham Amarillo a brother Floyd Delano Calif and 17 others.
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Floydada
Moore-Rose
Fred Cross
The
Sand
Floyd County
Hale County
First Methodist Church
Eula Mae
Henry Hinton
Joe Fowler
Bovina
Dan
Thacker
Clovis
Allan
Petersburg
Jerry
Seattle
Wash
Lonnie Pat
Cleveland, Tenn
Henry Graham
Amarillo
Floyd
Delano
Calif
Mary Jane Everts rites pending at Snyder
Arrangements are pending with Bell-Seale Funeral Home for Mrs. Mary Jane Everts 98 a native of England and longtime Snyder resident who died after a nursing home stay Survivors include two daughters Mrs J F Lewis of Durrant Oklahoma and Mrs Lucas Whitehead of Stanton four sons J H of Cristoval Ellis Everts Jr and Dave both of Tarzan and John of Snyder two sisters Mrs Alice Lockhard of Gainesville and Mrs Texanna Finley of Wilson a brother G W Frost of Gainesville 16 grandchildren 34 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild
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Alice Lockhard
Gainesville
Texanna Finley
Wilson
Mary
G. W. Frost
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Virginia Woolf
Lamar Moorhead
Army
J. B. Moorhead
Lamar
Moorhead
1St Infantry
Donald Benedict
Navy Electronics
Dennis Benedict
Donald
I Green
University of Oklahoma
Fort Worth Press
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Odessa News and Times
Austin’ American
U.S
Floy Robinson
Austin Oeaivers
Beverly
On Green
Southern Buens Vista
Ja Bree
Tom Green
Mrs. Bain
Fairbanks
Alaska
North Pole
Howard Smith
Aterere
Marvin Franklin
Arlington National Cemetery
Bartlesville, Okla
Col
J. B. Conney Jr
Military District
Marvin Franklin Jr
Vietnam
F. D. Crowder
Constantine
Greece
Mary Pounds
E. C. Rose
Snyder
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Avenue J
Texas
Funeral Home
Frances Mry McGuire
Ave
Big Spring
Jolly Funeral ‘Home Chapel
Clarksville
Lanes Chapel Cemetery
Red River County
James
Buck) Rogers
E. 37Th St
Franklin- Bartley Chanel
Rogers
Kermit
Bob Hancock
Nashville
King Funeral Home
Henderson Funeral Directors
Joe Pena Jr
Plainview
Memorial Park Cemetery
Pena
Joe Pena
Carrie Bonner
E. 17Th
Bethel Ame
Peaceful Gardens
Idalou
Church of Christ For
Lewis
L. Robinson
Ave. U
West Texas ‘Hospital
Idalou Cemeter
Nannie Hull
5Th St
Goff Funeral Home
Commerce
Shiloh
Porter Hospital
Ida Mae Birden
E. 25Th St
St. James Baptist Church
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Earl George Lane
55Th St
Methodist Hospital
South Plains Area
Lawrence M. Alexander
Rix Funeral
Redbud
Frank L. Todd
Lennis Baker
James Baker
Ed Grifffin
Edward Napier
al J. ‘Burns
Belverd Nerdies
S. E. Rushing
Mary Jane Everts
Lubbock's
Hosea
Alka-Seltzer
Liquid Maalox
Rhinall
Dristan
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