Nick the Greek Gambler Nick Dandolos Dies on Christmas Night
Nick Dandolos a famed high roller known as Nick the Greek died at Mt Sinai Hospital on Christmas night after suffering a heart attack and internal bleeding. He claimed to have won and lost over 500 million across a half century at Las Vegas and other gambling venues. Born in Crete he studied philosophy and often discussed Aristotle and Plato.
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Robert H. Lees Rites Scheduled
Funeral services for Robert H. Lee 46 will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Henderson Chapel officiated by Rev. Lloyd Mayhew and assisted by Rev. Keith Wiseman and Rev. Curtis Lee. Burial will follow at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Lee died after a lengthy illness in Methodist Hospital.
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Robert H. Lee
E. Ind Place
Henderson Chapel
Lloyd Mayhew
Levelland First Methodist Church
Keith Wiseman
Wesley Methodist Church
Levelland
Curtis Lee
Post First Methodist Church
City of Lubbock
Henderson Funeral
Lee
Methodist Hospital
West Texas
New Mexico
Pollock Paper Co
Lubbock
Hale Center
The
Elks Judge
James Fitzpatrick
Roy Cook
Richard Davis
Charles McGee
E. H
Hank) Normnour
Howard Kennedy
Mrs. Jettie Mills Dies at 78 in Muleshoe Rites Thursday
Mrs Jettie Mills 78 died Monday in West Plains Hospital. Services will be Thursday at 10 am at First Assembly of God Church Fayetteville Ark with Rev Wayne Danner officiating. Burial Mount Salem Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survived by son Cow Paul of Muleshoe three daughters Mrs Lewis Jeter Fayetteville Mrs Farna Bond Clovis NM Mrs Roy Dyer Muleshoe one brother Burl Dood Broken Arrow OK nine grandchildren eight great grandchildren.
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Jettie Mills
Assembly of God
Fayetteville
Ark
Wayne Danner
Mount Salem Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Mills
West Plains Hospital
Cow Paul
Lewis Jeter
Farna Bond
Clovis
N.M
Roy Dyer
Burl Dood
Broken Arrow
Okla
Wayne G Harper Dies Rites Set
Wayne Graham Harper 84 a Littlefield resident for 31 years died Saturday in Medical Arts Hospital Services are at 4 p m today in Hammons Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Littlefield Cemetery He was a retired farmer born in Eastland Texas moved from Wardville Oklahoma Survivors include his wife Etta a son the Rev Ronald Harper of Germantown Michigan a daughter Mrs F H Mitchell of Fort Worth two brothers Robert of Cisco and Ira of Gorman and two sisters Mrs Elvina Duncan of Lindsey Oklahoma and Mrs Johnnie Bell Laughin of Eastland Pallbearers are Leon Durham Herbert Pierce David De Busk Bil Taylor Raymond Renfro and Johnny Carden
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Wayne Graham Harper
Medical Arts Hospital
Harper
Eastland
Tex
Wardville
Oklo
Hammons
Littlefield Cemetery
Etta
Ronald Harper
Germen Springs
Mich
Muleshoe Rites Set For Glenn R. Dunn
Glenn R. Dunn 62 an area resident since 1934 will be honored with a 2 20 p m service today at Trinity Baptist Church Rev J L Bass officiating Graveside services are set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Marlowe Oklahoma under direction of Dunn Funeral Home He owned Valley Motel and was a Mason Shrine member Died Sunday in Green Memorial Hospital Survivors include one son two sisters two brothers and two grandchildren
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Glenn R. Dunn
Muleshoe
Trinity Baptist Church
J. L. Bass
Farwell First Baptist Church
Marlowe
Okla
Singleton Funeral Home
Dunn
Valley Motel
Masonic Lodge
Hollywood Actress Karen Arthur Debuts in A Guide for the Married Man
Broad way actress Karen Arthur will make her movie debut in A Guide for the Married Man opposite Walter Matthau. The UPI report notes Arthur's transition from stage to film as she joins the comedy from director Frank Tashlin.
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Walter Matthau
Sandifur Rites Pend At Lockney
Funeral arrangements are pending with Carter Funeral Home for William B. Sandifur who died Monday in a Plainview Hospital after a nine week illness. He lived in Lockney 21 years and was a retired farmer. Surviving are Rosie Mae his wife two sons T E of San Francisco and Billy of Lockney three daughters Opal Landeth Aspermont Mary Hagler Amarillo and Rose Brown Corpus Christi three sisters Mrs Walter Sims Floydada May Esterling San Bernardino Calif Nobie Gentry Laguna Beach Calif and five grandchildren.
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Carter Funeral Home
William B. Sandifur
Plainview
Sandifur
Rosie Mae
Home
T. E
San Francisco
Billy
Opal Landeth
Aspermont
Mary Hagler
Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Maude Meek today
Funeral for Mrs Ida Maude Meek 85 at 2 p.m. in Hudman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clarence Stevens officiating. Afterward the body will be cremated in Fort Worth and the remains sent to Amarillo. She died Sunday afternoon at Twin Cedar Rest Home. She had lived in Post three years. Survivors include two sons four daughters one sister two brothers 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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POST
Ida Maude Meek
Hudman Funeral Home
Clarence Stevens
Fort Worth
Amarillo
James Culbert Rites Set Today in Spur
Funeral services for James A. Culbert 79 are at 4 p.m. today at First Methodist Church Spur. Burial in Spur Cemetery. Survivors: daughter Ruth Worley. sons Leonard Quanah James Istanbul Turkey Ross Farmington NM. sister Una Starr. 13 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren.
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James A. Culbert
First Methodist Church
Campbell Funeral Home
Culbert
Dickens County
Ruth Worley
Andrews
Leonard
Quanah
James
Istanbul
Turkey
Ross
Farmington
N.M
Una Starr
W H McGwier Rites Pending
Willoughby Hollis McGwier of 1701 Walnut died at West Texas Hospital at 3 a.m. Monday. Arrangements are incomplete at Resthaven Funeral Home. He farmed in East Texas until 1949 then moved to Lubbock. He worked for a Dallas telephone company earlier. Survived by wife Elizabeth two sons Arnold and Willoughby both of Lubbock three daughters one with married name Bessie and seven grandchildren.
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Walnut
West Texas Hospital
Resthaven Funeral Home
McGwier
East Texas
Lubbock
Dallas
Elizabeth
Arnold
Willoughby
Bessie
Rites Slated For Mrs Wayborn Of Matador
Mrs Mattie Wayborn age 86 longtime Motley County resident died Monday in Richards Memorial Hospital Paducah after a short illness Services set for 2 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Matador with Rev Gene Hawkins and Rev James Hancock officiating Burial in East Mound Seigler Funeral Home Matador She had lived in Motley County for 64 years Survived by Gerald Wayborn Childress Buck Wayborn Matador two granddaughters and two great grandchildren.
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Mattie Wayborn
Motley County
Richards Memorial Hospital
Paducah
First Baptist Church
Gene Hawkins
First Baptist Church of
Lockney
James Hancock
East Mound Cemetery
Seigler Funeral Home
Mrs. Sawyers Rites Held In Seminole
Mrs. Maude J. Sawyer 83 longtime Seminole resident died at 12 20 am Monday in Seminole Memorial Hospital. Services at 230 pm today at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Roy Womble officiating. Burial in Seminole Memorial Chapel. Survived by son Ray Sawyer Lubbock four daughters Seminole Lamesa Lockport La 16 grandchildren nine great grandchildren Grandsons pallbearers.
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Maude J. Sawyer
Seminole Memorial Hospital
Trinity Baptist Church
Roy Womble
Seminole Cemetery
Seminole Memorial Chapel
Ray Sawyer
32Nd St
Lubbock
H. E. ‘Beard
E C Hogan Services Slated Wednesday
Slaton report notes funeral services for E C Hogan 59 Rt 2 Post set for 2 p m Wednesday at First Methodist Church with Rev David Binkley. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock under Williams Funeral Home direction. Hogan died Sunday at Mercy Hospital. He owned Gordon Gin six years and previously worked 17 years for Lubbock Cotton Oil Co. Survivors include wife one son daughter his mother two brothers one sister and five grandchildren.
Services Pending For Mrs. Isabelle Denney
Funeral arrangements are pending with Rix Funeral Home for Mrs. Isabelle A. Denney 96 who died Monday at Colonial Nursing Home in Lubbock. Denney a resident since 1920 came from Wise County. Survivors include granddaughter Mrs. E. J. Dresser Lancaster California nephew James T. Brooks Slaton Rt 2 and great granddaughter Mrs. J. R. McDaniel Torrance California.
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Rix Funeral Home
Isabelle A. Denney
Colonial Nursing Home
Denney
Lubbock
Wise County
E. J. Dresser
Lancaster
Calif
James T. Brooks
Rt. 2
Slaton
J. R. McDaniel
Torrance
John Nances Rites Today In Texas Funeral
John Nance 77 a former Nash resident died Friday in a Texarkana hospital. Rites held at Lums Chapel Baptist Church with Rev Seth Murphy officiating. Burial in Whitharral Hammons Funeral Home. Survived by five daughters Inez Williams Amarillo Myrtie Carter of Rocky Mount N C Mogelle Hutson Littlefield Mary Iver Tex Jim M Er of Orlando Fla and Horace at Huntsville Ala two sisters Ethel Stephens Fort Myers Fla Lizzie Bell Nance Orlando Fla and six grandchildren Pallbearers named Dewie Hutson Herschel Barker Cecil Gipson Elzey Hobbs Glen Young Hilar Carter.
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John Nance
Lumis Chapel
Texarkana
Tex
Lums Chapel
Seth Murphy
Whitharral
Hammons
Nora
Inez Williams
Amarillo
Ethel Stephens
Fort Myers
Fla
Liz‘zie Bell Nance
Orlando
Fila
Dewie ‘Hutson
Herschel Barker
Cecil Gipson Elzey Hobbs
Glen Young
Hilar Carter
Mrs. Fulgham's Services Today in Brownfield
Special services will be held at 10 a.m. for Mrs. Bernice Maurine Fulgham a longtime licensed nurse at Brownfield General Hospital who moved to Brownfield in 136 from Archer City. Rev Carl A Ogiesby will officiate at Brownfield Memorial Chapel. Burial follows at Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs Larry Bailey Ardmore Oklahoma two brothers W W Brown Grand Prairie W B Brown Lubbock and eight grandchildren.
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Bernice Maurine Ful
Caleta
Fulgham
Brownfield General Hospital
Archer City
Brownfield Memorial Chapel
Carl A. Ogiesby
Purview Methodist Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Graham Bostick
Air Defense Command
Germany
David Fulgham
Canyon
Larry Bailey
Ardmore
Okla
R. N. Preddy
Denver City
W. M. Lewallen
J. W. Richeson
Odessa
W. W. Brown
Grand Prairie
W. B. Brown
Lubbock
Noel W Knight Services Pend
Noel William Knight 68 of Lubbock died at Methodist Hospital after a heart attack. He was a retired laborer born in Milam County who moved to Lubbock 26 years ago. Knight is survived by two sons Jack Ark/ Texarkana and Dalton. four grandchildren. a great granddaughter. a sister Lillie Marks Winters TX. and four brothers Clifford Fort Worth Raymond Tempe Gerald and W T New Home.
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Henderson
Noel William Knight
Ave
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Knight
Milam County
Methodist Church
Lucille
Jack
Texarkana
Dalton
Erskine
Lillie Marks
Winters
Tex
Clifford
Fort Worth
Raymond
Tempe
Ariz
Gerald
California
W. T
New Home
Services Set Today For Mrs. McCasland
Funeral services are scheduled at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church for Mrs Zena Patterson McCasland 55 with Rev W F Ferguson of Lubbock officiating assisted by Rev John Cartrite Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction She died Sunday in Mercy Hospital after a lengthy illness A member of the Army Nurses Corps in World War I she is survived by a son her mother three brothers and a sister.
Man Seeks Police Aid Ends In Jail
Milan suspect Giuseppe Piergianni, 21, walked into Rozzano police claiming he was beaten by six men. Police detained him as an army deserter.
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Lubbock Woman Mrs Twitty Dies After Ill Health
Mrs. W. E. Twitty, 78, a Lubbock resident for 56 years, died Monday at Sloan's Nursing Home. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Dr. J. Ralph Grant and Rev. J. T. Bolding officiating. She was active in WMU and church activities and survived by one sister, five nephews, and one niece.
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Lubbock
Sloan’s
First Baptist Church
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J. T. Bolding
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Waco
WMU
Twitty
N. F. Minor
T. J. Moore
Bruce Bryan
John Moore
Toledo
Ohio
Billy and
Lynn Moore
California
Frances Honneywell
Compton
Calif
Former Police Chief At El Paso Dies
TERRELL Texas AP Walter Roy Vinson 68 longtime Texas peace officer and for 20 years chief of police at El Paso died Monday. He lived at Dickson Cove near Lake Tawakoni after retirement. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Anderson Clayton Funeral Chapel Terrell burial Rosehill Cemetery Fort Worth Vinson began as a peace officer in Corsicana and later served in Waxahachie and with the Texas Rangers before El Paso appointment.
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Terrell
Tex
Walter Roy Vinson
Texas
el Paso
Dickson Cove
Lake Tawakoni
Anderson Clayton
Rosehill
Fort Worth
Vinson
Corsicana
Waxahchiee
Texas Rangers
Leslie Howard Rites Scheduled Today
Services for Seaman Apprentice Leslie Odell Howard age 18 are set for 3:30 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Muleshoe with Rev. J. W. Farmer. Burial follows at Bailey County Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral Home direction. He died from injuries in an auto accident Thursday in Norton Kansas. Survivors include his parents Marion and Mrs. Howard of Muleshoe, two sisters Treasra and Kay, two brothers Charlie and Owen, and his grandparents.
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Leaslie Odell Howard
Assembly of God Church
J. W. Farmer
Bailey County Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Howard
Norton
Kaw
Marion Howard
Muleshoe
Treasra
Kay Howard
R C Valentine Jr. Dies In Plainview Auto Crash
R C Valentine Jr. 41 owner of Valentine Body Shop in Plainview died when his car overturned on the way to Vega. Services set for 10 30 a m at College Heights Baptist Church with Rev Wayne Blankenship officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park. He leaves Margie, Dickie, two daughters, five sisters, two brothers, and his parents.
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Edmonson
R. C. Valentine Jr
Plainview
College Heights Baptist Church
Wayne — Blankenship
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Valentine
Valentine Body Shop
Peace
J. C. Lewis
Vega
Amarillo
Taylor-Ekberg Team Hollywoood in The Glass Sphinx
Robert Taylor and Anita Ekberg star as the romantic leads in American International's The Glass Sphinx. The film centers on a dramatic love triangle with stylish set design and mid century cinematic flair.
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Hollywood
UPI
Robert Taylor
Anita Ekelerg
American International
Thailand faces rice shortage without higher production
Bangkok reports that Thailand, a major rice exporter, will see a shortage in the next decade unless production rises. The National Statistics Office says population growth will require an extra 2.5 million tons of rice annually to sustain exporting about 20 percent of the crop.
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Thailand
National Statistics Office
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