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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1962
Page
5
The article describes viewers changing to Zenith center for holiday color spectacles. It highlights contemporary lo-boy styling in walnut veneers and hardwood solids and lists Gotham lo-boy consoles in walnut and maple, Alderson lower pieces, and consolette options in mahogany blond oak ebony with prices around 650 to 775 dollars.
Alfred Lawless, a 34 year old Jamestown Kentucky man held for drunkenness in Los Angeles, confessed to the Grimes sisters murder in Chicago six years earlier. He described picking up Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 after a theater, taking them to a country road and leaving them frozen in a snowbank. Lawless also claimed a separate murder in Jamestown before fleeing the area.
Andrew Craig Aycox 81 of Tahoka dies in local hospital after a year and a half of ill health. Services at 3 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with burial in Tahoka Cemetery. White Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife, two daughters, sister, and two grandsons. Pallbearers named.
A federal court refused to grant a temporary injunction to Douglas Aircraft Co. employees seeking to halt enforcement of an agency shop clause in the contract with the International Association of Machinists. The ruling leaves unresolved the workers’ challenge as they pursue further appeal.
Rites for 80 year old Mrs. H C Darden Sr. are set for 2 p.m. in the Wood Dunning Colonial Chapel with Rev. John Traylor officiating and burial in IOOF Cemetery. She died at 5 55 a m Friday in Plainview Hospital after moving through several Texas communities. Survivors include three sons, a brother, four sisters, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
L A Knight a retired Navy career man died Wednesday in Bethesda Naval Hospital after a long illness in Alexandria Virginia. Military burial will be in Arlington Cemetery with date pending Knight attended Plainview schools and served in World Wars I and II and was a flight instructor at the Naval Academy He is survived by his wife Vera a daughter Jenny Lea a brother David F of Los Angeles and a sister Mrs Paul 13 James of Dallas
A Jackson County ranchwoman, 63 year old Alberta Gayle, died Friday when her pickup left U S 59 near Ganado and plunged into a creek. The accident report notes the fatality occurred in Ganado. Pay union dues. Two other cases about the legality of the agency shop are before the U S Supreme Court.
Funeral services for John S. Bristol 98 of Plainview died in Plainview Hospital will be at 10 a.m. in First Methodist Church chapel with Dr J H Crawford and Rev Elmer Crabtree officiating Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery under Wood Dunning Funeral Home direction Bristol came to Plainview in 1930 from McKinney and worked in wholesale candy until retiring at 85 He was born October 16 1864 in Morgantown North Carolina Married Emma Wheat January 31 1894 in Collin County She died in 1959 Survivors include a daughter Mrs E Burns Noble Plainview and five great grandchildren.
The lesson centers on Jesus commands to go and make disciples and Paul’s appeal in Ephesians 4 for church leaders and saints to serve. It urges pastors teachers evangelists and believers to follow Christ and be messengers by word and deed guiding others to truth.
Mrs. Maud Ritchey 90 pioneer South Plains resident died in Plainview. Funeral at 3 p.m. in First Methodist Church with Dr. C. H. Crawford and Rev. Elmer Crabtree officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery. Surviving children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren listed. Born 1873 in Trenton Missouri. Married R. M. Ritchey in 1889. Earlier life traced through Crosby and Young counties. Also note: new luxury hotels planned in Viet Nam.
Rites for Billie Lee Carnes 81 a Slaton resident who died Friday at Mercy Hospital Slaton are set for 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Lemons Funeral Home is handling arrangements Carnes farmed near Olton and lived in Slaton eight months moving from Newcastle He was a native of Duck Hill Mississippi survived by a wife four daughters and four sons plus two brothers four sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
Services for J M Craig 88 longtime Hale County resident are scheduled for 3 30 p m at Parkview Baptist Church. He died at 10 05 p m Thursday in a Plainview nursing home after several months illness. Burial will be in Strip Cemetery under Wood Dunning Funeral Home. He was born in Tennessee moved to Lakeview in Hale County from Johnson County and was a member of Plainview First Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons two daughters a sister ten grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Harvey Lee Likely died Wednesday in Clovis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with burial at Grady Cemetery. He was a 32 year Roosevelt County resident and Baptist Church member. Survived by wife, three sons Joe Likely Clovis Ray mond Likely Irvington Calif. sister Mrs Delia Brown Texas. Pallbearers named Ridleys Ridley Williams Likely Duncan.
Services are set for 2 p.m. today in Florence Texas for Sim D. Allen 63 Hobbs resident for seven years Survivors include his wife a daughter three brothers two sisters and a grandchild Local arrangements are under Griffin Funeral Home direction
Services for Mrs Helen Cathey 95 longtime Roosevelt County resident are at 2 p m at Dora Church of Christ Burial will be Mt Zion Cemetery Wheeler Mortuary directs she was born in Coldwater Mississippi Survivors include three daughters Neva Cathey Dora May Young Dora and Willie Harris O Donnell Tex a son Hugh Eatonville Wash seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren Pallbearers are Buel Hobbs Earl Dunn Junior Carnes Fred Taylor Riley Rogers and Alan Burkett
Claude C. Perkins 71 died Friday at his sister’s home 2710 57th St. Services are 2 p.m. today at Sanders Funeral Home Chapel with Dr J Chess Lavern of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include sister Mrs H H Holmes and brother George Henry. Pallbearers Lt Col Frank Thomas H B McKee Dr J William Davis Mabry Peel Fred Norwood E A Tipton.
Fidel Castro remains popular among Colombian Communists after the Cuban crisis. Gilberto Vieira, secretary of the Colombian Communist party, says Castro secured a guarantee against invasion. Non-Communists in Colombia view the United States as having lost prestige in space race failures, while the Soviet Union shows strength in the cold war.
As 1962 closes I extend best wishes that 1963 will be the best year yet. Happy New Year to all.
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