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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1965
Page
2
Rhodesia confronts gasoline shortages as U S and other nations impose an embargo and rationing. Motorists crowd offices pleading for extra gallons while officials restrict fuel to three to five gallons weekly for vehicles, exempting diplomats and certain workers.
Negro witnesses testified Tuesday that Bogalusa police officers beat them and dragged them from cars without reason. The civil contempt case stems from arrests of several Black residents last October as Police Chief Claxton Knight faced questions about law enforcement conduct. The proceedings involve two officers accused in the aftermath.
Irregular items note a birth announcement for Mre. Lerey Neor’s family and Patsy Dunklefa’s return from Asbury College. The Post Office seeks bids for a Marm postal station as legal notices list real estate bids. Separate reports cover a traffic crash near Abernathy, a water line break at Coronado High, and civil rights demonstrations with police actions and arrests in Bogalusa.
Lubbock police sought a loan killer after a $165.50 bogus check bearing a forged signature of Mrs. Wo ee Watson was passed at a local bank. The signature matched Watson closely and officers believed the check was traced to a BR Couch ron with endorsement identical to the payee.
Funeral services for Mrs Lou ie Emens 65 an aunt of a local woman will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Brown's Funeral Home Chapel Tuscumbia Alabama Burial will be in a Tuscumbia cemetery Mrs Emens died at Sheffield Alabama Tuesday afternoon She was aunt of Mrs Ray Chapman 3615 59th and had visited in Lubbock and the area many times She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Hollywood AP A actress Kathy Kersh estranged wife of Vince Edwards Dr Ben Casey gave birth to a daughter Monday night at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The baby named Devera and both mother and child are reported well. Mrs Edwards, 23, filed an interlocutory divorce October 27 but finalization will take a year. The couple, 39, have been seen together and a spokesman said a reconciliation is possible.
Prince Philip and his two eldest children Prince Charles and Princess Anne departed for a ski holiday in Liechtenstein. They travel as guests of Prince Franz Josef and Princess.
SAC will begin flight missions June 3 in a 10 mile wide corridor from western Kansas through Oklahoma and into West Texas. B 52 and B 58 bombers will operate at 1000 to 1300 feet with radar scoring equipment on a train to assess simulated drops. All routes and targets were coordinated with the Federal Aviation Agency.
American survivor Norbert Wollheim testified about Geghard Neubert selecting prisoners for the Auschwitz gas chambers. He recalled Neubert, nicknamed the hangman with the apple, choosing inmates while an SS doctor assisted. Wollheim described thumbs up or down determining labor or death and the fate of his wife and son.
The world’s only wild whooping crane flock winters at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge with 44 birds, 36 adults and eight this year. Udall notes the population is at its peak since 1938. Seven cranes remain in captivity, including six at Audubon Park Zoo and one at Monte Vista refuge. One wild crane died after striking a power line. nine chicks hatched with four surviving in New Orleans Zoo. Brewster County Texas spans 6,208 square miles, larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.
The Texas Banking Department and Free Commission approve new rules to broaden competition for savings and loan associations. Changes include higher time deposits, minimum balances, and updated dividend payment rules. A federal adjustment shifts the effective date of a regulation from July 1, 1988 to January 1, 1906.
Belgrade reports six months into capitalist style reforms the Yugoslav economy remains unsettled. Devaluation to 66 percent, higher prices, rising unemployment, and more work abroad mark the transition while exports and industrial output show modest gains.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Robinson 59 longtime Ropesville resident will be held at 2 p m in the Ropesville Church of Christ Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under direction of Rix Funeral Home She died after a lengthy illness in Methodist Hospital Survivors include her husband a son a daughter two brothers three sisters and three grandchildren
Vice President Hubert Humphrey lands in Tokyo on the first leg of an Asian tour asking Japan for help in seeking peace. He meets Prime Minister Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina, amid anti American demonstrations and police control. He plans talks on Vietnam and will visit Emperor Hirohito before meetings on South Viet Nam policy.
In a 10 day trial in Rome the pedestrian zone banning buses taxis and most traffic around Piazza di Spagna brought quiet streets but hurt shopkeepers and drivers. Crowds cheered nothing as car lull gave way to horns and snarled grids. Officials consider extending the three hour limit.
Funeral services are pending at Siegler Funeral Home for Mrs. C. B. Hale 61 who died at Stanley Hospital after a heart attack Monday night. A resident of Ma years she and her husband operated a laundry here. Survivors include her husband three sons Carl Glen and Don all of Gold Beach Oregon and Milligan Columbus New Mexico and Mrs E P Hale Apache Junction New Mexico and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services are pending at Ceballos Funeral Home in Edinburg for Jose Zamora Mendoza 57 of Cone who died in a collision of two pickup trucks Monday night Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery under direction of Ceballos Funeral Home Local arrangements were handled by Carter Funeral Home Mendoza was born in Mexico.
Services for Naomi McDonald 73 will be at 11 a.m. in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. Buford Battin of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral direction. She died Thursday in Concord after living there 31 years. Pallbearers are Clary Medlin Baugh Josselett Baker and Baugh. She is survived by a daughter and three brothers.
Funeral services for Dalty Powell 52 at 2 p m today in Franklin-Bartley Chapel with Horace Coffman officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home direction. Nephews will be pallbearers. Survived by two sisters 11 nieces and seven nephews.
The speaker seeks divine help to handle a demanding day with fairness and anxiety. They ask for closeness and strength to follow the Golden Rule while facing competition and pressure without complaints.
Funeral services for Elizabeth Hampton Nix 24 former Stanton resident will be at 10 a.m. in the First Methodist Church Stanton with Rev. C. R. LeMond and Rev. W. H. Hulman officiating. Graveside rites at 3 p.m. in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Nix died in Midland Memorial Hospital after injuries from a December auto crash. She had lived in Big Spring recently and was born in Sweetwater. Survivors include her son James Larry Nix, parents Marvin Wade Hampton Abilene, a sister Mrs Johnny Barnes Midland, and grandmother Mrs G Boyd San Angelo.
Rites for Mrs Loy P Anderson 61 are set for 2 p m today at First Presbyterian Church Seagraves with Rev Amos Gaume of St Christopher s Hobbs N M officiating. Burial will follow in Seagraves Cemetery under Webb Funeral Home care. She died Sunday in Fulton Missouri while visiting daughter Mrs John F Cooke. Pallbearers include John F Cooke Sam Hester Jr Lowell Chaney Charles Meyer Jr W R Bumpas and E B Nelson. She is survived by a daughter five sisters one brother and three grandchildren.
Funeral services for Charlie Albert Garrison age 77 are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Campbell Funeral Home in Spur with Rev. John Jenkins of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows in Spur Cemetery. Garrison died at 5 p.m. Saturday in Spur Memorial Hospital. He was a retired oil field worker and a Spur resident since 1953 with no known survivors.
Bruce I Cobb 55 longtime area resident died Monday of an apparent heart attack while See at Bennett Grain Com 7 Panera services will be Thursday in the First cysition Church with Rev Arthur Digby officiating Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery near Canyon under direction of Wond-Dunning Funeral Home Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Leroy Mayfield Bovina three sisters Mrs L Co Ely Lake City Colo Mrs John Robinson Hereford and Mrs Melton Brewton Mineral Wells three brothers E E Port Washington NY William H Austin and W O Los Angeles CA and two grandsons
William Frank Foley age 81, retired Plainview city plumbing inspector, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. today at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev. Arthur Digby officiating. Burial will be in Eldorado, Kansas. Foley was born June 17, 1883 in Sandusky Ohio and moved to Plainview in 1928. He later left for Eldorado in 1936 before returning to Plainview and retiring about five years ago. He is survived by a nephew Eure Holzinger of Cleveland.
Rosa Anderson 85 longtime Friona resident died at 7 10 am Tuesday at Palmer County Hospital. Services 2 30 pm Thursday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Russell Petersburg and Rev. Bill Burton officiating. Burial Friona Cemetery. Survived by three sons Ross Terry John Terry Britt Terry two daughters Helen Houlette Rachel Pearce sixteen grandchildren eight great grandchildren.
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