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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1966

Page

2

Canyon Child Killed When Car Backed Over

Kimberly Knowles two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eddie Knowles of Canyon died after falling from a backing car in Plainview near her grandparents home. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Plainview Hospital. Funeral arrangements were pending. Survivors include her parents two sisters and four grandparents.

Plainview Canyon Here Plainview Hospital Kimberly Knowles Eddie Knowles South Plains Hale County George Webb Cecil Cox Rt 2 Knowles Webb la Grone Funeral Chapel Nicki Diane Sherry Ann Gox F. A. Whisenhunt

French Brunette Escalates To Stardom With Mauriac

Suzanne Gabrielle a Paris chanteuse became momentary news after a satirical song about Charles de Gaulle on the Mauriac chaired opening night drew his ire. Mauriac a Nobel laureate and member of the French Academy reportedly shouted for her to leave as photographers surged.

Joseph E. Dynan PARIS Suzanne Gabrielle Francois Mauriac Charles de Gaulle Suzanne de Gaulle Mauriac Salvatore Adamo Monsieur Maurice North Atlantic Treaty Organization Tahiti la Montagne Jean Far

McGuire Rites Set In Anton

Funeral services for Robert McGuire a pioneer South Plains merchant will be at 3 p m in First Methodist Church Anton with Rev Ralph Campbell and Rev Ella H Phillips officiating Burial will be in Anton Cemetery under Moore Funeral Home guidance Masonic rites will be held He died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a November accident in Springfield Missouri Survivors include his wife Delice two sons Don Springfield Mo and Bobby Lubbock one sister Mrs T E Lennon Dod son one brother Rev Marshall McGuire Modesto California and four grandchildren

Anton Robert McGuire South Plains First Methodist Ralph Campbell Olton Ella H. Phillips Mooree Funeral Home Floyda McGuire Springfield Floydada Plainview Matador Anton South Ains Delice Masonic Lodge American Legion France Don Bobby Parkway Dr Lubbock T. E. Lennon Dod- 50N Marshall McGuire Modesto, Galif

Sophia Pritchard Dies Rites Set in Clovis

Miss Sophia Pritchard 98 retired schoolteacher dies at Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services planned for 2 p.m. today at Charles V. Steed Chapel with Rev. Jack Abendschand officiating. Burial at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. She is survived by a sister in law Mrs. John O. Pritchard of Clovis and one nephew.

Clovis Sophia Pritchard Charles V. Steed Jack Abendschand Presbyterian Church Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery Steed Funeral Home Miss Pritchard Clovis Memorial Hospital John O. Pritchard

Funeral Today for Mrs Meyer

Funeral services for Mrs Helen Meyer 66 will be held at 4 p m today at the First Baptist Church Olton with Rev John E Lewis officiating Burial will be in Olton Cemetery under Parsons Funeral Home direction She died Thursday in Olton Community Hospital Survivors include two sons Herman of Olton and Bob of Hudson Wis a daughter Mrs J E Closson of Dillard Ore four sisters Mrs Christina Clay Mrs Jay Estep and Mrs Gertrude Hulse all of Yakima Wash and Mrs Ethyl Brown of Seattle Wash and seven grandchildren Pallbearers are Major James Billy Kelley Joe Turner K Y Givens Bob Duncan and Louis Hair

Olton Helen Meyer First Baptist Church John E. Lewis Olton Cemetery Parsons Funeral Home Meyer inOlton Herman Bob Hudson Wis J. E

France Eyes Gas Deposit Near Pau

The French National Petroles d Aquitaine plans to exploit a natural gas deposit near Pau in southwest France with an expected output of five million cubic meters per day.

France Paris Petroles d'Aquitaine Pau

Morris Russell Rites Saturday

Funeral services for Morris Russell 64 a New Home area resident will be at 10 a m Saturday at Lakeview Baptist Church with pastors Rev Phillip Goodrum and Rev Don Murray officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock under White Funeral Russell died at 3 30 a m Thursday in Methodist Hospital where he had been the past two weeks He was born in Morris County and came to Lynn County from Crosby County in 1933 He was a farmer Survivors include his wife two sisters Mrs Mae Duncan Wolfe City Texas and Mrs A J Shadden Lubbock a brother Carl Meadow 21 nieces and nephews 33 great nieces and nephews and 10 great great nephews Pallbearers will be Dee Lindley Buster McNabb Bobby Fillingim Colston Clem Lloyd Nunley and Glendale Simmons Nephews will be honorary pallbearers.

Morris Russell New Home Lakeview Baptist Church Phillip Goodrum Ropesville Don Murray Muleshoee Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock White Funeral Home Russell Methodist Morris County Lynn County Crosby County Mae Duncan Wolfe City Tex A.J. Shadden Carl Meadow Neices Dee Lindley Buster McNabb Bobby Fillingim Colston Clem Lloyd Nunley Glendale Simmons

Ernest Maghy Dies Rites Set in Muleshoe

Ernest Maghy 59 known as Ernest Magby died after a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at West Plains Hospital. Services will be at the Assembly of God Church with Rev. J.W. Farmer officiating. Burial in Muleshoe Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ester three daughters two brothers and nine grandchildren. He owned Magby Used Car here and had lived in the area since 1926. Burial direction by Singleton Funeral Home.

Muleshoe E. L Ernest) Magby Assembly of God Church J.W. Farmer Muleshoe Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Magby Eastland West Plains Hospital Ester Earl Bushes Lubbock Bobby Burris L.D. Parrish Anaheim Calif Richard Pickens Okla Henry Buckeye Ariz

Texas Newsman Granger Blount Dies at 69

Hillsboro AP reports Harry Granger Blount a longtime Hillsboro Daily Mirror employee died of a heart attack at 69 after multiple attacks Thursday He served 45 years at the paper as business manager and earlier as a compositor and circulation manager Born in Abbott he was a Mason First Baptist member and a charter Hillsboro American Legion Post leader Survivors include his widow his mother daughter two sons a brother a sister five grandchildren and two great grandchildren

Hillsboro Harry Granger Blount Daily ‘Mirror Thursoe Blount The Mirror Abbott the Mirror First Baptist Church Ruth Howell I Teddy Crowled Frazier

Mrs Nora Wyatt Funeral Set in Dimmitt

Nora Eben Wyatt 77, a 23 year Dimmitt resident, died at Plains Memorial Hospital. Funeral services tentatively set for 2 30 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev Frank Pollard officiating. Burial in Castro Memorial Gardens. Survivors: two daughters Mrs Carl Bolton Mrs Ruby Barrows and son Ralph C Wyatt. Grandson and great granddaughter.

Dim‘mitt Ruby. Barrows Dallas Ralph C. Wyatt Jacksonville Fla

Clovis Man Wounded In Wednesday Shooting Incident

Dick Bell aged 48 of 2100 Mitchell Sr in Clovis was wounded by a rifle shot at a residence Wednesday night. He was listed in fair condition Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Police say Bell created a disturbance before the shot. No charges were filed Thursday.

Clovis Dick Bell Mitchell Sr Methodist Hospital Lubbock Bell

Funeral services for Mrs G B Walden 87 long time Lubbock resident

Funeral set for 2 p m today in Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church for Mrs G B Walden 87 of Lubbock who died Wednesday at Heritage Home Plainview after a four month illness Dr J O Haymes will officiate Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home directing She lived 37 years in Lubbock previously in Bovina and Plainview and had moved to Heritage two months ago Survivors include two daughters a grandson two brothers two sisters and several relatives

G. B. Walden Lubbock Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church Gee Walden Heritage Home Plainview J. O. Haymes City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home 18Th St

Services for Mrs Dean Attend Funeral in Franklin-Bartley

Services for Mrs. C. W. Dean 81 of 2114 Worth Street were set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Franklin-Bartley Chapel with Rev. D. L. Lowrie of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at Englewood Cemetery Slaton. Mrs. Dean, a Lubbock resident for 18 years, died early. Survivors include son Harlan D New Home, daughter Mrs. Doris McKnight of 2509 42nd Street, eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

C. W. Dean Wth St Franklin-Bartley Chapel D. L. Lowrie Calvary Baptist Church Englewood Cemetery Slaton Franklin - Bartley Funeral Home Dean Lubbock Harlan D New Home Doris McKnight 42Nd St

John B. Allen Dies at 37 in Sudan

Funeral arrangements pending at Hammons Funeral Home in Littlefield for John Boyd Allen 37 manager of Foxworth-Galbraith Co. in Sudan who died Thursday at South Plains Hospital Amherst. He had led the Sudan lumber branch for a year after long service with the firm in Littlefield. Survived by three sons Marshall Douglas and Bradley all at home his parents Mr and Mrs George Allen San Jose California and three brothers Stanford Earl San Jose and Guy Los Angeles.

Sudan John Boyd Allen Foxworth- Galbraithee Co Hammons Fune Littlefield Allen South Plains Amherst Bobby Nelle Marshall Douglas Bradley George Allen San Jose Calif Stanford Earl Guy Los Angeles

Mrs Whatley Rites Set in Fluvanna Methodist Church

Final rites for Elizabeth Whatley 87 lifelong Fluvanna resident will be held Saturday at Fluvanna Methodist Church with Rev. Allen Forbis officiating. Burial follows at Fluvanna Bolger Funeral Home Cemetery in Snyder. She died at 5 05 p m Thursday in Dalhart while visiting a daughter. Survivors include four daughters Edith McKanna Ann Rendon Dick Silverberg and Nathan Reynolds a son Dan Ed a sister Myrtle McKanna and other relatives.

Ann Rendon Albquerque, N.M Dick Silverberg Nathan Reynolds Dalhart Dan Ed Midland Myrtle McKanna San Antonio

City Man Shot At Mac's Truck Stop

J W Walker 3609 Walnut was shot at Mac's Truck Stop 4801 Southeast Dr about 7 30 p m after an argument over a gambling game. He was treated at Methodist Hospital for a chest wound and is in serious condition.

Lubbock Mac Southeast Dr J. W. Walker Walnut Emmett Caddell Walker Caddell Methodist Hospital

Army doctor faces court martial over Vietnam stance

Captain Howard B. Levy a 29 year old Brooklyn born Army dermatologist at Ft Jackson is charged with refusing to train personnel for Vietnam duty and advising Negro soldiers not to serve He voiced opposition calling the war immoral and illegal and says he would refuse to fight if Black soldiers were conscripted The case is under Gen Glass Perez review with possible investigators assignment Levy earlier led Negro voter registration efforts in South Carolina and seeks First Amendment defense through ACLU while remaining on duty at the hospital.

Ft, Jackson S.C UPI Vietnam Howard B. Lavy Brooklyn N.Y Levy Glass Perez Ft. Jackson Perez South Carolina Ft. Jackson Army Hospital Army Special Forces American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Charles Morgan Jr Atlanta

Jack Ruby Weaker in uphill cancer battle at Parkland

Parkland Hospital says Jack Ruby remains weak but sits up portions of each day. The former Oswald killer, 55, is undergoing chemotherapy after cancer spread made surgery and X rays useless. A polygraph test is being considered, though doctors doubt his condition allows reliable results.

Dallas Parkland Hospital Jack Ruby Lee Harvey Oswald Park[land Dallas County Ruby Oswald Warren Commission John F. Kennedy Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wichita Falls Col Homer Garrison Texas Department of Public Safety

Ambition Wisdom Preparation Create Your Opportunity

Poem fragment attributed to Julien C. Hyer urges ambition and wise decision making. It emphasizes preparation as a lifelong goal to be ready when opportunity knocks and to strive to create new thoughts or things.

Julien C. Hyer

Funeral for C L Gunn in Clovis

Funeral services for C L Gunn 67 longtime Forrest rancher will be held at 3 30 p m in the Charles V Steed Memorial Chapel. Dr Herbert Bergstrom and Rev J L Bass will officiate burial at Longhaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Gunn was found dead Wednesday morning at his farm home near Forrest. Survivors include two sons a daughter two brothers and four sisters.

Clovis C. L. Gunn Forrest, N.M Charles V. Steed Herbert Bergstrom Parkland Baptist Church J. L. Bass Farwell Longhaven Memorial Park Steed Funeral Home Gunn Forrest Jack of C. L. Jr Farmington N. M Nell Walling Ray Hillsboro Pharmond Dallas Lela Fowler Bell Pollard Rena Gunn Catherin Dumas

Kenttala Dies in Andrews at 58

Harry Arvid Kenttala 58 longtime Andrews resident died Thursday afternoon at Andrews Medical and Surgical Clinic Services are pending at Singleton Funeral Home Kenttala a former Coleraine Minnesota resident was custodian for San Andres School He is survived by four daughters Mary Jo Walden Andrews Diane Williams Copenhagen Denmark Charlotte Donnan Dayton Ohio Harriet Kenttala Dayton and son Charles Kenttala Crosby Minnesota.

Andrews Harry Arvid Kenttala Andrews Medical and Singleton Funeral Home Kenttala San Andres Coleraine Minn Evelyn Mary Jo Walden Diane Williams Copenhagen Denmark Charlotte Donnan Dayton Ohio Harriet Kenttala Charles Kenttala Crosby, Inn

Former City Woman Dies Rites Pending

Bernice Groves, a former resident of Lubbock, died Thursday evening in an Olney hospital. Services are pending at Lunn Funeral Home in Olney. She lived in Lubbock 15 years before moving to Olney last August. She worked as a saleslady in several Lubbock department stores. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Frank Collinge, of Chicago.

Bernice Groves Lubbock Olney Lunn Funeral Home Miss Groves Frank Collinge Chicago

George Mazac Dies In Truck Crash In Texas

George Mazac 47 dies in a truck fire after crashing into a bridge railing ten miles south of Snyder Texas. Funeral services are set at 10 a m today at St Elizabeth s Catholic Church Snyder with burial in Maulder Cemetery East Boston Mass Survivors include his wife Rita three sons and several relatives in Texas and Massachusetts

Snyder George Mazac St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church Maulder Cemetery East Boston Mass Mazac Baylor County Rita Mary Mazac Pat George Jr Henry Mozelle Whitten Red Springs Eva McCord Lubbock Fort Worth Jim Houston J. B. Joshua

James Adams Dies in Clovis Rites Pending

James R. Adams died Friday in Clovis Memorial Hospital. A longtime Clovis resident, he is survived by his wife, a son Bob of Clovis, two daughters Mrs. Don Carter of Clovis and Mrs. Robert Hancock of the Philippine Islands, and four grandchildren. Arrangements are pending with Chapel of Memories Mortuary.

Clovis Chapel of Memories Mortuary James R. Adams Clovis Memorial Hospital Bob Don Carter Robert Hancock Philippine Islands

New Eisenhower Nixon Pair Debuts At Ball in New York

David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon made their debut, escorted by the young couple at a New York society ball. The event marked the public debut of the grandson of President Eisenhower and the daughter of Vice President Nixon as they attended together.

Deb Eisenhower Nixon David Julie Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City Julié United States U. S Europe Latin America Far East Ball Eisenhower. Nixon David Eisenhower Dwight JD. Eisenhower Julie Nixon Richard M.nixon Perle Mesta Catherine of Croy George Griswold Jr Old Guard New York Society Marianna van Rensselaer Griswold

12th annual International Debutante Ball at Waldorf Astoria

Miss Nixon led 56 debutantes from 12 nations and 18 states in a fairy tale Christmas setting. More than 1,200 guests watched as she dated Eisenhower, with Texas sending seven debutantes and each girl escorted by a military cadet from West Point, Annapolis, or the Air Force Academy.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Miss. Nixon United States Eisenhower Washington Argentina Colombia Dominican Republic France Germany England Korea Norway Scotland Spain Russia Iowa Georgia Arizona Rhode Island Maine Texas West Point Annapolis U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Nixon

ICC suspends lower grain shipping rates for Rock Island Frisco

The Interstate Commerce Commission halted new reduced grain shipping rates proposed by Rock Island and Frisco rail lines for Texas Panhandle and Midwest to Houston and Galveston. A seven month suspension will allow investigation of proposed multi car trains amid protests from Corpus Christi grain interests and Amarillo producers who argue discrimination against Corpus Christi.

Interstate Commerce Commission Rock Island and Frisco Texas Panhandle Midwest Houston Galveston ICC John Young Corpus Christi Amarillo Young Rock Island Missouri Pacific Southern Pacific Port

Discounted Rome rail fares for foreign tourists

Foreign visitors to Italy can save 20 percent on off season round trip rail tickets for long distance trips. A minimum six day stay is required. The discount is valid from July through March and tickets must be bought in Italy.

Rome UPI Italy

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