Fire toll climbs as Lubbock sees yearend blazes
A string of late year fires in Lubbock caused extensive damage with losses approaching $150,000 at the Holiday Inn and more than $100,000 at Plains Meat Co. The December incidents included a hotel blaze at 1609 19th Street forcing guest evacuations and an auto auction fire. Several other sites on Ave G and 23rd Street suffered 30 000 to 100 000 level damage amid wind and water pumping challenges.
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Holiday Inn
Lubbock
19Th St. Lois
Plains Meat Co
Ave. G
Trail
Clovis Highway
Hemphill- Wells
23Rd Street
Avenue K
Portuguese Kill 215 Guerrillas in Guinea War Battle
Portuguese forces claim 215 guerrillas killed in a week long battle in Portuguese Guinea. Three Cuban instructors among the dead, eight Portuguese soldiers died, 53 wounded. The operation near Moros targeted the Africa Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde as it concentrated for a Christmas offensive. 28 guerrillas were captured and four Cuban mercenaries were believed in the area.
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Lisbon
Portuguese Guinea
West Africa
Moros
African Party For the Independence of
Nutrient Losses Eyed By FDA
New York UPI reports concern that processing may destroy nutrients leaving empty calories. Dr T K Hartung of Nebraska Lincoln warns USDA and FDA continually examine methods to ensure no massive nutrient loss occurs.
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FDA
New York
UPI
T. Kf. Hartung
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Multiple funeral services and obituaries in Lubbock area
Obituaries note services for Roy KE Dow 50 and Martha original Dow, Elvira Searber 81 of Mullins Hamilton, with services at Hammons Funerals and Alamogordo, N.M. military graveside at Littlefield Cemetery. Maury Kay Wiley 19 of Lubbock to be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after car crash near Ruidoso. Thelma Mae Harmon 52 of Lubbock to be buried at City of Lubbock Cemetery after death at Highland Hospital. Additional notices cover probation revocation for Larry Wayne Wilson and Johnny and Charlie Garcia, theft and burglary cases, and injuries from traffic incidents in Lubbock and West Texas.
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Roy KE. Dow
Martha
Larry Wayne Wilson
Johnny Garcia
Lubbock
Charlie Garcia
Patt
Ave. T
Moore
T2nd
Wilson
Wayne LeCroy
Jesus Ponciano Jr
Toll in Seoul hotel blaze rises to 164 dead
The Christmas Day fire at the 22 story Taeyongak Hotel in Seoul claimed 164 lives with about 250 missing. Investigators suspect a gas range explosion on the second floor. Damages are estimated at 6.6 million dollars as authorities probe safety lapses and hold ten hotel staff and officials.
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Seoul
UPI
Taeyongak
Cho Jong-soo
Cho
Winecoff
Atlanta
Count Of Eagles Drops Sharply
Casper AP The local Audubon Society Christmas count for eagles along Emigrant Gap to Jackson Canyon logged eight bald and nine golden eagles this year a sharp decline from last year Remaining eagles deaths near Jackson Canyon linked to thallium sulphate poison and poor count weather Officials noted about 30 eagle carcasses found in the winter roosting area and blamed predator poisoning for many deaths Funeral notices for Floyd Chester Owens and Tins Michale Whittington accompany the report with local details and times
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Casper
Wyo
Audubon Society
Jackson Canyon
Oliver Scott
Marie Audubon Chapter
Wyoming
Commission Now Has Director On Job
Funeral notices for Mrs. Grady B. Scarbrough and Mrs. Lillie Brage report deaths and services. Scarbrough 59, of 2608 25th St. to be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after a 10 a.m. service at W. W. Rix Chapel. Brage 78, of Odessa, funeral at p.m. at Rix Funeral Chapel with burial at Sunseemoria Gardens. A gunshot wound to Joe Lee Williams 10, of Slaton, treated at Methodist Hospital after an incident in Lynn County. Mrs. H. St. Miller 66 of Olton listed in serious condition at Methodist Hospital after a chest wound.
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Mack Cogburn
11Th St
Vicki Sykes
28Th St
Methodist Hospital
Robert Keith Hoover
Ruidoso
36Th St
Lykes
Donna
Nefer Eee
Charles Smith
Hoover
B. H. Thomas
Rt. 1
Shallowater
Grady B. Scarbrough
25Th St
W.W
Rix Funeral
Signe
Picame
Dr. Jones
Sunseemoria
Seattle
Chamber of Gardens
Commerce
Ford Motor
Terrace Gardens Co
Joe Lee Williams
Rt. 2
Slaton
Lynn County
Sound System Fails at Chicago Run With Bacall
CHICAGO AP A production starring Lauren Bacall and a Tony winner opened at the Opera House Tuesday. About 2,280 patrons left after the first act as the sound system failed, refunds issued, gross about 14 000 dollars. The incident followed injuries in another story about a traffic crash near Seagraves, and a professor notes on counseling in Rochester.
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Lauren Bacall
Chicago
Opera House
Hay- New York
Highwire
Claude Mullins
Abernathy
Unneeded Repair Leads To Charge
Teresa Heath and Joan Stephroe, detectives for the Manhattan district attorney, reported their TV repairs were used to charge them $50.30 and $46 for unnecessary work. Phillip Schwartz, operator of Phillip's TV Rental and Repair Service, was charged with petty larceny false advertising and conspiracy.
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New York
Teresa Heath
Joan Stephroe
Phillip
Miss Heath
Phillip Schwartz
Miss Stephroe
Schwartz
Heath
Stephroe
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Services for Truman Loyd Held at First Baptist Church
Truman Earl Loyd 27 died at his Silverton home and a 2 p.m. service was set at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Wilson officiating. Burial followed in Silverton Cemetery under Silverton Funeral Home direction. An autopsy was ordered. Loyd, native of Borger, had lived in Briscoe County since 1952 and worked for Grabee-Simpson Chevrolet. He survived by his parents, two sisters, a brother, and grandfather W. B. Attergrove. Pallbearers were Joe Grab ae, Guy Breedlove, Bob Reeves, Randall Eddleman, Jarus Flowers and L. B. Garvin Jr.
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Silverton
Truman Earl Loyd
First Baptist Church of
Larry Wilson
Loyd
M. G. Moreland
Borger
Briscoe County
Grabee - Simpson Chevrolet Co
First Baptist Church
Truman H. Loyd
Melba Williamson
Olton
Anita Loyd
Daily Loyd
W. B. Attergrove
Hale Center
Joe Grabae
Area Rites Set For Mrs. J P Law
Mrs J P Law 8 2 died about 3 30 p m Wednesday in Hi Plains Hospital after sudden illness. Services planned for 2 p m Friday at Hale Center Church of Christ with Billy Atha officiating. Burial in Hale Center Cemetery under Freeman Funeral Home direction.
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Hale Center
J. P. Law
Hi- Plains
Hale Center Church of
Odessa Rites Slated Today
Rosary for Steven Jerome Narvar, 20, will be read at 8 15 p m today at Rix Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral mass will be read at 2 p m Friday at St Marys Catholic Church. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under direction of Rix Funeral Home. Narvar died from injuries sustained on the Naval base in Pensacola Florida while aboard the USS Lexington. Survivors include his wife Kathleen a son Steven parents Mr and Mrs Steve Narvar San Angelo two brothers Robert and Patrick San Angelo two sisters Wanda Heflin and Monica Osborne Odessa and other relatives.
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Odessa
Steven Jerome Narvar
Rix Funeral Home
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sunset
Memorial Gardens
Narvar
Naval Hospital
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Base
Lexington
Kathleen
Boulder
Colo
Steven
Steve Narvar
San Angelo
Robert
Patrick
Wanda Heflin
Monica Osborne
Be Always at War with Vices in the New Year
A benediction attributed to Julien C. Hyer echoes Benjamin Franklin urging self improvement for the new year. The text links scripture from Deuteronomy with a call to live by God’s plan and to extend peace to neighbors while paying debt to self and society.
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Ben Franklin
Julien C. Hyer
Mrs Darden Funeral Friday in Haskell
Mrs Pearl Darden 63 died after a heart attack at High Plains Hospital Hale Center. Funeral at First Baptist Church Haskell with Rev Tray Cullpepper officiating. Burial in Willow Cemetery. Native of Jones County she lived in Dimmitt 40 years then returned to Haskell. Survived by son William Martin Bedford three daughters Doris Harkey New Deal Ernestine Morris Spearman and Robert Adams Lluleshoe 12 grandchildren one great granddaughter.
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Haskell
Pearl Darden
High ‘Plains Hospital
Hale Center
First Baptist Church of
Tray
Cullpepper
Willow ‘Amatarv
Arenteso
Jones County
Dimmitt
Faskell
William Martin
Bedford
Doris Harkey
New Deal
Ernestine Morris
Spearman
Robert Adams
Uuleshoe
R W Esch Rites Planned Today
R W Esch 88 longtime Levelland resident dies in Cook Memorial Hospital. Services at 2 p m at St Paul s Lutheran Church with Rev Thomas Long officiating. Burial in Levelland City Cemetery. Survived by four daughters and three sons, all with Levelland ties.
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Levielland
Robert Williamsch
Levelland
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Thomas Long
City of Levelland Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Esch
Cook Memorial Hospital
Germany
Lutheran Church
Elizabeth
Tommy Nation
Raymond Nelson
Lewisville
Dora Fwald
Ray Harrell
San Antonio
Paul
Edgar
James
Tulia Rites Set For Mrs. Stapp
Services for Sally Stapp 66 longtime Tulia resident will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Chapel with Rev. Jacky Newton officiating. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home. Survived by husband Calvin two sons Johnny Morris Stapp and Darrell Glen Stapp both of Tulia two daughters Joyce Charlene Stapp and Mrs Ralph Bowman both of Tulia two sisters Rebecca Diggs and Mable Miller both of Amarillo and two grandchildren.
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Tulia
Sally Stapp
First Baptist Church
Jacky Newton
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Johnny Morris Stapp
Darrell Glen Stapp
Joyce Charlene Stapp
Ralph Bowman
Rebecca Diggs
Mable Miller
Amarillo
Mammal Count Reported Across North America
The Massachusetts Audubon Society says 914 mammal species inhabit North America. The figure underscores broad mammal diversity noted by the group in a United Press International report.
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Lincoln, Mass
UPI
North America
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Carl Carey Rites Slated In Merkel
Carl Carey 67 former Lubbock resident died about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene after a short illness. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church Merkel with Rev. Fugitt Clyde Rev. Smith and Rev. Jones officiating. Burial at nearby cemetery directed by Starbuck Funeral Home. Carey born Cross Plains moved to Merkel in 1912 married Minnie Dickerson in 1928 at Abilene. He moved to Lubbock in 1954 worked in maintenance for Lubbock Independent School District retiring in 1969 and returned to Merkel.
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Starbuck Funeral Home
Cross Plains
iCarey
Merkel
Minnie Dickerson
Abilene
Lubbock
Maintenace
Lubbock Independent
Mrs Sanders Funeral Slated in Lubbock
Mrs Dolly Sanders 72 a pioneer Lubbock resident died Tuesday night in Methodist Hospital. Funeral services to be held at First Baptist Church with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. She moved to Lubbock in 1906 from Rule and was a charter member of St Luke’s Methodist Church. Survived by three daughters three brothers three sisters seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Red Ray Archie Sanders Lloyd Pollard Odis Pollard Larry Pollard Guy Pollard.
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Maury Kay Wiley
Lubbock
First United Methodist Church
Resthavan Memorial Park
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Ruidoso
N.M
Dolly Eee
Sanders
Rayford Cockerell
Houston
Vernon Lofton
Caldwell
Woodrow Walter
Fort Worth
Methodist Hospital
Rule
Bell County
St. Luke's Methodist Church
KE. B. Sanders
W. P. Cox
Tohoka
Leslie Pantel
O. B. Southard
J. J. Pollard
Southeast Drive
O. B. Pollard
6Th St
W. A. Pollard
Olga Sanders
Roswell
C. H. Ray
Amarillo
O. TH. Mitchell
35Th St
Red Ray
Archie Sanders
Lloyd Pollard
Odis Pollard
Larry Pollard
Guy Pollard
Infant's Funeral Set In Levelland
Infant Thomas John Wallace Faubus of Levelland died shortly after birth at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Graveside rites were held at City of Lubbock Cemetery with minister Lewis Click officiating. Burial by Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home, survivors include parents, a sister Marnie, grandparents in Shallowater and Dickens, and great-grandparents in Lubbock, Dickens, and Spur.
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Levelland
Thomas John Wallace Faubus
James Faubus
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
City of Lubbock
Lewis Click
Church of Christ
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Lubbock
Marnie
Virginia McCauley
Shallowater
Dickens
Bess McGuver
21St St
Watt Holly
John Faubus
Spur
Lamesa Rites Set For Mrs. Nelson
Edna Lisenbee Nelson, 63, longtime Dawson County resident, died Wednesday in Medical Arts Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. at Bryan Street Baptist Church with burial in Lamesa Cemetery. She was a Jones County native, lived in Dawson County 52 years, member of the Baptist band Page, survived by daughter Bonnie Debnam of Lamesa, two sisters Bessie Kelly and Gladys Gillespie, two brothers Alvin Lisenbee and J H Lisenbee, and two grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Edna Lisenbee Nelson
Dawson County
Medical Arts Hospital
Nelson
Bryan Street Baptist Church
Buria
Brannon Funeral Home
Jones County
The
Baptist Church
Page
Funeral services for Mrs Thelma Mac Harmon
Thelma Mac Harmon 52 of 1309 E 14th St Lubbock dies after hospital admission. Funeral at 3 p.m. today at Twentieth and Birch Church of Christ with Minister R L Clark officiating. Burial in Lubbock Cemetery. South Plains Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include four sisters Arlene Harris Ruth Harmon Arlue Givens and Eva Barns.
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Thelma Mae
Harmon
E. Mth
Birch Church
Christ
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral' Home
Highland Hospital
Thelma Mac Harmon
14Th St
Lst
Arlene Harris
Ruth Harmon
Lubbock
Arlue Givens
Fort Worth
Eva Barns
Colorado
Rites Planned for Mrs. Poage in Waco
Mrs. W R Poage 97 mother of Rep W R Poage D Tex dies at her Waco home on his 72nd birthday Aides note she known as Miss Nellie She leaves two other sons Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 p m in Waco with burial in Parklawn Memorial Gardens Also mentions Plainview youth Conklin 17 from Plainview and survivors including two brothers and grandparents.
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Washington
W.R. Poage
Rep
D—Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Waco
Conger
Wyndell Ray Conklin
Austin
Derrell
Poage
Conklin
Plainview
Wacos
Grand Ne
Junction
Colo
First Baptist Church
Carlos McLeod
Parklawn Memorial’ Gardens
Lemons
Pampa
Brad R
Lubbock
E. R. Conklin
R. B. Brummett
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1122
34Th St
Joe den Buckner
Nts Briefs
James Isquerdo
Cornell
West Texas Hospital
Isquerdo
Ave. A
Clarence Priestly
Vanda Ave
Luther McDaniel
pJustice of the Peace
Wayne Tommie Harcrow
LeCroy
Meldaniel
38Th St
Rudolpho Cardenas
Methodist Abernathy Hospital
39Th Street
University Avenue
Floyd Chester Owens
Central Plains Hospital
Michale Whittington
Debra Wright
Tih St
W.W. Rix Chapel
Resthaven
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Commission
Tim Goodwin
Curtis Taylor
Hobbs
Noutheast
Seagraves
Ly Waunsun
OL Couch
Progucer
Tion
University of He
Rochester
Allyn
Bacon
Ming Bacanl
Tony Anthony
Truman Loyd
Mrs. Law
Law
Ruth Beach
Sunland
Calif
Mae Sebastian
Moab
Utah
Louise Higginbotham
Benjamin Franklin
Mrs. Darden
R. W. Esch
Book Counsels
Counselors
Mrs. Stapp
Carl Carey
Ine
Dolly Sanders
Mrs. Harmon
W. R. Conklin
Lubbock Monument Works
Georgia
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