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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1970
Page
11
Youth solo performances highlight a local music event as young artists take the stage in a small venue. The program features emerging talents showcasing instrumental and vocal pieces, drawing family and community support despite limited public attention.
Dennis Reeves, a teen immersed in aviation, nurtures a lifelong passion from model planes to flight training. His family faces rising insurance costs as he plans Air Force ROTC in college, aiming for a jet rating, with dreams of aviation career beyond. He has not flown a commercial airliner yet.
Detectives and assistant district attorneys seized 15 capsules suspected as LSD nine hashish cubes and about a half ounce of marijuana after raiding a Mall area home in southeast Lubbock arresting a man and wife occupants. Officers found a water pipe a hashish bag scales a notebook of drug transactions and $350 cash. A frame on the living room wall showed the top of a marijuana plant. Officers involved included Asst Dist Atty Bob Odom Det Sgt Carey Stafford and Troy Hurley with Deputy Gerald Lancaster.
Mrs Estelle Christine Heiser 51 of the Lubbock area died about 10 20 p m Tuesday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after about a month’s hospitalization She lived in a Levelland nursing home Services will be at 2 p m Saturday at Smyer Church of Christ with Ernest West minister officiating Burial will follow at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Henderson Funeral Directors She was born in Deer Creek Wisconsin Survivors include two daughters Ruth J Clair Smyer and Janet Banker Brighton Michigan three sons Howard Goebel Janesville Wisconsin D W Helser Utica Wisconsin and D E Helser Belvidere Illinois a step daughter Doris Cox Madison Wisconsin two brothers Ernest and Herbert Peterson Omro Wisconsin and four sisters Lilly Krenz Lora Hellwig Helen Moriarity Omro Wisconsin and Olga Kripp Bear Creek Wisconsin
Mrs Mabel Smith 72 a Crosby County resident since 1912 died on arrival at Crosbyton Hospital after a heart attack Services set for 10 a m Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev Ernest Stewart Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home Survivors include husband Clarence two daughters Mrs Ray Carr and Mrs Irvin Shaw three sons Royce Brownwood Bluey all of Crosbyton a sister Mrs Bill Park four brothers all of Crosbyton 15 grandchildren five great grandchildren
Sheriff's deputies reported no further progress Wednesday in the investigation of the death Saturday night of Billie Mae Miller, 53, of 2406 Rear 8th. Lt. Capt. Charlie Bowman said a force returned to the scene and investigators maintained the inquiry without new leads.
Deaths and funeral notices from Sanders Memorial Chapel to Morton and Floydada outline recent service details. Louella Broom 85 of Lubbock area died after weeks in hospital. Curtis Petree 30 of Crosbyton listed in serious condition after a two car crash near Crosbyton. Bruce Frazier 82 of Courtney community to be buried in Belton Cemetery with Masonic rites. Earnestina Harper 42 to be mourned in Floydada. Rob Ashley 79 to be buried in Plainview. Additional items include Sharon Amerson 18 charged over forged prescription case in Lubbock County. J Rex Hardin MG to be memorialized in Levelland. Hugh Allen 78 died in Lavington after extended illness. services announced for several others with church and cemetery details. Burial locations include Lubbock, Plainview, Morton, Levelland, and Ralls.
Lonnie Landrum, 23, after a two year effort to enlist, was sworn in at the Oakland Induction Center with President Nixon's aid. He survived a brain injury from 1958 and progressed through rehab to graduate high school, later attending Bethany Bible College and pursuing life plans. The Army cited standards and recruiter authority in final clearance.
Funeral services for Zelma Ode Williams Willis 51 will be at Seth today in Brownfield Cemetery directed by Brownfield Funeral Home. She died about 4 p m Wednesday following an extended illness in To Hoka where the family had lived. She is survived by her husband three sons Johnny Mickey and Rickey and a daughter star atl of
Funeral services for 87 year old Mrs. Lillian Pace Cogdell were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Belle Seale Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Hillside Memorial Gardens. A native of Salado she died Tuesday at Cogdell Hospital. Survivors include daughter Marion of California and Mrs. Charlotte Etgen of Snyder, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
A PTA note quotes Galatians to urge living by the spirit and treating each morning as a fresh page. It invites readers to ignore the past, renew their souls, and begin anew with effort and faith in daily life.
In Valence and the Avignon area heavy blizzards trap thousands of motorists with more than two feet of snow. Paris reports ongoing snowfall disrupts air travel as Albin Chalandon orders aid and promises investigation into police inaction amid road blockages and halted mobility.
In Burlington Wisconsin AP reports Brother Gregory Havel of Green Bay a cleric known for colorful boasts claims to grow watermelons at remarkable speed. His tale is described as exaggerated and outlandish by locals, with critics labeling it a fabrication.
Elmer Petty 73 died about 2 a.m. Wednesday at his Abernathy home. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at the Church of the Nazarene, with Rev. Louis Schexf and Rev. Murray Brewer officiating. Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery. Chambers Funeral Home in charge. Petty, a native of Hill County and longtime resident since 1925, was a retired plumber and farmer. Survived by wife Ethel. children Ralph Stephens, Harrison, and Vernon Petty, plus two step-sons, Roy Downs and Johnson, and numerous grandchildren.
Local Marines recruit area residents in Lubbock during the last month of a campaign. Names mentioned include Gutierrez and Turner among families noted. details show a community effort to bolster Marine enlistments.
A fragmented note describes conflict over teachers’ hiring and board access to executive meetings. The attorney general warns about open meeting laws, while statements from Phelan suggest exceptions and potential restrictions on disclosure.
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