Natural Gas Cut Back Amid Severe Weather Warnings
The Panhandle saw light snowfall while the South Plains faced up to an inch of snow causing hazardous driving conditions and a traffic fatality near Midland. Cold wave warnings extended from El Paso to San Antonio as clear skies followed the front. Oklahoma also reported snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
South Plains
Midland
NWS
Texas
el Paso
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Tulsa
Lubbock
Big Spring
Odessa
Amarillo
Brownsville
Great Lakes
Trinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlantc
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Ed Haskins Dies and Local Obituary Roundup
Obituaries note Ed Haskins of Lubbock and others including Mrs. Hattie Lane of Plainview and Mrs. E D McMurtry of Tulia, with funeral plans and burial sites. The notices mention several towns, churches, and funeral homes, plus brief illness deaths and survivorships.
Body found in Ladera Park tied to Transamerica official
Detectives identified the victim as Alan Scott MacFarlane 43 vice president and controller of Transamerica Financial Corp a unit of Transamerica. He was found on a Little League diamond in Ladera Park wrapped in a blue blanket with a noose and bound feet. Autopsy pending. robbery motive suspected as his wallet remained in his pockets. His disappearance followed leaving the Occidental Center in the late Monday workday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPD
Transamerica Financial Corp
Alan Scott MacFarlane
Transamerica Corp
San Francisco
MacFarlane
Larry Dykhouse
Sheriff's Department
Transamerica
Occidental Center
Ladera Park
Baldwin Hills
County bonds, embezzlement and local court actions
Sales during 1971 reached 2 432 720 dollars or 106 percent of the 2 300 000 goal. Elanora Busco, 36, released on 1 000 dollar bond on embezzlement charge from Drop N Foods where she was manager. Ronny Lynn Scott, 22, released on 2 500 dollar bond on burglary charge involving a coin operated machine. Jimmy Franklin named manager of Lovington Lea County Airport. Receivership hearing in Hull vs Riddle continues to fix fees and claims. Funeral services cited for Margarita Cuellar and A E Jury. injuries and conditions listed for Brenda Hopper and Hazel Marie Johnson. two-car wrecks noted with local residents affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Risin
Elanora Busco
25Th St
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Drop 'N Foods
26Th Street
Boston Avenue
Ronny Lynn Scott
Slaton
Scott
University
Charles Smith
Robert C. Wright
137Th District Court
A. C. Hull
Joy L. Riddle
Hull and Kiddie Drug Store
Attornes
Behran’s, Inc
Waco
Mrs Marquis Rites Planned for Emma Marquis
Services for Emma Marquis of 4710 Slide Road will be at 2 pm in W W Rix Chapel with Travis Boyd of the Aspermont Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Marquis, 91, died about 4:50 am Wednesday after moving to Lubbock last year from Stonewall County where she lived 35 years. Survivors include five sons Ernest Joe Terrell Clan George, a daughter Lucy Wood, a sister Josie Dooley, ii grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Marquis
Slide Road
W. W. Rix
Travis Boyd
Aspermont
Terrell
Abilene
Clan of
Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Cargill
Services for Mrs. J. J. Cargill 82 will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Lemons Memorial Chapel Plainview with Dr Wayne Blankenship of College Heights Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery. She died Tuesday in Central Plains Hospital after moving to Plainview in 1916 from Williamson County. Survivors include three daughters in Plainview and Las Cruces and Los Angeles, 49 grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
J. J. Cargill
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Wayne Blankenship
College Heights Baptist Church
Plainview Cemetery
Cargill
Central Plains Hospital
Williamson County
Reuahiers
H. N. Wardrown
Koeninger Rites Pending In Hobbs
Louis M. Koeninger 66 died Wednesday morning at Lea General Hospital. He was a truck driver for Globe Construction Company and had lived in Hobbs since 1944. Survived by Edra four brothers and three sisters in multiple states. Funeral arrangements are pending at Griffin Funeral Home in Hobbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Griffin Funeral Home
Louis M. Koeninger
Lea General Hospital
Globe Construction Company
Koeninger
W W Herring Rites Friday
Walter Wesley Herring 42 died after a sudden illness at home and was pronounced dead on arrival at Sea General Hospital Hobbs. Services set for 2 p m Friday at Griffin Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Prairie Haven Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Chris Herring Hobbs son Walter W Herring Jr Fort Polk La his mother Elsie Herring Hobbs brother J W Herring Jr Hobbs and sisters Elizabeth Townsend Carlsbad Frances Bishop Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Walter Wesley Herring
Griffin Funeral Home
Prairie’ Haven
Herring
Sea General Hospital
Chris Herring
Walter W. Herring Jr
U.S. Army
Fort Polk
Elsie Herring
J. W. Herring Jr
Elizabeth Townsend
Carlsbad
N. M
Frances Bishop
Houston
Odessa Widow Mary Tyner Dies After Illness
Mrs Mary Martha Tyner 71 of Odessa died about 11 15 a m Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital after a two month illness Services will be at 11 a m today in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Gardens She was a native of Butler County Pennsylvania came to Odessa in 1960 from Colorado Springs Colorado member of Highland United Methodist Church Survivors include two brothers Norman E Weisz of Berkeley California and John R Weisz of Odessa two sisters Mrs Edna Bartz of Glendale California and Mrs Ethyl Withers of Fredonia Pennsylvania
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Hazel Marie Johnson
Odessa
Belmont Baptist Wae
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Pie Sunset Memorial Gardens
Johnson
Mary Martha Tyner
Medical Center Hospital
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Butler County
Penn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Highland United Methodists Church
Norman E. Weisz
Berkeley
Calif
John R. Weisz
Edna Bartz
Glendale
Ethyl Withers
Fredonia
Jim Wheat Dies Services Today Amherst Farmer 65
AMHERST Texas Edwin Jim Wheat 65 died Tuesday night in South Plains Hospital after a long illness Funeral services 2 PM today at First Baptist Church Amherst with Rev Glenn Willson officiating Burial in Amherst Cemetery Payne Funeral Home directing He moved to Amherst in 1930 native of Brown County retired farmer survived by wife a son Toe of Pampa a brother Edes Earth three sisters and several grandchildren Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Edwin ‘Jim’ Wheat
South Plains
First Baptist Church
Glenn Willson
Amherst Cemetery
Payne Funeral Home
Wheat
Brown County
Toe
Pampa
Edes Earth
Rhoda Adkins
O'Donnell
Mee
Mary Kelm
Texarkana
Ark
Jewel Richardson
San Angelo
Homer Campbell
Howard Campbell
Delvin Batson
Jimmy Cowan
Clais Jones
Marvin Wagner
Atomic Energy Commission Uranium Funding and Timeline
AEC plans cover periods extending into years ahead with uranium program commitments totaling over 5.5 billion. The discussion outlines long term procurement, research, and security measures amid expansion of nuclear energy initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Arctic life found in West High Sierra
Arctic flora and fauna reach the High Sierra where saxifrage survives at wind blasted heights and reaches only a few inches. The pika, a small Arctic mammal, is also present, historians say, as glaciers moved southward, per Time-Life Books American Wilderness series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Arctic
High Sierra
Devon Island
We Sierra
Time-Life Books
Avis Owens Dies in Odessa After Sudden Illness
Avis Owens 18 of Odessa died on arrival at Medical Center Hospital after a sudden illness. An autopsy is ordered to determine cause. Services pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. A native of Mamaroneck New York she recently graduated Odessa High School. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Alva Owens of Odessa and a brother Jimmy A of Fort Rucker Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qdessa
Avis Owens
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Hubbard - Kelly Funeral Home
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Alva Owens
Jimmy A
Fort Rucker
Ala
Son Of Store's Founder Dies
Herbert Marcus Jr. 58 son and namesake of Neiman Marcus Dallas founder dies after long illness. He worked in the family store, became VP and merchandising manager of the men's division after WWII, and later worked for New York Life Insurance Co until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Herbert Marcus Jr
Neiman Marcus of
Marcus
New York Life Insurance Co
General dies, former Eisenhower aide Joseph Mepate
In Jolla California on Tuesday, Joseph T. Mepate, who succeeded Piet David Eisenhower as a U S general in Europe after World War II, died at Scripta Memorial Hospital in Heway 78. The note cites his career in relief air duties and the textile manufacturing sector as a later interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolla
Relief Air Force
Joseph T. Mepate
Piet David Eisenhower
U.S. Bette
Europe
Scripta Memorial iHospital
Sisters Shot in Odessa Feud to Be Laid to Rest
Joint services for sisters Billie Jean Griffin 21 and Wilma Stevenson 28 will be held Friday at St James Baptist Odessa with burial in Odessa Cemetery. Tommy Lee Jones 24 faces two murder counts after the killings at their south Odessa homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Billie Jean Griffin
Wilma Stevenson
St. James [Baptist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Tommy Lee Jones
South Odessa
Griffin
Jones
Justice of the Peace
Otis Moore
Stevenson
Corpus Christi
Houston
Mona
Glenda
June
Bessie Jjohnson
William Wright Rites Held in Dimmitt
William Areland Wright 82 died at Plains Memorial Hospital. Services set for 3 p m Friday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Stanford and Rev. Jim Pickens officiating. Burial at Castro Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife, a daughter Ruth Gilbert of Burkburnett, two brothers Emmett Shallowater and Paul Phoenix, three sisters Minnie Ireland Bertha Hardy Pearl Baikman, a grandson and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimmitt
William Areland Wright
Plains Memorial Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Lee Stanford
Jim Pickens
Dennis
Farmeraville
Wright
Ruth i Gilbert
Burkburnett
Emmett
Shallowater
Paul
Phoenix
Ariz
Minnie Ireland
Bertha Hardy
Pearl Baikman
Funeral services for Mrs Delia Bell Thrailkill today
Mrs Delia Bell Thrailkill of 2812 1st Place dies after brief illness in West Texas Hospital. Funeral at 4 p.m. at W. W. Rix Chapel with H F Scott pastor of Bacon Heights Baptist Church officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by husband James C. and five children, two daughters, two sisters, and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Bell Thrailkill
W. W
West Texas Hospital
James C
12Th St
Zelma Hart
Verapues
Slaton
W. F. Peach Whores
Lakeside
Mahon to Seek Re election in West Texas district
Rep Mahon announces plans to run again for Congress in a 17 county West Texas district including Deaf Smith Castro Bailey Lamb Hale Cochran Hockley Lubbock Yoakum Terry Lynn Gaines Dawson Andrews Martin Midland with about 476 000 people. He criticizes federal spending saying the nation will borrow 44 billion this year and urges spending cuts to reduce the income outgo gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
South Plains
Ector County
Deaf Smith
Palmer
Castro
Bailey
Lamb
Hale
Cochran
Hockley
Lubbock
Yoakum
Terry
Lynn
Gaines
Dawson
Andrews
Martin
Midland
Solon
Mabon
West Texas
Washington
Congress
Mahon
Mrs Stewart's Services Today in Seagraves
Obituary notice for Pauline Frances Stewart of Wilson Oklahoma, long-time resident of Eunice New Mexico and Lefors Texas area, died at Brownfield Hospital. Services in Seagraves First Baptist Church conducted by Rev Don Worthington with burial at Fairview Cemetery Pampa. Survivors include husband J, daughter Mrs Clint of Pampa, two sons Gene Parr Denton and Charles Parr Pampa, three sisters and three brothers, seven grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Also notes 1961 Vietnam combat statistic first year of U.S. casualty records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagraves
Pauline Frances Stewart
Brownfield Hospital
First Baptist
Don Worthington
Fairview
Pampa
Webb Funeral Home
Wilson
Okla
Stewart
Eunice
N.M
Lefors
Clint
Song
Gene Parr
Denton
Charles Parr
Buelah Goodspeed
Ardmore
L. A. Holloway
Borger
George Buskerk
Long Grove
Buford Lord
Alfred Lord
Clifford Lord
Wilson, Okla
Roy Timms
J. C. Fields
M. 0. Dorman
Bill Livesay
Edgar Brown
G. R. McKinzie
Furry weather seers clash on Groundhog Day
Punxsutawney Phil in Gobbler's Knob Pennsylvania reported a shadow on Groundhog Day signaling six more weeks of winter. Sun Prairie Jimmy in Wisconsin did not see a shadow, predicting an early spring, prompting a split forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Punxsutawney
Phil
Sun Prairie
Jimmy
Wis
The Bore Poem Echoes Against Loose Tongues
A compact verse urges restraint on storytelling and tongue caution. It warns against sharing boastful tales that feed ego and invite listeners to dominate the tale, urging self control and careful speech. The speaker counsels silencing one’s own sensational nostalgia.
Rites Set Friday For L. Fletcher
L N Fletcher 74 of Plainview died after a brief illness. Services Friday at 2 PM at Date Street Baptist Church Plainview with Rev. A C Hamilton and Rev. Eddie Freeman officiating. Burial in Plain View Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home. Survived by daughter Mrs J C Moore of Dallas two stepdaughters Mrs R D McKinney Plainview and Mrs Jimmy Mooney Oklahoma City three sons T D Roby D Noble Texarkana Arkansas three sisters Mrs Annie Campbell Mrs C R Belcher Beth Dallas and Mrs Helen Cooper Sulphur Springs thirteen grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
L. N. Fletcher
Date Street
Baptist Church of
A. C. Hamilton
Mineral Wells
Eddie Freeman
Plain View Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Tennessee
Plainview Nn
Brownfield
Clara Mae
J. C. Moore
Dallas
R. D. McKinney
Jimmy Mooney
Oklahoma City
T. D
Roby D
Noble
Texarkana
Ark
Annie Campbell
Spur Man Dies with Rites Set Today in Spur
Spur at yay 76, of Spur died about 1 in his home after 2 Tenn illness. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today in Spur Cemetery under direction of Sampoet Funeral Home with Sam Rush of Lakeside Baptist Church officiating. Hill had no known survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spur
Yay
Spur Cemete
Sampoet
Rites Planned for Two Victims of Plainview Crash
Funeral services set for Félix Garcia 15 and Reynaldo Garcia 16 at Sacred Hearts Church with Rev Rex Nichol officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery. The teens died when their car overturned on a country dirt road near Plainview. Two other youths, Pete Ramos 16 and David Ramos 14, were hospitalized in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Servics
Félix Garcia
Reynaldo Garcia
Sacred Hearts Catholic Church
Rex Nichol
Plainviewe
Lemons Funeral Home
Here
Central, Plains General Hospital
Plaineview High School
Felix Garcia
Ruben
Larry
Rene
Alberto
Salvador Azua
Estacado Junior High
Reynaoldo Garcia
Raul
Roberto
Rolando
Roy
Idag Delma
Hilda
Melva
Antonia
Fermin Garcia
Ohio
Celedonio Bruno
Donna
Services for Seidle Allen Stapleton Held Friday
Stapleton 59 of Buffalo Lakes died from a gunshot wound in the head found in his kitchen. Funeral at 2 pm Friday at Plains Baptist Church with Rev. P D Fullingim officiating. Burial at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery directed by Sanders Funeral Home in Lubbock. He lived in Lubbock since 1940 and worked in the maintenance department of Lubbock Public Schools. He is survived by Bonnell and two sons Henry Lee and Allen, a daughter Mrs Earl Jennings, four brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seidle Allen
Stapleton
Buffalo Lakes
Sheriff's Deputies
Justice of the Peace
Charles E. Smith
Greenville
Lubbock
Crosbyton
Petersburg
Maine ‘Tenance Department
Bonnell
Henry Lee
Hammond
Alfred White Dies at Rotan Hospital
Alfred White, 63, of Rotan, died about 5 a.m. Wednesday at Callanz Hospital in Rotan after a heart attack. Services are 2 p.m. today at Rotan Church of Christ with Wardell Halliburton and Jerry Berry officiating. Burial will be in Roby Cemetery under Retan Funeral Home. Survived by wife, mother Mrs. Nancy White of Rotan, Fred C. Morton and Mike A. Morton of Sudan, three brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotan
Alfred White
Callanz J Hospital
Rotan Church of ‘Christ
Wardell Halliburton
Jerry Berry
Retan Funeral Home
Roby
Nancy White
Fred C. Ot. Morton
Mike A
Sudan
Man Found Shot at Midland Home
A 55 year old man C. K. Ted Lowe was found dead in his apartment around 2 pm Wednesday with a single gunshot wound to the chest. Justice of the Peace orders autopsy and a .22 caliber rifle tied to the Lane Company is noted. Ellis Funeral Home will handle services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Justice of the Peace
Robert Pine
C. K
Ted” Lowe
Pine
Lane Company of
Ellis Funeral Home
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Ed Haskins
Hattie Lane
Hopewell Baptist Church
Petersburg Cemetery
Lane
Hi-Plains
Hale Center
E. D. McMurtry
Tulia
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
McMurtry
R. W. Fouse
Chicago Ave
Tapp
Sulphur Springs
Cumby
Hardy Alford Jr
Greater
St. John Baptist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Paul A. Rix
Alford
Duke Ives of
Prairie Haven
Ives
Mia
Marcelino
Cuellar
Palmer County
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Lamesa
Lamesa Cemetery
Ed Haskins, Jr
Grove Ave
Reno
St. Luke's Lubbock County
Baptist
Jimmie Hol
Littlefield
Jamison Funeral Home
Haskins
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Alice Mae Dotson
Betty Thomas
Hattie Mae Hood
Leanna Presley
Earth
Dorothy James
James Willie
Sam
Andrew Lee
Joe L
Issac
Hereford
Leroy
Elijah Lee
Stockton
Olene Murphy
Levelland
Methodist Hospital
Loop 289
U.S. 87
Billy James Nichols
Posey
Mike Tidwell
Ropesville
Keefer 8Th Street
Blaine
Dewey
Garfield
Grant
Kingfisher
Major
Woods
Woodward
Sooner
Pacific Coast
Plains
Rockies
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Tlinois
New England
Bozeman
Mont
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
L.A. T
Jimmy Franklin
Zip Franklin
Lovington Lea County
Lea County
Franklin
New Mexico Junior College and Aircraft-Electronics School
Roswell
Margarita Cuellar
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
A. E. Jury
Jury
Brenda Hopper
Star Rt
B. Hobbes
David Brake
Jan
Mare
Mrs. Cargill
Amundsen
South’ Pole
L. M. Koeninger
Edra
Bill
Bridgeport
Charles
Oklainton
Frank
Chillicothe
Him
Madera
N. A. Armes
Tom Shadel
Clarendon
Katie Vott
Globe, Ariz
W. W. Herring
Jim Wheat
West
Children's Museum
Hartford
William Wright
George Mahon
Rep. Mahon
Mrs. Stewart
U.S
Vietnam
United States
L. Fletcher
S. A. Stapleton
Rotan Hospital
Insurance
Medicare
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