Livestock Show Opens with Busy Auction Schedule
Houston AP reports the 36th annual Houston Livestock Show features cattle parades and the first auction today. Winners include 1776 Ranch Georgetown grand and reserve champions, Willow Springs Ranch Bur ton Brangus, and various regional champions in Red Poll and Delaine-Marino classes. The rodeo began with the first of 16 performances in the Astrodome.
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Don Odom
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Beaumont
John Car Smith
Mullin
Greg Gerhart
Hempstead
Chris Burger
Sonora
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Suffolk
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Fort Sod
Ronald Wedel and Sons
Green Acres Stock Farms
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Rites Set Here For Mrs Ruth Wester
Services will be at 2 pm Saturday in W. W. Rix Chapel for Mrs Ruth M. Wester 70 a former Lubbock resident who died Wednesday at a son’s home in Albuquerque New Mexico She had been ill for years Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Her husband Fred C Wester Sr died here in 1956 whose father was a pioneer educator and Wester Elementary School was named She assisted her husband in finance and loan company business before his death and later worked in Mountainair New Mexico
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Ruth M. Wester
Lubbock
Albuquerque
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City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral
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Mountainair, N. M
Harrison H. Price Services Pending
Services were pending at Herr derson Funeral Home in Vernon for Harrison H. Price 52, a Lubbock resident. He died of a heart attack after a five year ailment. Price was a disabled U.S. veteran. Sanders Funeral Home transferred the body to Vernon. Survivors include a nephew, P. Guthrie of 3600 29th St.
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Harrison H. Price
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Justice of the Peace
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P. Guthrie
29Th St
Barn Fire Bans 13 Horses at Oklahoma Barn
A blaze at a barn near the campus destroyed 13 horses in Oklahoma. Officials question the cause as flames spread quickly through the structure. Local responders battled the fire and secured the area.
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Wes
Texas soldier freed of AWOL charge by Army
A Texas soldier, Pfc. Charles Coffman, was acquitted of being absent without leave after awaiting orders at Fort Lewis for 13 months. His records arrived late, FBI arrest followed desertion charges, and Army officials consider back pay and time owed. Coffman and wife Linda lived on her allotment and odd jobs income while the case unfolded.
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Wash
Texas
Charles Man
Vietnam
Coffman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Linda
FBI
Army
Laura Boyd Rites Scheduled in Lubbock Church
Rites for Laura Boyd of Rt 6 Lubbock 87 year old resident of 50 years who died Wednesday night at St Marys Hospital will be at 10 am Saturday at Tabernacle Baptist Church The Rev E L Bynum pastor assisted by Rev Darwin Robinson assistant pastor will officiate Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of Sanders Funeral
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Rt. 6
Lubbock
St.Mary's Hospital
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Darwin Robinson
City of Lubbock Cemetery
Sanders
Owen Blum Rites Pending
Services for Owen Blum of Princeville and Mrs. Boyd are pending at Cotten Mortuary in Lubbock with local arrangements in Childress. Blum was born Aug 5 188 in Collin County. Survivors include two sons J R. and R B of Rt 6 four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Owen Blum
Boyd
Lot Hurlwood
Lubbock
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Prince
P. G. Boyd
Fromton
Ind
Trial Ends In Damage Suit Over 1967 Traffic Crash
In 9th District Court trial, Grace Underwood seeks 25000 against Jane Brock for injuries from a February 10 1967 collision on 26th Street and Albany Avenue. Brock and husband Farris Brock seek 36250 in a cross action against Underwood based on injuries in the same crash. Judge Howard C Davison presiding. jury to report at 1 p.m. The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian.
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Grace Underwood
Jane Brock
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Martha A. Smith
Brock
Slaton Child In Critical Condition
Dallas officials at Parkland Hospital report Francise She Reseda Seba be Da in critical condition after an incident. Postal officials traced mail destroyed in a mail truck fire Saturday affecting main post office and Laredo Air Force Base routes. mail between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. was destroyed.
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Laredo Air Force Base
Veteran Blum Dies at Methodist Hospital of Natural Causes
Blum, a World War II veteran and civil service worker, was reported dead at 12:55 a.m. at Methodist Hospital. The death was attributed to natural causes.
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Methodist Hospital
Awards Dinner To Cap Seminar At Tech Today
Advertising seminars at Texas Tech run today with a noon luncheon in the Tech Union featuring Dan Belding on Advertising in the American Economy. The Silver Medal Awards Dinner follows at 7:30 p.m. at Lubbock Country Club with speaker Dr. Goran Tamm discussing Swedish advertising.
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Los Angeles
Lubbock Country Club
Lubbock
Goran Tamm
Stockholm
United States
Canada
Alabama Democrat Folsom Files for U S Senate Seat
James Folsom, two time Alabama governor, announced Wednesday his candidacy for the U S Senate seat vacated by retiring Lister Hill. The 34 year old Democrat pledged a five item platform centered on a stronger military and a controversial plan to make Cuba a territory.
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Yearold Folsom
United States
Cuba
Homeward Bound GI Writes Mom On Coming Home
Army Spec. 4 Bud Goddard prepares Betty Goddard for his return from Vietnam with notes on unexpected behavior and adjustments at home. He asks for tolerance as he readies to sleep on the floor, mix foods, and avoid re enlistment while sharing a warning about adjusting to civilian life. In Austin, Gov. Connally touts a $50 million tax savings based on an unofficial comptroller estimate, confirming last year’s shorter budget plan.
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UPI
Betty Goddard
Army
Bud Goddard
Vietnam
Austin
John Connally
Connally
Robert
Calvert
Jack Rogers of New Home Dies
Jack Rogers, 71, longtime resident of New Home, died at 1 a.m. in Highland Hospital after a heart attack. He was a farmer. Surviving relatives were not immediately listed. Funeral arrangements are pending at White Funeral Home.
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Jack Rogers
Highland Hospital
White Funeral Home
Tohoka Friends
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Lubbock
Milton M Maynard Services Set Friday
Funeral services for Milton McQune Maynard 79 will be held at 2 am Friday at Northelde Church A Christ. Burial in Lad hock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Maynard formerly resided in Lawieville Texas and was a longtime Lubbock president. Survived by Lestia and five grandchildren.
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Christ
Milton McQune Maynard
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Ordasz Johnson Meeting Not Planned For HemisFair
Mexico City AP reports President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz says no meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson is planned during HemisFair. Foreign Minister Antonio Carrillo Flores denies U.S. rumors and states Diaz Ordaz will not travel abroad for HemisFair. Mexico will participate but the president will not attend.
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Mexico City
Gustavo Diaz Orda Willot
Lyndon B. Johnson
San Antonio Hemia Fair
Antonio Carrillo Flores
United States
Carrillo Flores
Diaz Ordaz
HemisFair
Mexico
Lyndon Johnson Can Cash Old 25 Dollar Check
The Unclaimed Property Division of Oklahoma seeks the owner of a $25 cashier’s check purchased May 20 in Carter County. The check was bought by W. Ayers when Lyndon Johnson was serving in the Naval Reserve, and officials want to know who may claim it near the Texas border.
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Oklahoma
Lyndon Johnson
IML
Carter County
Texas
A W. Ayers
Naval Reserve
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