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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1965
Page
3
In Pasadena California the 76th Tournament of Roses parade featured Lakeword winning the sweepstakes prize for a summer house float with peacocks and a swan formed in flowers. Hundreds of thousands watched after waiting overnight.
A 2 p.m. shooting at a newly opened Americana Motel in Big Spring left Ruby Faye Toney dead and two men injured. Toney’s estranged husband Charles Mack Toney and a motel porter Thomas Hudgins Jr. were wounded, with police investigating at the scene.
In Linz Austria a 44 year old bricklayer Alfred Poettinger mistreated a young woman for three days telling police she was enticed to his home tied and gagged she later escaped. Poettinger was found dead by hanging at his home after authorities responded to the report. The woman is in medical care as police note a history of violence toward women following a family tragedy.
The 1964 weather shows unusually dry conditions with rainfall totaling 14.22 inches, 3.86 inches below normal, and 35 days of thundershowers. Experts attribute the dryness to a weak southeasterly air flow, noting April and May were especially below average. Temperatures varied, with June hottest and January 1 degree. December wind averaged 12.4 mph with 16 hours of blowing dust.
A compact reflection quotes Ecclesiastes and Thackeray on laughter as sunshine in a home. It extols a cheerful leader who jokes with staff, linking humor to judicious character as Goethe’s implied test, attributed to Julien C. Hyer.
Mrs Starnes 100 of 202 Tipadway will lie in state at Dors Memorial Chapel with Dr Paul Bumpers and Dr E White officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. She died Friday at home after moving from Georgetown to Lubbock in 1962. Survived by two daughters Beulah Stamnes and Mrs Frank Welch, Odessa nine grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Pallbearers include W T Juce J Lewis McCrummen TAL Bruner A C Hamilton MT Abernathy and Joe B Phillips.
Mrs Margaret Scribner a longtime Tatum resident died at West Texas Hospital at 6:30 p m Friday She was 74 and survived by husband Loyd and Manse Scribner and several children including Frances Scribner of Albuquerque and Maleta Scribner of Albuquerque Burial at Tatum Cemetery under Henderson Wilson Funeral Directors arrangements N E W contract notes Knotts as deputy on Andy Grif show potential continuation under new terms Universal Network of Albuquerque seeks long term contract details remain pending
The body of Mrs. Dollie Sutterfield 72 of Leslie Arkansas formerly of Lubbock has been transported to Arkansas for funeral services. She died Thursday in Highland Hospital after a 10 day stay. Survivors include her husband A M Sutterfield of Leslie daughter Mrs Dan Grantham son Dr G R Sutterfield of Atlanta sister Mrs Orion Horn of Joplin and five grandchildren. She was a Methodist and had visited her daughter in Lubbock since October.
Services for Miss Betty Lou Pope 8 Lovington will be at 2 pm Sunday at Central Church of Christ led by the minister of Northside Church of Christ Lubbock. Burial will be Antioch Cemetery Smith Yarbro Funeral Home directs. Miss Pope a Lovington pioneer died Friday at Lovington General Hospital after 20 days of illness. Surviving are two brothers J A Pope and R H Pope both of Lovington a sister Mrs Fannie Mae Gardner Hobbs and nieces and nephews.
North Hollywood stuntman Rod Pack jumped from 1600 feet and grabbed a spare parachute from a fellow diver at 10600 feet then landed safely near Arvin California. Pilot Harry Hanes confirmed the feat as Pack described grabbing air and slowing with the spare chute. Pack recalled the rush and his worry about an early chute opening while his wife Nancy disapproved of the stunt.
Special services for Joe Owen Hughes, 30, will be at 4 p.m. today in Wend-Dunst Chapel Plainview. The notice lists Plainview as the location and names the deceased.
B C Pete Clanton 54 a prominent Plainview farmer died in a two vehicle crash at midnight Thursday His wife Gladys 51 is critically injured at Methodist Hospital Lubbock Survivors include son T C Clanton daughter Gloria Sue Clanton two sisters Mrs fitie Ford Oregon Mrs Ruby Sellars Snyder four brothers Lee Houston Corbett Big Spring S R Snyder Burl Cotton Center and his mother Mrs Laura Clanton Snyder Funeral services pending at Wood Dunning Funeral Home.
Graveside services for Cecil Walker a 65 year old former Lubbock resident will be at 11 am in O'Donnell Cemetery. Rev Weldon Drake of Hurlwood First Baptist Church will officiate burial by Rix Funeral Home. Walker moved to Phoenix in 1953 and died Wednesday in Phoenix. Surviving are his wife a son Billy Walker two daughters Nancy Lance Betty Currey a brother C L Walker a sister and three grandchildren.
Dust swept across the region in 1964 reducing visibility to six miles or less for about 165 hours, with 97 hours occurring from March through May. The sun was visible for nearly three quarters of daylight hours, while clouds obscured it for about 1,190 hours.
Funeral services are set for 10 30 a m today at Memorial Baptist Church for Thomas David Stofel 28 construction worker killed in a car train mishap Thursday at Krese The Rev Wayne Bristow will officiate Graveside rites and burial will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery Paducah under direction of Franklin Bartley Funeral Home Survivors include his wife three sons Richard Dean and Stephen all at home his mother Mrs C A Stofel Plainview three brothers Earl Orton W B Paducah and Ray Plainview two sisters Mrs Bob Chaney Paducah and Mrs Donald Lee Tulia grandfather T W Siefel Leon Okla Pallbearers Forest Dreamer Jimmy Roberson Ray Wilbanks Hubert Tucker Jr Horace Taylor and Bill Neal
James Delton Eaves 86 died Thursday at Peoples Hospital Floydada. Funeral 3 p m today West Side Church of Christ with burial at Floydada Cemetery Moore Funeral Home directing. Survivors include Dessie Mae Eaves wife four children from a prior marriage sister nine stepchildren and 11 grandchildren.
Windy Cotton Bowl scene with Kilgore Texas Rangerettes as Maid of Cotton Judy Hill. Arkansas defeats Nebraska 10 7 in a rain interrupted New Year spectacle. Crowds approach 80 000 as bands cheer and cameras click while officials dispute a call.
The Weather Bureau predicts temperatures averaging slightly above normal with below normal or normal rainfall across western counties and elsewhere. Frequent shifts from highs to lows center near the central Rockies to the Central Plains, bringing light rain in the south and heavier moisture in the north, with several cold spells and variable precipitation through January.
Special services for Mrs Callie Wilson 78 Floyd County resident will be at 2 30 p m at First Baptist with Gene Hawkins pastor. Burial will be in Tockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. Mrs Wilson died Thursday morning in Lockney General Hospital after a brief illness born in Blum She is survived by two sons Alvin Wilson Lockney and C W Wilson Kress brother Frank Wade Fort Worth two sisters Mrs Monroe Inman Corsicana and Mrs Dick Ripley Blum four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
Mary P Curry 86 a Lubbock resident nine years died at 845 pm Thursday at Edwards Convalescent Home Burial will be in Capitol Memorial Park Cemetery Local arrangements were by Sanders Funeral Home Surviving are three sons William Austin and James Dallas two sisters Ellie Walters Lena Woody two half sisters Opal Hoffman and Audrey Walters a brother Frank Perry four grandchildren and four great grandchildren
President Johnson voiced American homage to Jean Sibelius on the centennial of the great composer's birth in a Friday message to the Finnish people. The note acknowledged Sibelius's influence and celebrated cultural ties between the United States and Finland.
The Gas and Oil Workers' Union announced it will cut off gas and electricity to all American offices and businesses in protest of American actions in the Congo, South Vietnam and Malaysia.
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