Pickle accuses Kennedy aides of plot to damage Johnson nationwide
Rep. Jake Pickle charged that Sen. Robert F. Kennedy aided by columnists and media aims to ruin Johnson's image across all fifty states. He said the anti Johnson push was fueled by the New York Times and pollster Lou Harris, with a boomerang effect feared for Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Johnson
Avalanche Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
Jake Pickle
Austin
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Pickle
Kennedy
Texas
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Sen
Bobby Kennedy
New York Times
Lou Harris
Bobby
South
Former Rabbi Adolf Philippsborn Dies in Vicksburg
Funeral services for Rabbi Adolf Philippsborn 68 former rabbi of Congregation Shaareth Israel in Lubbock will be held Sunday at Fisher's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Vicksburg cemetery. Born in Potsdam Germany February 5 1898 he served in World War I. Survivors include two sons Henry B Dallas Kurt B Muncie Ind and a daughter Ruth Saks Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Philippsborn
Congregation Shaareth Israel
Vicksburg
Miss
Oe Fisher
Rabbi Philippsborn
Rotary Club
Lubbock
Potsdam
Germany
Burton College
Manitou Springs
Colo
Colorado City
Marshall
San Angelo
Tex
Henry B
Dallas
Kurt B
Muncie
Ind
Ruth Saks
Buenos Aires
Self Pity and Charity in a Psalm Inspired Reflection
A brief contemplation urges readers to avoid self pity and melancholia. The author contrasts personal sorrow with the duty to show kindness to others. The piece cites Psalm 69:20 and stresses directing pity toward neighbors rather than oneself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julien C. Hyer
Longtime Lubbock Resident Mrs C Fred Litton Sr Dies
Mrs. C. Fred Litton Sr., 79, of Lubbock, died Friday evening after a lengthy illness in University Hospital. Funeral services planned for Monday at First Baptist Church with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. She came to Lubbock in 1928 from Plainview and active in WMU and local clubs. She is survived by Fred Jr. of Lubbock, James B. of New York, a sister Mrs. George Roper of Dallas, a brother Stanton Barron of Plano, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Fred Litton Sr
Lubbock
University Hospital
First Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Litton
Plainview
WMU
Gleaners Club
Funeral services set for Marlin J. Smith in Ohio
Former Lubbock man Marlin J. Smith 55 died in a Thursday morning automobile crash near Dayton Ohio. Final rites are planned for 2 p.m. Monday at Reynolds Funeral Home Wilmington with a Sunday night Masonic service. Burial in Wilmington cemetery. He moved to Ohio after World War I and attended Lubbock High School. He was a member of the Hatch New Mexico Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife a daughter two sisters and a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Funeral
Wilmington
Ohio
Lubbock
Marlin J. Smith
Maude Smith
Broadway
Reynolds
Masonic Lodge
Hatch
N.M
Rites Pend In City For J. D. Williams
Seven week old Jarret Demando Williams died on arrival at West Texas Hospital at 5 30 a m Friday. Autopsy results not announced. Justice of the Peace F R Land inquest pending. Death due to a severe cold. Sedberry Funeral Home services pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarret Demando Williams
Jerry Williams Jr
Elm St
West Texas Hospital
Justice of the Peace
F. R. Land
Sed‘berry Funeral Home
Tower Reagan meeting fuels GOP coalition talk in 1967
Secret Sacramento conference links Sen. John Tower and Gov. Ronald Reagan over a possible 1968 party balance of power. The plan envisions California as a favorite son bloc and Texas and southern delegations under Tower influence to back a conservative nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carpenter
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
John Tower
California
Ronald Reagan
Sacramento
Calif
Tower
Reagan
Texas
Dixie States
Romney
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
GOP
Funeral services set for Cary Lee Shook
Cary Lee Shook 65 of Lubbock died Friday at St Marys Hospital after a heart attack. Services Sunday 2 p.m. at O Donnell Methodist Church with Rev Bob Brown officiating. Burial O Donnell Cemetery. Survivors include wife Vicy daughter Orba Lee Bethune four brothers and one sister. He had lived in Lubbock three years moving from O Donnell and worked for Rudys Gas Co Smyer and previously in O Donnell schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Lee Shook
St. Mary's Hospital
O'Donnell Methodist Church
Bob Brown
O'Donnell
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Lamesa
Lubbock
Shook
Rudy’s Gas Co
Smyer
Methodist Church
Vicy
Orba Lee Bethune
Idaho Falls
Idaho
J. W. Shook
Bell Gardens
Calif
Jeff Shook
Charlie
Mount Vernon
Ore
Marvin Shook
Cumberland
Ohio
Dovie Kirkland
Hartford Ave
Campbell Rites Set In Matador
Funeral services for Turner W. Campbell 68 longtime Matador resident will be at 3 p.m. today at the Matador Church of Christ officiated by John L. Lewis and Don Bailey. Burial will follow in East Mound Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Directors. Campbell died Friday morning in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after a five day hospitalization for a heart attack. Survivors include wife Mary two sons Sam North Hollywood Calif and Kirby Matador one daughter Mrs Tommy Monnegohon Houston three brothers L W Waco J K Roaring Springs and Ben Shreveport La eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matador
Turner W. Campbell
Matador Church of Christ
John L. Lewis
Abilene
Don Bailey
East Mound Cemetery
Seigler Funeral Home
Campbell
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Mary
Sam
North Hollywood
Calif
Kirby
Tommy Monneghon
Houston
L.W
Waco
J.K
Roaring Springs
Ben
Shreveport
Furman D. Grant's Services Set Today
Funeral services for Furman D. Grant 51 of 3012 39th Street are at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Church of Christ Chapel with ministers Alvin Mitchell and Harold Taylor officiating. Burial follows in Lubbock City Cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors. Grant died Thursday at home. he lived in Lubbock since 1957 and previously in Mule Shoe and Littlefield. He leaves a wife a son and daughter three brothers and a sister. Pallbearers: Dr Ben Lyman Jr Lewis Jerrell Norman Thomas Franklin Grant Bob Gobin Bill Hodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furman D. Grant
39Th St
Sunset Church of Christ
Alvin Mitchell
Anton
Harold Taylor
Lubbock
Church of Christ
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral
Grant
Dunlap’s
Mulesho
County Attorney Battles Over Dry Force Election Clash
West faces accusations of undue pressure in Justice Precinct No 2 dry liquor election as Hammett challenges him to name irrational drys and recounts threats and mob psychology claims. West denies wet coercion while alleging courthouse intimidation and calls for orderly voting by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Hammett
Justice Precinct No. 2
Lubbock County
Drys
Days of Justice
Ed McAdoo dies. services pending in Jefferson
Ed McAdoo, 76, longtime Jefferson resident and retired painting contractor, died Friday at Methodist Hospital after a three day stay. Funeral services are pending at Haggard Funeral Home with local arrangements by Franklin Bartley Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Mattie, two sons Bennie and Glenn, two brothers, three sisters, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggard Funeral Home
Jefferson
Ed McAdoo
42Nd St
Lubbock
McAdoo
Methodist Hospital
Franklin Bartley Funeral Home
Moore’s Chapel Methodist
Mattie
Bennie
Glenn
Hollywood
Calif
Jim
Dallas
Moore McAdoo
Serepta
Mary Hart
McAllen
Sadie Faviell
Ralph Lemmons
Funeral Pending for George Pinky Edge 72
George Pinky Edge 72 of 119 Ave. died Friday night at West Texas Hospital and services are pending at Henderson Funeral Home. Survived by wife Olie Ophelia Edge. three sons Rayburn Lee Warren G and Glenn. brother Warner Edge. sister Mrs. Mattie Simpson. Located in Lubbock with Navy assignment in California and residence in Kansas City Kaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pinky Edge
Ave
Henderson Funeral Home
Edge
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Olie Ophelia Edge
Rayburn Lee
U.S. Navy
Calif
Warren G
Kansas City
Kaw
Glenn
Fort Worth
Warner Edge
Mattie Simpson
Commerce
Florida Governor Denies Impromptu Marriage Plan
Gov Claude Kirk on a Florida vacation at Ocean Reef Club denied reports he plans to marry Erika Mittfeld a Brazilian divorcee. Kirk said they are not engaged and will consult Bishop Hamilton West before any remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Largo
Fla
Claude Kirk
Ocean Reef Club
Kirk
Miami Herald
Erika Mittfeld
Miss Mittfeld
George Wackenhut
Wackenhut Corp
Florida
Arizona
Tallahassee
Legisature
Hamilton West
Episcopal
West
Sandburg Marks 89th Birthday at Mountain Home
Poet Carl Sandburg turned 89 at his mountain home in Flat Rock North Carolina. He predicted he would live at least ten more years and has largely withdrawn from public statements while receiving greetings from across the nation including messages from Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock
N.C
UPI
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
Mrs. Sandburg
Russia
J. R. Fry Services Today in Paris
Funeral services for J. R. Fry 79 will be at 2 p.m. today at Leveritt-Steel Funeral Home Paris. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Fry died at his Paris home at 4 a.m. Thursday born February 1887 in Lamar County. He operated Fry Lumber Co in Paris and was associated with Jack Fry Wholesale Lumber Co in Lubbock. He leaves five sons four daughters 24 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Fry
Lubbock
Leveritt-Steel Funeral Home
Paris
Evergreen Cemetery
Fry
Lamar County
Fry Lumber Company
Jack Fry Wholesale Lumber Co
W. E. Gandy’s Rites In Snyder
Snyder Texas special death notice for W E Gandy 72 died at Hendrick Memorial Abilene. Funeral 2 30 p m Sunday Bell Seale Chapel Ira Cemetery with ministers Richard Williams and Don Browning. Survived by five daughters and one son, five sisters, five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Bud
Mexia
L. M
Victoria
Nick
Midland
Porter
New Orleans
Monte
Breckenridge
Funeral Pending for Hale Center Man Run Down by Train
J Bell Riney 54 of Hale Center died when his car was struck by a Santa Fe train northwest of Shallowater at US 84 FM 179. He was the county 1967 traffic fatality. Survived by wife Loreta three sons two brothers a sister and his parents. He was a farmer living in Hale Center since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bell Riney
Star Rt
Hale Center
Santa Fe
Shallowater
Henderson Funeral Directors
Riney
Jackie Hopper
Clovis
J. B. (Loreta) Riney
Jesse Joe
Brownfield
Fred H
Sacramento
Calif
Air Force
Ronald Gene
F. B
James
Slaton
L. F. Taylor
New Home
J. J. Riney
Taylor County
Abilene
Mark Williams Funeral Today
Funeral services for seven week old Mark Allen Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Lonnie Williams Jr, will be at 2 30 p m in George Price Funeral Home Levelland with Rev Donald White officiating Burial will be in the City of Levelland Cemetery George Price Funeral Home in charge of arrangements The infant died about 10 am Thursday in a Lubbock physician s office He is survived by his parents two sisters Kathy and Debbie paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Lonnie Williams Sr and Mrs Delbert Pevytoe all of Lubbock paternal great grandparents Mr and Mrs J B Tucker of Lubbock and maternal great grandmother Mrs B Hammontree of Bastrop La
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Mark Allen Williams
Lonnie Williams Jr
George Price
Donald White
Fifth Street Baptist Church
City of Levelland
Lubbock
Kathy
Debbie
Lonnie Williams Sr
Delbert Pevytoe
J. B. Tucker
B. Hammontree
Bastrop
Troy Morris Rites Planned
Funeral services are planned for Troy M. Morris, 67, former mayor of Ropesville and editor of the Levelland Daily Sun. Burial will be in Ropesville. Morris, a noted newspaperman, worked in Ralls and Ropesville before moving to Levelland. Survivors include a son, three daughters, a brother, 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Troy M. Morris
Ropesville
Levelland Daily Sun
George Price
Morris
Ralls
Stroke Proves Fatal To Judge Armstrong
Dallas AP report states Judge R Wright Armstrong a 41 year old Tarrant County criminal court judge died five days after a stroke at Love Field. He organized the teenage jury system and the Youth Council in Fort Worth and worked with young people in the county. He had come to Dallas to place his daughter Molly 9 on a plane to New York to live with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
R. Wright Armstrong
Tarrant County
Love Field
Armstrong
Fort Worth
Molly
New York
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J. D. Williams
Thomas H. Kuchel
George Murphy
Ray Bloss
Cary Lee
George P. Edge
Sandburg
W. E. Gandy
Snyder
Pends
Mark Williams
Troy Morris Rites
Resthaven Funeral Home
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Ater
Betty
Rose
Monterey
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