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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1968

Page

2

Funeral notices and community updates from Lubbock area

Multiple notices and brief items: Ivan B. Fry's death and funeral plans for Lam King of Paris Texas. King family survivors listed. City Championship Partners '42 tournament registrations open at Hodges Center with entry deadline and cash prizes. Hugh Fisher recovering at St Marys Hospital. grand jury sworn in Math District Court with list of members. Lynn County deputy Woody Woody injured in car crash. services for Fannie Edna Sharp and Hugh Merlen Zimmermann. American Legion posts hold meetings and plan yearly activities. El Salvador lacks Atlantic seacoast noted.

Hodges Community Center D1st Street University Avenue City Championship Partners Fannie Edna (Grannie) Sharp E. Tth. Sr Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Henderson Funeral Chapel City of Lubbock Cemetery J. B. Roberts Wendell Birdwell Sam Evans R. H. Davis Clyde Jones R. C. Mann

Fire at Normandie retirement club injures, displaces elderly residents

A seven story Normandie Retirement Club fire in Philadelphia drives 350 residents into 10 degree air. 39 hospitalized including 10 policemen and 10 firefighters as debris crushes cars and the building is left a total loss. John Lucy 77 started the blaze by smoking a cigarette. Police and fire crews evacuated bedfast residents and carried others to safety amid dense smoke and alarms.

Philadelphia Marys James McCarry Normandie John Doyle John Lucy Doyle James Davis

Burglary Wave Tapers After Weekend Thefts

Police reports list multiple burglaries over the weekend with several missing items. Joe Sanders reports a $350 welding machine stolen near Pioneer Iron Works at 8123 University Avenue. Lillian Cornwell reports a ransacked bedroom with no believed missing. Richard Huff reports a $52 microphone taken from his rooms at Texas Tech. Gladys Mitchell reports a kitchen and living area ransacked with several large items missing. William Roberts reports $425 stolen from his pump station at 4315 Brownfield Highway. Dwain Lance reports a boat valued at $350 stolen. A rock tossed through Dr. Jack Dunns office glass caused $120 in damage.

Joe Sanders 68Th St Pioneer Iron Works University Avenue Lillian Cornwell Baylor Richard Huff Texas Tech Gladys Mitchell Caliifornia William Roberts Brownfield Hwy Dwain Lance 8Th St Jack Dunn 21St St

Innertube Tree Crash Injures Boulder County Investigator

Kenneth Strawn a 40 year old chief investigator for the Boulder County sheriff office was injured in a inner tube down a snow slope collision with a tree over the weekend He suffered 15 broken tibias and a broken collar bone and remained in fair condition Monday after the accident occurred during a routine patrol chase event

Boulder, Colon Kenneth Strawn Strawn Boulder County Sheriff's Office

Ambassad Bowles Returns with Talks on Cambodian Territory

Ambassador Bowles arrived for a Monday mission with President to discuss use of Cambodian land by Vietnamese troops. Prince Norodom Sihanouk dismissed the trip as futile, urging Bowles to visit Angkor instead and stating no foreign occupation will be tolerated, relying on protests and diplomacy first.

Ambassad Bowles Noredom Sihanouk Bowles Angkor John F. Kennedy U.S Néeu Sihanouk - Salq

Water Board election in Lubbock County seeks three directors

Four candidates compete for three seats on Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Buffalo Springs Lake. Incumbents Browning Kizer and Rose seek reelection. challengers include John R. Alexander. Voters in Lubbock and surrounding precincts cast ballots at designated polling places.

Lubbock County

Trailer Fire Claims Amarillo Woman

A fire caused by a faulty butane heater killed Mary Lou Gregory, 62, in a trailer home. Firefighters fought the blaze in near freezing weather with 15 to 20 mph winds after neighbors discovered the fire near the door.

Amarillo Dpl Mary Lou Gregory

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Anna Casey 15Th St Ivan B. Fry Ladonia Lubbock King Hubert Phillips Ralls Lam King Limerick Paris Tex A. A. King Phillips Lowery Riley Cora Bartlett Sam L. King Bo Pale King Wases Hugh C. Fisher St. Mary’s Hospital Math District Court Robert H. Bean Dorothy Evans Forentan Jacqueline Slavin G. C. Dowell E. F. Fuller J. J. Aderton Fred Bradshaw Joe Diaz Verbal Peeples George Scott Jr Byron White Waymon Mulkey Lynn County Orville D. Woody Lynn - Lubbock Woody West Texas Hospital Hugh Merlen Zimmerman 6Th St Mount Moriah Memorial Cemetery Kansas City Zimmerman Methodist Hospital Allen Brothers Post The American Legion Legion Hall Ave. Q J. Louis Murfee Jr George F. Berry American Legion Post 575 Post 66Th St el Salvador Central American Republics Kok Philadelphia Holocaust Warsaw Poland Avatarche Swanins Vietnam India Tom New Delhi Foreign Ministry Noel Deschamps Australia Cambodia Washington Woodrow Sihanouk Cooper Hurlwood New Deal Monroe Abernathy Old Court Broadway Avenue H 35Th Street Indiana Avenue Wolfforth Wolfforth City Hall Shallowater Becton, Roosevelt Idalou Idaiou City Hall Slaton McClung and Posey W. Garza ON Sale Iettie Evang AS Tal Tay VICKS Antacid Geritol Rea Miracle Platte Nat Simon Mr. Simon Finance & & Thrift T Corporation of Texas Robert Spence Ave. M. Lubbock, Texas
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