Inaugural to Be’33 Repeat Threatens Smooth Changeover
Washington AP report notes a cold wind of hostility may disrupt the transfer of power from Johnson to Nixon. Advisers say Nixon is acting like FDR did in 1933 by resisting joint action in the national financial crisis and faces a looming inflation issue as Johnson prepares to submit a new budget before leaving office January 20.
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Jack Bell Washington
Johnson
Nixon
Franklin, D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
White House
Congress
Texas
Tom Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Deputy SLAIN as Cherry Fights Police at Motel
Dallas sheriff’s deputy Buddy Walthers died after a gunfight with James Walter Cherry 40, and Cherry’s girlfriend Twyna Blankenship, 23, at Room 13 of the Eastern Hills Motel. Beaten deputy Al Maddox was wounded. Cherry fled after firing five shots. Police arrested Cherry and Blankenship without further violence. Thacker faced narcotics charges.
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Cherry
Sheriff's Office
Buddy Walthers
al Maddox
Eastern Hills
Twyna Lowell Blankenship
Denton
Dallas
Paul R. Thacker
Bill Decker
Maddox
Waithers
Walther
Paul Lewis
A J Swindle Wins Fourth in State UPI Interpretive
Avalanche Journal writer Howard Swindle placed fourth in interpretive reporting at the 11th annual Texas UPI Editors Association convention in Longview for a 1968 prostitution series. Avalanche-Journal also received a 30 year UPI subscriber award along with Childress Index and Bonham Daily Favorite. Canadians on Wheels Ottawa reports over 20 million Canadians bought more than 3 billion dollars worth of motor vehicles in 1968.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche - Journal
Texas United Press International Editory Association
Longview
Texas
Swindle
UPI
Childress Index
Bonham Daily
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Students' killer likely a young white prowler
Investigators say the Texas case points to a young white prowler. A photograph from an Air Force RF4C reconnaissance plane reportedly shows the area near the lake where Miss Morris and Miss Morris and John Albert Lang were last seen.
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Air Force
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lang
White
Corpus Christi
Tex
Peace
Morris
Bull Creek
Austin
Miss Morris
Inks Lake
Texas Dps
University of Texas
John White
Keitha Morris
Lakewood
U.S. Air Force
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Finch uses desegregation funds as ultimate weapon
Robert H. Finch, Nixon's health and welfare secretary designate, said federal funds would be withheld only as an ultimate weapon to press desegregation in public schools. He outlined a balanced, case by case approach, noting de facto segregation nationwide and stressing Congress did not intend an across the board funding halt.
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New York
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Pierre
Finch
Congress
Connally Names Houston District Judge Cartwright
Gov John Connally appoints Reagan Cartwright of Houston to the 55th District bench replacing Sears McGee who moves to the Texas Supreme Court. Cartwright, a 27 year Houston attorney and UT Law School graduate, is senior partner at Dohoney, Esson et Lucas and Cartwright.
Births and obituaries across Lubbock area communities
The piece lists births in Bartlesville and Caldwell with Robyn Rene Roelofs, child of Cecelia Barberousse and Lt. Col. Milton Rolofs, and service notices for Vietnam casualty Freddie Williams and others. Also covering civ il jury panels for Stone and Redwine’s credit groups, debate team honors at Texas Tech, and local church services for Mary Eddie Morris Mayes Miller Lela Thomas Yates and Legion Post 148 meeting details.
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Michael R. Pinks
James Roelefs
Labton
Lubbock
Arebock
Idaho
Bartlesville
Oklo
Caldwell
Roelofs Cecelia Barberousse
Clarence Kirby Rites Planned
Clarence M. Kirby 65 died Friday night in El Paso. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Charles W. Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. Earl Landtroop officiating. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery north of Clovis. Survivors: wife, three daughters Christine Martin San Marcos Jean Horner San Antonio Dana Ratliff La Luz NM. seven sons Cecil Baileyville IL Lester Roy Clovis Vernon Army Vietnam Charles Army Okinawa James Navy Jacksonville FL Michael El Paso. brother H. K. of Muleshoe. 21 grandchildren five great grandchildren.
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Clovis
Clarence M. Kirby
el Paso
Charles W. Steed
Earl Landtroop
Prince Street Baptist Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Steed-Todd Funeral Home
Kirby
Christine Martin
San Marcos
Jean Horner
San Antonio
Dana Ratliff
la Luz
N. M
Cecil
Baileyville
Lester
Roy
Vernon
Vietnam
Charles
Okinawa
James
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Michael
H. KE
Muleshoe
Mrs Winter Services Set in Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Services for Mrs Tommie Winter 46 lifelong Scurry County resident will be at 2 pm Monday at Colonial Hill Baptist Church with Rev Don Hanson of Farmington New Mexico officiating Burial will follow at Dunn Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction She died Saturday at her home Rt 1 Hermleigh Survivors include husband Milton three sons Ted Ricky and Tommy Winter her parents Marvin and Mrs Hansen of Dunn three brothers Marvin Hermleigh Roy Snyder and one grandchild
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Ted
Ricky
Garland
Set
Tommy Winter
Dong Ha
Vietnam
Marvin Hansen
Dunn
Marvin
Hermleigh
Roy
Snyderland
Don Hanson
Plainview Man Fred Benefield Funeral Planned
Funeral services for Fred Benefield 55 who died Saturday night in a Plainview hospital will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with Mark Williams and Rev Russell McAnnally officiating. Burial follows at Plainview Memorial Park under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. A Riverdale Georgia native, Benefield moved to Plainview in 1946 and lived in Lakeview Hale and Swisher counties. He was a farmer and member of the Plainview Elks Club and Plainview Rodeo Association. Survived by his wife two sons Key and Timmy Dallas two daughters Mrs Sirs K W Brodeen and Mrs Freda Dee of Dallas a sister Mrs Graham of Fort Scott Kan and five grandchildren.
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Plainview
Fred Benefield
First United Methodist Church
Mark Williams
Russell McAnnally
Trinity Methodist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Riverdale
Benefield
Met Opera Star John Brownlee Dies at 72 in New York
John Brownlee former Met opera star and Broadway musical singer died Friday night in New York. A baritone trained by Dame Nellie Melba he led the Manhattan School of Music as president while spearheading a 9.5 million campaign to expand facilities. He joined the school in 1953 as head of vocal studies and was president since 1966. Brownlee advised on the arts under Eisenhower and Kennedy serving on international exchange efforts. Born in Australia he debuted at Melba’s farewell performance.
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NEW York
John Brownlee
Metropolitan Opera
Brownlee
Nellie Melba
Manhattan School of Music
Eisenhower Brownlee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Committee For International Exchange
Australia
Melba
Opera singer Brownlee dies leaves family and widow
After a 42 year Covent Garden career Brownlee performed in Paris and European festivals before joining the Metropolitan Opera from 1936 to 1958. He appeared in The Vagabond King on Broadway and was the second president of the American Guild of Musical Artists. He leaves a widow, the former Countess Carla Oddo di Feletto, two sons and a daughter. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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London
Paris Opera
Metropolitan Opera
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Brownlee
American Guild of Musical Artists
Carla Oddone di Feletto
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St. John the Divine
Rites Planned for Mrs. Theresa Fahnert at Clovis
Mrs Theresa Fahnert 68 of Clovis died Friday night after hospitalization at Clovis Memorial Hospital A rosary service is set for 7 p m today at Steed Todd Funeral Home chapel with funeral services at 10 a m Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Burial will be in Plains Sanctuary Mausoleum Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery Survivors include son Joe A Fahnert Clovis four brothers Henry and Al Amrein New Orleans La Robert and William Amrein Houston a sister Mrs John Adams and two grandchildren Funeral services for Ruby Jewel Andreon 44 of Andrews will be at 2 p m Monday at Sedberry Funeral Chapel in Andrews Burial under direction of Kerry Funeral Chapel Survivors include husband Ora D Wyatt a daughter Bertha Jo Anne Brown a son Ray James Collier and five grandchildren with other relatives noted
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Theresa Fahnert
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Plains Sanctuary
Mission Garden of Memories
Joe A. Fahnert
Robert
William Amrein
Andrews
Houston
Henry
al William Henry Collier
Offred Amrein
New Or Andrews
John
Permian General Adams
New Orleans
Singleton Fine
Burt Hungerford
Trinity Baptist Church
Ruby Jewel
Andreon Comet
Wyatt
Ave. B
Singleton
Methodist Hospital
Masonite Emeries
Sedberry
Collier
Eral Chapel
R. S. Scott
New Hope Baptist
Moran
Tex
Arkansas
City of Lubbock
Cem
Ledy
Silver Hill
Lena Stubbs
Knox City
DeQueen
Ark
Linda Moore
Amherst
George C. Collier
99 Year Old Abernathy Woman Dies
Savannah Loveless, a 99 year old Abernathy resident, died Saturday in a Lubbock nursing home. Services will be at 10 am Monday at the First Baptist Church of Abernathy with Rev. Murray Brewer officiating. Burial follows in Abernathy Cemetery under Chambers Funeral Home. She was born in Mississippi and moved to Abernathy area in 1924. Survivors include a son Ernest Loveless of Lubbock, a daughter Mrs H E Anderson of Abernathy, 29 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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Savannah Loveless
Lubbock
First Baptist Church of
Earl Ballews Rites Pend
Earl Ballew 79 a resident since 1946 died at 1 30 p m Saturday in a local hospital Services are pending at Lem ons Funeral Home He was a native of Cameron and a retired farmer Survived by two daughters Mrs J Q Wheeler Hale Center and Mrs R N Tekel Alamo gordo N M two sons Jim Tulsa and Delbert Plainview one brother J C Plainview and four grandchildren and great grandchildren KILLS SIX Manila UP I Filipina couple killed six children in a pre dawn fire Their eldest daughter died after rushing back into the Sagamore Hill home of Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay to rescue her and her siblings a historic note references national sites
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Earl Ballew
Winters
Lemons Funeral Home
Cameron
Ballew
Bessie
J. QO. Wheeler
Hale Center
R. N. Tekel
Alamogordo
N.M
Jim
Tulsa
Delbert
J. C
Manila
UPI
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Manhattan
Brothers and Sisters
Funeral Pending for Mrs. Nancy Ross of Plainview
Services for 85 year old Mrs. Nancy Ross of Plainview are pending at Wood Dufy Ning Funeral Home after her death at Heritage Convalescent. She was born in Arkansas in 1901 and lived in Plainview since 1938, with two sisters, Mrs. Herschel Goodgson and Olive Keene, both of Plainview.
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Plainview
Nancy Ross
Wood
Dufyning
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