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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1972
Page
4
Fire officials report a blaze swept through a single residence driven by strong winds. Two automobiles were damaged, one in the garage and another nearby, as responders fought the flames in frigid January air.
Funeral services for David H. White 68 publisher of the Jewish Herald Voice and Jewish Digest are held today in Houston. White died Wednesday of cancer at Methodist Hospital after leading Houston's Jewish community and serving as national vice president of the Jewish Welfare Board.
Webster County chief deputy says a single killer may be active in the area and orders water and land searches for remains of a fifth murdered girl, Phonda Renee Johnson, 14, found near the Manned Spacecraft Center area. Deputies use air boats and dredge to uncover bones likely buried by storms.
A Belmont trucker overheard radio voices guiding burglars at a Regal Catering Service skylight. Police say three youths with walkie talkies fled in a car. two were later caught. All three booked for burglary investigation amid a separate large field fire and gin damage nearby.
Jim Williamson will discuss a summer camp for special children at Topo during a Monday Licensed Vocational Nurses Association meeting at Colonial Nursing Home. Services were set for Mrs. John T Burke and Mrs. Mildren Hern, with multiple hospitalizations and local funeral arrangements announced.
Robert Andrew Martin 80 died about 10 45 a m Wednesday at Lockney General Hospital funeral services set for 3 p m today at the United Methodist Church in Flamet with Rev Luther Baker pastor assisted by Rev Larry Cole Baptist minister of Flamet Burial under direction of Quitaque Funeral Home will be in Flamet Cemetery Martin born in Meridian had lived Motley County 79 years member of United Methodist Church and retired farmer He survived by three sons Albert Raymond Alfred two daughters Edith Washington Gertrud Light three brothers Van Mark Wade a sister Mrs Mary Hall 12 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild
Gov. Preston Smith announced approval of 471 436 in federal funds for Texas park improvements. Balmarhea State Park in Reeves County receives 144 450. Meridian State Park 358 373. Lyndon B Johnson State Park 6 808. Port Lavaca pool project 78 500. Cottonwood Park Grand Prairie 58 200. Abilene State Park 15 000. Goose Island State Park 10 000.
Public health official Dr. Hollis J. S. Ingraham says healthy adults need not receive flu vaccine this winter while urging chronically ill individuals with lung or heart conditions diabetes to get shots annually. Limited supplies are reserved for the medically vulnerable.
Levelland special memorial for J M Bowman 51 died Monday night at home from heart attack. Services at 10 a m George Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Alby J Cockrell officiating. Burial City of Levelland Cemetery. Bowman WWII veteran awarded silver star and purple heart. Survivors include wife Jean two sons Mike Dallas and Larry in Germany mother Pearl Bowman father W R Bowman and half brother Bo Bowman.
New York AP Crosby will head the Arthritis Foundation fundraising campaign for 1971 announced by board Chairman Charles B. Harding. Crosby, 67, has a mild form of arthritis that has responded to treatment. The main drive will run in May National Arthritis Month.
Universal Science News reports a puzzling condition where a healthy person loses ability to smell or taste. Doctors name it idiopathic hypogeusia, link it to nutritional deficiency, and note zinc-sulfate capsules may relieve symptoms.
California Solon H Allen Smith plans retirement next January from the House Rules Committee after 16 years, seeking more time with family and a relaxed life. Fires across Lubbock area sparked by high winds burned grassland, damaged property, and prompted store closures and gin operations to halt.
Beeville Texas reports Ensign Calvin David Robertson 23, student pilot at Chase Field Naval Air Station, died when his Hawkeye trainer crashed during a training flight. Instructor Lt. Fred W. Jones 24 ejected unharmed. Robertson survived by wife Judith of Beeville and parents Amos and (noted) Robertson of Chico California.
Jacob Mboya Arawo, Kenya's oldest resident from South Nyanya near Lake Victoria, dies at age old. His death was reported by R. M. Shepard of Santa Fe Memorial Hospital and the age and surviving kin listed include three wives and many descendants. Burial plans include service at First United Methodist Church Slaton with Englewood Cemetery in Solingen, Germany.
A devotional reflection cites Job chapter 42 verse 10 and the habit of praying for friends. The text notes blessings follow when one prays for others amid personal troubles and crises.
Mose M. Jones 69 died in Seagraves Hospital. Services are at Webb Funeral Home Chapel Seagraves at 2 p.m. with Rev Don Worthington officiating. Burial follows in Fairview Cemetery. He formerly lived near Seagraves worked for Pete Flippo and leaves a wife a son and several daughters and grandchildren. He was a Cross Plains native who moved to Gimes County about 16 years ago. Survivors include wife son Robert D Jones Albuquerque NM daughters Janie Hopper Lovington and Bill McCann Stamford father Robert D Anson brother Andy Stanford sisters and seven grandchildren.
Olton special report Emil Sorley 79 retired farmer found dead at his home around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Justice of the Peace W B Finney ruled natural causes services pending at Parsons Funeral Home Sorley a Cranfills Gap native lived in Olton 42 years World War II veteran Baptist Survivors include wife Beulah Belle three daughters two sons a sister and a brother with 22 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Fred Allen Herndon 21 of 6202 Lynnhaven Drive was killed in a one car crash on Highway 36 three miles south of Orchard. Investigating officers said the car ran off the right side, crossed the road into a ditch, went into the air and landed on a nearby railroad track, skidding 220 yards. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Guy Wynn and taken to Germany Funeral Home in Rosenberg.
Mrs. Lillie Oden 76 of 3115 Emory St died Wednesday at Highland Hospital after residing in Lubbock since 1947. She belonged to 17th and Avenue NN Church of Christ. Services at Yorum foray at Seven teenth and Avenue N with Ford Copeland of Hot Springs NM officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors. Survived by three sons M T, M H, A B of Borger, two daughters Mrs. W C Floyd Smyer and June Story Lubbock, two sisters Mrs A R Mickey Canyon and Mrs Carl Moran Vernon.
Funeral services for H K Edwards, 77, of 1631 57th St, will be held at 4 p.m. today at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home chapel with Rev Wayne Perry officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Edwards died Tuesday afternoon at Methodist Hospital after a long illness. A Crowell native, he moved to Lubbock in 1964, once owned R B Edwards Dry Goods, and belonged to Crowell First Baptist Church. He was Baylor graduate, a Mason, Rotary life member, and a Shriner. Survivors: two sons Bob of Lubbock, J H K Edwards of Quito, Ecuador. a daughter Mrs Alton K Roark of Hereford. a sister Mrs Cressie Self of Taibboek. and three others.
U S customs agents in Houston report sharp increases in the first half of the 1972 fiscal year for heroin and hashish seizures. Hashish totals hovered near 150 pounds versus 16 in the prior period while heroin rose to 3 pounds from 2.4 for all of 1971. Marijuana seizures reached 1,218 pounds with little change from early period. Paraguay and Bolivia are noted as South America's landlocked nations.
Battle erupts near the Santo Domingo airport as 4,000 army air force and police press a siege on a cave holding leftist guerrillas. Nine soldiers and four guerrillas die. two escape. Area declared a war zone. schools closed and flights disrupted.
Curtice D. Hawthorne 54 of Canyon died Tuesday night in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a short illness. Funeral at Canyon Episcopal University Chapel. Burial in Dreamland Cemetery Canyon. Survived by wife Hazel Bassham three sons Drayton David Kevin Timothy and John Curtice two daughters Holly Olivia and a large extended family. Memorials suggested to Opportunity Plan of West Texas State University Canyon.
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