Solons Begin Work On State's Fiscal Outlay
Texas senators opened work on a $3.5 billion spending bill with Lt. Gov. Preston Smith naming a finance committee chairman. The measure moves to public hearings, covering salaries, schools, mental health facilities, and new state buildings as part of a two year budget plan.
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Solons
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Finance Committee
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Smith
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Texas Legislative Board
House
House Appropriation Committee
General Revenue Fund
Connally
Budget Board
Robert 8. Calvert
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Richmond
Lufkin
Clemens
Gainesville
Gatesville
Colored Girls Training School
Crockett
Obituaries and notices from Idalou and Plainview area
Services for Mrs. K M McCray 79 longtime Idalou resident will be at 2 p m today in Idalou Cemetery Cline Drake of Gordon will officiate Burial will be in Idalou Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction Mrs McCray died at 255 p m Tuesday at West Texas Hospital In Seagraves Randy Munoz 16 with critical condition after being struck by a car in Seagraves Officers to be elected at German Shepherd Dog Club meeting in Lubbock at 8 am today in Security National Bank Visistors welcome Sean Jones Dallas North Texas director of public relations and industrial relations for Texas Manufacturers Assn main speaker at noon meeting of South Plains Chapter at Johnson House Floyd O Boles Midland reaipus TMA manager to discuss 1965 activities About 25 expected Don Randolph South Plains chapter chairman Oscar Whitacre 4 Plainview man remains in Methodist Hospital Orient with head injury from fall at Producers Grain Elevator in Plainview
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K. M. “McCray
Idalou
Idalou Cemetery
Cline Drake
Gordon
B. C. Stapleton
Rix Funeral Home
German Shepherd Dog Club of
Lubbock
Security National Nk
Bracenfield Rd
Sean Jones
Dallas
North Texas
Texas Manufacturers Assn
South Plains
Johnson House
Floyd O. Boles
Midland
Reaipus Tma
Don Randolph
Oscar Whitacre
Plainview
Methodist Hospital
Orient Commeition
Producers
Front Brings Chilly Readings Across Texas
A Canadian air mass sweeps into Texas bringing cooler temperatures to the Panhandle and Northwest Texas. Light rain dampens South Texas while Central and East Texas stay mostly cloudy and mild. Early lows range from 18 in Dalhart to 62 in Brownsville with scattered readings elsewhere. A cold front extends toward the Gulf bringing light rain mainly along the coast.
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United Press
Texas
Panhandle
South
Central
East Texas
Gulf
Dalhart
Brownsville
Amarillo
Lubbock
Midland
North Dakota
Midlands
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Waterloo
Ohio
Nation
Rockies
Washington
Astronauts Supplant Beatles as Heroes in School Images
Young students increasingly idolize astronauts over cowboys and even the Beatles. Houston school superintendent Dr. John McFarland notes space inspires imagination and interest in youth, saying astronauts have replaced the knight in shining armor.
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Dares
Houston
John McFarland
McFarland
Rich Get Richer Discount Household Spending Gleaned
A Texas A&M University survey finds discount houses are used more by the rich than the poor. The report notes 30 percent of wealthier families frequent discount stores, while a lower percentage of households under $3,000 annual income shop there.
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College Station
Tex
UPI
Texas A&m University
McCines
Two Day Stands Oliver Draws 3000 At Civic Lubbock
Civic Lubbock presents Oliver a Broadway hit at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium attracting more than 1600 for the second performance and a cumulative total near 3000 for the two show run. The season ends January 28 with Never Too Late starring Lyle Talbot and Penny Singleton at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the box office.
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Civic Lubbock, Inc
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
Civic Lubbock
Lyle Talbot
Penny
Singleton
John Wright Services Slated In Seagraves
Funeral services for John C. Wright 73 Seagraves resident of five years will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Mexican Baptist Mission with Rev. Fred Martine and Rev. Wesley Daniel officiating. Burial will follow in Seagraves Cemetery under Webb Funeral Home direction. Wright, a welder, died Tuesday evening in Seagraves Clinic Hospital after a brief illness. He was a native of Shafter Texas and survived by his wife seven daughters nine sons a sister and nine grandchildren.
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Seagraves
John C. Wright
Fred Martine
Wesley Daniel
First Methodist Church
Seagraves Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Wright
Seagraves Clinic
Shafter
Tex
Something New In Kennedy Keepsake
Worcester firm markets a miniature edition of President Kennedy's inaugural address. Priced at 3.50 per copy, the gilt edged handmade paper keepsake measures 1% by 1% and is bound in navy blue card.
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Worcester
Mass
Kennedy
Beverly Ann Donze Named at Pattonville High
Beverly Ann Donze, a teacher at Pattonville High School in Missouri, is identified in a brief UPI item. the note lists her initials as part of the study.
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Louis Upi
Beverly Ann Donze
Subur- Pattonville
Gallup Finds Decline in U S Church Attendance Since 1958 Peak
Gallup polling shows weekly church attendance in 1964 at 49.5 million adults, down from 50.1 million in 1963 and near the 1955 and 1958 peaks of 49 percent. The report notes Catholics and New England residents lead in attendance, with education and income affecting rates. Women attend more than men, and white-collar workers top the attendance list.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Optaion
Princeton
N.J
America
Gallup
U. S
New England
Vetere
East Central
West Central
South Ee
Hice
Eavtee Ae
How weak is thy heart Ezekiel 16 30
Poem excerpt admonishes readers to hide personal ailments and vulnerabilities. Cautionary verse warns that exposing faults invites harm and judgment, urging self-control and secrecy to avoid being struck at weak points.
Lubbock Man’s Brother Dies in Madisonville
Oscar Jones aged 73 of Madisonville died Tuesday afternoon in a Veterans Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. today at Day Funeral Home with burial in Madisonville Cemetery. He was a World War I veteran and former employee of The Avalanche Journal. Survived by wife and four children.
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Oscar Jones
Madisonville
A. F E. Jones
16Th St
Day Funeral Home
Lubbock
Avalanche Journal
Jones
Rites Pending for Lubbock Man Sim C Griffin
Sim C Griffin 60 of 1315 60th St died 11 30 am Wednesday at home Born in Sparta Tennessee he lived in Lubbock 20 years from Castro County He was a service station employee and a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Surviving wife a daughter Miss LaVonne Griffin Memphis Tennessee and two sisters Mrs Ray Lawhon Mule Shoe and Mrs Donnie Long Yuma Arizona Arrangements pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home
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Sim C. Griffin
60Th St
Sparta
Tenn
Griffin
Lubbock
Castro County
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
LaVonne Griffin
Memphis
Ray Lawhon
Muleshoe
Donnie Long
Yuma, Ariz
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Poland Expels U S Air Attache Over Base Photo Charge
Poland declared Col. George F. Carey Jr. persona non grata and ordered his departure within two weeks after alleging he photographed an air base at Bydgoszcz. Carey denied wrongdoing as officials weigh possible U S retaliation, while Canada’s James Borden was not expelled.
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Washington
Poland
U.S
Warsaw
State Department
Foreign Ministry
John M. Cabot
George F. Carey Jr
Robert J. McCloskey
Carey
McCloskey
Cabot
United States
Bydgoszcz
James Borden
Borden
Retired Area Merchant Ollie Robison Dies at 89
Ollie Newton Robison, 89, longtime Littlefield furniture store owner and civic worker, died Wednesday at West Plains Hospital Mule Shoe. Services set for Friday at First Christian Church with Rev. Herman Swink officiating. Burial in Littlefield Memorial Park. Survivors include five sons and three daughters, plus siblings and many grandchildren.
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Littlefield
Ollie Newton Robison
West Plains Hospital
Muleshoe
First Christian Church
Herman Swink
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
Tinels
Robinson
Cecil
Spokane
Wash
Newton
South Gate
Calif
William Cooper Rites Friday
Funeral services for William Tolbert Cooper 88 longtime Cottle County resident are set for 2 p m Friday at the Missionary Baptist Church Paducah. The Rev Richard Bolt and Rev Robert Beck will officiate burial is in Garden of Memories Cemetery Norris Funeral Home directing Cooper a retired farmer lived on a farm east of Paducah 41 years born in Hunt County Texas survivors include five daughters four sons two brothers a stepsister 33 grandchildren and 49 great grandchildren
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Paducah
William Tolbert Cooper
Cottle
Missionary Baptist Church of
Richard Bolt
Robert Beck
First Baptist Church
Garden of Memories
Norris Funeral Home
Cooper
D. B
Quanah
A. B. Sulphur Springs
Tex
Ed Cooper
Childress
Offie Cooper
San Antonio
Delea Dobba
Wisconsin dairymen form milk firm for soft drink bottles
Wisconsin dairymen form a company to sell milk in soft drink type bottles for vending machine sales. The first product will be chocolate milk.
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College Station, Tex
UPI
Wisconsin
Texas A&m University
Amarilloan Heket elected potentate of Khiva Temple
Amarillo resident John M. Heket was elected potentate of Khiva Temple succeeding Bil Holmes of Lubbock. Other officers named include Rich ard Roberts as Chief Rabban and Ivan Boxwell as assistant Rabban. Over 600 Shriners from a 38 county region attended. Heket, a longtime Amarillo civic leader, will head the 4397 nobles this year.
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Avalanche-Journal
Amarillo
Noble John M. Heket
Khiva
Noble C. A
Bil) Holmes
Lubbock
Richard Roberts
Rabban
Ivan Boxwell
Richard C. Cline
Demaris Holt
Pampa
Oriental Guide
Robert Neely
Bill Fairley
Recorder
Claude Miller
Friona
C. L. Harris
3&County Khivan
McAlester
Okla
Ilustrious Potentate
Khiva Temple
Heket
Elk City
Continental Panhandle Trailways
Air Base Bus Lines
Pamipa
Borger Chambers of Commerce
Rites Set For Ex City Man Lindsey
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday for E. R. Lindsey 75 of Freeport a retired farmer who died Monday night in Baptist Memorial Hospital San Angelo. Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery with Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home directing. Lindsey formerly lived in Cotton Center and Lubbock and leaves a wife two sons a daughter a step daughter three brothers a sister 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Marcus Barrington Fred Hubbard Loy Stewart R J Burnett Tommie Applewhite and Alton Dixon.
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E. R. Lindsey
Route 1
Freeport
Baptist Memorial Hospital
San Angelo
Southcrest Baptist Church
Norman Fry
West End Baptist Church
J. B. Fowler
City of Lubbock
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Lindsey
Cotton Center
Lubbock
Reginald Lindsey
Hale Center
Alvin Lindsey
Lockney
Geneva West
Abilene
W. H. Plummer
C. L. Lindsey
67Th St
L. L. Lindsey
Shallowater
Virgil H. Shaw Rites In Floydada
Virgil H. Shaw 50 of Floydada died Tuesday night after a long illness. Funeral services at 10 a.m. in First Methodist Church Floydada with Rev. Charles Lutrick officiating. Burial in Floydada Cemetery under Moore Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife Mary Gamble two sisters a brother and his father.
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Floydada
Virgil H.shaw
First Methodist Church
Charles Lutrick
Moore
Shaw
Mary Gamble
Lee Cornelius
Plainview
John Austin
Lubbock
Sanford Shaw
Ferndale
Calif
W. A. Shaw
San Angelo
City Man Bill Selby Funeral Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for Bill Selby, 45, of 1114 44th St will be held at 2 pm Friday at W. W. Rix Chapel officiated by Rev T Wesley Davis of Butler Heights Baptist Church. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery with Rix Funeral Home directing. He died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. Survivors include his wife a stepson George Jones of the home three stepdaughters Mrs Artie Faye Bell Dallas Mrs Dollie Faye Felty and Mrs Catherine Langford both of Quanah two brothers George Selby Wichita Falls and Roy Selby Walters Okla and a sister Mrs Martha Black of Oklahoma.
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Bill Selby
44Th St
W. W. Rix
T. Wesley Davis
Butler Heights Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Rix
Artie Faye Bell
Dallas
Dollie Faye Felty
Catherine Langford
Quanah
George Selby
Wichita Falls
Roy Selby
Walters
Okla
Martha Black
Oklahoma
Third Born Quad Dies Of Illness In Wisconsin
In Kenosha Wisconsin Catherine Renette Graff the largest of quadruplets died after 30 hours of life from a respiratory ailment. The three surviving quads Christopher Robbin Craig Alan and Crystal Elizabeth were reported doing well at Kenosha Memorial Hospital. The birth marked Wisconsin s first quadruplets since 1907 with Robbin Graff the father and Joyce Graff the mother reacting calmly.
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Kenosha
Wis
Catherine Renette
Christopher Robbin
Craig Alan
Crystal Elizabeth
Former Slaton Resident Gottlieb Voigt Dies at 89
Gottlieb Voigt 89 a former Slaton resident died at Scott and White Hospital Temple after an auto accident. Services in Bartlett St John Lutheran Church then in Slaton Grace Lutheran Church with Rev Jimmie C Herklotz officiating. Burial in Southland Community Cemetery Williams Funeral Home. Surviving family includes two sisters two sons six daughters many grandchildren.
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Slaton
Gottlieb Voigt
Bartlett
Tex
St. John's Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Jimmie C. Herklotz
Southland Community Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Voigt
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Services Today for S. O. Craig in Lubbock
Obituary note for S. O. Craig formerly of Eastland and Plainview. Died Monday at Reese AFB Hospital. Service at 2 p.m. in Franke lin-Bartley Chapel with Rev. Leo Gee officiating. Surviving son Jim Craig of Lubbock and daughter Mrs Charles R. Vickery of Atlanta, with six grandchildren. Burial at Bock Cemetery under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home.
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S. O. Craig
Lubbock
Frankelin-Bartley Chapel
Leo Gee
St. Lukd's Methodist Church
Craig
Reese Afb Hospital
City of Lubbock
Franklin Bartley
Jim Craig
Ave. Q
Watertown
S.D
Plainview
Eastland
Methodist Church
Plainview Elks Lodge
Charles Jr. Vickery
Atlanta
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