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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1966

Page

4

Michigan police seek murder suspect in boy death case

Monroeville Ohio police identified the two year old Eddie Montalvo as the body found last week in a Michigan farm outhouse. Alberto Sanchez 22 is wanted on a first degree murder warrant with the child's mother Carolina Montalvo 20 believed to be with him as they fled toward Texas and Mexico.

Monroe, Mich Poe Ohio Michigan Alberto Sanchez Texas Rio Grande Valley Sanchez McAllen Tex Reynosa Mexico Bexar County San Antonio Carolina Montalvo Eddie Andrew Gonzales Toledo Ohio City Gonzaleses Eddie Montalvo Adrian Mich

Final Exams End At Tech As Registration Starts

Fall exams wrap up at Texas Tech with 1 30 p.m. finish. Spring registration begins Monday with orientation for new students and freshmen at 1 30 p.m. Freshmen and upperclassmen registrations run 8 a.m. to noon and 1 30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Classes start 8 a.m. next Friday. Graduate enrollment occurs 8 a.m. to noon Jan 29. The play The Confident Clerk by T S Eliot runs Jan 28–31 at 8 15 p.m. and Jan 30 at 3 p.m. in the University Theatre. Texas Tech hosts Rice Owls at 2 p.m. Jan 29 in Houston.

Texas Tech T. S. Eliot University Theatre Texas Tech Cagers Rice Owls Houston

Check-Up Clinic Postponed to February 25 26

The Monterey Leadership Check-Up Clinic planned for this week has been postponed to February 25 26. Ann Armistead chairs the event. Speakers include Sen Doc Blanchard Joyce Brown of Abilene and Robert T Davis. Students canceled reservations prompting the delay.

Monterey Ann Armistead H. J Doc) Blanchard Joyce Brown Abilene Texas Association of Student Councils Robert T. Davis Austin Attorney General's

Tulia Banquet Postponed Because of Heavy Snow

Indefinite postponement announced for Tulia Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture banquet due to Thursday night snow. Charles Sharp chairs arrangements with new officers Don Bookout as president C. W. Reaves as vice president and Sharp as treasurer.

Tulia Tulia Chamber of Comerce and Agriculture Charles Sharp Don Bookout C. W. Reaves Sharp

Shallowater 4-H Club Holds Livestock Meet

Shallowater 4-H Club hosts a livestock show with members presenting cattle and sheep. Youth exhibitors display skills and compete for awards at the local fairgrounds.

Shallowater 4-H

Local families announce births at area hospitals

A series of birth notices list parents and addresses for newborns at Methodist and West Texas hospitals. Notable details include weights from 5 pounds 15 ounces to 8 pounds 14 ounces and times of birth, with fathers listed as students, employees, or self employed, and multiple clinics and employers named.

Wiliam Beer E Quinn Methodist Hospital Art Perrazo Tile Co James Donald Owens Gist St West Texas Hospital

Mrs. Annie M. Jordan 96 Dies. Service Pending

Mrs. Annie M. Jordan aged 96 died at 10 10 p m Thursday at McMurry s Nursing Home where she had lived five years. A native of Milam County Texas she had lived in Lubbock eight years from Ralls Wichita Falls and Fowler Kansas before. Survived by five sons Rufus Dwight Mark Casey and Bill a daughter Tempie Faubus 30 grandchildren and many great and great great grandchildren. She was a member of First Methodist Church Ralls and Order of Eastern Star. Funeral services were pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home.

Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Annie M. Jordan McMurry's Nursing Home Rufus A 30Th St Lubbock Dwight Mark B Fowler Kansas Casey Las Vegas Nev Bill Montana Tempie Faubus Fullerton Calif

Four Sentenced Following Pleas In County Court

Four defendants pled guilty and were sentenced by Judge Pat Moore. Benton Kirven Jr. of Ida lou was fined 50 dollars plus costs for contributing to a minor's purchase of toxicants. Peggie Walker and Joe Sifuen tes received 100 and 150 dollars plus costs for check law violations. Guana, 25, 318 N. Ave. S., drew three days in jail and costs for DWI. Janet gas suis, Mrs. A B White, 80th St., was placed on bond for check law violation.

Pat &. Moore Benton Kirven Jr Guana N. Ave. S Edwin H. Boedeker Janet Gas Suis A B. White

Robert Edwards Named To First Federal Board

Robert A. Edwards was named director of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lubbock at the annual board meeting. He was also elevated from vice president to executive vice president and treasurer, with Amos H. Howard re-elected chairman and H. B. Bryan as president. Other promotions and re-elections were announced, including Charles B. Perry and Charley R. Pope to assistant vice presidents and Jerry West to assistant treasurer. Edwards joined First Federal in 1955 and rose to vice president and treasurer by 1959.

Robert A. Edwards First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lubbock Home Office 14Th St Amos H. Howard H. B. Bryan Pearl H. Fonville Donald Tapp Bryan James L. Quicksall Weldon Garrett Charles B. Perry Charley R. Pope Jerry West Delbert Nunn Paris D. Burnham Association J. D. Hassell Jr J. Louis Murfee Sr L. Edwin Smith George W. Spinning. Edwards 16Th St First Federal

Dr Jim Swink to enter Army for Viet Nam service

Tyler Texas Dr Jim Swink former All American star at Texas Christian University will be inducted into the Army for service in Viet Nam. The physician, who practiced in Tyler for over three years, will serve as a doctor after a month of training in Houston and San Antonio. He owed two years of reserve service.

Tyler UPI Jim Swink Texas Christian Army Viet Nam Swink TCU Cotton Rowl Ekare

Mrs Norma Rhodes Rites Are Pending

Funeral services were pending at Henderson Funeral Directors for Mrs Norma Emerson Rhodes 23 of Carlisle who was killed about 11 p m Tuesday when her car skidded on an icy highway west of Lubbock and overturned Sgt Grady Rhodes husband of the Lubbock waitress is serving in Viet Nam Survivors include the husband a son Grady Clinton two daughters Beverly Lorain and

Henderson Norma Emerson Rhodes Carlisle Lubbock Grady Rhodes Viet Nam Grady Clinton Beverly Lorain

Marriage Licenses Reported in Lubbock Area

James Henry Diers 22 and Martha Gail Neunaber 19 of Lubbock. Dennis Carroll Stone 18 and Flora Jane Johnson 19 of Lubbock. Paul Conrad Sayers 22 and Gail Hart 21 of Lubbock.

James Henry Diers Martha Gail Neunaber Lubbock Dennis Carroll Stone Flora Jane Johnson Gail Paul Conrad Sayers Gail Hart

Lubbock Courts Annulments and Family Suit List

Lubbock courts record multiple items including changes of name applications for Weldon Lynn Heatherly and a divorce suit between Richard Lee Smith and Mary Jewell Smith. The docket also lists reciprocal child support actions, damages claims, bond forfeiture applications, and probate actions in various district and county courts. June grants annulling Annie against Richard L. Annie.

Wznd District Court Victor H. Lindsey Weldon Lynn Heatherly Bettye J. Burks John R. Burks Howard Davison Dessie Lee Roscoe Angela Garcia Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co James A. Ellis Phillip Bruce Nichols Lubbock Mitchell Foods, Inc Richard Lee Smith Mary Jewell Smith Louise Cureton D. R. Dutton Voth District Court Robert H. Bean Budge Fay Kimberling Jack W. Billingsley Willie C. Hazel Pink Parsons

City Man Is Found Guilty In Slaying

Survester Hereford, 56, a Lubbock bondsman, was found guilty of murder with malice in 140th District Court. He received a 10 year probationary term after the death penalty was waived. Malone was shot during a July 12 1963 dispute in Hereford’s home. earlier verdicts were reversed for sentencing defects. Benton Stout 17 also pled guilty to burglary and was ordered to pay $89 restitution.

Survester Hereford Lubbock Robert H. Bean Hereford Beech St Court of Criminal Appeals T2nd

$2,568 Awarded In Damage Suit

A district court civil jury awarded $2,568 in damages in a case heard this week. The verdict resolves a damage claim filed in the county court, with parties unnamed in the limited readable text.

Mth District Court

Kansas Man Is Charged In Robbery

Guy Wellman Holloway Jr., 36, of Wichita, was charged with robbery while armed and fugitive from justice in Kansas after a hitchhiker reported being shot and robbed by a motorist he rode with. Bonds total $11,000. Holloway was wounded by police at Carlsbad during arrest.

Lovington Guy Wellman Holloway Jr Kansas Holloway Wichita Kan Drayton E. Wasson Lea County John Pannell Lones Joshua Wynn Harlan Hobbs Carlsbad Tucson Parnell Wynn Fisher LeRoy Payne

Morton hosts first Cochran County Area Youth Conference on Crime

The Morton Chamber of Commerce announces the first annual conference set for Saturday at Cochran County Auditorium. Keynote speaker Robert T. Davis will not attend due to weather, and Highway Patrolman Ralph Bristoe of Wichita Falls also cancelled. Lubbock speakers may replace them, with weather disrupting additional appearances. Registration opens at 9 a.m. for a plan of 16 seminars and a general assembly.

Morton Morton Chamber of Commerce Cochran County Robert T. Davis Austin Attorney General's Chamber Ralph Bristoe Wichita Falls Lubbock Cochrane County General Assembly Morton High Cc

Fire destroys Buffalo Lakes summer cabin

A three bedroom summer home at Buffalo Lakes burned early today around 4 30 a m. Firefighters from Lubbock battled heavy damage to the frame cabin owned by J B Miller Jr of 2204 60th St with no occupants present. Miller heard from lake residents that the loss was extensive and blamed a butane heater left burning to prevent freezing of plumbing. The blaze occurred on the southwest side of the upper lake.

Buffalo Lakes Lubbock J. B. Miller Jr 60Th St Miller

Edina Officials Push for Two Car Garages

Edina officials demand two car garages for homes in the suburb, with public works director George Hite stating the requirement is to ensure adequate housing readiness. The policy aims to standardize housing features as part of local development plans.

Minneapolis

Comedienne Martha Raye Narrowly Escapes Viet Nam Attack

Martha Raye returned from 30 months of entertaining troops in South Viet Nam recalling a narrow 29 minute margin before a Viet Cong assault at Plei Me. She described the eight day siege, her lighter frame, and appreciation for the soldiers and their medical outreach.

South Viet Nam Martha Raye Doris Klein LOS Angeles Comedienne Plei Me Martha Maggie the Boondocks Viet Nam Korea

Mrs J B Meador Dies In Hospital

Mrs J B Meador 77 of Lorenzo died at 12 15 a m in Highland Hospital after a month of illness. Services will be Saturday at 2 p m at Sanders Memorial Chapel with two pastors officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband three daughters two sons two sisters four brothers and multiple grandchildren and great grandsons. She lived in Lubbock County 45 years and earlier in New Mexico and Acuff.

J. B Cora) Meador Rt. 1 Lorenzo Highland Hospital Sanders Memorial Chapel W. O. Donley Roosevelt Baptist Church Tony Longval Monterey Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Home M. B. Jenkins Jacksonville Tex A. J. Olliffy Santa Monica Calif T. N. Haws A. B. Haws C. D

City Man Overcome By Heater Fumes

Richard Grady Sprott of 4910 35th St. was admitted to West Texas Hospital after being overcome by carbon monoxide at home. Firemen blamed the incident on the weather as wind blew down a vent, causing gas to accumulate. He was in serious condition early this morning.

Richard Grady Sprott 35Th St West Texas Hospital A. Rix

Beautification Work To Begin On Texas Highways

Texas highway commission schedules the first 10 beautification projects under a new federal law. Projects span Palo to El Paso counties with palm trees planned along 3.6 miles of U S 83 in Hidalgo County. Additional items include widening efforts, traffic studies, rest area builds, and installation of historical markers.

Austin UPI Texas The Highway Commission U. S. Bureau of Roads D. C. Greer Montgomery Trav‘is Bexar Aransas Robertson Dallas el Paso Moore U.S Quanah Hardeman County Seventh Street U.S. 77 Harlingen U. S. 277 Jonez County U. S. 385 Odessa Greenville Taylor Snyder State 327 Sils‘bee Bowie County Texarkana Rosenberg Sherman

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