High Rise Project In City Still Up In Air
The fate of a proposed 4 million high rise apartment house at the southwest corner of 19th Street and College Avenue remains undecided. FG. Pharr, attorney for the developers, said all angles are being pursued and they still hope to build the 11 story structure.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
19Th St
College Ave
FG. Pharr
Pharr
City Hall
Hugh Anderson
Planning and Zoning Commission
A W Jordan Dies Rites Set
A W Jordan longtime farmer died at home on Route 4 after illness. Burial will be in Luthock Cemetery with Franklin-Marthes Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survivors include his wife five sons and four daughters. services conducted by Church of Christ at Wolfforth.
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A. W. Jordan
Setar
Lubbo
Revival services and court sessions headline Lubbock briefs
Lubbock residents hear revival at Church of the Good Shepherd led by Evangelist Grace Solis with daily services. Civil jury weeks begin Monday in the 72nd and 99th District Courts, with trials over two weeks. Local incidents include a fire at YW24 dog house, a welding shop burglary, two vehicle crashes injuring two people, and a car crash near 34th Street.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
45Th Street
Avenue L
Geneva Busley
Grace Solis
Santa Rosa
N.M
72Nd
99Th District Courts
99Th District Court
Howard C. Davison
72Nd District Court
Victor H. Lindsey
James A. Fllis
Court House
Jacqueline Culver
Slaton
Goodnight Clinic
34Th Street
Avenue P
Joel A. Culver
P.O. Box
Lubbock
Charles W. Smith
7Th St
Miss Culver
Joel Culver
General Dynamics Workers End Planned F111 Strike
Workers at the General Dynamics airframe plant approved by union and management a five year contract avoiding a 6000 member walkout that could have halted F111 production. The union backed the deal at a mass meeting despite minority protests, after last minute extensions and wage-subcontractor dispute concerns. The F111 is a supersonic bomber with delta swept wings and separate Air Force Navy models in production.
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Hasis
Negova
Air Force
Navy
General Dynamics
Jack Hulsey Rites Set at Quitaque First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Jack Hulsey will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at Quitaque First Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Curry officiating and assisted by Hon. Al Jennings. Burial follows in Rest Haven Cemetery Quitaque under Roberts Funeral Home direction. Hulsey died Friday morning at Swisher County Hospital.
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Quitaque
Jack Hulees
Briscoe
Deskenses
Quiaque First Baptist Church
Bill Curry
al Jennings
Quitaque First Methodist Church
Rest Haven Cemetery
Roberts Funeral Home
Hulsey
Swisher County Hospital
Meningitis Case Prompts Precautions at Ft Bliss Army Base
An Army private contracted spinal meningitis and was hospitalized at William Beaumont General Hospital prompting special precautions at Ft Bliss. Ten-man platoon isolation, twice daily medical checks, separate feeding and sleeping facilities were ordered after Pvt Clarence Newcomb from Sewcomb Tennessee fell ill. another Ft Bliss soldier, Pvt Robert Mason from Camden Virginia, had died earlier that week.
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EL Paso
Ft Biss
Army
Clarence EF
Fais
Sewcomb
Tenn
William Beaumont General Hospital
Lay
Newcomb
Ft. Bliss
Robert M. Mason
Camden
Go Go Girl Sets High Miles in Dance Pedometer Test
Suzie Peterson and five other University of Nebraska coeds danced as a discotheque style go go troupe in Lincoln. A pedometer strapped to the skirt logged 1% miles during a 15 minute routine.
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Lincoln, Neb
Suzie Peterson
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Armed Services Eyes Draft Weaknesses Over Namath Exemption
House Armed Services Committee will probe possible weaknesses in the Selective Service System to explain why stars like Joe Namath could be ineligible for the draft. Chairman L Mendel Rivers said a review will consider current procedures and potential statutory changes.
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Washington
UPI
L. Mendel Rivers
House
Armed Services Committee
Joe Namath
South Carolina Democrat
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Rogers
Rivers
Namath
South
Viet Nam
Risers
U. S. Army
Committee On Armed Services
Ollie N. Smith Rites Slated In Trent Methodist Church
Ollie N. Smith 79 and a retired electrician died at 6 15 a m Saturday in a Lubbock convalescent home where he had resided since last March Funeral services will be at 3 p m today in the Trent Methodist Church with Rev Marvin Fisher officiating Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Trent under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home of Lubbock Survivors include two sisters Mrs Tom Williamson and Mrs Anna Belle Zander three brothers W E H N and Co C and several nephews and nieces including Mrs C H Foley
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Ollie N. Smith
Lubbock
Methodist Church
Trent
Marvin Fisher
First Methodist Church
Rotan
Garden of Memories
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Smith
Jessie Bakers Rites Monday At Southside Church
Jessie Robert Baker 66 longtime Plainview resident and Hilton Hotel cook died Saturday in Plainview Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Southside Assembly of God Church with multiple pastors assisting. Burial in Plainview under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. Survivors include wife two sons two sisters and a brother.
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Plainview
Jessie Robert Baker
Plainview Hospital
Baker
Hilton
Alvord
Southside
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Darwin
Jessie
J. J. Jones
Henrietta
Myrtle Wooley
Abilene
Henry Baker
Sweetwater
Infant's Rites Are Set Monday
Graveside services for Carmen Bedillion three month old daughter of Staff Sgt and Mrs Charles Bedillion will be at 10 am Monday at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Rev Cyril Schmidt Catholic chaplain Reese Air Force Base will officiate Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home in charge The child died late Thursday in Wilford Hall USAF Hospital San Antonio where she had been a patient six days Surviving are the parents a sister Mare Isabel and maternal grandmother Mrs Isabel Merina of Reese Village
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Carmen Bedillion
Charles x. Bedillion
Mitchell Dr
Reese Village
City of Lubbock
Cyril Schmidt
Reese Air Force Base
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Wilford Hall
U.S. Air Force Hospital
San Antonio
Lubbock County
Mare Isabel
Isabel Merina
Rites Set for Tex Tech Freshman Kermit Osborn
Funeral services for Kermit Osborn 19 of Mount Calm Texas Tech freshman killed in a Medina County two car crash near D Hanis will be held at First Baptist Mount Calm with burial in Mount Calm Cemetery. Osborn Axtell High School alum and Baptist member survived by parents a sister and two brothers.
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Kermit Osborn
28Th St
Texas Tech
Mount Calm
First Baptist Church
Rozell Hychie
John Dillingham
First Baptist
D'Hanis
Medina County
Herbert
Osborn
Medina Memorial Hospital
Hondo
Tech
California
Navy
San Antonio
Axtell High School
The
Baptist Church
Funeral services set for Tom C. Stracener Slaton
Tom C. Stracener, 58, of 310 E. Murry Slaton, dies at home after heart attack. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday in Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Binkley officiating. Burial Tuesday in Temple. Stracener was road foreman for Precinct 2 of Lubbock County for 20 years. Survivors include wife, two sons in Houston, three brothers in Temple, and three sisters in Lubbock Temple Belton.
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Slaton
Tom C. Stracener
E. Murry
Williams Funeral Home
David Binkley
First Methodist Church
Temple
Stracener
Precinct 2
Lubbock County
Bobby Jack
Billy Joe
Houston
Horace
Hubert
Jesse Earl
Maudie Schiller
Lubbock
Raymond Kasbere
Bessie Parker
Belton
John M. Gant Services Slated in Clovis
Funeral services for John M. Gant 58 longtime Texico area resident are set for 1 pm Monday at Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel Clovis with Dr. Herbert Bergstrom officiating. Burial will follow in Texico Cemetery under Sherwood Mortuary. he died Saturday noon in Clovis Memorial Hospital from an apparent heart attack. He farmed in Texico for 25 years. Survived by wife Ollie, a stepmother, five brothers and two sisters.
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Clovis
John M. Gant
Texico
N.M
Dale Lee Sherwood
Herbert Bergstrom
First Baptist Church
Texico Cemetery
Sherwood Moruary
Gant
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Ollie
Bessie Mae Danta
Henard Services Set Today In Plains
Funeral services for Sherman Henard a Plains resident and rancher with ties to West Texas and New Mexico are scheduled for 2 pm today at First Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Plains Cemetery with Barrett Funeral Home directing. He died in Yoakum County Hospital in Denver City after a short illness. survivors include his wife two sons and three grandchildren.
Actor Herbert Marshall dies after fifty year career
British actor Herbert Marshall, famed for portraying British gentlemen, died at 75 from a heart attack in Beverly Hills after a 50 year career across stage film radio and television. He served in World War I losing a leg and later returned to acting with a jaunty limp. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Hollywood
Herbert Marshall
Beverly Hills
Country Houseland Hospital
Marshall
Marlene Dietrich
Norma Shearer
Joan Crawford
Bette Davis
Ronald Colman
Charles Laughton
Nigel Bruce
C. Aubrey Smith
Dee Anne Kahmann
London
Percy F
Ethel Marshall
St. Mary’s College
Harlow
Colman
4Th
London Scots Regiment
Venus
Forbes 92 longtime Terry County resident dies in Brownfield
W P Forbes 92 longtime Terry County resident died at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday at First Methodist Church with Rev Alby J Cockrell officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. He farmed Pleasant Valley until 1946 then moved to Brownfield. Survived by three sons two daughters a sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Brownfield
W. P. Forbes
Terry County
First Methodist Church
Alby J. Cockrell
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
W. P. Jr
Harol
Charlie
Vermee Minton
Louise Dawson
Lubbock
Julia Taylor
Houston
Hoopers Rites Set In Olton
Funeral services for Roy Hooper 61 of Olton will be held at 2 40 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev John E Lewis officiating. Burial at Halfway Cemetery under Parson's Funeral directing Hooper died Friday in Plainview Hospital after a farming and stockman career Born August 41 1904 in Hale County he married Ollie Smith April 24 1926 in Plainview Survivors include wife a daughter Mrs Doug Menden Wichita Falls a son Dick Austin three brothers Chester Plainview R L Jn Tulias three sisters Mrs Clayton Luellen Plainview Mrs J Tom Holland Pasadena Calif and Mrs Frank Fortenberry Albuquerque and one grandson Pallbearers named
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Olton
Roy Hooper
First Baptist Church
John E., Lewis
Halfway Cemetery
Parson
Hooper
Plainview Hospital
Hale County
Ollie Smith
Plain View
Doug Menden
Wichita Falls
Austin
Chester
Plainview
R. L. Jn. Tulias
Clayton Luellen
J. Tom Holland
Pasadena
Calif
Frank Fortenberry
Albuquerque
Aubrey Oursburn
W. B. Dickerson
Fred Long
Henry Aigaki
Virgil King
Joe Edd Carson
Annie Jordan Rites Today at First Methodist Ralls
Mrs. Annie M. Jordan 96 of Lubbock dies at McMurry Nursing Home after living in Ralls 27 years. Rites set today at First Methodist Church in Ralls with Rev. Conrad Ryan officiating. Burial in Ralls Cemetery. Survivors: five sons, a daughter, 30 grandchildren and several great and great great grandchildren.
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Annie M. Jordan
Lubbock
Yam
First Methodist ‘Church
Ralls
Conrad Ryan
Sylvester Turner
Ralls Cemetery
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Jordan
McMurry’s
Milam County
Wichita Falls
Balls
Order ‘of the Eastern Star
Robert Johnson Dies Rites Set At First Christian Church
Robert Johnson 66 of Lubbock died Friday night at Methodist Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at First Christian Church with Dr Dudley Strain officiating. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Surviving wife Ludge a son in Houston mother Mrs Nellie Renick Johnson and sister in San Antonio. He worked 30 years with Lubbock Hardware and Supply and belonged to multiple fraternal orders.
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First Christian Church
Robert Johnson
55Th St
Lubbock
Methodist
Dudley Strain
Lubbock Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
A. P. Hodges
J. M. Carpenter
John McKenzie
W. J D. McCarty
Bill Grege
Delbert Stone
Johnson
Liberty Hill
Lubbock Hardware and Supply Company
the Shrine
Khiva Temple
Fl Paso Consistory
Khiva Lubbock Patrol
Ludge
Robert H
Houston
Nellie Renick Johnson
San Antonio
Martin Mitchell
Mrs Myrtle Easley Dies Rites Pending At Hale Center
Hale Center Texas Mrs Myrtle Easley 82 resident for 48 years died Saturday at Rays Hospitalty Home in Lubbock Services are pending at Hale Center Funeral Home She was a native of Dodge City Kan moved from Throckmorton in 19K She was a member of First Baptist Church Survivors include four sons Beryl Dallas G R Petes Phoenix Glenn Tacoma Wayne Ore one daughter Mrs Elsie Templar Artesia New Mexico two brothers John Longan Archer City Clark Longan Lubbock one sister Mrs Minnie Lilly Tacoma Washington 10 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren
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Hale Center
Myrtle Flasses
Ray
Lubbock
Dodge City
Kan
Easley
Thockmorton
First Baptist Church
Beryl
Dallas
G. Rr.petes
Phoenix
Ariz
Glenn
Tacoma
Wash
Wayne
Portland
Ore
Elsie Templar
Artesia
N.M
John Longan
Archer City
Clark Longan
Minnie Lilly
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Church of Christ At
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Bob
Wichita
Charley
Ropesville
James
Floydada
John
Dumas
Caringeton
211
Ave
C. B. Curtis
RL. Golleher
Mission
A. McKell
Allen O'Brien
Paul Newman
College Avenue
Fred Senier
University Dormitory Development, Inc
P&i Group
19Th St College Ave
Planning Commission
In Town Inn
Lubbock Association of Credit Management
Pioneer Hotel
Charles T. Woodruff
Levelland Legal Secretaries Assn
Woodruff
Lubbock Public Schools
Linda Bandy
Judy Smith
Lubbock High School
Sally Batson
49Th St
West Texas Hospital
42Nd Street
Avenue Q
Batson
Robert D. Batson
Fred A. Constancio Jr
Rth Sr
Jack Hulsey
Army Base
Lamar County
Wilson
Hotel Astor
New York
Times Square
44Th
45Th Streets
Broadway
Seventh Avenues
House Committee
Ada Rogers
New York Jets
Jessie Baker
LS. Reds
Rome
al Richmond
Communist National Committee
San Francisco
Mike Zagarell
Youth Commission of
Communist Party
Europe
Tom Stracener
Henard
Ron
South Viet
Nant Dewey Shemienives Rn
Bau “Trang
Ant Pd
Trung Lap
Saigon
Annie Jordan
Myrtle Easley
SCOT
Inverness
Scotland
Wiliam Logan
Here
Edinburgh
Italy
Frank W. Wilson
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