Urbanization woes cited by Gov Smith at Farm Bureau
Governor Pres ton Smith warned that mass city migration strains urban facilities and disrupts rural economies during a Texas Farm Bureau gathering. He urged free enterprise incentives to connect farm and industrial sectors as 400 county leaders outline the 1969 legislative program.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Smith
Texas Farm Bureau
TTF
Sidney Dean
Victoria
Local funeral notices and county records blur into brief items
Obituaries list services for Carrie E. Day age 77 and E D Duncan 72 with burial at Hart and Brownfield cemeteries. Vandivere 84 dies of two car collision injuries. Hameed 74 buried at Levelland. Holt 86 services at Snyder. Voter registration tops 19 400 in Lubbock County with Jan 31 deadline. TV stolen from Diana Yates home. Veterans meetings noted in Hodges Center and San Angelo. Two Texas Tech students face $1000 bonds for car burglary.
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Lubbock County
Sunday Mishap Claims Life Of City Man
Floyd Gene Huse 29 of 521 51st St died from injuries in a traffic collision near Meadow Sunday night. Services set for Friday at Redeemer Lutheran Church with burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survived by wife, two sons, mother Elsie Huse, brother Victor, and two sisters.
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Floyd Gene Huse
51St St
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Elmer G. Neunaber
Lamesa Memorial Park
Rix Funeral
Huse
Methodist
Meadow
Lamesa High School
Lubbock
Lamesa
Texas Highway Department
Jimmy
Keith
Elsie Huse
Victor
Glendon Crawford
Abilene
Bill Childress
Fort Stockton
Services Friday For Mrs Brooks and Mrs Etter
Services for Margaret Collins Brooks 50 of Oklahoma City will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Henderson Chapel with Rev James R Bell officiating Burial in Abernathy Cemetery with Henderson Funeral Directors in charge She died Wednesday night in Ardmore Hospital She was a kindergarten teacher and member of Crown Heights Baptist Church Business and Professional Women's Association and the League of Women Voters Survivors include her mother two sisters and a brother Pallbearers named Charles Services for Mrs John Etter 68 of Battin will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Shelton and O D Rhodes Church of Christ with Howard Swinney and O H Tabor officiating Burial in O Donnell Cemetery White Funeral Home of Tohoka in charge She was a native of Anson died in Lamesa following a heart attack She came to Lynn County in 1902 and married John Etter in 1920 Survivors include three daughters Mrs Buster Phipps and another Kathryn
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Margaret Collins Brooks
Oklahoma City
Eula Collins
47Th St
Henderson Chapel
James R. Bell
First Church of the Nazarene
Abernathy
Henderson Finneral
Brooks
Ardmore Hospital
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Battin
J. G. Shelton
Tom Bat
Lynn Countin
Ronald Parker
George R. Jty
Shelton
O. D. Rhodes
O'Donnell Church of Christ
Howard Swinney
Anson
O. H. Tabor
Lamesa
O'Donnell
White Funeral Home
Tohoka
James A Crawford Services Today at Idalou
Funeral services for James A Crawford 60 will be held at 2 p m today in the Baptist Church Idalou with Rev B H Kendrick and Rev Charles Gates officiating Burial will be in Idalou Cemetery six funeral directors were in charge Crawford a farmer lived in Lubbock County since 1927 moving from Big Spring Survivors include wife Opal two daughters Mrs Kenneth Willson Idalou and Mrs George Cunningham Lorenzo a brother Preston Crawford 3303 Mth St and four grandchildren Pallbearers are T K Pruitt P L Peeples Les Lawson Wheeler Robertson Glenn Milner and Sterling Stivers
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Crawford
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
B. H. Kendrick
Charles Gates
Paducah
Idalou Cemetery
Lubbock County
Big Spring
Opal
Kenneth Willson
Idalou
George Cunningham
Lorenzo
Preston Crawford
Mth
T. K. Pruitt
P. L. Peeples
Les Lawson
Wheeler Robertson
Glenn Milner
Sterling Stivers
Blanchard Signals Change in Senate as 61st Legislature Opens
Sen. H J Blanchard of Lubbock said the new Legislature presents a different look with Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes presiding for the first time. Blanchard noted he will vote independently, after years under home town presiding officers. Sen. A R Schwartz of Galveston suggested similar independence for Sen. Wayne Connally.
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House
Senate
Blanchard
Ben Barnes
de Leon
Waggoner Carr
Lubbock
Preston Smith
A. R Schwartz
Galveston
Wayne Connally
Floresville
John Connally
Rites Pending for C M Keefer of Anton
Services for C Marvin Keefer aged 66 of Rt. 2 Anton are pending at Rix Funeral Directors after his death at Methodist Hospital. He arrived in Lubbock County in 1934 from Pennsylvania and was a Mason Shriner and First Presbyterian Church member. He held 40 years in the bricklayers union. Survivors include his
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C. Marvin Keefer
Rt. 2
Anton
Rix
Methodist Hospital
Look Up in Tempest as Young Sailor Prays in Storm
Poem recounts a boy high in the rigging during a fierce sea tempest who fears he will be lost. The First Mate urges him to look up, not down, and the lad prays to God. He cups his hands and gains nerve to endure the roaring waves.
George A Payne Dies. Funeral Pending in Slaton
George A Payne retired Santa Fe inspector died after a long illness in Kansas. Services are pending at Englands Funeral Home in Slaton. Survived by his wife and two sons.
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Englands Funeral Home
Arctic Blast Tamps South Plains Weather Outlook
A fierce arctic front moved through the region causing strong winds, blowing dust, and a sharp temp drop from the 60s to the teens in parts of Texas. Lubbock saw gusts up to 80 mph, reduced visibility, and scattered moisture with no major wind damage reported.
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Lubbock
John Howard
North Gates
West Texas Air Terminal
South Plains
Fort Lauderdale Sister and Eight Related Details
A sister, Mrs. Esther Wolford of Fort Lauderdale Florida, and eight others are mentioned in the readable fragment. No further context or outcomes are available in the surviving text.
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Esther Wolford
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Former Techsan Killed In Plane Crash
Services were held for James Calvin Berry Jr. 24 a former Texas Tech student killed in an airplane crash near Austin on Monday He studied at Tech for two and a half years left Lubbock about a year and a half ago moved to Austin He was pilot of the private plane which reportedly exploded in flight Two Dallas passengers also died Survivors include his wife Elsie a son Heath and his father J C Berry of Ozona Ratliff Kerbow Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Sonora
James Calvin Berry Jr
Texas Tech
Austin
Berry
Tech
Lubbock
Dallas
Elsie
Heath
J. C. Berry
Ozona
Ratliff-Kerbow Funeral Home
Walters Rites Pending in Crosbyton
Samuel Scott Walters 1 was born Tuesday morning at Crosbyton Hospital and died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock at age 1. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Mike Walters of Rt 1 McAdoo a brother Robert Elvis paternal and maternal grandparents and great grandparents. Services are pending at King Funeral Home.
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Crosbyton
Samual Scott Walters
Mike Walters
Rt. 1
McAdoo
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Crosbyton Hospital
Robert Elvis
Elvis Marley
L. N. Walters
Uniondale
Ind
Roberta Ruby
Fort Wayne
J. B. Marley
King Funeral Home
Local obituaries and distant weather notes in brief
Burial planned in Plainview for Fulkerson woman with Tulia connections. Survivors include three brothers and a sister. In France a man given seven years for strangling his wife under lenient homicide code. Dry cold snaps and a low snow forecast sweep South Plains air. Weather also mentions Panhandle storm and frigid readings across states.
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Valence
France
Rene Chabert
Services for Deve Ann Orsini Held in Denver City
Deve Ann Orsini 15 died in a Houston hospital after a long illness. Services are at 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Pastor Rev. John Ferguson and Rev. Warren Capps officiating. Burial in Denver City Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include parents two brothers two sisters and grandparents.
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Denver City
Deve Ann Orsini
Houston
First Baptist Church
John Ferguson
Warren Capps
Bethel Baptist Church
Denver City Memorial Park
Singleton ‘Funeral Home
Canada eyes extending recognition to Communist China
Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp said Canada may move toward recognizing Peking and establishing full relations with the Chinese government. Ottawa and Washington would discuss the shift as Canada weighs risks to ties with Nationalist China and a potential embassy in Ottawa. In a separate report, Pakistan and the Soviet Union signed a $21 million loan pact for oil and gas exploration.
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Sharp
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
China
Red
United States
Pierre Flliott Trudeau
Peking
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
UPI
Soviet Union
Pakistan
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George Price
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J. J
Olilie) Holt
Eastside
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Diana Yates
San Angelo
Sid A.lowery Sr
Veterans Organization
Texas
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Craig Tanner Spencer
Coleman Hall
John Richard Ballard
Weymouth Hall
James Crawford
James A. Crawford
Rt. 3
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C. M. Keefer
John Etter
Julien C. Hyer
Couragi
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Wallace D. Lee
23Rd St
Rodney
Dupre Elementary School
Ray Westbrook
Amectica
N. T. House Apparels
N. T. House Apparel
34Th Street
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