Arkansas suit scheduled in federal prison reform hearing
Federal court will hear consolidated inmate suits challenging the use of armed prisoners as guards at Arkansas farms. Judge Henley may order closing the farms or halting new convicts until improvements occur. Governors reforms have stalled amid budget fights and long needed changes.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas Farms
J. Smith Henley
Henley
Cummins Prison Farm
Tucker Prison Farm
Robert Sarver
Sarver
West Virginia
Arkansas
Women's Reformatory
Scouting Merit Medal and Officers Installed at South Plains Banquet
Larry Kemp of Plainview received the Medal of Merit for meritorious action for aiding Fred Shipman after an electrical shock. Judge Halbert O. Woodward of Lubbock was installed as council president at the 44th annual South Plains Council Boy Scouts dinner at Texas Tech. More than 630 leaders attended. Silver Beaver recipients included John Baker, Charles Warner, D. L. Miller, and Wendell Brown. New officers and executive board members were announced. Alden Barber of New Brunswick spoke as guest.
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Larry Kemp
Plainview
T. W. Kemp
Kemp
Halbert O. Woodward
Lubbock
South Plains Council
Boy Scouts of America
Tech
Tom Kemp
Kirk Henry
Dallas
Shipman
John E. Baker
Charles Warner
Lamesa
D. L. Miller
Petersburg
Wendell Brown
Col. Haynes M. Baumgardner
Charles Deahl
W. A. Leigon
Brownfield
Marshall Pharr
David Collier
Council
J. Fike Godfrey
Spur
James Ward
Floydada
Craig McDonald
Ralls
Romey Fennell
John H. Ray
Ken Carey
Turkey
Eddie Paxton
Jerry Boudreaux
Donald L. Hopkins
Levelland
Rex Webster
Elmer Tarbox
Willard Paine
David Hughes
Alden G. Barber
New Brunswick
N.J
Roy Scouts
Piggy Bank Burglar Nets Gum and Loot in Hub City
Police investigate a burglary at Sealed Power Corp. on 3403 Ave. early Saturday or late Friday that stole a piggy bank containing $10 and 20 packs of gum worth 30 cents. The loss was reported by J. E. Jamison of 4304 Sith.
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Sealed Power Corp
Ave
Employes
J. E. Jamison
Sith
Purvis Miller of Lubbock Dies. Inquest Ordered
Purvis Miller 50 of 2400 Mth St died on arrival Saturday at Methodist Hospital. Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy ordered an inquest to determine the cause of death. Services pending at Sanders Funeral Home. He moved from Clovis to Lubbock five months ago after 13 years there. He worked 16 years as a salesman for Wilson Meat Packing Co. Survivors include wife Margie a Dallas daughter Mrs. Robert E. McKee II a son Purvis Wayne of Carmichael California four brothers two sisters and a grandchild.
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Purvis Miller
Methodist Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Sanders Funeral Home
Miller
Lubbock
Clovis
Wilson Meat Packing Co
Margie
Robert E. McKee Iit
Dallas
Purvis Wayne
Carmichael
Calif
Mrs Pasheco Services in Plainview to Honor Burn Incident Victim
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Mary Magdal ena Pasheco 69 with a rosary this evening and a funeral mass Monday at Guadalupe Church. Burial follows in Plainview Cemetery. She died after severe burns from a gown catching fire while at home. Born in Presidio County she moved to Plainview in 1950 from Brownwood. Survived by son Jimmy and brother Bale Agerra.
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Plainview
Mary Magdalena Pasheco
Wood Dunning Colonial Chapel
Guadalupe Catholic Church
Plainview Cemetery
Wood - Dunning Funeral Home
Pasheco
Plainview Hospital
Presidio County
Brownwood
Jimmy
Bale Agerra
David White Rites Planned in Wells Baptist Church
Services for 27 year old David White of O'Donnell will be at 3 pm today at Wells Baptist Church near O'Donnell with Rev. Ray Cunningham officiating. White was found dead in a room at the LaDon Motel in Lubbock. autopsy was ordered. Survivors include his mother Juanita White of Lubbock, two sisters Carolyn Wells and Kathleen McReynolds, and a brother Walter White.
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David White
O'Donnell
Wells Baptist Church
Ray Cunningham
Brannon Funeral Home
Lamesa
Juanita White
1812
Lubbock
Carolyn Wells
Kathleen McReynolds
Boise
Idaho
Walter White
Despairing Clerk Shoots Children in San Francisco
In San Francisco a despairing Superior Court clerk Michael Condon 56 shot his wife and three children killing one and wounding two before his wife wrestled the gun away. The victims Melinda Condon 18 Michael Jr. 17 and Lawrence 13 were identified with the two injured in serious condition. In New Mexico a separate notice says retailers of preassembled camping trailers must be licensed if LP gas capacity exceeds five pounds according to the Liquified Petroleum Gas Commission.
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Superior Court
Michael Condon
Melinda Condon
Michael Jr
Lawrence
Seminole Announces Pending Services For Charles Ermey
Charles Franklin Ermey 65 of Seminole died at home after a brief illness. A Guthrie native, he lived in Seminole since 1968 and is survived by three daughters Elizabeth Ann Ermey Ruth Beavers and Reba Wortman a son Charles mother Bertha Ermey two sisters K J Wright and K Ro League three brothers FE K Sr Jack and Bill and five grandchildren
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Charles Franklin Ermey
Siloam Springs
Elizabeth Ann Ermey
Ruth Beavers
Seminole
Reba Wortman
Summers, Ark
Charles
Moore
Okla
Bertha Ermey
K. J., Wright
K. Ro League
Tulsa
FE. K. Sr
Everett, Wash
Jack
Pampa
Bill
Edmund
Howard County Rips Clarendon in JC Basketball clash
HCJC Jayhawks beat Clarendon Junior College 81 to 66 on Saturday night to improve to 3-3 in Western JC Conference play and 1-6 for the year. Danny Clendinin scored 16 and George Tilley 15 for HCJC while Rene Ornes led Clarendon with 16.
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Howard County Junior College
Clarendon Junior College
HCJC
Jayhawks
Clarendon
Danny Clendinin
George Tilley
Rene Ornes
L. Roy Matthias Dies at 62 in Shreveport
L Roy Matthias former executive vice president of the Red River Valley Association died Friday night after a long illness at 62. A native of Indianapolis he served 23 years as RRVA secretary and EVP retiring last April. He contributed to flood control navigation and resources in LA AR TX OK and was a Water Pollution Control Advisory Board member appointed by President Kennedy. He is survived by a daughter in Shreveport. Arrangements were incomplete.
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Shreveport
Roy Matthias
Red River Valley Association
Indianapolis
Ind
Matthias
The
ARVA
RRVA
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Water Pollution Control Advisory Board
John F. Kennedy
Fred C. Myers Funeral Today at Melrose NM
Fred C. Myers 57 owner of the New Mexico Brick Layers Co dies after a heart attack. Services set for 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Melrose with Rev David Crow officiating. Burial in Melrose Cemetery under Sherwood Mortuary. Survivors include wife two daughters two brothers three sisters and eight grandchildren.
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Clovis
Fred C. Myers
New Mexico Brick Layers Co
First Baptist Church
Melrose
N.M
David Crow
Melrose Cemetery
Sherwood Mortuary
Myers
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Ida Karnes Funeral Monday
Graveside services for Mrs. Ida Rebecca Warnes Karnes, 93, of Las Vegas New Mexico, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the City of Lubbock Cemetery with Rev. Francis Wilson officiating. A former Lubbock resident she died Friday in Las Vegas after 15 years there. she is survived by four sons a daughter two brothers a sister 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Ida Rebecca Warnes
Las Vegas
N.M
Lubbock
Francis Wilson
Trinity Baptist Church
Karnes
Clovis Youth David Howard Shot Found Dead
David Charles Howard, 17, was found shot to death in a Clovis residence about 11:50 p m Friday A .22 rifle lay beneath the body Coroner Dr James B Moss ruled the death a personal safety related gunshot wound Services set for 2 p m Monday at Starlight Chapel Wheeler Mortuary Portales officiating Burial in Portales Cemetery Survivors include Isaac N Howard and Mrs Elizabeth Brewer both of Roswell and Forrest Howard of Fort Bliss Born in El Paso and a Clovis high school student
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Clovis
David Charles Howard
James B. Moss
Starlight Chapel
Wheeler Mortuary
Portales i
Ernest Wheeler, Jr
Portales
Fl Paso
Isaac N. Howard
Roswell
Elizabeth Brewer
Forrest Howard
Fort Bliss
Funeral services set for Jess T. Gwin in Lovington area
Jess T. Gwin 85 of Farmington, formerly of Lovington, dies after a lengthy illness. Services at 2 p.m. at Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lester J. Brunner officiating. Burial in Lovington Cemetery. Survivors include Leland Gwin of Farmington. daughters Mrs W H Seddler of Stanfield Arizona, Mrs O F Neel of Tucson, Mrs Oscar O Neal of Hospah NM. brother David Richard Gwin of Phoenix. sister Mrs George Stagle of Dallas. seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Lovington
Jess ‘Thomas Gwin
Farmington
Smith-Rogers
Lester J. Brunner
Tatum Methodist Church
Gwin
Wise County
Tex
Aosxon
Leland
W. H. Seddler
Stanfield
Ariz
O. EF. iNeel
Tucson
Oscar [O'Neal
Hospah
David Richard Gwin
Phoenix
George Stagle
Dallas
Arthur Boyd's Rites Planned
Graveside services for Arthur Shorty Boyd, 80, are set for 2 50 pm Monday at Snyder Bell Seale Funeral Home. He died Friday in an Albuquerque hospital. Survivors include daughter Ardith Craft of Carlsbad New Mexico two stepsons Parks Sutton of Pearlson New Mexico and Jimmy Sutton of Washington plus a sister two brothers and eight others.
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Snyder
Arthur
Shorty) Boyd
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Boyd
Albuquerque
N. M
Ardith Craft
Carlsbad
Parks Suttton
Pearlson
Jimmy Sutton
Washington
Slaton Man Killed in Lubbock County Shooting
Anselmo Garcia, 22, a Slaton resident and construction worker, died from gunshot wounds suffered in a New Mexico Street altercation. Garcia, father of four, was shot in the abdomen and died at Methodist Hospital after initial treatment at Mercy. Funeral services were pending at England’s Funeral Home.
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Avalanche Journal
Slaton
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
New Mexico Street
Anselmo Garcia
Ave. T
Avalanche- Journal
Garcia
Mercy Hospital
Milton Sandlin's Rites Planned
Milton Sandlin 52 of 6912 Nashville Drive died at Methodist Hospital Saturday. Services in W. W. Rix Memorial Chapel Monday at 2:30 p m with Rev J B Fowler Jr and Rev J Robert Moore officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park with Masonic graveside rites. He lived in Lubbock since 1949 moving from Sundown. Born Springtown Dixie son Michael Don of the home a brother Dylan Sandlin Carbon a sister Mrs Naomis Turner Pampa Fla four half brothers Wendel and Charles Sandlin Springtown Bobby and Ralph Sandlin Fort Worth and a step mother Mrs Dora Sandlin Springtown.
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Milton
Sandlin
Nashville Drive
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Sundown
Springtown
Dixie
Michael Don
The
Home
Dylan Sandlin
Carbon
Naomis Turner
Pampa
Fla
Wendel
Charles Sandlin
Bobby
Ralph Sandlin
Fort Worth
Dora Sandlin
Manly Thompson Funeral Arrangements Listed
Manly Thompson 64, Matador resident and longtime feed store and cotton gin operator, died Friday at Richard Memorial Hospital Paducah after a lengthy illness. Services set for 3 pm today at Matador First Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Heard officiating. Burial in Fast Mound Cemetery. Seigler Funeral Home directing. Survivors include sons Carl of Arizona and David of Matador, daughters Mrs. Dwight Cagle of Loaring Springs and Miss Kate Thompson of Matador, a brother Erwin of Salinas California, a sister Mrs. Berry Slaans of Whiteface, among others.
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Matador
Manly Thompson
Richard Memorial Hospital
Paducah
Eastland
Matador First Baptist Church
Larry Heard
Fast Mound Cemetery
Seigler Funeral Home
Ruby
Carl
Arizona
David
Dwight Cagle
Loaring Springs
Kate Thompson
Erwin
Salinas
Calif
Berry Slaans
Whiteface
Mrs. Alice Joplin Services Set in Slaton
Mrs. Alice Joplin 83 pioneer who grew up in a dugout near here died Saturday at Ray's Hospitality Home in Lubbock. She lived on a farm near Slaton since 1892. Services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Slaton Church of Christ with ministers C. Newcomb Bruce Parks and W F Ferguson officiating. Burial Englewood Cemetery. Survived by two sons Bobby Slaton Harold San Antonio. three daughters FB Jones Slaton Mary Rose Phelps Alamogordo NM and John Forbes Spade. sister Jessie Standefer Slaton. eight grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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Slaton
Alice Joplin
Ray
Lubbock
C. Newcomb
Bruce Parks
First United Methodist Church
W. F. Ferguson
Laibbock
Englewood Cemetery
Englands
Jessie Standefer
Pioneer Mrs. Burson Dies in Silverton at 91
Mrs. J H Burson 91 a Silverton pioneer died Saturday at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo Services set 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Silverton Rev C H Murphy to officiate assisted by Rev Clyde Cain and Rev Carlos McCloud Burial in Silverton Cemetery under Silverton Funeral Home direction Survivors include four daughters a son a sister a half brother and ten grandchildren plus 29 pallbearers
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Silverton
J. H. Burson
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
C. H. Murphy
Clyde Cain
Avondale Baptist Church
Carlos McCloud
Plainview
Clay County
Crockett County
John H. Burson
Briscoe County
Burson
Clifford Davis
Glen Allen
Costa Mesa
Calif
Gladys Arnold
Luree Burson
Johnnie Burson
John S. Powell
Midland
Jake Young
Ozona
Mrs. Brandons Rites Tuesday
Edith Brandon 64 longtime Terry County resident died Saturday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after three weeks as patient. Service at 2 pm Tuesday Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Bailey officiating. Burial Terry County Memorial Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home in charge. Survived by three sons two daughters two sisters nineteen grandchildren six great grandchildren.
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Brownfield
Edith Brandon
Terry County
Lubbock’s Methodist Hospital
Calvary Baptist Church
Jack Bailey
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Brandon
Wellman Community
John Elbert
Westminster
Calif
Ernest
Lubbock
James
Campanies
Brazil
Mary Caddenhead
Beatrice Shelton
Amarillo
Retha Barton
Mineral Wells
Opal Wilson
McAllen
Leona Fillion
Levelland
Harry Millers Rites Planned in Clovis
Harry Miller 85 longtime area resident dies Friday at Clovis Memorial Hospital. Funeral service 2 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church officiated by Rev Barliss Cleaton with burial in Portales Cemetery under Sherwood Mortuary. Miller resided here for 50 years leaving a wife Cora and a stepson.
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Clovis
Harry Miller
First Christian Church
Barliss Cleaton
Portales
Sherwood Mortuary
Millers
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Cora
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Cook
Hart
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Sturday
Frank Conard
Dimmitt
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Hart Cemetery
Maude Parker
Morton
West Texas Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Texas Ave
Charles Verner
0. C. Pullam
Steed - Todd Funeral Home
Pullami
Muleshoe
Elizabeth Pounds
32Nd St
South Plains Stamp Club
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
Ifields
Rockefeller
Thomas C. Morton
Cummins
Murton
Fred Shipman
Purvis Miller’s Services
Pend
Wpcc LL
San Francisco
Charles Ermey
Guthrie Indian Territory
Ermey
Howard County
John Doe
L.roy Matthias
Ida Karnes
Queen OF
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Elizabeth Vanderman
Yonkers
N. Y
Tony Rollo
David Howard
Rites
Jess T. Gwin
Arthur Boyd
Lubbock County
Odom
Cherry
Jack Bryant
Englands Funeral Home
Rosie
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Joe
Julia
Myr
Anselmo
Garcia Sr
Milton Sandlin
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