Seattle Aide Pratt Killed in Suspected Political Ambush
Police hunt for the shooter who killed Edwin T Pratt, executive director of the Seattle Urban League, in an ambush outside his home. Authorities say the attack appears planned with political undertones as a large reward is offered for information.
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Seattle
Edwin T.jdow
Pratt
Seattle Urban League
King County
Mack Porter
Porter
Urban League
Meredith Mathews
League
Benjamin Weeks
Rtant
Young
New York
Westchester County
King County Sheriff's
Lankford rites, Lubbock events, and area obituaries
Stanton services for Walter Clarence Lankford 81 are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He died Sunday in Midland Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include two sons a daughter and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are by Gilbreath Funeral Home. Separate notices list local deaths and memorials, including Gabbert and Bartley services, plus a Lubbock County party meeting and community events at Goodwill workshops and college registration.
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Stanton
Walter Clarence Lankford
First Baptist
Lankford
Midland Memorial Hospital
W. H. Uhlman
Leo Revest
Assembly of God Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Franklin
Mary Ann Pittman
Grayson County
Midland
Earl S
Homer
Odessa
George Reynolds
Riverside
Calif
H. G
Bells
Jesse Lumpkins
Whitewright
Elmer Hendricks
Dallas
la Puente
United Fund Officers Named And Public Events Noted
County attorney Tom Purdom will speak at a Ladies Night covered dish for Pioneer Memorial Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Clyde Allen presides as planning and fund drive results are reviewed. Steven Mitchell faces a second offense DUI with $2,000 bond set. 1969 United Fund officers for Lubbock include Robert L. Snyder president Archie Huckabee VP and Robert B. Gaffga secretary treasurer plus other chairmen. Mothers March of Dimes drive continues week with about 3,500 volunteers. Snyder credited for leading a campaign that raised a record $680,000 in 1968. Arlington Mayor Vandergriff honored as an honorary citizen. remarks trace Arlington’s growth from 8,000 to 90,000.
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Tom Purdom
Methodist Men of Pioneer
Memorial Methodist Church
Clyde Allen
Areweesweuweewee
Lubbock
United Fund
Robert L. Snyder
Archie Huckabee
Robert B. Gaffgn
J. C. Chambers
Linus Wright
Donald W. Dorman
Bill Crume
James Spears
Act
Snyder
Murporie
Winston Idra
Robertson
Council! I
Gaffga
Ray Diekemper
Peter Xytten
Vandergriff
Arlington
Texas Tech Union
Rob
Saigon signals openness to private peace talks
South Vietnam's Vice President Ky said Saigon is ready to meet privately with the other side to discuss peace possibly anywhere including Paris. He stressed the NLF is not an independent entity and warned talks could stall progress if the tone remains hard. Ky described Tet truce hopes and noted a four-sided conference view by Hanoi and the NLF.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Saigon
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pam
New York
Whitney Youngternational Conference
Urban League
Pratt
League
Tors
Vietnam
Tran Chanh Thanh
Commmunist
Elimination and the Scrape Heap in a World of Duty
A sermon style passage frames elimination as a duty to improve the state of man or nation. It portrays the weak as drones to be discharged and the worthy as those who stay on the beam, survive, and gain glory while the unfit are discarded. The text cites I Kings 1:52 and emphasizes a harsh, survival minded message.
Moyers Services Planned Today
Moyers 46 of Lubbock died Sunday in a Houston hospital after moving there nine months ago. Funeral at Southside Church of Christ with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Survived by widow, three sons, a step-son, a daughter, father, five brothers, two sisters, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Southside
Clements
el Paso
Billy
Lubbock
Lonnie
Odessa
Jackie Dean Browning
U. S. Navy
Johnny Allen
J. Paul W. Moyers
Carl
R. W
Orlando
Morris
Tony
Fort Worth
R. M. Wilkes
Childress
Travis Saree
Bud Myers
Paul Bevers
Johnny Walkup
Ray Rocher
Bob Delashaw
Jack Richardson
Williams Rites Planned Today
Lowell M. Williams 59 of Tahoka died after a heart attack at West Texas Hospital in Lubbock. Funeral at 4 30 p m at Sweet Street Baptist Church with Rev Shelby officiating. Survivors include five sisters Mrs Alva May Cobb of Midland Mrs Myrtle Williams Mrs Mable Sprusell both of Tahoka Mrs Gladys Ivy of Aspermont Mrs Loys Davis of San Angelo and six brothers W M of Central Point Ore J A and R A both of Lubbock L G of Girard J L of Central Ore and T C of Brownwood.
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Tahoka
Lowell M. Williams
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Aspermont
Williams
Lutin County
Farm Pac
Sweet Street Baptist Church
Shelby
Alva May Cobb
Midland
Myrtle Williams
Mable Sprusell
iTahoka
Gladys Ivy
Loys Davis
San Angelo
W. M
Central Point
Ore
J. A
R. A
L. G
Girard
J. L
Central
T. C
Brownwood
Mrs. Luckett 89 dies. services set in Matador
Leonora Luckett of Matador dies at Caprock Hospital Floydada aged 89. Funeral services scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Heard officiating. Burial planned at East Mound Cemetery. Survivors include son Jack of Matador, daughters Rowe Sams of Waco and G C Godfrey of Spur, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Matador
Leonora Luckett
Caprock
Floydada
First Baptist Church
Larry Heard
East Mound Cemetery
Seigler Funeral Home
Jack
Rowe Sams
Waco
G.' C. Godfrey
Spur
F J Lamars Rites Planned
Services for T J Lamar 61 a retired butcher will be at 1030 am Wednesday in the Brownfield Funeral Home Additional services will be at 4 pm Wednesday at the River Welch Funeral Home in Big Spring Burial will be in the Big Rnring cemetery
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T. J. Lamar
Brownfield Funeral Home
River Welch
Big Spring
Big Rnring
Clint Weir Rites Held At Central Baptist Church
Rites for Clint Weir 63 of Lub b ack from Snyder were held at 3 p m in Central Baptist Church with Rev E Harold Henderson and Rev Jack Welch officiating Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home Weir died after a heart condition at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock Survivors include his wife and a daughter plus a sister and brother in Friona Texas.
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31St St
Lub
Central Baptist Church
E. Harold Henderson
Jack Welch
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Weir
Lubbock
Snyder
Methodist Hospital
Buchanan
Parme
Fiossie
Palmer County
Barbara Straughan
Brownfield Rd
Cora Weir
35Th St
E. L. Brock
Friona Methodist Church
James Price
Claude
8Th St
Paul Mohr
Friona Union Congregational Church
Friona
Clathorn
Weena Lamar
Cross Plains
Daisy
Tommie
Brownfield
Jones
Vergary
Big Spring
Eries
James Cook
Gladys Battle
Bingham Palace
Salisbury Rites Planned Today
Lowell Salisbury 56 formerly of Cross Plains died Sunday in Kerrville after a heart attack while visiting. Services set for 2 p.m. today at the Pioneer Park Church of Christ with burial at Memorial Park. he had lived in Lubbock since 1941 and leaves wife Mary and children Warner Danny Kevin Ian Stefani plus siblings and a grandchild.
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Ave. P
Pioneer Park
Church of Christ
George Tipps
Fort Worth
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin Bartley
Salisbury
Lub ‘Hock
Kerrville
Mary
Warner
1504
39Th St
Danny
Kevin
Ian
Stefani
Everett
Santa Fe
N.M
Arlington Citizen of the Year named by Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce selects Arlington's Citizen of the Year and the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce names one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans. The speaker notes the overlap with Billy Sol Estes among that year’s honorees and mentions Vandergriff Enterprises led by the mayor, with auto dealerships in Arlington and Carrollton.
Why Do You Read So Slowly
A Chicago publisher promotes rapid reading as a self training method to increase speed and retention. The flyer promises a booklet titled How to Read Faster and Retain More mailed free to readers who send name address and zip code to Reading, 835 Diversey Dept 4539 011 Chicago.
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Readig
Diversey
Dept
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