Langford Rites Set in Lubbock for Tech Founder
Funeral services for George Langford 65 founder of the Ex-Student Association antecedent group are planned at 2 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. Langford, a farmer and rancher, lived at 4505 WS 11th St and died Monday at Methodist Hospital. He played football basketball and track at Texas Tech, helped form the 100 Club and the early Ex-Student group, and worked for West Texas Gas Co. Surviving are his wife Johnnye Langford, a brother, four sisters, and numerous relatives. Memorials may go to the Tech Foundation George Langford Loan Fund for Athletics.
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Langford
11Th St
Methodist
Stephens County
Necessity
Lubbock
Tech
Tech Athletic Council
West Texas Gas Co
Aischargze
Cox-Langford Implement Co
Lubbock Country Club
Pi Kayeipa Alpha Fraternity
Lions Club
Johnnye Gilkerson Langford
Floyd
Eileen
Leon Ince
Houston
Marion Sanford
Elliott Taylor
Clifford B. Jones
Jack Payne
George Heath
W. F Dean
Allen Benton
W. J. Spangle
Stony Wall
J. Mule Davis
Cleddie Brown
Lonnie Stangsten
Kenneth Cox
R. C. Goodwin
Tech Foundation
George Langford
Car-Pickup Crash Near Lockney Kills Mother and Son
A farm road collision eight miles northwest of Lockney killed Mrs Douglas Reves, 30, and her son Dale, year old, and seriously injured two other family members. Pamela Reyes, 12, and Mrs Elmo Reves, 52, were taken to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock in serious and critical condition respectively. Durward Nelson Jack, 48, and Mike Reves, 10, survived with injuries. The crash occurred at 9 10 a m at FM 2286 and an unpaved road, with both vehicles damaged. The fatalities were confirmed at the scene and services pending.
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Lockney
Douglas Reves
Dale
Floyd County
South Plains
Lubbock
Elmo Reves
Lone Star
Pamela Hope Reyes
Methodist Hospital
Lockney General Hospital
Methodist
Pamela
Reves
Jack
Chester Carther
Funeral for 10 year old shot in Plainview Yard
A funeral service for Lee Verta Thomas, 10, will be held at 10 am today at the Church of God in Christ in Plainview. He was fatally shot while playing in a neighbor's yard when another child’s gun discharged. Burial follows at Plainview Cemetery under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. Survivors include his parents and siblings.
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Plainview
Church of God In Christ
Lee Verta Thomas
E. N. Givens
Plainview Cemetery
Wood- Dunning Funeral Home
M. L. Williams
H. K. Thomas Jr
Jessie Mae Williams
Brenda Gale Williams
Cynthia Diane Williams
Marcella Len
Freddie Jackson
Mason
Rites Arranged For Mrs. Patman
Funeral services set for 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church Texarkana for Mrs. Wright Patman 73 widow of congressman. She died Sunday in Washington after a long illness and was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Texarkana
Tex
First Baptist Church
Wright Patman
Patman
Washington
Hillcrest Cemetery
Lory Hildreth
Merle Connor
Magnolia
Ark
House Banking Committee
Connor Wright Patman
James Harold Patman
Aus
William Neff Sprinkle
Spa
Bessie Connor
Winnsboro
Doors
Paul Connor
Special Incident Remembered On Cinco de Mayo By Writer
Whitney Bolton recalls a life lesson tied to Cinco de Mayo. The piece contrasts Mexican celebrations with American patriotism as a boy and his father watch parades near Cuauhtemoc statue in Mexico City. Diaz’s portrait and a shared flag moment frame a personal Independence Day memory.
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Porfirio Diaz
Zocalo
el Presidente
Whitney Bolton
New York, N.Y
Cinco de Mayo
Cuauhtemoc
FEI Presidente
Fire Surrounds Apollo Module Test at NASA Facility
A fire broke out during an unmanned Apollo lunar module test at a NASA site near Las Cruces New Mexico. Flames swirled around the craft but NASA said damage was minor and no astronauts were involved in the test.
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Las Cruces
N. M
UPI
Naional Aeronautics and Space Administration
Here
NASA
Lunary Module
Tech Professor Leads Rabbit Population Study in Texas High Plains
Dr Eric G Balen of Texas Tech will supervise a federally funded study of jack rabbit populations in the southern High Plains of Texas. An $8,570 grant from the US Interior Department’s Fish and Wildlife Service supports the project with graduate students, aiming to produce guidelines for arid western lands. Jack rabbits damage sheep and cattle lands in the region.
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Eric G Balen
Texas Tech
High Plains
Texas
US. Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
2Alen
United States
Rites Planned Today for Mrs Audie Reed
Services are set for 2pm today for Mrs Audie Mae Reed 65 a Littlefield resident for 13 years The Rev Robert King pastor will conduct services in the First Christian Church Hammond Funeral Home will direct burial in Terrace Cemetery Post Survivors include husband one son two daughters and seven grandchildren
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Littlefield
Audie Mae Reed
Robert King
First Christian Church
Hammons
Terrace Cemetery
Post
Ethiopian Peace Corps Instructors Plan Class Boycott
Mulugeta Anduhlem Hailu and Teferi Messert leaders of 72 University of Utah Peace Corps instructors announce a campus boycott after 15 Ethiopians were attacked in a Salt Lake City bar. They demand safety measures and justice, warning of strain between Utah and Ethiopia loyalties.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Mulugeta Anduhlem
Hailu
Teferi Messert
Univer
Sity
Utah
University of Utah
University of Ethiopa
Peace Corps
Steadfast in Liberty Hymn by Julien C Hyer
The text reflects on national birthday Liberty praise for a nation built by founding fathers paths of freedom and gratitude to God. Julien C Hyer signs the piece urging reverence for the flag and the country’s heritage.
Joe Garcia Services Set Today In Slaton
Funeral services for Joe Garcia 22 who died in an auto mishap June 28 in Holgate Ohio will be at 10 a m today at Our Lady of Guad.
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Slaton
Joe Garcia
Holgate
Ohio
Our Lady of Guad
Services for Dorsey Messer Held in Slaton
Funeral arrangements for Dorsey I Messer are pending with Rix Funeral Directors Slaton. Dorsey Messer died at 6 25 p m Monday at his home Englewood Cemetery burial planned. He is survived by his wife two sons his parents a daughter seven brothers and five sisters.
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Alohe Catholic Church
Dorsey I
Messer
Rev. Sr
Ave. E
James Erickson
Rix
Englewood Cemetery
36Th
John E
Anselmo Garcia
All St
Wanda
Slaton
Sharp
Tyler
Levelland Boy Noah Morris Services Set for Today
Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. today at Trinity Baptist Church Levelland for Noah Ray Morris 10 son of Reacy Morris Jr and his wife. Rev Fred Blake will lead with Rev Troy Martin assisting Burial follows at City of Levelland Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home direction. He drowned Sunday at Stamford Lake near Haskell born in Dallas moved from Sallisaw Oklahoma to Levelland in 1965. Survivors include his parents three brothers Joe David Reacy Jay Timothy Earl all at home two sisters Nancy Betty Carol also at home and his grandparents R J Morris Sr of Levelland and Mr and Mrs G T Womack of Whiteface.
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Levelland
Noah Ray Morris
Reacy I. Morris Jr
Fred Blake
Trinity Baptist Church
Troy Martin
Church of Nazarene
City of Levelland
George Price
Stamford Lake
Haskell
Dallas
Sallisaw
Okla
South
Joe David
Reacy Jay
Timothy Earl
Nancy
Betty Carol
R. J. Morris Sr
G. T. Womack
Funeral services pending for Mrs Henry C Snyder
Mrs Snyder 61 of 3813 35th St died Sunday in Altus Oklahoma from injuries in an auto wreck two miles west of Altus. She was a Texas Tech bookstore cashier formerly of Fort Worth and Lubbock. Surviving: husband three sons two daughters two sisters and nine grandchildren.
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Henry Clay Snyder
35Th St
Altus
Okla
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Snyder
Memorial Hospital
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Carnegie
Oklo
Highland Hospital
Hobart
Alvin
San Antonio
Richard
Houston
Bill
Larry Joe O'Brien
Augusta
R. A
Archie Curr's Rites Wednesday
Archie Curry 83 longtime Olton resident died Monday in West Plains Rest home at Muleshoe after two years as patient. Services 3 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Campbell, Nelson and Lewis officiating. Burial Olton Cemetery under Parsons Funeral Home. Survivors include three sons, three daughters, sister, 11 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild. He was a retired farmer and Woodmen of the World member.
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Olton
Archie Curry
West Plains Rest
Muleshoe
First Methodist Church
R. H. Campbell
Tommy Nelson
John E. Lewis
First Baptist Church
Parsons Funeral Home
Curry
Woodmen of the World
Clifford C
Homer L
Emory
Tyler
B. H. Testerman
Lewisville
Robert Smith
Floydada
Johnny Monte
Zachary
Lissie Byrom
Pilot Point
Rites Scheduled For Jesse Jones
Rites for Jesse Jones age 67 will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Lakeside Baptist Church in Spur Burial at Spur Cemetery directed by Campbell Funeral Home Jones a Dickens County resident since 1938 is survived by his wife three daughters two adopted daughters five sisters two brothers twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Spur
Jesse Jones
Lakeside Baptist Church
Campbell Funeral Home
Jones
Dickens County
la Verda, Finley
el Paso
Minnie Mae Bethney
Jessie Mae Jones
Casa Grande
Ariz
Christine Marks
Lexington
Emma Johnson
Casa Grande, Ariz
Betty
Ruby Nicholson
Cassie Patterson
Elnora Patterson
Fayetteville, Tex
Robert Anderson
Houston
Frank Nicholson
Oscar Nicholson
Big Spring Woman’s Services In Odessa
Grave side services are set for 11 a m today in Odessa for Mrs. Alice Rogers 62 of Big Spring. The Rev Richard Payne will conduct at Sunset Memorial Gardens Odessa Gilbreath Funeral Home of Stanton will direct burial. Rogers died Saturday in a car wreck five miles west of Stanton. Survived by a foster daughter Patsy Lydick of Denison. DEPART FRANCE TOULOUSE, France Turkish president Cevdet Sunay and wife left for Ankara after three day private tour of France and a three day state visit to Paris.
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Stanton
Odessa
Alice, Rogers
Big Spring
Richard Payne
First Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Gilbreath Funeral
France
Toulouse
UPI
Cevdet Sunay
Ankara
Paris
Jayne Mansfield Seen Buried In Simple Methodist Rites
Crowds near 1,000 gather at Pallis Funeral Home and Fairview Cemetery in Pen Argyl for Jayne Mansfield’s funeral after a fatal car-truck crash near New Orleans. Family sought privacy but public interest created a circus atmosphere as Hargitay, Mansfield’s husband, and her mother mourn.
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Pen Argyl
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne
Pallis Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
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