Meredith Sheds Tears Over Bigotry at NAACP Meeting
Meredith Moody, a Mississippi native and Air Force veteran who helped integrate the University of Mississippi, wept as he described his experiences of intolerance and bigotry after a NAACP youth meeting. He said the audience criticized him for moderate views and questioned his loyalty, leading to a sleepless night after the event.
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Ty Frank L. Spencer
Chicago
Uet
James
Wilkins
Meredith
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Air Force
University of Mississippi
Myd Moody
Rites Today For Lamesa Youth Traffic Victim
Funeral services are set for George Mayfield Jr. 12, of Lamesa, killed when struck by a car on U.S. Highway 87 in north Lamesa. Burial will be at Lamesa Memory Park with Higginbotham Funeral Home directing. The young victim was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mayfield.
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City Medical Examiner
Medical Arts Hospital
Joseph W. Spelman
U.S. Hwy
Samesa
Acci
Dr. Spelman
Reeves Mincini
Petersburg Rites For Mrs Heard
Funeral services for Mrs. Mark Heard 83 of Petersburg will be held at Carrs Chapel Methodist Church at 10 am Monday with Rev. Elton Wyatt officiating. Mrs Heard died after a long illness and had lived in Petersburg since 1941. Survivors include two daughters Velma Heard and Mrs E K Williams, one son C H Heard, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Interment follows at Carrs Chapel Cemetery.
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Petersburg
Mark Heard
Carr's Chapel Methodist Church
Elton Wyatt
Petersburg Methodist Church
Heard
Shey
Plainview
Cart’s Chapel
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Poachers Threaten Leopards, Audubon Warns
New York UPI reports the National Audubon Society warns leopards face extinction due to poaching. Despite legal protection in many African nations, trapping, spearing, and shooting have risen 80 percent faster than reproduction, risking the species unless poaching ends. Cal Buchheister, Audubon president, signed the magazine editorial.
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New York
UPI
National Audubon Society
Sat- 1
Cal Wo Buchheister
Audlubon Magazine
Solon Probes Reports of Negro-Only Hiring Policy
Solon asks Civil Service Commission for official word amid reports federal agencies are ordered to hire Negroes only. Gonzales seeks statement upon return to Washington as San Antonio Social Security chief says vacancies must be filled by African Americans. Pope Paul VI sets July 13 for next general audience at the Vatican following coronation.
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Vatican City
Paul VE
Vatican
Stranger rescues Houston boy from surf near Gilchrist
Mrs. Roy Alvarez seeks to thank the tall stranger who saved her 10-year-old son Roy Jr. from an undertow at Rollover Pass. The rescuer, a father of seven, walked away after handing the frightened boy to his parents. The boy cannot swim and was swept from the beach before aid arrived.
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Houston
Roy) Alvarez
Alvarez
Roy Jr
Gilchrist
Roy
Rollover Pass
Poll shows Tarrant County backs foreign aid in Cold War test
U S Representative Jim Wright reports a 6500 response poll from Tarrant County residents. Voters favor foreign aid and UN participation, support Alliance for Progress, and approve a youth conservation crop plan while opposing federal mass transit, Medicare, and deficits. A slim majority backs the Youth Conservation Crops project.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Wright
United Nations
D- Tex
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Alliance For Progress
Kennedy
Trinity Project
Rites Set For James Sedwick
Services at 3 p.m. Monday at Afton First Baptist Church for James Robert Sedgwick 70 of Duncan Fla Community. Burial in Afton Cemetery directed by Eudy Seale Funeral Home Matador. Survivors include his wife two daughters two sons three brothers two sisters and seven grandchildren.
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Matador
Afton First Baptist Church
James Robert Sedgwick
Duncan Fla
Sedgwick
Stanley Hospital
Victor Crabtree
Dickens
Ben Dillard
Roaring Springs
Afton
Funeral Today For Spur Man Joe Bailey Long
Funeral services for Joe Bailey Long 51 longtime Spur resident will be at 2 30 pm today at First Baptist Church Spur Burial will be in Spur Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral Home Long died Friday at his home after a lengthy illness He was senior partner in City Drug Co and had lived in Spur since 1929 He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Rotary Club Survivors include his widow two sons Joe Bruce Low and Jennings Long and his father Early Long
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Spelman
Marie Valdes Dapena
Capena
St. Christopher's’ Hospital For Children
Philadelphia
Tulia
T. M
Dapena‘Nichols
Briscoe
Swish
Frederic Rieders
Er Co
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis C. Koersel
Rieders
Neil Record
Greenwood
Fort Worth
Wally Texas
T. M. Nichols
Bridgeport
Tulsa
Silverton
Geneva Willson
Jim Tom
John Will
Dimmitt
J. M. Willson
Floydada
Book of Remembrances Fund
First
SPUR
Joe Bailey Long
First Baptist Church
Campbell Funeral Home
Long
City Drug Co
South Pl
Ralls
Masonic Lodge
Rotary Chubr
Plainview Child Janet McGowen's Funeral Planned
Funeral for Janet Lee McGowen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jimmie McGowen of Plainview, will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev James Price officiating. Interment follows at Plainview Memorial Park. She was born June 3, 1959 and died Friday at Medical Center Hospital. survivors include her parents sister Judy Lynn and grandparents Bud McGowen of Lockney and Mrs Lewis of Dallas.
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Plainview
Janet Lee McGowen
Jimmie McGowen
Trinity Methodist Church
James Price
Plainview Memorial Park
Lemons Funeral Home
Medi 1 Center Hospital
Judy Lynn
Bud McGowen
Lockney
Lewis
Dalla
Midland woman Demo activist Mrs Hal Peck dies at 62
Mrs. Hal C. Peck died in a Midland hospital after a long cancer illness. A notable figure in Democratic politics and wildlife conservation, she led the Sweetie Peck oil field in her name and served on the State Fish Game and Oyster Commission. She was a life member of the International Game and Fish Commission and active in Midland civic groups.
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Midland
Hal C
Sweetie) Peck
Peck
Hal C.’Peck
Bill Wakefield
Midlands
Sweetie
Allan Shivers
Memorial Hospital Board of Governors
Midland League of Women Voters
The
Women's Club
Fedration of Women's Clubs
American Legion Auxiliary
Country Club's Ladies Association
Episcopal Auxiliary
Delphian Club
Services Today For Mrs Rosser And Rites For Nancy Rosser
Services for Mrs Nancy Gertrude Rosser 86 will be conducted at 4 p m today at Bell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A B Lightfoot of the First Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Lovington Cemetery Mrs Rosser a longtime Lovington resident died Friday night after a lengthy illness Also listed in a separate item are funeral services for Tommie Lewis 58 killed when the pickup he drove rolled near Ta Bell Suspects and survivors are given including two daughters and two sons The report notes Lewis died after the vehicle left the highway five miles south of Ta Titular city of Tatum Two additional items mention Roswell Boy Scouts officials named to offices in the Conquistador Council and provide a roster of officers and board members
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Snyder
Nancy Gertrude Rosser
Ave
V. Snyder
Bell Fueneral Home
A. B. Lightfoot
First Baptist Church
Lovington
Rosser
Tommie
Matt) Lewis
Kill-J
Ta-Bell Tum
Smith-Yarbro
William M. Beauchamp
Will
Lovington Cemetery
Lewis
Elaine Rosser Lambert
Marilu. Muserove
Funeral planned for Scurry pioneer Nancy Scarborough
Scurry County resident Mrs Nancy Nannie Goodwin Scarborough 92 will lie in state today at First Methodist Church with Rev Harry Vanderpool officiating. Burial follows at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home supervision. She died Friday after a two week illness at D M Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include two daughters E Paxton and R A Living, a son Hugh J Scarborough, along with three grandchildren, three great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Mexico invites astronauts to October IAFA conference in Mexico City.
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Alon [Zo Orrin Scarborough
E. Paxton
Laredo
R. A. Iiving
Mineral Wells
Hugh J. Scarborough
Snyder
Bussey Child Dies After Surgery in San Antonio
Funeral services for 1 year old Danita Bussey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bussey, will be at 3 p.m. today at Lee Street Baptist Church. Burial at Castro Memorial Gardens under Dennis Funeral Home. The child was born Sept. 23, 1961 in Dimmitt. Survivors include her parents two sisters Laura and Penny a brother James and grandmother Mrs. Chloe Cathy of Plainview.
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Dimmitt
Danita Bussey
James Bussey
Lee Street Baptist Church
Allen Owens
Castro Memorial Gardens
Dennis Funeral Home
San Antonio
Laura
Penny
James
Chloe Cathy
Plainview
Shooting Victim's Rites In Amarillo
Services for C. C. Howard known as Shorty, a 55 year old taxicab driver slain in Anchorage, Alaska, will be held at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home in Amarillo at 4 pm on Monday with burial at Llano Park Cemetery. Howard, once a resident of Waco and Lubbock, had been living in Alaska for about two years. Survivors include his widow, three daughters, eight sisters, four half brothers and one half-sister. Lubbock relatives listed include three sisters Beatrice Carr and Mrs. Cecil Tucker and Mrs. Ruth Norton.
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C. C
Shorty) Howard
Anchorage
Alaska
Monda
Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home
Amarillo
Llano Park Cemetery
Howard
Waco
Lubbock
Floydada
Beatrice Carr
Ave. E
Cecil Tucker
Ruth Norton
Miloth PI
Brownwood Banker W W Dees Dies in Dallas Hotel
W W Dees 7% chairman of Citizens National Bank of Brownwood was found dead Saturday in a Dallas hotel room. Authorities attributed the death to a heart attack. Dees was returning home from a vacation to the Orient. He was with Miss Lola Dees of Springs. his wife died last December. Funeral at First Methodist Church in Brownwood at 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Dallas
W. W. Dees
Citizens National Bank of Brown‘wor
Dees
Orient
Lola Dees
Springs
First Methodist
Graveside Rites Set For Jim Tyburn Baby
Morton special reports graveside services at 10 am Monday for Rebecca Ann Tyburn, day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Tyburn. Survivors include the parents, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim my Derreck of Lake Buchanan, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Tyburn of Morton, and great grandparents Mr and Mrs A H Derreck of Granite Shoals Lake near Austin.
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Morton
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Rebecca Ann Tyburn
Jim Tyburn
Jimmy Derreck
Lake Buchanan
Kenneth ‘Tyburn
A. H. Derreck
Granite Shoals Lake
Austin
Rites Pending For Col Joseph W Rodgers Retired Air Force Officer
Funeral arrangements are announced for Col Joseph W. Rodgers Retired 65 formerly of Lubbock who died Thursday in Muskogee Oklahoma Veterans Hospital He organized the 9821th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron in 1919 and commanded it 24 years He served from Quanah to Waco and coached Hub Realty Contruction Co in Lubbock with brother Clifton Rodgers in 37th Street area Interment and other details released by Léscher Funeral Home Muskogee Oklahoma Valda Rodgers wife and two Quanah sisters survive him plus brothers T J Rodgers Quanah and A B Thompson Quanah
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Joseph WW. Rodgers
Lubbock
Léscher Funeral Home
Muskogee
Oklo
Air Force
Muskogee Veterans Administration Hospital
Clifton R. Rodgers
37Th St
Hub Realty’ & Convuction Co
Funeral Today for Accident Victim Clois Don Honeycutt
Funeral services for Clois Don Honeycutt former Lubbock resident killed in an auto accident Wednesday in Maryland will be at 1 30 p m at the Church of United Saint Louis Avenue O officiating will be Rev J D Walters pastor Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of Henderson A Wilson Funeral Directors Honeycutt had moved to Maryland from Lubbock six months ago a Friona native he had attended Lubbock schools
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Clois Don Honeycutt
Lubbock
Maryland
Church of Uist SL
Ave. O
J.D. Walters
City of ‘Lubbock Cemetery
Henderson-A Wilson
Honeycutt
Friona
Berry Infant Rites Set in Portales
Graveside rites for Lisa Diane Berry infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Danny Berry Portales will be held at 2 pm today at Portales Cemetery. C M Franks will officiate burial under Wheeler Mortuary direction. The infant died shortly after birth Wednesday at Roosevelt General Hospital.
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Portales
Lisa Diane Berry
Danny Berry
Portales Ceme
Ster C. M. Franks
Wheeler Mortuary
Roosevelt General Hospital
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Jack
Stringer
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UE West Side Baptist Church
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Roy C. Wilkins
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Meredit
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Rutgers
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Univer
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Straneger
Lames High School
Lante
Dawson County
South Plains
DeLeon
Pararea
Raymond
Dan Davis
M. G. Mayfield
Levelland
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Son
34Th and
Flint
Rites
James Sedwick
Menico City
Profumo
John Profumo
Trinity River
Alliance for Progress _program
Spur Man
Mrs
Hal Peck
Springer
Dave Rova Boston
Bernard Longbotham Jr
Fiekas Bell
G. B. Clark Jr
Joe Sentell
Roswell
New Mexico
Conquistador Council
Boy Scouts of America
Joe E.key
Charles C. Loveless Jr
Howard B. Melton
D. A. Hinch
Robert ©. ‘Anderson
Ross L. Malone
National Council
Homer C. Akers
Melvin Schumpert
Gail Shannon
Tommie Lewis
Mexico
Mexico City
Mexican Aviation Club
Augustin Gutierrez Fernandez
International Aeronautic Federation
Bussey
Brownwood Banker
Rodgers
Berry
Ae Guaranteed Funeral Service Insurance
Porter
Resthaven Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Levelland Highway
Leslie's Fried Chicken Catering Service
34Th ST. and
Ave. 9
Broadway
Indiana
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