Lubbock Traffic Fatalities Decline in First Half 1982
Texas Highway Patrol reports a sharp drop in rural and city traffic deaths in Lubbock County during the first six months of 1982, with six rural fatalities and six city deaths. Across 14 surrounding counties, rural deaths total nine in Hockley and seven in Lynn, while Terry reports none. overall rural injuries total 304 and property damage nears $385,000. Authorities urge citizens to report suspected drunk driving to help sustain the trend.
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Lubbock County
Texas Highway Patrol
Set. O. C. Guthrie
Texas
Lubbock
Syuthrie
Hockley County
Lynn County
Terry County
May
Harry Hutchison
Texas Department of Publi Safety
Parents Charged After Alleged Hangs Of Children
In Houston three children aged 6 to 8 testified that their father Spencer Churchill and mother Mary Churchill hanged them by the hands at tiptoe height for eating between meals. Police charged both parents with aggravated assault.
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Houston
Spencer Churchill
Mary Churchill
Spencer Jr
Mary
Margaret
Churchills
Sharon
Delmar
Momma
Daddy
Lila Bolin
Churchill House
Man Gets Jail Term In Dirty Picture Case
A one year jail term was assessed for Robert Logan Flores, 3604 E. 15th St., after being found guilty in County Court at Law No. 1 of possession of lewd photographs. Judge James A. Elis presided over the trial to the court.
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Lubbock
Robert Logan Flores
15Th St
James A. Elis
Zelmond Fairchild
Sally
Norman Morris
Jesus E. Barron
22Nd St
Barron
Mth St
Orlando Ave
Suspects Freed On Bonds Here
Negro suspects in murder and attempted murder cases were freed from Lubbock County jail after posting bonds. T W McClenton, 48, posted 2500 bond for murder in death of Richard Lee Thomas. Ollie Johnson, 30, posted 2500 bond for assault with intent to murder Henry Dockins.
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Lubbock County
T. W. McClenton
1708
Ave
Justice of the Peace
F. R. Land
Richard Lee Thomas
Thomas
Galveston
McClenton
Asst
George AH. Nelson
Ollie Johnson
Ollie Lee Johnson
Juniper, Sr
Henry Dockins
Services For Train Victim Pending In Lubbock
A 41 year old Lubbock man Rudolph O Rodriguez was struck and killed by a Santa Fe freight near Clovis Road and North Detroit. The inquest returned death by railroad collision. Survivors include his parents of Aransas Pass.
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Lubbock
Santa Fe
Franklin Bartley
Rudolph O. Rodriguez
Levelland Hwy
Aransas Pass
Clovis Rd
Detroit
Rodriguez
Justice of the Peace
Land
N. College Ave
Clovis Road
College Avenue
Lubbock-Shallowater
Loss Is Light In Burglaries Here
Police investigated break ins at a service station and a residence and an attempted burglary at a North College Avenue business. Thrift House on 213 N College Ave had a window pane broken and Wayne LeCroy’s Service Station on 1920 Parkway Dr reported a door entry attempt. No loss reported. Alice Mae Thomas reported a missing record player and radio valued at 126 dollars from 28th Street. Jimmy Hicks reported a tachometer worth 20 dollars missing from his car. Howard Warner reported a 45 dollar lawn mower stolen from 44th Street.
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N. College Avenue
Thrift House
N. College,Ave
Wayne LeCroy
Parkway Dr
Alice Mae Thomas
28Th St
Jimmy Hicks
40Th St
Howard Warner
44Th St
Rites Planned for Wreck Victim Bennie Williams
Services for Bennie Dell Williams 25 state policeman killed in a traffic accident will be Friday in Lordsburg New Mexico. Burial is set for Mount View Cemetery with Heather Mortuary directing. Williams stationed at Elida previously and due for transfer to Tucumcari next month. Survivors include his wife Rita a daughter Tamara and two sons James and Bennie. a sister and two brothers. Pallbearers are New Mexico state policemen Coy Jones Joe Rutland Bill Eddieman Dick Gibson Dwayne Johnston and Conn Brown.
Longtime Area Resident Dies
Archie Lee Odom 73 of Flivanna died Tuesday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Services set for Friday at Flivanna Methodist Church with Rev. John Gordon and Rev. Thomas Hall assisting. Burial in Fluvanna Cemetery. Bolger Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include two daughters Gail Jackson and Ruby Beal, two sons Oliver Odom and Douchis Odom, a sister Mrs. Harry Phillips, and six grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Fluvannara
Harry Phillips
Oklahoma City
John Gordon
Snyder First Presbyterian Church
Thomas Hall
Fluvanna Baptist Church
Fluvanna Cemetery
Bolger
Former Briscoe Resident Killed in California Crash
Keith Wood, 26, of Silverton and five others died in a head on collision on CLS Hwy 99 between San Benito and Fontana California Tuesday. Wood died after 4 am. others named were Lewis Mansur and wife and son from Las Veras Nevada and Roger Altmann of San Benito. Wood's body to be returned to Silverton. funeral arrangements pending.
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Silverton
Dex Keith Wood
Floyd Wood
San Bento
Calif
Wood
San Benito
Fontana
Lewis Mansur
Las Veras
Nev
Roger Fred Altmann
California
Dickey Mortuary
Roberts Funeral Home
Mrs. Mary Ann Yuzbick dies at 70 in Levelland
Mary Ann Yuzbick 70 a Levelland resident since 1947 died at 8 1 p m Wednesday in a local hospital. Native of Lebanon she came to the United States 57 years ago and lived in Albuquerque before moving to Levelland Survivors include three sons R J Caracas Venezuela Roy W Albuquerque Eddie Levelland two daughters Mrs Norman Henderson Noble Oklahoma and Mrs James S Stallings San Antonio a sister in Lebanon ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Levelland
George Price
Mary Ann Yuzbick
Austin St
Lebanon
Yu.bick
U.S
Norman Henderson
Noble
Okla
James
Stallings
San Antonio
Services Are Friday For Mrs Blackshare
Mrs. Mertie Blackshare 86 died Tuesday at Holden Massachusetts. Services Friday at 11 am in Rix Chapel with Rev J Ralph Grant and Rev J T Bolding officiating. Burial in Memphis cemetery. She was a former Lubbock resident and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include a daughter, three grandchildren, and a sister.
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Mertie Blackshare
Holden
Mass
Rix Chapel
J. Ralph Grant
First Baptist Church
J.T. Bolding
Memphis
Rix Funeral Home
Blackshare
Lubbock
Order of Eastern Star
Floydada Rites Set For Badgett Infant
Donnie Joe Badgett infant of Floydada died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock six months after birth. Funeral services at First Methodist Church will be led by Rev Charles Luttrick with assist from Rev Roy Turner. Harmon Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include parents William David Badgett and Mrs. Badgett, brother David Jr, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R S McCormick and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Badgett, great grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W Edd Brown and Mr. and Mrs. J B Badgett, and a great great grandmother Mrs J M Sumimertine, all of Floydada.
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Floydada
Donnie Joe Badgett
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
William David Badgett
David Jr
R. S. McCormick
Woodrow Badgett
W. Edd Brown
J. B. Badgett
J. M. Sumimertine
Flovdada
Charles Luttrick
First Methodist Church
Roy Turner
First Christian Church
Harmon Funeral Home
Cafe T s Damaged In Arson Attempt At Mall
Police say two women ages 25 and 26 started a fire at Lee's Mall Bar on 34th Street just after midnight Tuesday. The blaze damaged a cafe restroom with lighter and paper. three men fled in a cat before workers discovered the flames. Estimated damage ranges from 109 to 200 dollars.
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Lee's Mall
34Th St
Ties and Resolve Across a Juvenile Case
A juvenile judge and a mother debate their son’s fate as the judge concedes limits in aiding the Ind of yours but the mother refuses to yield. The exchange reflects steadfast family bonds amid legal scrutiny.
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Hidge
Julien C.ayer
Telephone Operator's Suspension Is Upheld
A city telephone operator’s four day suspension for neglecting duties during an argument over a 25 cent loan was upheld by a civil service trial board in Dallas. The operator was suspended May 14 after appeal and was found negligent for becoming involved in the dispute and risking inability to handle emergency calls.
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Dallas
UPI
Civil Service Trial Board
Civil Service Board
Beulah Massey Rites Pending in Friona
Longtime Friona resident Beulah Elizabeth Massey 69 died at 4 39 p m Wednesday in Palmer County Community Hospital Funeral services are pending with Cla Thorn Funeral Home She was born in Tennessee came to Friona in 1925 and was a member of the Pantist church Surviving are her husband Otis four daughters eight sons two sisters a brother 25 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
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Friona
Beulah Elizabeth Massey
Palmer County Community Hospital
Clathorn
Massey
Tennessee
Felts County
Pantist Church
Otis
Virgil Foreson
Sim Williams
Frances Spears
Dallas
Neal Yorne
Hereford
Edward
Truth Or Consequences
N.M
Gordon
Wayne
Russell
Amarillo
Stanley
Bellflower
Calif
Marvin
Blunt
S.D
Flora
Mary Price
Ellis County
Marvin Price
Rites For Mother Of City Resident Pending
Mrs. J. J. Ferguson 74 of Whitney, mother of Mrs. J. J. Allison of 2211 50th St, died at 6 25 am Wednesday in Whitney. Arrangements at Marshall Marshall Funeral Home Hillsboro are incomplete and services are expected today. Survivors include three sisters.
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J. J. Ferguson
Whittney
J. J. Allison
Whitney
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Home
Hillsboro
O. B. Alexander Rites Planned Here Today
Rites for O. B. Bud Alexander 63 will be held at 2 p m in the Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home chapel with Rev William Hanley of St Elizabeths Catholic officiating Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery He died on arrival at Methodist Hospital Tuesday survived by his wife a sister a daughter two grandchildren and a niece David Rose Live Steamers Club charter member is noted as a national miniature railroad group member
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O. B
Bud) Alexander
Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home
William Hanley
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
City of Lubbock
Rt. 3
Lahhoeck
Alexander
Methodist Hospital
Reserve Life Insurance Co
David Rose
the Red Skelton Hour
The
Live Steamers Club
Hereford Man Is Killed By Freight Train
The decapitated body of Tom Barrett, 44, of Hereford, was found beside the Worth & Denver Railroad tracks near Hereford on Wednesday. Officials say he apparently tried to board a freight train and slipped beneath the wheels.
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Amarillo
Tom Barrett
Hereford
Fare Worth & Denver
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Hutchison
South Plains
Bailey
Val Dickens
Floyd
Garza
al Asars
Hockley
Lamb
Asa
St. Lasan
Terry U
Yoakum
Dockins
Mighty Man Inn
E. 37Th St
Walnut Ave
Briscoe
Cafe Ts
Che Shepherd
O. B. Alexander
Porter
Resthaven Memorial
Levelland Highway
Texas Ave
13Th St
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