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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1966

Page

2

Flooding Deluges Sandusky After Lake Erie Storms

Severe thunderstorms drenched Sandusky Ohio with near 12 inches of rain causing rivers to form streets floodwaters engulfed homes and a hospital. National Guardsmen used amphibious vehicles to evacuate residents as emergency crews mobilized fire crews and Red Cross shelters opened. Five injuries and a fatality were reported as winds hail and lightning sparked fires and power outages spread across Port Clinton Fremont and surrounding areas.

Sandusky, Ohio UPI Hawthorne Country Club Lake Erie Sandusky Hospital Sandusky Ohio James A. Rhodes Cleveland Port Clinton Fremont 107Th Armored Cavalry Regiment Ohio National Guard Erie County Sheriff's Deputies

Hanoi Claims U S Planes Hit Dikes

Hanoi reported U S warplanes attacked dikes along the Tra Li River south of Hanoi and destroyed part of them. The Viet Nam News Agency said it was the fifth dike attack in 10 days and that water systems were pounded in other areas.

Tokyo Viet Nam U.S Tra Li Hanoi-Haiphong Complex Hanoi International Control Commission For Thai Binh Haiphong Thac Ba Am Yen Bai van Gia Cau River Bac Thai Vinh Tri Luice Nam Phong Nam Ha Quang Lien Quang Binh Saigon

Biochemists Back Jewish Life Vision Says Rabbi Lamm

Rabbi Norman Lamm argues that discovering life in the universe or creating life in the lab would align with Judaic belief. He says such advances would not challenge God but reveal human creative function in line with spiritual duty. He spoke while receiving a doctorate from Yeshiva University.

New York UPC Rabbi Lamm Yeshiva University

Emergency Package Urged For Tourists

New York based BMW office urges travelers to stock the car trunk with emergency gear for safety. Include old blanket burlap sand bags shovel boots gloves rain coat reflectors flares rags first aid kit gas oil water tools window scraper brush and funnel.

New York UPI BMW Bavarian Motor Works

Alaska Golden Days Gala Set for July 20 in Fairbanks

Alaska's biggest summer show the Golden Days celebration at Fairbanks will be held July 20 to mark the discovery of gold on July 22, 1902. The event features parades gold panning street dancing Eskimo athletic competitions a midway and art exhibits.

Washington UPI Alasa Airbanks American Automoilc Association Fairbanks

Bachelor Finds Two Quiet Kids In Home

In Roosevelt New York Marvin Phillips a bachelor who runs a home and insurance office found a girl about 11 and a boy about 4 sitting silently in his home. He called police who took the children to Meadowbrook Hospital where they were cleaned fed and put to bed still unidentified and silent.

Roosevelt N.Y Marvin Phillips Phillips Meadowbrook Hospital

Maladonado Services Set In Seagraves

Francisco Maladonado 59 dies after eight month illness at San Angelo State Hospital. Rites held 2:30 p.m. today at Assembly of God Church Seagraves with Rev. O Martinez officiating. Survived by wife Maria four sons and four daughters burial in Seagraves Cemetery under Webb Funeral Home direction.

Seagraves Francisco Flores Maladonado Assembly of God O. Martinez Assembly of God Church Maladonado San Angelo State Hospital Maria Seagraves Cemetery Webb Funeral Home

Everett West Rites Scheduled For Today

Services for Everett P. West 73 longtime Sudan resident will be at 2 30 p m in the Methodist Church Sudan He died Monday morning at Amherst Hospital Burial will be in Sudan Cemetery under Payne Funeral Home direction He is survived by three daughters three sons 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Amherst Everett P West Sudan Methodist Amherst Hospital Payne Funeral Home

German Resorts Embrace Kneipp Water Therapy Abroad

New York reports 33 German country resorts offer Kneipp water therapy. The program, said to be 100 years old, centers on baths at varied temperatures, walking on dew grass, and alternating hot and cold packs. The German Tourist Information Office notes this wellness trend.

New York UPI Sebastian Kneipp Bewy

Rice Graduate Dies In Galveston Wreck

Miss Delia Anne Lassiter a 22 year old Rice University graduate and UT Medical Branch junior died Monday when her car skidded, struck a stop sign and overturned on Interstate 45 about 15 miles north of Galveston Funeral services are set for Wednesday with burial at an unspecified cemetery in Florida.

Galveston, Tex Delia Anne Lassiter Houston Interstate 45 Lassiter Rice University University of Texas Medical Branch Fl Dorada

Wingfield Rites Thursday for Longtime Littlefield Resident

G A Wingfield 71 former Muleshoe and Woflforth resident died Tuesday at Veterans Hospital Amarillo after six days in care. Retired farmer and World War I veteran services set 2 30 p m Thursday Crescent Church of Christ Littlefield with Preston Parham Wichita Kan officiating. Burial Meadow Hammons Funeral Home Littlefield. Survived by Maude three daughters Mildred Montgomery Mearl Davis both Littlefield and Margie Heafner Tucumcari New Mexico a brother Earl Beaumont California eight grandchildren one great grandchild. Pallbearers Clyde Monk J B Wright Gene Caldwell Boone Allison Claude Hendrix Joe Embry.

Littlefield Guile A. Wingfield Muleshoe and Wolfforth Veterans Hospital Amarillo Wingfield Crescent Church of Christ Preston Parham Wichita Kan Bob Wear Meadow Cemetery Hammons

Community notices and reunions mark weekend events

Boyce Evans of the Hardin-Simmons Foundation speaks at a noon Exchange Club meeting at the Pioneer Hotel on Man Living in This Present Age. Sunday reunions draw families from 11 area communities to the Thomas-Toney and Dodd gatherings in Levelland and Muleshoe.

Boyce Evans Hardin- Simmons Foundation Exchange Club Pioneer Hotel Thomas-Toney Carlisle Levelland Highway Bob Rich Wolfforth

Rites Pending for Mrs. Bousman Longtime Lubbock Resident

Mrs. Ollie D. Bousman 89 died about 7 p.m. Tuesday at Rays Hospitality Home after a 30 day illness. Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home. She lived at 2006 17th St in Lubbock since 1912 with two five year stays in Farmington New Mexico and Alamogordo New Mexico. Survived by six sons including Joe IlIlhaney William McIlhaney George McIlhaney Jessel McIlhaney Jack McIlhaney and Lt Col Sam McIlhaney. two daughters Mrs Gordon Deering and Mrs C T Gholson. 26 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. A separate item notes Connie Francis recording a song honoring the U S Army Nurse Corps on MGM label in New York.

Ollie D. Bousman Lubbock Ray Sanders Funeral Home Bousman 17Th Farmington N.M Alamogordo Order of Eastern Star Joel S. MclIlhaney 17Th St William MclIlhaney Hico George P. McIlhaney Jessel McIiihaney Albuquerque Jack McIlhaney Sam McIiihaney Albany Gordon Deering C. T. Gholson

Plane Crash Victim's Services Set Today

Services for John Carlton Miller 23 one of five dead in Sunday private plane crash will be at 4 p m today in Grace Baptist Church Andrews Rev Boyce Brannan officiating burial in Singleton Funeral Home Survivors include his wife a daughter parents and three sisters Other four victims had services Tuesday

Services for Rubert Henley Wilson Thursday Friona

Rubert Henley Wilson 73 Friona resident died at home Monday. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Calvary with Rev. Jake Armstrong officiating. Burial in Friona Cemetery under direction of Claborn Funeral Home.

Friona Rubert Henley Wilson Calvary Baptist Church Jake Armstrong Friona Cemetery Claborn Funeral Home

Chairman of Houston Livestock Show Dies

Archer Romero, 58, chairman of the Houston Livestock Show, died Tuesday after a long illness. He headed a real estate firm. Survived by two sisters. His wife Winnie Lemaire Romero died May 23. Services set for Thursday.

Houston Archer Romero Houston Livestock Show Winnie Lemaire Romero Romero

Robert W. Bingham Dies in Crash

Robert W. Bingham was killed in a vehicle crash reported in local notices. No further details about the accident or condition of other individuals were provided in the readable text.

Publisher's Son Dies In Freak Auto Accident

Robert Worth Bingham, 34, son of Barry Bingham publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal, was killed in Nantucket when a surfboard in his car struck a parked vehicle and then hit him in the neck. His wife Joan and daughter Claire were uninjured. The death was ruled a broken neck from a blow at Baxter Road in Liasconset.

Nantucket Mass UPI Robert Worth Bingham Barry Bingham Louisville Courier-Journal and Times Cape Cod Bingham Joan Clara Leonard Kilmer

Mrs Garrigues Rites This Morning At Slaton Church

Funeral services for Mrs. C L Bertha E Garrigues 78 of 215 N 4th St Slaton will be at 10 30 a m at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Clarence N Wylie of Lubbock officiating and Rev Joe Swafford assisting Burial will be Englewood Cemetery Slaton Williams Funeral Home in charge Survivors include son Col L M Garrigues Fort Collins Colo daughter Mrs J D McPhaul Lubbock two brothers and two sisters and five grandchildren plus four great grandchildren

Slaton C. L Bertha E.) Garrigues 4Th St First Presbyterian Church Clarence N. Wylie Lubbock Slaton Church Joe Swafford Englewood Williams Funeral Home Shandon Calif

Morning Edition Subscriptions Rates Listed for Lubbock Paper

The Lubbock Avalanche Journal lists home delivery options and prices for Morning Morning Evening Sunday and combined plans. Rates cover various term lengths and delivery combinations with postage details and mailing information noted.

Fubbock Avalanche-Journal Lubbock Avalanche. Journal 8Th Avenue J Lubbock Texas Tex Eve Sun

Dawson County Pioneer Dies in Lamesa

Mrs. Claude Wasson Sr., 92, a Dawson County pioneer, died about 8 p.m. Tuesday at Medical Arts Hospital. She lived on a farm southwest of Lamesa and came to the county in 1903 from Denton County. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Prentis Brooks of Star Route 4, Lamesa. a son, Claude Wasson Jr. of Lamesa. a sister, Mrs. J. J. Pugh of O'Donnell. and a brother, Marshall A. Hart of Durant, Oklahoma. Services are pending at Branson-Philips Funeral Home.

Claude Wasson Sr Dawson County Medical Arts Hospital Prentis Brooks Star Rt. 4 Lamesa Claude Wasson Jr J. J. Pugh O’donnell Marshall A. Hart Durant Oklo Branson-Philips Funeral Home

Mrs Myrtle McCoy Services Planned In Lamesa

Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle McCoy 54 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Ebernezer Baptist Church in Lamesa Burial will be at Lamesa Branon-Philips Funeral Home She died Saturday night at Seminole Memorial Hospital Survivors include her husband Ira of Seagraves a daughter Mrs Mary F Butler and three sons Louis Pennington Andrews Jerry Pennington Lamesa and Frank Pennington Hobbs New Mexico

Myrtle McCoy Ebernezer Baptist Church Lamesa Cemetery Branon-Philips Funeral Home McCoy Seminole Memorial Hospital Ira Seagraves Mary F. Butler Louis Pennington Andrews Jerry Pennington Lamesa Frank Pennington

Work and honest toil define the meaning of life

A religious devotional feature argues that work remains essential from Genesis onward. The piece asserts that all civilization depends on honest labor and conscientious service, warning that idleness leads to grave dangers and that work is the livelihood of all people.

Navarrette Services Today for Juan E Navarrette

Juan E Navarrette 28 of Lubbock died from injuries after falling from an overpass under construction on Loop 289. Services are 2:30 p.m. at Faith Temple with Rev. Manuel Vargas officiating. Burial at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Born in Lubbock, he leaves a son Marcos and four daughters Juana Irene Conzulo Rosalinda, plus his father Marcos Navarrette, a brother Felipe and three sisters Elsa Frances Lillie, all of Lubbock.

Juan E. Navarrette Cornell St Faith Temple 5Th St Avenue C Navarrette Lubibock Marcos Juana Irene Conzulo Rosalinda Hhe Marcos Navarrette 43Rd St Felipe Navarrette Elsa DeLuna Frances Ortiz Lillie Castillio Lubbock

O C Curry Services Scheduled Thursday

Services for O C Curry 85 a former Abernathy resident will be at 10 30 a m Thursday in the Methodist Church. The Rev Conrad Ryan pastor will officiate Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery under direction of Chambers Funeral

Abernathy O. C. Curry Methodist Conrad Ryan Abernathy Cemetery Chambers Funeral Home

Ex-FBI Agent Jarrard Secrest Dies at 51 in Temple

Jarard Secrest a former FBI agent state senator and lieutenant governor candidate died Tuesday after a heart attack Sunday He was 51 and served in the Texas Senate from 1952 to 1961 He led Texas Radio Corp and chaired the Methodist Home in Waco Survivors include his widow two sons a Baylor student and his mother Services were set for 2 p m in First Methodist Church Temple conducted by Bishop Kenneth Pope of Dallas

J. C. Henderson Iginner Idalou Methodist Hospital Temple Tex Jarrard Secrest FBI Secrest Texas Radio Corp Kyle-Fm Senate Preston Smith Robert Secrest Jerry Secrest Baylor University Waco Felix Secrest Georgetown First Methodist Kenneth Pope Dallas

Aruba’s Windmill Inn Serves Dutch Dining in Island

Aruba, the Caribbean island near Venezuela, features unique eateries including one housed in an authentic windmill shipped from Holland. The venue blends Dutch dining with tropical setting, drawing curious visitors seeking a distinctive culinary experience.

Aruba N.W.1 UPI Caribbean Venezuela Holland

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