U S Attorney Urges Return to Law and Order in Lubbock
Eldon B. Mahon the new U S Attorney for the northern district of Texas called for a return to law and order during a Lubbock visit. Judge Hal Woodward, recently appointed, outlined plan to start trials in Lubbock on August 5 and Amarillo on September 9, with trials likely through October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
District of Texas
Lubbock
Eldon B. Mahon
Johnson
Mahon
U.S
Hal Woodward
Lubbock Country Club
Lubbock County
Joseph B. Dooley
Woodward
Coleman
11Th St
Fort Worth
Dallas
George Mahon
Lubbock Man Fined for Aggravated Assault Case
Ronald Sawyer a 21 year old of Route 1 Lubbock was fined 150 dollars and court costs after pleading guilty to aggravated assault against policeman Bennie Ussery on March 15 in the 2400 block of 3rd Place Judge Denzil Bevers also set bail or bonds for Hodge 55 of Slaton and Kenneth Thomas 28 of Route 3 Lubbock who pleaded innocent to aggravated assault They also placed under bonds Joe Meador 25 Route 1 Lubbock on a check law violation and Gustavo Ramirez 23 of 114 Ave M for driving with license suspended
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Ronald Sawyer
Lubbock
Sawyer
Bennie Ussery
Denzil Bevers
Hodge
Slaton
Kenneth Thomas
Joe Meador
Route 1
Gustavo Ramirez
114 Ave. M
Vandalism and Theft Plague Lubbock Police Reports
Lubbock police logged busy Friday with vandalism, burglary and shoplifting incidents. Reports include rocks through windows at J. Kapadia's office, cut screens, broken window, air gun damage, and over $200 in clothes stolen from a car. A girdle theft at Globe Discount Center, a refrigerator theft, and other items such as a watch, jewelry, and a guitar were also reported along with two teens arrested for park vandalism.
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Lubbock
J. L. Kapadia
Ave. G
1St Street
Avenue J
Chaney Crenshaw
17Th St
13Th St
James Brand
Donald Myatt
62Nd St
John Dodd
65Th St
O. W. Chisum Co
18Th St
C. G. Leverett
27Th St
Johnny Follis
Bob Iserall
Clapp Park
George Lesley
Amherst St
Lesley
Globe Discount Center
Ave. Q
Broadway St
Madelyn English
22Nd Place
Belva Young
45Th St
19Th Street
Avenue W
Grady Watkins
39Th St
Two Women Nabbed at Kennedy Airport for Heroin Smuggling
U S customs officers at Kennedy Airport seized four million dollars worth of pure heroin strapped to the bodies of two women from Buenos Aires, schoolteacher Maria Avelina Gonzelez de Rossi and hairdresser Melida Lucia Burgueno Mainardi. They were charged with importation and held on one hundred thousand dollars bail each. Additional arrests tied to a large heroin ring spanning South America Europe and North America were announced along with a related cocaine smuggling case in Miami and New York City.
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New York
U.S
Kennedy Airport
Brazil
Maria Avelina Gonzelez de Rossi
Melida Lucia Burgueno Mainardi
Buenos Aires
Stanley R. Spinola
Spinola
South America
Italy
France
Canada
Miami
New York City
The Shepherd Price Cor 6 20 and prayer and duty
A devotional excerpt by Julian C Hyer on paying the price for prayer. It argues that faith matures through daily duties self respect and purity and that God helps those who help themselves. The author contrasts prayer with personal responsibility and diligence as essential to spiritual growth.
Rural traffic toll in Lubbock County tops 213 for 1968
Rural traffic accidents in Lubbock County in the first half of 1968 totaled 213, causing nine deaths and 111 injuries with property damage about 182,649 dollars. Statewide, 1,472 highway deaths occurred in the first six months, a drop of four from 1967’s period, with June reporting 39 accidents and four deaths in Lubbock and varied figures across neighboring counties.
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Bock County
Department of Public Safety
Lubbock
Cochran
Crosby
Dickens
Floyd
Garza
Hale
Hockley
Lamb
Area Man Killed In Truck Wreck Near Silvert on
Doyce Lee Nelson 50 of Estelline died on arrival at Swisher Memorial Hospital Tulsa from injuries after a pickup and a truck tractor towing it lost control and plunged over a 10 foot embankment one mile east on Highway 86. Funeral services pending at Spicer Funeral Home Memphis per Highway Patrol report.
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Silverton
Doyce Lee Nelson
Estelline
Swisher Memorial Hospital
Tulsa
Here
Spicer Funeral Home
Memphis
G. W. Morris
Red China-North Vietnam aid talks in Peking report
Singapore based AP reports Hanoi Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi heads delegation negotiating new military economic aid from Red China to North Vietnam in Peking. Local radio monitored in Singapore carried the broadcast.
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Singapore
Red China
North
Vietnam
Peking
Hanoi
le Thanh Nghi
Hanoi Radio
Seven Area Beauties Compete For State Miss Title
Miss America aspirants from seven areas will vie for the state crown in Fort Worth with a four night pageant beginning July 17 at Texas Tech standout Miss Kincannon and Miss Detten set to sing. Contestants include Miss Big Spring Sharon Hicks Crane sophomore and Miss Levelland Carolyn Flatt SPC Tex-Ams member, among others.
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Molly Grubb
Texas
Maria Beale Fletcher
Miss Kincannon
America
Tech
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
C. B. Kincannon
Pasadena
Detten
Amarillo
West Texas State University
Miss Detten
Arthur Detten
Panhandle
Hicks
Big Spring
Henry B. Hicks
Crane
Diamondhback
Miss Flatt
Levelland
SPC Tex- Ams
E. L. Flatt
Plainview
Floydada
Milton Ashton
Odessa
West Texas
Mabry
Atlantic City
San Francisco Ballet Company
Nathan B. Mabry
el Paso
Odessa College
Globe Theater
Great Southwest
Peggy Kin cannon Miss Lubbock welcomes travelers on 20 foot billboard
Peggy Kin cannon Miss Lubbock greets visitors entering Lubbock on seven highway billboards. The 28 by 11 foot posters show Peggy enlarged to 20 feet, with the message Peggy Welcomes You To Lubbock. The sign set, costing 8000 dollars for three years, features annual Miss Lubbock successors and is a Chamber of Commerce project. Peggy said it’s great to be on a billboard.
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Peggy Kincannon
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Peggy
Linney services today in Stanton
Rov Daniel Linney d8 resident of Stanton since 1948 will lie in state at 3 p m at the First Baptist Church with Rev W H Uhliman and Rev Richard Payne officiating Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery by Gilbreath Funeral Home Linney died at 815 a m Friday in Midland Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness He was a farmer and pumper for Mobil Oil Co Survivors include his wife Lorena a son LeRoy a daughter Mrs Robert Herzog a stepson Jerry Hardin a stepdaughter Betty Hardin his mother Mrs R A Linney two brothers Lester and T T Linney three sisters Mrs Clarence Stroman Mrs John T Hale and Mrs E G Allen and four grandchildren
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Stanton
Daniel Linney
First Baptist Church
W. H. Uhliman
Richard Payne
First Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Linney
Robert Lee
Midland Memorial Hospital
Mobil Oil Co
Lorena
LeRoy
Robert Herzog
Jerry Hardin
Betty Hardin
Midland
R. A. Linney
San Angelo
Lester
Rising Star
Bob Ed Blair
Lemons Funeral Home
Plainview
Blair
Earth
Amherst
Rosa B. Woolery
Resthaven Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ruthie E. Wright
Maple
O’donnell First Baptist Church
O’donnell
Singleton Funeral Home
Muleshoe
Robert H. Kirk
First Methodist Church of
Lamesa
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Kirk
Medical Arts Hospital
Five years later Marine private attempts 50 mile hike challenge
Robert McCollum now 19 and a Marine private led his brothers Rusty 13 and Ricky 11 on a 50 mile hike from Lubbock to Plainview. They started at 6 a.m. and reached Plainview after about 18 hours. The McCollum family lives at 2121 B 33rd St and 4928 17th Place.
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Robert MceCollum
Robert
Rusty
Ricky
Lubbock
Plainview
John McCollum
33Rd St
Virginia McCollum
Funeral Pending For A M Dellis In Plainview
A M Dellis 70 longtime Plainview resident died Friday at Marlin Veterans Hospital after a two week illness. Services are pending at Lemons Funeral Home. He lived in Plainview since 1921, worked for Gloverlake Dairy and Luster's Laundry, and moved to Waco in 1964. A WWI veteran survived by four daughters, three sons, a brother and three sisters with ties to Philadelphia Muleshoe Saf ford Cal Whittier Amarillo San Diego Olton Lockney and Plainview.
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Plainview
Philadephia
Jimmie Donaldson
Muleshoe
Charles Mitchell
Safford
Ariz
Milton Martin
Whittier
Calif
Dean
Amarillo
Greer
Houston
Willard
Midland
Elmer
San Diego
Lola Still
Lockney
Mae Silcott
Olton
L. P. Cox
Funeral Pending For Mrs Rigby In Lockney
Mrs. Ethel Elizabeth Rigby 68 a Lockney resident since 1943 died after a heart attack at Lockney General Hospital Services are pending at Carter Funeral Home Survivors include her husband William H four daughters Mary Patterson Pagosa Springs Beth Hodge Lubbock June Stotts Pasadena and Barbara Leitner Kingfisher six brothers John Stewart Los Angeles Thurman Stewart Tempe Clyde Stewart Aspermont plus additional survivors listed
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Lockney
Ethel Elizabeth Rigby
Lockney General Hospital
Rigby
Glen Rose
Hart
Carter Funeral Home
William H
Ike Stewart
Mary Patterson
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Beth Hodge
Lubbock
June Stotts
Pasadena
Barbara Leitner
Kingfisher
Okla
John Stewart
Los Angeles
Thurman Stewart
Tempe
Ariz
Clyde Stewart
Aspermont
Barham Funeral Pending Locally
J. J. Barham, 83, of 2606 23rd St., a retired Lubbock grocer, died at 5 40 p.m. Friday in Highland Hospital. A Tennessee native, he lived 48 years in Lubbock County and once operated a Canyon Community grocery before moving to Lubbock. He was Presbyterian and a Mason. Survived by Myrtle, daughter Mrs. Lee Jackson of Phoenix, Arizona, and two grandchildren.
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J. J. Barham
23Rd St
Lubbock
Highland Hospital
Sanders Funeral Home
Tennessee
Barham
Lubbock County
Canyon
Myrtle
Lee Jackson
Phenox
Ariz
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U.S. Attorney Appeals For Law ‘Return
Joe Frank
Forrest Green and
Monterey
Freddie Cook
36Th St
Bylow Foods
Parkway Dr
the Shepherd
Julian C. Hyer
RED Aid
Aeaa
Lovely
Marcia Ruth MacEntyre
Miss Mabry
WTSU
Carol Cutbirth
Canyon School
American Legion of Texas
David Cutbirth
Sweetwater
Sharon Hicks
Carolyn Flatt
Miss Levell and
Phyllis Detten
Natalie Kay Mabry
Miss
West Texas State
Annell Ashton
Linney Services
Ted H. Robertson
E. Tulane St
Stonewall County
Peacock
J. R. Williams
Stonewell County
Jerry Don Torbett
Boston Ave
Justice of the
Wayne LeCroy
Torbett
A. M. Dellis
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