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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1963

Page

2

Murphy Conviction Appeals After Bribery Conspiracy Verdict

Gilmer Texas AP Lawyers plan Saturday to appeal the conviction of former Railroad Commission engineer L D Murphy who was found guilty of conspiring to bribe. The jury sentenced him to two years with minimum in prison. Murphy helped enforce drilling rules amid the slant oil well scandal.

Gilmer. Tex Railroad Commission L. D. Murphy Murphy Robert Mathews Looney Lindsay Mathews Murphy Mathews E.W

Johnson Speaks At Testimonial For Sen. McGee

Vice President Lyndon Johnson urged Americans to reject political extremism and partisanship in a Cheyenne testimonial dinner for Sen. Gale McGee. He praised McGee as a builder who represents the American tradition of constructiveness and responsibility while criticizing radicalism on both sides.

Cheyenne Wyo Lyndon Johnson Gale McGee McGee John Birch Society Johnson Freedom America

Friona Obituary Notices Two Fatalities and Victims

Services pending for Cecilia Marruffo an infant killed when struck by a car driven by her sister Natalie in Friona. The child died on arrival at Palmer County Community Hospital. Burial will be at Friona Cemetery. Survivors include Alvesa and Josephine two sisters Basilio a brother and the Marruffo family.

Friona Cecilia Marruffo Clathorn Funeral Home Jesus Marruffo Ashland Palmer County Community Hospital Bill Morgan Natalie Morgan Cece Alvesa Josephine Ofhorn Funeral Home Ithe Basilio Day Scranton Kan First Baptist Church Leona Wolf

Head On Crash Claims Teen During Weekend Visit

A high school girl Cathy Schofield age 16 died in a head on collision six miles northwest of Marlin after two vehicles topped a rise on a narrow country road. One other person was seriously injured and two others were less harmed. The crash occurred during heavy rain.

Marlin Ly Pitoriag Cathy Schofield Fof Anita Schofield Cam

Burglars Steal Rifle, Clothes In City Car Thefts

A 30.06 rifle in a brown case was taken from Raymond Waters’s unlocked car. R L Copeland reported a suitcase with three suits and many shirts valued at 835 dollars. A golf cart was stolen from Ray Bomar’s garage, and a butcher knife caused damage at Cracker Box Cafe. Additional thefts included two 10 ton jacks and two tires and wheels from a parked car.

Raymond Waters Waters Texas Ranger Lubbock R. L. Copeland Dist St Ave. J Ray Bomar 57Th St Ave. H Redbud Ave Ave. C

A C Whites Funeral Today in Melrose

A C White 71 an Melrose insurance agent will have funeral at 2 p m today at First Methodist Church Melrose with Rev R Q Tomlinson officiating Assisting will be Rev Don Murphy Burial will be in Melrose Cemetery under direction of C V Steed Funeral Home Clovis White died Friday night at Clovis Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness Survived by wife three sons a daughter ten grandchildren a great grandchild two brothers and two sisters

Melrose A.C. White First Methodist Church R. Q. Tomlinson Farwell Don Murphy Melrose Cometwry C. V. Steed Grey Wo Brothers

Winkler Rites Set In Tohoka

Funeral services for Mrs. Lona Bell Vick Joseph Winkler, a long time resident of Kent County, will be held at First Methodist Jayton Baptist Church with burial in Jayton Cemetery. The Rev Elyea and Rev White will officiate. Mrs. Vick died at 11 am Friday after a garbage truck accident. survivors include six sons and four daughters.

Johnston Services Slated at Calvary Baptist Church

Thurman Bascum Johnston 32 former Post resident died in Bellaire after six months there. A service is set for 3 p m at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Graydon Howell and Rev CB Hogue assisting. Burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery under Hadman Funeral Home. Survivors include wife two sons J P and Dean both of Bellaire three sisters Wilman Johnston Mrs Berna Harrison and Mrs Jewel Harper Washington and four grandchildren.

Post CB. Hogue Post First Baptist Church Roaring Springs Hadman

Dies Rites Today For Plainview Resident Gibson Jr

Charles Edward Gibson Jr 33 a Plainview resident for a year will be buried pending at Lemons Funeral Home after services at Plainview First Assembly of God Church conducted by Rev Don George. He was a city employee and died Saturday after a brief illness. Survivors include his wife four daughters a son two brothers and six sisters with grand children. Rites follow today for Rebecca Jane Roberts 88 at Tahora with service details noting a local obituary line.

Plainview Charles Edward Gibson Jr Plainview First Lubbock T. James Efird Canyon Commerce Porter Hos Aubrey White Assembly of God Church American Legion VFW Nancy Drucilla Mae Charlese Jo the Horn Chandler Chessir Plaitview Ronald Eugene St Nett W. T Stin Inett Roy M EL Paso Dewie Smith Stinenett Roy Wall Lester Lo

O H Cooper Rites Monday

Services for O H Cooper 60 of Bisbee Arizona former area resident will be at 3 PM Monday at Springlake Baptist Church with Rev A R Stewart officiating Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home Cooper a Cumby Texas native died Wednesday in Bisbee He worked at agriculture experiment stations in Bisbee and on the South Plains He is survived by daughters Mrs Howard McClure Springlake Mrs Bill Nunn Springlake Mrs Bob Low Frederick Oklahoma and Mrs Don Packard Olton a son Raymond Mesquite Oklahoma six brothers and five sisters

Plainview O. H. Cooper Bisbee Ariz Springlake Baptist Church A. R. Stewart Plainview Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home Cooper Cumby Tex South Plains Howard McClure Springlake Bill Nunn Bob Low Frederick Okla Don Packard Olton Raymond Mesquite

R E Lee Dies Rites Pending Funeral Services Held

Two obituaries note the deaths of R. E. Lee 81 Floyd County resident and Dunn 56 Frank Dunn who died after a heart attack. Rites set at Floydada First Baptist Church and Floyd County Memorial Park with Harmon Funeral Home in charge. survivors listed. Separate notice reports Ada N J Williams 83 Slaton died at Morey Hospital with services at Slaton Church of Christ and Englewood Cemetery burial. survivors include husband five sons three daughters and many relatives.

Floydada Lynn County Floyd County James White Frank Dunn Peoples Hospital Center Dunn Illinois Almal Montgomery Amarillo Floydada First Baptist Church R. C. Hodges Plainview Clay Muncy Lockey Floyd County Memorial Park Harmon Funeral Home James Frank Jr Lubbock Joe Lee Frank Balois Adie Parks Joseph K. Dunn Alva Okla John

Death notice for Lee at Veterans Hospital in Big Spring

Lee died at the Veterans Hospital in Big Spring Saturday after about five days as a patient. Born in Ithaca Wisconsin he moved to Tohoka from Brownwood. He was a World War I veteran and member of Sweet Street Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife five daughters Mrs Bagby Mrs Harper and Mrs Elrod all of Tohoka Mrs Garre Big Spring and Mrs Curtis Austin four sons Jack Dwain Shorty Wheeler and Willie B Bronx andMy grandchildren.

Lee Veterans Hospital Big Spring Ithaca Wis Tohoka Brownwood Sweet Street Baptist Church RE. Bagby Elgin Harper Jim Elrod L. D. Garre Jim Curtis Austin Jack Dwain Lawton Okla Shorty Wheeler Willie Bronx N.Y

Funeral Services and Burial Arrangements

Burial will be at Ta 2 p.m. Monday in Commerce at Rixshoka Cemetery under the direction of White Funeral Home. Survivors include his mother Hope of Ark moved to Lynn County, Nannie Mull of Snyder, a brother J. T. and a Baptist Church member. Also listed are two sisters Shaw and Mrs Delmer Potter and six grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

Commerce Rixshoka Cemetery Funeral Home White Funeral Home Roberts Hope Ark Lynn Nannie Mull Snyder J. T The Baptist Church Oliver Vestal Shaw Miss Delmer Potter San Angelo

Services Today In Silverton For J. K. Wood

In Silverton a 2 30 p m service is set for Joe Keith Wood 26 a Briscoe County native killed early Tuesday in a car crash near Fontana California Richard Williams and Haun Kite Church of Christ ministers will officiate Burial follows at Silverton Cemetery under Roberts Funeral Home direction Wood previously lived in Riverside and Colton California the son of Floyd and Mrs Wood of Silverton he attended local schools served in the National Guard and belonged to the Silverton Masonic Lodge He is survived by two sons Larry and Tommy and two brothers Will Wood Four other people all from California were killed in the same head on collision on US Highway 99 between San Benito and Fontana California

Silverton Floyd Wood National Guard Masonic Lodge Larry Tommy Willi Wood San Benito Fontana Calif California

Rites Monday For Infant Girl Brownfield

Services are set for 10 a.m. Monday for Kelly Ann Brown 2 month old daughter of Glen and … Brownfield. Burial at Terry County Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survivors include parents a sister and a brother plus paternal and maternal grandparents.

Brownfield Kelly Ann Brown Glen Brown Belafre Baptist Church Warren Stown Rotan N.M Terry County Brownfield Funeral Home Peggy Ray Troy Brown Marlow Okla B. A. Henson Browifield

Services Held For Mrs Greer in Comanche

Funeral services were held for Mrs J C Greer 86 mother of Mrs Dean Williams Lubbock burial in Oakwood Cemetery Comanche. She was a former Lubbock resident of the 1930s and left a granddaughter Mrs Cecil Beene of Lubbock along with a daughter in Comanche a son in McAllen eight other grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Comanche J. C. Greer Dean Williams 58Th St Lubbock Greer Oakwood Cemetery

Mrs Chadwick Rites Set For 75 Year Old

Mrs Elizabeth Chadwick 75 died early Friday in West Plains Hospital. Funeral at 10 a.m. Monday at Muleshoe Assembly of God Church with Rev J W Farmer and Rev A J Williams officiating. Burial in Turkey Cemetery. She moved to Muleshoe 18 months ago from Turkey. A native of Sabine County she was a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include a son two daughters a sister three brothers a niece 13 grandchildren and 14

Vickers Jack Jounty Justice of the Jay Williams Kent County Assembly of God Church Carl Andrews A. A Seminol 'George Maria Hurley van Hoi Glenn Ennis Frank India Calif Jack ‘Anter Odessa Ollie Miller Welch Charlie Burch Eagle Mountain Art Jdwell Idaho Urison Snyder Ben Hager Jayton Muleshoe Elizabeth Chadwick West Plains Hospital J. W. Farmer A. J. Williams Turkey Turkey Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Chadwick Sabine County

Ice Cream Vendors Cited As Nuisance in New York

New York City Markets Commissioner Albert Pacetta warned that ice cream vendors violate anti noise laws and disturb neighborhood peace, with reports they wake sleeping children. The issue centers on nuisance to the quiet of communities and enforcement actions.

New York Albert S. Pacetta Pacetta

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