Texas highs pass hundred mark in drought year
Heat waves grip Texas with many cities topping 100. Lubbock reaches 98 while Wichita Falls reports 103, Dallas 101, and Mineral Wells 101. Forecasters warn no rain for the Lubbock area through Thursday as drought deepens across the High Plains and North Central Texas.
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Texas
South Plains
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Dallas and
Mineral Wells
Red River
Oklahoma
Orton
Anti Rabies Shot Starts For Wendy After Canine Bite
Six year old Wendy Phillips received the first of a 14 shot anti rabies series after being bitten by a large black dog while playing in a neighbor’s yard. Her family launched a four day search for the dog but could not locate it by the time the treatment began.
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Wendy Phillips
Wendy
BC. Phillips
31St St
Phillips
James Scitern's Rites Thursday
Services for James Perry Scitern 45 who died at his home near Lamesa will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Midway Community Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Manning and Rev. Moody Smith officiating. Burial follows at Lamesa Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Anna two daughters Diane Burklow and Donna Brown two sons Perry and Gray Scitern two sisters Oleta Houston and Elwanda Lovel a brother Delois Seitern and two grandchildren.
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Lamesa
James Perry Scitern
Midway Community Baptist Church
Bob Manning
Moody Smith
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Anna
Diane Burklow
Big Spring
Donna Brown
Perry Scitern
Dallas
Gray Scitern
Oleta Houston
Elwanda Lovel
1St St
Lubbock
Delois Seitern
Lorenzo Resident Joseph Bowers Dies After Heart Attack
Joseph Atwood Bowers 8, died at about 8 30 p m Tuesday at his home from an apparent heart attack Funeral arrangements are with Carter Funeral Home in Ralls He moved to Lorenzo in 1915 from Wackabay retired farmer Survivors include his wife a son Earl A of Goodland two daughters Mrs Allene Samford of Morton and Mrs Billie Jo Downes of Lorenzo a sister Mrs Lee Moss of Booneville Ark seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren
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Lockney
Joseph Atwood Bowers
Carter
Ralls
Bowers
Lorenzo
Wackabay
Earl A
Goodland
Allene Samford
Morton
Billie Jo Downes
Lee Moss
Booneville, Ark
Services Pending For Mrs Sandel
LAMESA Special Mrs C KE Sandel 78 died in a nursing home here after a lengthy illness Services are pending at Branon Funeral Home She was a Dawson County resident for 47 years survived by her husband two daughters Mrs C B Greaves of Lamesa and Mrs James Adams of Tulsa four sons H FE of Fort Worth Robert of Lamesa Billy Joe and Wayne of Midland 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren
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Lamesa
C. KE. Sandel
Branon Funeral Home
Dawson County
Sandel
C. B. Greaves
James Adams
Tulsa
H. FE
Fort Worth
Robert
Billy Joe
Wayne
Midland
Retiring VA social work chief to be honored in 2 p.m. reception
Mrs Frances Cranfill, retiring chief of Social Work Service at the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, will be honored at a 2 p.m. reception in the Federal Court and Office Building as she retires July 23 after 22 years in federal work. The event reflects a career devoted to veterans care and public service.
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Frances Cranfill
Veterans Administration
Federal Court
George Callaway Services Today
George Henry Callaway 85, longtime Dawson County resident, died Tuesday in Medical Arts Hospital Lamesa. Services at 3 p.m. at Corley Funeral Home Chapel Mexia with Branon Funeral Home of Lamesa in charge. Burial Point Enterprise Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Lois Montgomery and Buster Herndon of Lamesa, four sons Sam, RB. W., James, Bowlen all of Carlsbad NM, two sisters W E Little of Silver City NM and Ruby Bond of Corpus Christi, 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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Lamesa
George Henry Callaway
Dawson County
Medical Arts Hospital
Corley Funeral Home
Mexia
Point Enterprise
Branon Funeral Home
Lois Montgomery
Buster Herndon
Sam Callaway
RB. W
James and
Bowlen Callaway
Carlsbad
N. M
W. FE. Little
Silver City
Ruby Bond
Corpus Christi
Two Men Die In Ada Plane Crash Near South Canadian River
The FAA opened an investigation after a light aircraft struck REA high wires and crashed into the South Canadian River bed near Ada. Victims were Karl Dean Brown 29 Dallas and Ronald W. Sanders 21 Madill. Brown was the pilot. The plane registered to Carl McCartney of Dallas was en route from McAlester via Chickasha and crashed about six miles west and four miles south of Saska.
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Ada
Okla
Federal Aviation Administration
South Canada
Karl Dean Brown
Dallas
Ronald W. Sanders
Madill
Brown
Rea
Carl McCartney
McAlester
Chickasha
Sas‘kawa
Masai Women Collect From Tourists Before Posing
Masai women gather gifts from visitors before posing for photos at a tourist site. The exchange unfolds as travelers bargain for takes, with locals presented as guides and companions in a crowded marketplace setting.
Mrs Hallman Rites Pending in Lubbock
Mrs Osie Fern Hallman 46 of 817 S Kent St died about 1 45 pm Tuesday in Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home She lived in Lubbock 30 years after moving from Slaton She worked as a secretary at Estacado High School and belonged to Wesley Methodist Church Survivors include three daughters Mrs Kendall Holcomb Mrs Larry Miller and Suzanne Hallman a son Randy Hallman her father P M Whetley of Slaton her mother Mrs Ana Albrecht of Corpus Christi a sister Mrs Leo Stolle of Shallowater two brothers Tom Whetley with the Army in Germany and Warren Albrecht of Corpus Christi and three grandchildren.
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Osie Fern Hallman
S. Kent St
Methodist Hospital
Hallman
Lubbock
Slaton
Estacado
Kendall Holcomb
Austin
Larry Miller
Chickasha
Okla
Suzanne Hallman
Randy Hallman
P. M. Whetley
Anna Albrecht
Corpus Christi
Leo Stolle
Shallowater
Tom Whetley
Germany
Warren Albrecht
Funeral Service for W. O. Utley in Plainview
Funeral for W. O. Utley, 68, of Plainview, will be at 2 p.m. today at Lemons Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Don Hancock will officiate. Burial follows at Plainview Memorial Park. Utley died after a short illness in a Plainview hospital. He moved from Tennessee to Borger in 1944 and is survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Bill Early Sanders, a son Rex Utley, a brother Oran Utley, and additional relatives.
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Plainview
W. O. Utley
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Don Hancock
Parkview Baptist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Lemons Funeral Home
Utley
Tennessee
Borger
Bill Early Sanders
Rex Utley
Huntsville
Oran Utley
Lexington
Tenn
Jerry Birchfield Dies After Long Illness at 51
Jerry Birchfield a lifelong Matador County resident and farmer died after a long illness. Services are at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Joplin officiating. Burial in East Mound Cemetery directed by Seigler Funeral. Survivors include his mother Lizzie Birchfield Robert Birchfield William Birchfield and Tokie Doty.
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Matador
Jerry Birchfield
Motley County
First Baptist Church
Gene Joplin
East Mound Cemetery
Seigler Funeral Home
Birchfield
Lizzie Birchfield
Robert Birchfield
Rankin
William Birchfield
Floydada
Tokie Doty
Morton
UT student dies in Houston car crash
James David Shaver a 19 year old University of Texas student working in Houston died from burns suffered in a traffic accident Tuesday. He was burned early Saturday when his car collided with an oil tank truck carrying 6100 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel on the freeway.
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Houston
James David Shaver
University of Texas
Shaver
Mrs. Opal Caviness Dies Local Tech Faculty Member
Opal Caviness 57 a Lubbock resident for 40 years died at St Marys Hospital She taught in the Texas Tech home and family relations department for five years She was a Royse City native married Robert T Caviness in 1904 at Lubbock She attended Tech in 1932 1933 and was a Zeta Tau Alpha Patroness at death She belonged to First United Methodist Church Survived by husband daughter two grandchildren and a brother and sister Services pending Pix Funeral Directors.
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Opal Caviness
Lubbock
St. Mary's Hospital
Caviness
Texas Tech University
Royse City
Tex
Labbock
G. P. Wright
Robert T. Caviness
Labock
Texas Tech
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Zeta
First United Methodist Church
Howard Collins
Fort Worth
Oc. Wright
Aubrey Lane rites planned at Smyer First Baptist
Funeral services for Aubrey M. Lane 74, retired farmer, will be held at 3 p m today at Smyer First Baptist with Rev. Vic Allen officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Pesthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home of Lubbock in charge. Lane died about 4 45 a m Tuesday at home. survived by wife Stella two daughters a son seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Aubrey M. Lane
Smyer First Baptist Church
Vic Allen
Rising Star
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
Lane
Royce City
South Plains
Hurlwood
Laibbock
W. L. Stinnett
Fort Worth
Jesse Lane
Friona
Claude, Medlock
24Th St
Vera Eberie
Dallas
Troy
Nora Johnson
Glen Mercer
Nolan Tuttle
2Ay Tuttle
Ernest Price
Harvey Allen
al Phillips
James Stroope
Jimmy Crisp
Bill Burleson
Happiness by Fractions in a Poem
A short verse by Julien CLayer outlines how happiness arises from small parts of health pleasure wealth kindness love service worship prayer comfort cheer and aiding others, noting that these fractions combine to form the sweetest happiness.
George Gilliam Rites Held in Slaton
George W. Gilliam 93 of Slaton died Tuesday in Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church with Rev. John Cartrite officiating. Burial in Inglewood Cemetery. Survived by three sons George, B A, and J W Gilliam. four daughters F E Keen, Novella Flaglie, R B McWalters, and Jim Gentry. He was a lifelong farmer and former Canton resident member of Woodmen of the World.
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George W. Gilliam
Mercy Hospital
First Baptist Church
John Cartrite
Inglewood
England Funeral Home
Gilliam
Canton
The
Woodmen of the World
George Gilliam
28Th St. Lubbock
B. A. Gilliam
J. W. Gilliam
Meadow
FE. K. Keen
Wheeler, Tex
Novella Flaglie
Grapevine
R. B. MecWalters
Dallas
Jim Gentry
Cordie Byrnes Funeral Today
Services for Cordie A. Byrnes 66 will be at 4 p.m. today in Wallace Funeral Home Chapel. Byrnes died about 5 p.m. Monday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Amarillo. A native of Grayson County he had resided in Dimmitt and Tulsa. He was a World War II veteran. Survived by two brothers Clarence Byrnes of Dimmitt Curtis Byrnes of Washington D.C. and a sister Mrs Vera Higgins of Powell Butte Oregon.
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Tulsa
Cordie A. Byrnes
Wallace Funeral Home Chapel
Byrnes
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
Grayson County
Dimmitt
Clarence Byrnes
Curtis Byrnes
Washington ,D.C
Vera Higgins
Powell Butte
Ore
Mrs. Fulsom Funeral Set for Thursday in Memorial Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Sharon Gay Fulsom of 350 4th St will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Saunders Memorial Chapel with Rev. Porter officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. burial details handled by Sanders Funeral Home.
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Sharon Gay Fulsom
4Th St. Wall
Saunders
Row. Porter
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Fulnsom
Highland Hospital
Ray Polvadore’s Rites Scheduled
Crosbyton special report on Ray Polvadore who died after a long illness. Services set for Thursday at First Baptist Church with J P Graham officiating, burial in Crosbyton Cemetery. Survived by wife Tenia son Linden Ray four brothers and five sisters. Funeral director is King Funeral Home.
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Crosbyton
Ray Polvadoere
First Baptist Church
J. P. Graham
Lubbock
Graham
L. M. Handley
Croshbyton
Ernest Stewart
King Funeral Home
Polvadore
Madisonville
Crosby County
Tenia
Linden Ray
Perryton
Hillery
Fleydada
Johnnie
Robinson
Elton
Ralls
Doyle
Letha Mae Mason
Hurst
Lennie Stewart
Nila Brown
Irving
Oleta Davis
Holiday
Lou Sanders
Blyth
Calif
Services Slated For Mrs Barton
Nellie Pearl Barton age 85 a resident of Hand Street will be given at First Baptist Church with Rev David Hartman officiating. Burial will follow at Earth Cemetery Parsons Flits Singleton directing. She died in Oklahoma City after two months there survived by three daughters Hattie Mace Moss Faye F Thomas Curtis Sterling two sons Edd Roscoe a sister Ettie Hobbs six grandchildren ten great grandchildren.
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Hand St
First Baptist Church
David Hartman
Earth Cemetery
Parsons-Flits-Singleton Funeral Home
Barton
Oklahoma City
Rome
Rebekah Lodge
Earth
Hattie Mace Moss
Faye F. Thomas
Curtis Sterling
Lubbock
Edd
Roscoe
Long Beach
Calif
Ettie Hobbs
Ennis
Adm. Clark War Hero Dies In New York
Adm Joseph James Jocko Clark a pioneering naval aviator and WWII commander died in New York at 77 from cancer He earned the nickname Patton of the Pacific for a bold night attack in the Philippine Sea and commanded ships in the Korean War Funeral services were set for Fort Myers Base chapel Virginia with burial at Arlington National Cemetery
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New York
Joseph James “Jocko’ Clark
Philippine Sea
Clark
Patton
Bonin Islands
7Th Fleet
Pryor
Okla
U.S. Naval Academy
Will Rogers
U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Operations
Olga
Mary Jow Wampole
Washington, D.C
Carol Patton
Atlanta
Base Chapel
Fort Meyers
Arlington National Cemetery
Funeral today for Odis Grady Long in Esterline
Services for Odis Grady Long killed when his pickup overturned Monday west of Esterline on Texas 86 will be at 10 20 a m today at the First Baptist Church of Esterline with Rev Henderson of Paducah and Rev Elvis Pitts officiating Graveside rites follow at 4 p m in Morton Cemetery under Spicer Funeral Home Memphis Long a native of Childress farmed 21 years in Hall County He is survived by Virgie two sons Grady Noel of Houston and Melvin Matthew of Lubbock a daughter Mrs Sherman Clemons of Lubbock his stepmother Mrs Edna Long of Childress four brothers Jacok Thurman Marvin and Travis and a sister Mrs Thelma Norman of Childress
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Odis
Grady Long
Esterline
Texas
First Baptist Church
Vo. Henderson
Paducah
Rew
Elvis Pitts
Morton Cemetery
Morton
Spicer Funeral Home
Childress
Long
Hall County
Virgie
Grady Noel
Houston
Melvin Matthew
45Th St. Lubbock
Sherman Clemons
Canton Ave
Lubbock
Edna Long
Jacok
Thurman
Marvin
Travis
West Covina
Calif
Thelma Norman
Taiwan Scholars Hit by U.S. Low Mood
Chinese scholars in Taiwan face a downturn in opportunities as U.S. policy and academic climate shift, impacting research funding and international collaborations across institutions.
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Taiwan
U.S
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Morning Edition Note
Local instruction page identifies printer and contact details for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Texas with mailing and postage information.
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Avvalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Sun and
Avenue J
Texas
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