Hams monitor Apollo 11 flight from Lubbock records
Lubbock ham radio operators gear up for Apollo 11 by tracking spaceflight communications. Local hams including Clyde Littlefield and Jack Morris stay tuned from Cape Kennedy to recovery ships, with dozens of operators across Caprock and national networks conveying progress and updates.
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Tanner Laine
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Aica
Hornet
Space Data Acquisitions Point
Philadelphia
Cape
Florida Shams
Clyde Littlefield
Waswer
Littlefield
Jack Morris
Wasrex
27Th St
George T. Baker
30Th St
Caprock Amateur Radio Society
Baker
Wbdicj
Cape Kennedy
Lubbock Mayor Rogers Led Apollo 11 Watch as Guest of Agnew
Rogers praised Apollo 11 liftoff from Cape Kennedy calling it a historic achievement. He and wife attended as guests of Vice President Spiro Agnew along with 99 mayors and governors, former President Johnson, and congressional leaders. He described the launch as awe inspiring and near indescribable, with millions viewing worldwide via mass media.
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Avalanche-Journal
Cape Kennedy
Fila
fLubtock
W. D. Rogers Jr
Columbus
Rogers
Daytona
Beach
Cape
Funeral Slated For Kirk Wills In Lubbock
Funeral services for E K Kirk Wills 75 of 2312 Sand St Lubbock to be held Friday at 5 p.m. at Henderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A L Sevrin officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Wills a native of Ione County died on arrival at hospital at 7 30 a m He had lived in Lubbock 25 years Survivors include wife Adirocket three sons Muleshoe Jim of Levelland and Rhodesia resident, a sister Mrs Cora McDonald of Abilene and grandchildren Local tributes note his business as a realtor, with family plans and connections in the area.
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E. K.kirk Wills
Sand St
Lubbock
Henderson Funeral Home
A. L. Sevrim
First Presbyterian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Wills
Ione County
Rogers
Jim
Levelland
Ball
Rhodesia
Daytona Beach
Cora McDonald
Abilene
Rites Arranged for E Octavia McDonald 82
Mrs. E Octavia McDonald 82 of Lubbock died at 2 15 a m Wednesday. Services at Slide Baptist Church with Rev Claude Cone officiating. Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Irene Jernigan a stepdaughter Dan Fenley and several grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Franklin Bartley Funeral Home directs.
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Octavia) Mcdonald
62Nd St
Slide Baptist Church
Claude Cone
Lubbock Calvary Baptist Church
Bennett
City of Lubbock
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Lubbock
Bill
Irene) Jernigan
Dan Fenley
28Th St
Joe
Smyer
Andy
Jimmie
Rt. 4
Ira
Albuquerque
N.M
John
49Th St
Stacie Dean
Kermit
Berta Yarborough
Greenville
H. S. Arnett
Anson
Eigist
Herbert Pinkett
Erick Perkins
Frank Best
George Hindman
E. E. Alexander
Jack Blevins
Thomas Redman Rites Arranged
Funeral services for Thomas J. Redman Sr. 86 of Ropesville will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of Ropesville with Rev. Bill Curry and Rev. Wayne Perry officiating. He died Wednesday after a long illness in a local nursing home. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under George Price Funeral Home direction. Survivors include his wife three sons and three daughters plus 15 grandchildren read like a local obituary listing.
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Levelland
Thomas J. Redman
Ropesville
First Baptist Church of
Bill Curry
Wayne Perry
Lubbock
Redman
Meadow
Resthaven Memorial Park
George Price
James Kenneth McCarter
Texico
Hamlin Memorial Methodist Church
Sunset Terrace
Farwell
Steed-Todd
Clovis McCarter
Santa Fe
Clovis
Jolin R. ‘Armstrong
Sweetwater
Cate-Spencer
Cate Spencer Fup
Armstrong
Ontario
Calif
Jarrell Q Cox Rites Pending
Brownfield funeral services are pending for Jarrell Q Cox 72 a long time South Plains resident who died Tuesday at Brownfield General Hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was born in Ben Wheeler married in Grand Saline 1917 and lived in Edinburg Tohoka Lubock before moving Brownfield. He was a member of Brownfield First Baptist Church and survived by his wife two sons a daughter three brothers and four sisters.
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Brownfield
Brownfield Funeral Home
Jarrell Q. Cox
South Plains
Brownfield General Hospital
Ben Wheeler
Cox
Mary Lee Crews
Grand Saline
Edinburgh
Tohoka
Lubock
Brownfield First
Services Friday For Bill Birge
Services for Bill Birge 43 will be at 9 30 a m Friday in the Harding Orr McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel on Montana Ave Burial will be in Fort Bliss National Cemetery Birge a former Lubbock Avalanche Journal reporter working for the El Paso Times was found dead in a Juarez club about 4 a m Tuesday Death was due to a heart attack autopsy report states Birge came to Lubbock in 1966 worked at the Avalanche Journal until July 1968 then moved to Las Cruces He had worked at Alamogordo San Diego El Paso Herald Post and The El Paso Times He returned to the Times in February 1969 In 1965 he started a program to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents through the Boys Club here A World War II veteran he served with the U S Army in the Pacific campaigns discharged January 1949 recalled 1950 Korean War returned civilian life 1951 He attended the University of Texas and graduated from the University of Oklahoma Norman with a journalism degree in 1952 He was a member of Sigma Delta Chi and Phi Gamma Delta Survivors include a cousin Sgt Dick Kuncel with the El Paso Police Department.
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EL Paso
Bill Birge
Harding Orr - McDaniel
Montana Ave
Fort Bliss National
Birge
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
FE Paso Times
Juarez
Lubbock
Avalanche‘Journal
Lag Cruces
Alamogordo
San Diego
el Paso Herald-Post
el Paso Times
the Times
U.S. Army
Army
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Sigma Delta Chi
Phi Gamma Delta
Dick Kuncel
Paso
Cecil H. Flatt Dies in Arizona
Seagraves memorial service for Cecil Harley Flatt 34 former area resident to be held at Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. G R McKinzie officiating Burial planned in Seagraves Cemetery Flatt’s body found Sunday in a truck near Benson Arizona investigators say he had likely been dead since Saturday from a heart attack He was a Takio native who attended Seagraves schools and worked as a truck driver Survivors include his mother Mrs Tressie Payne of Irving and two brothers Edgar B Irving and Bobby Charles Wilmer
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Seagraves
Cecil Harley Flatt
Webb’ Funeral Home
G. RR. McKinzie
Seagraves Cemetery
Flatt
Benson
Ariz
Irving
Tressie Payne
Edgar B
Bobby Charles
Wilmer
LUBBOCK BUSINESSMAN LESTER LYNCH DIES AT 68
Lester B. Lynch 68 of Pe 36th St. died Tuesday night at St Marys Hospital. He owned Lynch Hat Works, helped move the business to 1106 Ave J in 1934, and was buried with funeral services at Resthaven. He was a Broadway Church of Christ member and Knights of Pythias. Survivors include his wife Virginia four daughters three sisters thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Lester B. Lynch
Pe 36Th St
Resthaven
Seton Non Funeral Home
Broadway Church of Christ
NeillGuy
First Christian
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven - Singleton - Wilson
Lynch
Lynch Hat Works
St. Mary's Hospital
Mineral Wells
Lubbock
Hallworks
Joe Lynch
Ave. J
Knights of Pythias
Virginia
Karen
Harvey Stotts
Sith St
Guy Manining
Irving
Juana Lee Huckstep
Neodesha, _Kan
Julia ‘Hargett
Needham McClure
W. C. Powell
Graham
Bob Noble
H. D. Carrell
Henry Payne
Len
Starr
Bob Lokey
Bo Sexton
Witnesses View Saturn V Launch of Apollo 11
Thousands of reporters and photographers line the Cape Kennedy press site as the Saturn 5 rocket with astronauts aboard blasts from its launch pad in a flawless Wednesday morning launch. The takeoff proceeds on schedule with Apollo 11 aboard.
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Cape Kennedy
Spectacle at Cape Canaveral Draws Crowds for Blastoff
Crowds gather at Cape Canaveral to witness a historic blastoff hailed as the most exciting moment in a millennium. Spectators describe the rising star event as breathtaking and essential viewing for those present in person.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.upi
Moon mission draws crowds to waterfront viewing
From Panama to Texas readers recount lively waterfront scenes as Apollo 11 lifts off. Families and visitors from Lubbock Midland and nearby towns witness the historic moment with awe. Names such as McCarthy Buckner and the Wasko Vierk Green Baltimore group are noted among spectators.
Services today for Mrs Hall at United Methodist Church
Mrs Victor T Hall of Levelland dies after a long illness. Funeral at 4 p m at First United Methodist Church with Dr Dora Davidson and Rev Albey Cockrell officiating. Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. Survivors include her husband and seven children, two brothers, one sister and twenty one grandchildren.
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Levelland
Victor TiCccii Hall
Rt. 2
Poin
First United Methodist Church
Dora Davidson
King’s Manor
Hereford
Albey Cockrell
City of Lubbock
George Price
Cleburne
Quitaque
Victor T Hall
Oklahoma City
Vaughn
Wayne
Taft
Calif
Howard
Bikersfield
Jack
Albuiarque
N.M
Robert
Glendale
Jim
Palm Desert
Cal
Dan
New Orleans
Gid J Adkison
Abernathy
Morgan Davenport
Ardnore
Okla
Barney Davenport
Clear Lake Highlads
Annha Davenport
Duncan
Tucker Services for Enoch Tucker at Hefferson Chapel
Funeral services for Enoch Tucker 72 will be held at 2 p.m. in Hefferson Chapel with Rev James T. Rolding officiating. Burial is in Englewood Cemetery Laton under Hendegon Funeral Directors. Tucker died Tuesday at Parkway Manor Nursing Home. He was a retired construction worker who lived in Labhock since 1941. Survivors include his wife Ruby and three daughters.
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Enoch Tucker
Hefferson Chapel
Ames T. Rolding
Figt Baptist Church
Englewood Cemetery
Laton
Direcon
Hendegon Funeral
Tucker
Parkway Vanor Nursing Home
Labhock
Ruby
Verne’s Moon Mission Fiction Mentions Baltimore Gun Club
The note recalls Jules Verne’s 19th century sci fi idea of a moon voyage using a fictional Baltimore Gun Club as the propulsion origin. It frames Verne’s storytelling as a pioneering spaceflight concept long before real rockets.
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Jules Verne
Baltimore
Be of good courage and renew your steadfast course
Psalm 27:14 encourages a troubled lad to set aside failures and rebuffs. It counsels renewed determination and hope, trusting that faith sustains the soul and keeps aspirations high despite past defeats.
Jackson of Kilgore Passes. Grandchildren Noted
Obituary notes the passing of a Kilgore resident with mention of grandchildren and a great grandchild. Pallbearers listed include Cay Putnam, Clyde Jane, Delbert Stone, Cecil Tenge, Ray Younger, and Loyd Stephens.
Mrs Armarong Dies In Lamesa
Kathryn Armarong 61 a resident of Amarillo for 9 years died after a lengthy illness at Medical Arts Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 PM at First Baptist Church in Lamesa with Dr Winfred Mogee of Amarillo and the Rev Terry Parkable of Lamesa officiating. Burial at Lamesa Memorial Park Branon Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include her mother Mrs M C Grant of Lamesa and a sister Mrs Wright Spyd e of Lamesa.
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Lamesa
Kathryn Armatrong
Medical Arts Hospital
M. C. Grant
Langsa
Wright Spyde
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Marshall Space Flight Center
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Capreck Church of Christ
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Melrose
26Th St
Helen J. Penney
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Nelma Walker
Velma Magness
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Portales Calvary Baptist Church
Portales
Wheeler Mortuary
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Eva T. Lippe
Resthaven-Singleton Ee Funeral Home
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Larbbock
Highland Hostal
Jeane Everett Wiking
Sweet Street Baptist Church
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