Storms Sweep Area With Flood Warnings Across States
Heavy rain and thunderstorms plagued the region with flash flood warnings after U.S. 54 near Guada lupé Pass and Van Horn flooded. A funnel cloud appeared near Dickinson, while Rio Puerco rose 15 feet. City engineers estimated about 5 million dollars in damage and cleanup costs near Gallup.
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U.S
Guada
Lupé Pasa
van Horn
Dickinson
Galveston
Gallup
Nlm
Scott Slaughter
Slaughter
Funeral notices and memorial services across West Texas
Knox County widow Mrs. J N McGaughey dies at 98. T Set Edward M Butler dies after heart attack at RAFB Hospital. L W Ray dies in Houston after truck train crash. Leo B Kitten to be buried at Englewood after two car crash near Slaton. Floyd Stumbo guest speaker at Smithlawn Church. Dewey Lee Wright Sr dies in Dimmitt. service in First United Methodist. John H Minor of Marble Falls buried in Olney. Ada Gertrude Snitker of Muleshoe burial at Enochs Cemetery. Marie De Merath of 2400 44th St. funeral at Christ the King. Albert King of Parkway Manor dies. services pending. Odessa distributor Shotgun Henry earns Heavyweight award for million pounds recycled. $134,000 paid to residents.
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Leo B. Kitten
Slaton
At & Pom
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Englands
Englewood Cemetery
Marie de Merath
44Th St
Christ the King Catholic Church
Rix Funeral Directors
City of Lubbock
DeMerath
Odessa
Shotgun Henry
Alumniu, Um
Texas Landing Commission probes juke box fire link
The Texas Landing Commission opened an inquiry into a possible tie between arson fires at nightclubs and the coin operated juke box trade. Odessa Fire Marshal Kenneth Cable cited potential connections but offered no conclusive evidence. The commission plans to share findings with the Department of Public Safety and attorney general.
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Austin
Texas Landing Commission
Ivan Williams
Commission
Odessa
Kenneth Cable
Younge
Cable
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Houston
Galveston
Nnd
Williams
Hending Commission
Department of Public Safety
Attorney General's Office
Associated Press
Rites Today for Spur Youth Killed in Tractor Accident
Randy Kennedy, 13, son of Spur High School football coach Malcolm Kennedy, died after a tractor shredder incident on the Spur Elementary School yard. The accident occurred around noon with Rusty Crawford, 12, driving the tractor. Services scheduled for 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church, with burial in Spur Cemetery.
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SPUR
Randy Kennedy
Crosbyton Clinic
Malcolm
Max” Kennedy
Rusty Crawford
Marvin Crawford
Forrest W. Jones Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Forrest W. Jones known as Chief set for 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Muleshoe with Rev. Glenn Harlin and Doug Debose officiating. Burial in Bailey County Memorial Cemetery. Jones 60 died Monday in University Hospital Lubbock from injuries in a June 20 auto crash. He was a longtime Muleshoe resident and Tex Tech alumnus, married with one child, and survived by wife Hattie Ray and two other relatives.
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Muleshoe
Forrest W
Jones
First Baptist Church
Glenn Harlin
West Camp _ Baptist Church
Doug Debose
Bailey County Memorial Cemetery
Singleton-Ellis Funeral Home
University Hospital
Lubbock
Bokchito
Okla
U.S
Texas Tech
Hattie Ray
F. W. Jones Jr
Barbara Wrona
Fannie Lee Henry
Joe Jones
Richardson
Atwood Jones
van Nuys
Calif
Bennie Vincent Dies In Idalou
Bennie Vincent 68 of Idalou died about 8:25 am Tuesday at his home. Services at 4 pm Thursday at First Baptist Church Idalou with Rev. Joe Motsenbocker officiating. Burial in Idalou Cemetery directed by Rix Funeral Directors Lubbock. Survivors include his wife, three sons Harold Irving, Jerry and Chester, two daughters, six brothers, four sisters, 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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First Baptist Church of
Idalou
Bennie ‘Smith Vincent
Joe Motsenbocker
Cisco
Idalou Cemetery
Rix Funeral Directors
Lubbock
Vincent
Dallas
Harold Vincent
Irving
Jerry Vincent
42Nd St
Chester Vincent
Ave. W
B. J. Stillwell
Bakersfield
Calif
Tommy Lane
Amarillo
Dewey Vincent
Dorchester
I. C. Vincent
Horace Vincent
Tom Bean
Howard Vincent
Parker, Ariz
T. S. Vincent
Roe Vincent
Garland
Grover Harding
Lee Dodson
Hugh Cobb
Whitewright
Hoyt Skippedrth
Pilot Grove
Erving Grimes
W. J. Grimes
Luther Qualls
Ralph Harman
C. E. Austin
Dennis McCauley
Services for Mrs. Bob Bryant Slated in Snyder
Mrs. Bob Bryant 70 of Snyder dies Monday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Services set for 3 p.m. at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. George White officiating. Burial in Iva Cemetery. Survivors include husband Jimmy and Jack. daughters Bobbie McKinney Ariel Cook Frances Teague. brothers Leonard Allen. sisters Mattie Hairston Celia Market. 16 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Snyder
Bob
Hattie) Bryant
Northside Baptist Church
George White
Iva
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Bryant
Yin
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
China Grove
Jimmy
Kermit
Jack
Bobbie McKinney
Aurelia Cook
Poison
Mont
Frances Teague
Monahans
Leonard Allen
Mattie Hairston
Celia Market
Mrs Butler Dies Funeral Today Spur
Mrs Chlora Yexas Butler 67 dies after short illness at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene. Funeral at 2 p m today Spur Church of Christ with Jim Chisum officiating. Burial in Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include husband Olan Butler daughter Irene Hudson son Jessie Ray Pernell mother Cora Lewis sister Cleo Chesney brother Thermond Lewis four grandchildren five great grandchildren.
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Spur
Olan Butler
Irene Hudson
Jaine Star
Jessie Ray Pernell
Dougherty
Cora Lewis
Jayton
Cleo Chesney
Dickens
Thermond Lewis
Humphrey Rites Slated At Clovis
Services for George Humphrey 20 of Clovis will be held at Parkland Baptist Church at 3 30 p m. He died after being shot Monday morning at his grandmother s home near Clovis. His uncle Robert Humphrey 45 was charged with aggravated battery and later manslaughter after the death. Survivors include his mother Joyce Acuff and a sister stationed in Maryland with the armed services.
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Clovis
N.M
George Humphrey
Herbert Bergstrom
Parkland Baptist Church
Mission Garden
Humphrey
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Robert Humphrey
Fred T. Hensley
Joyce Acuff
Maryland
Armed Services
John D. Holden Funeral Slated
Vernon special: John Twain Holden 22 manager of West Texas Seed Co. of Martin died after a lengthy illness. Services at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church officiated by Rev. Roy Jacob. Burial in Chillicothe Cemetery. Survivors include wife Marilyn Obenhaus, daughter Leslie, son John, and parents Mr. and Mrs. John Holden. Remembrances to M. D. Anderson Hospital.
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Vernon
John Twain Holden
West Texas Seed Co
Martin
Chilliecothe Hospital
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Roy Jacob
Chillicothe Cemetery
Sullivan Funeral Home
Quanah
Holden
Chillicothe High School
Marilyn Obenhaus
Roy Anderson Rites Arranged in Hale Center
Special services set for Roy Wayne Anderson 18 in Hale Center at 10 a.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church with Rev. Carroll Green officiating. Military graveside rites at Hale Center Cemetery by Freeman Funeral Home follow. Anderson, stationed at Ft Carson, died in a Pueblo area car truck wreck. Pfe. Hubert Wright critically injured. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs M B Anderson, a brother William and a sister Delores. Pallbearers named.
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Hale Center
Roy Wayne Anderson
Pueblo
Colo
First Baptist Church
Carroll Green
Freeman Funeral Home
Anderson
Ft. Carson
Pfe
Hubert Wright
Army
Ft .Carson
M. B. Anderson
William Anderson
Delores Anderson
David Bruce
Fred Smith
Eddie McKinney
Mike Overby
Sonny Cornett
Stanley Teeter
Mayor Rizzo Backs Nixon in November Vote
Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo said he will vote for President Richard Nixon and urged friends to support Nixon. He stated he would organize a Democrats for Nixon group in Pennsylvania and boycott the national Democratic ticket, vowing to defeat Senator McGovern.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Frank Rizzo
Richard Nixon
McGovern
Nixon
Democrats For Nixon
Pennsylvania
Rizzo
Sen. McGovern
Australia
Words on cleansing the heart and renewing the spirit
The passage urges self reflection and spiritual renewal using housecleaning imagery. It quotes John 15 3 and invites readers to remove evil thoughts, jealousy, hate, and doubt while displaying love. It uses cleaning metaphors to urge forgiving, letting go of grudges and blame, and refreshing the heart with divine presence.
Throckmorton Rites Planned
John P. Throckmorton 92 who lived in Lubbock for 10 years will be buried in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park after services at 2 pm Thursday in W. W. Rix Chapel. The Wichita Falls native was a builder brick mason and former band leader with the Bob Wills orchestra. Survivors include three daughters two sons a sister a brother five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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John P. Throckmorton
Wotel Pice St
W. W. Rix Chapel
Elvin Waters
Ciardens Memorial Park
Throckmorton
Highland Hospital
Lubbock
Wichita
Nan
Bob Wills Orchestra
Norma Zulkeh
Edith Woodside
Marzee Ledbetter
Desert Hot Springs
Calif
H. J. Throckmorton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dahn Clark Throckmorton
Dorchester
Mass
Winif
Drowned Youths Services Pend Pending in Granbury
Adan Lee Weems 9 and Danny Viller 12 drowned in Granbury around 5 p.m. Monday. Funeral services are pending with Resthaven Singleton Wilson. The half brothers were sons of Leroy Weems of Granbury. Survivors include parents, siblings David and Eddy Weems, Bertha and Sharon Weems, and grandparents H L Weems of Lubbock and Joe Rosales of New Deal. Danny’s survivors include two brothers, a sister, and the Rosales grandparents.
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Adan Lee Weems
Danny Villerreal
Granbury
Resthaven - Singleton - Wilson Funeral Home
Leroy Weems
Adan Lee
Morton
Danny
Lap Bork
David Weems
Eddy Weems
Kath
Ronnie Weems
Lubbock
Bertha Weems
Sharon Weems
Phoenix
H. L. Weems
Joe Rosales
New Deal
Danny Villeres
Miss Bertha Weems
Oland Fanning Rises Set Today
Services for Oland B. Fanning 82 longtime Earth resident will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Charles Dunnam will officiate with burial at Springlake Cemetery under Parsons-Ellis-Singleton Funeral Home. He died Monday in University Hospital after five days of hospitalization. He was a retired farmer and is survived by a brother R. W. Fanning of Earth and a half brother Reed of Whitney.
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EARTH
Oland B. Fanning
Littlefield
First United Methodist Church
Charles Dunnam
Springlake Cemetery
Parsons - Ellis - Singleton Funeral Home
Fanning
University Hospital
R. W. Fanning
Dim FL Reed
Whitney
Deputy Shipp Killed in Huntsville Prison Escort Shooting
Deputy Rayburn Shipp of Hunt County was shot in the back of the head and killed while escorting three prisoners to the diagnostic unit at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. HP Gale McMullen was wounded near the eye as the escape attempt failed. The three Greenville men Alan Benke Don Pettit and Jodie Adair remained handcuffed as they were moved to Walker County jail. Murder charges are planned for all three.
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Huntsville
Department of Public Safety
Rayburn Shipp
Hunt County Sheriff's
Greenville
Gale ‘McMullen
Hunts‘ville Memorial Hospital
Alan Benke
Don Marshall Pettit
Jodie Thurnon Adair
Commerce
Sheriff's Department
Shipp
McMullen
Tyler
Shim
Department of Corrections
Ronnie Bryan
Walker County
Rites for Ira Crooks Scheduled in Slaton and San Angelo
Services for Ira Crooks 84 of Slaton who died Monday at Methodist Hospital Lubbock will be held at 4 p m today at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J V Brooks and Rev Wayman Culp officiating. Graveside rites Thursday at Fairmont Cemetery San Angelo. He lived in Wilson San Angelo Slaton and died after a nursing home stay. Survivors include two daughters three sons a brother two sisters 18 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Ira Crooks
Slaton
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
J. V. Brooks
Cross Plains Baptist Church
Wayman Culp
Happy Union Baptist Church
Awm
Fairmont Cemetery
San Angelo
Crooks
Wilson
First Baptist Church
Karl Johnson
6Th St
Nita Stebell
Arieta
Calif
J. Ed Crooks
Lucero Services Slated Thursday for David Lucero
David Montoya Lucero Sr. of 1907 H. Auburn died about 12 45 p m Monday in West Texas Hospital He lived here 25 years worked as a cement finisher Born in New Mexico He is survived by a wife three sons Orlando Lucero of Wilcox Ariz David R Lip cere Jr and Louis Lucero of Lubbock three daughters Janie Aviedonde Frances Martinez and Relinds Lucero all of Lubboek three brothers Martin Loacero of Clovis N M Avar Lucero of California and toe Lucero of iLubbark a sister Miss Rosenda Lacere of Clovis N M his father Aurelio Lucero of Clovis and 10 grandchildren.
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David Montoya Lucero Sr
H. Auburn
West Texas
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Lucero
New Mexico
Orlando Lucero
Wilcox, Ariz
David R. Lipcere Jr
Jordan Services Planned Today for Will Jordan
Will Jordan age 69 of 1601 Vanda is set for services at 2 p m today at St Luke Baptist Church officiated by Rev A I Davis pastor of the church burial in Labback Cemetery under the direction of South Plains Funeral Home Justice of the Peace Charles Smith ruled the death due to natural causes after Jordan was found at his home
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Kennedy
Spur
Abernathy
Spur High School
Kennedy South
First Baptist Church
Norris Taylor
Murray Brewer
Spur Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Amarillo
David
The
Home
B. R. McCasland
Tula
Eilvie Kennedy
Clarendon
Will Jordan
Vanda
St. Luke Baptist Church
A. I. Davis
St. Luke Baptist
City of Labback
Idev
South Plains
Floydada Youth Dies Rites Set
A four-year-old Floydada girl, Maria Rodriquez, died after an electrical shock from a fan cord at her home. Funeral services are set for 3:30 pm at St. Mary Magdalen Church with burial in Floydada Cemetery. Survivors include her parents, four brothers, three sisters, and grandmother Mrs. Mavasanchez.
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Floydada
Caprock Hospital
Francisco Rodrigues
Maria Rodriquez
Rodriguez
St. Mary ‘Magdalen Church
Roland Buxkemper
Moore-Rose Funeral Home
Freddie
Daniel Lupe
Juan Rodriquez
Delma
Esmeralda
Abela Rodriquez
Mava San Chez
Fleydada
Met Opera chief Gentele dies in Sardinia crash
Goeran Gentele 55, head of the Metropolitan Opera, and two daughters Anne 21 Beat rice 15 were killed in a traffic collision near Palau Sardinia. His wife Marie and daughter Janet 27 were injured. The couple had been vacationing on the island.
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Olbia
Sardinia
Goeran Gentele
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Gentele
Anne
Beatrice
Palau
Rudolph Bing
Fhe
Marie
Janet
Stockholm
Royal Opera Company
Metropolitan
Anne Gordon
Opera
John V. Lindsay
Crocian Gentele
Crentele
The
Met
Tristan, Ballo
Ingmar Bergman
Montreal
la Maddalena
Porto Cervo
Oscar Tillery Services Planned for 69 Year Old Broker
Oscar Lee Tillery a 69 year old retired Slaton grain broker died about 3 05 am Tuesday at West Texas Hospital. Services set for 9 am Thursday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with burial at Arlington Cemetery. He was a Fort Worth native who lived in Lubbock and Levelland before moving to Slaton. He is survived by two brothers Philip A Tillery of Fort Worth and Paul S Tillery of Houston and four sisters Mrs POOM Croft of El Paso Mrs Elizabeth Ladd and Miss Glady Pillery both of Los Angeles and Mrs Mia C Morrow of 408 30th St.
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Oscar Lee Tillery
West Texas Hospital
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Arlington Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Lubbock
Tillery
Fort Worth
Levelland
Slaton
Philip A. Tillery
Paul S. Tillery
Houston
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Plains
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Rockies
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Boston
Evanston
Wyo
Imperial
Robert H. McGaughey
Dist St
Laubbock
Vera
J. N. McGaughey
McGaughey
Knox County
Reese Air Force Base
T. Set
Edward M. Butler
Mitchell
Reese Village
Rafb Hospital
Charlie Ray
Floyd Stumbo
Children's Home of
Smithlawn Church
Christ
Dewey Lee Wright Sr
Dimmitt
Dennis Funeral Home
Castro Memorial Gardens
Wright
Plains Memorial Hospital
John H. Minor
Marble Falls
Lunn Funeral Home
Olney
Minor
Ada Gertrude Snitker
Albert King
Parkway Manor
Jaminson Funeral Home
Skie
Texas
Forrest W. Jones
Bennie Vincent
Bob Bryant
John D. Holden
Roy Anderson
Alma
Mich
Ryan Currie
David Shantz
Jeff Kinney
GAP
John
Throckmorton Rites
Drowned Youths Services
Pend
Oland Fanning
Jordan
Lubbock Monument Works
Georgia
East 34Th
Bill Linn
Crash
Oscar L
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