Probation Office Budget At Issue In County Spending Talks
County budget discussions center on tax rate authority and the need for a declaratory judgment to determine whether the commissioners court can set the tax rate. The debate covers rural fire call charges, department pay raises, and potential budget increases for the district and county attorneys amid calls for office consolidation.
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Shaw
Pear
Missioners Court
Awununy Wolt
Lubbock
Royal
Furgeson
Wayne LeCroy
F. H. Bolen
Charles Smith
UME Uvetal
Wigrehse
Sesson
Bill Sumerlin Rites Held in Lubbock
Services for Bill Sumerlin 46 of 4520 48th St were held at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Kenneth Clark Jr. officiating. Burial followed in City of Lubbock Cemetery. he died Sunday at Methodist Hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was a Rotan native, owner of Sumerlin Construction, World War I veteran, and a longtime participant in local leagues. Survivors include his wife Ema Lee, son Biller, two daughters Sara and Mrs. Jim Sechrist, and several relatives. Memorials to the American Heart Association are requested. Pallbearers were listed.
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Bill Sumerlin
48Th St
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Kenneth Clark Jr
Rotan
Sumerlin
Sumerlin Construction Company
Khiva Shrine
Amarillo
Tarleton State College
Western Little League
Western Pony League
Reby
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Ema Lee
Biller
Sara
Jim Sechrist
al Sumertin
A. D
San Francisco
Joe Dorsey
Tucson
Ariz
Alva Kolb Jr
Norene Carter
Pasadena
American Heart Association
Bedford Raley
Armond Samson
Earl Padgett
Johnny Brooks
Jack Pierce
Albert Brann
Ben Sage
Glenn Bailey
Sonny Arnold
Tommy Herring
John W. Way Rites Stated
John W. Way 74 of Kerrville died Sunday in a Kerrville hospital. Services set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at First Assembly of God Church with Rev. W. M. Perkins officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Cemetery. Surviving are two daughters Evelyn Morgan and Sylvia Wooley. four sons James E. J. N. Kenneth J. Edward W.. seven sisters Pearl Harris Bessie Bowen Josephine Evers Pallie Sanger Dorothy Cloud Ruth Bell Davie Ware. two brothers Raymond Andrew. 33 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
Iain Macleod dies at 56 in official London home
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Iain Macleod dies of a heart attack at 11 Downing Street after an emergency appendectomy. A rising Tory figure elected in 1950, he had served as health, labor, and colonial secretary and helped oversee independence moves in Nigeria, Cyprus, and Sierra Leone. Heath expressed deep regret.
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London
Iain Macleod
Macleod
Downing St
Treasury
Edward ‘Heath
Britain
Heath
Nigeria
Cyprus
Somaliland
Sierra Leone
Services for Lizzie Bell Turner Slated in Lubbock
Mrs. Lizzie Bell Turner 84 of 3607 23rd St dies after several months illness in West Texas Hospital. Funeral scheduled 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Dr. Ray Neill Johnson and Rev. George E. Eyson officiating. Burial in Resthaven Mausoleum. burial directions by Sanders Funeral Home. Survived by son Bismark Turner Jr. of Houston. four daughters J D Ryan of Hico, Marshall McDonald of Palo Alto, W D Knight Jr. of Golden, and Hugh Anderson of Lubbock. brother William C. Bell of Covington. six grandchildren.
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Lizzie Bell Turner
23Rd St
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Ray Neill Johnson
Ashbury
Asbury United Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Bismark TH
Turner Jr
Houston
J. D. Ryan J
Hico
Marshall Mc
Donald
Palo Alto
Calif
Wiliam C. Bell
Covington, 'Ga
Crash Victim's Services Set in Clovis
Thomas Otto Shepard 23 of Clovis died in a Sunday crash on U.S. 66 east of Moriarty when his car struck a truck trailer. Passenger Kazmierz Zblerajewski was listed in fair condition at Sandia Base Hospital in Albuquerque. Services for Shepard set for 2 p.m. at Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. Robert Harrison officiating. Burial in Lawn Haven Cemetery. He was a 1966 Clovis High graduate and lived in town six years as a moving company manager. Survivors include his parents, a sister, and paternal grandmother.
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Clovis
Thomas Otto Shepard
U.S. 66
Moriarty, N.M
Shepard
Kazmierz Zblerajewski
Sandia Base ‘Hospital
Albuquerque
Charles V
Steed Memorial Chapel
Robert Harrison
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Temple Wooster
Mrs Sophia Temple Wooster 83 died Monday in Swisher County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 2 p m today at Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Gerald Tidwell of First Baptist Tulsa officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Native of Kentucky, she had lived in Tulsa since 1947. Survivors include son Jesse of Tulsa and three half sisters Bertha Bradshaw Falls Of Rough Ky Annie Bishop of Glen Dean Ky and Sue England Mackinaw I
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Tulia
Sophia Temple Wooster
Swisher County Memorial Hospital
Wallace Funeral Home
Gerald Tidwell
First Baptist Church of
Tulsa
Rose Hill
Kentucky
Tidwell
Jesse
Bertha Bradshaw
Falls of Rough
Annie Bishop
Glen
Services Today For Clovis Man
Rex Don Hudson 48 of Clovis died Monday at Clovis Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Services at 2 p.m. today at Central Christian Church with Dr. Stanley Letcher officiating. Burial in Portales Cemetery directed by Wheeler Mortuary. Hudson a Portales native moved to Clovis 11 years ago and was comptroller for a local savings and loan. Survived by Pauline. two sons David and Steven. daughter Patricia Ballant of Ponca City Oklahoma. mother Mrs E H Hudson of Portales. brother Val of Joshen.
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Central Christian Church
Stanley Letcher
Portales
Wheeler Mortuary
Hudson
Savings Land Loan Association
Pauline
David
Steven
Patricia Ballant
Poncally
Oklo
E. H. Hudson
Val
Burleson Rites Set In Clovis
Kenneth Gordon Burleson 46 of Melrose New Mexico died Saturday in the VA Hospital in Amarillo Services set for 10 a m today at Charles V Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev David Crow and Rev Fred Porter officiating Burial will be in Portales Cemetery staged by Steed Todd Funeral Home Burleson moved to Melrose from El Paso
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Clovis
Kenneth Gordon Burleson
Melrose, N.M
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amanilla
Charles V. Steed
David Crow
Fred Porter
Portales Cemetery
Steed- Todd
Burleson
Melrose
el Paso
Drummond Rites Planned Today
Mrs Aggie Drummond 75 of Clovis died Sunday at her home after a 65 year residency. Services at Brethren Church at 10 a m officiated by Rev Lewis Johnson with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Orville and Chester Drummond both of Clovis a daughter Betty Ball of Clovis five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Clovis
Aggie Drummond
Brethren Church
Lewis Johnson
Garden of Memories
Sherwood Mortuary
Jim Burns
Tom Burns
Lee Ball
Don Lee
Orville Drummond
Virgil Sherwood
Pornographic Age Debate At Local Church Program
A church marquee asks why film and stage entertainment are filled with smut and nudity. The author criticizes decency erosion and questions if tolerance has produced a pornographic age, urging reflection on moral standards within community programs.
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Jullen
Hyer
Retired officers sought as ROTC instructors in West Texas
The reserve force at Fort Sam Houston seeks retired US Army noncommissioned officers to teach in the 1970-71 Junior ROTC program at Longview and Lubbock high schools newly approved as ROTC hosts. Contact Lubbock ISD Director of Personnel for details. Also notes local obituaries and a Portland Oregon park claim about Mt Tabor as an extinct volcano.
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Longview
Lubbock
Reserve Force
U.S. Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Secretary of the Army
Lubbock Independent School District
Mrs. Frances E. Dewey Dies at 67 in New York
Frances E. Hutt Dewey wife of Thomas E. Dewey died Sunday night of cancer at Memorial Hospital New York at age 67. She was known for her husband's campaigns and preferred homemaking. Funeral set for Wednesday at St James Church Pawling burial in local country home grounds.
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New York
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
First
Lady
Memorial Hospital
Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Manhattan
Frances E. Hutt
Sapulpa
Okla
Columbia University Law School
Owosso
Mich
National Road Company
Paramount Theaters
New York County
Thamas E. Sr
John
Services Set for J. L. Hutson in Muleshoe
J. L. Hutson 61 of the Progress community died in an auto crash Sunday on U.S. 84, 544 miles northeast of Muleshoe. He was a road construction worker and is survived by his wife, two sons, four daughters, three sisters, three brothers, and 13 grandchildren. Funeral at Singleton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. V L Hodges officiating. burial in Muleshoe cemetery.
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Clifford Parks
Muleshoe
Methodist Hospital
West Plains Hospital
Parks
U.S
J. L. Hutson
Progress
Progress Community
Singleton Funeral Home
Trinity Baptist Church
Ft. Cobb
Okla
Hutson
Tiller
Bobby
Delmer
Charles Bogart
Big Spring
David Tolman
Redmond
Wash
Carl Parks
Plainview Man's Funeral Today
John Wesley King age 74 of Plainview died about 2 15 a m Monday in Plainview Hospital. Services at College Heights Baptist Church with Rev Wayne Blankenship and associates. Burial Parkland Memorial Gardens. Survivors include wife Lilie three daughters Mrs Davy Carlisle Mrs Bryan Hewitt Mrs Roy DuFour two sons Oliver and Joe one sister Mrs Alice Bunch nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Plainview
John Wesley King
Moniday
Plainview Hospital
College Heights Baptist Church
Wayne Blankenship
Cecil Foster
Kress First Baptist Church
James Patterson
Kress United Methodist Church
Parkland
Lemons
King
Cook County
Lilie
Davy Carlisle
Kress
Bryan Hewitt
Torrance
Calif
Roy DuFour
San Bernardino
Oliver
Joe
Tulia
Alice Bunch
Odessa
Services Planned For Mrs Reeves
Mrs. Luke Reeves 99 of 3808 38th St died 11 45 am Monday at Lakeside Nursing Home Funeral set for 10 am Wednesday Blanket Baptist Church Blanket with burial Rock Church cemetery Davis Morris Funeral Home of Blanket Rix Funeral Directors handling local arrangements Reeves native of Comanche County moved to Lubbock from Blanket in 1956 Survivors include son Joe Carlsbad daughter Mrs Jack Spangler Saguache Colo two grandchildren five great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren
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Luke Reeves
38Th St
Lakeside Nursing Home
Blanket Baptist Church
Rock Church
Davis-Morris Funeral Home
Rix
Reeves
Comanche County
Lubbock
Blanket
Joe
Carlsbad
Jack| Spangler
Saguache, Colo
Rites Set for A A Kelly Amarillo 79
Funeral services for A A Kelly 79 of Amarillo will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with the Rev Lale Smith of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating Burial will follow in Llano Mausoleum Kelly died Sunday at Highland Hospital in Lubbock after an apparent heart attack He had lived in Amarillo about 47 years survived by three brothers Fred Ras of Idalou Oda of Brownsville five sisters Rosa Holt Wichita Falls Ruby Carr Lottie Farrar Dessie Jones and Elsie Fells Noted relatives and community ties are listed in the obituary
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Amarillo
A. A. Kelly
Highland
Lubbock
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
Lale Smith
Westminster
Presbyterian iChurch
Llano
Kelly
Pro
Manilla
Fred
Ras
Idalou
Oda
Brownsville
Rosa
Holt
Hurst
Ruby Carr
Wichita Falls
Lottie Farrar
Anton
Dessie Jones
Snyder
Elsie
Fells
Colorado City
Florida police hunt slayer of two women in office hostage incident
Deputies pursued a gunman who took three people hostage at a Coral Gables firm. He forced them to open a safe, then shot all three in a field after fleeing in a blue gray 1964 car. Two women died en route to Baptist hospital.
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Miami
Coral Gables
Dragnet Theman
Bruce Reitz
Marvived
Blanche Eee Paani
Baptist Hospital
Mrs Denton Rites Set in Petersburg Church Today
Mary Catherine Denton, a Petersburg resident for 12 years, dies after seven weeks of illness at Hi Plains Hospital Hale Center. Funeral services at 3 p.m. in First United Methodist Church with Rev. Russell McAnally officiating. Burial in Petersburg Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Walter and Warren, three daughters Mrs Fort Worth Mrs Martha Clark and Mrs Pearl Maurine Wells, 16 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Petersburg
Mary Catherine Denton
First
United Methodist Church
Russell McAnally
Wyon Lars Johnson
Christ
Hale Center
Denton
Hi-Plains Hospital
Alabama
Moran Church of Christ
I Walter
Cisco
Warren
Hereford
Fort. Worth
Martha, Clark
Amarillo
Pearl
Maurine
Wells
Mississippi
Wigham
A. H. Bevington
F Greenhaw
B.S. Earp
Raich Bond
Kanes Lane
Record of Oregon Heat Peak at 119 Degrees in 1898
The highest officially recorded temperature in Oregon reached 119 degrees on July 29, 1898. This historic heat event stands as a record in state climate history.
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Oregon
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