Soldier Missing After 33 Years Remains Unaccounted For
The German Search Service Center for Missing Soldiers in Bonn works to identify fates of missing Wehrmacht personnel. Director Kurt Boehme notes efforts to trace 35,000 cases using file research and occasional international inquiries. Many presumed dead in nameless graves or Soviet camps. hope remains cautious.
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Rempe
Wehrmacht
Munich
International
Red Cross
Kurt W. Boehme
New York
Moscow
Boehme
Bonn
Europe
Asia
Africa
Russia
Poland
Balkan
Red Army
Obituary briefs run across multiple Hobbs and Lubbock area deaths
Funeral and burial details are listed for John Taylor 22 Hobbs resident on convalescent leave from Fort Bliss killed in a one car accident near Seminole. Richard Kelly McAdams 20 Hobbs burns victim. W B Carey 47 former Lubbock resident died in Vancouver Washington. Edna Werner 69 Eunice resident died in Odessa hospital. Benjamin Kucera Jr retired attorney died in a Lubbock rest home. Viola May Deputy 60 Lovington resident. Herman James Cox 68 San Francisco native and WWII veteran. Bess Wood Gunter 76 Goldsmith resident killed in car truck crash near Odessa. James William Dunson 84 Seagraves retired Santa Fe Railway employee. Werbert Curtis Gordon 76 Kermit resident. J H Brooks 30 Loop in critical condition after one car rollover. injuries to Ronnie Aguirre 23 and Sandra Kay Vesser 18 in separate incidents. police investigating strongarm robbery involving Yellow Cab driver.
Funeral for Dr Hallie G Krantz Held Today in Enid
Services for Dr Hallie G Krantz 62 former pastor of Lubbock First Christian Church and Phillips University president at time of death were held at 11 a m today at University Place Christian Church Enid. Burial followed at Enid Cemetery Brown Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife two daughters a son two brothers and several grandchildren.
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Enid
Okla
Hallie G. Krantz
Lubbock
First Christian Church
University Place
Vansickle Infant Dies Rites Set
Snyder Texas Vansickle two year old Jerry Dewayne Vansickle died Saturday at Root Memorial Hospital in Colorado City. Services set for 10 a m today at Bell Seale Funeral Chapel with burial at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Survived by parents three sisters Debbie Janie Susan three brothers Richard Jimmy Frankie and grandparents Mildred Vansickle Hamilton Mrs Wdna Phipps Snyder and R C Stewart Roscoe.
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Snyder
Jerry Dewayne Vansickle
Allen Vansickle
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Root Memorial Hospital
Colorado City
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Debbie
Janie
Susan
Richard
Jimmy
Frankie
Mildred Vansickle
Hamilton
Wdna Phipps
R. C. Stewart
Roscoe
Mrs Weaver Rites Held for Midland Woman
Services for Mrs. Sarah Blanche Weaver 85 of Midland are at 9 30 a m today at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. She was born in Mason Iowa moved from Denver Colorado a year ago Survivors include daughter Mrs Blanche Terrell of Midland and son Paul Weaver of Chicago Indiana.
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Midland
Sarah Blanche Weaver
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Weaver
Mason, I
Denver
Colo
Blanche Terrell
Paul Weaver
Chicago
Lipscomb Service Set in Turkey for Jesse Lipscomb
Jesse Lipscomb 56 of Turkey dies after brief illness. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church officiated by three local pastors. Burial at Dreamland Cemetery. Survived by wife Lois Henderson Lipscomb, a son James, his mother, a brother, five sisters, and three grandchildren. He owned a Turkey grocery, was World War I veteran, and member of Masonic Lodge Lion's Club and First Baptist Church.
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Turkey
Jesse Lipscomb
First Baptist Church
Ralph White
Roy Patterson
Alvarado
Eddie Wicker
Memphis
Duncan Henderson
Harrison, Ark
Dassie Williams
Jimmy Weatherly
George I Jones Services Set
Services for George E. Jones 71 who died Friday in a Hobbs hospital after an apparent heart attack will be at 2 p m today in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Eunice Cemetery. Griffin Funeral Home in charge. Jones a Hobbs resident since 1934 was a retired Gulf Oil employee. Survivors include his wife two sons two brothers four sisters and nine grandchildren.
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Richard Kelly McAdams
Hobbs Lea General Hospital
Burns
Hobbs
Griffin
Prairie Haven Cemetery
Edna Werner
Eunice
Odessa
Griffin Funeral Home
Werner
George E. Jones
Iheart
First Presbyterian Church
John Carlberg
Lovington
Eunice Cemetery
Jones
Gulf Oil Corporation
Bill G. Jones
Seminole
Oklo
George R. Jones
Singapore
B. F. Jones
Tulsa
Okla
Milton Jones
Drummond
Fannie Pry
Cleveland
Cora Beaty
Kilgore
Ada Bridges
Seidan
Kan
Florence Little
Yale
Edgar Stanford Funeral Set
Funeral services for the Rev. Edgar Lee Stanford 75 who died Friday while vacationing in Durango Colorado will be held at 2 30 p m today at the First United Methodist Church with Jim Pickens pastor and the reverends Hubert Thompson Canyon and Vernon Henderson Lubbock officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery Amarillo under Dennis A native of Nocona Stanford moved to Dimmitt 11 years ago upon retirement He was a Methodist minister who served area churches Survivors include his wife two sons Paul Stanford Albuquerque New Mexico and Jess Stanford Fort George G Meade Maryland a daughter Mrs Arvalee Saul Houston and grandchildren
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Dimmitt
Edgar Lee Stanford
Durango
Colo
First United Methodist Church
Jim Pickens
Hubert Thompson
Canyon’ S
Vernon Henderson l
Lubbock
Amarillo
Memorial Park Cemetery
Dennis Funeral Home
Nocona
Stanford
Paul Stanford
Albuquerque
N.M
Jess Stanford
Fort George G. Meade
Arvalee Saul
Houston
Mrs. Marrow Dies in Levelland After Long Illness
Mrs J G Bertie Lee Marrow 79 of Levelland dies after a lengthy illness at Cook Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for Park Drive Baptist Church Levelland with Pastor Raymond Butts officiating Burial at City of Levelland Cemetery Survivors include four sons three daughters six sisters twenty grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren Grandsons will serve as pallbearers
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Levelland
J. G. ‘Bertie’ Lee Marrow
Cook Memorial Hospital
Park Drive Baptist Church
Raymond Butts
City of Levelland Cemetery
Marrow
Holland
Hockley County
Bell County
Hodges Baptist Church
Clayton Marrow
Quemada
James G. Marrow
R. M. Marrow
D. M. Marrow
Brownfield
Geneva Young
Ll. E. Mitchell
Vara Martin
Waco
Gladys Hord
Obal King
Winters
Dalah Levi
Nolan
Funeral Tuesday for R J Davis in Odessa
Roy J. Davis 71 retired Odessa grocer died Sunday at Medical Center Hospital and services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Pentecostal Church with Vernon Neely pastor. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include wife Bertha Mae Wadsworth. two sons Vyrion E. Davis and Roy L. Davis. four daughters Carroll Thompson Evelyn Gardenhire Joe Norwood Grady W. Bingham. two brothers J C Davis Rufus Davis. a sister Mrs Jess Fewel.
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Odessa
Roy J. Davis
Medical Center Hospital
First United Pentecostal Church
Vernon Neely
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Davis
Commanche
Bertha Mae Wadsworth
Rufus
Poteet
Jess Fewel
San Antonio
A F Threadgill Funeral Slated
Abbie Fred Threadgill 86 of Odessa died Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Big Spring after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are set for 10 a m Tuesday at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa with burial at Odessa Cemetery. Threadgill lived in Odessa since 1919. WWI veteran. American Legion member. retired oil field worker. Survivors: three sons Robert Lee Albert Fred Larry Wayne all of Odessa. daughter Carolyn Blount of Odessa. brother Eric of Lubbock. sister Mattie Lou Flowers of Waxahachie. three grandchildren.
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Odessa
Abbie Fred Threadgill
Veteran's Hospital
Big Spring
Hubbard- Kelly
Threadgill
American Legion
Robert Lee
Albert Fred
Larry Wayne
Carolyn Blount
Eric
Lubbock
Mattie Lou Flowers
Waxahachie
Manila Pickpockets Must Wear Signs
Police in San Fernando Pampanga require convicted pickpockets to wear signs reading T am a pickpocket beware of me on front and back. Officials say the method has proven effective in deterring bag snatchers 50 miles north of Manila.
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Manila
UPI
San Fernando Pampanga
Mercy Prayer for a Public Figure in Morning News
A morning verse appeals for mercy for a well known man accused of crime and fault. The speaker asks God to grant repentance and forgiveness, likening his plea to the dying thief who sought mercy. The piece emphasizes prayer and divine relief over public disgrace.
Death announced for 66 year old W C Roberts
W C Roberts 66 of Rt 1 Wilson died on arrival at Methodist Hospital from an apparent heart attack. He lived in Wilson a year after moving from Santa Fe New Mexico. He attended Calvary Baptist Church in Lubbock. Survived by six sons and five daughters, two brothers, six sisters, and numerous grandchildren. Services pending with Rix Funeral Directors.
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W. CG. Roberts
Rt. 1
Wilson
Methodist Hospital
Roberts
Lub Jbock
Calvary Baptist Church
Santa Fe
N.M
W. C. Roberts Jr
Jack
Las Vegas
Elvan
Page
Ariz
Doyle
Ray Littrell
Daffadell Roberts
Lubbock
Pearl Hoffman
California
Mary Lofland
Ozell Wilkerson
Washington
Rix Funeral
James G Sadler Services Slated
James Graham Sadler 63 died Friday in a local hospital. Services at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Turtletown with burial in Turtletown Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Geraldine Pettyjohn New Braunfels and Mrs Gertrude Clark Odessa. two brothers Gene and Bill Sadler Atlanta. Local arrangements by Singleton Funeral Home. Native of Coker Creek Tennessee resident of Seminole for three years formerly Odessa resident. Member of First Baptist Church of Seminole.
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James Graham Sadler
First Baptist
Church of
Turtletown
Tenn
Singleton Funeral Home
Coker Creek
Sadler
Odessa
First Baptist Church of
Seminole
Geraldine Pettyjohn
New Braunfels
Gertrude Clark
Gene and
Bill Sadler
Atlanta, Ga
Senate Doves Push Mansfield Plan to End Vietnam War
In Washington Senate doves press renewed moves to require U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam by October 1 as part of the Mansfield amendment within a $1 8 billion foreign aid bill The measure would free POWs and MIAs while allowing forces in Laos and Cambodia without an internationally supervised ceasefire Final action on the aid bill expected by 8 pm today as antiwar amendments face votes Separately the Senate opens debate on a $20 6 billion military procurement bill with battles aimed at the B 1 bomber and Trident submarine and a $6 billion two year antipoverty extension with a new legal services corporation}
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Washington
UPI
Paris
Senate
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Mike Mansfield
Cannon
U.S
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Mansfield
U. S
Indochina
John Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
House- Senate
Legal Services Corporation
Man overcharged by council cannot recover sum in Australia
A man paid 180 dollars too much to a suburban council in Adelaide. The council had no power to adjust the overcharge. Steps were begun to change the law to allow redress.
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Adelaide
Australia
Four hurt in early morning auto accidents in Lubbock
Frances Salazar, 36, of 208 Temple Ave, admitted to Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a 1:35 a.m. crash at Ward Street and Temple Avenue. She is listed in satisfactory condition. Phillip Corosna, 20, of 5101 48th St, treated and released at Methodist Hospital. Jennifer Johnston, 21, of 3010 List St, and Pete Rodriguez, 23, of Brownfield, treated and released at St Mary of the Plains Hospital after a two car collision at Brownfield Road and Slide Road.
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Frances. Salazar
Temple Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic
Ward Street
Temple Avenue
Phillip Jess Corosna
48Th St
Methodist Hospital
Jennifer Johnston
Pete Rodriguez
Brownfield
Brownfield Road
Slide Road
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Robert Rhea Dies at 81 in Cookeville Tenn
Services for Robert Taylor Rhea 81 of Cookeville are pending. He died about 12 30 p m Sunday at his home after a life that included time in Hale County as a cowboy for the Spade Ranch and the Mashed O Ranch. Survived by his son Robert Rhea of Wolfforth and seven sisters from Lubbock and Sparta.
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Cookeville
Tenn
Robert Taylor Rhea
Rhea
Lubbock
Hale County
Spade Ranch
Avalanche-Journal
Robert Rhea
Wolfforth
Q. E. Owens
Sparta
Horace Snodgrass
R. D. Williams
W. d.Spikes
Walter Smith
Carl Northern
Robert L. Burns
Mrs. O. E. Reece Dies at 85 Rites Planned
Mrs. O E Reece 85 mother of Mrs Sarah Ellsworth of 5431 Ave H will have services at 2 p m Tuesday in Tolar Baptist Church Tolar community Cecil Ellis of Eastland with Rev C M Slate officiating Burial in Tolar Cemetery under Martin's Funeral Home Granbury Mrs Reece Fort Worth resident died Sunday in a Fort Worth hospital era native of Erath County lived in Fort Worth eight years from Tolar Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Grace McMahon Weatherford four sons Casey Knoxville Tenn Pat Fort Worth Ed Nashville Tenn and W O Austin 12 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
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Reece
Sarrah Ellsworth
Ave. H. i
Tolar Baptist Church
Tolar
Cecil Ellis
Eastland
C. M. Slate
Martin
Erath County
Fort Worth
Grace McMahon
Weatherford
Casey
Knoxville
Tenn
Pat
Nashville, Tenn
W. O
Austin
Man Found Dead In Hotel Room
Thomas Dean Harrison, 50, of Alice was found dead about 10:30 a.m. Sunday in his room at In Town Inn Motor Hotel. Justice of the Peace F H Bolen ruled death due to natural causes. Investigators said he was found sitting fully clothed in a chair with a newspaper across his lap. Services are pending with Franklin Barley Funeral Home.
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Thomas Dean Harrison
Alice
In Town Inn Motor Hotel
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Bolen
Harrison
Franklin-Barlley Funeral Home
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Floyd Bonn
Adolf Hitler
Ist
Bernhard Rempe
Frau Rempe
John Taylor
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Kuccera
31St St
Will
Sapuise LaNuren
WeaLoerora
Hydro
Taylor
U.S. Army
Fort Bliss
W. BK. Carey
Vancouver
Wash
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Carey
Post
New Castle
Benjamin Kucera
City of Lubbock
Viola May
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
Herman James Cox
San Francisco
Calif
Singleton Funeral Tome Chapel
Morton
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Kentucky
Bess Wood Gunter
Goldsmith
Goldsmith Baptist Church
James William Dunson
Seagraves Hospital
Seagraves
Seagraves Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Dunson
Lorenzo
Santa Fe Railway
Werbert Curtis Gordon
Kermit Hospital
Grace Temple Baptist Church
Kermit
Kermit Cemetery
Cooper Funeral Home
Gordon
J. H. Brooks
Loop
New Mexico State Line
Brooks
Ronnie Aguirre
Auburn St
Sandra Kay Vesser
3603
Vanda Ave
University Hospital
East Lubbock
E. 19Th Street
Spruce Avenue
H. G. Gantz
Jess Lipscomb
George I. Jones
Edgar Stanford
Boston
Brighton
R. J. Davis
A. F. Threadgill
The
W. C. Roberts Service
Pends
James G. Sadler
House
U. S. Court of Claims
Wees
House Crime Committee
Jeremy
Max Jacobs
Emprise Corp
Buffalo
N. Y
Senate Finance Committee
House Banking Committee
O. E. Reece
E-Lim
H. Lynn Mercer Insurance Financial Planning
University
Main Street
Texas
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