Curb Eliminators push for building code changes in Lubbock
City Council members with the Curb Eliminators toured chambers in wheelchairs to urge ramps wider doors and curb insets for accessible buildings. The proposal was sent to the Building Board of Appeals for recommendation as park names were approved and other city actions were taken. Roy Pope cited four inch curbs blocking access to many facilities while Trudy Putteet shared relief from a recent return to mobility.
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Thirsday
Lubbock
Building Board of Appeals
Mackenzie Park
Green Fair Manor
Fast Lubbock
48Th Street
Salem Avenue
Roy Pope
Curb
Trudy Putteet
Miss Putteet
Roger Dykes
Minneapolis
Minn
Morris Turner
Bryce Campbell
Multiple Lubbock incidents noted including burglary and accidents
Lubbock police investigated a burglary at Hi Fidelity of Lubbock on 2217 Fourth Street after a car alarm. Damage and theft totaled 1250 dollars. Other items include a car train crash injuring Ervin Kring, a truck fertilizer crash affecting Rusti and Sandy Coleman, and various funeral notices and local civic actions.
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Lubbock
Hi Fidelity
4Th St
West Passage Reopens For Westbound Traffic On 50th Street
Lub bock officials reopen westbound 50th Street at University Avenue after reconstruction delays. South side work begins today causing temporary closure for two to three weeks, with two east and west lanes open on the north side. Traffic signals at the intersection will be inoperative until the south side is completed. Through traffic on 10th Street Main and Broadway remains closed for five to seven days for the Avenue R storm sewer project.
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50Th Street
Lubbock
University Avenue
10Th Street
Main
Broadway
Midland Official Delivers Ruling on Trailer Fire Death
Special Justice of the Peace John Biggs ruled that a young woman found dead in the burned trailer near Midland Odessa Regional Air Terminal died of smoke inhalation and found no reason to suspect foul play. The unidentified woman, who used the name Lee May, was last seen with a man who dropped her in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The sheriff’s office awaits dental charts for identification as services were pending.
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Midland
John Biggs
Midland- Odessa
Biggs
Carlsbad
N.M
Rites Planned for Heraclio Rocha in Lubbock
Funeral services set for Saturday at St Patrick's Catholic Church for 22 year old Heraclio Rocha who died at St Mary of the Plains Hospital Thursday. Burial follows at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. Inquest by Justice of the Peace F H Bolen. lab tests pending. Rocha a Meadow native lived in Lubbock since 1967 and worked as a school custodian. Survivors include his wife son daughter parents two brothers three sisters and grandparents.
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St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Bolen
Bolen
Meadow
Rocha
Lubbock
Transfiguration Moment Inspires Service Over Altars
A biblical scene recalls Peter, James, and John on the mountain with Jesus and Moses and Elijah. Jesus rejects building altars, urging them to feed his sheep and serve the neglected, emphasizing action over shrine construction.
T. J. Harrisons Rites Set Today
Services for Thomas Dean Harrison 30 of Alice are scheduled for 11 a.m. in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Rev. Shelby Knox of Amarillo will officiate with Franklin Bartley Funeral Home handling burial. Bolen ruled death due to natural causes. no survivors listed.
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Thomas Dean Harrison
Alice
In Town Inn Motor Hotel
Shelby Knox
Amarillo
Franklin Bartley
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Bolen
Odessa author Carlysle Raht dies at 91
Services for Carlysle Graham Raht 91 Odessa author are set for 2 p.m. at St Johns Episcopal Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Raht died Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital after a June 22 hospital stay for a broken hip. He lived in Odessa 14 years after moving from Gainesville Texas where he was born in 1881. He wrote six books on Texas life including Romance of the Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country. Survivors include his son John Milton Raht of San Clemente California.
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Carlyysle Graham Raht
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rix Funeral Home
Raht
Med
Ical Center Hospital
Davis Mountains
Big Bend Country
Rahtbooks Co
Gainesville
Fort Worth
Austin
John Milton Raht
San Clemente
Calif
Movie Edition pricing details for Lubbock Avalanche Journal
The text lists home delivery options and subscription rates for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal edition. It includes Morning, Evening, Sunday, and combinations with prices, plus contact details and a P. O. Box address in Lubbock, Texas.
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Sun
Avenue J
Lubbock
Texas
Maunday
Travis C. Fugate Rites Held in Lubbock Burial
Funeral services for Travis Clifton Fugate, 52, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Henderson Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Mancil Webb of 25th Street Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows in City of Lubbock Cemetery. He died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Albuquerque after a seven week illness. A native of Alvord, he worked in construction and was a World War II U S Army veteran and member of 25th Street Baptist Church. He had lived in Lubbock since 1934. His sister Mrs. Freda Manley of 111 E. Stanford is the sole survivor. Pallbearers: George Baker, John Yugovich, Bill Hostetler, Jack Klein, Kenneth Lofland, Felix Crawford, Cliff Chandler.
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E. Stanford
Henderson
Mancil R. Webb
25Th Street Baptist Church
City of Lubbbock Cemetery
Fugate
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albuquerque
N.M
Alvord
Lubbock
Freda Manley
George Baker
John Yugovich
Bill Hostecker
Jack Klien
Kenneth Lofland
Felix Crawford
Cliff Chandler
Dan Isaac Ellis Dies in Tulia at 82
Dan Isaac Ellis, 82, of Tulia died in his sleep Wednesday at home. Services at 2 p.m. today at Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Hawthorne officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He moved to Tulia about a year ago from Oklahoma, a clothing merchant. Survived by two daughters Mrs. H. D. Smith of Wichita Falls and Margaret Ellis, two brothers J. A. Ellis of Temple, OK, and Wesley Ellis of California, and two sisters Mrs. Seretha Smith of Green Brier, TN, and Mrs. Delia Johns of Hemet, CA.
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Tulia
Dan Isaac Ellis
Wallace
Jim Hawthorne
United Methodist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Ellis
Oklahoma
H. D. Smith
Wichita Falls
Margaret Ellis
J. A. Ellis
Temple
Okla
Wesley Ellis
California
Seretha Smith
Green Brier
Tenn
Delia Johns
Hemet
Calif
Ballet Benefit Ball Draws Lubbock Leaders And Support
The first Ballet Benefit Ball in Lubbock drew about 250 guests at Vann's Catering on the Slaton Highway. Hosted by Lubbock Civic Ballet, the semi formal event supported the troupe for the 1972 73 season and featured dinner prizes a floor show and dancing to Bob Lamont and orchestra with narration by Jack Sheridan.
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Dale Buckner
Adair Melinsky
Bob Lamonte
Vann
Slaton Highway
Lubbock Civic Ballet
Morris Turner
Civic Ballet
Ballet
Lubbock
Corps de Ballet
Bob Lamont
Norma Lamont
Jack Sheridan
Fine Arts
Avalanche-Journal
Suzanne Aker
Gabrielle Jakobsmeier
Anson Thomas
Dona Larson
Alva Daniel Found Hanged in Big Spring Hospital
Alva Wayne Daniel a 25 year old Lubbock resident was found dead in his Big Spring State Hospital room a sheriff ruled death as self inflicted by hanging investigators noted a sheet looped about his neck and fastened to a window fixture Services set for Skyline Baptist Church Lubbock with Rev Russell Moore officiating Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Rix Funeral Directors in charge Daniel survived by his mother Mrs Geneva Spence of Midland a sister Christy Daniel of Lubbock three brothers Lloyd Daniel Salt Lake City Howard Spence and Edward Spence both of Lubbock and grandparents and great grandmother listed as residents of Lubbock
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Alva Wayne Daniel
Lubbock
Big Spring State Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Walter Grice
Daniels
Skyline Baptist Church
Russell Moore
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral
Daniel
N. Quirt Aye
Geneva ‘Spence
Midland
Christy Daniel
Lloyd Daniel
Salt Lake City
Howard Spence
Edward Spence
Dottie Daniel
E. P. Paschal
W. §. Jacobs
Quirt Ave
Plane sheds metal over West Hollywood and Beverly Hills
A Continental DC 10 carrying 123 passengers shed metal from its tail engine after takeoff from Los Angeles. Debris struck Sunset Boulevard and nearby areas but caused no injuries or major damage. The plane returned to LAX and passengers were moved to another jet as investigators opened a federal and local probe.
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UPS
West Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles International
Robert Glau
Chicago
Sunset Boulevard
Vaughn Pearson
Burial services for Mrs Barbara York Baker
Midland special notices report funeral services for Mrs Barbara York Baker 39 held today at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel after a fatal car crash near Aspen Colorado. She will be laid to rest at Resthaven Memorial Park. A Mineral Wells native and longtime Midland resident she is survived by three sons Richard Hines and Stephen Baker of Houston two brothers Bob York of El Paso and Leon York of Hamilton and her mother Mrs Bess York of Midland.
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Barbara York Baker
Ellis Funeral Home
Baker
Aspen
Colo
Resthaven Memorial Park
Mineral Wells
Richard
Hines
Stephen
Houston
Bob York
el Paso
Leon York
Hamilton
Mrs. Bess
York
Beverly Crider's Rites Set Today
Services for Beverly Jean Crider three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Crider of Denver City will be at 4 30 pm today at First Baptist Church with Rev John Ferguson officiating Burial will be in Denver City Memorial Park under Sin glenton Funeral Home The child died about 930 pm Tuesday at Driscoll Foundation Corpus Christi four hours after undergoing surgery there She is survived by three brothers Glen Ed Bobby of Denver City five sisters Betty Ida Alma Barbara McGee Houston and Sandra McCoy Denver City and grandmother Mrs Ida Thames Denver City
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Beverly Jean Crider
Amos Crider
First Baptist Church
John Ferguson
Denver City Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Driscoll Foundation
Corpus Christi
Iné
Glen
Bobby
Betty
Ida
Alma
Barbara McGee
Houston
Sandra McCoy
Ida Thames
William L Foster US Air Force veteran dies at Reese AFB Hospital
William L Foster of 3116 29th street died about 6 56 p m Thursday at Reese Air Force Base Hospital after an extended illness Services are pending at Rix Funeral Directors Foster retired in 1961 after 21 years in the Air Force He had lived in Lubbock since retirement and was a New York native Survivors include his wife two sons David of Lubbock and W L of College Station two daughters Jenny and Burma both at home his mother Mrs Francis Miller of the home and one grandchild
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Thurslday
Reese Air Force Base
Rix
Foster
U.S. Air Force
Lubbock
New York
David
W. L
College Station
Jenny
Burma
Francis Miller
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