Spanish Galleon and Seven Ship Remains Found Near Padre Island
Researchers from the Institute for Underwater Research uncovered a rusted seafin cannon and wood evidence near Padre Island, suggesting a sunken Spanish fleet from 1553 with as many as eight ships. Texas Tech, SMU, Texas A&M scientists used a cesium magnometer to locate wreck sites and plan further exploration under protection measures.
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Port Mansfield
UPN
Padre Island
Tom Hays
Southern Methodist ‘University
Gene Herrin
SMU
Eugene McDermott
Dallas
Board of Governors
The
Antiquities Committee
Gulf
Spain
Veracruz
Mexico
Europe
Silent procession for Portugal's Salazar through Lisbon
A somber procession moved through silent crowds to St Jeronimo Monastery bearing former Premier Ant nio de Oliveira Salazar's body. The 81 year old ruler died Monday in San Bento Palace after 38 years in power. Thousands watched as youths gave fascist salutes along the route.
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Lisbon
UPD
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
St. Jeronimo Monastery
Portugal
Salazar
San Bento Palace
Mocidade Portuguesa
Clarence Cook's Services Today
Clarence J. Cook 54 dies from injuries in an auto accident in Wichita Falls. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. today at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Littlefield Cemetery. Survivors include three sons, three daughters, his father, five brothers, two sisters, and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will be his brothers.
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Littlefield
Clarence J. Cook
Hammons
Littlefield Cemetery
Cook
Wichita Falls General Hospital
Arkansas
Charles
Houston
Jerry
Garland
Chisholm
Tyallas
Joyce
Getty
Jean
James
Pecos
Bill
Foster
Conroe
Pierce
Grand Prairie
Wirdlow
Leonard
Tyler
Lena Hutchins
Mesquite
Brena Baker
Odessa
William Rose Rites Planned in Clovis Funeral services for William Rose
William Rose 51 of Clovis shot to death at his home before 5 30 a m Sunday. Service at Bethlehem Baptist Church with Rev James C Nolley to officiate. Burial at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Suspect Edward Eaton of Farwell charged with first degree murder. Rose a World War II veteran worked for McDaniel Furniture Co. Survivors include wife Clarence son Melvin brother Oscar and sisters Jean Powell and Helen Bote King.
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Rose
McDaniel Furniture Co
Waco
Clar- Fece
Melvin
Oscar
Clovis
Jean Powell
Hielen
Bote King
San Bernadino
Obituary notices and local notices from Hockley County
Notices list funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Dunigan J R McFarland Ollie Lucille Hall H W Hicks Archie Lamb Ethel Lillie Cooper Clarence Brown and related services. Also reported are Estacado High School band summer session, a retired civil service association meeting and a jail escape investigation with three prisoners at large in Hockley County.
Services Today for Stevan Caballos Sanchez
Services for Stevan Caballos Sanchez two month old son of Mr and Mrs Donaciano Sanchez will be held at 10 a m in Our Lady of the Catholic Church with Rev J Franco of Midland officiating Burial will be in Andrews Cemetery directed by Singleton Funeral Home Surviving are two sisters Diana and Corrina both of the home and grandmothers Mrs Magdalena Sanchez of Andrews and Mrs Susana Ceballos of Sudan
Area Showers Dampen Texas New Mexico Border Region
Mild showers covered areas along the Texas New Mexico border and into the Panhandle with a 20 percent rain chance east toward Lubbock. Totals varied from Portales 5 inches and Clovis 0.25 inch to Hobbs and Hereford about 1 inch and Levelland traces. Temperatures ranged from 85 to 100 degrees with mid 90s forecast today and Thursday.
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Texas-New Mexico
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
High Plains
Portales
Clovis
Hobbs
Hereford
Farwell
Levelland
Lovington
Dimmitt
Bovina
Muleshoe
Texas
San Angelo
Midland
Wichita Falls
Marfa
Plea Guilty In Check Law Case At Findley
Findley resident 41 pleaded guilty to a check law violation in County Court-at-Law No 1. Judge Edwin H. Boedeker fined her 25 dollars plus court costs. In County Court-at-Law No 2 three defendants pled innocent Joe Weaver Warren Williamson and Sharon Berry faced charges including amphetamine possession and check violations.
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Findley
Ave. P
Edwin H. Boedeker
Denzil Bevers
Joe J. Weaver
Odessa
Warren Williamson
14Th St
Sharon L. Berry
47Th St
Textile Firm Wins Suit Over Damaged Mill Roof
Plains Textiles, Inc. wins a $39,206.40 verdict in Judge Pat Moore's court against Metal Structures Corp. for defective steel used in a spinning mill roof on Loop 289 and East Broadway. architect Bill Epipes found not negligent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat. S. Moore
72Nd District
Plains Textiles, Inc
Dallas Steel
Dallas
Metal Structures Corp
Bill Epipes
Stout Steel Builders, Inc
Austin
J. Orville Smith
Plains Textiles
Loop 289
East Broadway
Louisville Jetport Sites Named Near Louisville
The Louisville Jefferson County Air Board recommends six sites for a $230 million intercontinental jetport to the FAA. Airport director Foster V. Jones says none are in Jefferson County but within 35 miles of downtown Louisville.
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Louisville
UPI
Louisville-Jefferson County Air Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Foster V. Jones
Jefferson County
European visit ends for six Lubbock girls home from tour
Six Lubbock girls return to West Texas Airport after a six week People-to-People tour of Europe with Mrs Mayme Porter. They visited England the Netherlands Sweden Russia Austria Germany and Finland with 20 students from New Mexico. Host families included Amsterdam Stockholm Vienna and London. The group praised Holland and said there is no place like home.
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Lubbock
West Texas
Air
Europe
Mayme. Porter
England
Netherlands
Sweden
Russia
Austria
Germany
Finland
New Mexco
Holland
Joann Grzywacz
Stan Graywacz
53Rd St
James Norton
G. Norton
60Th St
Cynthia Salem
Robert Salem
11Th St
Kathy Sandlin
Gerald Sandlin
Country Club “Drive
Bridget Smith
Fray Smith
Reagan Trout
Chauncy Trout
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Vienna
London
Cc. A
Burglar Viciously Wounds Lubbock Man In Garage
In a 5 45 am break in a Lubbock resident Michael Kelley 21 was wounded in the right shoulder after confronting a burglar inside his garage He was hospitalized at St Mary of the Plains in satisfactory condition and police described the suspect as a Latin American man in his early twenties with a thin mustache and long hair The thief fled through the rear door of the garage during the early Tuesday incident Other reported thefts include a billfold containing about 72 dollars and food items from a Donut Shop and various items from homes and a service station as deputies probe three separate burglaries in outlying towns
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Michael Kelley
Kelley
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
E. J
Cunningham
Hub
Rufus Carrillo
Cornell St
4Th St
Neff Preston
Shallowater
Joe Schramm
Jtll
Slaton
Jim Reece
6Th St
Idalon
Rites Planned For Mrs Scott Slaton
Mrs Bessie Scott 79 died Saturday in Mercy Hospital Slaton. Services set for 4 p m today at Mount Olive Baptist Church with Rev Clifton C Peoples officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery. Survivors include seven sons James Texas City Alvin Dickinson Leo Abilene Edwin Maurice Lubbock Silvester Reno Slaton a daughter Myrtle Smith Slaton 47 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Bessie Scott
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Clifton C. Peoples
Englewood ‘Cemetery
Jamicon Funeral Home
Lub
Scott
Mercy Hospital
James
Texas City
Alvin
Dickinson
Leo
Abilene
Edwin
Maurice
Lubbock
Silvester
Reno
Myrtle Smith
Set up a standard for modern learning tests
Jer 4 6 echoed by Julie s Hyer as she critiques superior older youth and demands juniors face exam hurdles. The piece urges readers to assess their own ability against academic tests and the tough entry standards in colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julies C. Hyer
Pamela Bowden Dies at 17 in Clovis
Pamela Bowden 17 of Clovis died at Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Carl Scott officiating. Burial at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include her parents Hugh S. Bowden and wife, two sisters Debbie and Kelli, grandmother Hazel Hebnar, and grandfather J. A. Bowden.
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Clovis
Pamela Bowden
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Central Baptist Church
Carl Scott
Mission Garden of Memories
Sherwood Mortuary
Hugh S. Bowden
Debbie
Kelli
Hazel Hebnar
Cassopolis
Mich
J. A. Bowden
McKinney
Rousseau Rites Set In Tulsa
Charley Rousseau a Swisher County carpenter died after months of illness at Swisher County Memorial Hospital aged 71 Services set for 10 30 a m Thursday at Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Gerald Tidwell officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery Survivors include his wife Vera two sons W H and Bill both of Tulia two daughters Mrs Flossie Payne and Mrs Nelda Elliff both of Tulsa 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild
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Tulia
Charley ‘Rousseau
Swisher County
Swisher County Memorial Hospital
Wallace Funeral Home Chapel
Gerald Tidwell
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Vera
W. H
Bill
Flossie Payne
Nelda Elliff
Tulsa
Omar Earl Sims Dies at Farm Home in Whiteface
Omar Earl Sims 55 was found dead Tuesday morning at his farm home. Justice of the Peace Joe Gibson ruled natural causes. Services pending at George Price Funeral Home in Whiteface. Survivors include wife Melville. sons Jesse and Lewis, daughters Barbara Johnson, Betty Mansfield, Lynda Cox, June Arthur. mother Mrs. Mattie Sims. brothers David and Frank. 21 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Earl Sims
Justice of the
Joe Gibson
George Price
Paris
Toof Re
Melville
Jesse and
Lewis
Whiteface
Barbara ‘Johnson
Levelland
Betty Mansfield
Houston
Rites Planned for Mrs. Sallie Heck in Wilson
Services for 86 year old Mrs. Sallie Heck will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Wilson. The Rev. Darall Baldwin and Rev. H. F. Scott will officiate. Burial follows at Green Memorial Park under White Funeral Home of Tahoka. Mrs. Heck died after an apparent stroke in a Lubbock hospital. She was a Louisiana native who moved to Texas as a child and to Wilson 43 years ago from Wilmeth. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Floyd Cannon of Lubbock and Mrs. Johne Mae Cook of Wilson, three sons Henry of Plainview Herman of Lubbock and Floyd of Wilson, a brother Fob Cox of Oroville California, eight grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Wilson
Wilmeth
Floyd Cannon
7Th St
Lubbock
Johne Mae Cook
Henry
Plainview
Herman
Floyd
Fob Cox
Oroville
Calif
Mrs. Sarah Barker rites set in Morton First Baptist
Services for 89 year old Sarah Elizabeth Barker of Morton will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul McClung. Burial follows in Morton Memorial Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include husband J H, three sons Cecil H B and Horace, two daughters Vera Holloman and Lillian Silvers, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Lillie Cooper
Morton
First Baptist Church
Haskell Memorial Cemetery
Haskell
Singleton Funeral Home
Sarah Elizabeth Barker
Paul McClung
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Horace
Pasadena
Vera Holloman
Lillian Silvers
Funeral Pending For Mrs Atkins In Lubbock County
Funeral services for Mrs Eat Atkins, a Lubbock County resident since 1923, were pending after she died in West Texas Hospital around 3 30 p m Tuesday following a lengthy illness. Survivors include her husband, a daughter Mrs Buck Attnbury of Abernathy a sister Mrs Ruby Tudor of Lorenzo two brothers Don Holton of Lubbock and Carlos Holton of Odessa and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eat Atkins
Atkins
Lubbock County
West Texas Hospital
Suvivors
Buck Attebury
Abernathy
Ruby Tudor
Lorenzo
Ttwo
Don Holton
Lubbock
Carlos Holton
Odessa
Mrs Minnie Parker 76 Funeral in Floydada Church
Mrs Minnie Parker 76 died about 1 Tuesday in Caprock Hospital Floydada. Services at 2 30 p m today in First United Methodist Church with Rev C B Melton officiating. Burial in Floyd County Memorial Park. Survived by son Newell Floydada daughter Hazel Swepsmane Floydada brothers H A Becker Buffalo E R Becker Hitchcock and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Minnie —— Parker
Caprock
First United Methodist Church
C. B. Melton
Floyd County Memorial Park
Moore-Rose Funeral Home
Parker
Grady Parker
Newell
Hazel Swepsmane
H. A. Becker
Buffalo
E.r.becker
Hitchock
Services Today For O R Kemp
O R Kemp 57 died after an extended illness. The Church of Christ in Eunice hosts a 2 p.m. service with ministers John Tate and Joe Woodrum officiating. Burial follows at Eunice Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home of Hobbs. Survivors include Lynn Kemp of Arieslay, Glenn Kemp of Sonces Tex, daughter Sharon Johnson of Roswell, mother Mrs C G Williams of Lubbock, Tom Kemp of Gustine, five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice
O. R. (Whitey)Kemp
Church’ of Christ Iiers
John Tate
Joe Woodrum
Church of Christ Ministers
Eunice Cemetery
Griffin
Hobbs
Kemp
Buvivors
San Mai
Lynn Kemp
Arieslay
Glenn Kemp
A Sonces
Tex
Sharon Johnson
Roswell
C. G. Williams
Lubbock
Tom. Kemp
Gustine
Rabies Response After Libyan Dog Arrival in Gibraltar
Authorities implement six month animal entry curbs at Gibraltar ports in reaction to a mongrel dog’s death from rabies. The canine had arrived from Libya, prompting health measures and inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Libya
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Texas Antiquities Committee
Ed Seafinon
Texas Tech
David A. Howe
Howe
Texas A&m
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Herrin
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Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Fred Windorf
Clarence Cook
William Rose
Fannie Dunigan
Anton
Earth Church of Christ
Earth Cemetery
J. R. McFarland
Restland
Ollie Lucille Hall
Enochs
Enochs First Baptist Church
R. W. McKinney
Enochs Cemetery
Hall
Bailey County
Methodist Hospital
HW. K
Hicks
Sanders Memorial Chapel
City of Lubbock
Archie Lamb
Dimmitt First Baptists Church
Castro
County Memorial Gardens
Dennis Funeral Home
Lamb
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence Brown
9Th St
J. T. Bolding
Sanders Funeral Home
Brown
University’ S Hospital
Estacado High School
National Association of Retired Civil Service
50Th St
J. W. Simmons
Fort Worth
Texas Federation of Civi Service Workers
Hockley County
Stevan Sanchez
Capitan Mountains
N. M
Ruidoso
Betty Geyer
San Antonio
Rain Chance
Textile Company
Broadway
Avenue's
Virgil Harrison
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph Kieswetter
Mrs. Scott
Jer
Rousseau
Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Mrs. Heck
Mrs. Atkins
Rites
O.R. Kemp
Juweeas Howe
Member Oyvitation
Morticians
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