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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1967

Page

6

Burglaries Hit 34th Street Businesses in Violent Spree

A nine business break in spree on 34th Street saw intruders smash walls to gain access and loot items including $100 from Highland Interiors and $13 from a barber shop. Other incidents include a beer bottle assault near E 50th Street and a gunshot in a disturbance on E 16th Street.

34Th Street 34Th St Highland Interiors Arnold Tanner Plains Beauty Shop Bill Webb 38Th St Lubbock School of Music Four Seasons Beauty Shop Serena Marbie

Funeral set for James P. Macon in Bovina

James P. Macon 83 of Bo vina died Friday. Services are 3 p.m. Monday at Bovina First Baptist Church with Rev. John Ferguson and assistants from local churches. Clathorn Funeral Home of Friona will direct burial in Bovina Cemetery. Survivors include his wife two sisters and two brothers.

Bovina James P. Macon John Ferguson Denver City First Baptist Church Bovina First Baptist Church Ralph Aday Bovina Church Don Stone Church of Christ Hobbs Clathorn Funeral Home Friona Macon

Mrs. Jimmie Davis Services Scheduled

Funeral services for Mrs. Jimmie Davis, 60, wife of Louisiana's twice former governor, will be at 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle near Jonesboro. She had been treated for cancer and died at a Baton Rouge hospital Saturday after entering Friday.

Baton Rouge UPD Jimmie Davis Louisiana Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Jonesboro Davis

Services Pending For Mrs. Hardy

Funeral services for Mrs Clarence Hardy 22 of Lockney are pending the arrival of her husband from Vietnam a Carter Funeral Home spokesman said he is due in Lockney Monday The couple's daughter of Mr and Mrs P R Sissney Mr and Mrs Sissney of Lockney she was killed in a one car crash near Plainview Friday Melvin Ray Sissney 18 Lockney High School athlete was injured in the crash He will attend the University of Texas on an athletic scholarship this fall Survivors include her parents two brothers and a sister

Lockney Clarence Hardy Vietnam Carter Funeral Home Hardy P. R. Sissney Plainview Melvin Ray Sissney University of Texas

Graveside Rites Set For Mrs. Blackwell

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Barton's Cemetery near Albuquerque for Mrs. Cecil Blackwell 79 a Lubbock resident for 14 years who died Friday at her home. Survivors include three sons five sisters four brothers two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Barton's Albuquerque Cecil Blackwell Lubbock 79Th St Sanders Memorial French Mortuary Sanders Funeral Home Mississippi Blackwell Idalou

Reluctant Reagan On Correct Path For Noncandidate

California Governor Ronald Reagan avoids declaring as candidate while planning out of state speeches and fundraising talks. He says he is not running but keeps doors open with national delegates.

Norman Kempster Sacramento Calif California Ronald ‘Reagan Nextear Vietnam Middle East New Mexico David Cargo Reagan Thomas Reed Ross Ross, Carliff Reed Richard M. Nixon Nixon Michigan George Romney Romney Oregon Nebraska Omaha Neb Montana Ripon Society Lyn Nofziger

Bank Women Leader Receives Lubbock Citizenship Honor

Mrs JMona Cunningham national president of the NABW Inc received honorary citizenship at a Lubbock Country Club dinner attended by about 120. Dr James Granberry pro tem presented the honor while R B McAlister gave a red carpet and cotton bale souvenir. The group planned a breakfast and business meeting at Villa Inn led by Mrs Henry with Jewel Hodges chairing and Bobbye Taylor introducing the speaker.

Lubbock Jmona Cunningham Wichita Kan National Assn Bank Women, Inc

J. D. Gale's Funeral Slated

J D Gale 72 longtime Clovis resident and retired carpenter died at Clovis Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at 16th and Pile Church of Christ with Minister Robert Hawkins. Burial in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include two sons two stepsons a daughter a step daughter 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Clovis N.M J. D. Gale Church of Christ Robert B. Hawkins Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery Sherwood Mortuary Gale Clovis Memorial Hospital Albuquerque J. D. Jr Monahans Billy House Harold House Fern Ashton Lubbock Velma McDaniel Ogden Utah

Youth Planning Trip To Austin Fifth Annual Texas Youth Conference Delegates Named

Lamb county community to send a large representation to the fifth annual Youth Conference at the University of Texas in Austin August 17 to 20. Delegates include Vickie Louise Boyles Larry Wayne Vrubel Debbie Carol Hall Belinda Norene Thompson and Charles Steven Byars. About 1020 outstanding Texas youth leaders will attend the three day event hosted by the Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation with support from the Hoge Foundation for Mental Health and Sears Roebuck Foundation.

Lamb County University of Texas Austin Texas Youth Conference Vickie Louise Boyles Larry Wayne Vrubel Debbie Carol Hall Belinda Norene Thompson Charles Steven Byars Texas Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation Hoge Foundation For Mental Health Sears-Roebuck Foundation

First Mexican made Borgward to debut in Monterrey

The Borgward, the first wholly Mexican made automobile, will be unveiled in Monterrey on August 18 in a ceremony with high government officials. The plant was relocated from Germany several years ago.

NEW Mexican Car Mexico City UPI Monterrey Germany

Two Die in Bus Crash Near Anniston Alabama

A Greyhound express bus carrying about 40 passengers left U.S. 87 and plunged down an embankment near Anniston Alabama at 11 10 p m Friday after avoiding a car racing on the wrong side of the road. Driver M C Harper 49 of Birmingham was killed along with a female passenger. One injury was reported as critical and the car left the scene. Police found chrome fragments from the auto at the crash site.

Anniston Ala UPI M. C. Harper Birmingham

Tulsa Youth Drowns Near Keystone Reservoir

A Tulsa teenager Kenny Damron, 16, drowned Friday night at Crest Cove in Keystone Reservoir near Sand Spring. He and two friends canoeed when their boat overturned. one boy swam to shore for another craft, but Damron slipped from the overturned canoe before help arrived.

Sand Spring Okla Tulsa Windy Crest Cove Keystone Reservoir Here Kenny Damron Orville Damron Highway Patrol Damron

Dallas Man Found Shot In Rail Yards

A 25 year old white man, Gerald Norman Weeden, was found shot to death on the Santa Fe Railroad right of way in South Dallas. Detectives opened a homicide inquiry and suspect robbery as the motive.

Dallas Santa Fe Gerald Norman Weeden

Antarctica's Vinson Massif Stands as Peak of Ice

The Vinson Massif in Antarctica rises to 16,860 feet, marking the continent's highest point. Geologists note the massif's rugged terrain and remote location, with climbing routes attracting seasoned mountaineers.

Antarctica Vinson Massif

French Farmers Rally Over Common Market Pressures

French farmers vow protests as the Common Market squeezes small pig breeders. They cite a sacrificed sector and call for action as rioting erupts in Redon with 80 injured and a police HQ attacked. Officials warn of growing unrest as Kennedy Round effects loom.

Alan Priaulx Paris UPI Redon France Geneva Brussels Farmers Union Joseph Arnaux

Airport contract approved aim for leve lland airport upgrade

LEVELLAND Special The High Plains Pavers Inc of Plainview bid 80483 94 for runway paving extend runway 850 feet add 3450 foot taxiway add parking apron and lot subject to FAA approval If approved work begins soon with a Oct 1 cutoff date and possible Apr 1 completion If delays occur a later date may result A second meeting Aug 3 will call bids for a 30000 airport lighting project including a rotating beacon and medium intensity lighting

Levelland High Plains Pavers Inc Plainsview Morris Hudson Hudson Federal Aviation Agency

Three missing sailboat crew spotted after Gulf in tow

The Coast Guard reported an oil tanker spotted a 36 foot sailboat, Marie Cornielle, with three people aboard 180 miles southwest of Grand Isle. Named aboard were Jimmie Potter 30 Charles Saltz 29 and Shirley Crocker 25 all from New Orleans area. They were overdue since last week and due July 18 at Cozumel. A Freeport Texas boat proceeded to tow the vessel.

Grand Isle Coast Guard Oil Company Gulf of Mexico Texacolinois Jimmie Potter Charles Saltz Shirley Crocker New Orleans Cozumel Mexico Yucatan Peninsula Freeport Tex

Indonesian Parliament Factions Reach Elections Compromise

A committee of the Indonesian Parliament and the government agreed on a 460 seat parliament with 100 for the military and functional groups. Elections are planned for 1969 and the proportional representation system will be used.

Jakarta Indonesia Sajuti Melik Melik

Earth Funeral Set Monday For Bob Waide

Earth services for 34 year old farmer and stockman Bob Waide will be at 2 30 p m Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev M D Baldwin officiating Burial will be in Earth Cemetery directed by Parsons Ellis Singleton Funeral Home Waide died after arriving dead at Green Hospital in Muleshoe at 1230 a m Saturday Officer W A Hatfield said death possibly resulted from an accidental personal safety related gun shot wound Waide was president of Earth Roping Club past director of the Golden Spread Quarter Horse Assn and a Baptist Church member Survivors include his wife Deweylene three sons Mark Rusty and Kirk his mother Mrs Ofa Burk Amarillo his father J O Waide Carnegie Okla six sisters and five brothers Pallbearers are named.

EARTH Bob Waide Farmer and Stockman First Baptist Church M. D. Baldwin Earth Cemetery Parsons-Ellis Singleton Funeral Home Waide Green Hospital Muleshoe W. A. Hatfield Earth [Roping Club Golden Spread Quarter Horse Assn The Baptist Church Deweylene Mark Rusty Kirk Ofa Burk Amarillo J. O. Waide Carnegie Okla Jo Nell Layman Ida Keller Mary Belle Sims Sanger Mac Block Sandifiel N. M Anna Belle Cannon Las Vegas Nev Cathy Brogdon Modesto Calif Tom Hotchkiss Colo John Roswell Billy Fort Sumner Charlie Sunnyside Doug Ingram Bud Nace Lexie Branscome Price Hamilton Bud Jones Weldon Barton Chester Elmore

A C Gallaway Dies Rites Set in Lockney

A C Gallaway 47 of Lockney died of an apparent heart attack Friday in Taylor Texas while on a combining job. Rites are 3 30 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev James Allison. Burial in Floydada Cemetery directed by Carter Funeral Home. Survived by wife Georgia Lee Smith Gallaway a son Glenn Dale daughter Margaret Ann four brothers Lavern Alvin Paul Leroy all of Portland Ore and sister Neba Burksaw Eugene Ore.

Lockney A. C. Gallaway James Allison First Baptist Church Carter VFWA American Legion Georgia Lee S Smith Plainview Glenn Dale Margaret Ann Lavern Alvin Paul Leroy Portland Ore Neba Burkshaw Eugene

Mrs Thad C Riddle Funeral Held In Petersburg

Mrs Thad C Riddle 69 Petersburg resident since 1928 died Saturday at a Plainview hospital. Funeral 10 a m Monday at First Methodist Church Petersburg with Rev Albert Lindley officiating. Burial Petersburg Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home Plainview. Survivors include husband two sons Robert E Riddle Leetsdale Pa Thad Riddle Jr Lubbock three sisters Fairfield Minn eight grandchildren three great grandchildren.

Plainview Thad C. Riddle Petersburg First Methodist Church of Albert Lindley Petersburg Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home Kinsburg Fairfield First Methodist Church Robert E. Riddle Leetsdale Thad Riddle Jr Lubbock Glen Liston Vernon Harrison Mary Phelps

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Sophie Sproule School of Dance Breilaburger Godwin 4Th St Ave. L 50Th St N. College Bill J. Hood Louisville Drive Larry Farley 58Th St Farley E. 50Th St Quirt Ave Earnest Garcia 14Th St Methodist Hospital Garcia 16Th St Clark Maytag Donald Runkles Idalou Road Virginia Battista Beaulieu Nice Mrs. Blackwell Sen Everett Dirksen Illinois GOP Washington Republican Coordinating Committee Dirksen Senate U.S Johnson Carl E. Smith New York Nelson Rockefeller Maryland Spiro T. Agnew Rockefeller Edwardsville Bank Lee F. York Lubbock Clearing House Assn Helen Henry First Wichita Gulf Earth Funeral Funeral Home—Cemetery
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