Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Rises Toward Record
AP reports US traffic deaths crossed 200 early in Memorial Day weekend as heavy rain fog and hail hit the Midwest and Southwest. Through midperiod 234 fatalities, with total estimates ranging 625 to 725 for the four day span. The worst crash in western Pennsylvania killed six on a creek near New Kensington. The national record for a warm weather holiday toll is 732 set last year.
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National Safety Council
Iourcll
Midwest
Pennsylvania
New Kensington
Associated Press
Am I My Brother's Keeper Versus Servant Leadership
A dated religious reflection questions personal duty to others versus self focus. The text cites Genesis 4 9 on being a keeper of a brother and references Christ washing apostles feet to illustrate servant leadership. It contrasts modern society with the imperative to serve, asserting that one who serves best gains most.
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Christ
Julien C, Hyer
Retired Hockley Farmer Dies
Robert Frank Macon 60, retired Hockley County farmer, died Friday morning at South Plains Hospital after weeks of illness. Services Sunday at First Methodist Church with two ministers officiating. burial at Levelland City Cemetery. Survived by wife Onie two sons Royce Albuquerque and Alton Brownfield mother Maggie Macon of Levelland brother E Q Lubbock sisters J C White Lubbock and W T Winegar Levelland and six grandchildren.
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Levelland
Robert Frank Macon
Hockley County
South Plains
First Methodist Church
J. Lloyd Mayhew
William H. Cook
First Baptist Church
Levelland Cemetery
George Price
Macon
Dickens County
SPE Taoee
Onie
Royce
Albuquerque
Alton
Brownfield
Maggie
E. Q
Lubbock
J. C. White
W. T. Winegar
Harkrider Rites Arranged in Lamesa
Carl Austin Harkrider 58 a Lamesa carpenter died Friday morning in the Big Spring veterans hospital after a two month illness. Services Sunday at 3 p m at Crestview Baptist Church with Rev J B Chick officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park directed by Branon Philips Funeral Home. A Mount Pleasant native he lived in Dawson County 21 years and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include two sons James E of Jeanette Pa and Billy of Arlington three daughters Mrs J E Seay of Lubbock and Mrs Roy Bennett both of Lamesa a sister Mrs Leroy Davis of Andrews a brother Ottis of Graceful Fla and 12 grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Carl Austin Harkrider
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Crestview Baptist Church
J. B. Chick
Northside
Dawson County
James E
Jeanette
Billy
Arlington
J. E. Seay
Lubbock
Roy. Bennett
Leroy
Davis
Andrews
Ottis
Graceful, Fla
Nine Die In Texas Holiday Traffic
Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths rise in Texas to 13 with nine fatalities and four drownings. Among the dead are Aurora Stanford 45 of Temple drowned at Matagorda Bay after a boat capsized near Port O Connor. Billy M Jacks 21 of Pineland and Charles H Lout 22 of Bronx and Willie Calvin Wilson Jr 10 of Houston.
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Associated Press
Texas
Sunae
Aurora Stanford
Temple
Matagorda Bay
Port O'Connor
U.S. 96
Pineland
Billy M. Jacks
Charles H. Lout
Bronisch
Houston
Willie Calvin Wilson Jr
Services for Walsmith Stewart Victims Held Today
Funeral services are set for Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Walsmith and their grandson Charlie Melvin Stewart at 1 p.m. in First Methodist Church Shallowater with Rev Howard Quiett and Bishop Carol D Allred officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park conducted by Rix Funeral Directors.
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Shallowater
Jack B. Walsmith
Charlie Melvin Stewart
First Methodist
Howard .Quiett
Carol D. Allred
Lubbock
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix
Dinosaur
Colo
Walsmiths
8Th St
Stewart
Melvin Stewart
7Th St
Walsmith
J.B. McAuly
Jake Powell
E. R. Merril
M. J. Williams
Clyde Fowler
Jack Noblett
Mrs. Walsmith
Louis Hodgin
Jack Kassahn
Bert Deavers
Timw. Rhodes
J. R. Winfield
J. R. Saunders
Charlie ‘Stewart
Clifford Greutzner
Vernon Kuykendall
David ‘Ochoa
Rites Planned for Mrs. Renee Hunt Oatman
Services set for 2 p.m. at St. Luke's Methodist Church with Dr. Lloyd Hamilton officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Mrs. Oatman, 29, died Thursday at Methodist Hospital after a short illness. She was a Lubbock native and a Libbock High School graduate. Pallbearers named and memorial gifts suggested to the American Cancer Society.
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Renee Hunt Oatman
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Lloyd Hamilton
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Oatman
26Th St
Methodist
Lubbock County races and polling notes from the runoff day
Voters turnout high in Lubbock County as sheriff candidates Parker and Redwine vie for the seat. In the Joy-Hazlewood race countywide, turnout details loom amid county commissioner and precinct races. polling locations and district numbers listed for Lubock.
McElroy Rites Planned Today
Clarence McElroy 60 dies after five weeks illness at West Texas Hospital. Service 4 p.m. at Ashbury Methodist Church with pastors from Earth First and Canyon Baptist officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include wife daughter son and several relatives. Pallbearers named. Burial directed by Franklin Bartley McElroy.
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Clarence McElroy
Ashbury
Red River’ County
Lubbock
Me‘Eloy
Asbury
Barstow
Calif
Imogene Anderson
Bill Stennett
South Bend
Tex
Arlen Stennet
Powell Adams
Tommy Adams
Roger Flowers
Buddy Thompson
Melba Thompson Jr
Ray Cook
Clifford Robertson
Funeral services held for Roy Thornburg
Roy Edward Thornburg Sr. 50 died at his home after an illness. Funeral services were planned for 2:30 p.m. at Henderson Funeral Home with Rev. Wilburn Coffman officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park. Thornburg, of 11714 Auburn, worked in the Texas Highway Department maintenance division and had lived in Lubbock since 1944. A World War I veteran, he is survived by his wife, three daughters, two sons, two sisters, his stepmother and 40
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Roy Edward Thornburg Sr
Henderson Funeral
Wilburn Coffman
Baptist ‘Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Thornbury
Auburn
Texas ‘Highway Department
Lubbock
Smith radiates confidence as Texas vote nears
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith returning to Texas voters in Lubbock to cast ballots for governor said he felt wonderful after a lengthy campaign. He cited 1,300 speeches 425 towns 50 000 miles and 500 hours of speaking. He urged citizens to participate and warned against low turnout.
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Preston Smith
Lubbock
Lt. Municipal Airport
Robert Mitchell
J. L. Murfee Jr
Broadway
Gerry Burton
Smith
Shivers
Daniel
Connally
San Angelo Phone Firm Union Air Pact Stalls
Negotiations Friday night between Union and General Telephone of the Southwest over a new contract for about 4 300 workers in five states failed to resolve key differences. Bargaining sessions continue today as strike votes loom.
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San Angelo
UPD
Union and General
Telephone of
Southwest
Communications Workers of America
Brownwood
L. A
Sykora
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
A H McFarland Funeral Today in Littlefield
Arthur Herbert McFarland 81 father of Thomas McFarland of Laibbock and High Plains Water District manager dies Thursday at Littlefield Hospital. Services at 2:30 today at First Baptist Church with Rev. R B Hall officiating. Burial in Littlefield Memorial Park. Surviving wife, daughter Mrs Nenata Owen of Norfolk Virginia, four grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Littlefield
Arthur Herbert McFarland
Thomas. McFarland
Laibbock
High Plains
Oklahoma
Lattlefield
ADL
CAC
Fe Way
First Baptist Church
Nenata Owen
Norfolk
Val
Cecil Johnson
Robert Bridges
Ralph Carter
Russel Bean
F. H. King
George McCleskey
Dr Laurence H Rudd Dies Rites Set
COLORADO CITY Special services for Dr Laurence H Rudd 59 who died Friday in Root Memorial Hospital after a long illness are set for 4 p m Sunday at First Christian Church. Burial is in Colorado City Cemetery under Riker and Sons Funeral Home. He was a World War II Army Air Corps captain and was married to Mary Ruth Campbell in Nocona Texas. Survivors include a son Laurence H Rudd II of Lubbock a daughter Mrs Lester of Dallas and three others.
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Colorado
Laurence H. Rudd
Root “Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Weems Dykes
Colorado City Cemetery
Riker & Sons Funeral Home
Col
Burleson
Rudd
Army Air Corps
Mary Ruth Campbell
Nocona
Tex
Laurence H. Rudd II
Lubbock
Lewis ‘Lester
Dallas
Funeral today for Navy Captain Venable a Lubbock standout
Friends of Navy Captain L. D. Venable 48 were notified of his death from a heart attack in Hollywood where he was stationed with the Naval Training Command. Services are at 1 30 p m at Forest Lawn Old North Church in Hollywood. Venable was a star athlete at Lubbock High School in the late 1930s and attended Texas Tech before joining the Navy in World War II. He is survived by his wife, one daughter Vicki a student at San Diego State University, one son Ted a student at the University of California Santa Barbara, and a brother Jamies of Philadelphia. He played basketball at LHS 1936 1938 and football as an end in 1937 1938.
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Friends of
Navy
L. D. Venable
Hollywood
Naval Training Command
Forest Lawn
Old North Church
Venable
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
Vicki
San Diego State University
Ted
University of California In
Santa Barbara
Jamies
Philadelphia
LHS
Services Monday For Mrs Shaw in Andrews
Mrs Joyce Ann Shaw 39 died Friday at Permian General Hospital after surgery. Services Monday at 2 30 p m in First Baptist Church with Rev Carl Grissom officiating. Burial in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include husband W R Shaw a son David Lynn and daughter Christie Ann at home her parents Mrs D D Hogle Borger two brothers Sgt Dwight B Hogle at Ft Bragg and Sgt Johnny L Hogle in Korea.
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Odessa
John Wesley Hyatt Invented Celluloid in 1867
The nation's plastics industry traces its birth to John Wesley Hyatt of Albany New York who invented celluloid in 1867 marking the origin of modern plastics.
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John Wesley Hyatt
Albany, N.Y
Guerrillas occupy ten blocks in Cholon Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas reportedly under orders from Tranoi to destroy as much as possible fought past South Vietnamese defenders and occupied ten blocks in the Chinese sector of Saigon’s Cholon, according to a military spokesman.
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Tranoi
Cholon
Binh, Loi
Bang Ky
U.S
Oh Phu ‘Lam
Paris
Phu Lam
Obituary and Vietnam War Briefs Across Oklahoma and Saigon
Obituaries note services for Mrs. M L Rogers 48 of Wilbo and Mrs Clinn Bertelson 80 of Plainview with local burials. Also mentions Diane Bucy graduate from Sophie Newcomb College Tulane, and battlefield updates from Saigon with heavy fighting near Phu Lam and Cholon including casualties among U S and Viet Cong.
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Diane. Bucy
Charles. Bucy
18Th St
Sophie Newcomb
Tulane University
New Orleans
Dr Chloe Hart Dies After Seizure at Home
Dr Chloe Hart 43 died at 920 pm Friday in Highland Hospital after a home seizure and apparent heart attack. She owned an optometric clinic at 2315 50th St. Services at Sanders Funeral Home pending. Survivors include son Joe and daughter Pam at home, a second daughter Mrs Katie Southard of 301 Ave Ts, and her mother Mrs Triesie Swart of 2321 55th St.
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Chief Hart
Highland Hospital
50Th St
Sanders Funeral Home
Hart
an_optometric clinic
Lubbock
Los Angeles School of Optometry
Joe
Pam
Katie Southard
Ave
Triesie
Swart
Ceausescu to Hold Final Talks With Tito on Brioni
Romania's Communist Party chief Nicolae Ceausescu flies to Yugoslav President Tito's Brioni island retreat for a five day official visit and near final round of talks with a reading scheduled for Saturday.
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Belgrade
UPI
Romainia
Communist Party
Nicolae Ceausescu
Yugoslav
Tito
Adriatic
Brioni
Ceausescu
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Wilbo
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Chirch of
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