Streets Close as Lubbock Floods Prompt Widespread Closures
Lubbock authorities report numerous flooded streets and high water as Parkway Drive and surrounding areas face renewed threat. Police issue tickets for driving through barricades while Texas Highway crews pump out water and monitor the canyon near E Broadway. Buffalo Lakes receives runoff as rain recedes in Amherst and Olton regions record varying totals. Park conditions and weather expectations remain unsettled through the weekend.
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Wate
Abernathy
Buffalo Lakex
Heckley
Roundup
Smyer
Anton
Lamb
Spade
Field
Toi
Amherst
Earth
Sudan
Malley
Coyote Lake
Palmer
Frions
Bovina
Dawson
Latiesa
Welch
Terry
Union
Vale
Cotton Center
Lubbock
Magnolia Ave
E. 58Th
Magnolia
E.58th
Quirt
E. Hoth
E. Sth
Erskine
N. Ave
Loop 289
North Ash
Mesa Road
Yucer Drive
Amarillo Highway
Joliet
E. Broadway
Quirt Ave
Ave. A
19Th St
State Park
Texas Highway Department
J.D. Willson
Highway Department
Park Canyon
Loon
Services Monday For Mrs Wilkins In Brownfield
Mrs. Mary Ellen Wilkins 88 died early Saturday in Brownfield. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. A D Kyte officiating. Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survivors and earlier life details appear in the obituary.
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Brownfield
Mary Ellen Wilkins
Calvary Baptist Church
A. D. Kyte
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Carl Johnson
Annie Toon
Grady
Ajo
Ariz
Telegram carbon copy letters urge Congress to respond to perverse flag acts
Rogers described sending two pictures to every congressman and senator to force reflection on national symbol degradation. He warned that inaction would erase past gains and claimed the act was a protest of minor scope compared to flag burning, insisting officials must act to preserve the nation.
P. C. Goza Rites Slated Monday
Brownfield special services for Paschal Clarence Goza 64 will be held Monday at 10 am at the Wellman Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Heard officiating. Burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Goza, a retired Baptist minister and school teacher, died Saturday in Brownfield General Hospital after an extended illness. Born in Calera Oklahoma, he moved to Terry County in 1923 and lived in Wellman. He served as a World War II chaplain and belonged to the Wellman Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star. Survivors include wife Tinne Mae two sons Charles H. of Camden Arkansas and James P. of Midland two daughters Mrs Johnny McKenzie and Mrs James Davis of Wellman three sisters Mrs J L Lyons of Wellman Mrs Jewel Motley of Monahans and Mrs Audrey Goins of McAllister Oklahoma and six grandchildren.
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Brownfield
Paschal Clarence Goza
Wellman
Baptist
Larry ‘Heard
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
South Plains farmers assess storm damage and replant plan
A Cotton Exchange survey finds about 100000 acres of crops damaged with replanting to cotton favored in the north while soybeans may replace cotton where early maturity helps. Grain sorghum shows resilience and many farmers struggle to decide on next steps amid weather and federal programs.
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Cotton Exchange
Poteet
South Plains
Potert
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Mid-South
California
Commodity Credit Corp
Dei
Lubbock
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
iHale
Lynn
Donald A. Johnson
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Johnson
Tech Board Approves Major Textile Research Plan
Tech Board approves a 1 million dollar expansion for the Texas Tech textile research program in Lubbock. A 12 000 square foot addition and equipment funding were authorized to advance blending cotton wool and mohair for new clothing products, with federal matching potential.
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Hinn
Texas ‘Tech
Hunn
Ths
Board Actina
Howard Alford
Lubbock
New Cotton Producers Institute
College Textile Research Lab
South Plains
Tech
Mississippi River
Robert E Houseman Lamesa resident dies in Carnegie hospital
Funeral services for Robert E Houseman of Lamesa will be held at 3 p.m. today at Branon Phillips Funeral Home. He died Wednesday at a Carnegie, Pennsylvania veterans hospital after short illness. Officiating will be Rev. George E Worrell and Rev. Walter Horn. Burial is at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife and a brother in Galveston.
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Lamesa
Branon-Phillips Funeral
Robert E. Houkeman
Carnegie
Pa. Veterans Hospital
George. E. Worrell
Walter Horn
Lamesa Memorial Park
Pane
George
Galveston
Mrs. J. W. Estes Arrangements Pending
Services are pending for Mrs. J. W. Estes with details to be announced. Local obituaries note the family grieving and request contributions to a preferred charity in her memory.
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Buffalo Lakes
Jim Segrest
Parkway Drive
Federal Aviation Agency
Lubbock Municipal
Olton
Lamb County
Plainview
Tahoka
Lynn County
Weils
New Moore
SH 179
West Point
Hub City
Denver
Deanel Rey Poe
Wilkins
Plainview Highway
Jim
Coker
Rogers
P. C. Goza
Stockholm
Claes
Earl Heard
L Vending
South Plains Vending Co
Amarillo Armored Service, Inc
Mutual of Omaha
Martin
Law School
Grover E. Murray
Tech Foundation
Residante
Wardroup and Associates
Jones Brothers
Thompson
Gaston
Wella
Carpenter
M. Kennedy
Murray
School of Arts and Sciences
Applied
School of Home Economics
Farr
Allison
Fladger Tannery
Dalles Inington
R. E. Houseman
J. W. Estes
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