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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1966
Page
4
Scientists at JPL report the Surveyor lunar lander’s retrorocket blast stirred surface dust but found the soil firm enough to support astronauts and equipment for short periods. Photos from the third session show a dented horizon and rocky terrain as crews plan further imaging and analysis.
The Ma tra will be a cipal concert orches rehearsals begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Garden and Arts Center 4215 College Avenue. Interested persons are invited. Prof Francisco Hernandez will conduct the program on Gypsy In Us. Beginning musicians meet Saturdays at 2 p.m. The program is free. information via Pauline Watson 601 11th St Was treated and released after a two car collision at Gary Ave and Nity St.
Paris society bid farewell to Bal Tabarin, once a Monmartre music hall and Lautrec hangout. Demolition crews move in Monday to erase the famed can-can temple after years of decline and charity galas. Juliette Green and Zizz Deanmaire led the final charity show, with Can-can dancers and a period song closing the era.
Pittsburgh report cites need for a national highway transportation commission to research development and experimental control devices guiding urban and inter urban road vehicle systems. Antony Goldman at Carnegie Tech conference compares to early aviation and satellite communications and calls for automatic techniques in transport planning. Jakarta: Indonesia sentences former Air Force major Sujono to death over the October coup attempt, the fifth capital punishment in the case.
In Nashville three constables Virgil A King W Y Draper and M Gossett run in the Democratic primary promising no state pay or fees. They argue the metropolitan police handle duties and that no taxpayer money is spent, reflecting a no ar rests no pay stance.
A 9 year old boy was struck by a car at a Wath Street and Onea Avenue crossing in Lubbock. He was taken to West Texas Hospital in critical condition. The vehicle, driven by James Robert Reese, reportedly left onto 7th Street from Allen Avenue after the accident.
Funeral services set for 87 year old J E L Bates who died Saturday in McMurty’s Nursing Home Lubock. Bates a longtime Fairview Community resident born in Denton was a retired farmer and member of First Methodist Church of Sudan. Survivors include his wife Effie two sons three daughters a brother four sisters and numerous grandchildren.
Jeff B. Cross 61 of Lubbock died Saturday at home after a heart attack. He was born in Beardtown Texas and had lived in Lubbock two years. He previously worked for Clowe and Cowan Inc and for five years as a parking lot attendant at the Main Stand Ave. First National Bank Parking. Survivors include four sons Kenneth Latkin and Sey, three daughters Mrs. Marvin eines, Mrs. Geln French and Mrs HF Squine, three sisters Myrtle, Mrs. Whitord Vilar and Mrs Lane, and numerous grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Henderson Funeral Directors are pending.
Blanche Wolf Knopf, wife of Alfred A. Knopf, died in Midtown Manhattan at 71. She led the firm as president after her husband and helped launch American editions of Gide Camus and Sartre. Born in New York, she married Knopf in 1916 and earned Chevalier honors from France in 1919 and Brazil later. Survived by her husband and a son.
A funeral service for Watson is planned for 10 am Monday at Cooper Methodist Church Woodrow community officiated by Rev Clarence Stephens and Rev H W Nance. Burial follows at Rosthaven Memorial Park with burial by Franklin-Arley Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Mary two sons James Richard Watson and Willian L Watson a daughter Mrs Charlie Nelson sister Mrs Will Burton and nine grandchildren.
Lynda Dodges spotlight at the University of Texas commencement as President Johnson and his wife observe an outdoor ceremony. Lynda earns a history bachelor’s degree cum laude with her parents and actor George Hamilton among guests. She posed with roommate Wartie Lynn Smith, who once lived at the White House.
Funeral arrangements announced for Mrs Ellel Drake Me Bay died Saturday in a hospital. Services set for Monday at Embree Chapel First Baptist Church Dallas with Rev Wood Criswell. Burial in Dallas Rest Haven Memorial Park. Mrs Meas chartered from Dallas to Levelland for final rites. Several family members survive including four grandchildren.
Arti Douglas Sr longtime Denison resident dies Friday at MK&T Employes Hospital in Denison. She was a native of Arkansas and a retired railroad engineer. Services at First Presbyterian Church Monday under Johnson Moore Funeral Home care. Burial in Codi Laven Cemetery.
Sandra Kay Monroe daughter of Mr and Mrs Almos Othes Monroe of Littlefield died Saturday morning in Abilene. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Crescent Park Church of Christ with Bob Wear officiating. Burial at Whitehatral Cemetery directed by Hammons Funeral Home. Survived by brother David Lee two sisters Linda Joyce Payne and Karen Sue Monroe maternal grandmother Mrs Lillian Gibbs Brownfield paternal grandmother Mrs Ethel Burrus Levelland.
Silent film actress Alice Calhoun Chotiner died at 65 from cancer in Los Angeles. Born in Cleveland she rose with Vitagraph and Warner Bros appearing in 52 papers and films including The Angel of Street and One Stolen Night. She supported charity work, helped inaugurate Beverly Hills Post Office, and had a research wing at City of Hope named after her. Funeral services will be held at Forest Lawn with pallbearers including former Gov. Knight and Beverly Hills Police Chief Anderson. She left husband Max C. Chotiner and brother Joseph Calhoun. nephew Murray Chotiner is a noted attorney.
Mrs. Claude Barrington 51 a New Deal resident died Friday in Methodist Hospital. Funeral set for Monday 10 in Rix-Thale chapel with Rev Cletus Caswell pastor Woodrow Baptist Church officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include husband four sons Preston Roy Woodrow Beard St Joe Groves A D Erwin 4812 Sith St Dewayne McNeil 2516 1st St and W F Hammond Lubbock four brothers W T Hicks Brownwood D W Hicks Odessa Don Hicks Austin Preston Hicks Lubbock three nephews Ronnie Mike Myrtle Barrington of Lubbock. Grandchildren also named.
Regan M. Myers 58 longtime Snyder resident and automobile dealer died at 6 30 am Saturday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a brief illness Funeral services set for 2 20 pm Monday at North Side Baptist Church with Rev John Duke and Rev J M Dean officiating Burial in Elmwood Memorial Park Abilene Bell Seale Funeral Co directing Myers native of Cleburne had lived in Snyder 15 years Survived by Minnie daughter Frank Lawson Dal stepdaughters Wayland Burton and Bobby Brown Snyder son Raunfels step-son Man Lewis Fort Polk La two sisters Jim Nichols Seabrook Hot Darling Sacramento Calif three brothers Clyde Leon Shelby Myers Seabrook and seven grandchildren
John M. Chang, former South Korean premier, died Saturday at age 68 after a long hospital stay due to a liver ailment. He served as premier after Syngman Rhee’s ouster and was later dismissed in the Park Chung-hee era following the 1961 military coup in Seoul.
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