Gemini 9 crew back at Cape after near miss and great feat
Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan returned to Cape Kennedy aboard the USS Wasp after a spaceflight marked by a near perfect reentry and a challenging two hour five minute spacewalk. They praised the mission as a major step and noted remaining learning ahead.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Earth
Wasp
Cernan
Gene
Stafford
Whit
Bill LD
House Pressford
Cape Kennedy
Houston
Sysce
Teri
Johnson
Navy
Air Force
Elliott M. Lee Jr
Charles A. Bassett II
Agena
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Fla
The Lord's Spirit and Master Plan Theme
A spiritual reflection by Julien C. Hyer urging faith in Isaiah 61:1 to strengthen the inner spirit against misfortune. The piece reassures a rightful place on earth and the universe as part of a divine plan, highlighting stars, trees, and humanity as witnesses to God’s design.
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God
Julien C. Hyer
Mrs Mahagan Rites Set in Petersburg Church
Services for 71 year old Mrs W A Malygan scheduled for 2 p m today at Petersburg Baptist Church with Rev Russell Pogue officiating Burial planned in Petersburg Cemetery She had lived in Petersburg since 1905 and died Sunday in High Plains Hospital Hale Center Survivors include brother W I Pierson Plainview sister Mrs Jess Magness Truth or Consequences NM sons Waymon Mahagan Petersburg Arthur Mahagan Abernathy daughters Mrs Robert Reedy Peters burg Mrs Rena Barnwell El Paso and Mrs M E Smith Abernathy three grandchildren three great grandchildren Service directed by Chambers Funeral Home Abernathy
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Petersburg
W. A. Malygan
Petersburg Baptist Church
Russell Pogue
Mahagan
High Plains Hospital
Hale Center
W. I. Pierson
Plainview
Jess Magness
Truth Or Consequences
Waymon Mahagan
Billington Rites Set At Stanton
Funeral services for Harry Billington 65 will be at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church Stanton with Rev W H Uhlman officiating Burial will be in Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring under Gilbreath Funeral Home He moved to Stanton from Big Spring in 1950 and is survived by his wife a son James of Midland two daughters a brother four sisters and four grandchildren
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Stanton
Harry Billington
First Baptist Church
W. H. Uhlman
Trinity Memorial Park
Big Springs
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Billington
Big Spring
Anna Hull
Midland Memorial Hospital
James
Midland
L. A. Blaylock
M Brothers
Clarence
Jon
Colo
Mishap Victim's Rites Set Today
Betty Jean Edwards 31 of Floydada will have funeral services at First Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Thomas and others officiating. Burial follows in Lawton Oklahoma. Survivors include husband Roy two daughters Kaye Pamela son Stephen and her Lawton parents sister and brother.
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Floydada
Betty Jean Edwards
First Baptist
Fred Thomas
First Baptist Church
Morton
Russell Pogue
Petersburg
F. C. Bradley
Lawton
Okla
Cat
Moore Funeral Home
Edwards
Roy
Plainview Hospital
Stephen
Kaye
Pamela
J.N. Sutton
Edwin Rumbaugh
Jim Sutton
Carr Speaks as 860 Delegates Attend Grand Lodge Meet
Texas Atty Gen Macgoner Carr urged the Grand Lodge delegates to face the duty of defending freedom in a troubled world. Lubbock Mayor W D Rogers welcomed attendees and awarded honorary citizenship certificates to Ruth D Harper and R A Hester. The event closed the first day of the bicentennial convention at Bethel AME Church with leadership banquet planned at KoKo Palace.
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Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Calenthe
Texas
Macgoner Carr
United States
Carr
Lubbock
W. D.dub Rogers
Ruth D. Harper
New Braunfels
R. A. Hester
Dallas
COS
Bethel Ame
Railroad Avene
KoKo
Palace
Ave
D.C. Fair
Oscar Ties
Funeral set for Mrs. Janie Morgan in Andrews
Services for Janie Louise Morgan 27 the Andrews housewife killed in a two vehicle crash east of Andrews Sunday will be at 3 p m at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev Dave Craddock will officiate with burial in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Morgan died at Permian General Hospital after the crash 22 miles east of Andrews at the intersection of two state highways. Her husband three children brother and sister remained in Permian General Hospital day after also injured. Other passengers in the pickup and the other vehicle driver were treated and released. Morgan born in Fordyce Ark married March 3 1957 in Kermit. She is survived by husband three children her father G W Fielder Andrews maternal grandparents Fordyce Ark two sisters and two brothers.
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Andrews
Janie Louise Morgan
Cal Vary Baptist Church
Dave Craddock
Jerry Fielder
Barbara Fielder
Sandra Gaston
Rickie Austin Warnick
Odessa
Mrs. Morgan
Fordyce
Ark
Kermit
G. W. Fielder
Walter Jordan
Foreyce
Jane. Yarboro
Barbara Jo Fielder
Fred Fielder
Alexander, la
Jerry E. Fielder
Rites Set For Wreck Victim in Plainview
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. Lavadal Lois Warren who died from injuries in a one car wreck on U S 87 south of Plainview. She was a long time Lubbock resident and is survived by husband Curtis Warren, children Cindy Jean and Joseph E. Warren, relatives in Oklahoma and Missouri, and her parents in Bowling Green Missouri. Burial will follow at Memorial Park. The service will be held at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev Wayne Blankenship officiating.
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Plainview
Lavadal Lois Warren
Plainview Medical Center
Lemons Memorial_ Chapel
Wayne Blankenship
College Heights
Church of
Lubbock
Warren
Curtis Warren
Cindy Jean
Joseph E. Warren
Loney McVey
Houston
Robert McVey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Willam McVey
Bowling Green
Martin Zamora
How Low
Aziz
Jerry Bagley
Wilma McVey
Pat McVey
Waco McVey
Robert Fulton
Chickasha
Stone Rites Pending for Lamesa Resident Killed in Crash
Jack R. Stone 31 longtime Lamesa resident died in a one car crash near Bastrop Sunday night. He lived in Kingsville at the time, survived by wife Nancy a son Danny a daughter Debbie all of Kingsville and other relatives. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park.
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Lamesa
Jack R. Stone
Bastrop
Stone
Hich’ School
Texas Tech
University of Arizona
Germany
U.S. Army
Kingsville
Nancy
Danny
Debbie
Jimmy Nance
Ingrid Stone
Dal!las
Johnnie
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Rodriguez Rites Pending Here
Eusevito Rodriguez 85 of 108 Zenith Ave died Sunday night at John Sealey Hospital in Galveston where he had been hospitalized about a month Services for Rodriguez a longtime Lubbock resident are pending at Henderson Funeral Directors here. Josephine, one son Jesse 1619 Beech and three grandchildren.
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Eusevito Rodriguez
Zenith Ave
John Sealey Hospital
Galveston
Rodriguez
Lubbock
Henderson Funeral
Josephine
Jesse
Beech
Record setting Oakly G Kelly dies at 74
Oakly G. Kelly longtime Army Air Corps officer and aviation pioneer dies at 74 in El Cajon California. He completed the first nonstop transcontinental flight with Lt. John A. MacReady in 1923 from New York to San Diego aboard a Fokker T2, after two prior attempts. Graveside services are planned at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego.
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EL Cajon
Calif
Oakly G. Kelly
Kelly
Army Air Corps
John A. MacReady
New York
San Diego
MacReady
Indianapolis
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
First Grid Coach R. B. Galbraith Dies at 77
Roger Bailey Shorty Galbraith, Lubbock's first paid football coach, died May 24 in Newport Missouri at 77. He started in Lubbock in 1915, led early teams to state titles, changed Alma Mater colors to gold and black, and later built six man squads winning multiple district and regional titles before retiring in 1958. He is survived by his wife and a brother.
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Avalanche-Journal
Roger Bailey
Shorty" Galbraith
Lubbock
Galbraith
Newport
Lubbock Westerners
Lubbock High School
University of Missouri
Glbraith
Newport Presbyterian Church
Missouri
Mishap Victims Rites Arranged for Two Slaton Girls
Combined rites set for Olivia Vasquez 16 and Marsela Vasquez 3 in Slaton at 1 p.m. Wednesday on Guadalupe Church Street. Rev James Erickson to officiate. Burial in Enziewoed Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home. Both girls, killed Sunday while helping push a car after a highway collision with a car driven by Edward Spencer 45 of 1916 Ave K. Olivia employed at Plae vonnet Laundry in Slaton survived by her parents Jose Vasquez Rt 1 Slaton six brothers and four sisters. Rome Italy has lifted the bars to newspaper mergers.
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Olivia Vasquez
Marsela Vasquez
Heth of
Slaton
Guadalupe Thurch
James Erickson
Williams Funeral Tome
Edward Spencer
Ave. K
Ash
Olivia
Vonnet Laundry
Siston
Josea Vasquez
Slaeton
Sis
Daniel Vasquez
Lehman Rites Planned Today
Rites for Louis Henry Lehman 56 Silverton resident will be held at 2 p m today at First Methodist Church officiated by Rev Carl Nunn burial in Silverton Cemetery under Silverton Funeral Home direction Lehman died at 6 30 am Monday in Veterans Hospital Amarillo native of Muskogee Okla had lived in Silverton three years moved from Rowan Mont World War II veteran Survivors include his wife Erma five brothers Henry and Leon Rosebud Mont and Pauline Craft Call is ter Mis fornia Pallbearers named Douglas Coleman James Alexander Freddie Stafford Roy Weaver Boyd David Weaver Matt Ware
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Silverton
Louis Henry Lehman
First Methodist Church
Carl Nunn
Silverton Cemetery
Silverton Funeral Home
Lehman
Veteran's Hospital
Amarillo
Muskogee
Okla
Rowan
Mont
Erma
Henry
Leon
Rosebud
Pauline Craft
Douglas Coleman
James Alexander
Freddie Stafford
Roy Weaver Boyd
David Weaver
Matt Ware
Mrs. W. C. Church Dies in Slaton at 73
Mrs. W C Church 73 moved from Merkle in 1949 died at Mercy Hospital Slaton of apparent heart attack. Born Feb 22 1893 in Seorsia survivors include two sons Clarence Wilson and M C Plainview three daughters Mrs R L Willingham McAlister Ohio Mrs Clara Dwiggins An son and Mrs R A Shaver Jr Rochester one brother Sam Mashburn Merkle nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren services set for First Methodist Church with burial Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home. date and time pending.
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Slaton
W. C Church
West Garza St
Mercy
R.A. Shaver Jr
Rochester
Sam Mashburn
Merkle
First Methodist Church
Englewood Cemetery
Willams Funeral Home
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Chief of Naval Operations
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