Two Funerals and Obituaries Echo Texas Town Notices
Nazareth sees funeral for Chris Birkenfield 61. Burial in Holy Family Cemetery with Dennis Funeral Home of Dimmitt directing. Elton J. Green 85 buried in Plainview Memorial Park. long civic career and Wayland Baptist College board service noted. Mrs Liles obituary lists Cotton Center ties and extended family in Abner neighborhood.
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Chris Birkenfield
Holy Family Catholic Church
Ralph Zinzer
Holy Family Cemetery
Dennis Funeral Home
Dimmitt
Birkenfield
Rhineland
Rose
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Joe
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Colo
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Alverna Schacher
Larbuddie
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Katherine Homer
Lawrence
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Luke
Francis
Teresia Koetter
Dallas
Margaret Vita
Seymour
Plainview
Elton J. Green
Lemons Memoral
Carlos McGeod
First Baptist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Green
Plainview School
Wayland Baptist College Board of Trustees
Heritage Home
Cryst Springs
Miss
Marion Haynes
Gilaste
Mississippi College
Peabody College
Tahlequah
Okla
Northeastern State College
Services Pending for William Lokey Longtime Waxahachie Resident
William Lokey 77 of 3514 22nd St Lubbock died Sunday at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home of Lubbock oversaw local arrangements. Lokey lived in Lubbock about 20 years and owned Highland Place Laundry at 4035 34th St. Survivors include his wife, daughter Clovis Mitch vel of Waxahachie and son Tom of Austin.
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Boze-Mitchell
William Kari ‘Lokey
22Nd St
Lubbock
Lokey
Methodist
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson
Highland [Place
34Th St
Clovis P. Mitchvel
Tom
Austin
Reese Air Force Base
Chicago
Ill
John J. Metroz
Steger
Metroz
Barbra
John Jr
Michael
Jerry
Donel
Longtime Muleshoe Resident Claude MeShan Dies at 63
Claude Leslie MeShan 63 of Farwell died Sunday at Veterans Hospital Amarillo. Funeral at 4 p.m. in Hamlin Memorial United Methodist Farwell with Rev. W T Perry and Rev J B Fowler. burial Bailey County Memorial Park. Survived by wife Nelia, daughter Sally Clifton, four brothers Beauford, Henry, T J, Ellis, and three grandchildren.
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Muleshoe
Claude Leslie MeShan
Farwell
Veterans Hospital
Amarillo
Hamlin Memorial United Methodist Church
W. T. Perry
J B. Fowler
Bailey County Memorial Park
Singleton-Ellis Funeral
Wome
McShan
Nelia B. Gregory Dee
Tennyson
Sally Clifton
Beauford
Bronte
Henry
Plaquemine
T.J
New Orleans
Ellis
San Francisco
Calif
Rura Lee Brown
Levington
James William Wilson dies in Niles Michigan crash
James William Wilson 35 formerly of Lubbock died after an auto crash on US 31 near Niles Michigan. He was a computer systems operator for Midwestern Associates. Survived by Rosa Lou of Fort Worth three sons James Donald and Jon all of Fort Worth his father J W Wilson of Dallas and his mother Mrs Glen Rader of Idalou. He attended Lubbock First Christian Church and Abilene Christian College.
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James William Wilson
Lubbock
Wilson
South Bend
Ind
Jwas
Painting Hospital
Niles
Mich
Pulitzer Winner William Inge Dies by Apparent Suicide
Los Angeles reports Pulitzer Prize winning playwright William Inge 60 died Sunday, death believed from carbon monoxide poisoning after his car engine ran with the garage door closed. Investigators note recent distress over lack of screenwriting work and a prior drug overdose in UCLA Medical Center.
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William Inge
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Helene Connell
Hollywood Bills
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Dria
Ucla Mivieal Center
Hienie
Tellywood
CBS
Independence
Banoon Mass
Department of Agriculture to sue Texas livestock men
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will sue Houston livestock dealer Alan Drake and an Alice dealer identified as T. KR Sealy over violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act. Sealy was fined 2900 dollars and Drake was ordered to stop bonding violations. He posted bond and was labeled uncooperative.
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OPTI
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Department of Agriculture
Houston
Alan Drake
T. KR
Sealy
Sealy Wes
Drake
Verna Liles Rites Held in Cotton Center
Services for Verna Liles 65 of Cotton Center will be held at 6 pm today in Cotton Center.
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Abernathy
Verna Liles
Cotton Center
Costa Ricans To Consider Vesco Case
Costa Rica's Supreme Court faced an extradition decision on financier Robert Vesco related to securities charges. Vesco, 37, of Boonton New Jersey, is accused of misappropriation tied to IOS and other activities in Costa Rica. The case moves to urgent consideration as President Figueres defers comment. Vesco may flee to the Bahamas if the court delays rulings.
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Costa Rica
UPI
Vesco
Boonton
N.J
Costa Rican Supremes
Figueres
U.S
Robert L.J
Securities and Exchange
Commission
Nixon
SEC
Investors Overseas Services
IOS
Supreme Court
Jose Figueres
Santamaria
Bahamas
Texas Traffic Toll Reaches 1413 This Year
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported 1413 traffic deaths over the weekend, up 3 percent from 1972. While fatalities rose by 40 from the previous year, the number of fatal accidents slightly declined.
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Austin
UPI
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Resident in Critical Condition After Accidental Gunshot
Seventeen year old Mark Scioli son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Scioli of 3806 56th St suffered an accidental gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital after a hunting trip with friends early Saturday.
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Mark' ‘Scioli
EU ‘Gene R. Scioli
56Th St
Methodist Hospital
Hale Center chief and patrolman to face grand jury
Hale Center officials report that Police Chief Orvan Watts and patrolman Avery will testify before a grand jury in Plainview on possible charges stemming from an May 18 firearm incident at Watts’s home. District Attorney Tom Hamilton confirms jurors will review the case and determine if charges are warranted.
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Dyer
Twoen
Avery
Hamilton
Plainview
Hale County
Orvan Watts
Alton Avery
Watts
Tom Hamilton
Yale Center
L. B. Dyer
Olton
Ex Nazi Propaganda Girl Finishes College at 72
Ex Nazi radio figure Mildred Gillars known as "Axis Sally" completes a degree in speech at Ohio Wesleyan University after years of imprisonment. Once a propagandist broadcasting for Europa Sender, she faced treason conviction in 1946 and served 12 years in Alderson federal reformatory.
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Ohio
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Sally
Wesleyan University
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Miss Gillars
Ohio Wesleyan
Pon Wenglau
Taying
Germany
Europa Sender
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der Bingel
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Alderson
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Rome
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Cairo
Aba
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Bernard Bothmer
Graduate ‘School of New York University
Brooklyn Museum
Egypt
Police Nab Residents on Gambling Charges in Magnolia Club
Sixteen men were arrested at a Magnolia Avenue club after police spotted gambling in the back area. They face charges including gambling with dice liquor curfew and drunkenness after a routine check at about 0 30 a m Sunday.
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Magnolia Avenue
Hunger strike group detained in Soviet Union released after 24 hours
A group of hunger strike participants and four others were detained nearly a day in the Soviet Union before release. The statement, relayed from Moscow, claimed new emigration obstacles are imposed by Soviet Jewish professionals. Officials say the detainees are held for the importance of their work and high qualifications rather than access to state secrets.
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Virginia Vaughn
Robert Vaughn
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Rocky Mountain News
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Soviet Union
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Leonid Brezhev
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County Officers Plan To Help Waco Police
County Sheriff Jack Harwell says his officers will join Waco police in issuing traffic citations. He notes they will not ignore violations but will not spend all time chasing violators.
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WPI McLennan
Jack Harwell
Waco Police
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