Nixon recalls World War II ties with hijacked pilot
President Nixon met Capt. Dale C. Hupe at the White House after Hupe, wounded when his TWA airliner was hijacked on June 4, was treated at Fairfax Hospital. Nixon recalled Guadalcanal days with Hupe and joked about TWA planes and pilots with airline president Forwood C. Wiser Jr. and Capt. Billy Williams.
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Washington
Nixon
Dale C. Hupe
TWA
Hope
Fairfax Hospital
Dulles International
G. Barkley
Forwood C. Wiser Jr
Wiser
Billy Williams
Dulles
Williams
Italy
Sukarno Near Death as Indonesian Authorities Allow Visit
Former President Sukarno, 69, lies critically ill in Jakarta after heart and circulatory problems. Officials say he asked for his Japanese-born wife Ratna Sari Dewi and their daughter Kartika Sari, who may not reach him in time. Dewi, living in Paris, plans to travel as security tightens around the hospital.
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Sukarno
Jakarta
Indonesia
Ratna Sari Dewi
Tokyo
Paris
Suharto
The
Republic
Ali Murtopo
Dewi
Kartika Sari
Rachma Wati
Fatma Wati
Hartini
Floydada Rodeo Winners Named
Floydada held its 13th annual rodeo under the Floydada Rodeo Association and clubs. Winners include Horace Rinkin Big Spring calf roping, Matt McCloy Amarillo saddle bronc, Kathy Geier Hereford girls barrel racing, Tulia over Kress in Pony Express ride, Spicer Gripp and Glenn Green team roping, and Eddie Elcky Snyder bull riding.
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Floydada
Floydada Rodeo Association
Floydada Riding Club
Floydada Pony Express Club
Horace Rinkin
Big Spring
Matt McCloy
Amarillo
Kathy Geier
Hereford
Girls Barrel
Tulia Over Kress
Pony Express
Spicer Gripp
Glenn Green
Eddie Elcky
Snyder
Church Plans Special Program in Lubbock
The United Black of Lubbock hosts a program titled Emancipation of the Mind at 8 p.m. in the AME Church at 23rd Street and Railroad Avenue. Rev. H. D. Parker of News, La., a nationally recognized civil rights worker, will speak on Youths' Role in the 70s.
Local notices and obituaries from Texas towns
Community notices include Sharon Hillis relocating to Quanah while employed by Pioneer Gas Co. in Lubbock. Funeral services are set for W L Weyl in Plainview and Mrs Carrie Hayes in Athens, with interments in local cemeteries. Other obituaries include Irene Pitcock of Abernathy and Jd B Bishop of Floydada who died in Rome.
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WMC
UUM L. al Gec
Hardeman County
Pioneer Gas Co
Lubbock
Southwest State University
Hillis
Stacey
Quanah
Jd. B. Bishop
Floydada
Rome
Italy
Europe
Eggers Blasts Gov Smith Over Costly Special Sessions
Republican candidate Paul Eggers blames Gov Preston Smith for two pricey special legislative sessions totaling 660000 dollars. He argues inactivity during the 61st regular session led to 44 days of sessions costing 15000 dollars per day and says the governor could have prevented them by pressuring Democratic leaders before vetoing the appropriations bill.
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Houston
API
Paul Eggers
Preston Smith
Eggers
Harris County
GOP
Legisla
Elbert Sartor's Services Pend in Lubbock
Elbert Sartor 84 of 2805 2nd Place died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a lengthy illness. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home. He was a retired cement contractor who lived in Lubbock 43 years. Survivors include wife and three daughters, two sons, 18 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Elbert Sartor
Lubbock
Methodist
Sanders
Sartor
Johnny
Goth
Stine
T. Durham
E. W.fietener
Banned Book Prompted Call to End Isolation in Virginia Faith Press
Virginia editor Dr. Julian Pentecost of the Religious Herald criticized the Southern Baptist Convention for banning the Broadman Commentary Volume I at its Denver meeting. He urged breaking restrictive isolationism and praised Dr. Carl Bates’s moderate presidential election as a positive action, urging a modernising approach within the denomination.
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Richmond, Va
Southern Baptist Convention
Julian Pentecost
Religious Herald
Baptist, General Association of Virginia
Denver
Roday School
Permtecost
The
Carl Bates
Charlotte
N. C
Odessa Man Killed in One-Vehicle Crash
Odessa patrol officers report Earl Sledge 48 died after his truck left the road and struck a utility near the south edge of Odessa about 6 45 p m He was dead on arrival at Odessa Medical Center and the crash is under investigation by the highway patrol.
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Odessa
Earl Sledge
Odessa Medical Center
Sledge
Safety Board seeks stricter pilot rules for air taxis
The National Transportation Safety Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to review regulations and require specified pilot experience in a given aircraft type before air taxi certification. Analyzing 1964 to 1968 data, 995 accidents caused 386 deaths with 234 serious injuries, 152 fatal. Additional data cited 1949 69 crashes and 68 crashes in early 1970 with 57 deaths.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
The
Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Services today for Mrs. Davis in Stephenville
Mrs. J. Thomas Davis 87 formerly led the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Services set for 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Stephen ville, with burial in West End Cemetery. She died Thursday morning after an extended illness in a local hospital. Survived by two sons Willson Davis San Antonio and Dr J William Davis Lubbock a daughter Mrs M J Green Eden eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
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Stephenville
J. Thomas Davis
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
First Baptist Church
West End
Prewittfeed Funeral Home
Willson Davis
San Antonio
J. William Davis
Lubbock
M. J. Green
Eden
Services for J. T. Hale Jr. Held in Anton
Funeral services for J. T. Hale Jr., 46, formerly of Anton, will be at 2:30 p.m. at Anton First Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Fields and the Rev. Norris Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Anton Cemetery. Hale died Tuesday in Dallas Parkland Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Anton, moved to Fort Worth in 1962, and was a farmer and World War II veteran. Survivors include two daughters Connie Roberts of Spur and Vicky Clay of Hereford, his father J. T. Hale Sr. of Fort Worth, and a sister Lillian Sharp of Dickens.
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Anton
J. T. Hale Jr
Anton First Baptist Church
Robert Fields
First Baptist Church of
Halfway
Norris Taylor
Spur
Campbell Funeral Home
Hale
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
First Rhodes Scholars and American Total Rise
London reports that the first Rhodes scholars were chosen in 1903 and American scholars began in 1904. Since then the total number of American Rhodes scholars reaches 1,894, with scholars free to study any field offered by Oxford University.
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London
Oxford University
Kendrick's Services Slated For James M Kendrick
Big Spring special funeral notice for James M Uncle Jim Kendrick 81 of Denver City. Services 4 p.m. Saturday at 4th and Main Streets Church of Christ with Perry Copham officiating. Burial in Trinity Memorial Park under Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Effie son J D of Big Spring daughter Mrs Royce Johnson sister Mrs Jessie Hester six grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Big Spring
James M
Jim
Kendrick
Denver City
4Th and
Main Streets
Church of Christ
Perry Copham
Bill Allen
Lamesa Church of Christ
Trinity Memorial Park
Nalley-Pickle Funeral
Bum-Gibbons Oil Co
Judson Miller Rites Planned in Plainview
Judson Miller 89 longtime area resident will be buried in Plainview Memorial Park after a 4 p.m. service at Wond Dunning Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Church of Christ ministers Mid McKnight of Abilene and Kelly Newman of Plainview. Miller moved to Plainview in 1934 from Lockney and was a retired farmer. Survivors include James and Edgar, four daughters, twenty grandchildren and 113 great grandchildren.
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Plainview
Judson Miller
Erea
Wond- Dunning Funeral Home
Church of Christ
Mid McKnight
Abilene
Kelly Newman
Memorial Park
Miller
South Plains
Lockney
James
Edgar
Dallas
Tom Moore
Ben Tye
Kress
Howard Datson
Portales
Frances Thompson
Fort Collins
Colo
Funeral Pending For Mrs. Banks
Mrs Annie Ittle Banks 89 of Springlake died Wednesday at Littlefield Hospital. Services pending at Parsons Ellis Singleton Funeral Home. She lived in Springlake since 1931 moving from Elmer Oklahoma. Survived by seven children two brothers three sisters twenty grandchildren twenty six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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EARTH
Annie Ittle Banks
Springlake
Littlefield Hospital
Parsons-Ellis‘Singleton Funeral Home
Banks
Elmer, Oklo
L. H. Dent
Edith Woods
Dallas
Arnold
Lubbock
Roy
Dewight
Hereford
Kenneth
Anaheim
Calif
Joe
Fayetteville
Ark
Dick Stevenson
Washburn
Warren Stevenson
Cassville
Kate Patterson
Rocky Comfort
Minnie Wilson
Nora Allfrey
Joplin
Cooperation in Creation and Human Understanding
The text extols cooperation as a path to good inspired by Romans 8 28. It contrasts animals for strength, agility, and alertness with human capacity for cooperation, deeming man unique in choosing collaboration over mere power.
Services Set for Joe Sanchez Snyder Resident
Joe Sanchez 22 a Snyder resident died Wednesday in Loraine Nursing Home Funeral services are at 4 p m today at Guadalupe Catholic Church with Rev Herman Valladares officiating Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction Survivors include his wife Janie two daughters and two sons his mother Mrs Trine Sanchez of Austin grandparents Mr and Mrs Benito Velasquez of Loraine a sister Mrs Elvira Olivares of Snyder and four brothers John of Snyder
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Irene Pitcock
Abernathy
Abernathy First Baptist Church
Murry Brewer
Chambers Funeral Home
Pitcock
Erath County
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Blair rites planned in Levelland for Mrs. Blair
Mrs. R C Blair 90 of Levelland will be buried in Levelland Cemetery after funeral services at 11 a m Saturday at George Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Alby J Cockrell officiating She is survived by son Sam of Levelland daughter Mrs Dorothy Bryan of Houston and two sisters Mrs J R Womack of Olney and Mrs Anna Shoemaker of Mineral Wells.
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Levelland
R. C
Paris
Blair
Il A
George Price
Alby J. Cockrell
First United Methodist Church
Levelland Cemetery
Sam
Man Jailed After Theft Charge Is Filed Here
A Spurman released from county jail after a theft complaint was dismissed was arrested again on a similar charge. Stephen J Shields, 27, previously charged in 1968 with theft by bailee, was arraigned Wednesday and freed, then found asleep in a pickup on U S 87. The vehicle was reported stolen and Shields remained jailed after failing to post a $2,000 bond. Separately Steve Guthrie, 22, was jailed on fraudulent use of a credit card belonging to Frank Ramsey.
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Stephen J . Shields
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Shields
Lubbock
Henry Ogletree
U. S. Hwy. 87
Steve Guthrie
36Th St
Guthrie
Frank Ramsey
el Campo
Ramey
Phyllis
Texas Tech
George Hice Rites Planned in Denver City
George Hice 37 died 10 40 pm Wednesday in Yoakum County Hospital. A Denver City resident most of his life, he convener of two service stations and Korean War veteran. Services 5 pm at First Baptist Church with Rev Kenneth Broad and Rev John Ferguson officiating. Burial Denver City Memorial Park. Singleton Funeral Home in charge. He is survived by Clara Elien two sons Brett Allan and George Matthew, his mother Mrs H D Hice, four brothers and two sisters.
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Denver City
George Hice
Yoakum County Hospital
Aday
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Broad
Portales
John Ferguson
Denver City Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Hice
Clara Elien
Brett
Allan
George Matthew
H. D. Hice
B. E
Carbon
John
Lovington
Carl
Arlington
Henry
W.L. van Zant
Las Vegas
Nev
Beatrice Murray
Peabody
Mass
Ex Official's Son Killed in Mexico Bus Crash
In Zacatecas Mexico, John Ben Sheppard Jr 26 son of former Texas attorney general John Ben Sheppard and John L Girvin 24 of Georgetown Texas died when a bus and car collided. Bus driver injured 42 passengers unhurt. Sheppard married Christina Longosía. funeral plans not announced.
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Zacatecas
Mexico
Texas
John Ben Sheppard Jr
John Ben Sheppard
Odessa
John L. Girvin
Georgetown
Tex
Young Sheppard
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Christina Longosia
Nuévo Laredo
Sheppard
Mexico City
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Odom In Dimmitt
Mrs Mary Evaline Odom 30 of Dimmitt died in a local hospital. Services set for 3 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Dimmitt with Rev Earl Landtroop and Rev Rily Wadley officiating. Burial in West Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include four sons Herbert Hiram M B and Raymond of Dimmitt four daughters Lena Thompson Pearl Fisher Laura Billings and Gladys Richardson 66 grandchildren 87 great grandchildren and 24 great great grandchildren with grandsons as pallbearers.
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Dimmitt
Mary Evaline Odom
Dimmitt Hospital
First Baptist Church of
Earl Landtroop
Clovis
Rily Wadley
Lee Street Baptist Church of
West Lawn Memorial Park
Zoning Board Secretary A J Prim Named
A J Prim serves as Secretary for the Zoning Board of Adjustment, per the latest official appointment records. He will oversee meeting minutes, agenda notices, and clerical functions for the board.
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A. J. Prim
Zoning Board of Adjustment
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Lubbock Avalanche
He-Journal
Sharon
Triangle
Ann Hillis
Paducah
W. L. Weyl
Lemons Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
Plainview Cemetery
Weyl
Corpus Christi
Carrie Hayes
Hassel-Foster Funeral Home
Athens
Athens Cemetery
Adon Abia
Don Piper
Ben Konis
Municipal Gardens
University Ave
Lubbock Art Association
Smith
Pend
Odessan
Slaton
Howard
John Howard
Mrs. Davis
J. M. Kendrick
Fae the Stepherd
Julien C. Hyer
Joe Sanchez
R. C. Blair
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
City Council Chamber
City Hall
DE Mayo
el Deparamenta da
Adjuster de
el City Hall
Dia 23 de Junio
Harold Griffith
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Griffith
Griffith Sete
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