Citizens seek police reform via new commission in city
Community leaders and clergy discuss a Civil Service Commission to handle police complaints. Johnson cites past inaction while supporters push for two focus areas: police brutality and harassment. The group plans future meetings with City Manager Blackwell to set locations and record-keeping funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Grace
Catholic Church
Oscar Jones
Texas Tech
Council
Hardy Clemons
Second Baptist Church
Senter
Civil Service Commission
Johnson
Commission
City Mer
Bill Blackwell
Rites Set For Plainview Shock Victim at Meat Plant
Larry Steve Roach, 23, dies after a freak electrical accident on the kill floor at Jimmy Dean Meat Co. in Plainview. Law witnesses Roach gasp before he collapses. water on the floor cited. Funeral rites planned with minister Hubert Setliff officiating. burial in Plainview Cemetery. Survivors include mother Mrs. Leo Duvall, a brother, step-brothers, and grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Larry Steve Roach
Jimmy Dean Meat Co
Roach
Sam Law
Law
Central Plains General Hospital
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Hubert Setliff
11Th Street
Amarillo Avenue Church
Lockney
Corpus Christi
The
Meat Company
Leo Duvall
Aiken
Ted Roach
Denton
Bucky Duvall
Whittier
Calif
Rickey Duvall
Tommy Duvall
Long Beach
C. J. Roach
Johnny Sanders Rites Arranged After Lubbock Knife Incident
Services for Johnny Mack Sanders, 22, of 701 Ave. E Apt. 30, will be at 2 p.m. today at Sieba Heights Church of Christ with Thomas Campbell officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Sanders died after a knife wound in a cafe on Avenue C Saturday night. his wife Vada Ann, 19, faces stabbing charges. Sanders, a Granger native, had lived in Lubbock 18 years and is survived by his wife, parents, and many siblings and a grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Mack
Sanders
Ave. E
Apt
Sieba Heights Church
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Vada Ann
Granger
Lubbock
Gary Sanders
Lubock
Donnie
Gary Dean
R.L
Raymond
Charles
Frank
Lawrence
Robert
Alvis
Willie
C.C
Mary Smith
Dallas
Sharon
Peggy Ann
Linda
Joyce Sanders
Irene Cruse
Post
Weldon J Booker services set in Colorado City
Funeral services for Weldon J Booker 56 will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Payne Chapel C M E Colorado City. Burial follows at Colorado City Cemetery with Jackson Funeral Home Midland in charge. Booker died Monday at Parkview Hospital Midland after a lengthy illness. Survivors include a son Gary of Monroe Washington four brothers and four sisters and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Weldon J. Booker
Payne Chapel
C.M.E
Colorado City
Jackson Funeral Home
Booker
Parkview Hospital
Gary
Monroe
Wash
Will
Houston
Gus
Dallas
William
Roswell
N.M
Earl
Rosa
Mrs Wesley's Rites Pending
Lucille Ophelia Wesley 69 died at 6 38 p m Tuesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Services are pending at Melton Funeral Home Breckenridge Local arrangements by Bell Seale Funeral Home Born in Rising Star former Snyder resident who returned nine months ago to Leisure Faniee Nursing Home Survivors include daughter Mrs Sam Martin of Snyder
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Lucille Ophelia Wesley
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Melton Funeral Home
Breckenridge
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Rising Star
Wesley
Sam Martin
Obituary items and notices from Hereford area services
Hereford area obituaries note services for James Edward White Tamie Fernandez Jerry Goolsby Barney Latham Frank Goodrich Thelma Shaw Robinson and others with ceremonies at First United Methodist Plainview Shallowater Sanders Memorial Chapel First Baptist Paducah Singleton Chapel St John Baptist Hobbs Calvary Temple Crestview Assembly of God and local hospitals. Additional items include a $750 Clark Foundation scholarship for Norman Shannon Martin and a Crestview garage sale to fund missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward White
Hereford
First United Methodist Church
Plainview
Norman Shannon Martin
Beth Martin
Anton
Clark Foundation
Texas Tech
Women’s Missionary Council
Crestview
Funeral service set for Mrs. J. L. Tunnell in Slaton
Mrs. J. L. Hat tie Tunnell aged 4? will be remembered at 10 a.m. today in First United Methodist Church Slaton with Rev. Bruce Parks and Dr. Ray N. Johnson assisting. Burial follows at Englewood Cemetery Slaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L
Hattie) Tunnell
28Th St
First United Methodist Church
Slaton
Bruce Parks
Ray N. Johnson
Asbury Methodist Church
Lubbock
Englewood
England Funeral Home
Lubbock County
Alabama
Comanche County
Jones County
Earl M. Robison Rites Planned
Earl Mancil Robison 83, longtime Lockney resident, died Wednesday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock. Funeral at 4 p.m. today Carter Funeral Home Chapel with Bill Thomas officiating. Burial in Lockney cemetery. Survived by wife Pearl two daughters Arlene Maddox Lubbock and Hazle Payne Durango Colo a brother Lee Robison Nichita Falls six grandchildren four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockney
Earl Mancil Robison
West Texas
Lubbock
Carter Funeral Home
Bill Thomas
Earl Cantwell
Silverton
Lockney Cemetery
Carter Funeral Homse
Decatur
Robison
Tor Lockney
Pearl
Arlene Maddox
Hazle Payne
Durango
Colo
Lee Robison
Nichita Falls
Third Affidavit Seeks Recall in Big Spring
A third affidavit requesting a recall petition was filed Wednesday naming Eddie Acr, Big Spring city commissioner, for dereliction of duty. Affidavits were filed Tuesday seeking recall of Commissioners Wade Choate and Jack Watkins, who form the three member majority of the five man council that voted in favor Banks last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIG Spring
Eddie Acr
Big Spring City
Wade Choate
Jack Watkins
Banks
Kansan Cleared In Shooting Of Lubbockite
Salina watchman Clarence M. Smith was found not guilty of a felony in the fatal shooting of truck driver William Robey of Lubbock. Robey, 32, was shot twice in the back as he fled after attempting to remove a fuel pump from a truck at a Salina dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salinas
Kan
UPI
William Robey
Lubbock
Robey
Clarence M. Smith
Salina
Smith
Roley
Saline County
Bill Crews
Charges Filed In Stabbing Death In Carlisle
Charges were filed Wednesday in the stabbing death of Frank Villafranco Jr. 44 of Carlisle. John M. Villareal 22 Lubbock and Abundio Hernandez 17 Brownfield are charged and in custody after a burglary the same day. Villafranca was found with multiple stab wounds at Shell Truck Terminal on 19th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Villafranco Jr
Carlisle
John [M. Villareal
Lubbock
Abundio Hernandez
Brownfield
Plainview
Villafranca
19Th St
Small blazes in Canyon View apartments and at oil well engine
Firemen extinguished two small fires on Wednesday. The first at 2210 Redbud Ave in Canyon View Apartments involved a mattress ignited by a cigarette and caused minor damage. The second occurred near the city limits at Idalou Road where belts on an oil well engine ignited, again with only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon View
Redbud Ave
Idalou Road
Peru Sees Low High School Graduation Rate at 12 Percent
A government study finds only 12 percent of students who begin school in Peru complete high school. The finding highlights enduring barriers to education access and completion across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ex-Ambassador W. W. Heath to be buried in Austin today
Funeral services for W. W. Heath former U S ambassador to Sweden and UT regents chairman will be held at 2 p m in Austin Heath 67 died Tuesday after a heart attack Governors Preston Smith and J J Pickle praised his public service and leadership He helped peacefully integrate UT Austin and aided the LBJ Library project Survivors include his wife two daughters and two brothers Burial will be in the state cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
J. J. Pickle
D-Tex
Heath
Lyndon Johnson
Sweden
Johnson
Blanco County
Board of Regents
Price I Daniel
John Jconnally
Normangee Native
Normangee
East Texas
Miriam “Ma
Ferguson
Ut-Austin
LBJ
University
Dewey Ray
Big Spring
Dean,Hester
John Heath
Madisonville
J. Neal Heath
Athens
State Cemetery
When should we act in charity and service now
A compact exhortation by Julien C. Hyer urging immediate good deeds and kindness. The speaker cites scripture from Luke 14 and asks when to aid others, practice repentance, and treat all as brothers, ending with a call to act now.
Airman dies in Arizona mishap near Winslow
Homer Lou Padona a 30 year old airman stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio was killed when he apparently fell from a moving pickup truck. Charles King of Winslow reported seeing a body on the highway and notified authorities after removing the body from the road. Police sought the truck's unknown driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ariz
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Arizona Highway Patrol
Homer Lou Padona
Charles King
King
Tom Chapman's Rites Stated
Snyder Texas obituary notes Tom Chapman aged 68 died at home from natural causes Judge J P Billingsley. Services set for 2 p m today Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Fred Boatman officiating Burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include two sons J L Chapman of Kermit and D T Chapman of Austin father J E Chapman Snyder four sisters and one brother plus four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L
Kermit
D. T
Austin
J. E
Snyder
Floyd Weems
R. B. von Roeder
Ruby McKinney
Cloudcroft
N. M
Ulmer Vernon
Hermleigh
Harry
James Hurley Dies. Services Held At Reese Chapel
James C. Hurley 48 of 4508 21st St. died after a heart attack at Methodist Hospital. Funeral today at 2:30 p.m. in Reese Air Force Chapel with Lt. Col. Daryl Myer officiating, burial in Lubbock Cemetery. Urn directions by Franklin-Bartley. Hurley, a World War II fighter pilot and 22-year Air Force veteran, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. He graduated Texas Tech in 1969 and was a native of Cook County. He leaves a wife Bill, two daughters Laura and Cindy, his parents, four sisters and two brothers. pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Hurley
21St St
Reese Air Force
Daryl Myer
City of Lubbock
Franklin - Bartley Funeral Home
Hurley
Methodist Hospital
Rt. 6
Lubbock
Marie Thomason
Boston
Mass
Mildred i Click
Hobbs
Clinton Hurley
Shallowater
Dan Hurley
Former Hobbs Resident Harry Allen Dies at 73
Harry Allen, 73, a former Hobbs resident now of Helena Arkansas, died early Tuesday in Thomas Hospital El Paso while visiting his daughter Grace Wilson. He retired from Skelly Oil Co. and was a Masonic Lodge and Lea County Shrine Club member. Services held at First United Methodist Church with burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery. His wife Gladys, a former Hobbs schoolteacher, and sons Jimmy Amarillo Earl Jackson Miss. Merle Terryton survived him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOBBS
Harry Allen
First United Methodist Church
James Miller
Memory Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Allen
Helena
Ark
Thomas Hospital
el Paso
Grace Wilson
Skelly Oil Co
Masonic Lodge
Lea County Shrine Club
Gladys
Mrs. Sue Silverman Dies at 38 in Sacramento
Catholic graveside rites are planned for Friday at Prairie Haven for Sue Silverman 38 wife of Keith Silverman who will move to Hobbs to teach at New Mexico Junior College. She died Monday in Sacramento after a brief illness. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, four sons, her mother and grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Sue Silverman
Prairie Haven
Griffin Funeral Home
Cherry
Karen
Kathy
Ronnie
Bobby
Tommy
Mike
Rosalie Troop
Sacramento
Calif
Betty Troop
Odessa
Eagle Pass 50th Homicide Of Year Reported
Pablo Segura 36 of Eagle Pass died from stab wounds after a bar argument in San Antonio Tuesday night. He became the city's 50th homicide victim of the year, more than double the 23 at this time last year. A participant, Raul Perez 25 of San Antonio, was hospitalized with chest wounds in undetermined condition.
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San Antonio
Pablo Segura
Eagle Pass
Segura
Raul Perez
George Givens Funeral Today
George Givens 59 of Abilene died at 9 30 p m Tuesday at West Texas Medical Center Abilene. He was a chef at Dyess Air Force Base and will be buried in Talpa Cemetery with Masonic rites in Stevens Memorial Chapel Coleman. He was born at Talpa, a Methodist and a Mason, with three sisters and two brothers named in the Coleman notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
George Givens
Abilene
West Texas Medical Center
Dyess Air Force Base
Stevens Memorial Chapel
Talpa
Stevens Funeral Home
E. V
Bo) Brown
Pearl Norris
San Angelo
Willie Farris
Rankin
G. F. Givins
Paducah
Lee Givens
Snyder
Dallas Man Tortured and Slain Found Near Payne Springs
Police say motive remains unclear in the torture slaying of 40 year old Martin Rios of Dallas. About 80 stab wounds were found on the upper body and neck. The body was found in a Cedar Creek Lake area trailer by residents Arlice and wife. Authorities note no struggle signs and suspect the crime may have occurred in Dallas County and the body moved to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Dallas
Here
Martin Rios
Rios
Penchey Paint and Body Shop
Arlice Davis
Esquire
Cholice Love
Caney City
V. V. Gonzalez
Tyler
Mrs Moore Rites Set at Grace Church of Nazarene
Mrs Sarah Moore dies after years of ill health. Services planned for 4 p m today at Grace Church of the Nazarene with Rev EF I Youns and Rev W OM Dorough officiating. Survivors include five daughters, four sons, 27 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey of
Slaton
Ralph
36Th St
Jesse Thomas
28Th St
W. T. Attaway
44Th St
June Roberts
52Nd St
Cecil Self
Grace Church of the Nazarene
Moore
West Texas
Lubbock
California
Velma Coffman
Ave. E
General Pettes
Atwater
Calif
Verdie Baughtman
Oakdale
Tommie Becknal
R. E
Elgin M Davis Funeral Friday
Elgin M Davis Sr. 76 longtime Dawson County resident died at his Lamesa home about 10 a m Wednesday. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Friday in Lamesa with Rev Newton Starnes and Rev Clarence Stephens officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. Davis resided in Lamesa and Dawson County 51 years. He leaves three daughters, two sons, two sisters, two brothers, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Elgin M. Davis Sr
Dawson County
Davis
First United Methodist Church
Newton Starnes
Clarence Stephens
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Adne
Dorothy Hayes
Lubbock
Laurie Hubbard
Cotton Center
Beth Wright
San Angelo
Elgin Davis Jr
Edward Davis
Davie Wishart
Memphis
Tenn
Delle ‘Chadick
New Albany
Miss
W. P. Davis
Odessa
Clarence Davis
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Dr. Hardy Clemons
Warnick
Clemson
Antonio Gonzalez
Dale Hickle
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnny Sanders
Tamie Fernandez
Fernando Fernandez
Rt. 3
Shallowater Catholic Church
Jerry Willis Goolsby
Ave. B
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Goolsby
Highland Hospital
Barney Reece Latham
First Baptist Church of
Frank Goodrich
Andrews
Singleton Funeral Home
Chapel of the Chimes
Thelma Shaw Robinson
St. John Baptist Church
Calvary Temple Four - Square
34Th Street
Avenue J
David Casey
23Rd St
Casey
Kenneth Ray Ward
E. 24Th St
Methodist
Trudy Putteet
University Ave
Comanche
Earl M. Robison
Esthanen
Lubbock, Texas
Kansan
Rudy Salazar
Antioch
Ford
Curtis Ehrlich
Salazar
W._W. HEATH
Shepherd
Julien C. Hyer
Arizona
Tom Chapman
James Hurley
Henderson Funeral Directors, Inc
Sarah Moore
Ave. IK
Elgin M. Davis
Plains Florist Assn
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