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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1973

Page

2

Funeral services for Virgil Huey Callendar held in Tulia

Virgil Huey Callendar 52 of 300 S Dallas died Saturday afternoon in Swisher Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Assembly of God Church with Rev. R. A. Stages officiating. Burial at Kress Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home. Survived by three brothers Lonnie in Hugo Oklahoma Edward in Euless and Troy in Big Spring and two sisters Archie Early in Tulsa and Georgana Edwards in Alamogordo New Mexico.

Tulia Assembly of God Church Virgil Huey Callendar S. Dallas Swisher Memorial Hospital R. A Kress Cemetery Wallace Funeral Home Lonnie Hugo Okla Edward Euless Troy Big Spring Archie Early Tulsa Georgana. Edwards Alamogordo, N.M

Friona widow May Canipe services pending

May Canipe 56 of Friona died Saturday in Palmer County Community Hospital. She lived in Clovis 49 years, moved to Friona six months ago. She was an Assembly of God member. Survivors include husband Lawson Canipe and three daughters. Funeral arrangements are pending with Parsons-Ellis here.

Friona May Canipe Parsons-Ellis Canipe Palmer County Community Hospital Tor Lawson Canipe Melrose N. M Clovis Assembly of God Dorene Morrison Bedford Gitana Bonds Las Vegas Nev Judy Shubert Beebee Ark H. E. Thomas M. J. Smothers Amarillo S. G. Chumley Jacksonville Fla L. W. McDowell Lubbock Vaughn McDowell E.R

Mrs Mooney Rites Held In Lockney Church

Services for Mrs Moodye Evelyn Mooney 56 of Lockney were held at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Lockney Cemetery. Pastor Hugh Daniel officiated. She died at University Hospital in Lubbock after a weeklong illness. A longtime Lockney resident since 1948 she moved from Clarendon. Born in Adrian she married C L Mooney on March 15 1947 in Lelia Lake. Survived by son Patrick Tackney two daughters Dianne Phillips Petersburg and Deborah Mooney Lackney two brothers Quinn Aten Lelia Lake and Austin Aten San Angelo and two sisters Cassie Flora Fort Lauderdale Fla Lannie Rutter Flagler Colo.

Lockney Moodye Evelyn Mooney Rt .1 First United Methodist Church Hugh Daniel Carter Funeral Home Lannie Rutter Flagler, Colo

Odessa man dies after car crash outside city

Bill Richardson of 408 Washington dies in Odessa after an eastbound pickup struck his parked car. He was outside the vehicle when struck and died at Medical Center Hospital. The driver is 16-year-old Joffre Janers Herman of Midland. Funeral services for Richardson are pending with six ceremonies planned.

Odessa Medical Center Bill Richardson Washington Rehardson Texas Highway Patrol Richardson Joffre Janers Herman Midland

Obituary Briefs From Local Hospitals And Churches

Services for Mrs G S Arm will be at First Baptist Church in Parsons-Lils-Singleton Funeral Home. Mrs Owen died Friday at Earth Hospital after a short illness. Burial in Parsons-Lils-Singleton Funeral Home cemetery. Jose Delian 87 Brownfield resident since 1969 services at Mexican Baptist Church Brownfield. Delac died Saturday morning in University Hospital Lubbock after lengthy illness. Mrs Lute Mae Griffith 71 Levelland services at First Baptist Owensboro Kentucky burial Elmwood Owensboro. Mrs Griffith died Saturday in Cook Memorial Hospital after sudden illness. Rites for Mrs Hanley Wasson 85 Plainview service at Wood-Dunning Chapel Plainview Memorial Park. Mrs Wasson died Friday near Plainview rest home. Services for Mrs Thomas Manont Wiesen 76 216 Broadway at St Pauls Episcopal Church burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Mrs Wiesen died Friday at Ray’s Hospital Ay Pore. Claude W Wigley 80 Plainview died Friday in Plainview Hospital. Burial in Plainview Cemetery.

Genoveva Juan Dr Adrian Henry Norma Jesus Gara O Olton Hilario Springlake Doomings Julia Garza Runge Isabel Cervantes Hereford G. S. Arm Owen Earth Pan Ist’ Hospital First Baptist Arth Parsons-Lils-Singleton Funeral Amstrong Methodist Jose Delian Brownfield Teddy Bamal Brownfield Funeral Delac Saliurdin University Hospital Lubbock Lute Mae Griffith Levelland First Baptist Church Owensboro Hanley Wasson Pharmaiew Plain Plainview Memorial Park Plainview Rest Home Thomas Manont Wiesen Broadway St Paul's Resthaven Memoorasl Park Ray Wiesen Claude W Wiles Mainview Old Aan Colonial Chapel Plainview Wigley Dickens County Spur Cemetery Shirley Campbell Weber 55Th St Morgan Dallas Jong Jin Park Juanitatal Merill Norton Lovington Pecos Lubbockhead Peter Days

Clovisite Wins Auxiliary Post 44 Convention Race

Clovisite wins the 54th annual Auxiliary Post 44 election after a hard race that saw Norton prevail on the third ballot. Tony Santis loses to Norton while Mrs Awedina Davidson of Albuquerque is named Department President on the floor.

McAfee Lyman Marquart Clovis Albuquerque New Mexico American Legion 1 Norton Tony Santis Legionnaires Janes Awedina Davidson

Odessan Delegates Pursue New Mexico Veterans Hospital

Delegates call for the Veterans Administration to establish another hospital in southern New Mexico due to overcrowding at Albuquerque and El Paso facilities. They also urge air conditioning for the Albuquerque hospital and ask President Nixon to consider clemency for Lt. William Calley. They condemn an actress over controversial reputation and endorse a movement to ostracize her films and appearances.

Mander Dan Craig Albuquerque Veterans Administration New Mexico el Paso Letionnaires Richard Nixon William Calley Jane Fonda

Richard Brownfield services for Virgie D Richardson

Services for 66 year old Virgie D Richardson of Brownfield will be held at 10 a m Tuesday at Immanuel Baptist Church with Reverend L E Laing officiating. Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery directed by Brownfield Funeral Home. Richardson died after an apparent heart attack at a Lubbock hospital. She lived in a dugout near the Children’s Home of Lubbock before moving to Acuff in 1906. She was a member of the Idalou Church of Christ. Pallbearers listed.

Brownfield Virgie D. Richardson Immanuel Baptist Church L. E. Laing Crosbyton Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home Richardson Lubbock Montague County Crosbyton Primitive Baptist Church Cecil Amarillo Elton 18Th St Frank Gray Gene Lamp Neal Armstrong 41St St W. J Hamilton A. E California W. H Hereford J. N Floydada FE. R Artesia N. M Francis Childs Wert McClain Ringling Okla Glenn Barris Clovis Acuff Idalou Church of Christ FE. A Rt. 1 R. G. Jr Plainview Jerry Covey Denver Colo W. R. Jones Taylor Smith Lewis Byrd Stigier H. J. Thomason Paul Rigers Ervin Grimes D. D Davis L. V. Pounds V. T. Rush

Positive Outlook and Faith Lift the Spirit

The piece urges readers to adopt blessed thinking from Proverbs and Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. It argues that changing attitudes toward a positive, Christ-centered mindset yields a quicker lift in mood and an automatic surge of inner power.

Jesus

Services for Mrs Adeline Rogers Held in Lubbock

Mrs Adeline Rogers 76 of 2316 47th St died Saturday night after medical care. Services 4 p.m. today at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev JT Bolding officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include son Fred of Henderson and daughter Mrs IB Watt, plus a brother two sisters five grandsons and a great granddaughter.

Adeline 2Uzers 47Th St Sanders Memorial Chapel JT. Bolding First Baptist Church City of Lubbock Rogers Lubbock California

Defense Cuts Suggested by Disarmament Agency Report

The group argues the fiscal 1974 budget could be cut by as much as 14 billion dollars without harming national security. They urge major reductions similar to wartime postures, noting Vietnam cease fire and Moscow arms talks.

Washington UPT Roswells Resources Gilpatric Tory Herbert Scoville, Jr Pentagon Intellis Agence Agency Townshend Hoo Vietnam Moscow

Editor of Small-Town Paper Killed in Sweetwater Wreck

A car crash in Sweetwater killed Greer, editor of a local daily, at 22. He had previously worked for Stars and Stripes Europe and the Moberly Monitor-Index. Three others were injured in the collision. The group called PETW linked to the incident criticized Nixon’s defense budget and urged military cutbacks.

Sweetwater U.S Indochina Laos Nixon Congress Thailand Genocet Pirate Petw Group API Paul Warnke William Foster Aff U.S. Arms Control Texas Greer Sylacauga Ala Charles H. Greer Jr University of Missouri The Stars and Stripes del Rey Media Moberly Monitor-Index Evening Democrat

New Deal adviser Samuel Rosenman dies at 77

Judge Samuel S. Rosenman, long time Roosevelts adviser who coined New Deal and Brain Trust terms, died at 77 after pneumonia and heart issues. He served as Roosevelt’s special counsel and later on labor mediation boards, praised for battling Nixon’s Supreme Court nomination.

New York Samuel S. Rosenman Franklin D. Roosevelt Rosenman Lenox Hill Hospital Sammy the Rose Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Nixon Harold Carswer Supreme Court

Boxing club shooting and local burglaries reported

Charles Gaines, 28, of Sunset Station Lubbock is in serious condition after a shooting at a Carlisle club early Saturday. Police probe the incident Sunday as investigators pursue leads. Separately, a theft at Highlander Laundry involved a $1,000 coin change machine, with suspects tied to a burglary at Sanders Funeral Home and other breakins. Six men were arrested for gambling in Parkway Manor nursing home. Flora Russ of Redbud Square died earlier. services planned with minister Gary Fallarda and Jay Roggating officiating. Resthaven Memorial Park burial set.

Charles Gaines Sunset Station Lubbock Carlisle Methodist Hospital Highlander Flora Russ Redbud Square Rt. 1 Church of Christ Gary A. Fallarday Jay Don Vanda Avenue

Soaring Heat Across Plains Pummeled by Fronts and Showers

Heat lingered across the northern Plains and Northwest with highs near 90 while a cold front cooled portions of the region. Scattered showers and thunderstorms rolled through Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and beyond, with winds reaching up to 60 mph in some areas. A funnel cloud was spotted near Beaumont but did not touch down as storms moved through the midwest coast to Pacific Northwest.

A-J Pennsylvania Virginia La 1 Florida Redo Austin San Antonio Coland Missouri Texas Rockies del Rio Brownsville Montana Midlands Temple Beaumont Poset Port Ar

FDR Cohort Sachs Dies at 79 in New York

Alexander Sachs economist and early adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt died at 79 in Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center New York. He read Einstein Szilard and Fermi concerns about atomic energy to Roosevelt and helped launch the atomic project. He was born in Russia and worked at Lehman Corporation and the National Recovery Administration. He is survived by his wife Charlotte.

New York Alexander Sachs Franklin D. Roosevelt Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Dr. Sachs Roosevelt Albert Einstein Poland Leo Szilard Enrico Fermi Sachs Einstein Szilard Fermi Germany Czechoslovakia Hitler Belgium United States Belgian Congo 1 Sachs Rossien Russia t}Columbia Harvard Lehman Corporation National Recovery Administration Charlotte

Second Life Taken As Result Of Crash

A second person died from injuries after a carpickup collision east of Tulsa on FM W31R Saturday night. Oscar Tarrant Hewitt 74 died in Amarillo after chest injuries and a heart attack. The Altman family children Freida 25 Nikki 10 months survived with minor injuries. Funeral services for Hewitt and the Altman child were planned in Tulia and Amarillo with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Avalanche-Journal Tula Tulsa Oscar Tarrant Hewitt Northwest Texas Amarillo Swisher Memorial Hospital Hewitt Jamie Altman Dan Ny Altman Freida Altman Rt. 5 Nikki Wallace H. S. Calahan Rose Hill Cemetery Wallace Funeral Home Swisher County South Plains Floyd County Sybie Girlie Rieckerson

Gordon Fulcher Dies In Austin

Gordon Fulcher, 64, noted Texas newspaperman and chairman of the Texas Water Quality Board, died of a heart attack in his Austin apartment while working on board papers. Survived by daughter Mrs. J. L. Biggers Jr. of Lubbock and three grandchildren. funeral services pending. He formerly edited the Austin American-Statesman and Wichita Falls Record-News and published Texas Star and the Atlanta Citizen.

Austin Gordon Fulcher Texas Texas Water Quality Board J. L. Biggers Jr Lubbock Fulcher Water Quality Board Texas Star Yar Atlanta, Tex Citizen Austin American-Statesman Wichita Falls Record-News

Officials To Get Progress Report On Lubbock Lakesite

County commissioners will review a progress report on the archaeologic dig at Lubbock Lakesite. Rob Nash of the Lubbock Lake Site Development Corporation will discuss a Washington trip, federal interest, funding issues, and other problems. He notes land near the site has been surveyed and may be leased after checking meets and bounds.

Lubbock Lakesite Rob Nash Lubbock Lakesite Development Corporation Washington Nash

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V.H. Callendar John L. Miller John Davidson John N. Davidson Sanders Funeral Home Tallibbock Davidson Seagraves Lee Gary Salt Lake City Utah Denny McAlister Beth Gilet Houston Juan Garza Abernathy Lubbock Area Miller St. Mary's Hospital Murray Brewer Abernathy Cemetery Chambers Funeral Home Delta County Lubbock County Evvie Bill Sliddell Gene Mrs. Mooney Clovisite Robert Harres Youts Artesia General Herepital United Methodists Hare Woodbine Spur Blizit Terpening-Paulin Beth Morgan Audeen Marquart Albu Eos Railroad Donnell Hawthorne Santa Fe Rail Tas Alamos Odessan Boys Adeline Rogers TPSD Avenel Uniitiatuiclary Uspeculunity Tthe Air Force George B Kistiakowsky Science Bicanhanar Santhead Acin Flota Childress Wink Oregon Paso Dalhart Texarkana Northern Plains Wyo Springs Calif Washington, D Port Angeles Thur Orange Ward Altman Carl Nunn Abilene Dan Altman Buddy Russeau West Texas Monument Main Street Lubbock, Texas Order OF the Golden Rule
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