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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1963

Page

3

Harriman Urges Open Debate on U S Policy Toward Red China

Under secretary of State W Averell Harriman said he would welcome free debate on U S policies toward Red China. He predicted China will test a nuclear device within a year or two but unlikely to assemble a large arsenal soon. Harriman, preparing for Moscow talks, urged public discussion to clarify questions about China policy.

Spencer Davis Washington W. Averell Harriman U.S China Harriman United States Moscow Peking Metropolitan Broadcasting Co Red China United Nations New York

Beckwith Bound Over In Evers Slaying Case

Byron de La Beckwith bound over to the Hinds County grand jury without bail on murder charges in the slaying of Medgar W. Evers. A fingerprint on a telescopic sight tied to Beckwith. court notes cited gun and sights as evidence. Grand jury slated to convene July 1.

Beckwith John A. Chamblee Hardy Lott Greenwood Chamblee Chamblee, Drawing Repeated Objections From Dist Bill Waller Evers Waller Lott Jackson Enfield FBI Washington

Community notices and family reunions reported in brief

The July 4 picnic at Sunnyside Route 1 Dimmitt was canceled this year per Mrs Charles Hedrick. A New More Community reunion in Brownfield Park drew about 47 attendees who auctioned items to cover expenses. Visitors include Mrs W A Rhea of Tucson staying in Lubbock about a week and Mrs Gilbert Hillis traveling to San Antonio for a family reunion with her daughter and granddaughter. James Hobart Gaughen 57 of the area will be buried in Cedar Bluffs Nebraska after death at Methodist Hospital. IRS officer training in West Texas and New Mexico resumes in Lubbock with instructors from Tyler Dallas and Roswell.

Sunnyside Rt. 1 Dimmitt Charles Hedrick Brownfield Park Gilbert Hillis 67Th St San Antonio John Houser Whitney Miami Fla Hillis Ronie Internal Revenue ‘Service West Texas New Mexico Lubbock

FBI Joins Search In New Negro Shootings

Cantona Mississippi reporting five African Americans were shot with birdshot near a civil rights rally. They were wounded by a passing car from 30 to 40 yards and held overnight in satisfactory condition. Names include Leo Carter 23 Lerey Jones 20 Shirley Dotson 17 Angie Dotson 16 Bernice McGruder 23.

Canton Miss FBI Robert L. Goza Leo Carter Lerey Jones Shirley Jean Dotson Angie Dotson Bernice McGruder

Negro Leaders Vow To Continue Protest

An angry militant group of Negro leaders vowed to keep mass demonstrations defying Gov. Terry Sanford’s call for peace. They criticized his lack of a firm desegregation policy and said they will march until barriers fall. Plans for demonstrations in eastern North Carolina towns were announced at a meeting of Negro college students.

Raleigh N.C Terry Sanford North Carolina

Algeria to Buy $30 Million in Technical Equipment

A report notes Algeria plans purchases totaling thirty million dollars this year for technical equipment. Nearby, a road near railroad tracks divides a white land Negro section in Can ton population 9 000 about twenty miles north of Jackson.

Algiers Algeria Canton Jackson

Rites Today for Mrs. Pearl Davis

Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl E. Davis 70 of Plainview a former Lubbock resident will be held at 4 30 p m at Southside Baptist Church Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home She lived in Lubbock 1938 1961 and died Tuesday in Plainview Hospital Survivors include two daughters two sons four brothers four sisters nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren Pallbearers are Merle A Roberts Alvie Palmer Bill Davis Lee Davis M D Davis and Max Davis

Pearl E. Davis Plainview Lubbock Southside Baptist Church City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home Davis Plainview Hospital Calvary Baptist Church John Bell 46Th St B. W. Robertson Nolan Noah Davis Gould Okla George Newton Nichols Pampa Edd Newton Hooker Johnny Newton Sayre Maude Dalton Lelar Parrish Stratford C. W. Welch Wichita Falls Homer Gossett Amarillo

The Shepherd Consultation by Julien C. Hyer

A devotional piece cites Hezekiah spreading a letter before the Lord to seek guidance. The poem urges readers to spread their troubles before God when heartaches and problems overwhelm human wisdom.

Hezekiah Syria Julien C. Hyer

Mrs. Eliza Etta Bridges Rites Pending

Mrs. Eliza Etta Bridges 76 died Tuesday night at Medical Arts Hospital Lamesa where she had been a patient for about a week Funeral arrangements are pending with Higginbotham Funeral Home Lamesa She was a member of the First Baptist Church and is survived by husband James Henry a daughter Sallie Holt Carlsbad NM three sons Charles L Breckenridge Vernon Loyd Odess a and Forrest W California a sister Mrs E L Blankes Amarillo five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren

Lamesa Eliza Etta Bridges Medical Arts Hospital Higginbotham Funeral Home Bridges First Baptist Church James Henry Sallie Holt Carlsbad N.M Charles L Breckenridge Vernon Loyd Odessa Forrest W

J. L. Seely Rites Set Today

Hale Center death notices list J. L. Seely 75 of 1311 N. Main as died at High Plains Hospital. Services at 11 a m today at First Methodist Church with burial at Tahoka Cemetery at 3 p m. Hale Center Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include two sons two daughters, three brothers, a sister, and eight grandchildren plus four great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.

Hale Center J. L.seely N. Main High Plains Hospital Seely First Methodist Church Woodrow Williams Cotton Center Methodist Church Tahoka Hale Center Funeral Home Marvin Sherman E. L. Arnold Big Spring Clyde Woods Wolfforth Morris Bowen Royce Jefferson Gordon Lee Ray Lee Rusty Bourland Pete Laney

Rites Set Today For Mrs Sealy In Lamesa

Alice Fondren Sealy 84 died Monday in a city nursing home she had inhabited 38 years. Services 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with ministers M R Hancock Milo Arbuckle and Luther Crawford. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park by Higginbotham Funeral Home. Survived by three daughters two sons 29 grandchildren 53 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

Alice Fondren Sealy First Baptist M. R. Hancock Milo Arbuckle Luther Crawford Lamesa Memorial Park Higginbotham Funeral Home Sealy Hillcrest Baptist Church Gladys Anthony Eustace Imogene Eowing Wichita Falls Thelma Scott Lamesa W. E Gene Jack Kermit W. F Broken Bow Okla

Samson Services Scheduled Today

Mrs George Samson 83 pioneer died 1 p m Tuesday in Garza Memorial Hospital services set for 4 p m today at First Presbyterian Church Rev C B Hogue to officiate Burial in Terrace Cemetery Mason Funeral Home in charge Born in Forfar Scotland she came to Post in 1911 member of First Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star Survived by husband a daughter in law Mrs Jack Lamson two sisters Mrs Bell Fife and Mrs Eliza Johnson both of Forfar Scotland, survivors listed.

George (Scotty) Samson Garza Memorial Hospital First Presbyterian Church C. B. Hogue First Baptist Church Terrace Cemetery Mason Funeral Home Samson Forfar Scotland Post Order of Eastern Star Jack Lamson Bell Fife Eliza Johnson

Props Services Set In Portales

Mrs Leona A Props longtime Roosevelt County settler dies in a Fort Sumner hospital with services at Wheeler Mortuary Chapel Portales minister Claude Dunn will officiate Burial is in Causey Cemetery Survivors include husband two daughters five sons 28 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren Pallbearers listed

Fort Sumner Helen Mae Hicks Clovis Ben Elton Colton Calif Bert Sanger Lester R. L Roswell David Jackson Orian George Leonard Talley Bud Talley Fred Dansforth John Spears

Rites Scheduled For Mrs Harris In First Baptist Church

Rites for Ruth Lavonia Harris 80 a former Snyder resident who died Tuesday at a Roscoe rest home will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the First Baptist Church Snyder with Dr A B Lightfoot officiating Burial will be in Jayton Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction She survived by four daughters B E Garner Midland Will Punkony Slaton Sadie Reed Dallas Bertha Clark Lubbock a son Joe D Westmoreland Calif three sisters and two brothers Pallbearers named Ennis Floyd A B Floyd Wade Rodgers Simon Best Earie Bentley John Bruton Carl Keller Jake James

Slaton Sadie Reed Dallas Bertha Clark Lubbock Joe D Westmoreland Calif T. E. Findley Betty Lucas Rochester Tex Myrtle Thomas Vernon Luther Whatley Sweetwater Jeff Whatley Jayton Ennis Floyd A. B. Floyd Wade Rodgers Simon Best Earie Bentley John Bruton Carl Keller Jake James

John Popejoy Rites Slated Here Today

Services for Mrs. John R. Popejoy 80 of 2313 Std St. will be at 2 p.m. today at the Pioneer Church of Christ with Garrie Atkisson officiating and assistants James Rutledge and John Gresson. Mrs. Popejoy died Monday after a lengthy illness. Survivors include her husband two sons three daughters two sisters a brother 18 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

John R. Popejoy Pioneer Church of Christ Garrie Atkisson Northside

Wall Infant Rites Scheduled Friday

Grave side services for Simon Adler Wall infant son of Mr and Mrs D G Wall will be Friday in Comanche Okla The child born in Littlefield Hospital two months ago died Tuesday at Medical Arts Hospital Survived by brothers Raymond Ronald a sister Deborah all at home and grandparents Otto Wall and Mr and Mrs Gus Caccocini Placerville Calif

Littlefield Simon Adler Wall D. G.wall Comanche Oklo Littlefield Hospital Medical Arts Hospital Raymond Ronald Deborah Otto Wall Gus Cacoccini Placerville Calif

Hugh McClellan Rites Set Today

Hugh J. McClellan 77 of 2412 Ave T died Monday in a local hospital after surgery. Services 4 p.m. at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Sam Estes officiating. Masonic graveside rites in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivor details and charitable contributions requested to named Masonic and hospital charities.

Rites Set Today For Mrs Cole in Sudan

Services for Ida Belle Cole 81 will be at 10:30 a.m. at Sudan First Methodist Church with Rev. Frank Weir officiating. Burial will follow at Littlefield Cemetery. She died Monday at home and is survived by three daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren and eight more.

Sudan Ida Belle Cole Sudan First Methodist Church Frank Weir C. J. Coffman Parkview Baptist Church Littlefield Littlefield Cemetery Hammons Cole G. W. Davis Raymond Arnold Rosenberg Virginia Stewart Clay Leroy Mule‘shoe

Rites Set Today for Irdell R. Boren in Sudan

Irdell R. Boren 65 a Sudan resident for 30 years dies Monday in South Plains Hospital Amherst. Rites at 9 30 a m today at Church of Christ conducted by Walter Bostick and Mickey Blake burial at Belton Cemetery Thursday Panel Funeral Home Littlefield in charge Survivors include wife Iona daughter Regan Ormond Arlington son Douglas Lubbock a sister Mrs A C Moore four brothers and three grandchildren and a great grandchild

Sudan Irdell R. Boren Church of Christ Walter Bostick Mickey Blake Belton Cemetery Panel Funeral Home Littleeld Boren South Plains Hospital Amherst Belton Iona Regan Ormond Arlington Douglas Lubbock A. C. Moore Steve Lee J. R M. L

Pioneer Roswell oilman Max Coll dies from bullet wounds

Max W. Coll a Roswell oil industry pioneer found shot in head in his carport with no foul play suspected by police. A former Artesia teacher and Artesia football coach in the 1920s, he became an oil man during the early Artesia boom and later moved his office to Roswell.

Roswell Max W. Coll New Mexico Coll Artesia

Services For Odessa Child Set Thursday

Four year old Wylie B. Gammill Jr. fatally injured in a headon crash near Midland Tuesday morning. Services will be at 10 a.m. in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home chapel with graveside rites at Mount Olivette Cemetery in Fort Worth. Survivors include his parents, a brother Mark Twain, and grandparents Eva Lowry of Lubbock and A. A. Dickey of Fort Worth.

Odessa Wylie B. Gammill Jr Headon Midland Hubbard-Kelly Mount Olivette Fort Worth Hwy Mark Twain Eva Lowry 23Rd St Lubbock A. A. Dickey

Thibodeaux Services at St Elizabeth Church Today

Services are set for 10 a.m. today at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church for Oben Thibodeaux 151 who died Monday. Rev A Maguire to officiate. Burial in Irving. Local arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home. Thibodeaux formerly lived in Dalas and Lubock for four years. survivors include wife three stepsons three stepdaughters two sisters two brothers and several step grandchildren.

St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church Oben Thibodeaux A. Maguire Irving Sanders Funeral Home Thibodeaux Dalas Lubock

Port Authority to rent Baltimore terminal for $1 a year

The Maryland Port Authority agreed to rent the marine terminal from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for 1 dollar per year for 40 years with an option to buy.

Baltimore UPI Maryland Port Authority Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Meat Ration Changes in Peking and Algeria Study

A terse report notes lower meat allowances in Peking while Algeria analyzes population data with figures around 44 ounces. The brief touches on mining projects and holiday bonuses amid broader economic monitoring.

Algiers Algeria

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Red John C. Whitfield 413Th Civil Affairs Company Army Reserve Arthur E. Walkowiak Ft. Wolters Mineral Wells Beckwith Bound W. A. Rhea Tucson, Ariz Tessa Rhea 28Th St James Hobart Gaughen Moser and Son Funeral Home Cedar Bluffs Neb Gaughhen Methodist Hospital Resthaven Memorial Levelland Highway Rix LX Life Insurance Cool Line Legal Reserve Porter Mrs Pearl Davis The Mrs. Bridges J. L. Seely Mrs. Sealy Portales Mrs. Harris John Popejoy Wall Hugh McClellan Cumberland Presbyterian Church Hugh J. McClellan Ave. T Sam Estes McClellan Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge Af&am Fayetteville Tenn H. B. Bryan Montague Lodge Yellowhouse Scottish Rite Hospital Shrine Hospital Knights of Templar Eye Foundation Home For Mrs. Cole Pioneer Roswell Oilman Southwestern Bell
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