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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1967
Page
3
In Gainesville a trial starts today involving Margaret Meddern aged 48 amid bankruptcy and property disputes. The defendant faces charges linked to alleged financial misconduct connected to the Medder family estate and bank relations with the National Bank of Commerce in Memphis.
Gov. Ronald Reagan restates his noncandidacy as conservative for the 1968 GOP nomination. Gov. David Cargo of New Mexico and Gov. George Romney of Michigan are noted as leading contenders or potential supporters as party executives seek alignment.
Funeral services are planned for two crash victims. One man from Kress died on arrival at Angel hospital after a two car collision on Highway 87 near the lan 3 intersection. The other victim, a Roswell native, died shortly after arrival at a local hospital. six others were injured in the crash that wrecked the car driven by Walter Norman Mallet. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with Dr Roy Me.
Fragmented obituary brief lists services and survivors for several individuals including Mrs Edgar G and David Clark at various churches and hospitals. Details include service times, locations, relatives such as spouses children and siblings, and notes of accidents and illnesses. The text references St Pauls Episcopal Church Wichita and Reese AFB among other places with scattered survivor counts.
A fragmentary poem excerpt mentions a mission school, a girl with glasses, and a moment of spiritual awakening. The speaker, Julien C Hyer, hints at a transformation through soul-decision and religion, presenting a reflective scene of faith and enlightenment.
Services for Mrs R B Thelywa Louise Dobbins 60 of Port Me and 83 Arthur Harisell will be held today. Burial at Lake City Cemetery will be by Sandy ers Funeral Homes. Roger Settler, son of Bethel Baptists Church, survives with wife and two children. More than 50 people attended a family reunion in State Park hosted by Mrs Joe Skinner.
Services for Horace Brunette 56 will be at 3 p m today at the First Baptist Church with Rev Calvin Partain officiating Burial will be in O Donnell Cemetery directed by the Funeral Home of Tahoa Brunette longtime resident and peace officer died on arrival at Mercy Hospital Sinton He was born in Roberson County and lived there until westerr He was a farmer and had been peace justice for 17 years Survivors include wife Scennie two daughters Becky and Delmin Scasca both of Bryan and Velma Francis of Houston balancers will be Borley Ian Line Clyde Win an Oscar Veech Harold Brunt ry and Tommy Vestal
Jett R George of LaGrange died at 6 a m Sunday after a heart ailment. He had lived in Kent County 34 years and was a veteran. Burial arrangements are through Weatherby Funeral Service. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
Levelland passings report C L Moore died Sunday in Bentonville Arkansas. Services are pending at George C Price Funeral Home with burial in Resthaven Mausoleum Lubbock. Moore moved to Levelland in 1961 from Smyer where he ran a mercantile store for years. He had lived in Smyer 35 years and moved there from Southland. He resided with a daughter in Bentonville for about a year. He belonged to Fifth Street ERVELLAND community group. Other obituary notes mention Weaver and age details from May 1965, with family memories and service arrangements.
Cheng said China aims to gain influence by arming Arabs with nuclear weapons at low cost. He argued Beijing seeks leadership of the non aligned world beyond the Middle East, including Asia Africa and Latin America, to shift global influence away from the United States and Russia.
A garbled obituary notice mentions William Shaw and a funeral home service schedule. The readable fragments reference a Maori Hospital and Pleasant Bite amid unclear place names, with no concrete dates or firm affiliations.
R H Stambaugh death reported with services planned in Levelland. Residence listed as 1103 area. Obituary notes Saturday events and mentions multiple family members, with memorial rites to be held in the cemetery.
Fragmentary OCR text provides unclear timing details and scattered phrases. The readable portions mention Poona and time related wording but lack coherent events, dates, or named individuals to form a concrete news item.
A scrambled report cites Moscow and a string of place name changes aimed at erasing past memories. It notes authorities in Russia and references to Fieldville Woodward and various fictional entities as part of a broader branding effort.
Funeral arrangements listed for G L McLain and relatives from Houston Lubbock Phoenix Pecos and Albuquerque with four sisters thirteen grandchildren and one great grandson named among survivors.
Reported incidents include thefts of a clock radio television set and record player, window smashing on West side, and a burglary at Lum ber Co. A 1964 automobile was damaged. suspect Arparo Ortega tied to a youth group. Police noted gunfire near a motel injury but non life threatening.
Howlward Draper eighty-year-old Dickens County resident died in Spur Memorial Hospital. Draper moved to Dickens County in 1910 and was a veteran of the era awaiting funeral rites at the Spur cemetery with local officials preparing arrangements.
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