Six Found Guilty In Complex Case
Six defendants in a nationwide burglary and prostitution conspiracy were found guilty by a federal jury in El Paso. Judge D W Suttle sentenced them to five years in prison and fined $10,000 each. six others were acquitted. The case began with 19 defendants, spanned 17 weeks of testimony, and involved interstate crimes across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. All six convicted appealed. Brownfield News reported Dr. Harrison Hughes 83 died in General Hospital after months of illness. services pending. Survivors include son Homer Jr and two sisters.
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EL Paso
UPI
U. S&s. Dist
D. W. Suttle
Suttle
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oxford
Iran
Pond Creek
Okla
Graford
Mobeetie
Tex
Jerry Ray James
FBI
del Rio
James
Willian
Robert Brown
Amarillo
Brown
Leavenworth
Kan
U.S
Ernest Morgan
Overton
Morgan
Brownfield
Harrison Hughes
General Hospital
Lubbock traffic concerns eyed. council hearing set
City officials meet in a special session to review a plan to widen and rebuild Avenue Q from Clovis Road to 22nd Street with a public hearing before City Council scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Traffic director Wayne Sherrell outlines the proposal at today’s session.
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Engineering Department
City Hall
Avenue Q
Clovis Road
22Nd Street
Wayne Sherrell
Poison in Media And Morals, A Call To Clean Living
The author argues against vulgar smut in movies books and magazines comparing obscene content to poison. He urges readers from all regions to avoid such material to protect health of mind body and heart, signed Julien C Wyer.
Local awards honor youth volunteers at community centers
More than 100 people gathered at the Mae Simmons Community Center to honor the Junior Advisory Board and volunteers from Rogers and Mae Simmons centers. Mayor W D Rogers Jr. delivered the banquet speech and presented certificates of appreciation. Volunteers, youths and adults, supervised playground activities and helped run programs.
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Mae Simmons Community Center
Rogers and
Mae Simmons
W. D. Rogers Jr
Ronna Hankins Rites Planned
Graveside services for Ronna Gay Hankins one day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hankins of 3208 2nd St. will be held today at 2 p.m. in Resthaven Memorial Park with Carrell N. Anderson officiating. Burial follows. The infant died Tuesday morning at Methodist Hospital. Survivors include her parents a brother Darren Lee of Lubbock maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Marshell Ellis of Ector paternal grandmother Mrs. Cleo Smith of Oklahoma City and paternal grandfather R. T. Hawkins of Mountain Park Oklahoma.
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Ronna Gay Hankins
R. J. Hankins
2Nd St
Resthaven Memorial Park
Carrell N. Anderson
Smithlawn
Marshell Ellis
Ector
Cleo Smith
Oklahoma City
R. T. Hawkins
Mountain Park
Okla
Mrs Sedberry Rites Held at Messiah Church
Funeral services for Mrs. J. R. Sedberry 94 were held at 2 30 p m at Messiah Presbyterian Church with Rev John Lee Walker officiating. Burial followed at City of Lubbock Cemetery. She died Sunday at 3519 Teak after a long Lubbock residency since 1923. Survivors include two daughters and four sons.
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J. R. Sedberry
Messiah Presbyterian Church
John Lee Walker
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral Home
Jamison Funeral Home
Pastor Abernathy and Mule Train in Capitol Protest
The Poor People’s Campaign led Aubrnathy and 260 others arrested during a Capitol march. Abernathy received 20 days for unlawful assembly as 400 demolition workers tore down Resurrection City shanties and a 13‑wagon mule train exited Arlington after a tense standoff with police.
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Abernathy
Capitol Mill
Capitol
Resurrection City
Plawood
Poor People's Campaign
Washington
National Park Service
Arlington
Willie Bolton
Bolton
Plane crash in Buena Park kills three aboard
A private Beech plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a residential back yard in Buena Park California. All three occupants died. witnesses said the craft narrowly missed a house and left only the tail and two wingtips intact as flames were extinguished.
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Buena Park
Calif
Jones
Bertram Services Incomplete For Local Builder Henry Bertram
Services for Henry D. Bertram 69 are incomplete at Henderson Funeral Directors. Bertram owner of B B Construction Co lived in Lubbock 46 years and died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital after a two week admission. Survivors include daughter Mrs James Smith two sons Billy and Raymond Bertram.
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Henry D. Bertram
Henderson
Bertram
21St St
St. Mary’s Hospital
B & B Construction Company
Lubbock
Acuff
Lubbock Builders Association
James Smith
30Th St
Billy Bertram
Raymond Bertram
Kingsland
Severe storms sweep Texas with tornado watch in effect
Heavy thunderstorms moved across Texas with a tornado watch covering many northeastern cities. Warnings noted hail and gusty winds as lines of storms stretched from Mineral Wells to San Angelo and from Paris to Coleman. The Weather Bureau forecast clearing on the South Plains and a front bringing more rain to central and southern Texas.
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Texas
Mineral Wells
Goldsboro
San Angelo
Red River
Paris
McKinney
Fort Worth
Stevenville
Coleman
Weather Bureau
Marshall
Louisiana
Temple
Dallas
Gainesville
Denton
Ennis
Waxahachie
Sherman
Denison
Greenville
Wichita Falls
Decatur
Cooper
Commerce
Clarksville
U.S
Lubbock
South Plains
Houston
Laredo
Mrs Williams dies at 71 in Snyder area
Mrs. Ross Delia Iola Williams, 71, of Rt. 2 Snyder a Scurry County resident for 59 years, died at 11 20 am Tuesday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a weeklong hospitalization. Services set 5 pm today at Northside Baptist Church with Rev Tom Williams officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens Bolger Funeral Home Snyder. Survivors include husband four daughters nine sons 45 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren.
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Snyder
Ross
Delia Iola) Williams
Rt. 2
Scurry County
Lubbock’s
Methodist Hospital
Brown County
Northside Baptist Church
Tom Williams
Littleton
Colo
Bob
W. W
Odessa
Fred
Hobbs
N.M
Ted
Post
Fort Smith, Ark
Rev. Williams
Littleton, Colo
Rev. C. N. Wylie Dies at 86 in Kansas City
The Rev. Clarence N. Wylie 86, longtime Plains Presbytery pastor, died in Kansas City. Services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Village Presbyterian Church with Rev. Charles Spivey officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include wife Elberta, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. He organized churches in the South Plains and served Slaton for seven years.
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Kansas City
Clarence N. Wylie
Plains Presbytery
Village Presbyterian Church
Charles Spivey
Knox Presbyterian Church
Overland Park
Kan
Memorial Park
Wylie
South Plains
Slaton
Elberta
Woodrow Adcock
Amarillo
A. Q. Sartain
Dallas
Robert Spivey
Rogers, Ark
Maurice Kelley Rites Thursday
Services for Maurice Doc Kelley 61 will be at 4 p m Thursday in Bell Seale Chapel with Rev John Gordon and Rev Bill Parkey officiating Burial will be in Colorado City Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction He died Monday night at home after an apparent heart attack He was a Indiana native and World War II veteran a Snyder resident of 55 years Surviving are Constance and two sisters Mrs Henley Hottle and Mrs A E Gesell both of Indianapolis Ind
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Snyder
Constance
Henley Hottle
A. E. Gesell
Indianapolis
Ind
Rocket belts shown at space symposium in San Antonio
Scientists preview a one man jet flying unit or rocket belt at the international biov astronautics symposium. Don Ostrander of the Aerospace Co. stating belts have flown up to 815 feet at 60 mph and 60 feet high, with new models tested for miles. Possible lunar use could expand exploration and reduce extravehicular time. The demo shows rooftop level flight and river crossings. The symposium runs through Thursday.
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Paul Recer
SAN Antonio
Bell Aerosystems Co
San Antonio Convention Center
Wright Brothers
Don Ostrander
The
Aerospace Co
Ostrander
Moon
New Boy Scout Post Organized in Lubbock
The Explorer Boy Scout Post sponsored by the Lubbock Police Department will receive its charter at 8 p.m. on July 8 at Smylie Wilson Junior High School. The group formed two weeks ago to study law enforcement and its first project is a traveler's rest stop on U S Highway 84 south of Lubbock for Independence Day.
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Explorer Boy Scout Post
Lubbock
Additional Testimony Planned In Gordons V Goolsbys Case
Testimony continues in 72nd District Court in the civil suit of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gordon against Jerry Randall Goolsby and Bernie Q. Goolsby. The Gordons seek 20000 dollars for injuries from a July 31 1967 auto collision at 69th Street and Avenue S. Judge William R. Shaver presides as the case began Monday.
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72Nd District Court
Joe Gordon
Jerry Randall Goolsby
Bernie Q. Goolsby
Gordons
69Th Street
Avenue
William R. Shaver
Five Injured In Wrecks Across City
Becky Hairston, a year old daughter of Mrs Sybil Elder Hairston, was treated at a private doctor's office and released after a two car accident near Boston Ave and 33rd St. Linda Carol Payton, 18, was treated and released after a car pickup truck crash at 40th St and York Ave. Three people sustained minor injuries in a rear end collision on Quirt Ave near E 7th St. Leata Elliott and Betty Chapman Elliott were treated at Highland Hospital and released after a two car crash on Quirt Ave. Kathrene Rogers Chaney was treated at a private office and released.
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Becky Hairston
Sybil Elder Hairston
25Th St
Boston Ave
33Rd St
West Texas Hospital
40Th St
York Ave
Linda Carol Payton
21St St
Apt
Quirt Ave
E. 7Th St
Highland Hospital
Leata Elliott
3Rd St
Betty Chapman Elliott
39Th St
Kathrene Rogers Chaney
Rt. 3
Lubbock
Rites Slated For Rancher Robert W. Duncan
Services for rancher Robert Wraldo Duncan 56 lifetime Tatum resident will be at 4 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev P D Fullingham of Lubbock and Rev Milton Thompson officiating Burial will be in Tatum Cemetery directed by Smith Rogers Funeral Home Duncan died Monday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock after a short illness He owned a ranch seven miles west of Tatum He was a member of the Ranchers Association Cattlemen’s Association Tatum Roping Club and Tatum Rodeo Association He is survived by his five sons Lee Presley Jimmy Tommy Bobby a daughter Jo Ann Anderson seven Pallbearers are Byron Fort Homer Ingle Alvin Brecken Tye Field Carl Johns on Ray Fitzgerald Lyman Graham and Charles Patterson
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Tatum
Robert Wraldo Duncan
Lea County
First Baptist Church
P. D. Fullingham
Lubbock
Milton Thompson
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
Duncan
West Texas Hospital
Tatuma
Alta Schaffer
Durango
Colo
Mollie Miller
Pomona
Calif
Byron Fort
Homer Ingle
Alvin Brecken
Tye Field
Carl Johnson
Ray Fitzgerald
Lyman Graham
Charles Patterson
Ambassador Winters Named Safety Ambassador for 12 Months
Jonathan Winters receives the National Safety Council designation for a year as Ambassador for Safety, recognizing his commitment to public safety initiatives and outreach.
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Ambassador Winters Hollywood
UPD
Jonathan Winters
National Safety Council
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Chester Author Schutes
James Timothy Overton
Clifford Henry Bowen
Benjamin Thomas Tisdale
Dale Norwood Hall
Sue Overton
Mary Farmer
Fred Clinton Hedges
Curtis Glenn Garrett
Garrett
James Gillespie
Hedges
W. F. Knickerbocker
Midland
Farmer
Max Flueshhe
Austin
Fred Semaan
Ltill
Lubbock Citizens Traffic Com
Jim Coffman
McAllen
Church of the Good Shepherd
45Th Street
Avenue L
Daisy Willbanks
Clarence W. Elkins
28Th St
Justice of the Peace
FL R. Land
Elking
99Th District Court
Vernon Louis Wilson
1711
Ave. F
W. R. James
Ted Elkins
Northwest Highway Chapel
Hilcrest Memorial Park
Sparkman- Hillcrest Funeral Home
George Massengale
Plainview
Franklin - Bartley Funeral Home
J. R. Anderson
Full Gospel Church
Massengale
Harpenter
Methodist
Jose Herrera
McAdoo
Raymond Harris
Dickens County
Jimmy Chesney
Queen Laundry
34Th St
Lubbock Firenten
Julien C. Wyer
Ronna Hankins
William Russell
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Martin Luther King
Harold H. Greene
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions
Greene
America
Beechcraft
Fullerton Airport
Reginald Jones
Anaheim
H. D. Bertram
Mrs. Williams
Maurice Kelley
Boy Scout
Harden's Flowers
Ave. M
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