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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1966

Page

3

Antismog Device Law Called Monstrous Hoax

Detroit report cites Automotive News calling a 1968 federal antismog device requirement a monstrous hoax. Joseph Callahan argues devices cost about 45 dollars per car and do little to curb air pollution while claiming a multi billion dollar misdirection behind the Clean Air Act pushed by Sen. Muskie.

Detroit Automotive News Joseph M. Callaha Edmund S. Muskie Maine U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Washington Sen Muskie California Health and Welfare Department

Seek Peace Through Faith Not Tranquilizers

A devotional note urges seeking God's peace rather than drug tranquilizers. It counsels weekly church attendance, daily Bible reading, and constant prayer to find true calm amidst noise and tension.

Peter

Clarence Gordon Services Slated

Clarence Gordon Sr. 72 a former Idalou and Lubbock resident will have services at 10 am Wednesday at Idalou Methodist Church officiated by Rev Aubrey F White with Rev Don R Davidson assisting Burial is in Idalou Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction Gordon died Friday in Norwalk California He lived in Idalou 14 years then moved to Lubbock in 1947 Survivors include five daughters Ver a Chennault Amarello Estelle Wynkoop Ruby Foreman one son Clarence J two sisters two brothers and 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Pallbearers are James Hamilton Les Derrick Dub Pruitt Carlos May D J May Monroe DeBusk

Clarence Gordon Sr Idalou Lubbock Idalou Methodist Church Aubrey F. White Don R. Davidson Hereford Rix Funeral Home Gordon Norwalk Calif Opal Moore Irs Vera Chennault Dallas Marie Gregory Amarello Estelle Wynkoop van Nuys Ruby Foreman Clarence J Ja. Sallock Willie Mae’ Driscoll Divine Twvo Ira Edward Houston

Miss Hasty’s Rites Slated Here Today

Funeral services for Miss Ids Lou Hasty age 92 of 2510 9th St will be held at 3 p.m. today at the First Methodist Church Sunset with Jerry Dellaney and Rev H Murphy officiating. Burial in Sunset Cemetery under Rix Funeral Directors. Surviving sister Vesta H Edwards and several nieces and nephews.

Ids Lou Hasty 9Th St First Methodist Church Sunset Jerry Dellaney H. Murphy Burja Sunset Cemetery Rix Funeral Miss Hasty Order of the Eastern Star Methodist Church Lubbock Vesta H H. Edwards St. St

Seminole Girl Wins Peach Queen Title

Seminole TX Katy LaFollette, 17, was chosen Texas Peach Queen in Stonewall. Representing Gaines County, she will be a Seminole High School senior after competing in peach eating and a peach auction during the peach festivities.

Katy LaFollette Seminole Texas Stonewall Tex LaFollette Sirs Mett LaFollette Gaines County Seminole High School

Rites Arranged For Mrs Burris In Mule shoe

Mrs Mary Louise Burris 35 of Mule shoe died after being struck by a car in Dimmitt. Funeral set for 2:59 p m Wednesday at Assembly of God Church with Rev J W Farmer and Rev R W Luna officiating. Burial Bailey County Memorial Park. Survivors include husband Flore son Tommy and four daughters Kathy Donna Shirley, parents E F Simpson Clovis NM, grandparents L J Simpson Pecos NM and A L Heiser Crane TX, siblings YW Hunter Kingsville Pat Simpson Paul Freddie Ray.

Muleshof Mary Louise Burris Muleshoe Plains Memorial Hospital Dimmitt Millersview Tex Burris Clovis Num Assembly of God Church J. W. Farmer R. W. Luna Andrews Bailey County Memorial Park Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Flore Tommy Kathy Donna Shirley E. F. Simpson L. J. Simpson Pecos N.M A. L. Heiser Crane YW. D Hunter Kingsville Pat Simpson Paul Simpson U On U. S. Navy Freddie Ray

Mishap Victim Eddie Savage Rites Today

Plainview memorial service for Eddie Dean Savage 79 held at Mt Olive Baptist Church with Rev Sam Hearn officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery under Wood-Drumming Funeral Home. Survivors include sister Catherine Smith brother Fredie Savage and four half brothers. parents listed with both grandmothers. The youth died when his car overturned near Plainview Saturday.

Plainview Eddie Dean Savate Nya Mt. Olive Baptist Church Sam Hearn Plainview Cemetery Wood-Drumning Funeral Home Catherine F. Smith Fredie Savage George E. Williams Jo. Villers Robert J. Hacker Charles J2. Thomas Glisia Smith James RR. Savage Jetro, ‘Tex Dixie Copeland

Man Uses Change Scam At Drug Store

A man in his early thirties cheated a Stumbaugh Drug cashier on College Ave by swapping bills for change and leaving with about 25 dollars. Police report suggests another burglary at a State Comptroller calibration station and a break in at a residence with lumber and adhesive stolen.

Stumbaugh Drug College Ave Brenda Straton State Comptroller’s Office N. Quaker Ave Erskine St Billye Steve Scott 24Th St Edly Lubbock Casey Charness Charness

Leeman A. Hartin Rites Planned in Seminole

Funeral services for Leeman A. Hartin 46, longtime Seminole resident, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Singleton's Chapel of the Chimes with Rev. Preston Kl orence officiating. Burial in Seminole Cemetery. Hartin born in Anson on January 23, 1920 died June 20 in San Francisco after a long illness. Survivors include son Gene Allen Hartin of Spring, parents O U Hartin San Saba and Rex Hartin Lampasas. pallbearers named.

Leeman A. Hartin Seminole Sigleton Preston Klorence Seminole Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Hartin Anson California San Francisco Gene Allen Ie Spring

Lockheed Displays Supersonic Jet Mock-Up in Burbank

A million-dollar Lockheed mock-up of an 1800 mile per hour supersonic transport goes on display in a large hangar in Burbank. The model envisions 266 passengers Los Angeles to New York in about 2 hours 10 minutes at 15 miles altitude. Lockheed competes with Boeing for a U.S. SST contract as reporters tour the fixed delta wing design with gull wings and a bay view nose.

Lockheed Burbank Calif Lockheed Air Lockheed Aircraft Corps Los Angeles New York Boeing U.S Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Floyd Teague Rites Are Scheduled Today

Floyd Erastus Teague 79 of Lubbock will be honored at 10 a.m. today in Murphy Memorial Chapel with Rev. Charles Gates officiating. Teague died at 12:05 a.m. Saturday after a car accident in Comfort, Texas. He had lived in Lubbock since 1942 after moving from Plainview. survivors include a son, a brother, two daughters, three sisters and three grandchildren. Burial will follow at Citizens Cemetery under Murphy Funeral Home direction.

Clarendon Floyd Erastus Teague 10Th St Lubbock Murphy Memorial Chapel Charles Gates First Methodist Church Teague Comfort Tex Plainview

Supersonic Transport Contest Advances in 1970s Race

The United States aims to rival the Concorde as it develops a supersonic transport. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney compete for the engine award while design teams prepare air frame and engine proposals to be submitted to the FAA on September 6.

United States General Electric Pratt & Whitney Federal Aviation Agency

Mrs Bert McDonald rites set at Slaton First Methodist

Funeral services for Mrs. Bert Chaomi McDonald 59 who died Sunday in Temple will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Slaton First Methodist Church with Rev David Tinkley officiating. Burial follows in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. Survivors include her husband a son a daughter two sisters and a grandson.

Slaton Bert Chaomi McDonald Temple First Methodist Church David Tinkley Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home Earnest Denny Lubbock Tree Sisters Virgil Woolever Richmond Calif Roy Bryant Larbuddie

Mrs. L. C. Hicks Dies at 81 in Floydada Rites Set

Mrs. L. C. Hicks Edna Etta Hicks 81 Floydada resident died Monday in a Plainview hospital after a heart attack. Services set for Wednesday at First Methodist Church Chapel with Dr. Marshall Rhew officiating. Survivors include three sons, four brothers, a sister, 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Burial in Plainview Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home direction.

Plainview L. C Edna Etta L. C. Hicks Miles Tex Hicks Fritch Marvin Gilbert Lockney Ethel Gilbert Floydada Plainview Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home

Mrs. Anna Dickson Rites Pending After Tragic Death

Funeral services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home for Anna Margaret Dickson 49 found dead at her home around 3 p m Monday. Justice of the Peace F R Land ruled death from a self inflicted gunshot wound. She had lived in Lubbock ten years and Paris prior, worked for the Social Security Administration, and is survived by her son William Charles Dickson two sisters Mrs Ralph Beard Paris and Mrs Gordon Woodard Kermit and three grandchildren.

Sanders Funeral Home Anna Margaret Dickson 42Nd St Justice of the Peace F. R. Land Inlaw William Charles Dickson 14Th St Dickeson Lubbock Paris Tex Social Security Administration Wiliam Charles Dickson Ralph Beard Gordon Woodard Kermit

E. J. Murphy's Services Set in Clovis

FE. J. Murphy 49 of Hobbs died Sunday night in Big Spring Veterans Hospital after a long illness. A WWII Pacific veteran, he was raised near Clovis. Survivors include wife Virgie Lee and siblings Jack B. of Clovis and Cleo Giles of Las Vegas. Burial at Mission Garden of Memories under Steed Funeral Home.

Clovis N.M FE. J. Murphy Hobbs West 21St St. Church of Christ Mardell Lynch Murphy Veterans Hospital Big Spring Pacific Virgie Lee Jack B Cleo Giles Las Vegas Mission Garden of Memories Steed Funeral Home

British Defense Minister Apologizes for De Gaulle Remark

London reports Defense Minister Denis Healey formally apologized for calling French President Charles de Gaulle a bad ally and partner. The remark drew international notice and Healey issued the apology on Monday to mend ties with France.

London API Denis Healey Charles de Gaulle

LauBach Resigns as First Assistant D A of Lubbock County

William M LauBach resigns as first assistant district attorney of Lubbock County to join a Houston law firm with his family moving next week Charles B Ritter of 2310 40th St treated for minor injuries after a two car crash at 3 pm Monday at 26th St and Boston Ave Don Sides 36 son of Mr and Mrs H H Sides 2132 52nd St died at 4 30 pm Monday in a Houston hospital after open heart surgery earlier in the day Sides was a former Canyon Community resident

William M. LauBach Lubbock County Houston Charles B. Ritter 40Th St 26Th St Boston Ave Don Sides H. H. Sides 52Nd St Sides Canyon

Mrs. Lilla B. Gardner Dies at 75 in Lubbock

Lubbock resident since 1946 Mrs. Lilla B. Gardner 75 died Monday at her home 1634 17th St. She belonged to the Baptist Church. Services pending at Rix Funeral Directors. Surviving are seven sons Sam M C L W L J E A R T D Clyde all of Houston. three daughters Weldon Adams Emery and Joe Barron. 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Lilla B. Gardner 17Th St Houston Weldon Adams A. L. Emery el Paso Joe Barron Murray

Van Alstine Rites Held For Denver City Resident

Funeral services for John Walter Van Alstine 82 a Denver City resident of 26 years were set for 3 p m today at the Nazarene Church with Rev Don Johnson officiating Burial followed at Denver City Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral Home direction Van Alstine died Sunday night in Yoakum County Hospital after an extended illness He was a Detroit Mich native and a retired boilermaker Survivors include two brothers Jim and William Chuck both of Denver City

Denver City John Walter van Alstine DenverCity Nazarene Church Don Johnson Denver City Memorial Park Singleton Funeral Home van Alstine Yoakum County Hospital Detroit Mich Jim William Chuck

Abilene Soldier Dies In Viet Nam Friendly Shell Hit

Mr and Mrs H M McBeth Jr of Abilene were notified their son Ronald Gene McBeth 20 was killed Saturday in Viet Nam. The 16th Division soldier died from a fragment from a friendly force artillery shell that fell short.

Abilene H. M. McBeth Jr Pfe Ronald Gene McBeth Viet Nam 16Th Division

Caprice film feature stars Day with Jene Tsu

Hollywood reports that Jene Tsu will star opposite Doris Day in Caprice for 20th Century Fox. The project marks a high profile pairing as production headlines surface from studios handling the project.

Tsu Caprick Hollywood UPI Shanehat Jene Tsu Doris Day Caprice 20Th Century-Fox

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Callahan Senate Health Department The Julien C, Hyer Clarence Gordon James Hamilton Les Derrick Dub Pruitt Carlos May D. J. May Monroe DeBusk Nets L. A. Hartin Helsinki Lockheed Aircraft By Gene Handsaker Mose Floyd Teague Abraham Lincoln Holy Land Resthaven Funeral Home Funeral Home Cemetery Sears Sears, Roe Buck and CO Lubbock, Texas Mrs. Dickson E. J. Murphy’s Lubbock National Bank Wamaem Bares Pittsburgh Wallhiders North Ave Af Erskine
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