Three in Three-Quarter Tech Summer Theater Opens
Texas Tech's summer University Theater in Repertory presented Amphitryon 38 by S N Behrman as the kickoff in a three-play, four-performances-per-show series running through July 10. The Behrman piece, crafted for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, features Jupiter visiting Alkmena and Amphytryon in a witty, high comedy exploring mortal and divine love and artful dialogue. Cast and direction by Ronald Schulz drew praise for pacing and character work, with standout performances by David Keys as Jupiter and Doriss Horton as Alkmena.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
S. N. Behrman
Jean Giraudoux
Tam
John van Druten
Lunt
Fontanne
Beehrman
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Jupiter
Alkmena
Amphitryon
Mercury
Leda
Ronald Schulz
David
Keys
Mike Cook
Ariel
Doriss Horton
Biff Painter
June Bearden
Mary Beth Beane
Nenetta
Linda Snow
Reagan Upshaw
Allan Turnipseed
Susie
David Beauchamp
After Funeral Fiery Crash Kills Family
In Bristow Oklahoma Tom Matthews 36 his wife Mary 32 and their two sons Tommy 8 and Todd 4 were killed in a two car fire crash minutes after attending their mother's funeral. Donald Byers Sr. 38 of Tulsa also died as authorities said both gas tanks exploded and vehicles burned. A Tulsa salesman at the scene described the horror.
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Bristow
Okla
Tom Matthews
Here
Oklahoma
Donald Byers Sr
Tulsa
Gaines Boy 6 Dies Crossing Street for Fireworks
In Seminole a 6 year old boy Dewayne Burgess Webb died after being struck while crossing 11th Street near U.S. 180 West to buy fireworks. He died on arrival at Memorial Hospital. Services set for Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Seminole Cemetery.
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Memorial Hospital
Dewayne Burgess Webb
Sammy Webb
11Th St
U.S. 180 West
First Presbyterian Church
Seminole Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Wounded Woman, Reporter Kept in Hospital After Shootings
Mrs. Mary Hiracheta, 24, of 1510 E Stamford, is in fair condition at Methodist Hospital after a shotgun blast near her home Friday morning. Avalanche-Journal reporter David Butler, at 2108 25th St, is listed in serious condition after surgery on Thursday at Methodist Hospital.
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Mary Hiracheta
E. Stamford
Methodist Hospital
David Butler
Avalanche- Journal
Butler
25Th St
Farm Storage House Gutted Near Shallowater
A frame storage house nine miles north of Shallowater burned after 8 p.m. Saturday. Total damage exceeds $1,000 with $250 on contents. Fire officials believe oil, an irrigation pump, and other items were stored inside. Laborer David Gonzales reported the fire and rode with a motorist to report it. Owner is R. F. Hess of New Deal.
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Here
Lubbock
David Gonzales
R. F. Hess
New Deal
Japanese Man Aims to Kill Prime Minister Sato
Tokyo police arrested 26 year old Toshio Sugano on suspicion of planning to assassinate Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. Sugano, a former factory employee, told police he sought a chance to kill the premier because he was disappointed by politicians.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Asahi
Toshio Sugano
William White Funeral Today in Friona
Services for 88 year old William Monroe White will be at 2 30 p m in the First Baptist Church with Rev Bill Foil officiating Burial will be in Friona Cemetery under direction of Clathorn Funeral Home White had lived in Friona since 1929 and died Friday at Palmer County Community Hospital He is survived by four sons Irvin Henry Levirn and Ray all of Friona a brother Sam White of Ocean Grove N J two sisters Mrs Clifford Bailey of West Plains Mo and Mrs Nannie Turley of Brea Calif 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Friona
William Monroe White
First Baptist Church
Bill Foil
Clathorn Funeral Home
White
Levirn
Palmer County Community Hospital
Irvin
Tacoma
Wash
Henry
Ray
Sam White
Ocean Grove
N.J
Clifford Bailey
West Plains
Nannie Turley
Brea
Calif
Minister's Rites Planned Today for Rev Homer Harrington
Memorial services and morning prayers will be held at 10:00 a.m. at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church for Rev. Homer R. Harrington 77 retired Episcopal rector and St. Christopher's School chaplain who died Friday at his home in Lubbock. Funeral services are set for 10:30 a.m. next Wednesday at St. Pauls' Episcopal Church Grand Forks N D where he served as rector 28 years. burial in Grand Forks. Survivors include his wife a son a daughter a sister and six others.
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St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Homer R. Harrington
Mr. Harrington
Lubbock
St. Christopher's School
St. Pauls’ Episcopal Church
Grand Forks
N. D
Frederick Gillette
Grand, Forks
Norman Brothers Funeral Home
Mishap Victim's Services Today
Services for Mrs. Donna Sue Sanders 29 will be at 4 p.m. today in the Arch Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Low officiating. Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery. Sanders died after 1 p.m. Friday in a two car crash north of Lubbock at Farm Roads 1294 and 1264. Survivors include husband David two sons David and Don both at home mother Mrs. J. B. Smith of Slaton father Jack McLaughlin of Dallas and brother Jerry McLaughlin of Midland.
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Portales
Donna Sue Sanders
Baptist Church
Arch
Jimmy Low
Wheeler Mortuary
Sanders
Lubbock
J. B. Smith
Slaton
Jack McLaughlin
Dallas
Jerry McLaughlin
Midland
Industrial Accident Fatal To Dallasite
A Dallas packing plant accident killed Vernon Lowell Taylor a 39 year old worker. Investigators said the truck he was loading lurched backward and crushed him at the scene in Dallas.
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Dallas
Vernon Lowell Taylor
Fatal Oil Field Accident Near Seminole
John Tucker Lawrence 62 died in an oil field accident about 11 miles south of Seminole while working on a Mobile Oil pump jack. He lost balance and was struck by counterweights. Survived by wife Birdie, daughter Doyle Washington, parents, two sisters, and a brother. services in Seminole and Lubbock.
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John Tucker Lawrence
Here
Sam Chanault
Seagraves
Roy McMinn
Ray Cates
Lawrence
Mobile Oil Company
Mount Vernon
First Baptist Church
Gene Hawkins
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
Singleton Funeral Home
Birdie
Doyle Washington
John V. Lawrence
Marshall
W. C. Lineberger
Henry LaGrone
Halsville
H. H
Mrs. Vardy's Rites Slated
Mrs. P. L. Vardy Sr. 92 widow of the late Dr. Vardy dies after a lengthy illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday at Estelline First Methodist Church with Rev. Albert Cooper and Rev. Elmer Ward. Burial in Estelline Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, a sister group, and six grandchildren.
Portales Woman In Critical Condition After Lubbock Area Crash
Mrs. Charles Marie Harrison 36 of Portales New Mexico remained in the intensive care ward of Methodist Hospital in critical condition after a two car crash Friday afternoon. The collision at Farm Roads 1294 and 1264 about three miles north of Lubbock killed Donna Sue Sanders 29 of Portales and injured three others.
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Charles Marie Harrison
Portales
N. M
Methodist Hospital
Harrison
Donna Sue ‘Sanders
Lof Lubbock
Mrs. Katie Evelyn Hambrick Rites Set in Parkdale Church
Services for Mrs. Katie Evelyn Hambrick 86 of 418 3rd Place are 11 a.m. Monday at Parkdale Baptist Church with Rev. George Young officiating. Graveside rites follow at 3 30 p.m. at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors include two sons, a daughter, two stepsons, a granddaughter and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Katie’ Evelyn Hambrick
Parkdale Baptist Church
George Young
Lamesa Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral
Hambrick
McMurray
Lubbock
Levi Miller
James G. Miller
Oklahoma City
Exie Rushing
Hobbs
N. M
D. L. Hambrick
Blooming Grove
W. S. Hambrick
Amarillo
Billy Ray Rushing
Frank Pierce
Billy James Pierce
Mike Bostick
Kenneth Penrod
Porter Foster
Two Injured In Collisions In Lubbock
Saturday accidents sent two Lubbock residents to hospitals with minor injuries. Mario Llanas, 18, of Route 5, treated at Methodist Hospital after his car hit a street lamp on State Highway 116 near Vicksburg Avenue. Later, Billy Ray Adams, 37, of 2139 71st Street, was hospitalized after a two car crash at Ave P and 60th Street involving Ester Thompson Pigg of Buffalo Springs Lake.
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Lubbock
Mario Lianas
Route 5
Methodist Hospital
Llanas
Vicksburg Avenue
Ave. P
60Th St
Billy Ray Adams
71St St
Adams
Ester
Thompson Pigg
Buffalo
Springs Lake
Petersburg Man Fatally Shot Near Farm
A 33 year old Petersburg man Billie Clayton Pierson was found dead from a gunshot wound beside his pickup near FM 457. Hale County authorities ruled the head wound accidental while Pierson tried to remove a shotgun from a case. Survived by wife two daughters two sons and multiple relatives. Services pending with Lemons Funeral Home of Plainview.
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Petersburg
Billie Clayton Pierson
Rt. 7
Abernathy
Justice of the
Delbert Beaton
Beaton
Pierson
Preston Samuel
Beatson
Hale County Sheriff's Department
Petersburg School Board
Petersburg High School
Deborah Nay
Cynthia Michele
Sammy Paul
Stacy Brent
W. J. Pierson
Plainview
Walter
Hereford
D. W
Bovina
Joe
Burleson
Virgal
A. D. Helms
Ethel Fierson
Funeral Set for Mrs Louise Burns in Franklin-Bartley Chapel
Services for Mrs Louise Burns 43 of 911 37th St will be held 4 p m Monday in the Franklin-Bartley Chapel with Rev Grantland Groves assoc pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating Burial will be Resthaven Memorial Park under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Mrs Burns a Lubbock resident since 1933 died Friday in University Hospital Survivors include husband a son mother a sister and a granddaughter
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Louise Burns
Franklin-Bartley Chapel
Grantland Groves
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Services Today For Mrs Lee In Lamesa
Mrs Florene Adalene Lee ninety of Dawson County dies Friday afternoon at Medical Arts Clinic in Lamesa. Services set for 2 pm at First Baptist Church conducted by Dr George Worrel. Burial in Lamesa Cemetery Branon Philips Funeral Home. Survived by three daughters and four sons with dozens of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Florene Adalene Lee
Dawson County
First Baptist
George Worrel
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
Lee
Hamilton County
Oil
Annie Bishop
Fresno
Calif
Dorothy ‘Holliday
Imperial
Verna Morelind
Amvarilie
Alva
Ebbie
Luther
M A. Oof Bedits
Parker Mrs Susie Bell Parker 89 dies in Abilene
Mrs Susie Bell Parker 89 a resident of Peacock died Friday in Hendrix Memorial Hospital Abilene. Services set for 2 30 p m at Peacock Baptist Church with Travis Boyd officiating burial in Double Mountain Cemetery Littlepage Funeral Home Aspermont in charge. Survivors include six sons Alton Aaron Howard Roland Ruben Quanah two daughters Ola Mae Beard Annie Bell Ross and 33 grandchildren 62 great grandchildren.
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SPUR
Susie Bell Parker
Peacock
Hendrix Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Peacock Baptist Church
Travis Boyd
Aspermont
Howard
Roland
Ruben
Quanah
Delano
Calif
Ola Mae Beard
Annie Bell Ross
McFarland
Mrs W P Coffman dies. services Monday at Parkway Drive
Mrs. W. P. Coffman 70 of 1719 44th St died Friday at Highland Hospital after a month there. Funeral 1 a.m. Monday at Parkway Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Ben D. Johnson officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She was mother of Rev. William Coffman. Survived by husband, three other sons, five brothers, and a sister.
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Parkway Drive Baptist Church
W. P. Coffman
44Th St
Lubbock
Highland Hospital
Ben D. Johnson
College Heights Baptist Church
Buria
City of Lubbock
Rix
William Coffman
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