WROTE SERIES OF BOOKS Lee Mortimer Dies at 56 in New York
Lee Mortimer newspaper columnist and author of the New York Confidential series died of a heart attack at 56. He recent ly addressed the Society of Professional Investigators on reporting methods. Mortimer, born in Chicago, is survived by a brother and was recently married to Mari ko Harada. Private funeral services planned in New York City.
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NEW York
Lee Mortimer
Mortimer
Society of Professional Investigators
Beaux Arts
New York Mirror
Washington
Army Signal: Corps
Ann Koga
Mariko Harada
Robert Lieberman
New York City
Frank. E. Campbell
Morrison Rites Scheduled Today
Rites for Jesse Blackmore Morrison 82 are set for 2 30 p m in Spur Church of Christ with Charles M Adams officiating. Burial in Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife four sons four step daughters five sisters 10 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren with pallbearers named.
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Spur
Jesse Blackmore Morrison
Lester Morrison
Charles M. Adams
Spur Church of Christ
Vernon Williams
W. L. Kite
Spur First Baptist Church
Spur Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Morrison
Spur Ranch
Marion Jordan
Mike Godfrey
C.D. Foreman
Fredrick Dalby
Norton Barrett
James Wright
Rob Simmons
L. D. Ratliff
Eckert Funeral Planned Today
Mrs. Clara R. Eckert 70 died Thursday at 2 p.m. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with Rev. J Loyd Mayhew presiding. Burial will follow in Brownfield Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. A Palo Pinto County native, she lived in Terry County 52 years and taught in Brownfield 1917 to 1947 and Union School District 1947 to 1959. Survivors: daughter Nell Marie Wilson Boulder Colorado. sister Frank Fina more New Orleans. brother Gibson Randall El Paso. two grandchildren.
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Clara R. Eckert
J. Loyd Mayhew
Brownfield Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Palo Pinto County
Eckert
Terry County
Union
Nell Marie Wilson
Boulder
Colo
Frank Finamore
New Orleans
Gibson Randall
el Paso
Rites Set For Friona Woman
Services for Mrs Mary Kennon Officer 82 of Friona are set for 10:30 a m at the 6th Street Church of Christ with Paul Smith minister officiating Burial is under Clathorn Funeral Home direction Survivors include two daughters four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers are John Renner Cotton Houser Tom Jarboe Truitt Johnson Steve Struve and Eugene Boggess Honorary pallbearers include J M Watson Ennis Cummings Ed Boggess Nelson Welch and Rene Snead
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Friona
Mary Kennon
6Th Street Church of Christ
Paul Smith
Clathorn Funeral Home
John Renner
Cotton Houser
Tom Jarboe
Truitt Johnson
Steve Struve
Eugene Boggess
Maxwell Services Scheduled Today in Lovington
Maxwell William Robert Maxwell 79 dies in El Paso. Funeral 10 a.m. at Smith Yardro Funeral Home Lovington Chapel with burial in Lovington Cemetery. Survivors include son W R Maxwell Lawton Okla daughters Evelyn Maxwell El Paso and Merle Nelson Roswell sister Ada Stanley Lawton and 15 grandchildren and great grandchildren. IOOF members named pallbearers.
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Lovington
William Robert
Maxwell
Smith-Yardro Funeral
Bill’ Maxwell
West Ave
el- Paso
W.R. Maxwell
Lawton
Okla
Evelyn. Maxwell
el -Paso
Merle Nelson
Roswell
Ada. Stanley
IOOF
Post Resident Rites Monday
Harold L. Smith 69 long time resident died Friday in a Big Spring hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Monday at Hudman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ed Herring officiating. He moved from Kilgore and was a World War II veteran and member of First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include wife two sons James Leslie Post Walter Centralia Il two daughters Mrs. James Newbold and Mrs. A. D. Halford sister Mrs. M. O. Miller Pittsburg Pa and eight grandchildren.
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Harold L. Smith
Big Spring
Hudman Funeral Home
Ed Herring
First Presbyterian Church
Smith
Kilgore
The
Presbyterian Church
James Leslie
Post
Walter
Centralia
James Newbold
A. D. Halford
M. O. Miller
Pittsburg
Christ Transfigured And Childlike Faith Lesson
The lesson combines three texts from Mark and John 4 34 focusing on doing the will of God Christ on the Mount and the childlike innocence needed to be first Christ reproves John for condemning those who heal in Jesus name The note by Julien C Hyer previews an International Sunday School Lesson for tomorrow.
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Mark
Christ
John
Rites Pending For Clovis Man Thomas Horn 87
Services for Thomas Horn 87 of Clovis who died Friday afternoon at 4 15 are pending at Our Chapel of Memories Mortuary. Horn came to New Mexico in 1902 and settled at San Jon near Tucumcari. He was a former postmaster at San Jon and member of the First Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Joy a daughter Mrs Floyd Bresenham of Clovis two sons Jack Santa Fe and Tom Pampa three sisters Mrs Eleanor Davis Hillsboro Mrs Nina Arnett Amarillo and Mrs Kate Bennett Canyon two brothers Hugh Fescandido California and Horace San Jon fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Clovis
Thomas Horn
Horn
New Mexico
San Jon
Tucumcari
First Methodist Church
Joy
Floyd
Bresenham
Jack
Santa
Tom
Pampa
Elenor’ Davis
Hillsboro
Nina «Arnett
Amarillo
Kate Bennett
Canyon
Hugh
Scandido
Calif
Horace
Condron Services Slated In Spur
Rites are set for 4 30 p m today at the First Methodist Church Spur for William Hade Condron 88 a Dickens County resident since 1917 The Rev William McReynolds will officiate Burial will be Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction Survivors include his wife three sons a daughter a sister and seven grandchildren
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William Hade
Condron
Dickens County
William’ McReynolds
Spur Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Mrs Cora Ella Weathers Rites Held In Snyder
Services for Mrs. Cora Ella Weathers 81 of Scurry and Borden counties are set for 3 p.m. today at Colonial Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Fields officiating. Burial follows at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Funeral Home guidance. She was born in San Saba and is survived by a daughter two sons four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Cora Ella Weathers
Scurry
Borden
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Jim Fields
Big Spring
Jimmie Nelson
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
San Saba
Smith Services Scheduled Today
William Henry Smith, 82, of 1312 Ave C, will be laid to rest at City of Lubbock Cemetery after a 10:30 a.m. service at Parkdale Baptist Church officiated by Rev Darrill Davison. A retired cattle buyer, he died Wednesday at West Texas Hospital after 25 years in the area.
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William Henry Smith
Ave. C
Parkdale Baptist Church
Darrill Davison
City of Lubbock
Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home
Smith
West Texas Hospital
Rites Planned for Local Woman Roy Williams
Rites set for 63 year old Mrs Roy Williams Monday at 11 a m in Rix Funeral Home Chapel following Thursday death at West Texas Hospital Burial will be Idalou Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction Survivors include husband two daughters a sister and a granddaughter Pallbearers listed as L A St Clair O C St Clair Duane Fer evuson W O H Emery Milton Blackmon and Jerry White
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Rix Funeral Home
Chanel
Roy Williams
Quinn
West Texas Hospital
Idalou Cemetery
L. A. St. Clair
O. C. St. Clair
Duane Ferevuson
W. O H. Emery
Milton Blackmon
Jerry White
Scavone Child Rites Today At St Patrick Church
Rites for Elois Ann Scavone six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike Scavone of 3520 Idalou Rd are set for 10 am today at St Patrick Catholic Church Rix Funeral Home. She died Thursday at Methodist Hospital. Surviving relatives include three sisters a brother and grandparents.
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Elois Ann Scavonce
Mike Scavone
Idalou Rd
St. Patrick Catholic Church
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Methodist Hospital
Services Pending For Resident Of Lubbock
Rites for James E. King a 70 year old resident of Lubbock since 1941 were pending Friday night at Rix Funeral Home. King died at 9 am Friday in a Big Spring hospital. He moved to Lubbock from Pampa and is survived by his wife a daughter Elizabeth Maris 2641 E Bates two brothers R W Pampa and Clyde Hurst and a sister Mrs H K Speaks Grand Prairie.
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James E. King
FE. Bates
Rix Funeral Home
King
Big Spring
Lubbock
Pampa
Elizabeth Maris
E. Bates
R. W
Clyde
Hurst
H. K. Speaks
Grand
Prairie
Ropesville Man John Ayers Rites Set at Local Church
Services for John Ayers 63 a Ropesville resident since 1948 will be held at 3 p m today at Ropesville First Baptist Church. Officiating are Rev Woodson Armes and Rev Wayne Perry. Ayers died Friday at Methodist Hospital after a week there. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Curtie four sons two daughters mother and 11 grandchildren.
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Ropesville
Ropesville First Baptist Church
Woodson Armes
Polytechnic Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Wayne Perry
Ayers
Methodist Hospital
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Curtie
J. T. Ayers Jr
Brownwood
T. W. Ayers
Wolfforth
Jack Ayers
Levelland
Ronnie Ayers
Ann Schwartz
Delorese Carey
Kathryn Watson
4Th
Ann Ayers
Yuma
Ariz
Ira Ayers
San Bernardino
Calif
Elvis Ayers
Fullerton
Lee Ayers
Edna Bell Ayers
Josie White
Dolores
Cantrell
Zelma Howard
San. Bernardino
Funeral today for Ed Noble, Plainview resident
Ed Noble 81 former Farmers Grain Co. manager and Hale County district clerk 1939 1959 dies of heart attack Friday. Funeral at 2 p m in Wood Dunning Memorial Chapel with Dr Roy C McClung officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Lydia four sons Burns Horace Steve Nisbet a daughter Mildred and seven grandchildren.
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Noble
Tulsa
Wood-Dunning
Home Memorial Chapel
Roy C. McClung
First. Baptist
Will
Plainview Memorial Park
Noble Grain.Co
64Th Judicial District
Hale County
Lydia
Burns
Horace
Steve W
17Th St
Lubbock
Nisbet
Amarillo
Lydia* Johnson
Mildred Noble
Fort Worth
Lawrence Rites In Clovis Today
Char les Eugene Lawrence 34 is honored in a 2 p m service at C V Steed Memorial Chapel. Minister Joe Wilson will officiate and burial follows at Lawn Haven Memorial Garden. A Clovis native and Clovis High School graduate he attended Eastern New Mexico University. He was a Mason and a Shriner. Survivors include his wife a stepson his parents and a sister. Pallbearers named are Gerald Spies Roy Whitmore George Patterson James Patterson Jimmy Allison and Charles R Gear.
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Clovis
C. V. Steed Memorial
Charles Eugene Lawrence
Joe Wilson
Gerald Spies
Roy Whitmore
George Patterson
James Patterson
Jimmy Allison
Charles R. Gear
Former Plainview resident Hardy Louallen dies at 69
Services for Hardy R. Louallen 69, a former Plainview resident, are at Wood-Dunning Funeral Home. He died Friday morning while living in Abilene. Louallen came to Plainview in 1930 from Cotton Center, leaving a sister Mrs. Mary Henslee in Seagraves, a brother A F Louallen in Bowie, and two grandchildren.
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Hardy R. Louallen
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Louallen
Abilene
Cotton Center
Hale County
Jennie Jennings
A. F. Louallen
Bowie
Mary Henslee
Seargraves
Rites Today For City Resident Mrs Gus Scheffel
Services for Mrs. Gus Scheffel 74 a Lubbock resident for 21 years who died Thursday in Stamford are set for 3 p m today at Redeemer Lutheran Church. The Rev E G Neunaber will officiate with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery directed by Sanders Funeral. She was born in Round Rock and is survived by four sons two daughters three sisters two brothers nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers include E Schoppa J W Newsom Monroe Umlang Emil Timian Albert Ohlenbusch and Jim Reed.
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Gus Scheffel
Baylor
Lubbock
Stamford
Redeemer Lutheran Church
E. G. Neunaber
Buria
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Round Rock
Children Playing With Matches Blamed for Local Fires
Firefighters blamed children with a cigarette lighter for two fires Friday. At 5 01 p m they responded to 1808 San Jose Drive where a sofa burned and windows and wall portions were damaged with smoke in the apartment. Earlier that morning a mattress fire caused minor damage at 5307 31st Street, with smoke also in the bedroom.
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San Jose Drive
George Nelson
31St St
Vandalism Looting Probed After Home Burglary Near Lubbock
Sheriff's deputies continued their investigation Friday into Thursday night’s burglary at the home of Mrs. Clifford Pierce, 12 miles southwest of Lubbock. Looters stole numerous items including a vision set, stereo, firearms, wardrobe, and household goods. tracks and mud noted inside the house. Additional car vandalism and thefts were reported in several neighborhoods, with several residents listing damaged windows and missing items from cars and sheds. A pickup may have been used to load loot from the Pierce residence.
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W. C. Johnson
J. B. Douglas
Clifford Pierce
Lubbock
Douglas
Pete Montgomery
28Th St
Anna Waldret
Bruce Keller
25Th St
Jimmy Drury
Ave. K
E. J. McBroon
27Th St
David Lunsford
Ave. N
Rusty Steel
Sth St
Pete Gotsis
Mathis-Murray
Lucy Mickler
23Rd St
Rodney Smith
Parkway Drive
Fiesta Bowling Lanes
Four Held In Home Raid On 30th Street Narcotics Search
Police arrested four people in a Friday raid at a 2700 block of 30th Street home after two weeks of surveillance. Detectives seized a small arsenal and a tobacco can with suspected marijuana, barbiturate capsules, and tested items. Multiple firearms including a snub nose revolver and a .32 pistol were recovered.
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30Th St
Bill Bessent
Earl Eubanks
Bill Rutherford
Department of Public Safety
Bessent
Boston Ave
Tahoka Votes on School Bonds for New Building
Tahoka residents will vote on a $550000 bond issue for new school construction. The election, called by the Tahoka Independent School District, will be in City Hall with two propositions: tax rate not to exceed 1.50 per 100 valuation and a 23 year bond at up to 5 percent interest.
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Tahoka
Tahoka Independent
Injuries Prove Fatal for Mercedes Boy
Mario Huerta aged 3 of Mercedes died Thursday night from injuries suffered Tuesday when he was struck by a car. The incident occurred in Mercedes as the child was treated after the crash.
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Mercedes
UPI
Mario Huerta
City Traffic Mishaps Leave Four Treated
Four people were treated after traffic incidents Friday in the city. Jack Ward Lackey, 26, in fair condition at West Texas Hospital for an injured jaw after swerving to avoid a doe and hitting a parked car on Boston Avenue. Lupe Gonzales, 22, and Jimmy Teran, 25, treated and released after crashes on Clo vis Road and Ave Q. Melba Weber, 20, treated at Methodist Hospital after rear ending a truck on Clovis Road.
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Jack Ward Lackey
34Th St
Apt
West Texas Hospital
Lackey
Boston Ave
Clovis Road
Ave
Q. Lupe Gonzales
Colgate
Jimmy Teran
S. Ave. P
Melba. Weber
24Th St
Methodist Hospital
Dockworkers Idle Over Death of Tony Anastasia
UPI reports 12,000 Brooklyn dockworkers idled the waterfront in tribute to Anthony Tough Tony Anastasia who died of a heart ailment. Some may stay off through Tuesday for his funeral, while Greenpoint remains unaffected under Local 755. Anastasia, brother of Albert Anastasia of Murder Inc. fame, was killed in 1957.
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New York
UPI
Anthony
Tough Tony) Anastasia
Brooklyn
Waterfront Commission
Prac
Greenpoint
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