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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1971
Page
3
A Lubbock woman noted for her four children has assembled a notable Mars library begun in her senior year. The feature highlights her dedication to space science and mapping of Mars with a goal aligned to specific degree requirements.
Texas International Airlines announced broad reductions in service approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board. About 30 employees mainly air crews are to be laid off as nonproductive flights are dropped. Lubbock agents say no local layoffs yet, with seven employees at Lubbock Regional Airport expected to remain in their roles.
The report notes reassignment of funds and three unrestricted grants of about 2000 dollars each from Texaco Inc to Texas Tech University. Passenger Convairs were reassigned among Texaco officials as Beech Aircraft and geo sciences see changes. No markets dropped entirely though overall losses rose from 4.8 million to 7.3 million in 11 months. Ane MLC Ria begins a 6000 dollar grant distributed over three years.
Vice President Spiro Agnew told the Buffalo Evening News he sees no need to purge Senate liberals in 1972 as he did against Sen. Goodell last year. He praised Sen. Hatfield for sincerity and discussed Rockefeller, Nixon, and past nomination dynamics. A separate note mentions a $2,000 grant to Texas Tech and local tornado training events in Lubbock.
Floydada residents learn Japrock Hospital passed a Medicare survey with full marks since December. Administrator Robert Williams says two days notice inspection praised service quality. Improvements include medical records and nursing, plus a new lab technician and resident anesthetist Caprosk. Capprok meets Medicare needs after nurse-hour relaxations through 1975. The piece shifts to space topics about moon rock tests and Mrs de Wys, interspersed with musings on women's roles and career balance.
Funeral services set for Frank Wise 75 of 3824 50th Street at Monterey Baptist Church with Rev Bill Hindman. Entombment in Peaceful Gardens Mausoleum. Wise formerly worked for Creole Oil.
Harrisburg faces a cash crunch with about 70 000 state employees facing a payless week and payments halted to vendors supplying fuel oil coal and food to institutions. Gov Shapp refused a new tax bill while lawmakers drew pay from a separate legislative fund as stopgap funds ran out. Republican criticism follows the governor’s blockage of a 2 billion appropriation bill.
Austin lawyer John D. Cofer 72 longtime adviser to prominent figures died at his home. Services set today in Austin. He would mark 50 years in practice this year and counted Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough among clients. Cofer helped Johnson in the 1962 Senate election contest. He was born in Gaines and graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1921. He served as special justice to the Texas Supreme Court in 1928 and as special counsel for antitrust litigation 1931–38. He joined the National Democratic Advisory Committee in 1952 and led the Senate Preparedness Investigating Committee in 1956.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today for Cynthia Lee Harden born dead at 6:16 a.m. Monday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Jer Harden of 1513 24th St. Survivors include four sisters, Deborah Kathy Sharon and Tammy, and her grandparents. Officiating will be Jack Cobb of Monterey Heights Unit Jehovah Witnesses. Burial will be in City of Lub rock Cemetery.
Services for Mrs Munroe H Williams 77 of 1515 39th St are pending at Henderson Funeral Directors. Burial will be City of Lubbock Cemetery. Also noted is the death of Charles Leonard Lubbock Hawn 70 of 2202 West 19th St died Monday at St Mary's Hospitals after an apparent heart attack. Surviving family includes husband Tomasine and many relatives.
Floydada born S Sgt Vinson Skip Harrolson 26 died at Williams AFB Mesa Arizona from a gunshot wound to the head. Details of the incident are unavailable. He graduated from Jaltsu Oklahoma High School and served four years in the Air Force including a year in Vietnam. Survivors include his mother Mrs Art Ratzlaff of Floydada his stepfather and a half brother Verleyn Ratzlaff of Floydada.
The Rev Jimmy McGuir will officiate at a ground breaking and Sunday services for a new building with 10 a.m. start. The project involves 17 years as a local contractor and includes a kindergarten and first grade program. Architect team includes Jim Whitaker and Steve Faulk. Building committee members are named, and regular services followed the groundbreaking. Funeral for Earnest Ray Bertreaux set for today in Tahoka with burial in Tahoka Cemetery. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Hodges C N Hodges PTA presents its annual Parent and Family Life Education Program over the next two weeks on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Discussion groups meet March 2 4 9 and 11 from 7 to 9 PM with a public session, featuring Mrs Burnis Henderson Royce Parrish Bill Kershner and Max Bunting as speakers. A nursery is available for the first session and as needed later.
Police filed forgery charges against Javier S Ramirez for credit card use. The University of Cincinnati hosts an April textile symposium from Texas Tech with a permanent exhibit showing raw cotton to finished fabric. Credits show LeCroy set bond at $1,000 as other locals face DUI charges. Elma Williams launches a tenant aid trust in London to assist renters facing lease losses.
A brief verse by Julien C. Hyer imagines dying Moses’ way in prayerful isolation. The speaker desires to wander into the mountains to commune with God and be laid to rest by divine hand, embracing the wideness of mountains and a peace beyond human understanding.
Funeral arrangements for Richard Thomas Whitley Jr. are pending at White Funeral Home in Plainview. The infant died shortly after birth at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Surviving relatives include sister Debbie of Plainview and grandparents Jack Waltman of Longwood Florida and Mrs. Sarah Whitley of Post.
WACO UPI Six prisoners faced murder charges after Chief Jailer Bobby Mayo 295 was shot in the head and Jailer Al Blackwell 59 injured during an attempted jail break. The defendants Larry Twine Felix Hornsby Larry Chappell Cleveland Scott Carl Ray Lewis and Harold Furlow were charged with murder and attempted escape.
About 20 mechanics from Lubbock auto dealers and independent shops are expected at a 7 p.m. clean air clinic at Fenner Tubbs service department 48th Street and Avenue Q. Don Shriver of Oklahoma City Champion Spark Plug Co will demonstrate antipollution device servicing and tuning using a mobile laboratory simulating engine conditions.
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