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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1971
Page
3
In a 1911 to 1913 arc, Warj an unnamed figure tested rainmaking by flying kites tied to dynamite charges to seed showers across Garza County and the South Plains. Mixed results followed, with August downpours aiding harvests at the Post Double A ranch while other battles failed to bring rain.
Police and sheriff's deputies conducted a joint narcotics roundup early today marking their first such effort this year. One arrest was anticipated outside city limits as only small quantities were found. Officer D E Hampton reported two juveniles, ages 15 and 16, were detained after marijuana appeared in a matchbox in the 4800 block of Avenue Land. They were turned over to juvenile authorities.
Obituary notes and local notices honor C. W. Post era rainmaker in Caprock country. Mentions deaths and funerals of residents in Lubbock and surrounding towns. Remembers Post and his rain battles with dynamite theories, funding over $50 000, and the shift away after his 1914 death.
Services for James Pernell Beverly 74 are at 10 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church Clovis with burial at Lovington Cemetery. Beverly died Wednesday in a Lovington hospital after a long illness. A Smith-Roger Funeral Home arrangement.
Dewey Murphy Sr., 72, of Brownfield, died Friday at Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a long illness. Services at 4 p.m. today at Southside Church of Christ, burial at Terry County Memorial Cemetery, under Brownfield Funeral Home. Survivors include five children, a stepson, two brothers, a sister, and 12 grandchildren.
Horace L. Blackburn 67 of Muleshoe died Friday at West Plains Memorial Hospital after an apparent heart attack. Services will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Doug DuBose officiating. Burial in Bailey County Memorial Cemetery. Blackburn operated Blackburn Food Market 1948–1962 and worked at Crown Chevrolet. He was a Masonic lodge member, church deacon and treasurer, and former city councilman. Survived by daughter Beatrice Hart of Lancaster and six grandchildren among three sisters.
Allan Nevins aged 80, renowned American historian and Pulitzer Prize winning biographer, died Friday in a Menlo Park nursing home after a long illness. A longtime journalist and college professor, he worked for major New York papers, taught at Cornell and Columbia, and held posts at Oxford Cambridge and the University of Jerusalem. Since 1958 he was a senior associate at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and after a 1967 stroke he continued Civil War history work until entering Sharon Heights Convalescent Home in June 1970 for treatment.
An AP report describes a disrupted stay by a Nixon party member at a Flagship Hotel in Rochester. A damaged toilet prompt row over hotel facilities and a telephone complaint directed to the White House. Flights out of Rochester Airport were canceled and area roads unlocked amid confusion.
A Houston restaurant owner paid 17000 for the grand champion steer at the Houston Livestock Show. The 1262 pound Charolais Angu s was owned by George Kimbriel of Mason. The buyer also acquired the reserve grand champion for 5000, a 1096 pound black Angus shown by Randy Bell of Midland.
Services for Whirley Brooks Pettit age 73 are set for 2 p m today at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel with Church of Christ layman Ned Fairbairn officiating Pettit died Thursday night at his home south of Littlefield He was born in West Virgil and had lived in Littlefield six years He was employed at Pierce Beech Aves 605 Burial will be in Littlefield Cemetery under direction of Hammons Funeral Home Memorials may be made to the church or to the family in care of the Hammons Funeral Home Survived by a son and daughter and several stepchildren and grandchildren in various Texas and California locations
A funeral service for Army Pfc. Jose De La Rosa 20 of Hale Center will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Hale Center First Baptist Church. The Rev. Robert Smith will officiate with full military honors and burial at Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Plainview, Freeman Funeral Home in charge. De La Rosa died in a truck mishap in Germany while stationed near Augsburg as a helicopter mechanic. Survivors include his parents in Hale Center, two sisters in Wolfforth and Lubbock, a half brother in Hale Center, and two half sisters in Lubbock and Taylor.
Funeral services for Mrs Idella Young 58 are set for 2 30 p m at the Church of the Living God Burial will follow at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park under South Plains Funeral Home direction Mrs Young died about 7 am Tuesday at her residence 1809 Ast St She is survived by daughter Mrs Katie Pearl Kernels Wharton sister Mrs Frances Marie Green Lubbock and brother Willie Lewis Cooper
Hundreds gather outside the Texas Capitol to view the Apollo 11 spacecraft and moon rocks on display. Governor Preston Smith and Col Edwin Aldrin officiate the opening, calling Apollo 11 the fulfillment of a dream and declaring March 5 to 8 Apollo 11 Days.
Walter Davies 85 of 1507 25th St. died Friday at Parway Manor Nursing Home. He served as county judge from 1945 to 1954 and helped widen 19th Street to ease heavy truck traffic. Survived by a son and several relatives. Services at 2:20 p.m. today at Bowman Chapel First United Methodist Church, burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery.
A short devotional poem emphasizes gratitude for peaceful ordinary days and avoids taking calm moments for granted. It contrasts tranquil days with trials that test the heart and seek divine peace amid life’s rough periods.
Floydada special notices announce funeral services for H. A. Copeland 71 to be held at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church Floydada with Rev. Floyd C. Bradley officiating. Copeland died Thursday in Wichita Falls. burial in Floydada Cemetery. He served in World War I and was a long-time Chamber of Commerce and VFW member. He moved to Floydada in 1919 and married Lois Ewing in Plainview in 1921. Survived by wife two sons two daughters two brothers two sisters 18 grandchildren eight great grandchildren.
Alfred Kincer II, 25, a Texas Tech University graduate and Army lieutenant, was killed near the Vietnamese DMZ after serving in Vietnam. The Droplet tomato developed by Michigan State University agriculturists shares its name with its waterlike fruit. In Hong Kong 1970 saw 17,465 births and 20,763 deaths.
Buzz Aldrin told the governors that the moment described was one of the saddest in his life, reflecting on the emotional weight of a recent event or decision.
Newton O Briant dies at 75 in Big Spring after moving to Stanton in 1936 from Fisher County. He was a retired farmer with four daughters and two sons, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. services are pending at Gilbreath Funeral Home in Stanton.
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