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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
11
In Belle Isle Louisiana workers labor over a flooded mine as seven men killed last week lie 1,200 feet below ground. A 21 man rescue team paused for the day due to exhaustion after continuous work by lantern light.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy joins about 8,000 people including Cesar Chavez at a Delano City Park mass supporting farm workers. Chavez, a 31-year-old Mexican American, had lost 35 pounds since February 14 while reaffirming his nonviolence campaign. Kennedy praises the cause and vows joint effort for decent wages housing and opportunities for workers and their families.
Services for Emma Hick man 71 died Saturday in Crosbyton hospital will be at 10 30 a m today in First Methodist Church Crosbyton Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. W F Gene Pierce 67 died Saturday at home in Ropesville service 2 30 p m today First Baptist Church Ropesville burial in Reethavan Ma sayea. Elementary School Morgan City La memorials set. Bodies found in mine near Lubbock after carbon monoxide fire. coroner to identify as surface work continues. E E Thomason Plainview gasping funeral set for Calvary Baptist Church Plainview 10 a m today burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. John Gomer Avila 57 Lubbock dies West Texas Hospital service 10 a m today St Joseph Catholic burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Pierce served as Ropesville mayor in early 1950s. Thomason had lived in Plainview since 1934 and was a trucker.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Sims will be held at 2 30 p m in the First Baptist Church of Floydada. Burial will follow in Floydada Cemetery. Moore Rose Funeral Home in charge. Mrs Sims was a resident of Wichita Falls.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Milam Lott, 59, of 2215 23rd St died Sunday at Methodist Hospital will be at 4 p.m. today at Pint Creteian Church with Dr. Dudley Strange officiating. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fairview Cemetery of Memphis, Tex. Survivors include her husband Jim of Amarillo and three aunts and two uncles.
James C Burleson 63 of Clovis died Thursday at an Albuquerque hospital after a long residence there Survivors include two sons James C and William Michael both of Clovis a daughter Mrs Sara Perry of Raleigh NC his mother Mrs Katherine Burleson of Clovis and one grandchild Services pending with Sherwood Mortuary in Clovis New Mexico
Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Laycock world war hero and Malta governor 1954 1959 died Sunday at age 30. He served with special commando units behind enemy lines and helped 1941 Rommel raid. Laycock headed combined operations 1943 and attended Allied conferences Cairo Potsdam Yalta. Survived by wife Angela Dudley Ward two sons and three daughters.
Los Indios Tabajaras, two Brazilian brothers, turn guitars into a full symphonic portrait on a Sunday afternoon concert. They perform in vivid native dress then switch to formal black, delivering seven South American selections and instrumental showpieces with refined technique and multiple encores.
A short reflective verse echoes Job 15 10 on aging with lines of dignity calm and security. The speaker prays for mature life free from toil and neglect and asks for peaceful days in comfort and security.
Frank Mull 65 a Seagraves native and former farmer died Saturday while visiting his daughter Mrs Johnny Thornton in Wichita Kansas He lived in the Loop community since 1940 and previously in O Donnell Survivors include daughters Mrs Thornton and Mrs Cornett and son Jimmy of Seagraves plus 11 grandchildren and eight more relatives in Alabama and Clovis N M Orville Gay 65 of St Paul Minn died Friday at Webb Funeral Home Clovis Services pending at St Paul with burial in National Cemetery of St Paul The family notes survivors include three daughters two sons a sister and grandchildren Great grandchildren also listed
Charlie R. Cargile 82, a Lynn County resident since 1920, died Sunday at Kerrville hospital. Native of Hill County he was a retired merchant. Survived by four daughters Alline Willingham Marysville Calif Maureen Willingham Susanville Calif Geneva Stark Bartlesville Okla Virginia Hensley Tohoka a brother C B Cargile Rising Star and a sister Mrs Frank Gilley Post. White Funeral Home of Tahoka.
Arctic explorer Walter Harland of Cambridge University wins the Royal Geographical Society founder's medal for 1968, presented by Queen Elizabeth II in London.
Willis Elmer Howell 67, a retired Plainview real estate man, died after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Dr. Tim Trammel officiating, followed by burial at Snyder Cemetery at 3 p.m. Howell, born January 5, 1901 in Camp Springs, married Ruth Flowers in 1921. They moved to Plainview in 1950. Survivors include his wife, a daughter Mrs. James O. Mebane of Dumas, a son Herman Luke Howell of Denver, two brothers Edward R. Howell of Hamilton and Elvin N. Howell of Tulsa, a sister Mrs Edna L. Wond of Snyder, and six grandchildren.
Former Lubbock area resident Miss Barnard 53 died Friday in Bakersfield from an apparent heart attack. She was a sister of Mrs Odell Moore of Andrews and moved to Bakersfield several years ago. Surviving brothers Pete Keith and Ted Barnard reside in Bakersfield. Funeral services scheduled in Bakersfield.
Paris reports General Charles Ailleret and his wife and daughter died when a DC8 crash near Reunion Island after a suspected navigational equipment failure. Investigators study cause as the air force in Paris notes the sole civilian survivor was a nurse. In Knoxville Tennessee a taxi driver A J Boruff was found shot and his cab burned near Knoxville College. Police search for leads with four students detained and a pistol recovered. The Knoxville editorial urges calm and progress in race relations.
William Corder 70 lifelong Morton resident dies Sunday in Cochran Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Hobson officiating. Burial in Morton Memorial Park. Survivors include wife, son Lawrence of Morhree and four daughters, two brothers, 18 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral by Singleton Funeral Home.
Services for Mrs Amelia Allen Bates 75 of 2706 Duke die night at West Texas Hospital. Funeral at Henderson Chapel at 3 p.m. with Rev. Ben D. Johnson officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Native of Humbolt Tennessee, Mrs Bates has lived in Lubbock since 1971. Survived by two daughters in Lubbock and Amarillo, two sons, two brothers in Altus Oklahoma, 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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