Thrills and Spills Abound at Lubbock Rodeo Opener
About 4,500 spectators packed the arena for the rodeo opener featuring bareback bronc riding by Clem Me Spadden and steer riding by Howell of Lubbock Riding Club. Hart leads wrestling and girls open barrel race as Junior Riding Club participants compete among events with special guests and a parade through Dexterown.
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Howell
Lubbock
Hart
Tng
Dexentown
Redes
Senorita
Fateful Ides Hit Rome amid Debt and Strife
Rome checks its past as it mortgages future to cover a 160 million loan. Mayor Clehe Daruta resigns to seek Parliament. council ponders drastic Caesar era measures. Rodeo events and notable figures from Texas Tech, Sheppard AFB, and rodeo royalty are listed alongside city woes.
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Rome
Dubus Ceasar
B.C
Clehe Daruta
Caesar
Protests In Rome Spotlight Housing Clash And Feminist Tide
The report blends Rome housing protests with a rising women’s movement led by figures like Jane Fonda. Activists plastered slogans on streets and billboards while a toxic campaign against abuse of women drew outrage. The piece ties in local obituaries, funeral services, and crime notes amid the Rome unrest.
Services Friday For L H Bain And Others
Local obituary notices list services for L H Bain 16 Tahoka and Clu Wilkinson 25 Den ton plus Ora Elizabeth Greenyeood Sof Ralls and Thomas Nelson Morgan with funeral details across Tahoka Spur Ralls and Dickens County. Casualties include a one car crash near Silverton. Burial plans and funeral home directions are detailed.
Odessa Woman Dies Rites Set At St Josephs Church
Mrs Margarita Carrillo a native of Shafter died at Medical Center Hospital Odessa after a six month illness. Rites are set for 10 am at St Josephs Catholic Church with Rev Fred Nawarskas officiating. Burial in Odessa Cemetery under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Survivors include two sons two daughters and multiple relatives. May include additional obituary items from the same notice.
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Odessa
Margarita Carrillo
Medical Center Hospital
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Fred Nawarskas
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Shafter
Florence Carrillo
Big Spring
Manuel Pineda
Guadalupe Qrnelas
Odesse
Elenor Martinez
Wichita
Kan
Lala Lopez
San Angeles
Dairio Pineda
Alex Pineda
Dimingo Pineda
Houston Harte Rites Conducted at First Presbyterian
Houston Harte Sr. chairman of Harte-Hanks Newspapers died at 79 after a Monday illness. His funeral at First Presbyterian Church in San Angelo drew the Johnson family and Lt. Gov. David Osment among attendees. Funeral rites were led by Dr. S. O. Wood with burial at Fairmont Cemetery. Osment remained hospitalized in serious condition after earlier surgery.
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San Angelo
UPL
Lynedon B. Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
Houston Harte Sr
Harte - Hanks Newspapers, Inc
Iarte
Wood
Harte
Fairman
David Osment
St. Wis
Methodist Hospital
Osment
Lubbock
Edsel Ford Freeway Most Dangerous in Detroit 1971
The Edsel Ford Freeway in Detroit accounted for 56 percent of the city’s freeway fatalities in 1971, making it twice as deadly as any other Detroit freeway.
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Detroit
UPI
First Recreation Trail Dedicated near Dayton Tennessee
The first officially designated National Recreation Trail is dedicated in east Tennessee near Dayton. The Laurel Snow Pocket Wilderness tract covers 710 acres set aside by Bowaters Southern Paper Corp for protection in its natural state. A separate campus vote shows student turnout and liquor measures with Nader defeating Williams by 1,568 to 1,523.
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Dayton, Tenn
Ang
Nader
Freddie Williams
Cotten
William Ramirez
Laurel
Snow Pocket
Bowaters Southern Paper Corp. F
Price Opposes Debt Limit Increase In Congress
In prepared remarks Rep. Bob Price argues against raising the debt limit noting 21 increases since 1954 from 275 to 430 billion dollars. He warns deficits fuel inflation and call it a hidden tax on Americans while a fire department response timeline appears in the hedged report.
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Washington
House For Representatives
Bob Price
D-Tex
Price
Congress
Lubbock
Blaze damages apartment as flames spread on complex
A fire gutted an apartment and smoke filled several units at a complex on Wednesday. The incident followed concerns over government deficits and rising consumer prices, with warnings that unchecked deficits erode public confidence and threaten fiscal stability.
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Price
Matthews Junior High Walkout Follows Student Grievance Meeting
A first period walkout at Matthews Junior High prompted a student grievance committee to meet with administrators. Principal Gordon Deering said about 20 students walked out while fewer than 100 were absent. The group reported demands including more salt shakers, paper towels, and a student talent show, plus requests for paid assemblies and other changes.
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Matthews Junior High
Varly Wednesda
Gordon Deering
Deering
Gordon
Widow of Area News Pioneer Dies in Midland
Mrs C C Watson 92 widow of a West Texas newspaperman died at Colonial Nursing Home in Midland. Services set for 10 a m at Newnie W Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Born in Tennessee she lived in Vanndale Arkansas before moving to Midland where her husband published a forerunner to the Midland Reporter Telegram. Survived by son Chas C Watson managing editor of The Lubbock Avalanche Journal evening edition.
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Tnd
Reed J Hall
Fairview Chapel
Preston
Idaho
Fairview Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Wilford Hall Hospital
San Antonio
Reese Air Force Base
Midland
Newnie W. Ellis
C. C. Watson
West Texas
Fairviewemetery
Tennessee
John Delashaw Funeral Today in Lubbock
Funeral services for John D. Delashaw 84 of 2309 1st St. are set for this afternoon at Resthaven Chapel. He died Tuesday at Golden Age Nursing Home in Lubbock. Officiants include Rev Claude Cone and Rev Bill Rambo. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Delashaw, a retired barber, lived in Lubbock since 1953 and was a Mason for 50 years. Survivors include his wife and other relatives. Burial plans pending at Thomas Funeral Home.
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Tahoka
Bain
Tahokay
First Baptist
Jim Taylor
Feat
White Funeral Home
Lam
St Mary of the Plains Hospital
Lubbock
Granbury
Mamie Allenit
Lynn County
Hood County
OOF Lodge
James Trammell
Reno
Winnie Green
Houston Bain
Grover Jones
Slaten
Mattie Henexson
Balls
CK Bain
Mark Warner
Texas
Lather
Tech
Borger
Bavid
Bagwell
Lavington
Massey
Floyd Reese
Wayne
Sull
St. Mary of Wetrd
Tamulton
Charles Funeral Home
Winters
Plans
Warner Beckham
Joe Beckham
C.suh
Bradshaw
W. Burr
Ben Hicks
Cuca
Resthaven
Singleton - Wilson Funeral Home
Westhaven
Memorial
Hicks
John D. Delashaw
1St St
Golden Age Nursing Home
Claude Cone
Calvary Baptist. Church
Bill Rambo
New London Baptist Church
New London
Resthaven Memorial Park
Delashaw
Whites
Thomas
Utvell
Whitesboro
The Shepherd and Pat at Mass
A parishioner named Pat compliments the priest after Mass. The priest dismisses flattery as useless, while Pat jokes that the duck enjoys water now and then, offering a lighthearted exchange.
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Pat
Mrs. Beck Dies in Odessa Funeral Set Today
Mrs Cornelia Beck 75 died after a short illness at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa. Funeral services at 1 00 a.m. at Western Hills Baptist Church with Rev Dan Hargus officiating, burial in Marshall Raines Talley Funeral Home Cemetery Marshall. Survivors include six daughters and two sons.
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Odessa
Cornelia Beck
Wednesday Inn Medical Center
Western Hills Baptist Church
Dan Hargus
Marshall Cemetery
Raines-Talley Funeral Home
Marshall
Hubbard. Kelly Funeral Home
Alabama
Beck
Finis Bugg
Mildred Beck
Jack Boyd
Rose
Abernathy
Mary Melton
Mineral Wells
P.m. Day
J. B. Glass
van Andj
First Baptist Church
W. F. Herring
Hobbs
James T. Hager
George M. Beck Jr
Robert R. Beck
Arlington
Charles
Nesday
Ray
F. Bankston
Lubbok
Red Steward
Jess Anderson
Murry Brewer
Chambers Funeral Home
Walnut Springs
Plas Johad
Jack
Opal Hinck
Darvin
Tahoka Maid of Cotton Feted in Washington by Congress
Debbie Wright of Tahoka the ninth national Maid of Cotton met with President Nixon and lawmakers in a Capitol reception. She described being on cloud nine after greetings from Rep. George Mahon and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, with plans to tour the U S and abroad to Japan Korea and Europe. The visit included a luncheon hosted by Mahon and remarks from House Speaker Carl Albert who declared Miss Maid of Cotton Day.
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Avalanche Journal
Washington
Debbie Wright
Tahoka
Lubbock
George Mahon
Congress
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Bob Price
Pampa
Kike’De la Garza
Rio Grande Valley
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Albert
France
Maly
Belgium
Mahon
Miss Wright
Tokyo
Paris
Rome
Tohoka
Texas
Freeman Luttrell Dies in Midland Gunshot Wound
Freeman Thomas Luttrell, 66, died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head around 10:50 a.m. Wednesday at Midland Memorial Hospital. Justice of the Peace Pine ruled the death a suicide.
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Midland
Freeman Thomas Luttrell
Midland Memorial
Justice of the Pea
el Pine
Seven Injured In Auto Crash At Loop 289
Seven people were injured in a two car crash at Loop 289 and N Quirt Avenue at about 7 p m Wednesday. R J Boyd 62, and Johnny Ray Smith 25 died later at hospitals. Survivors include a son Don Ray and two daughters Allie Ann and Constance Dawn. Burial set for Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Loop 289
N. Quirt Avenue
Carlene Bradshaw
Brown St
Clara Zamora
Jin Medical Center Hospital
James Zamora
Davidia
Zamora
Joy Smith
Sunset
Kenneth van Winkle
Memorial Gardens
Duke St
Halver
Boyd
Francis
Bradshaw|Simmons
Yuma
Ariz
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
ARC
South Plains
Texas Tech
Sheppard Air Force Base
Avenue 1
Broadway
University
Municipal Coliseum
Debbie Carter
Cherylle Spindle
American Association of Sheriff's Posses
Kim Henry
Aasp&r
Jed Ken Welch
Roscoe
Bill Hertzogg
Gillette
Wyo
Mer Brandon McReynolds
Andrews
Sammie Groves
New Deal
Jaraldi Sherrill Overturf
Laub
Roy Clark
ABC Rede
Clark
Panhandle South Plains
Newcastle
Pam Mitchell
Tulerosa
Jane Fonda
John Bland
Trent
Funeral Home
Campbel
Shields of Boulter, Coke
Cravey
Mattresses
Avenu
Silver City
NRL
Sustacters
St. Mary of
Prins Hospital
William Cre
Adams
Church of Childress
Fin Childress
Newberry Funeral
Lome Adams
Ital
Scottish
Upper Nile
Te Pen
Emb
Sth
Lube Dock
Dim Gerdeman
Marie Milsay
Association
Joan Whitehead
Morton
Pony Express
Floydada
L. H. Bain
Clu Wilkinson
Wall
Lindsey “Street
Assembly of God Church
Denton
Masonic
Pilot Paint
Schmitz - Flay ~ Miamlett Funeral Home
Wilkinson
Silverton
Ora Elizabeth Greenyeood
Sof
Hea Malone
Goth St
Cork
Teehardson
Consumer Financial
Great America Late Insurance Co
Thrush
Penney
John Arthur
Fort Worth
Canyon Methodist Church
Neray Pene
Jub Peter Smyth Hospital
Fort Orth
Ant County
Thomas Nelson Morgan
Dickens County
First Christian Church
Spur
Spur Cemetery
Campbell ‘Funeral Home
Morgan
Spar
Ki Bruntmett
7Th St
Harriett Fisher
St. Matthew's ‘Baptist Church
Peaceful Gardens
South Illins
Mule Creek
N.M
Campbell
Houston Harte
Vemery
Johnsons
Lt. Gov
Ben Barnes
Taiwan
Crawford Martin
Taipei
O. C. Fisher
Scotty Platts
Fureback
Platts
Lymon
Joe Don Buckner
Mrs. Watson
Area News
John Delashaw
Holly
John Denver
Grateful Dead
Don McLean
Luttrell
Thomas Funeral Home
The
Nixon
Buddy Holly
Freeman Luttrell
Rites
Hong Kong
Markwell Clothiers
Save-A-Rama
Town Inn
R. L. Boyd
Morticians
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