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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1962
Page
2
Pope John XXIII creates ten new cardinals in a secret consistory, raising the College of Cardinals to 87 members. He urges social and economic equality and condemns communist ruled lands as creating a new slavery.
President Kennedy seeks 35 million dollars in emergency funds and the Senate approves a tax relief measure. The bill allows disaster area losses to be deducted on 1961 returns and would aid storms along the East coast and floods in Kentucky and West Virginia. About 25 million targets state and local aid. 10 million funds disaster loans through the SBA.
Dr Marcel Nathans of the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory spoke in the Texas Tech Chemistry Building about Project Name, a Carlsbad underground nuclear test in Operation Plowshare. He called the project generally successful and informative. About six people attended the joint sponsored talk by chemistry geology and Sigma Xi. Bogota reports locally produced parts must account for 70 to 70 percent of certain Colombian products.
Six others ill after Sunday night dinner at Sir Mary’s or exceptional children home in Crosbyton. Sister Cecilia Marie Weingart of the Sisters of Notre Dame dies at DePaul Hospital from apparent food poisoning. Monsignor Elmer H. Pandler dies after a heart attack during repairs on a tractor. Survivors include a daughter and two sisters. Political Ady remains.
A Odessa woman, Mrs. G il Bigham, is hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a gunshot near the left ear during a disturbance at Maudie's Trailer Park. She is jailed in Odessa on a murder intent charge involving a Midland man, Fred Duyte.
Low Watson 81 of 518 40th Street will lie in state at 2:20 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Southland with Rev. Glynn Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Southland Cemetery under Franklin Harley Funeral Home. Watson, a retired farmer, died en route to Meres Hospital Slat on Sunday morning after six years illness. he lived most of his life in Grand Saline.
The passage recounts James son of Zebedee as a zealous fisherman called to be a fisher of men. He and John are named Boanerges and witness key events including the Transfiguration, Gethsemane, and the Ascension. Arrested by King Herod in 44 AD, he was beheaded, embodying steadfast faith and endurance amid persecution.
James Parsons 67 died at home after an 18 month illness. Land services are pending with the funeral home. He was a World War I veteran who owned a wholesale business and lived in Lubbock, Hawtshorne, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio before settling in this area. Survivors include his wife Elida and several relatives.
A Pampa mailman, John Robert Pettit age 8, was killed when a pistol he was handling discharged into his head. Sheriff's investigators reported the accident on Monday as the death was filed as an incident.
A convertible overturned killing 21 year old Miss Je Dharatt in El Paso. The rider was ejected and crushed as the car flipped, authorities said.
Funeral services for James H. Barker 72 of Amarillo after 41 years in Lubbock will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sanders Funeral Chapel with Rev. Leroy Norton officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. He died Monday in an Amarillo convalescent home. Born in Hope Arkansas he moved to Lubbock in 1919 from Caddo Oklahoma. Surviving are his wife two sons Hubert Barker Amarillo and James Barker Clovis California three daughters Elizabeth Bratcher Amarillo Nelle Ruffner Hobbs Lorcan Wisgerhof Garden Grove California a brother Walter Barker Zephyr 13 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Elsie Lee Baldwin 38 found dead in her Clovis home early Monday morning. Arrangements are with C. V. Steed Funeral Home. A Amarillo native she had lived in Clovis six months moving from California after her husband’s death. Survived by daughters Linda and Judith Lee and son Mark Hatfield all home, parents Mr and Mrs Lee Hatfield Grady NM, and brother Billy Don Hatlot Grady.
Carl T. Noack 66 a retired farmer will be buried at Mission Garden Cemetery after services at the Lutheran Church Clovis with Rev David P Bergman officiating He is survived by his wife and two sons from Clovis and Olton omits other fragments and notes.
The poem argues for balancing Caesar’s external laws with divine law, urging love sharing and forgiving as higher principles. It presents a spiritual code that transcends earthly mandates and promotes moral living, citing Jesus and scripture as guides.
Funeral services for B Fulton aged 61 a King County resident since 1928 will be held at 2 pm today at Paducah Church of Christ. Officiating ministers are J B Ti more Brownwood and Quinton Dunn. Burial follows in Garden of Memories Cemetery under Norris Funeral Home. Fulton a retired farmer died Sunday at Richards Memorial Hospital after a 10 day illness.
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Christy age 75 of Lubbock will be held at 2 pm today in Sanders Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Dudley Strain officiating. She died at 110 am Monday at Methodist Hospital after about a week of illness. She had lived in Lubbock 16 years after from Paris. Survivors include three daughters Mrs W T Shelton Paris Mrs L P Rheudasil 1924 23rd Ist and Mrs Marvin Parrott 112 Ave V a sister Mrs Maud Thompson Boys Ranoff and three grandsons. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery with pallbearers Mortis Crawford Jerry Rheudasil Joe Miller Roy Thompson Bill Wornell Herman Blann.
Services for Marlin Lewis Wood Sr. 61 are set for 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Robbins officiating. Burial will be in City of Levelland Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home arrangements. Wood died at 7:20 p.m. Saturday in Levelland Hospital and Clinic.
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