Robbery Suspects Nabbed After Merkle Drug Store Theft
A detailed stakeout led to the arrest of Bernard Wright and a woman after a Merkel drug store robbery. Wright surrendered after police surrounded his residence as officers recovered pistols, ammunition, and a dog in the house. Hancock faced narcotics indictments, and a hitchhiker’s tip linked two men to the crime.
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Wright
Police Department
Bernard Wright
Merkel
Department of Public ‘Safety
Plainview
Lubbock
Han Icock
Roscoe
Cisco Thurslday
Texas Rangers
Larry Wheeler
Taylor County
Terry Davis
Wayne Love
31St St
Mike Cooper
Merkel Drug Robbery Involves Long Haired Bandit
Merkel pharmacist W. D. Gamble recounts a lone robber described as six feet tall with long hair and a beard who demanded amphetamine tablets. The man fled on foot after loading 300 to 400 tablets from the Merkel Drug store while a photographer and two beauty shop customers remained unaware. Authorities were alerted and deputies pursued the case, with Gamble questioned at Lubbock Police Station.
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Rudy Powell
Avalanche-Journal
Merkel
W. D. Gamble
Lubbock
Gamble
Shugart Studios
Levelland
Boyd Baker
Baker
Taylor County
Jack Lowe
Lowe
Services Today For Columbus Sam Dorman Jr.
Special obituary from Lamesa notes Columbus Sam Dorman Jr. 68 died Thursday in Lubbock's Methodist Hospital. Retired cook, he lived in Lamesa nine years and was born in Norman Oklahoma. Survivors: sister Goldie Reese of Lamesa and brother T. J. Dorman of Henrietta. Rev. R. V. Luna to officiate. burial in Lamesa Cemetery.
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Lamesa
Columbus
Sam Dorman Jr
Lubbock’s Methodist Hospital
Branon Funeral Home Chapel
Dorman
Dawson County
Norman
Oklo
Goldie Reese
T. J. Dorman
Henrietta
R. V. Luna
First Assembly of God
Lamesa Cemetery
Mrs De Larrosa Rites Planned for 60 Year Old
Services for Mrs. Candelaria Luna DeLarrosa 60 of 1718 E 2nd Place will be at 10 am Monday at St Joseph's Catholic Church with burial in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery. She died Friday in University Hospital. Survivors include her husband Alfredo six daughters Maria Ursua Margarita Gonzales Magdalena Trejo Veremunda Rodriguez Valentina Pena Carl of Lubbock Santa Ana De Larrosa of Lewiston Maine one son Alfredo of Lubbock and 150 grandchildren.
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Candelaria Luna DeLarrosa
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens
Rix
Summary of Lubbock and area obituaries and notices
Packed briefs report multiple funeral services for Kenneth Boykin in Andrews and Nannie Storey in Littlefield, J A Barnes in Hale Center, Marietta Burress in Lubbock, Wenjie Hereford in Lubbock, and Phillip Flaxman cremation in Dallas. Also noted are postmaster appointment for Fred L. Roper in Fort Stockton, injuries from city accidents, and upcoming community events and Red Cross first aid class.
G W Cornett Services Set for George Wesley Cornett
George Wesley Cornett 85 died Thursday morning at Medical Arts Hospital. Funeral at 10:30 a m today in Second Baptist Church officiated by Rev Abe Hester. Burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survived by wife Irma two daughters five sons four sisters three brothers nineteen grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren.
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Lamesa
George Wesley Cornett
Medical Arts Hospital
Second Baptist Church
Abe Hester
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Cornett
Dawson County
Irma
C. E. Hobbs
Fort Sumner
N. M
Bill Howard
D. C
Gaffney
S. C
Carl
Odessa
H. O
Fort Worth
Glenn
Fort Stockton
F. N
Bloomsfield
N.M
Ola Grider
May Howell
Ranger
B. C. Plummer
Big Spring
Inez Wren
Weinert
E. V. Cornett
Earl Cornett
Brownfield
J. B. Cornett
Hale Center
Rites Slated for C. V. Thompson Snyder Leader
C. V. Thompson Sr. 80 former Snyder School Board member died Thursday at Scott and White Hospital Temple after brief illness. Services 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Snyder with Rev. Raymond Hall officiating. Burial Snyder Cemetery under Belle Seale Funeral Home. Thompson rancher and airman directed West Texas State Bank and belonged to Texas and American Hereford associations and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the local school board and was a World War I veteran born in Lovelady in 1890s. Survivors include his wife Marie Wellborn Thompson a daughter Mrs. Holman Odom Snyder a son C. V. Jr. Fort Worth two brothers Billy and Lance Thompson Sweetwater and five grandchildren.
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Snyder
C. V. (Whitt) Thompson Sr
Scott and White
Temple
First Baptist Church
Raymond Hall
Snyders Cemetery
Belle Seale Funeral Home
Thompson
West Texas State Bank
Texas and American Hereford Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raising Association
Lovelady
Marie Wellborn
Holman Odom
C. V. Jr
Fort Worth
Mrs. Fenner’s Services Held for Hobbs Resident
Mrs. Marta Fenner 66 of Hobbs died Wednesday at Lea General Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today at the First Assembly of God with Rev. Dale Webb officiating. Burial followed in Memory Gardens Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home of Hobbs. She had lived in Hobbs since 1940. Surviving are her husband Harold A. Fenner Sr., two sons Harold A. Fenner Jr. of Hobbs and Dr. Don Fenner in the U.S. Air Force in the Philippines, a daughter Mrs. Waldean McAdams of Portland Oregon, three sisters Mrs. Bess Navidson of Hobbs, Mrs. Jack Musser of Kansas City Missouri, Mrs. H. A. Larson of Port Mansfield, a brother George Imboden of Palm Desert California, and eight grandchildren.
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Hobbs
Marta Fenner
Assembly of God
Dale Webb
Memory Gardens
Griffin Funeral Home
Fenner
Lea General Hospital
Harold A. Fenner
Harold A
Bank Chairman Collapses and Dies at College Address
J H Frost Jr, 55, senior chairman of Frost National Bank, collapsed and died of a heart attack Thursday night during a speech to students at Our Lady of the Lake College. Dr Felix Bambace of the San Antonio State Hospital attempted resuscitation but could not revive him.
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SAN Anonio
UPI
J. H. Frost Jr
Frost National Bank
Our Lady of the Lake College
Felix Bambace
San Antonio State Hospital
Frost
Bambace
Mary and Elizabeth Share Comfort in Shared Woes
In a biblical reflection, Mary seeks solace with Elizabeth her cousin. They exchange woes and discuss future troubles, finding relief in sympathetic understanding as they anticipate bearing their sons.
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Elizabeth
Mary
Indictment Returned in Tulia Murder Case
Police arrest 13 year old Lonnie Ray Brown in Lubbock about eight pm after a Tulia grand jury indicted him for murder with malice in the Swisher County shotgun slaying of 79 year old Lilian Kesler on Jan. 14. Also named were Billy Lee Croft and Bobby DeShaza with Billy Doherty held on another felony.
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Lubbock
District Court
Grand
Tulia
Lonnie Ray Brown
Lilian Kesler
Swisher County
Que No
Billy Doherty
Doherty
Carey Stafford
Jerry Plunkett
David Pearcy
Brown
Texas
Clay Bednar
Plainview
Funeral Slated For Clovis Man
Services for S. F. Jack Spinks, 61, will be held at 2 p.m. in the Charles W. Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. Royce Herndon and Rev. Arthur Shaw officiating. Masonic graveside rites will follow at Mission Garden Cemetery. Spinks died Thursday at the Amarillo VA Hospital after a long Clovis residence and real estate career. He was active in American Legion, VFW, Eastern Star Keystone chapter, and Woodmen of the World. He is survived by daughter Edith of Amarillo, sister Mrs. Ann Francis of Clovis, and foster sister Mrs. H. O. Wright of Austin.
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Clovis
S. F
Jack) Spinks
Charles W. Steed
Royce Herndon
Trinity Methodist Church
Arthur Shaw
Mission Garden Cemetery
Steed-Todd Funeral Home
Spinks
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Keystone Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Woodman of the World
Edith
Amelia Spinks
Ann Francis
H. O. Wright
Austin
Services for Dallas Hisey Today in Lubbock
Dallas Hisey 64 of 2613 37th St. will have 2 p.m. services at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Claud Cones of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Hisey was found dead at home Thursday around 5:30 p.m. Justice of the Peace Charles Smith investigated but has not ruled on death. He had lived in Lubbock since 1949 and belonged to Painters Local 342. Survivors: brothers Robert, Curtis, and Tommy. sisters Mildred Brown, Gladys Cauthen, Helen Liston. Pallbearers: W R Ginnaway, A M Burdine, R P Cauthen, Woodrow Cagel, M D Nichols, A E Phillips.
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Dallas
Hisey
37Th St
Resthaven-Singleton- Wilson
Claud Cones
Calvary Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Justice of the Peace
Charles Smith
Lubbock
Painters Local Union No
Robert
Arizona
Curtis
Abilene
Tommy
Mildred Brown
Gladys Cauthen
Helen Liston
W. R. Guninaway
A. M. Burdine
R. P.cauthen
Woodrow Cagel
M. D.nichols
A. E. Phillips
A. T. Henderson Rites Planned
A T Henderson 80 died about 10 30 p m Thursday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder. Services set for 2 p m Sunday at Bell Seale Funeral Chapel with ministers Claude Nixon and Fred Boatman officiating. Burial at Fort Chadbourne Cemetery Bell Seale Funeral Home in charge. He lived in Bronte before moving here and was a retired railroad worker and World War I veteran. Survivors: two sisters Mrs W E Burns Ravenden Springs Ark and Mrs J N White Ackerly. a brother Ben Henderson Hermleigh.
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W. E. Burns
Ravenden Springs
Ark
J. N. , White
Ackerly
Ben Henderson
Hermleigh
J H Johnson's Funeral Today
Jacob H. Johnson 83 a former Muleshoe resident died Thursday in Roosevelt General Hospital Portales He moved to Portales four years ago from Muleshoe Funeral services set for 3 p m at Trinity Baptist Church Muleshoe with Rev Troy Walker officiating Burial in Sudan Singleton-Ellis Funeral Home Muleshoe He was a retired farmer Survived by daughters Mrs M E Kidd Portales Mrs D D Scott Brownfield and Mrs Charles Cagle Indianapolis Ind three sons Roy Lake Charles La Fred Muleshoe Milburn Graham 23 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren
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Muleshoe
Jacob H. Johnson
Roosevelt General Hospital
Portales
Trinity Baptist
Johnson
M. E. Kidd
D. D. Scott
Brownfield
Charles Cagle
Indianapolis
Ind
Roy
Lake Charles
Fred
Milburn
Graham
Robert L. Jones Services Today
Robert L. Jones 96 died Friday in Edwards Rest Home Lubbock and will lie in state at 3 p.m. today at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. J. Ralph Grant officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include four sons two daughters a brother two sisters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Robert L. Jones
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
J. Ralph Grant
First Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home
Jones
Edwards Rest Home
Lubbock
Lubbock County
R.E
54Th St
A.Z
Haskell
J.A
Los Angeles
Etkert
Lucille Sturn
Lone Oak
Marie Richardson
Paris
Electra
Mattie Warren
Dublin
Emma Allen
Frederick
Okla
World's Largest Angus Bull Weighs 2505 Pounds
In Broomfield Colorado a nine year old giant bull weighing 2505 pounds is claimed as the world’s largest Angus. The bull’s nickname is Canadian Colossal. A third interest in the animal was sold for 350000 dollars.
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Broomfield
Col
UPI
Shrine Ball Opens Amid 400 Shriners Attendance
The Shriners annual Potentate's Ball begins at Ka Ko Palace tonight at p.m. with 400 plus area Shriners expected. Khiva Shrine Temple potentate Lan Simpson leads the parade and reception, joined by Amarillo Khiva Divan members and officials. Mark Anthony provides music for dancing and a midnight breakfast ends the festivities.
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Ka Ko Palace
Khiva Divan
Amarillo
Jesse Mattox
Jack Strong
Ralph S. Krebus
Mystic Shrine
Mark Anthony
30 Will Compete For Lions Title
More than 30 Slaton High School girls enter the Lions Club Queen pageant at 1 p.m. in the school auditorium. The event, themed Stairway to the Stars, features Max Arrants as master of ceremonies and entertainment by the Bowman Brothers. Reigning queen Vicki Milliken, chosen from 39 candidates last year, competes for a $75 wardrobe allowance and a $50 savings account from Citizens State Bank.
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Slaton
Slaton High School
Lions Club
Stairway To the Stars
Max Arrants
Lions Club i
Bowman Brothers of
Vicki Milliken
Slaten
Citizens State Bank
One Ton Grown Per Acre In U.S. Farms
Omaha Nev reports that about 392 million tons of products are moved off U.S. farms each year. This equates to roughly one ton per cultivated acre, highlighting high agricultural output and transport activity.
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Omaha
Nev
U.S
STAR MAKER Champ Show Merchant Dies At 68
Leland Hayward long influential show merchant and hit producer dies at 68 in Yorktown Heights after a long illness. He helped launch Clark Gable Judy Garland Katharine Hepburn James Stewart and Fred Astaire and raided talent from Paramount to Warner Bros. His career spanned Broadway films and TV producing with stage hits including South Pacific The Sound of Music and Gypsy.
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New York
Hollywood
Broadway
Leland Hayward
Coup
Clark Gable
Henry Fonda
Fred Astaire
Katharine Hepburn
James Stewart
Judy Garland
Ernest Hemingway
Edna Ferber
Ben Hecht
Howard Lindsay
Russel Crouse
Hayward
Myron Selznick
Wiliam Powell
Kay Francis
Ruth Chatterton
Warner Bros
Paramount
Nebraska City
Neb
Col
William Hayward
U.S
New York Sun
Trans World Airlines
Southwest Airways
146
Music Corporation of America
Margaret Sullivan
Adaho
State of the Union
South Pacific
Fourth Annual Texas Rabbit Raisers Convention Opens
The Texas Commercial Rabbit Raisers Association holds its fourth annual convention at the Holiday Inn Parkway starting at noon with 150 delegates from Texas and Oklahoma. Howard Peeler of Tyler will assume the presidency, succeeding Clint Peat of Amarillo, after a decade in the business and prior association service. Kelvin Kobbler of Kansas and Edward White of Sundown address the banquet attendees.
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Holiday Inn Parkway
Texas
Oklahoma
Howard Peeler
Tyler
Clint Peat
Amarillo
Peeler
Kelvin Kobbler
Kansas Food Products Co
Will City
Kan
Edward White
Sundown
School Official Named In Tulia For 1971 72
Tulia Independent School District trustees named Bob Painter former basketball coach as assistant high school principal for the 1971 72 year Classroom teachers were re elected resignations accepted from Mr and Mrs Charles Brown and Mrs Donna Allred all planning to do graduate work Mrs Carol Whitten moving to College Station The board commended retiring teachers Ellen Drake and J E Ward who will retire at end of current school year
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Tulia
Tulia Independent School District
Bob Painter
Charles Brown
Donna ‘Allred
Carol Whitten
College Station
Ellen Drake
J. E. Ward
Caves Of Europe Tops With Him
Stanton Missouri based Meramec Caverns manager Bob Hudson returns from Europe saying his priority was to see as many caves as possible. He notes European travel focuses on cities museums and shopping, but his interest centers on caves.
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Stanton, Mo
UPI
Europe
Bob Hudson
Hudson
Meramec Caverns
U.S
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Ranger Singleton
Hancock
Methodist Hospital
Cooper
30Th Street
Avenue U
C. L. Dorman Jr
Mrs. de Larrosa Rites
Cortez C
LaGrone
Hillsboro
Brandons
Mattie Merrell
Fred L. Roper
iFort Stockton
W. L. Crawford
Leta Read
38Th St
16Th Street
Avenue J
Don Streety
Littlefield
Lubbock City-County
Alexander S. Kline
Kenneth Lee Boykin
Wesley United Methodist Church
Andrews
Singleton Funeral Home
Sgt. Boykin
Vietnam
Nannie Kathryn Storey
Crescent Park
Church of Christ
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammons Funeral Home
Storey
Littlefield Hospital
J. A. Barnes
First United Methodist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Freeman Funeral
Barns
Marietta Burress
18Th St
University Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral
Miss Burress
Wenjie Hereford
28Th St
South Plains ‘Funeral Home
Hereford
Veterans Hospital
Bert Clarke
Grants Pass Ore
Bessie Gordon
Ave K
Grants Pass
Duke
Lubbock High School
Oregon
Phillip Thomas Flaxman
65Th Drive
Highland Hospital
Restland Crematory
Flaxman
Lubbock Parks and Recreation Department
Hodges Community Center
American Red Cross
Maxey Community Center
G. W. Cornett Services
C. V. Thompson
Company
Iand
Hisey Services
A. T. Henderson
J. H. Johnson
Champ Show Merchant
Caves
19Th St
Lubbock, Texas
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