Louise Allen to retire after 35 years at Tech journalism
Louise Allen associate professor of Tech journalism will retire after 35 years at the college. She joined Tech in 1928 and advanced from assistant in publicity to associate professor in 1957. She helped found the Women’s Press Club at Tech and the Alpha Upsilon chapter of Theta Sigma Phi.
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Women's Press Club
Alpha Upsilon
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University of Missouri
Plains High Tops District 5-A Interscholastic League Meet
Plains High School led District 5-A at Seagraves with 106 points for the fossilized Saturday contest. Seagraves trailed with 102.5 and O'Donnell 71 while Tahoka and Wink trailed. Winners include Alton Hassell in Number sense and James Tippett in extemporaneous speaking.
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Seagraves
Plains High School
Plains
O’donnell
Tahoka
Wink
Sundown
Number Sense
Alton Hassell
Scott Johnson
Roger Ward
Ward
Charles Ware
Loretta Taylor
Linda Scott
Charles Flemmons
Gay Harris
O'Donnell
Carol Hicker
Ann Lattimore
Kathy
Pirtle
O'Donnel
June Smith
Larry
Williams
Ricky Williams
Tim Tippitt
James Tippett
Jimmy Wright
Dennis Woolam
Jackie Burnett
Sharon Morrison
Jeannie Kinsley
Ernie
Carolyn Howard
Loren Cassidy
Wayne Minter
Wesley Kinserlow
Doyle Pendleton
Spelling
Carolyn Hill
Joyce Murray
Elaine Clayton
Clara Autry
Sandra” Garrett
Jim Parr
Joan Cleveland
Nancy Tippett
Rita Kay Williams
Burglary spree tied to multiple arrests in town
Police reported several burglaries with arrests after a Friday night break in at 616 13th Street. Richard Mora Gonzales faced marijuana possession charges with $5,000 bond while three others Flores Montoya and Garza were held on burglary counts with bonds of $5,000 and $3,500 respectively. The article notes additional thefts at Dairy Queen, a cafe, and two service stations with cash, camera, and other items stolen.
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13Th
Richard Mora Gonzales
Cedar St
Plainview
Gonzales
Johnny Mavarette Flores
Ave. N
Lorenzo Montoya
Ave. E
David Henry Garcia
Domingo Ninos
13Th St
Flores
Montoya
Garza
Oakwood Lanes
Jimmy L. Kennaday
32Nd St
Dairy Queen
E. 4Th St
Ocean V. Alexander
Kay
Mensch
5Th St
W. 19Th Street
Charles A. Pheiffer
Oxford
Seven firsts for Lubbock area in district IL contests
Lubbock students captured seven of 16 first places in the District Interscholastic League events at Canyon. Monterey High led with five firsts, five seconds and six thirds, while Lubbock High earned two firsts among several top finishes. Regional and state rounds follow in Odessa and later.
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Canyon
Lubbock
Monterey High School
Lubbock High
Monterey
Lubbock clothing drive aids 23 families and center seeks donations
Last week the Lubbock Community Clothing Center distributed 2 450 garments and 109 pairs of shoes to 23 families comprising 40 adults and 100 children. Center workers urged more donations including boys jeans and large size women dresses, with pickup or drop off at 1120 17th St. or call PO5 9434. Mrs J B Patterson of Athens Texas died Friday night in an Athens hospital. Services set for 2 p m today at First Christian Church in Athens. The McKissacks lived in Lubbock before moving to Athens five years ago.
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Lubbock
Community Clothing Center
17Th St
J. B. Patterson
Athens
Tex
H. T. McKissack
First Christian Church
McKissack
Ten Capital Cases On Docket At Plainview
Ten capital offenses are docketed for trial in 64th District Court in Plainview with a special venire of 200 summoned to appear at 10 a.m. Judge James A. Joy will hear the cases as District Attorney Frank Gaston represents the state. Five murders, three rapes, one kidnapping and one armed robbery are listed.
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Plainview
James A. Joy
Frank Gaston
Phi Delta Theta Founders Day Meeting Held Here
About 125 actives and alumni attended a Founders Day gathering at the chapter lodge on 2333 19th Street. Stan Brown of Los Angeles, a national council member, spoke on the present status of the American college fraternity. New officers were Clinton Smith president Fred West vice president Jimmy Watson secretary and John Wesley Chism treasurer. The fraternity was founded in 1848.
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Phi Delta Theta
19Th St
Stan Brown
Los Angeles
National Fraternity General Council
American College Fraternity
Clinton Smith
Fred West
Jimmy Watson
John Wesley Chism
Lubbock High Students Named In One-Act Casts
Lubbock High entrants include Sammye Boyles Peggy Stephens Cheri Brownlee Jimmy Jones Marion DeLavan Carol McMillan Russ Kirkpatrick Craig Johnson and Carolyn Blakey Carol Cobb Kay Thompson Car ley Clark Dickie Strickland Charles Watkins Don Henslee Maria Hicks Shirley Powell in the school’s list of one act play participants.
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Sammye Boyles
Peggy Stephens
Cheri Brownlee
Jimmy Jones
Marion DeLavan
Carol McMillan
Russ Kirkpatrick
Craig Johnson
Lubbock High
Carolyn Blakey
Carol Cobb
Kay Thompson
Carley Clark
Dickie Strickland
Charles Watkins
Don Henslee
Maria Hicks
Shirley Powell
Midland Man Drowns in Colorado City Lake
Wayne Compton Young 45, of Midland, drowned when his small boat capsized in Lake Colorado City. His 6 year old son, wearing a life jacket, was found safe. An unidentified woman witness cited wind and heavy leather boots. inquest ruled accidental drowning. Services pending in Midland.
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Colorado City
Midland
Lake Colorado City
Here
Wayne Compton Young
Young
Louis Claxton
Earl Richardson
Claxton
Justice of the Peace
Messmer
Newnie Ellis Funeral Hone
Rites for Area Pioneer Hattie Bivins Held Today
Mrs. Hattie Bivins 80, Tulia pioneer daughter, dies Saturday. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. in Wallace Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Lewis Koerselman and Rev. John Scott assisting. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. She moved to the area in 1890 from Palo Pinto County and was married to J A Bivins in 1900 in Tulsa. Survivors include two sons Ray and Delbert, a daughter Thelman Hall of Gladewater, five sisters and five grandchildren.
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Hattie Bivins
Wallace Funeral Home
Lewis Koerselman
First Presbyterian Church
John Scott
Tonago
Calif
Palo Pinto County
J. A. Scott
J. A. Bivins
Tulsa
Ray
Delbert
Tulia
Thelman Hall
Gladewater
Colo
Bill Love
Delia Foster
J. H. Barnoldson
San Diego
B. W. Hopson
Pilot Point
Newt Grey
Colorado Springs
Autopsy Awaited In Stanton Death
Stanton police awaited an Abi lene autopsy report in the death of 40 year old Mrs Tommie Lee Dansby whose charred body was found near the front door of a south Stanton home after a 1 am fire. An electrical cord was found around her neck and the dog also perished in the blaze. The Dansbys moved to Stanton six months ago from East Texas. Police Chief Johnny Murdock leads the investigation with husband James Dansby noted as a local hangman.
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Stanton (Special
Tommie Lee Dansby
Stanton
Tahoka School Bonds Sold At Auction At Low Rates
Tahoka school board sold 315 000 of bonds from a 550 000 authorized issue and contracted 235 000 more for summer delivery. Underwood Neuhous and Co bought 315 000 at 3.5178 percent while Columbus Securities will buy 235 000 at 3.7456 percent after valuations rise.
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Tahoka
Ta‘hoka
Underwood Neuhous and Co
Columbus Securities
Otis Spears
William W. Crume Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services for William Wallace Crume known as Doc Crume are set for 1 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church in Hobbs with Rev Billy Barber officiating. Burial will be in Portales cemetery. Survivors include his wife a daughter his mother two brothers and three sisters.
Funeral for Former Area Man William Vineyard
Services for William Alan Vineyard 16 a former area resident are set at First Methodist Church. He died Thursday at his Arlington Virginia home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Son of Cmdr M W Vineyard he was an honor student at Yorktown High School Arlington VA where he was a junior.
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Floydada
William Alan Vineyard
First Methodist Church
Vineyard
Arlington
Charles Lutrick
Memorial Park Cemetery
M. W. Vineyard
Yorktown High School
Funeral Pending For Mrs. Garland Elliott
Arrangements are pending for Mrs. Garland Elliott age 57 of 2806 48th int. at Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home. She died on arrival at Methodist Hospital after an apparent heart attack. A Lubbock resident since 1941, she was born in Garnett Kansas and was a Methodist Church member. Survivors include husband, a son Gerry, a brother Kenneth McMahon of Ottawa Kansas, a sister Mrs. Lance Sparks and three grandchildren.
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Garland Elliott
Franklin- Bartley Funeral
Elliott
Methodist’ Hospital
P.m
Béena
Lubbock
Ottawa
Kan
Garnett
Methodist Church
Gerry
48Th St
Kenneth McMahon
Osawatomie
Lance Sparks
8Th St
Alisa Kieschnick Services Today
Funeral services for Alisa June Kieschnick six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs S L Stephens Jr Lamesa will be at 2 p m today at the First Baptist Church Wilson. Burial will be in Wilson Cemetery under Higginbotham Funeral Home direction. She died Friday after moving recently from Wilson to Lamesa Survivors include her parents grandparents Linda Stephens La Mesa and Kieschnick families a step sister and three brothers plus a step brother all of Lamesa
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Alisa June Kieschnick
S. L. Stephens Jr
First Baptist Church
Wilson
Clifton Igo
Second Baptist Church
Wilson Cemetery
Higginbotham Funeral Home
E. O. Montgomery
A. A. Kieschnick
Linda Stephens
Allan Dale Kieschnick
Rodney Lee Kieschnick
Roger Keith Kieschnick
Mike Stephens
Langford Rites Held Today in Portales
Charles Clarence Langford 60 died at his Portales home. Rites set for 2:30 p.m. today at Wheeler Mortuary chapel with Rev. Earl G. Vanzant officiating. Burial in Mount Zion Cemetery near Rogers NM. Langford owned Langford Mattress Co and had 30 years residence here. Survived by wife Willie Mae two daughters Wanda Sparks and Nadine Bagby son Cecil five grandchildren and several siblings.
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Portales
Charles Clarence Langford
Wheeler Mortuary Chapel
Earl G. Vanzant
Assembly of God Church
Mount Zion Cemetery
Rogers
N. M
Langford
Langford Mattress Co
Willie Mae
Wanda Sparks
Nadine Bagby
Cecil
Lindsey
Okla
Dovie’ Podd
Clarendon
Tex
Daisy Parks
Dovie Carter
Alamogordo
Clint
Ernest
Perryton
Mrs. Lucy Dean Funeral Monday
Mrs. Lucy Dean 93 died Saturday in a local nursing home. Services set for 10 30 a m Monday at Bowie Street Church of Christ Wellington with burial in Wellington Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters and two sons, sixteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
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Littlefield
Lucy Dean
Bowie Street Church of Christ
Wellington
Kelso Funeral Home
Hammons
Maude Russell
Grace Ridings
Pampa
Ruby Sullivan
Anton
Silvia Shaw
Victorville
Calif
Elmo
Bovina
Tom
Las Vegas
Nev
O W Boothe Funeral Pending At Portales
Portales Special funeral services are pending at Wheeler Mortuary for O W Boothe 69 who died Saturday in Roosevelt General Hospital He had lived in Portales since 1958 after retiring from a California job He had earlier lived in Portales before 1942 He leaves his wife two sons Jim Portales Ernest Midwest City and a daughter Louise Walters Flagstaff and three brothers C W Boothe Dimmitt Joe F Boothe Anton and Ernest E Boothe Lubbock
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Dimmitt
Joe F. Boothe
Anton
Ernest E. Boothe
Lubbock
Graveside Rites Set For Portales Infant
Graveside services for Debra Kay Massey infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherrill Massey will be held at Portales Cemetery at 3 30 p m. The infant was found dead in her crib Saturday morning. Survivors include sister Terry 3 brother Bobby 2 grandparents Carroll Massey Clovis Dolly Garrett Portales Glenn Hull minister Central Christian Church will officiate Burial by Wheeler Mortuary
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Portales
Debra Kay Massey
Sherrill Massey
Portales Cemetery
Terry
Bobby
Carroll Massey
Clovis
Dolly Garrett
Glenn Hull
Central Christian Church
Wheeler Mortuary
Denmark Tightens Rules on Foreign Labor Admission
Denmark shows increasing reluctance to admit foreign workers as policies tighten. Authorities signal stricter entry criteria and broader welfare considerations, impacting employers seeking non-native labor and migrant applicants seeking work.
Feminist Doris Stevens Dies at 70 After Stroke
Doris Stevens, noted feminist and suffrage advocate born in 1892 Omaha, died Friday night at age 70 after a stroke. She championed equal rights, endured 60 days in 1917 for petitioning Woodrow Wilson, and was later jailed in Rambouillet for presenting an equal rights treaty. Funeral services set for Tuesday in Portland Maine.
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New York
Doris Stevens
Woodrow Wilson
Rambouillet
France
Paris
Whitfield Rites Slated Monday
George W. Whitfield 81 a Plainview resident for 40 years died Friday services set for 2 p m Monday at First Presbyterian Church Rev Frank Travis and Dr G K Rogers will officiate Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home direction Whitfield a Hale County Precinct commissioner for eight years in the late 1920s and early 1930s came to Plainview in 1924 from Aiken Community where he had farmed since 1915 A native of Anderson County he was a member of Plainview First Presbyterian Survivors include his wife Eunice a daughter a brother a sister three step sons a stepdaughter one grandchild and three great grandchildren.
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Plainview
George W. Whitfield
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Travis
G. K. Rogers
Houston
Plainview Memorial Park
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Whitfield
Hale County
Carel Stith
Marion Stith
Lincoln, Neb
Milton Stith
Portland
Ore
Shirley Green
Denver
Colo
Man Found Dead in Car in Tulsa Suburb
M. L. Bewley, 50, was found dead in his car Saturday morning in the 300 block N Hale St Tulsa. Sheriff Darrell Smith and Justice of the Peace D. J. Northcutt ruled natural causes. Bewley’s wife reported he hadn’t been seen since Friday noon. Survivors include his wife a sonLewis Wayne in Hawaii a daughter Mrs Rosemary Humphries in Mexico and three brothers.
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Tulsa
M. L. Bewley
Wallace Funeral Home
Bewley
Hale St
Darrell Smith
Justice of the Peace
D. J. Northcutt
Lewis Wayne
Hawaii
Rosemary Humphries
Mexia
Seagraves Man Dies In Farm Mishap
Marcelino Gonzales 48 dies after tractor with a drag flips on W. E. Berry farm 15 miles southwest of Seagraves. He died Saturday in Gaines County Hospital Seminole. Survivors include his wife a daughter Deamatina 9 mother Betra Gonzales and brother Hilario of Seagraves.
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Seagraves
Marcelino Gonzales
Here
Webb Funeral Home
Gonzales
Gaines County
Seminole
W. E. Berry
del Rio
Deamatina
Betra Gonzales
Hilario
Services for Mrs Ethel Williams Held Monday
Services for Mrs. Ethel Williams 53, who died after arrival at Porter Clinic Hospital Tuesday night, are set for 2 p.m. Monday at St. Pauls Baptist Church. Rev C J Tisdale will officiate with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of South Plains Funeral. Mrs. Williams lived in Lubbock about 25 years.
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Porter Clinic Hospital
St. Paul's Baptist Church
C. J. Tisdale
City of Lubbock Cemetery
South Plains FuneralHome
Funeral services for Mrs. Guy R. Scott announced
Funeral services for Mrs. Guy R. Scott, 92, of 1905 Main St., will be read by John K. Norred at 10 30 a.m. Monday at Sanders Funeral Chapel. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Roy J. Watson’s wife, a brother in Phoenix, and two sisters in Grand Prairie and Dallas.
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Main St
John K. Norred
Christian Science Church
Sanders Funeral
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Scott
Katherine Hartman
West Bend
Wis
Guy Scott
Dallas
Allen Bros. American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roy J. Watson
Lubbock
John T. Hartman
Phoenix
Ariz
L. B. Leslie Sr
Grand Prairie
Yancey Bartholow
Services Monday For G. W. Bussell
Rites for George W. Bussell 69 are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Bible Baptist Church with Rev. H. E. Summar and Rev. Tom Warren officiating. Burial follows at Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife three sons George W. Jr William L Edward E. of Lubbock two daughters Mildred McDaniel Dallas Eloise Guillot Lubbock a brother E. T. Long Beach Calif four sisters Opal Dillard Slaton Lulu Porter Dallas Alice Roach Iowa Park Gracie Pruitt Okla and nine grandchildren.
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Edward E
Lubbock
Mildred McDaniel
Dallas
Eloise Guillot
E. T
Long Beach
Calif
Opal Dillard
Slaton
Lulu Porter
Alice Roach
Iowa Park
Gracie Pruitt
Okla
Longtime Area Resident Dies in Brownfield
Marie McMillan, 57, a Brownfield resident since 1941, died at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a four month illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Memorial Chapel Brownfield Funeral Home with Rev. Albert D. McDowell officiating in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. She moved from Hobbs and was employed as a waitress. Survivors include daughter Mrs Catherine Gurtler and son Pat, plus a grandchild.
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Marie McMillan
Memorial Chapel
Brownfield Funeral Home
Albert D. McDowell
First Presbyterian Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Catherine Gurtler
Lawrence
Kane
Pat
Henry Maxey Rites Set Today in Slaton
Henry C. Maxey 72 died Friday in a local hospital. Services are at 2:30 p.m. today at First Methodist Church Slaton with Rev. Rollo Davidson and Rev. Fred Ryle officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home. Maxey was a longtime Slaton resident and Collins County native.
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Henry C. Maxey
First Methodist Church
Rollo Davidson
Lwill
Fred Ryle
Presbyterian Church
Englewood Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Maxey
Collins County
Rush H Kress Dies At 85 Patron Of Art Foundation
Rush H Kress president of the Samuel K Kress Foundation died at his Fifth Avenue apartment after months of illness. He helped direct a 20 year art project that distributed art treasures to 18 museums including the National Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum.
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Rush H. Kress
Samuel K. Kress
Kress
S.H. Kress & Co
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Fifth Avenue
Samuel
Rush Kress
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Kennedy
National Gallery of Art
Washington
National Gallery
Metropolitan Museum
Moran Library
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Services Today For John Chili Payne
John H. Chili Payne 61 longtime leader in fraternal groups and former Knights Templar head died after a lengthy illness in a Tyler hospital. A SMU graduate and noted football star of the 1920s he was active in state Masonic work. Dallas athletic director P C Cobb called him the greatest football player he ever saw in Dallas. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Tyler First Christian Church. Survived by wife and one son.
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John H
Chili) Payne
United Travelers of America
The
Knights Templers
Payne
Southern Methodist
P. C. Cobb
Dallas
Tyler First. Christian Church
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