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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1968

Page

13

Mansfield urges U N confrontations over Vietnam and warns of larger war

Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged a direct U N Security Council confrontation of all powers involved in Vietnam. He predicted troop levels would rise from 510,000 and called for bombing limits to constrain U S involvement within South Vietnam. He said reassessment of U S policy with China and Formosa could help end the war and warned of U S domestic turmoil if resources aren’t mobilized for urban challenges. Mansfield spoke at a Helena press club and at the University of Montana in Missoula.

Helena Mont U.S. Senate Mike Mansfield U.N. Security Council Montana Democrat U.S Vietnam Mansfield United States Yeeve U.s.china Formosa U. S Mansifield Asia South Vietnam North Vietnam

Burglars Hit Lubbock Schools and Businesses

Police investigated multiple break ins across Lubbock including Texas Tech business education department missing two calculators valued at 500 each and Bozeman Elementary principal reports a table radio three pocket knives and pens taken. Other losses include a clarinet at Tech 175, tools over 50, and cash and vending-machine takings at local sites.

Lubbock Texas Tech Business Education Department of HL. Oc. Mears Bozeman E. 2Nd St Garinet Billy Blue 44Th St Tech Mickey Bernier 10Th St Lubbock Auto Glass Co 1710 Ave. J Edgar Womack 14Th St James Thomas Jr Slaton Greater St. Mark Baptist Church E. 27Th St Lubbock Electric Co 3Th St

W H Sanders Funeral Sunday

W H Sanders 87 died Friday at Mercy Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services set for 2 p m Sunday at Westview Baptist Church with Rev. Clinton Eastman officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery. He was a retired Santa Fe bridge inspector born in Mississippi and moved to Slaton in 1918. Survivors include wife Ola three sons two daughters thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.

Slaton W. H. Sanders Mercy Hospital Westview Baptist Church Clinton Eastman Englewood Cemetery England Sanders Tishamingo Miss Bonham Santa Fe Railway Ola Dewey Bakersfield Calif Louis Pottaboro Tex Wallace Los Alamedas Ruby Holt Marie Hutto Donnie Osburn San Bernadino

Former Becton Resident Dies in Blacksburg

John Ellis Mullody 55 of Blacksburg Virginia longtime Becton resident died Friday in Blacksburg He was Texas Tech graduate with extensive agricultural research He is survived by daughter Alice and Joan of the home two sons Donald and Paul his mother Mrs Ellis Moody sister Mrs James Rel brother Haden Moody grandchild Services pending in Blacksburg

John Ellis Mullody Blacksburg Becton Texas Tech Agriculture Department Alice Joan Donald Paul Ellis Moody Beotont James Rel Begton Haden Moody Rancho Cordova Calif

Three Persons Fined After Guilty Pleas

Judge Denzil Beverson set bonds for three defendants who pleaded innocent and sentenced three who pleaded guilty. Clarence Cox, 29, fined 50 dollars and costs for a check law violation. Ernest C. Cantrell, 39, ten days in jail, 150 dollar fine and costs for driving while intoxicated with six months probation. J W Dallas, 50, 175 dollars and costs plus a 10 day probated jail term for DWI. Bonds posted for Ted Smith, 29, and Thomas W. McDaniels, 22, on check law charges and Nona Darnell, 2, charged with shoplifting.

Denzil Beverson Clarence Cox Oakland St Plainview Ernest C. Cantrell Tith St J. W. Dallas 43Rd St Ted Smith 47Th St Thomas W. McDaniels 35Th St Nona Darnell 23Rd St

C. S. Sullivan Dies Rites Set

C S Sullivan 77 longtime Bailey County resident died at West Plains Hospital in Muleshoe. Services to be held 2 30 p m Sunday at North Side Church of Christ with Frank Duckworth and Van McCormick officiating. Burial Bailey County Memorial Park. Survived by two sons five daughters a sister eighteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren.

Muleshoe C. S Steve) Sullivan Bailey County West Plains Hospital North Side Church of Okla Lockney North Side Church of Christ

Architecture of the Universe Planetarium Lecture

The West Texas Museum on the Texas Tech campus hosts a Planetarium Lecture titled Architecture of the Universe this Sunday at 3 p.m. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. preschool children are not admitted. This is the final showing for April. further program is Stranger than Fiction.

West Texas Museum Texas Tech

Mindszenty Holds Quiet 76th Birthday at U.S. Embassy

Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty observed his 76th birthday with a morning private mass at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, continuing his long-standing pattern of low profile celebrations.

Budapest Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty U.S

Rail crossings death toll spurs U.S. transport study

The 1967 railroad crossing fatalities reached 1,780 with over 4,000 injured as the Transportation Department forms a committee led by Secretary Alan S. Boyd to analyze safety. It weighs federal funding shifts, warning signs, policing focus, and a possible nationwide hazard rating system to reduce deaths and injuries.

Robert F. Buckhorn Washington UPI U.S. Department of Transportation Transportation Alan S. Boyd National Transportation Safety Group Congress United States Boyd

Woman Marine Faces Court Martial for Refusing Training

Cpl. Mary Elizabeth Burns, 20, of Grand Junction Colorado, refused orders to attend the Woman Marine Non Commissioned Officers Leadership School at Quantico Virginia. She filed for discharge and issued a five page antiwar statement condemning U S policy in Vietnam. The court martial was ordered with date to be set.

Washington U. S Vietnam Cpl Mary Elizabeth Burns Grand Junction LBJ Burns Marines Marine Headquarters Battalion Woman Marine Non-Commissioned Officers Quantico

Services for Mrs. Evarista Rocha

Mrs. Evarista Rocha 71 of Idalou died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital. Funeral services set for noon today at St. Patrick's Church with burial in Idalou Cemetery. Survived by six sons, a daughter, 27 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Also note: about 290 dollars damage from vandalism at Seventh Day Adventist Church Friday night with burned carpet holes and lights removed.

Evarista Rocha Rt. 1 Idalou Methodist Hospital St. Patrick's Catholic Church Henderson Funeral Seventh Day Adventist Church 10Th St

Sgt. Joe Don Hughes Rites Slated Tuesday

Services for Marine Sgt. Joe Don Hughes are planned in Leavenworth, Kansas, Tuesday. A Vietnam War veteran who died at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from injuries after a car accident he sustained in Vietnam, Hughes leaves his wife and four children, plus parents, siblings, and extended family.

Marine Joe Don Hughes B. S. Hughes 39Th St Leavenworth Kan Hughes Vietnam Camp Lejeune N.C David Donnie Pat Kathie Arvie L. T. Bell Wilbur Pletszch Roscoe Gene Hughes Dallas

Cycle Mishap Hurts Texas Tech Student

A Texas Tech sophomore in critical condition at Methodist Hospital after a motorcycle crash Friday near Loop 289 and 4th Street. Police say the 18 year old was knocked from his bike as he rode south on an access road and collided with a car driven by 28 year old Kirby Williams.

Texas Tech Methodist Hospital 4Th Street Apt Kirby D. Williams Anton Williams Kenny Moore 55Th Int Steve Davis 88Th St Methodist

Shelby Jersig Jr Rites Scheduled in Clovis

Services for Shelby Jersig Jr 11 will be held at Central Christian Church with Dr Stanley Letcher Jr officiating. Burial at Lawn Haven Cemetery. He died after being struck by a pickup on Highway near his home while riding a bicycle. Survived by two step sisters Mrs Shelby Ann Rogers and Mrs Jewel Fillpot and grandmother Mrs Fannie Mae Crain.

Clovis Shelby Jersig Jr Shelby Jersig Sr Central Christian Church Stanley Letcher Jr Lawn Haven Cemetery Sherwood Mortuary Zia Clovis Memorial Hospital Hwy

Bay Sims Dies. Rites Held in Levelland Church

Bay Sims 62 a Levelland resident since 1945 died Thursday at 6 p m. Funeral services 3 p m today at Park Drive Baptist Church with Rev M J Mosely and Rev Don Murry officiating. Burial in City of Levelland Cemetery directed by George C Price Funeral Home. Sims a native of Windom was a retired well repairman. He leaves Alta two sons Elzie Roswell N M and John Levelland three daughters Georgie Baze Mary Marshall Patsy Boles a sister Mattie Rankin of Blanchard Okla and eight

Levelland Bay Sims Park Drive Baptist Church M. J. Mosely Don Murry City of Levelland George C. Price Sims Windom Alta Elzie Roswell N. M John Georgie Baze Mary Marshall Patsy Boles Beaumont Mattie Rankin Blanchard Okla

My Country Liberty and Faith in America

Poem emphasizes the American nation as blessed by God and aligned with freedom and religion. It asserts a republic guided by righteousness and justice, praising liberty, precepts, and a soft leadership toward light. The author Julien C. Hyer frames the United States as a nation under the Lord seeking global goodwill.

Julien C. Hyer

Newark Police Claim Riot Leaflets Describe Guerrilla Warfare

Newark Police Director Dominick A. Spina testified before a legislative commission that leaflets printed by agitators describe plans for guerrilla warfare this summer. He said the leaflets urge attacks on business and white areas and show how to make Molotov cocktails. Spina noted locks on police cars and water-taping tactics to hinder firefighting, and he criticized Gov Hughes riot study as un American. Gov Hughes signed a bill granting 331456 dollars for equipment to quell future disorder.

Trenton N.J Newark Dominick A. Spina Spina Legislative Commission On Criminal Justice Ie Wai Richard J. Hughes Riot Study Commission Commission Gov. Hughes

Sawyer Graham Services Slated In Brownfield

Sawyer A Graham 53 died Friday at his home of an apparent heart attack. Services set for 4 p m today at First Presbyterian Church Brownfield with Rev Albert McDowell officiating. Entombment in Resthaven Mausoleum Lub bock under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. He was born on the Sawyer Ranch south of Brownfield and attended Brownfield public schools. He served as lieutenant in the Army Quartermaster Corps and vice president of Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co from 1939 to 1964 before directing farming and ranching interests. He was a Mason and elder at First Presbyterian Church with surviving son Duane, his mother Mrs E A Graham, brother G G Graham, and sisters Mrs Wanda Amo and Mrs Twillaborough.

Brownfield Sawyer A. Graham First Presbyterian Church Albert McDowell Intombment Resthaven Mausoleum Lubbock Brownfield Funeral Home Sawyer Ranch New Mexico Military Institute Roswell Army, Quartermaster Corp Brownfield State Bank and Trust Co Brownfield Masaic Lodge Brownfield Rotary Club Faneta Duane E. A. Graham G. G. Graham Texas City Wanda Amo Twillaborough Monahans

Funeral today for Clarence M. Cooper in Aspermont

Clarence M. Bud Cooper 73 died Thursday at Stonewall Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Services are 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. James Wood and Rev. Darold Baldwin officiating. Burial in Girard Cemetery. Survivors include a son Wayman, three daughters, two brothers, and ten grandchildren.

Aspermont Clarence M Bud) Cooper Stonewall Memorial Hospital First Baptist Church James Wood Central Baptist Church Darold Baldwin Girard Cemetery Littlepage Funeral Home Ellis County Cooper Girard The Baptist Church Wayman Big Spring Floyd Harvey Fort Worth James R. Hickman Washington, D. C B. G. Cook Tom Spur H. W

Clyde L. Wilson Dies Rites Set

Clyde L. Wilson Sr. of 1714 E 47th St dies at 10:45 p.m. Thursday. Services are 10 a.m. today at Henderson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Herman Williams officiating. Graveside rites 4 p.m. at Colorado City Cemetery. Arrangements by Henderson Funeral Directors. Wilson lived in Lubbock since 193 and retired from Continental Oil. Survived by Mabie Mabie, daughter Marcia Ly, two sons Clyde L. Wilson Jr and Darrell E., a brother Arthur C. Wilson, two sisters Mrs. Charles Powell and Mrs. Forrest Whiteside, and five grandchildren.

Clyde L. Wilson Sr E. 47Th St Henderson Memorial Chapel Herman Williams Second Baptist Church Colorado City Cemetery Henderson Funeral Wilson Lubbock Continental Oil Company

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University of Montana Missoula Minnesota Hjalmar Peterson Columbus Ohio C. S. Sullivan Jefferson Memorial U.S. Transportation Agency FORD Henry Ford Greenfield Village Mich Colo Mia Farrow London Sgt Shelby Jersig Country Richard Nixon Wisconsin Nixon Milwaukee Sawyer Graham Sophia Loren Marc Bohan Christian Dior Paris Clarence Cooper Clyde L. Wilson Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park Iurerritu Camera Etree Tahoka Highway I Steege Funeral Home
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