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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1968

Page

11

U S Obligations Seen Shadowing Paris Peace Talks

Pravda quotes Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko saying U S commitments cannot favor success of Paris talks. The report notes that American support for the South Vietnamese war effort is framed as aggression against the Vietnamese people. Foreign officials also discuss broader Southeast Asia strategy.

Moscow Pravda Andre A. Gromyko U.S Rome Soviet Union Paris Communist Party America Southeast Asia Back Hand W. Averell Harriman Washington Vietnam Izvestia Gromykov L’unita Hanoi Vietnamese Democratic Republic United States

Services Slated In City Today For Mrs O Neal

Services for Mrs. G. E. O Neal 83 of 2417 36th St who died Sunday in West Texas Hospital are set for 2 p.m. today at Sanders Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Claude W. Cone officiating a second service at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Lampasas Funeral Home Chapel and burial at O Neal Cemetery near Lometa Texas. She was a longtime Lubbock resident member of Calvary Baptist Church and Eastern Star No. 76. Survivors include two sons a sister three grandsons two granddaughters and six great grandchildren.

G. E. O'Neal 36Th St West Texas Hospital Sanders Funeral Home Claude W. Cone Calvary Baptist Church Lampass Funeral Home Lampasas O’neal Lometa Tex Robert O'Neal Albuquerque N. M Elton O'Neal Redondo Beach Calif Mike O’neal Lubbock Sandra Kowalchuk Dolores Daniels College Park Georgia Bert White Muleshoe Southside Baptist Church Rosemont Singleton Funeral Home

Mrs Lollar 93 Dies in Quanah Spur Texas

Eleanor Mary Lollar 93 longtime Dickens County resident died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital Quanah Texas after a lengthy illness. Services set for 4 p m today at First Methodist Church Spur with burial in Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home in charge. She was born in Church Hill Tennessee and belonged to First Methodist Church and Eastern Star. Survivors include nieces Sam Gregory Quanah and Ellis DeVoll Abilene and nephews Claude Allen Amarillo Cyril Ellis Abilene Rex Ellis Hico Texas.

Spur Eleanor Mary Lollar Dickens County First Methodist Church Lollar Memorial Hospital Quanah Tex Clarence Stephens Spur Cemetery Campbell Church Hill Tenn Eastern Star Sam Gregory Ellis DeVoll Abilene Claude Allen Amarillo Cyril Ellis Rex Ellis Hico

Dick Cure Dies at 84 in Crosbyton Rites Planned

Crosbyton Texas special announces the death of Dick Cure 84 in Crosbyton Hospital on Sunday. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at King Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Upchurch and Rev. Wayne Grizzle officiating. Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery. He lived in Crosbyton from 1925 to 1944 and 1956 onward, with survivors including four daughters, five sons, 26 grandchildren, and 39 great grandchildren.

Crosbyton Dick Cure King Funeral Home Ray Upchurch Omega _ Baptist Church Wayne Grizzle Cure California Ollie Stover de Queen Ark Lucille Clark Fort Worth Lois Marler Hico Joy Sage Orange Calif Earl Cure Whittier Horace Cure Gardena Dick Cure Jr Placentia Leslie Cure Hawthorn Darrell Cure

Above the Law in this land of ours

A reader letter argues that laws must be followed and recalls mob rule or disobedience as improper, invoking Romans 13 and the phrase render unto Caesar. The piece condemns recalling legal powers and urges respecting authorities, signed by Julien C Hyer.

Jesus Caesar Julien C. Hyer

Cobra Bite Brings Haast to Hospital During Serpentarium Show

Miami scene shifts as a 51 inch Thai cobra bites snake-handler Bill Haast during a milking attempt. About 60 tourists watched as Haast, 57, was rushed to Variety Children’s Hospital in guarded condition. He has now endured 104 bites by venomous snakes and 44 cobras, with antivenom treatment given.

Miami Fla Thailand Bill Haast Miami Serpentarium Haast Variety Children’s Hospital Serpentarium Bill Clarita

Mrs Dora Tagle Rites Arranged in Seagraves

Rites for Mrs Dora Rios Tagle 45 who died Sunday in Yoakum County Hospital Denver City are set for 3 p m Tuesday at Webb Funeral Chapel Seagraves with Amelia Tagle Jr officiating Burial will be in Seagraves Cemetery Mrs Tagle a Canadian native had lived in Seagraves about four years Survivors include husband Amelia Sr three sons Luis Johnny and Amelia Jr a daughter Manuella and four brothers all of the home

Seagraves Dora Rios Tagle Yoakum County Denver City Webb Amelia Tagle Jr Odessa Church of Christ. Buria Seagraves Cemetery Webb Funeral Tex Tagle

Search For Pair Halted At Lake

PALESTINE Texas AP A search for two men presumed drowned after being swept over a spillway at Lake Palestine was halted Sunday. The missing are Vernon Dale Langston 41 a drilling company worker and Carl Tennen 44 a glass company employee both of Palestine. Tommy Reynolds 16 a Palestine high school student said he and the men were fishing in a metal boat when it capsized just after midnight Sunday. Reynolds swam to shore and flagged down a passing motorist who took him to Frankston to report the incident.

Palestine Tex Lake Palestine Vernon Dale Langston Carl Tennen Tommy Reynolds Sheriff's Deputies Reynolds Frankston

Obituaries Briefs from Lubbock and Surrounding Areas

Multiple funeral notices list LIV Eston Thornton and Herman Lorenz among the deceased. Levi Thornton of Lubbock died in Cove Arkansas, services at Melanie Park Baptist Church with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Other obituaries include J A Elliott Slaton Joe W Durrett Muleshoe Weldon Bailey 43 Houston A M Hawthorne 84 Lubbock, Leo Splawn 78 Amarillo Bert White 81 Muleshoe and Lowell Pool 27 Brownfield. Residents and survivors named across families.

Leo L. Nixon Funeral Today at Central Baptist

Funeral services for Leo L. Nixon 57 of 2005 44th St. are set for 2 p m at Central Baptist Church with Dr E H Henderson officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park follows under Resthaven Funeral Home direction. Nixon a Lubbock resident since 1940 owned a restaurant. Survivors include his wife two daughters Gaylia West and Gloria Nell Roberson two brothers James R Coy J Sweetwater two sisters Ida Pickering and Frances M Pyron and three other relatives.

Leo L. Nixon 44Th St Central Baptist Church E. H. Henderson Resthaven Memorial Park Resthaven James R 47Th St Coy J. Sweetwater Ida Pickering Frances M. Pyron Baytown

Shotgun Wielder Kills Child and Wounds Mother at Beach

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a lake beach near Fort Lauderdale killing a 10-year-old and wounding the mother. he fled after saying Dont turn me in and that others will kill him. Dozens of officers and dogs searched palmetto thickets as two suspected escapees from the South Florida State Mental Hospital prompted a major manhunt. The 10-year-old victim died after being rushed to Plantation General Hospital. a witness reported the gunman begged not to be turned in.

Fort Lauderdale Fla Lake Beach South Florida State Mental Hospital Palmetto Plantation General Hospital Florida

France Performs World's Third Heart Transplant On Priest

At Broussais Hospital Paris Dr Charles Dubost guided a six hour operation on an unidentified 45 year old priest recipient whose consciousness returned and is reported in satisfactory condition. Three prior transplants in France ended in death and several more in Houston and London show mixed results.

United Freee International France Charles Dubost Broussais Hospital Paris L'Aurore Dubost Pranee Clovis Roblain Joseph Eli Reynes Roblain la Pitie Reynes Montpellier Houston London Denton Cooley John M . Stuckwish Alpine Tex St. Luke’s Hospital Everett C. Thomas Phoenix Ariz National Heart Hospital Fredrick West Stuckwish Thomas West

Rites Scheduled For Mrs Harris Of Abilene

Mrs George F Harris of Abilene died after a long illness at 84 in an Abilene hospital. Rites set for 3 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church McAdo with Rev L V Grace officiating. Burial by King Funeral Home. She moved to McAdo in 1916 and lived there until 1957 before moving to Abilene. Survivors include her husband two sons two daughters eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Crosbyton George F. Harris Abilene McAdo Lubbock E. W.harris Vernon Morgan Amarillo Ina Clark

Davison Rites Planned for E L Davison

Funeral services for E L Dave Davison 54 of 2617 2nd St are set for 10 a m Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Henry Pinkard officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home. Davison a Paris native who moved to Lubbock in 1947 was a car salesman for Snodgrass Manor Motor Co and a longtime Latter Day Saints member. Survivors include his wife Earlene a son Davey daughter Gay Vaughn parents Mr and Mrs O E Davison of Paris four brothers and four sisters. Pallbearers are listed as Wilson Stewart Bo Snodgrass Otis Maner Harmon Hilliard Bobby контese and Dorman McDowell.

E. L Dave) Davison 2Nd St West Texas Hospital Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Henry Pinkard City of Lubbock Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home Davison Paris Tex Snodgrass Manor Motor Co Church For Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Earlene Davey Gay Vaughn O. E. Davison Vernon Texarkana Glen Wryle Darnis Houston George Bobletts Waco Bob Wooten Shelma Ward Eugene Malone Wilson Stewart Bo Snodgrass Otis Maner Harmon Hilliard Bobby Er Oantese Dorman McDowell

Grace Sr. James C. James C Grace Sr died at 83 in Lubbock

James Cleveland Grace Sr., of Anton, died Sunday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock at age 83. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. today at Anton First Methodist Church with Rev. Delton Fisher and Rev. J. R. Wood officiating. Burial will be in Anton Cemetery, Hammons Funeral Home of Littlefield directing. He moved to Anton area in 1925 from Hall County and farmed near Anton until his death. He is survived by Maudie, four sons Roy Jack Richard Grace of Anton and J C Grace Jr. of Yuma, Ariz., a brother Wil Grace of Franklin, two sisters Fannie White of Hearne and Sally Lambert of Los Angeles, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Otto Taylor Jerry Biffle Carl Rushing Shorty Stephenson Lynn Williams Mackey McCarty.

Littlefield James Cleveland Grace Sr Anton Methodist Hospital Lubbock Anton First Methodist Church Delton Fisher J. R. Wood Hammons Robinson County Grace Hall County Maudie Roy Jack Richard Grace J. C. Grace Jr J Yuma Ariz Wil Grace Franklin Fannie White Hearne Sally Lambert Los Angeles Calif Otto Taylor Jerry Biffle Carl Rushing Shorty Stephenson Lynn Williams Mackey McCarty

Mrs Brown Rites Planned in Levelland

Thelma Maples Brown 60 died Sunday in a Levelland hospital after moving from El Paso in 1953. Services set for 2 p.m. at George Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Taylor of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial in Levelland Cemetery. Survivors: two daughters, two sisters, three brothers, and five grandchildren.

Levelland Thelma Maples Brown Earl Henderson el Paso James Guess Redah Anz Abilene Ruth Weimhold Max Maples Austin Oscar Maples Kermit Loren Maples Graham

Quorum Appears Just Before Adjournment

In St. Louis the Board of Aldermen waited 20 minutes for a 15th member to achieve a quorum. The charter requires meetings until a budget proposal is approved. The 15th member arrived to applause, the session began, and 55 seconds later adjourned.

ST. Louis

Mrs. T. R. Allen Dies Rites Set

Mrs. Thorne R. Allen 79 died Saturday in a Lovington hospital. Rites at 2 p.m. today in Kerrville with burial at Glen Rest Cemetery under Plummer Funeral Home direction. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Henry Roberts of La Jolla California son H. E. of Lovington sisters Miss Kate Renschel Kerrville and Mrs. Jt. Q Eastland Meridian Miss brother Aloise Renschel Kerrville and one grandchild.

Lovington N.M Thorne R. Allen Kerrville Glen Rest Plummer Fine Funeral Home Smith-Rogers Funeral Home

Also Mentioned on This Page

City Today Saigon Lyndon Johnson Charles Robb St. Barnaba’s Episcopal Church Fredericksburg Patrick Nugent Dora Tagle Levi Thornton Cove Melanie Park Baptist Church City of Lubbock Franklin Bartley Herman Lorenz LaGrange Holy Cross Lutheran Church Warda Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home R. E. Kessie Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home Chapel Thhree J. A. Elliott Slaton Mercy Joe W. Durrett Chimes Weldon A. Bailey 45Th St Bailey A. M. Hawthorne Garza County Henderson Funeral Allen Brothers American Legion Legion Hall Ave. Q J. Louis Murfee Jr J. B. Balch South Plains College Mississippi Sound Mississippi Alabama Balch Leo David Splawn Lubbock and N. S. Griggs and Sons Pioneer Chapel Englewood N. S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home Lowell A. Pool Ft. Rucker Ala First Christian Church Brownfield City of Levelland Brownfield Funeral Home Mary Sue Keith Franklin Mrs. Lowry Nancy Mae Lowry Hobbs Hospital St. Thomas Catholic Church Weatherford Lowry Milburn Lowry Gary Gladys Quilty Denver Harry Harman Brownwood C. M. Harman Marshall Helen Westfall New York George Harris Mrs. Harris E. L. Davison James C. Grace Mrs. Brown Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park Tohoka Highway T. R. Allen Tnm&o Plainview Hobbs Clovis San Angelo Odessa Wichita Falls Carlsbad
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