Nixon hints at six year presidency reform plan
President Nixon suggested to congressional leaders a constitutional amendment for a single six year term. He proposed a 17 member commission to study reforms to prevent future Watergates and outlined potential campaign finance controls. Democratic leaders noted mixed reception and urged swift action on reforms.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
White House
Senate
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
Federal Elections Commission
Mike Mansfield
House
Mansfield
George J. Aiken
Capitol
Scott
Congress
Election Reform Commission
Robert Strauss
Capital
Democratic Club
Injured Men Listed After Monday Accident
Luther Likes, 56, of 1907 St was in fair condition at Methodist Hospital after an industrial accident at Slaton on Monday. Jim Stanley Gibson, 18, of Plainview was in critical condition at Methodist Hospital after a Monday shooting at Gibson's Durant Center in Plainview. Police were investigating the incident late Tuesday.
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Luther Likes
Methodist Hospital
Slaton
Jim Stanley Gibson
Painview
Gibson's
Durant Center
Plainview
Po Jee
Widow Mrs Lipscomb Dies in Lubbock Home
Mrs L N Lipscomb widow of a West Texas Methodist minister died Tuesday at 202 48th Street. Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at W W Rix Chapel with pastors from Hereford St Johns UMC and First United Methodist officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Rix Funeral Home in charge.
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L. N. Lipscomb
West Texas
48Th St. Serviers
Miss Poindexter dies. long Texas Tech career noted
Miss Poindexter 81 of 2601 47th St died after a brief illness. Funeral services at 4 p.m. in W. W. Rix Chapel with Dr. Dudley Strain officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Justice of the Peace ruled death from natural causes. She led the Texas Tech applied arts department 1936 to 1953 and served as president and partner of Design of Today, Inc. born April 1, 1892 in Bardstown Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martye Poindexter
47Th St
W. W. Rix Chapel
Dudley Strain
First Christian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral
Poindester
Justice of the
Wayne LeCroy
Miss Poindester
Lubbock
Obituaries Include Crisler Harbin Hetler and Hettler Details
Several obituaries note deaths in Lubbock and area. Mrs Carol Crisler and Jay Harbin are remembered with survivors including children and siblings. John Hettler with a varied career in city administration and church leadership is profiled along with family. Additional Southern Plains deaths are listed with funeral plans and local funeral homes.
Levelland Youth Ronnie Lockett Dies After Heart Attack
Ronnie Dale Lockett 18 of Levelland died after a heart attack at school and was pronounced dead at Cook Memorial Hospital. Services scheduled Thursday at George C. Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Edd Lawson officiating. Burial in Levelland City Cemetery. Survivors include three brothers, maternal grandfather, and a school affiliation noted. pallbearers listed.
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Levelland
Ronnie Dale Lockett
George C. Price
Edd Lawson
Morning Star Baptist Church
City of Levelland
Lockett
Cook Memorial Hospital
Levelland High School
Theodore
Willie
Allen
Obadiah Garrett
Mrs Martin Smith 90 Roaring Springs Resident Dies
Mrs Martin Smith 90 longtime Roaring Springs resident dies after short illness in Floydada nursing home. Funeral at Roaring Springs Roaring Church with Rev Jim Ritter and Rev Leon McBeth officiating. Burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Home Matador. Survived by brother John Huffstuttler of Lubbock and several nieces and nephews.
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Matador
Martin Smith
Roaring Church
Roaring Springs
Jim Ritter
Leon McBeth
Fort Worth
Roaring 4 Springs
Seigler Funeral Home
Smith
Floydada
John Huffstuttler
Lubbock
Nancy Elizabeth Taylor dies at 84 in Tahoka services today
Nancy Elizabeth Taylor 84 died Monday at Colonial Nursing Home Tahoka. Services at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Tahoka with Pastor Charles Lutrick of St Johns Lubbock. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery. White Funeral Home in charge. Survived by three daughters, two sons, three sisters, 15 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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John Arthur Hetter
Rt. 7
Lubbock
Idaloa United Methodist Church
W. D. McReynolds
Quanah United Methodist Church
Herbert G. Tavenner
Idaloa Church
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Hettler
Colorado General Hospital
Denver
First United Methodist Church
Idalou
Public Administration Office of
Chicago
Roosevelt High School
Texas Tech University
Techs
Owensboro
Kan
Franz
Robertson County
University of Texas At
Arling
Franklin
Seo Waas
Phi McMurry College
Beta Kappa
Phi Upsilon Omlmany
Crew
Alpha Lambda Delta
West Tex
Western Lin
G. V. Fulton
J. Chambers
Padge Kenarleks
Tahoka
Nancy Elizabeth Taylor
Colonial
Charles Lutrick
St. John's United Methodist Church
Tohoka
White Funeral Home
Taylor
Tuscola
James Wesley Taylor
Lynn County
Austin
B. L. Carson
Weldon Hancock
O'Donnell
A. E. Millex Jr
Amarillo
Noble Taylor
del Rio
Dwayne Taylor
Fort Collins
Colo
Fairybelle Holly
Cora Watkins
Sweetwater
MaeKinsey
Coleman
Laura Tippit Services Set After Death in Fort Worth
Laura Tippit 74 of 1705 Ave T died at St Joseph’s Hospital Fort Worth after living in Lubbock since 1925 where she worked 25 years in Hemphill-Wells Ready-to-Wear. Survived by son Jack Tippit and daughters Harlan Dowell and Robert L. Kelley, mother Lena Cauthen, siblings, and nine others. Memorials to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch in Amarillo.
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Laura
Katie) Tippit
Ave. T
Sanders
Jack Tippit
Westport
Cal Farley
Ama
Tilo
Death on Road Ruled Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Luther Tannery, 45, was found dead at his residence three miles north of Reese Air Force Base on Farm Road 309 by a neighbor about 6 35 p m Tuesday. Justice of the Peace F H Bolen ruled the death a self inflicted gunshot wound. Deputies said Tannery had been dead since Monday. A 30 08 gun was found at the scene. Funeral services were pending with Rix Funeral Directors late Tuesday.
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Luther ‘Tannery
Reese Air Force Base
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Bolen
Tannery
Rix Funeral Directors
Marcos Decrees Use of Metric System in Philippines
President Ferdinand E Marcos issues a decree ordering adoption of the metric system for heights and measures in the Philippines replacing the English system and others.
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Manila, Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
The
Philippines
Life Term Given Carlsbad Man For Baker's Murder
Carlsbad resident James Will Davis, 25, was found dead in his bakery May 19, 1971. William L. Davis, age 65, was beaten with a lumber piece, hot grease poured on him, and castrated. Seaton found guilty of first degree murder after extensive testimony. sentenced to life in the New Mexico Penitentiary by Judge Kermit Nash.
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Ida Belle Riggins
al-Itams
A-J
Williams
Seaton
Lovington
Terry Willie
James
Carlsbad
James Will Davis
New Mexico
Kermit Nash
William L. Davis
Davis
Grover Beard
J. Ted Williams
Davis Bakery
Cast Your Cares On Him Prayer Poem
A devotional verse inspired by Robinson Crusoe, advising turning worries into two columns and listing every care. The second column marks God, promising blessings outweigh woes and protection through faith.
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Robinson Crusoe
Peter
God
Area Woman Identifies Dead Son
A-J Correspondent Mrs Thelma Collins returned home from Mexico after identifying the body of her son Johnny Eugene Collins 19 found dead Monday night on the Mexican side of the border near Piedras Negras Chihuahua Mexico. Mexican authorities notified the Cochran County sheriff and Mrs Collins at 115 a m Tuesday. The body was found in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass badly decomposed. Autopsy showed drowning. The body will be sent to Levelland tonight for burial Thursday or Friday. Arrangements are by George Price Funeral Home. Collins had gone to visit a friend in Mexico with companions. others returned to Morton. He planned to hitchhike home.
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A-J
Morton
Thelma Collins
Mexico
Johnny Eugene Collins
Piedras Negras
Chihuahua
Cochraw County
Levelland
George Price Funeral Home
Collins
Defense firms list shows high profits and refunds
Washington reports a UPI summary of Sen. Proxmire exposing more than 100 firms earning excessive defense profits in 1967 and 1968. Despite refunds totaling millions, firms like Brothers Inc. and Norris Industries posted very high returns on net worth, with profits largely tied to weapon components and ordnance amid renegotiation figures.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Williams Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Sub
Shell
Brothers Inc
Hoboken
N.J
Proxmire Components
The
National Union
Electric Com
Greenwich
Conn
Defense Department
Roxmire
Norris Industries Inc
Los Angeles
Norris
Forbes Magazine
Obituary Briefs for Mary Lee Carr and Others
Obituary notices detail services and burials for eight month old Mary Lee Carr of Earth, infant died at Lubbock State School hospital, Jason Eric Farley aged four from Clarksville, Tenn., James B. Franklin 81 of Las Vegas formerly of Lubbock, Claudie L. Herford 61 of Lubbock, Mrs Tomp Johnson 73 of Manassas, Va., Epifanio Gutierrez 48 of Snyder, Dr Phillip David Maimon 31 of Charleston W V, with each service listed by church or cemetery and directing funeral homes.
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Mary Lee Carr
Paul Carr
Earth
First Baptist Church of Earth
Earth Cemetery
Parsons-Elis - Singleton Funeral Home
Lubbock State School Hospital
Jason Eric Farley
Wayland Mack Marie
Clarksville
Tenn
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Directors
Campbell Hospital
Army
Kissinger To Resume Paris Talks In Vietnam Peace Effort
Washington reports Kissinger will depart at 10 a.m. to resume discussions in Paris with Tho from the North Vietnamese Politburo. Talks are expected to last three to four days, following a Hanoi meeting in February. Officials note U.S. funding curbs on bombing in Cambodia or Laos after Senate action. State Dept says Hanoi troops in Laos breach the Paris agreement.
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Washington
Vietnam
White House
Nixon
Kissinger
Tho
Hanoi
Fund Out
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cambodia
Laos
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
House
State Department
Department
Actor Barker's Services Held
New York AP reports a funeral service for former Tarzan actor Barker cementing his career in Westerns and foreign films. Fifty four attendees included his widow Carmen Seguras and actress Arlene Dahl, who married and divorced him in 1951. Barker died of a heart attack near Lexington Avenue at age 53, leaving a legacy as a romantic screen star and later international film performer.
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New York
Tarzan
Barker
Bitter Ridge
Mississippi
Hollywood
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Mrs. Lipscomb
Mrs. Crisler
John B
Carol) Crisler
14Th St
Ray
Waco
Rix
Carol Allen
Rt. 6
Anna Lee Williams
Mary Elizabeth Lowery
Jacksonville
Ala
Jay Harbin
Muleshoe
Jay B. Harbin
16Th
Avenue D
Church of Christ
Harbin
West Plains Memorial Hospital
Ivan Woodard
Thomas Langford
Lubbock Church of
United States ‘Army Reserve
Dorine
Mark
Darhart
Paul
Jayellen Wilson
Sudan
Ada Harbin
Whitharral
Robin Taylor
Joe
Ralph
Canyon
John Hettler
Ronnie Lockett
Mrs. M. Smith
Skylab
Charles Conrad Jr
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Houston Johnson Space Center
Skylab Space Station
Charley Ross
Nancy Taylor
Laura Tippit
Denny Edwards
Brookings
Ore
Evel Knievel
Fairgrounds Speedway
Longview
Wash
Baker
James B. Franklin
Las Vegas
Nev
W.W. Rix Chapel
Claudie L. Herford
Ledberry Funeral
City F
Herford
University Hospital
Epifanio Gutierrez
Snyder
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Gutierrez
Cogdill Hospital
Phillip
David Maimon
Charleston
W. Va
Temple Israel
Sous’ and
Grenithy Elmane
Bill Linn
Paris
Auckland
New Zealand
National
Ranklin
Dartley
Sith St
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