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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1972
Page
3
A fragmented passage discusses mechanics and varied work shifts including night sessions and day work. The text references preparation and logistics around duties and a crash course, but details are incomplete.
Fulltime students study six hours daily combining instruction and application. The program seeks to boost confidence and provide guidance for troubled youth, including a case involving a 30 year old man linked to a murder investigation. Mentors from a Texas health education club assist in leadership development while officials stress accountability and no leniency for offenders.
A truck crash near Brownfield caused a fire and an ambulance explosion killing five people. Victims include Joe O Nelson 74 and Shorty Maples 71 among others. services set for today and tomorrow at local cemeteries. Police and funeral directors coordinate in Danville and Wellington areas.
Paul J. James died leaving a legacy tied to a Texas Tech based vocational program. The initiative aims to train men in electronics welding machine shop refrigeration and air conditioning through after hours and funded courses to prepare them for independent work and shop operation.
Obituary notes two deaths with services planned in Houston and Whitney. Mrs. Ramsey of Sugar Land, 74, a retired resident, will be buried at Whitney Cemetery. funeral at First Baptist Church in Whitney. Also mentioned are Floydada and Tecumseh natives with memorials and hospital details.
Funeral services for John L Lourier Birdwell are planned at Central Baptist Church with burial at Beathaven Mausoleum. Birdwell, a Texas Tech University farm and rancher, lived in Midland and Rotan with a long church career at St Luke's United and Central Baptist. Survived by his wife and three daughters, memorials requested to cancer society.
The obituary notes Robert Hones died Monday in Berkaley hospital. The Rev Ant Fiand will officiate a Pallbearers and Masonic rites will follow at the local cemetery.
Services are set for 2 p.m. in Odessa for H B Dobbs 53 a resident of Odessa. Survivors include spouse and children with relatives in Midland and San Antonio. The obituary notes affiliations and local connections and lists the family survivors in terse terms.
The obituary notes the death of Percy Threadgill and rites to be held at Calvney Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife and other relatives. The sparse fragments mention a reverend and family, with limited readable details about location and dates.
Thompson, a 19 year resident of the area and truck driver for a lumber company, died Tuesday at Midland Memorial Hospital. A memorial service is scheduled at 9:00 A.M. Thursday at First Assembly with burial at Jayton Cemetery. He was moved to Midland from Stockton, California, and leaves a girlfriend and family in Stone County.
Pend enathy illness affecting services with Sanders noted in local notice. Details are sparse but authorities state ongoing arrangements. Further updates expected as health condition evolves.
Brownfield memorial services are planned for John W. Nelson 64 a retired civil service employee and rural mail carrier who died after a long illness He served in World War II and held memberships in the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Brownfield Masonic Lodge Lubbock Scottish Rite and Brownfield Eastern Star He will be interred in Terry County with arrangements through Brownfield Funeral Home Survivors include his wife and several daughters with details noted in the obituary fragment.
The readable text hints at a discussion of knowing and choosing the Divine path, invoking strength from the Lord and suggesting discernment between modes of guidance. Details are fragmentary and no concrete events or entities are identifiable.
Charles L Anglin, a native of Comanche County and longtime Lubbock resident for 25 years, will be buried at Laske's IMathad hat Church in Plains at 3 p.m. Monday. The service will be led by Pastor Rev HL Dewitt Seazo with Chaplain Ellen Lee Brian of the US.
Special services were held for Dr J A Robinson of Santa Monica. Burial followed at Santa Monica Cemetery. The Texas native died June 21 at a local hospital after practice in Grosby County and Palo Alto. He studied at Baylor and practiced medicine in Texas before moving to California. He is survived by his wife two sons a sister and eight grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements for Sidney E Lance are pending with AMBEHS Special services expected. Details remain scarce as the family awaits further information and official notices.
A fragmented obituary notes a man survived by his wife and kin, listing a spouse and earthly relatives amid sparse details. The readable lines reference a religious affiliation and family ties without full context.
The readable text fragment mentions Byers with long service, a vehicle component, and a trailer with possible reconfiguration. The passage is fragmented and lacks coherent events, dates, or identifiable entities.
An unclear fragment notes Snyder and a special event, with scrambled text suggesting a preparation or planned setup. The readable portion mentions residents or officials and a potential response, but details remain garbled.
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