Texas panel debates appointive versus elected judges
A Texas constitutional commission hears arguments on keeping appointive judges or moving to elected judges. Supporters say appointive can yield judges with temperaments, while critics warn against centralized power. The panel considers home rule charters and regional bodies, with more reports due.
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Hart
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Biom Royall
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Senta
San Antonio
Walter ‘McAllister
Andrew Morris Dies After Short Illness in Plainview
Andrew Morris 88 longtime Plainview area resident died after a short illness. Services will be today at Halfway Methodist Church with Rev. Aaron Mitchell and Rev. James Carter of Tulsa officiating. Burial in Lemon’s Funeral Home cemetery. He was born in Greenville and married Minnie Florence Jeter in 1915. The couple moved to Hale County in 1915 from Van Zandt County and to Halfway in 1943 to farm until retirement. Survivors include sister Lula Phelan Weatherford, daughter W.H. Dean Saleey community, four sons W Miracle Valley Ariz Wulia A H and A D Plainview, 13 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Mrs Morris died in 1961. He was a longtime Methodist and former Woodmen of the World member.
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James Carter
Tulsa
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Egetine
Greenville
Minnie ‘Florence Jeter
Hale County
van Zandt County
Tex
Ihe Halfway
Heritage Nursing Home
Morris
Mrs Johnston’s Rites Planned in Jayton Baptist Church
Mrs Sarah Adaline Johnston 90 died Tuesday in St Anthony Hospital Amarillo after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 PM today at Jayton Baptist Church with Rev M L Brewer and Rev Woodson Armes officiating. Burial in Jayton Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home Spur. Survivors include two sons, four daughters, and several grandchildren. Mrs Johnston was a Lampasas County native and longtime Kent County resident married to J M Johnston in 1897.
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Sarah Adaline Johnston
St. Anthony
Amarillo
Jayton Baptist Church
M. L. Brewer
Woodson ‘Armes
Dalls
Jayton
Campbell Funeral Home
Johnston
Lampasas County
J.M. Johnston
Kent County
Mason County
Death of Mrs. Robert Baker in Garza County
Mrs Robert Baker 36 died suddenly Tuesday night ten miles west of Post. A Post physician pronounced natural death. Burial is in Hudman Funeral Home cemetery. Survivors include her brother Jimmie Redman and four sisters Mrs Wilma Berry Eunice New Mexico Mrs Mary Alexander Lov ing New Mexico Mrs Maxine Cook Levelland and Mrs Jennie Cowdrey Post.
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Post
Hudman Funeral Home
Baker
Garza County
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Pos
Jimmie Redman
Wilma’ ‘Berry
Eunice, N.M
Mary. Alexander
Loving N.M
Maxine Cook
Levelland
Jennie Cowdrey
Mrs Woodard Dies in Andrews After Illness
Mrs. Jimmie Woodard, 48, died Tuesday at Permian General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services are pending at Singleton Funeral Home. A Dallas native, she came to Andrews nine years ago. Survivors include her husband Taft and daughter Lula Kay Coleman of Andrews.
Former Olton Resident Henry Ogletree Dies at 84
Henry H. Ogletree 84 a former Olton resident died about 11 30 a m Tuesday at Mountain Grove Missouri after a possible heart attack Graveside services will be at 5 p m Thursday in Olton Cemetery with Rev John E Lewis First Baptist Church officiating Burial is directed by Parsons Funeral Home He had lived in Mountain Grove nine years since moving from Olton Survivors include his wife Maude daughter in law Mrs Mardena Bundy Lubbock a sister Mrs Dora Leonard Georgia and five grandchildren
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Henry H. Ogletree
Mountain Grove
Olton Cemetery
John E. Lewis
First Baptist Church
Parsons
Ogletree
Maude
Mardena Bundy
Lubbock
Dora Leonard
Georgia
Longtime Area Resident Dana Williams Dies
L Williams 8A passed away Tuesday at a local hospital after a long illness. Services are pending at Steed Todd Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams belonged to a pioneer South Plains family that arrived around the century’s turn. Her husband, the late E E Williams, was Lamb County’s first tax assessor. Survivors include three sons Bud Clovis Jim Crosbyton and Curt Cheyenne, along with a daughter, and eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Steed-Todd Funeral Home
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Cheyenne
Tae
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Arillo
Atty Blair Cherry files in narcotics raid case ties
Assistant District Attorney Blair Cherry filed charges connected to May 25 narcotics raids by the Lubbock police. Two men and a woman, already in custody, face counts including illegal sale of LSD and barbiturates. Warrens 5 000 bond set. Beasley Davis 5 000 bond set. additional theft charges involve camera equipment valued near 3 000 and several others released on bonds.
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Blair Cherry
Lubbock
David George Warren
Texas Tech
Pee
Bill Bessent
Carpenter Hall
Justice of the Peace
Wayne
LeCroy
Warren
Lubbock County
Sybal “Beasley Davis
37Th
GeCroy
Rites Thursday For Mrs. Linker
Funeral services for Margaret Jane Linker 72 of Floydada are set Thursday with the Rev. Melvin Mathis officiating. Burial will be in the Allen cemetery, directed by Moore Rose Funeral Home. She died Tuesday in Lockney General Hospital after a 26 day stay. She came from Allen Oklahoma. She is survived by four sons, two daughters, three brothers, three sisters, 19 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Margaret’ Jane Linker
Ore
Melvin Mathis
Allen
Okla
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Pees
D. L
Raymond
Martin
Dimmitt
Ralph
Earners
C. Griggs
Mee D.'.b
Warren
Petersburg
Albert
Sam Harkey
Waurika
Jay
Albuquerque
Babe. Harkey
Tecumseh
Bertha
Darby
Ellen Harkey
California
Mishap Victim's Services Pending
Brownfield special report notes Hoyt Neibanel Frasier 57 of Farmington New Mexico died in a Monday night car truck collision about five miles west of Brownfield on U S 380 at 5 30 pm Investigating officers say Frasier was an Army World War II veteran and a native of Alabama Survivors include his wife Louise of Beaumont three sons Hoyt Bill and John and seven daughters Virginia Platt Dorothy McGee Cartie Smith Margie Hand Patricia Branda Evelyn and Martha Frasier all listed with multiple birthplaces and home address details
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Alabama
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North Carolina
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Grants
Margie Hand
Patricia” ‘Branda
Alburquerque
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Marthal Frasier
Moreland Rites Planned Today
James Philip Moreland age 28 died in Abilene after a lengthy illness. Services at 4 p.m. at Bacon Heights Baptist Church with Rev. H F Scott officiating. Burial in Resthaven Cemetery directed by Rix Funeral Home. Survived by his parents E J and Mrs E J Moreland and a brother James Kent Moreland. Pallbearers listed. A note about Halley’s Comet due in 1986 appears.
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Abilene
Bacon Heights Baptist Church
Pasor
H.F. ‘Scott
Resthaven Cemetery
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Moreland
Hereford
E. J. Moreland
14Th’ St
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California
Louise Moreland
Belton
James
J. Moreland
Paducah
Bo Mitchell
Aston Buck
Fil ‘Pierce
Marvin Mosley
Chester ‘Harris
R.C. Hay
Yale of security and faith tested through years of God
Julien C Hyer reflects on security and divine guidance learned over years of testing. He cites proven ways of God as the best path forward.
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Yale of Security
Julien C, Hyer
Funeral planned for William Walser in Chillicothe
William Floyd Walser former Plains resident killed in a pickup train collision near Chillicothe burial at East View Cemetery Vernon under Murphy Funeral Home. Services today at First Baptist Church Chillicothe officiated by Rev W D Bryan and Rev Don Theads. Survivors include four sons Melvin Car Odus Hershal two sisters four brothers nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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William Floyd Walser
Plains
First Baptist
Chillicothe
W. D. Byran
Don ‘Theads
View Cemetery
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Clarendon
Walser
Here
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Odd Fellows Lodge
Melvin
Las Vegas
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Car
Amarillo
Odus
Farwell
Hershal
Irving
Helen Huff
Sanford
Bonnie Wall
Virgil
Jack
Harrold
Bennie
Mineral Wells
F. L
Borger
Lubbock County Officials Tackle Juvenile Programs and Green Amendment
At a Tuesday Community Action Board meeting in Carper County officials discussed the Green Amendment and Equal Opportunities Act's effect on federal funds. Ted Jolly of Lubbock Youth Services outlined guidance aims for at risk youths and a possible Big Brother policy. Barbara Taylor presented district living conditions and financing fixes for homeowners in the Ocean district three miles northeast of Lubbock.
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Oeein
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Tech
Obscure Texas obituaries and local notices blend of services
Wilton residents dating from 1923 attend a first Baptist service in Wilson with burial in Wilson Cemetery under Englands Funeral Home Slaton. Otto H. Rinne 65, died in Joy Hospital Slaton with services at First Baptist Slaton. Anita Dériene Boatright 5, died in Dallas. service Sudan Church of Christ with burial Sudan Cemetery Hammons Funeral Home Littlefield. Homer Maule 44, funeral at First Methodist Camp Springs Cemetery Bell Seal Funeral Home. Texas Highway Cement announces M Bailey Construction of Abilene as May bidder for U.S. 84 84 overpass at Lubbock. bid $54,336. Alfred Guterre 22 undergoing treatment at Methodist Hospital after stab wound. Sheriff’s deputies report stabbing during a fight at 505 7th St Shallow Water.
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Shallowater
Ignacio Reyna Rites Planned
Ignacio Reyna's funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. today at the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Henderson Funeral Directors will handle arrangements. Survivors include his wife Marie of Muleshoe, two sons Ignacio Jr and Alvano, six daughters Helena Yolanda Sylvia Angle Consequela and Mary all of the home, his mother Mrs Norberta Rodriguez of Lubbock, nine brothers and two sisters living in Lubbock and Crystal City.
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Alvarez J Reyna
Arly
Bamboo! Club
Lubbock
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Norberta Rodriguez
7Th St. Lubbock
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Erskine
Victor
Reyna
Crystal City
Henry
Manuel
Benito
Raymon
Tony
Jesse
Pedro Reyna
Lupe
Marie Reyna
Bahamas Sees 296427 Visitors in Early 1968
In Nassau The Bahamas figures show 296427 travelers visited during the first quarter of 1968, up 10.8 percent from the same period last year. The UPI report cites increased arrivals from multiple sources boosting tourism in the archipelago.
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Four Injured In Sab Valley Auto Mishaps
Four people were injured in two separate auto crashes in Sab Tuesday. One victim, Jerry Leslie Bryant, 10, suffered stair injuries and remained in serious condition at Highland Besa after a two car collision in the Caprock Shopping Center parking lot near 6 30 p m. Joeye Putman Jackson, 31, and Lynette Jackson, 2, were treated and released from Highland Hospital after a parking lot crash. June Daniel Hamilton, 27, was treated at West Texas Hospital and released after a 4 p m crash at 15th St and Teak Ave.
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Jerry Leslie Bryant
44Th St
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Stair
Highland Besa
Caprock
Highland Hospital
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55Th St
Lynette Jackson
Lonnie F Meeks Rites Arranged
Lonnie F Meeks 76 dies in a car track collision near Sudan Texas. Services set for 2 p m at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Wayne Perry and Rev J R Manning Burial in Sudan Cemetery Hammons Funeral Home Littlefield directs survivors include Mary Ester son Warren Earth three daughters six grandchildren and several siblings.
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Lonnie F. Meeks
First Baptist Church
Wayne O. Perry
J. R. Manning
Hammons
Warren
Earth
Ilynn
Perry
Lubbock
Anna
Arnold
el Paso
Jane Campbell
Littlefield
Frank
Hurst
Clyde
San Antonio
Boyd
Big Cabin
Okla
George Campbell
Dallas
Firemen Respond to Twin House Blazes in Lubbock
Lubbock firemen fought two house fires Tuesday at 2518 44th St and nearby. Damage estimates ranged from 100 to 1000 dollars with smoke damage heavier than flames. Fire from a bathroom in Vivian Duke’s residence and a grease stove fire linked to David Kostt caused the losses. The first blaze was reported at 7:23 p.m and a second at 2:28 p.m.
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Vivian Duke
44Th St
David Kostt
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Ite
Pam
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