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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1969
Page
6
Funeral and memorial services are announced for multiple individuals including Marine Captain Ross of 3213 33rd St reported killed May 15. Also listed are services for Lee Stephens 83 in Plainview, Dorman Black 34 of Littlefield, and J A Griffis 86 in Roswell. Includes a civic site purchase update and various injuries from local accidents.
Walter C. George 74 of Kress died at 1 45 p m Wednesday at Swisher Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness He served Swisher County since 1916 Services at 3 30 p m today at Kress Church of Christ conducted by Harold Kennamer Lynn Rhodes of Tulsa Church of Christ will assist Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home George born December 14 1894 in Atlanta Georgia married Ollie Wyrick in 1915 They are survived by his wife eight sons two brothers thirty six grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren
Major Vardaman Johnson in Vietnam sent a roadside tribute to his wife Lanell in Lufkin. A highway billboard near Nacogdoches read Dear Lanell Happy anniversary Eleven years Two wonderful children See you soon From Vietnam Love Vardaman. Relatives say the message was arranged last December for their 11th wedding anniversary.
William H. Massey 82 died Wednesday at West Texas Hospital after living in Lubbock since 1925 from Athens. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at W. W. Rix Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. D. Throckmorton of Faith Temple officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include wife Laura two sons Jack of Port Aransas and Russel of Jefferson a daughter Mrs M B Bradshaw six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Linda Stephens, four year old daughter of Carroll and Linda Stephens of 5320 31st St, died after a long illness at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Services set for 2 p.m. today at W. W. Rix Chapel with Rev Maurice Cottle and Rev J B Fowler officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Memorials to Wadley Institute. Survivors include her parents, a sister Carolanne, and her grandparents Kyle Rousseau and Mrs Wilmer L Stephens. Pallbearers named as James Mowery, Bill Goodacre, Giles Forbus, Eldin Lofgren.
Mrs T E Loran 63 died 9 30 p m Wednesday at Shannon Memorial Hospital San Angelo after an extended illness. Services pending at George Price Funeral Home Levelland. A Corsicana native she had lived here 26 years. Survivors include husband two sons T E Jr Levelland and Jack Lubbock five sisters two brothers and six grandchildren.
The Agriculture Department announced cuts to farm storage loan amounts and higher interest rates for storage loans rising from 4 percent to 6 percent. Service fees on price support loans will double after May 31, while commodity price support loan rates remain at 3.6 percent. New storage loan restrictions aim to curb inflation as part of a broader economy drive.
The Baltimore Fire Department still uses runners to carry messages to fire officials at multiple alarm fires. Fire Chief John J. Killen told city fire commissioners the department is forced to rely on runners because the city cannot fund newer communications measures.
Services for Jerrell H. Thurman 41 are pending at White Funeral Home Tahoka. A native of Anson he died Tuesday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a week there. He was a Lynn County resident 38 years a mechanic and First Baptist Church member. Survivors include his wife a son Wayne his mother four sisters and a brother.
Poem-style reflection quoting Psalm 46 10 about staying still while seeking God. Mentions a mother teaching a child to wait to be found and applies the lesson to adults in confusion. Authorship attributed to Julien C Hyer.
Lawyer P. Terry aged 58 dies after an extended illness in West Texas Hospital. Services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Manhattan Heights Church of Christ with minister David McFell officiating. Burial at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery directed by Jamison Funeral Home. Survived by wife Thelsa daughter Gloria and brothers Willie and Billy.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals orders a new trial for Arcadio Ysasaga in the 1967 theft of a weed killer from a Palmer County warehouse. It overturned a six year sentence citing insufficient circumstantial evidence and highlighted the lack of direct identification linking Ysasaga to the truck and the stolen herbicide.
President Nixon proposes a 2.58 billion dollar foreign aid budget the smallest in the program’s history yet higher than last year. He calls for an auditor general in AID and an Overseas Private Investment Corp to fight waste and attract private capital. The plan stresses multilateral funding and targeted assistance in agriculture education and health.
FBI announced arrests in Dallas for four men charged with interstate transportation of dice and involvement in an unlawful gambling operation. Three men Freeman, McFarland of Longview and Nelson of Marshall were released on bonds. a fourth, Nugent, remained at large in Louisiana. Indictments were returned by a federal grand jury in Tyler.
Tracey Virgil Whan, 32, who said he is immune to electricity, was sentenced to die by electric chair for the 1966 murder of cab driver Edward Jordan. Whan was convicted in 1967 and testified about surviving a high voltage encounter. Execution date set for July 8 after appeals upheld.
Alaska's precipitation ranges from about 220 inches annually on the southern coast to under 40 inches in the far north, illustrating stark regional climate differences.
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