Memorials and obituaries mark Plainview and West Texas death notices
The page lists memorials for Marine Capt. Michael Ross killed in Vietnam and services for Mrs. Lee Stephens, Dorman Black, and other local deaths. It notes a fund established in Ross's memory at First National Bank, funeral services at First United Methodist Church in Plainview, and other obituaries with service times and burial locations. Additional notices cover community leaders and business figures, with plans for a 200 acre industrial site near Plainview and local hospital updates on patients and injuries.
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Ross
Longtime Kress Resident Walter C. George Dies
Walter C. George 74 of Kress died at 1 45 p m Wednesday after a lengthy illness in Swisher Memorial Hospital He was born December 14 1894 in Atlanta Georgia and married Ollie Wyrick in 1915 They were members of the Kress Church of Christ Services scheduled for 3 30 p m today at the Kress Church of Christ with Harold Kennamer and Lynn Rhodes officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Directors Mr George survived by his wife eight sons four daughters two brothers and a sister 36 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren
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James
Thomas ‘Wethington
Holy Family Catholic Church
Nazareth
Holy Family
Dimmitt
Wethington
Albuquerque
Tulia
Walter C. George
Kress
Swisher Memorial Hospital
Swisher County
Church of Christ
Harold Kennamer
Amarillo
Lynn “Rhodes
Tulsa Church of Christ
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
George
Atlanta
Ollie Wyrick
Turkey
Major marks anniversary far from home in Vietnam
AP reports Maj Vardaman Johnson in Vietnam remembered his 11th wedding anniversary as his wife Lanelle traveled toward Nacogdoches. A billboard near Lufkin read Dearest Love and Happy Anniversary from Vietnam, created by Johnson last December for his wife and two children.
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Lufkin
Air Force
Maj
Vardaman Johnson
Vietnam
Lanelle
Vardaman
Massey Rites Set Saturday
William H. Massey who resided at 2124 E Broadway died Wednesday in West Texas Hospital after living in Lubbock since 1925. Funeral held at W W Rix Funeral Home Chapel with pastor Throckmorton officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors: wife Laura two sons Jack of Port Aransas and Russel of Jefferson a daughter Mrs M B Bradshaw of Lubbock six grandchildren eight great-grandchildren.
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William H. Satae
W. W
Russel
Jefferson
M. B. Bradshaw
Lubbock
Linda Lea Stephens Dies in Dallas Aged 4
Lynda Lea Stephens daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll Stephens of 5320 31st St died Tuesday after a lengthy illness at Baylor Hospital Dallas Her funeral is at 8 00 p m today in W W Rix Chapel with Rev Maurice Cottle officiating and Rev J B Fowler assisting Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Funeral Directors of Rix in charge Survivors include her parents a sister Carolanne and grandparents Kyle Rousseau and Mrs Wilmer L Stephens Memorials may be sent to Wadley Institute in Dallas Pallbearers named James Mowery Bill Goodacre Gile Forbus Eldin Lofgren
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Lynda Lea Stephens
Carroll Stephens
W. W. Rix
Maurice Cottle
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
J. B. Fowler
Southcrest ‘Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix
Baylor
Gile Forbus
Eldin Lofgren
Mrs. Loran Dies After Illness. Rites Pending
Mrs. T. E. Loran 63 died at Shannon Memorial Hospital San Angelo after an extended illness. Services pending at George Price Funeral Home in Levelland. A Corsicana native, she lived here 26 years. Survived by her husband two sons T. E. Jr. of Levelland and Jack of Lubbock five sisters two brothers and six grandchildren.
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Levelland
T. E. Loran
Shannon Memorial Hospital
San Angelo
George Price
Corsicana
Loran
T. E. Jr
Jack
Lubbock
Grain Growers Face Loan Cut
The Agriculture Department plans to reduce loans to farmers for building grain storage and handling facilities. It raised storage loan interest from 4 to 6 percent and will double service fees on price support loans after May 31. Officials said no increase in commodity price support loan rates from 3.5 percent. New storage loan restrictions were ordered as an economy move amid the anti inflation drive.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Runners Replace Firemen's Coins In Baltimore Fire Ops
Baltimore Fire Department still uses runners to carry messages at multi alarm fires. Fire Chief John J. Killen told city fire commissioners the department relies on runners because the city will not fund a centralized communications system.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore Fire Department
John J. Killen
Thurman Rites Pend At Tahoka
Jerrell H. Thurman 41 died in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a week of illness. A native of Anson he lived in Lynn County 38 years and was a mechanic. Survivors include his wife a son Wayne his mother four sisters and a brother. Funeral services are pending at White Funeral Home in Tahoka.
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Lubbock
Sweet Street
Baptist Chamber of Commerce
Tahoka
Grayson
Big Spring
Dallas
East Texas State University
Jerrell H. Thurman
White Funeral Home
Anson
Thurman
Methodist Hospital
Lynn County
First Baptist Church
Wayne
Joe M. Thurman
Mary T. Kelley
Midwest City
Okla
Oline Wilson
Silver City
N.M
Pearl Mize
Meridian
Jean Smith
South Gate
Calif
Noel O. Thurman
Houston
Car bearing SDS membership damaged by fire in Houston
A car linked to the Students for a Democratic Society was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday night in front of a location in Houston. Investigators seek the cause and any links to the group.
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Houston
Students For A Democratic Society
Be Still and Know That I Am God Reflection
A reflective note urges calm in searching for God. It recalls Psalm 46 10 and a mother guiding a child to stay in place until found. The writer, Julien C Hyer, suggests stillness may help seekers be found by God rather than rushing.
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God
Lawyer Terry Funeral Friday at Manhattan Heights Church
Funeral services for Lawyer P. Terry, age 58, will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at the Manhattan Heights Church of Christ with Minister David McFell officiating Burial will be in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery Jamison Funeral Home directing Terry died at 105 a m Tuesday in West Texas Hospital He survived by wife Thelsa a daughter Gloria of Lubbock and two brothers Willie of Los Angeles and Billy of Alameda California
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P. Terry
15Th St
Manhattan’ Heights
Church of Christ
David McFell
Peaceful Gardens
Jamison
Terry
West Texas Hospital
Thelsa
Gloria
Lubbock
Willie
Los Angeles
Calif
Billy
Alameda, Calif
New trial ordered in Texas weed killer burglary case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for Arcadio Ysasaga in the 1967 theft of a weed killer from a Palmer County warehouse. The court overturned a six year sentence due to circumstantial evidence concerns and identified issues with witness identification and the go-between. About 48 cases of the $102 weed killer were taken in the burglary.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Court. of
Arcadio Osasaga
Palmer County
Ysa‘saga
Lubbock County
Ysasaga
Joe Pat Anders
Anders
Nixon seeks $2.58 billion foreign aid plan for 1969
President Nixon proposes a historic $2.58 billion foreign aid request for the next fiscal year, a figure higher than last year but the smallest presidential request to date. He backs multilateralism, an auditor general for AID, and OPIC to spur private investment, with emphasis on agriculture, family planning, education, and health.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Capitol “Hill
Cms
House Republican
House
Agency For International Development
AID
Pradu
Johnson
United Nations
anyUverseas Private Investment Corp
OPIC
FBI Nabs Three Indicted For Interstate Gambling
In East Texas FBI agents arrested three men Marshall Freeman Sam McFarland of Longview and William Nelson of Marshall on charges of interstate transportation of dice checks and travel for an unlawful business. A fourth suspect Marion Nugent remains at large in Louisiana. Secret indictments were issued by a federal grand jury in Tyler and sealed by order of Judge Wayne Justice.
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Dallas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Texas
Louisiana
FBI
Gordon. Shanklin
Marshall Aubrey Freeman
Sam T. McFarland
Longview
William Edward Nelson
Marshall
Shanklin
Marion Cecil Nugent
Tyler
U.S
Immunity Claim Fails as Whan Is Sentenced to Death
Tracey Virgil Whan, 32, who claimed immunity to electricity after surviving a high voltage encounter, was sentenced to die by electric chair. He was convicted in 1967 of killing Houston taxi driver Edward Jordan, who was robbed and shot on December 29, 1966. Dist. Judge Dan E. Walton set July 8 for execution. conviction upheld by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Houston (Ap
Tracey Virgil Whan
Whan
Houston
Dan E. Walton
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Edward Jordan
Jordan
Alaska Day Rainy Weather Variability Noted
Nome observers report Alaska’s precipitation ranges widely from 220 inches annually along the southern coast to under 4 inches in the far north, illustrating dramatic regional differences in the state’s climate.
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Alaska
Nome
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Lee Stephens
Plainview
United Methodist
Lemons
Dorman Keith Black
Littlefield
Littlefield Hospital
Baptist Church
Ken Johnson
Littlefield Cemetery
Hammons
Murrell Foster
J. A. Griffis
Resthaven
Durward Rogers
J. B. Wheeler
Plainview Industrial Foundation
Plain‘view
The
Missouri Beef Packers, Inc
Nancy ‘Wilson
92Nd St
Jerry Wayne Cantrell
Mallamar
Cantrell
Mairamar
New Mexico
50Th St
Ave. Q
Mike Shepard
H. L. Shepard
Mark Menefee
C. E. Menefee
42Nd St
Billboard
Massey
Rites
Lynda
Lea’ Stephens
Linda
Stephens
SDS
Julien
C, Hyer
Kathaven
Singleton-Wilson Chapel
Sam R. Estes, Jr
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Singleton-Wilson
Resthaven Memorial Park & Mausoleum
Lubbock, Texas
Ron Teny
wallig-fediaVer
Uc Eticons
Georgette Mead
Save
Ely
Jaman
Severs
Con
Nits
Caprock Center
50Th and Canton
S. S. Kresge Company
Killer
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