Memorial Day Rites Set In Lubbock May 31 Services
Lubbock offices close Monday for Memorial Day with essential services only. Memorial services Sunday at City Cemetery hosted by veterans groups with address by Dr. Vernon Anderson and bugler Wendl Jenkins. Monday ceremonies planned at Resthaven and Peaceful Gardens, flags placed on graves by VFW and American Legion posts. Postal and city services adapt to holiday, traffic expected to rise. Memorial Day origin notes included.
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Lubbock
District of Columbia
Merchants Association
City of Lubbock
Allen Bros. Post
American Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion
J. R. Church
Western Hills Baptist Church
VFW
Resthaven Memorial Park
George S. Berry
Peaceful Gardens
Ellwood
North College Station
Murry Hill
City of
DPS
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
Congress
Retirement Brings End to Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Career
Roy Marshall, 67, longtime head machinist at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, retires after 47 years in printing. He plans fishing, freelancing in printing, and notes shifts toward tech in the industry. His son Richard works as an apprentice machinist. Marshall reflects on a career of artistry in printing.
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Roy Marshall
18Th St
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Marshall
North Texas State University
Denton
Forney
Terrell
Palestine
Paducah
Childress
Hope
Canadian
Greenville
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Grace
Richard
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SALT talks review and path forward in Helsinki and Vienna
The SALT discussions at Helsinki faced a deadlock over including offensive weapons while Russia and the United States negotiated a compromise announced by President Nixon. Talks aimed at starting with ABMS as the Russians want, while continuing offensive weapons talks. Friday’s windup session at the U.S. Embassy ran just over an hour reflecting procedural questions for the Helsinki opening.
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Helsinki
Vienna
Nixon
Europe
U.S
SALT
Youth Arrests After Burglary Tip In City
Police report a 17 year old Negro male fled a house in the 2900 block of East Auburn Street after a burglary alarm. A 14 year old boy was arrested for exposing himself to two girls in the 2300 block of 53rd Street and turned over to juvenile officers. Police sought a Negro man seen fleeing from a home on 1945 B Ave N after a neighbor observed an attempt to enter through a rear window.
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W. H. Britt
East Auburn Street
Britt
J. D. Holdren
53Rd Street
Ruth Bazely
B Ave
B Ave. N
Mabel D. Erwin Memorial to Honor Late Tech Professor
The South Plains unit of the Texas Retired Teachers Association plans a plaque for Stillwell Memorial Home in Waco honoring Mabel D. Erwin professor emeritus of clothing and textiles at Texas Tech who died December 25 1970. The unit approved the tribute at its spring closing dinner in El Toreador Room Town and Country Shopping Center with Dr A W Young as chairman and officers elected for two year terms.
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Mabel D. Erwin
Stillwell Memorial
Waco
South Plains
Texas Retired Teachers Association
Erwin
Texas Tech
TRTA
el Toreador
Furrt
Town and Country
A. W. Young
Golden Scrolls Awardees Named From Local High Schools
Monterey High School honorees include Tony Bustillos Craig Brooks Lillian Lincoln Mark McBrayer Wesley Redus and James Stafford with Mark Stafford of Coronado High set for diplomas. Awards were presented by local business leaders and officials at a luncheon attended by about 50 people.
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Monterey High
Mark Stafford
Coronado
Asher Thompson
Lubbock
America Academy of Achievement
Troy Myers
First National Bank
Bill Collins
Hemphill - Wells Co
G. P. Kuykendall
Kuykendall Foundation
Jack Eastman
Read & Co
Furr’s, Inc
James Granberry
Philadelphia
Lubbock High Schools
Tony
Julian Bustillos Jr
1817
Auburn
Estacado
Estacado High School
Craig
Don Brooks
206
Country Club
Cleanup drives six months of junk cars removal
The six month cleanup yields eight cars removed this week with 160 cars cleared since May 1. Orville Ryan of Crosbyton will crush the junk vehicles as an independent contractor. Fire Chief C B Joiner and Charles Stuart led this week's removal campaign for the City Sanitation Department.
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Orville Ryan
Crosbyton
Er Plains Association O
C. B. Joiner
Charles Stuart
City Sanitation Department
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Late Tech
R. P. Swofford
Doris Nesbitt
J. Davis Armistead
Russia
Ray Mowery
A. F. Rasor
Gladys Sims
Hubert L. Burgress
Emmett Burford
Nola Hayden
Margaret B. Atkinson
Mowery
C. C. Perryman
Lillian
A. W. Lincoln
Manhattan Dr
United Fund
Dunbar High School
Carters Chapel Methodist Church
Mark
Robert M. McBrayer
Ave. T
Morning Watch
Pan-American Student Forum
Cantores Choir
Camp Moody
Wesley
H. Dean Redus
43Rd St
West Gulf
North Texas
Monterey High School
Caprock Amateur Radio Society
Amateur Radio Station
Waswzo
James W. Stafford
8Th St
Coronado High School
Aeg
Avenue H
Orenzo
SE Rank
Than Naan
U. V. Blake Record Center
34Th St
Ave. X
Gibson's Price
du Pon
Gibson's
TWA
Godyear Wingfoot
Goodyear
Congoleum
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