Memorial Day Observances Across Nation Mixed Messages
Memorial Day activities range from tributes at Arlington National Cemetery to antiwar protests in several cities. President Nixon urged a national moment of prayer while noting he does not pursue war as policy, as crowds and supporters gathering amid a nation divided on Indochina.
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Associated Press
Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Stamford
Sons
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Sanwreath
Arlington National Cemeter
United
New York City
New York
Warren A. Schenck
Riverside Drive
Hudson River
Hanoi
Fifth Avenue
Memorial Day Peace Action Coalition
Howard Samuels
Madison
Wis
Capitol Square
Library Mall
University of Wisconsin
Wedding in Mackenzie State Park reflects happy mood
A former Lubbock teacher and her artist groom, Gingah Kerr and William Sage of San Jose, Calif., wed in a single ring ceremony beside a tree in Mackenzie State Park. The bride sang her song The Watch while accompanying herself on guitar as friends and family shared a relaxed celebration with daisies and ribbon marked trails.
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Ruby Osborn
Avalanche-Journal
Toon
Robert Elliott
New York
Dinah Kerr
Karen Wienke
Miss Kerr
Daisie S
Sage
M — Ellicott
Jerry Wienke
Petersburg
Dale|’ McCormick
New Orleans
Snodgrass Rites Planned in Muleshoe
Funeral services for Brad B. Snodgrass 88 will be at 10 a m Monday in Singleton Funeral Home Chapel of the Chimes with burial at Bailey County Memorial Park. He died Friday in West Plains Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Trenton Georgia, he moved to Texas in 1896 from Tennessee and was a retired farmer. Survivors include two sons Vernon of Muleshoe and Ralph of Baldwin California a daughter Reba Zboril of Hornbrook California a sister W A Tate of Carbon and five grandchildren.
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Muleshoe
Brad B. Snodgrass
Singleton Funeral Home
Bailey County Memorial Park
Snodgrass
West Plains Memorial Hospital
Trenton
Texas
Tennessee
Larbuddie
Portales
Vernon
Ralph
Baldwin
Calif
Reba Zboril
Hornbrook
W. A. Tate
Carbon
Winners Chosen At Horse Show
The Reese Riders held their Memorial Day Horse Show from early morning to evening Saturday with 407 entries across 24 events. Judges Clyde Berry and Roma Wilke oversaw western and English competition as Robbie Briggs of Gail earned the junior rider trophy for most points, sponsored by Rev. J. J. Howlett of Abilene to promote horsemanship and sportsmanship.
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Reese
Clyde Berry
Roma Wilke
Robbie Briggs
Gail
J. J. Howlett
Abilene
Gililland Rites Set for Abernathy Man
O L Gililland 56 lifelong area resident died Saturday at home after an apparent heart attack. Services Monday 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Murry L Brower officiating. Burial Seay Cemetery directed by Chambers Funeral Home. Survived by wife Ruth son Ronnie and three daughters Erby Rhodes Kenia Alaska James Cole Dallas Windell At- and more.
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L. Gilland
First Baptist Church
Murry L. Brower
Seay
Chambers Funeral Home
Gililland
Abernathy
Idalou
Ruth
Ronnie
Erby Rhodes
Kenia
Alaska
James Cole
Dallas
Windell
Rites Pending for Barney Brown Amarillo Tex
Silverton special notices plan services for Barney George Brown 70 of Amarillo who died Friday night at a Wichita Falls convalescent home. He native of Briscoe County lived in Amarillo since 1945 leaving a son J L Brown of St Louis and daughter Mrs Joanna Bryant of Hartley with four brothers and six grandchildren noted.
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Silverton
Barney George Brown
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Silverton Funeral Home
Brown
Briscoe
J. L. Brown
St. Louis
Joanna Bryant
Hartley
P. L
Clinton
Nacogdoches
Lovington
Garland
Bakersville
Calif
James Benton Keeney
Tycarno
Lala Brown
Denton
Rio Grande
Marfa
Fire Strikes Tank Farm Near Euless Oklahoma Blaze Damages Complex
A fire at a Sinclair tank farm south of Fort Worth in Havener Oklahoma damaged the complex early Saturday. The blaze, controlled by petroleum firefighting crews, involved a 6000 barrel storage tank and caused damage to nearby tanks. Several relatives of the injured were named, with the story noting two sisters and brothers among those listed as survivors. A federal judge may retire at 70 after 10 years or at 65 after 15 years of service.
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Ars Wien
Sud
Wer
Sean Fan Agu
Mru Fein Wall
Tinter
Dan Green
Euless
Tex
Douden
G. Gilliland Offning
Funesome
Havener
Okla
Aay
Wiliams
Coletal E. Gililland
Lubbock
Athe Sinclair
Snadea
Bisiers
Twolthis Fort Worth
Kay
Sherry Lynn
J. W. Curtis
Special Petroleum
Steve
Shawn
Yakima
Jerryl
Guerrie
Chicago
Ill
Melvin
Keeney
Plainview
Ark
Wollce
Coed's Death Still Studied In Texas Lake Mystery
The death of Karen Sue McCowan, 18, a Dunbar High School graduate and freshman at East Texas State University, remains under investigation after her partially nude body was found floating in Lake Tawakoni near a causeway. Sheriffs officials, Texas Rangers, and Sabine River Authority investigators are handling the case as a pathologist has not yet determined the cause of death.
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Commerce
Rew Jeads
Dunbar High School
Lubcock
Were
Karen Sue McCowan
Fast Texas State University
Lake Tawakoni
Rere
Sheritt
Texas Rangers
Sabine River Authority
Mrs Burgess Services Set in Abernathy Church
Services for Mrs Marine Burgess 54 will be held at 1 30 p m in the First United Methodist Church with Rev Lewis Morse of Oklahoma officiating Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery directed by Chambers She died Friday in a Plainview Hospital after a brief illness A native of Olustee Oklahoma she had lived in Abernathy six years She owned Harmons Furniture Store Survivors include her husband Willard a son Gene Baker of Garden City Kansas two sisters and three brothers Pallbearers Roy Jones Richard Hornes David Pinson Orville Toler Terry Echols Bill Caffey
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Abernathy
Marine Burgess
First United Methodist Church
Lewis Morse
Oklahoma
Chambers Funeral Home
Burgess
Plainview
Olustee
Okla
Harmon's
Willard
Gene Baker
Garden City
Kan
Roy Jones
Richard Hornes
David Pinson
Orville Toler
Terry Echols
Bill Caffey
Mrs Watson Dies at 70 in Highland Hospital
Myrtle Watson 70 of 2320 47th St. died Friday night in Highland Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at W. W. Rix Chapel with burial Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, two sisters, a brother, 19 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. She moved to Lubbock in 1957 from Amarillo and worked as a dietician at Monterey High School.
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Myrtle Watson
47Th St
Highland Hospital
W.W. Rix
Resthaven
Rix Funeral
Watson
Lubbock
Amarillo
Monterey High School
Gladys Thomas
Raymond Rhoades
Boulder, Cold
Mary Smith
el Cajon
Calif
Tom ‘Ane
Frisco
Henry Harper
Plainview
Frank Sneathen
Tulia
Alfred Meyer Services Pend in Texas Funeral Details
Alfred Meyer 69 died about 1 a.m. Saturday in a local hospital. Services pending at George Price Funeral Home. Born Fayett County, resident of Hockley County since 1950, retired farmer, World War I veteran. Survivors include two brothers Edwin and A. D. of Wichita Falls and five sisters. Hale Center notices list Frank Fuentes and Alma Zeissel among survivors. Burial at Hale Center Cemetery, Freeman Funeral Home directing. Fuentes died Thursday in Temple VA Hospital after extended illness. He was a World War I veteran with wife, son Jessie, daughter Hopie, brother Rudolph, and sisters Nora Madrano and Jessie Madrano.
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Velland
Meyer
George Price
Fayett County
Hockley County
Jackiey County
Wichita Falls
Edwin
A. D
Adela Thames
Decatur
Hale Center
Elsie Thames
Arlington
Frank R. Fuentes
Alma Zeissel
Austin
Bertha Miller
Corpus
Jerusalem Baptist Mission
Christi
Mary Albert
Robert Smith
Our Lady of Victory College
Hale
Fort Worth
Center
Freeman Funeral Home
Fuentes
Veterans Administration Hospital
Temple
Jessie
Hopie
Rudolph
Belton
Nora Madrano
Gorgetown
Jessie Madrano
Leander
Service set for ened at Carter Chapel Church Lubbock
Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday at Carter Chapel Methodist Church in Lubbock, with Rev. Raymond Campbell officiating. Burial follows at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery, Weatherford, under Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Home. Survivors include her parents Thadeus REL 1st Place, sister Georgia Lucille, brother Michael Smith McCowan, and grandparents Mitchell Rucker of Weatherford.
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Ened
Carter Chapel Methodist Church
Lubbock
Raymond Campbell
Peaceful Gardens
Galbreaith Pickard
Memorial Day crash kills 12 year old in Littlefield
A one car wreck on West Delano Street near U S 84 in Littlefield claimed the life of 12 year old Tran Gonzales. Five others were injured but not hospitalized. Police traced the fatal crash to a loss of control during a turn as the car overturned. The fatality marked the first Memorial Day weekend traffic death on the South Plains since the holiday counting began.
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Littlefield
South Plains
Tran
Wis
Hope Gonzales
West Delano Street
U.S. 84
Antiague
Ubaldo Elguen
Janie Elgue
Shoounty South Plains
Lubbock
Wayne Cooper
Coffman
Isaac M
Wilburn P. Coffman
Parkway Drive Baptist Challenge
VFW
Jasen
Resthavensbock
Memorial Park
George Berry
American Legion
City of Lubbock Concavery
Allen Brothers American Legion
Rinker T. Washington
George St. Berry
Veterans of World War 1
Plane Crash Dead Found Near Sangre de Crista
A four New Mexico student party died last October when a light plane crashed in Sangre de Cristo mountains. Recovering Saturday, experienced hikers reached the wreckage near Lake Campsite in San Tyty. Authorities said the victims included Abe Torres and Jandy Gare, both New Mexico students.
Memorial Day Tribute with Valor and Duty
Springlike winds woke the Stars and Stripes as a Luise Naval Reserve firing squad paid solemn honors to war victims with three volleys. Chaplain Copeland and Rev Coffman urged audiences that freedom rests on supreme sacrifices and active national service at home and abroad.
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Luise Naval Reserve
Copeland
Caffman
Coffman
America
Rites Planned for Mrs Ponder Former Spur Resident
The obituary notes Emma Ponder 91 of Breckenridge died Saturday in a Breckenridge hospital. Services set for Monday in Breckenridge Chapel of Memories with graveside at Spur Cemetery. Survives include three daughters and a son. The report also mentions a separate fatal car crash near Riverside New Mexico affecting Dr Atchley’s family. Additionally Charles B McCabe former New York Mirror publisher died aged 70 in Memorial Hospital.
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Emma Ponder
Spur
Breckenridge
Belton, Funeral ‘Home
Hopkins County
Calif
Lela Mae Harlan
Riverside
N.M
Dallas
Roswell
Arroyo
Atchley
Sara
New Mexico Center
NEW York
Charles
B. McCabe
Old
New York Mirror
Iin Memorial Hospital
McCabe
United Methodist Church
John Atchley
Portales
Mohammed Te
Waldo Undtied
Davenport
Iowa
Retired Dougherty County School Teacher Honored by Community
Walter Curtiss and superintendent Flanagan, 74, died after a long illness. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Joseph's Church in Stanton with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Tokens of appreciation were presented to Watson upon retirement, including a prized hot hell from the Dougherty school. The article notes Watson's teaching career spanning Sour County and posts in Post Mattaon, Amherst, and Stanton.
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Tus Wate
Dougherty
Iast
Sourvd
Vel
Mattaon Meaiewr
Amherst and
Stanton
Jhas
Prin
Walter Curtissenml
Flanagan
Dallan
Lubbock
Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph’ Cemetery
Stanton Under
Gilbreath
Essay Contest Winner Named in Texas
James Ira Curtis, a retired farmer, won the Texas essay contest with a piece urging public schools to adopt a semester system. He argued the shift would be more advantageous, supported by family members including sons Curtis Council and daughter Mrs Annie Fox, with relatives in Stanton Big Spring and Houston.
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Texas Chemical
Curtis Council High
Glenn Flanagan
Stanton
Annie Fox
Elmore
Margarets
Franks
Joe Stewart
Texas Publc
Beulah Pegues
Houston
E. W. Flanagan
Sys
Randchildren
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Mears
Mrs Mears longtime resident of Palmer County will have funeral rites Saturday in Palmer County Community Church with Rev Buibua of Cunyem First Baptist officiating. Interment follows at Littlefield Memorial Park in Littlefield. She moved from Flagstaff to Friena about six years ago. Survived by sons Claude and Lloyd, daughter Mrs Lone Cotter, sister Mrs Leona Aschratt, and three grandchildren.
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Fiona Emma Jeannett
Palmer County Community Hospital
Es Ree Mear
Poryttas
Buibua
Cunyem First Baptist Church
Buriat
Littlefield Memorial Park
Littlefield
Mears
Jorn Ne i Rogers
Friena
Flagstaff
Ariz
Claude
Lloyd
Wilson
Lone (Cotter
Leona Aschratt
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