Obituaries and notices from Floydada and Hale Center area
Obituaries for Mrs Audrey Bertha Emert 68 and William Howard Lemond 69 noting services in Floydada First Baptist Church and Hale Center First Methodist Church with interment at Floyd County Memorial Park and Hale Center Cemetery. Also listed are Air Force officer recruitment notices, Texas Tech ROTC briefings, a Civil Employees meeting, and local incidents including a car-trailer collision near Lamesa, a burglary report, and a Briercroft Apartments fire.
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William Howard Lemond
Hale Center
Ed Foreman Wins NM District 2 Congressional Race
Ed Foreman smiles at his Las Cruces headquarters as results show him defeating incumbent E. S. Johnny Walker in New Mexico District 2. The AP wirephoto captures the moment of the Tuesday election outcome.
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Ed Foreman
New Mexico
Las Cruces
Foreman
E. S. Johnny Walker
Funeral set for Salomas S. Salinas in Lamesa
Salinas 33, of Lamesa, killed in a two-vehicle crash 15 miles south on Texas 137. Services at Eastside Assembly of God Friday at 10 a.m. Burial in Lamesa Cemetery. Survivors include wife Virginia, a stepdaughter Dalla Garcia, four sisters and a brother. Funeral directed by Branon Philips.
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Lamesa
Salomas S. Salinas
Eastside
Assembly of God
Branon- Philips Funeral Home
Salinas
Here
Texas 137
Virginia
Dalla Garcia
Villa Salinas
Sarah Resino
Olton
Josephine Tinerro
Hart
Eva Quinteralas
Hereford
Florentino
O'Donnell
Rites Arranged for Mrs Glass in Dexter
Services for Mrs Josephine Glass 90 will be at 3 p m today at the Presbyterian Church in Dexter with Rev Charles Fullinwider officiating. Burial will be in Hagerman Cemetery under Smith-Rogers Funeral Home. She died Tuesday in Lovington Lea General Hospital. Survivors include two daughters three sons 12 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
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Lovington
Josephine Glass
Presbyterian Church
Dexter
Charles Fullinwider
Hagerman Cemetery
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Glass
Lovington-Lea General Hospital
Seminole
Sarah Shanks
Lois Harris
Dimmitt
Aosa
Sam
RB. H
Lewis Davis Rites Today
Services for Lewis C. Davis 37 will be at 10 30 a m today in the Wood Dunning Colonial Chapel with Willie Balloon minister of the Ash and Carver Streets Church of Christ officiating Burial in Plainview Cemetery will be directed by Wood Dunning Funeral Home Davis a Plainview resident since 1957 died Sunday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo Survivors include his mother Mrs David Brown of Plainview two brothers Johnny and Norman both of Plainview and Leon of Denver Colo and three sisters Mrs Jewel Dorsey of Denver Mrs H K Jones of Bryan and Mrs Johnny Pleasant of Floydada
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Plainview
Lewis C. Davis
Wood-Dunning Colonial
Willie Balloon
Ash and
Carver Streets
Church of Christ
Plainview Cemetery
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Davis
Veterans Administration Hospital
Amarillo
David Brown
Johnny
Norman
Leon
Denver, Colo
Jewel Dorsey
Denver
H. K. Jones
Bryan
Johnny Pleasant
Floydada
Clifton Dwayne Gill Dies in California Rites Pending
Clifton Dwayne Gill, 35, of San Bernardino California and native of Slaton, died Wednesday in San Bernardino. Services are pending at Smith Rogers Funeral Home. Survived by his parents A B Gill of Loving ton a daughter Kathy of San Bernardino three sisters Doris Condra Abilene Frances Gwinn Farmington and Carolyn Guy Hobbs and a brother Don Dallas.
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Lovington
Clifton Dwayne Gill
San Bernardino
Calif
A. B. Gill
Smith- Rogers Funeral Home
Slaton
Gill
California
Kathy
Doris Condra
Abilene
Frances Gwinn
Farmington
Carolyn Guy
Hobbs
Don
Dallas
Melvin Coleman Services Friday
Funeral services for Melvin Coleman 72 are set for Friday at 2 p.m. in the W. W. Rix Chapel with Dr Burgin Watkins of St John s Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Coleman died Tuesday in a Big Spring hospital after a long residence in Lubbock. He leaves Leona a son Robert of Concord California a daughter Mrs Ernst Jordi of 4105 EF 3rd St a half brother Douglas Coleman of New Jersey and three grandchildren.
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Melvin Coleman
W. W. Rix
Burgin Watkins
St. John’s Methodist Church
City of Lubbock
Coleman
Rt. 6
Lubbock
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Leona
Robert
Concord
Calif
Ernst Jordi
3Rd St
Douglas Coleman
New Jersey
J A Preston Funeral Today
John Arthur Preston 34 will be buried at Sunset Memorial Garden Odessa after a 10 a m service in First Baptist Church Stanton The Stanton water and sewer superintendent died from asphyxiation caused by sewer gas at a Stanton pump station His survivors include a son John Randall and a daughter Cynthia Jan both of Big Spring and his parents Mr and Mrs John Thomas of Odessa
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Stanton
John Arthur Preston
First Baptist Church
W. H. Uhman
Sunset Memorial Garden
Odessa
Gilbreath Fumeral
Preston
Dopson Rites Set for Kenneth J Dopson Friday
Kenneth John Dopson 43 a Spur native and 1949 Texas Tech graduate died Monday at a San Angelo hospital. He was World War II veteran and manager of the Flamingo Motel in San Angelo. Burial will be in Spur Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, his parents, and a brother.
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Spur
Kenneth John Dopson
First Methodist Church
Conrad Ryan
Abernathy
Howard Markum
Campbell Funeral Home
Dopson
San Angelo
Spur High School
Texas Tech
San Angelo Methodist Church
Flamingo Motel
J. C. Dopson
Donald
William V Broth ers Services This Day
William Virgil Brothers 75 longtime area resident dies after apparent heart attack in Big Spring Hospital. Funeral at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church with Rev W H Uhlman officiating burial at Evergreen Cemetery Gilbreath Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include Mary Harmon spouse daughter Al Genazzio Odessa sisters Katie Howard Coleman Mabel Mayo Coleman brother L L F Hobbs and one grandchild.
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Stanton
William Virgil Brothers
First Baptist Church
W. H. Uhlman
Evergreen Cemetery
Gilbreath Funeral Home
Brothers
Big Spring
Offico
Martin County
Mary Harmon
al Genazzio
Katie Howard
Odessa
Mabel Mayo
Coleman
Ll. F
Hobbs
Rites Set For Mrs Wilson at Abilene Chapel
Services for Mrs Emily A Wilson 83 of 2224 10th St will be at 11 am Friday at W W Rix Chapel with Rev R J Kirk pastor of First Methodist Church Abilene Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park Rix Funeral Directors in charge She lived in Lubbock since 1950 died 2 45 pm Tuesday at West Texas Hospital She was a Methodist and Order of Eastern Star member Pallbearers include Andrew Wilson Leon Qualls Cleo Watkins T J Bowles and Raymond Schelin.
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Emily A. Wilson
10Th St
W. W. Rix
R. J. Kirk
First Methodist Church of
Hobart Trabert
Columbus
Ohio
Andrew Wilson
Leon Qualls
Cleo Watkins
T. J. Bowles
Raymond Schelin
Herman Smith Funeral Today in Bridgeport
Herman Smith 73 of Bridgeport died Tuesday in Bridgeport Hospital. He was a retired Rock Island Railroad dispatcher. Services are at 10 a.m. today at Bridgeport First Baptist Church with burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth. Survived by his wife, another daughter, two brothers, a sister, eight grandchildren and Mrs Don McCullough.
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Herman Smith
Bridgeport
Don McCullough
42Nd St
Bridgeport First Baptist Church
Mt. Olivet
Fort Worth
Smith
Rock Island Railroad Co
Funeral today for Mrs. Melba Black in Seymour
Mrs. Melba Juanice Black 25 died at Hamilton Hospital Olney after a brief illness. Born January 24 1943 in Brownfield she lived in Seymour before moving to Olney fourteen months ago. Services at 4 30 p m in First Baptist Church Seymour with Rev Curtis Caroll and Rev Bobby Harris officiating Burial in Riverview Cemetery Elliston Funeral Home in charge Survivors include two sons Wade Micah of Olney two daughters Pamela Melana of Olney three brothers Bob Jim and Buddie Cook all in the Southwest this and other relatives.
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Brownfield
Seymour
Olney
First Baptist Church
Bob Cook
Douglas, Ariz
Jimmy
Buddie Cook
Sister laments brother's Vietnam death and draft hardship
The sister of a Michigan soldier recalls how her brother, drafted in 1967 and sent to Munich then Vietnam, was killed soon after a bombing pause in North Vietnam. She details his mother's ill health, family loss, and failed appeals to lawmakers for reassignment near home.
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Munich
Germany
Detroit
Nixon Leads as South Plains Voters Set Record
South Plains 32 counties report a record 207 895 votes in Tuesday’s general election. Nixon 87559 Humphrey 62266 Wallace 45914. Preston Smith defeats Paul Eggers 117658 to 70379. Seventeen counties set new records. 16 Democratic and 15 Republican, with Martin backing Wallace.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Nixon
Humphrey
Wallace
Preston Smith
Paul Eggers
Andrews
Bailey
Castro
Deaf Smith
Ector
Floyd
Gaines
Hale
Hockley
Howard
Lamb
Midland
Palmer
Swisher
Terry
Yoakum
Martin
Ae d & Cd
I “Andrews
Borden
Pees
Cochran
Crosby
Tharpia
Dantenan
Dawson
Dickens
Ees Floyd
Aie Gaines
Garza Ree
Halo
Kent
Ki Ee Lamb
Lynn
Parmer
Ronan
Oakum
Anna
BROCK
Raf
Raf Smith
Hall Pet Eceniet Putatt
Mitche
Aii
GOP Gains in 1960s House Elections Reach Across States
The 1960 election yields nine Republican gains in Arizona Florida Maryland Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania and more as Democrats pick up five seats including a contest in Ohio where incumbent Frances Bolton loses to Charles IVanik. Barry Goldwater returns to the Senate in Arizona.
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Alan Cranston
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Arizona
Florida
Maryland
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Dwight
Jeering Czechs Burn Red Flags
Thousands of students in Bratislava ripped and burned Soviet flags as Russian troops stood by. In Prague, about 1500 bystanders jeered as Soviet officials arrived at the theater, a protest on the eve of Bolshevik Revolution celebrations.
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United Press International
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Vasily Knetsov
Stepan Chervoneko
Pope Paul VI Accepts Cardinal di Jorio Resignation
Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation of Italian Cardinal Alberto di Jorio aged 84 as head of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City. Church officials said the decision was announced on Wednesday.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Alberto di Jorio
Pontifical Commission For the State
Paris Symphony Conductor Dies on Tour
New York AP reports 77 year old Charles Munch conductor of the Paris Symphony Orchestra died in his sleep in Richmond Virginia during a tour. He was found in bed at the John Marshall Hotel by his valet and had been slated to conduct the 120 man ensemble in Richmond that night.
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New York
Charles Munch
Paris Symphony Orchestra
Richmond
Munch
John Marshall Hotel
Canada
Marines and Vietnamese Rangers Battle Red Forces Near Da Nang Coast
Near the northern coast of South Vietnam Marines with Vietnamese Rangers and tanks fought a strong Communist force near Da Nang 20 miles from the sea. Allied casualties were light while Communist losses were unknown. A Navy boat was hit south of the coast and civilians near Nha Be reported casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
U.S
New Jersey
da Nang
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
Navy
Nha ‘Be
Johnson appeals for national unity after election victory
President Johnson urged unity as Richard Nixon won the presidency. Johnson pledged to ease Nixon's burdens and urged the nation to pursue peace and social justice. A transition team was named and a possible meeting between the outgoing and incoming presidents was anticipated.
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San Antonio
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Vietnam
Charles S. Murphy
New York
Franklin B. Lincoln
Hubert H.humphrey
George Christian
LBJ
Waiting Attitude for the Lord Found in Reflections
A short devotional urges tempering wait with patience and faith. It cites Isaiah 40 31 and suggests options from dozing to praying to renew strength while awaiting divine timing. The piece credits Julien C Hyer.
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Julien C, Hyer
California grizzly extinct before flag and seal amid 1953 symbol move
The state’s grizzly bear, shown on the flag and seal, disappeared before 1953 when it was formally designated as California’s official animal. The extinction preceded the official recognition, shaping the symbolism of state emblems.
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California
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