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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1964
Page
5
A gusty cold front spanned nearly the state by noon, with winds behind the front and temperatures holding steady. Readings reached 90 degrees at Presidio and 80s across South Texas, while no rain was predicted and clouds were expected to dissipate.
A fire at Southwest Automotive Warehouse Inc. at 1714 Ave E damaged the rear of the building and caused smoke damage to adjacent B and F Brake Wholesale. Firefighters reported the blaze at 7 59 p m and remained until 10 09 p m with investigation pending. cause undetermined.
Takao Ishimoto, 25, who attempted to stab Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda last year, must serve his five year prison term after a high court rejected his appeal on Thursday.
Services are set for Mrs. Edward Hill formerly Ella Overton at 2 p.m. Saturday in Campbellsville Kentucky. Burial will follow in Campbellsville Cemetery with Lyon Funeral Home directing. She died in Dallas after a long illness leaving sisters Mary R and Soull Overton and others as survivors.
L. R. Reid a 56 year old Tulia truck driver remained in critical condition at Lubbock Methodist Hospital after two bob tail trucks collided northwest of Plainview at a rural intersection. Reid's truck carried grain while the other truck was empty. Johnny N Cantrell 46 of Edmonson suffered no serious injuries.
Police sought a Negro couple for questioning after a $90 theft at Montgomery Ward Caprock Center around 4 p.m. Thursday. A 5 foot 7 inch man in a sport jacket and a 23 to 24 year old woman wearing a wig took cash while a clerk talked with the man. Other incidents included a $23 theft at Ray Sandlin Laundry and a $45 loss when a man was knocked down in front of a residence.
Mrs Mattie Ivy 62, Anton, died at 5 45 p m Thursday in West Plains Hospital after long illness Services pending at Singleton Funeral Home She was a native of Freestone County lived in Anton one year after ten years in Muleshoe Survivors include husband D A Ivy Anton two sons Lannie Tyler and D A Jr Muleshoe four daughters Mrs M TY McReynolds Anton Mrs James A Moore and Mrs T L Puryear both of Lubbock two sisters Mrs Jennie Summers Azle and Mrs J W Curley Edna four brothers Willard Moore Teague Cecil Moore Austin W H Moore Midland and Larnett Moore Dallas eight grandchildren
Funeral services for Mrs. L. C. Cook 40 who died in Houston Texas are set for 3 p m today at Tulia First Baptist Church. Rev Neil Powell will officiate. Burial follows at Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home. Survivors include husband son Jimmy and daughter Jan all at home along with two brothers Nelson Dovel Amarillo and Milton Dovel Tulia and her parents L N Dovel Tulia.
Funeral services for Lee William Aulds aged 70 are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church in Denver City with Rev. C. J. McQuillen officiating. Burial will follow at Denver City Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral Home. Aulds died at 12:05 a.m. Thursday in Yoakum County Hospital after a lengthy illness. He moved to Denver City in 1945. Survivors include wife Maude three sons Sam Aubrey and Hershel all of Denver City a brother Matthew Harl ingen a sister Mrs Annie Webb of Dallas six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Levi W. Squyres 78 of Lubbock dies Wednesday in West Texas Hospital. Services at 2 p.m. in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Dr. Dudley Strain officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include wife, son, three sisters, a brother and a grandson. Pallbearers named. United States Rubber Co to spend 23 million to expand its plants in Britain.
Kenneth W. Reid, 22, of Lamesa, died from hydrogen sulfide gas while swabbing a well atop an oil storage tank in Gaines County near Seminole. He was the fifth local fatality from such gas in the past 30 days. Reid lived with his wife Nadine and son Douglas Wayne at 1015 N. 17th St., Lamesa, and funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at North Side Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Corry B. McCracken 66 are set for 2 p.m. today at Nazarene Church. Rev. Don Johnson will officiate for Singleton Funeral Home. McCracken died Tuesday morning after a short illness, leaving three sons five daughters a brother four sisters 19 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
A fragment urges removing traditional religious practices from public life. It questions keeping Christmas and Fast Day, prayer in courts, and belief in God when blessing the dead, ending with a personal note from Julien C. Hyer about faith and leaving loved ones to God.
Funeral services for Kenneth Dudley Bruce. 43, of 316 East 34th Street, are at 3 p.m. today at Southside Baptist Church with the Rev Curtis Simpson officiating and the Rev Clif assisting.
Curtis Knight 70 longtime Lubbock Smyer resident died in a Lubbock rest home after living there two years Funeral services were pending at Henderson Wilson Funeral Home in Lubbock He is survived by two sons Curtis Knight Jr Garden Grove Calif and Charles Knight 2504 26th St four daughters and eight grandchildren, plus four sisters Burial will be in Lubbock City Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction. Bruce was killed when his truck tractor overturned near Shallowater.
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