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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

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Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1960

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Underground signal system could reach missile sites

Space Electronics Corp reports sub surface transmission of very low frequency electromagnetic waves reaching 170 miles from a Boron mine shaft to a Las Vegas receiver. Tests show signals travel through earth despite storms or nuclear blasts and could control silos for Atlas Titan and Minute Man missiles, with transmitter and receiver buried underground.

Ralph Dighton Glendale Calif Space Electronics Corp Atlas Titan Minute Man Sost Space Electronics Isaid

Jazz trumpet star Chet Baker held on narcotics charge

UPI reports American jazz trumpeter Chet Baker was booked in Lucca Italy on a narcotics smuggling charge, two months after jail for drug addiction. Police say bakery claimed a doctor prescribed morphine shots, leading to the smuggling case amid a lengthy investigation. The article also notes a line about the southern bald eagle, a winter-nesting migrant.

Lucca Italy UPI Chet Baker Baker

De Gaulle Hit For Proposals

Paris remarks show the Popular Republican National Committee condemning Charles de Gaulle’s plan for an independent French nuclear force. The party warns it could threaten allied solidarity despite ministers in the cabinet supporting Atlantic integration. Critics flag the program’s cost as risking France’s alliance commitments. Myer Marcus designed the first supermarket shopping cart in 1930 modeling it after a baby carriage.

Paris Myer Marcus Baby Car

Feast Of Tabernacles Service Conducted At Temple Shaareth Israel

The eight day Feast of the Tabernacles service was held Sunday night at Temple Shaareth Israel with Rabbi Alexander Kline delivering The Message of the Tabernacles The observance includes children services and an open house at 4309 48th St The highlight was a small tabernacle in the temple yard decorated with flowers and fruits The same report notes Holden cars to be exported to 31 localities in Asia Pacific and Africa this year by Holden The exports are to exceed 10000 cars

the Tabernacles Temple Shaareth Israel Alexander 5. Kline The Tabernacles Holden General Motors-Holden’s Ltd Australia Asia Pacific Melbourne

Funeral notices and last rites across West Texas towns

Funeral services were held for Billie Joe Thomas 22 in Turkey after a Big Spring auto accident. Last rites for Sturgeon Glenn DePauw 40 Whiteface were at First Baptist Whiteface. burial in Levelland City Cemetery. 15 month old Monte Trout drowned near Plains. services Saturday. Nancy Loretta Smith 89 Staton funeral 10:30 a m today at First Methodist Staton. Englewood Cemetery. Ambrose Worthington 73 Kerrville buried in Levelland City Cemetery. Francis A. Speake Sr. 78 Parkdale Baptist Church last rites. burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Mrs J E Race 84 Lockney burial Lockney Cemetery. Emm Coulson 74 Amherst last rites Sunday. Amherst Cemetery. Alvin L Goodwin 58 Fort Worth funeral 2 p m at Polytechnic Presbyterian Fort Worth. burial Rosehill Cemetery Fort Worth. Allen Brothers Post 148 American Legion meets at 8 p m. A McGinley and S Roscoe Clark speak. Ella Marie Roquemore 40 Lubbock last rites Sunday. burial City of Lubbock Cemetery.

Billie Joe Thomas Big Spring Turkey Turkey Cemetery Sturgeon Glenn DePauw First Baptist Church Whiteface T Levelland Cemetery Nancy Loretta Smith Staton Church of Englewood Cemetery Wiliams Funeral Home Levelland Ambrose Worthington Kerrville City of Levelland Cemetery Francis A. Speake Sr Parkdale Baptist Church Speake Methodist Hospital City of Lubbock Amherst Emm Coulson Amherst Hospital Amherst Cemetery Payne Funeral Home Alvin L. Goodwin Fort Worth Polytechnic Presbyterian Church Goodwin Lubbock Rosehill Cemetery Rix Funeral Home Allen Brothers Post No. 148 American Legion Fagin A. McGinley S. Roscoe Clark Ella Marie Roquemore 25Th St 20Th St Birch Church of Christ Jamison Funeral Home

H G McBrayer Services Slated

Crosbyton Texas. Funeral services for Henry Grover McBrayer 67 who died Saturday in Crosbyton Clinic Hospital will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church. Rev Wayland Boyd will officiate. Burial will follow in Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home direction. McBrayer a former City Light employee until 1958 suffered a stroke at home Saturday morning. Pallbearers are Clayton Weams Henry Ellison Gene Ellis Adrian Ellis Sam Davis and Manus Samples.

Crosbyton Henry Grover Alc- Brayer Crosbyton Clinic First Baptist Church Wayland Boyd King Funeral Home MecBrayer Iity Claton Weams Henry Ellison Gene Ellis Adrian Ellis Sam Davis Manus Samples

William Batteas Funeral Slated

William Claude Batteas 8 died shortly before 6 a m Sunday. Funeral 2 30 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church Mobeetie Wheeler County burial Wheeler Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Minnie May Wood Amarillo Mrs Lois Wright Hackita N M and Mrs Hazel Sifford Adrian three sons Dezzie Batteas Fisher County Sam Batten Pampa Elmer Goodland 25 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren.

Morton Wiliam Claude Batteas Goodland Here Batteas First Methodist Mobeetie Wheeler C. C. Lamb Byron D. Har ‘Grove Three Way ‘Baptist Church Wheeler Cemetery Singleton Funeral ‘Home Batias First Christian Church Minnie May Wood Amarillo Lois Wright Hackita N.M Hazel Sifford Adrian Dezzie Batteas Fisher County Sam Battens Pampa Elmer

Lodge backs federal aid for parochial and public schools

AN FRANCISCO Henry Lodge expressed support for federal aid to both parochial and public schools on Sunday. The Republican vice presidential candidate said he favored funds for school construction but opposed using federal money for teachers salaries, warning of federal control risks. His stance contrasts with John F Kennedy who opposes such aid.

AN Francisco Henry John F. Kennedy

Worry and Courage in Faithful Counsel by Julien Hyer

The message counsels checking worry when it rises and analyzing its cause. If a cure is possible, take action. if not, prepare to endure. Psalm 25:17 frames the concern as enlarged heartache, while calm faith offers steadiness amid fear.

Mrs Blackmon Rites Set Today in Tahoka Church

Mrs Fran cis Winnell Blakkmon of Lubbock died early Sunday in her apartment after an illness. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church of Tahoka with Rev Don Murigay and Rev D W Cope line officiating. Burial will be in Tahoka Cemetery. She lived in Tahoka since 1998 after moving from Venus and was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Survivors include husband, a daughter Karen Blackmon of the home, three sons Leon Ricky Dale and Randon Max, parents Mr and Mrs C L Rogers Sr, five sisters and three brothers.

Tahoka Francis Winnell Blakkmon Lubbock Ave.u First Baptist Church of Tohoka Don Murigay the Meadow Baptist Church D. W. Cope Redwine Community Baptist Church Tahoka i Stanley Funeral Home Blackmon Lynn Venus Lakeiview Baptist Church Karen Blackmon Leon E. Bates Ricky Dale Randon Max C. L. Rogers Sr Charlie Ellis Abernathy C. J. Fails Jr Tommie Thompson Bonnie Green Cornell John R. Brown Jr Gith St

Jr. F. Gilmore Rites Set Today

James Franklin Gilmore 87 died Saturday night in West Texas Hospital after residing with daughter Mrs. W. C. Herring on Acuff Road. Funeral at Central Baptist Church at 3 p.m. with Rev. John Duggar and Rev. Melvin Ratheal officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, four sons, three daughters, 20 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.

James Jim) Franklin Gilmore Lubbock West Texas Hospital W. C. Herring Acuff Road Central Baptist Church John Duggar Melvin Ratheal Resthaven Memorial Park Rix Funeral Home Gilmore Crosbyton Earl C Odessa Louie Lamesa Garland 32Nd St J. C. Herring N.M

Mrs Wiley's Body To Arrive In Snyder

The body of Mrs. Jackie N. Wiley 19 victim of the Guam plane crash will arrive in Snyder late today Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Avenue D Baptist Church with Rev R B Murray of Big Spring and Rev O D Carpenter of Snyder officiating Burial will follow at Hillside Memorial Gardens Bolger Funeral Home directs Mrs Wiley formerly lived in Snyder She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs James Alvis Sellers Snyder a sister Shurley Ann of the home and a brother James of Snyder

Bolger Funeral Home Wiley Snyder James Alvis Sellers Shurley Ann James

Roswell Girl Dies In Car Overturn On Highway 93

Diana Margaret Chase 19 of Roswell New Mexico died Sunday when her car flipped three times on state highway 93 north of Congress Junction Arizona. Passenger Carolyn Thornton Oxnar 19 of Albuquerque was listed in good condition at a Wickenburg hospital. Both teens were Arizona State University students. Highway Patrolman Robert Tshudy said Chase apparently lost control while driving at high speed. Rice paddies in Indian districts flooded by Brahmaputra River waters.

Congress Junction Ariz. 1 Diana Margaret Chase Roswell Here Carolyn Thornton Oxnar Albuquerque Wickenburg Ariz Arizona State University Robert Tshudy Miss Chase

Business Czar Rothschild Dies at 68 in West Virginia

Walter Nathan Rothschild, 68, a New York executive who chaired the Federated Department Stores group and led Abraham & Straus, Bloomingdale's, Filene’s, and Burdine’s expansion, died of a heart attack while golf in White Sulphur Springs. Survivors include his widow Carola and two children.

White Sulphur Springs W.va Walter Nathan ‘Rothschild New York Rothschild Federated Department Stores, Inc Princeton Graduate Federated Abraham & Straus Bloomingdale's Filencc’s Boston Burdine’s Miami Houston Dallas Milwaukee Rothchild Abraham & i Straus Abraham Abrai Elrant Federated Department Stores Tobe Carola Walter Nathan Jr. Bradford Peters

Pitner Services Set For Snyder

John Sanderford Pitner 58 dies of heart attack at a son's home. Funeral 2 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. Elton Wyatt and others officiating. Burial Hillside Memorial Gardens. Pitner long-time Scurry County resident, church custodian, Dunn Baptist member. Pallbearers named Roswell Rigsby Graham Smith Lloyd Merritt Burton Echols E. L. Hill Paul Keaton.

Bolger

Miss Lynn Ryan Services Stated

Former Lamesa resident Miss Lynn Ryan, 60, died Sunday in Albuquerque. Her body will be transferred to Lamesa for services at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J Loyd Mayhew officiating. Burial will follow in Lamesa cemetery. She was a Mississippi native and Methodist. Survivors include her mother Mrs. Claudia Ryan of Lamesa, a sister Mrs. E O Leanert of Lamesa, and seven brothers in Lamesa Lub bock Miami Frs Hines City Uvalde and Dallas.

Lynn Ryan Lamesa Albuquerque Higginbotham Funeral Home J. Loyd Mayhew First Methodist Church Mississippi Aethodist Church Claudia Ryan E. O. Leanert W. M Lubbock P. Y George Claude Miami Frs Bob Hines City Fla Bill Uvalde Pat Dallas

Rites For Former City Resident Set

Mrs. M. W. Gray 86 of Dallas, a former Lubbock resident, died Saturday in a Bonham Hospital after a short illness. Services at 10 a.m. today at Joe Denton Funeral Home Bonham with burial in Bonham Cemetery. She lived in Lubbock 1930 to 1953 then moved to Dallas. survived by son John Carey Gray Plainview, daughters Mrs. T A Mitchell and Mrs. C H Golden Fort Worth, and five grandchildren.

M. W. Gray Dallas Lubbock Bonham Joe Denton Bonham Cemetery Gray John Carey Gray Plainview T. A. Mitchell C. H. Golden

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