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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1969

Page

5

Veterans Honored For Aerial Rescue And Combat Actions

Ambulance helicopter commander Resties Brady and soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division are cited for rescues and combat valor in Vietnam. Brady piloted helicopters into enemy areas near Chu Lai on January 6, 1968, with aircraft damaged and a minefield landing. Patterson and Jacobs also receive praise for destroying bunkers, killing enemy soldiers, and aiding disorganized South Vietnamese units during May 1968 operations.

Vietnam Owen Gye Brady Houston San Antonio Carl Jack Hoodacove Fis NAS Nayberry Sylacauga Ala Robert M. Patterson Fayetteville N.C Chu LA Jacobs Venemy 1St Cavalry Division Patterson la Chu

Midland plan proposes new downtown complex

A Houston firm Carrell Rowlett Scott presents a master plan for Midland to redevelop the central business district. It calls for a $4 million coliseum a $2 million auditorium theater and a $800 000 banquet recreation hall with parking for 2500 cars aimed at reviving a blighted six block area.

Midland Ucity Mana Aanhenet Houston Carrell Rowlett Scntt Central- Business District Ans Mancerdd

Charlie Young's Rites Saturday

Rites for Charlie Young, 73, are set for Saturday at First Methodist Church with Daniel pastor. The service will be led by the Rev. i pesor. Survivors include Lilian, Mrs. Bill Baker of Slaton, Henry indrick of Bryan, Mrs. Richard Stice of Lubbock, a son J. E. Young of Tohoka, a sister Mrs. Martha Thomas of Little Rock, 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Andrew Young First Methodist Church of Daniel I ‘Pesor Eee Bor Quitman Ark Young Billian Wits Lilian Bill Baker Slaton Henry Indrick Bryan Richard Stice Lubbock Tohoka Martha Thomas Little Rock

L. E. Williams Funeral Today

L E Williams funeral is held today at Highland Baptist Church with the Rev LD Walker officiating at the 48th Street location. The deceased was affiliated with Dist Hospital and touched many in the community.

Ae 48Th St LD. Walker Highland Baptist Chur Dist Hospital

Fire Demonstration Ends Fire Prevention Week in Lubbock

The Lubbock Fire Department closes Fire Prevention Week with an equipment display and fire show at Municipal Drive north of Mackenzie State Park. Hundreds are expected as Chief Hershel Sharp and acting Fire Marshal Grady Ammons present demonstrations including a butane flare and live fire drills featuring the new snorkel truck.

Fredda Gage Ny Bvslanche-Dournal Lubbock Charlie Faure Department Municipal Drive Mackenzie State Park Farley Grady Ammons Lee Turner Jim Lettie Bill Soot James Mills Bobby Braun Jerry Swinford Hema Hershel Sharp Gests Gad- Hy Mack Talkington Booby Cooper Ron'ny White David Fowles Roy Johnson Loyd Shult Tearm Ed Hatchett Hatchett Ammons

Warning Labels and Adult Content in Film Releases

A discussion questions why some films and plays labeled for adults are promoted with provocative wording. The text suggests warning audiences about harm from adult viewing and notes concerns about misleading advertising and associated risks. It mentions Julien C. Hyer's viewpoint.

Julien C. Hyer

Rites Arranged For Cecil Cole

Cecil Cole died from an apparent heart attack at his farm near Stegall. He was 37 and had lived in Bailey County since 1944 after moving from Welch. Funeral services set for 10:20 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Muleshoe with burial at Bailey County Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include wife Kathryn two daughters two sisters and four grandchildren. Donations may be made to a favorite charity or First United Methodist Church.

Cecil Cole Stegall Cochran County Memorial Hospital Morton Cole Bailey County Welch Lamesa United Methodist Muleshoeith J. Ward Griffin Bailey Park Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Kathryn Mickey Lowder Kay. Petty Richardson Harald Combs Levelland Hoyt Font Silver City Joe P. Cole Ofmford Ben ofAlbany Lewis Labbock First United Methodist Church Muleshse

Services for Thomas Larkin and Sister Anna Howard

Services are planned for Thomas Larkin and his sister Mrs. Anna Howard of Dallas. The obituary notes their family ties and asks for prayers and condolences from friends and neighbors.

Thomas Larkin Uio Ong Oe Sity Anna ‘Howard Dallas

Sylvan Skibell Dies and Rites Planned

Sylvan Skibell died about 3 30 a m Thursday at Methodist Hospital after a long heart ailment. Services set for today at W W Rix Chapel with Rabbi Alexander S Kline officiating burial in Feldman Memorial Plot City of Lubbock Cemetery. He was a retired merchant formerly with Hub Clothiers Sylvan's Shop for Men Economy Store Wig Mart and Fashion Center. Survived by wife Dorothy three sisters and two brothers, with several nieces and nephews in Dallas and Chicago.

Sylvan Skibell Apt W. W. Rix Chapel Alexander S.kline Congregation Shaarith Israel Feldman Memorial City of Lubbock Skibell Methodist Hospital Hub Clothiers Sylvan's Wig, Mart B'nai Brith Congregation Shaareth Israel Elks Club Dorothy Ida Goldstein Mary, Goodman Isadore Abramson Dallas Manuel Chicago Isadore Lubbock Archie Skibell S5th Sidney Albert Skibell Trvin Skibell 10Th St. Pallbearers He’ Abbé Kornfeld A. RB. Berger Max Mo Stettner Lawrence Salomon Phil Rosen Sam Moses Glassman H. Jerry Jaret

Rites Saturday For Mrs Goen In Spur Texas

Funeral services for Mrs J P Goen 95 longtime Dickens County resident will be held at 10 30 a m Saturday at Highway 70 Church of Christ Spur with Gary Williams officiating Burial will be in Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home arrangement Mrs Goen died Wednesday at her Spar home after a short illness She was a Valley Mills native who moved to Dickens County in 1903 after marrying J P Goen on May 10 at Guthrie Survivors include son Guy Spar two grandchildren and a great grandchild

Spur J. PB. Goen Dickens County Highway 70 Gary Williams Campbell Guthrie Guy of Spar

Miss Burdett’s Rites Set for Saturday

Odessa funeral notices announce Miss Burdett who died at 30 in a nursing home after a long illness. Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hubbardelly Funeral Home Chapel with graveside rites at 2 p.m. in Take Block Cemetery. Survivors include Horace Burdett of San Francisco and sisters Lena Reachs of Odessa and Trene Aubourg of Brownfield.

Hubbardelly Funeral Home Odessa City Takebock Cemetery J. B. Fowler Southcrest Baptist Church Miss Burdett Laibbock Baylor University Trother Horace Burdett San Francisco Calif Lena Reachs Trene Aubourg Brownfield

Ergenbright Rites Slated

Services for George Mitchell Ergenbright 74 will be at 2 PM today in Wallace Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Murray Travis of First United Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He died Thursday in a Wichita Falls hospital after an extended illness. A Springfield, Missouri native, he lived in the Tulsa area since 1955. He married Alice McCormick on November 24, 1936 in Crane, Missouri. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include his wife.

George Mitchell Birgenbright Wallace Funeral Home Murray Travis First United Presbyterian Church Rose Hill Ergenbright Wichita Falls Springfield Tulsa Alice McCormick Crane, Mo Lavradine Fulris Fioydada Happy Floydada Floydadal Cemetery Moore- Rose Funneral Homie Burris

War Victim Roberts Salazar Services Set in Lubbock

Services for Pfc. Roberts Salazar 19 will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. Salazar, killed in action in Vietnam, was a Lubbock native and Milby High School alumnus who moved back to Lubbock and enlisted in October 1967. He served in Vietnam since February 1963. Survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Salazar of 201 Baylor Street and five brothers and four sisters. Pallbearers will be U S Army members.

Pfc Roberts Salazar St. Joseph's Catholic Church Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park Henderson Funeral Home Salazar Vietnam Lubbock Milby High School Houston US. Army Mrvvard Antonio Salizear Baylor Joe Junior Rudy Carlos Freddy Mary Margie Glorias Christina Army

Local notices and obituaries from Lubbock area

A string of community notices covers guest speakers at the Test Association meeting, funeral services for Mrs Lavradine Fulris and Lea Holloway, and multiple obituaries. Also noted are scholarship awards for Ray Woodard and a region genealogical society meeting with Lucile Anderson as guest speaker. Two auto crash victims from Brownfield Highway area are hospitalized.

South Plains Genealogical Society Municipal Garden All Arts Center Lucile Anderson Boykin Dallas Public Library

Auto design changes raise repair costs but save lives

Washington AP reports collapsible front ends and accordion steering wheels, required by government, are increasing auto repair bills. Insurance spokesmen say the devices lessen injuries in crashes, while critics argue styling changes add cost without boosting safety. Andre Maisonpierre of the American Mutual Insurance Alliance notes higher damage from softer fronts and notes evolving design adds expense.

Washington Detroit Ives Andre Maisonpierre Pus Maisonpierre American Mutist Insurance Alliance

Rites Pending for E. E. Russell in Ocean Springs

E. E. Russell died of a heart attack aged 74, after years with the railroad. Rites are pending at Simian Funeral Home Ocean Springs. Survivors include wife Thelma and three sons, Dodd, Thomas, and Lonnie, plus sisters in Newton and Jackson.

Turkey Simian Funeral Home Thelma Dodd Thomas Fuls USN Ree Cane Ay Russell SF Colas Lonnie O Flat Ocean Springs Iss Moseley Newton Leila Harwell Evelyn Frye Jackson

Anderson Rites Set Saturday

A funeral service is planned for Marvin Eyenes at the hospital in Brushey with details limited in the readable fragment.

Marvin Eyenes the ‘Hospital Brushey Childves

Plane Crash Fatal For Dumas Man At Farm Sale

A Lackney man, Schacht, died when his plane crashed in a corn field during a Seward County farm sale. He had landed to drop a passenger, then took off and, after circling, made a steep turn before the craft plummeted. About 130 observers witnessed the tragedy. He left a wife Love and two young sons Marcus and Richard, plus his parents and siblings. Funeral services are pending.

Lockney Sethe Schacht Love Anny Fane Marcus Richard Fritz Schacht Jlockney Seward County Kaw Millar Fiying Service Plainview Delbert Wiliams Plying View Af Dumas Lackney Lackney High School Clar Byron Texas Tech University Lubbock Margret Schacht Sarah Schacht Carter Funeral Home

Sydney Isham Rites Arranged in Tahoka Community

Sydney Isham 85, a resident of Tahoka for a decade, died Thursday at his Tahoka home. Born in Pulaski County Arkansas, he married Ola Black in 1907 in Milano. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. at White Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jim Turner officiating. Burial in Tahoka Cemetery. Survived by a sister and brothers William Bartle Isham of Pascagoula Mississippi and Charles A Isham of Tahoka.

Tahoka Isham Tahaka Pulaski County Ark Ola Black Milano Rockport Baptist White Jim Turner Chauvet Tahokayafficiating Ley. Curry Nahwa William Bartle Isham Pascagoula Miss Charles A. Isham

Services for W W Taylor set in Highland

W W Taylor 59 of S112 44th St dies at 10 30 a m Wednesday in University Hospital from age related denage. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park under Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home directions. He moved to Lubbock in 1956 from Rotan was a Highland Baptist Church member VFW Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge troop leader for Boy Scout Troop 407 served in the U S Army in World War II in Germany and France. Surviving wife a daughter Mrs Doves Richards of Philadelphia PA and a son Jack Taylor of the home. Pallbearers listed.

Watr Taylor Highland Baptist I. Walker Bruce Gi Fo Westmoreland Baptist Church Resthaven “Mermorial, Park Resthaven-Singleton- Wilson Guneral Taylor University Hospital Dennage Hrint Lubbock Rotan Highland Baptist Church Veterans of ‘Foreign Wars Yellowhouse LES Germany France Doves Richards Philadelphia Pas Jack Taylor T. Y i McArthur Ted McArthur Tor Sampson Trail Stickland Dave Cravens Pete Lange

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nicol Nixon Paris Charlie Young L. E. Williams MacKenzie Safety Cneck D. ‘Rogers, Jr Bill Blackwell Lonnie “Hollugeworth Morris Turner Im Granberry Denton Rigsby Isaiah Aly Rites Thomas Edwards Services Mrs. Goen White House Opt M. Patterson N.c.y James M. Spray Bery Selicanga Tadae BH. Dacobs Fords. i Patrick H . Sat Antonio Tex Obessa New Burdett Agier Test Association Cat Pogiters Jahnson House Lea FP Wolloway Ave. G St.” Elizabeth Catholic Peacehil Gardens Memorial Park Franklin Bartley Holloway Tis Hame Siurvivo Mike Mundy Paris Island Iresas Wholesale Growers’ Association T. J. Lewallen Cassociation Lubbock Food Brokers Association Hillcrest Country Club J. Haris Morgan Cullen Smith Texas Tech Wil Caves Trene Freda Raulic Texico Nals Reiay Charles V. Steed Harliss ‘Gleaton Clovis Suriat Mission Garden Steedt Miles Neal Birch R. O. Christesson Buffalo Lakeshone Highland Hospital John RK. Bizzell Lamesa Area Munday Methodist “Church Horn Presbyterian Church Lamesa Memorial Park Branon Funeral Home Raymond. Johnston iClovis N.M Methodist Jessie Honeycutt Jr Abernathy St. John's Baptist Church Honeycutt PD. B Pee) Tate Ray B. Woodard Pan American Petroleum Foundation Woodard Seymour Ruby Smith Tlavm Bethel Baptist Church of Thomas Allen Meeker E. E. Russell Anderson Dumas Sydney Isham W. W. Taylor
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