Klansmen jailed after slaying case acquittals
In CRAWFORDVILLE Georgia two Ku Klux Klan members acquitted in a nightrider killing attacked a Negro photographer, Brig Cabe, 23, and were jailed. The photographer also was arrested as 200 Negro students boycotted an all Negro school and staged a sit in. Howard Sims, 43, and Cecil Myers, 26, both from Athens, had been acquitted last September in the shotgun death of Lemuel Penn.
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CRAW
Fordville
UPI
Georgia
Howard Sims
Cecil Myers
Athens
Brig Cabe
Cabe
Sims
Myers
Augusta
Here
Crawfordville
Talaiaferro County
Murdin High School
Suspect Named By Grand Jury In Area Death
Floyd County grand jury indicts Joe Melvin Allard 22 of Lockney for the August 25 slaying of Hazel Wofford in Lockney. Indictment cites murder with malice by strangulation and beating with a blunt instrument. Arraignment planned. fifteen other indictments returned including burglaries thefts and fraud.
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Floyd County
Joe Melvin Allard
Lockney
Hazel Wofford
Allard
Wofford
Estes to face fraud retrial after Supreme Court ruling
Dist. Atty. A. R. Archer says he plans to prosecute Billie Sol Estes again this spring on the overturned fraud conviction tied to a Tyler trial. The Supreme Court found TV coverage violated Estes rights. he is already serving a 15 year federal sentence.
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PECOS
UPI
Atty
A. R. Archer
Billie Sol Estes
U.S. Supreme Court
Tyler
Estes
Leavenworth
Kan
Archer
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
Man Charged In Jewelry Case In Lubbock
William D. Cain Jr was charged Tuesday with theft by false pretext over a worthless check passed at Bacon Jones Jewelry 2109 50th St for a man's star sapphire ring. Police say similar checks were used at two other Lubbock stores and attempts made at two more. Cain allegedly bought rings at Young Jewelers 3420 34th St and purchased jewelry at Pigg Brothers Shamrock Jewelers 2429 34th. later itemization not provided. He had not been taken into custody by late Tuesday.
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William D. Cain Jr
Cain
Bacon Jones Jewelry
50Th St
Lubbock
Young Jewellers
Pigg Brothers Shamrock Jewelers
MOL Director Calls Space Supremacy Must for U S
Air Force Gen. Bernard A. Schriever told a St Louis spaceflight meeting the United States must achieve military supremacy in space before the Soviet Union gains control. He noted space programs serve peace and warned of the growing threat from Soviet space tech and ambitions. He outlined a $1.5 billion MOL program to test manned and unmanned space missions beginning 1968 with five flights from Vandenberg.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
United States
Soviet Union
Air Force
Bernard A. Schriever
Johnson
Vandenberg Air Force
Calif
Schiever
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Schriever
Ellis Services Today In Tulia
Walter E. Ellis 57 a former Tulia Kress resident died Sunday at Veterans Hospital Amarillo after a long illness. Funeral services 2 30 p m Wallace Funeral Chapel with Rev Carl Hudson officiating burial Rose Hill Cemetery. He was born Walter Okla and lived in Tulia Kress before moving to California. He was World War II veteran. Survivors include his parents three brothers five sisters.
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Tulia
Walter E. Ellis
Tulia and
Kress
Veterans’ Hospital
Amarillo
Wallace Funeral
Carl Hudson
Rose Hill Cemetery
Walter
Okla
California
John A. Ellis
Harry Ellis
Thomas Ellis
Crowell
William Ellis
Lathrop Wells
Nev
Ida Mansell
Gladys Anglemyer
Lawton
Willie Harding
Sacramento
Calif
Christine Keller
Long Beach
Birdie Peek
Wichita, Falls
Aspermont Rites Pend For Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams 86 died Tuesday evening at St Marys Hospital after a three year illness. A Baptist, he was a retired cafe operator and lived in Aspermont 13 years before moving to Lubbock. Burial in Aspermont Cemetery. Sanders Funeral Home in charge. Survivors: wife two daughters Lavada Thompson and Gladys Hass both of Anaheim Calif and three grandchildren.
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Andrew Williams
Lubbock
St. Mary's Hospital
Williams
the Baptist Church
Aspermont
Sanders Funeral Home
Lavada Thompson
Gladys Hass
Anaheim
Calif
Cosmonauts Harassed by Paint Storm in Berlin Rally
Soviet cosmonauts Pavel Balyayev and Alexei Leonov left West Berlin under police escort after demonstrators splattered their limousine with red paint. Four patrol cars with French gendarmes escorted them to East Berlin amid placards demanding freedom and recalling Peter Fechter's death at the Berlin Wall.
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Leonov
West Berlin
Free City
East Berlin
Humiboldt Film Theater
Peter Fechter
Berlin
Fechter
Teme
Police Hunt Attacker Of 80YearOld Woman In Floydada
Floyd County officers investigate a rape and beating of an 80 year old woman at her Floydada home Friday night. Suspects unnamed, door unlocked, attacker sought. victim found Saturday, recovering in Lockney hospital. District Attorney noted grand jury told of attack but no evidence halted action. Funeral service for Frances Young held in Snyder with survivors listed.
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Floydada (Special
Floyd County
Floydada
Walter Hollums
Lockney
Hollams
John Stapleen
Hollums
Stapleton
Jayton
Frances Young
Iday
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder
Church of Christ
Young
Comanche County
Kent County
Don Browning
Side Church of Christ
Maxie Borrin
Services Pending For Mrs Wilder In Levelland
Funeral services are pending at George C. Price Funeral Home in Levelland for 85 year old Mrs Mary Wilder a longtime resident who died Tuesday afternoon at home. She moved to Levelland 37 years ago from Shamrock and was a member of the Austin Street Church of Christ. Survivors include four sons Jack Los Angeles Evan Hobbs Loran Seymour Conn and Richard in Anchorage Alaska five daughters Mildred Turrentine Nell Patterson Jean Wynn C J Brown and Arthur Harris Germany 28 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren and a half sister Mrs Edna Jackson Arizona.
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Levelland
George C. Price
Mary Wilder
Wilder
Shamrock
Austin Street
Nell Patterson
Jean Wynn
Lubbock
C. J. Brown
Abilene
Arthur Harris
Germany
Edna Jackson
Arizona
Mrs Hodges Rites Held at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. M. C. Hodges 85 a longtime Post resident were conducted at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Vernon and Rev. A T P Nixon officiating Burial followed at Terrace Cemetery under Mason Funeral Home direction Survivors include six sons and two daughters with numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren
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M. C. Hodges
First Baptist Church
Joe Vernon
A.tp. Nixon
Terrace Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
B. B
Ray
Reece
Floyd
Post
Clyde
Gravette
Ark
Leta Tannehill
Houston
Cloma Eason
San Angelo
Smog Blankets Cover Houston Beaumont Areas
Smog and rain from a stalled coastal cold front reduced visibility in Houston to 1.5 miles and Beaumont to 5 miles. Rains of up to four inches caused minor flooding near Wharton and Barker. Temperatures ranged from the 50s to 80s with cooler South Texas forecasts ahead.
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Sasociated
Houston
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Wharton
Barker
Richmond
Columbus
Bishop
Waldron Field
Dalhart
Panhandle
South Texas
Texas
West Texas
Ennui and the cure for loneliness in love
A devotional note cites Psalm 68:6 about God placing the solitary in families. It rails against the curse of feeling alone and suggests hard work reading and TV as relief. The text concludes love from others is the cure for loneliness.
Services Slated For Mrs. Lindley
Mrs Sophia Ble ivins Lindley 66 died at Yoakum County Hospital after a week illness. Services 4 p m today at East Hill Church of Christ Brownfield with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include five sons a daughter four brothers two sisters 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Brownfield
East Hill
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Young 8 year old dies after short illness
Kenneth David Young son of T Sgt and Mrs Ken Blvd Reese Village died at 2 15 p m after a short illness. He attended Reese Elementary School. Grandparents Mr and Mrs R Young Salem Ore and George Crawford Danville Va and sister Kathy. Funeral arrangements are pending at Henderson Funeral Directors.
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Kenneth David Young
Ken
Reese Village
Tuseday
Reese Afb
Reese Elementary
R. Young
Salem, Ore
George Crawford
Danville
Kathy
Henderson Funeral Directors
George DeBord Rites Slated In Wellington Church
Funeral services for George A. DeBord 79 of Wellington are set for 2 p.m. today at Sumnerwood Church of Christ with burial at Plymouth Cemetery under Kelso Funeral Home. He died Sunday at Amarillo Veterans Hospital after months of ill health. He was a WWI veteran and American Legion member with surviving wife Bertha, daughter Mrs. Gene Lowe of Muleshoe, a son Lt. Col. Norman DeBord of Omaha, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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George A. DeBord
Wellington
Lubbock
Sumnerwood Church
of Christ
Plymouth Cemetery
Kelso Funeral Home
Jimmy Rinehart
Clarence L
Jess DeBord
DeBord
Amarillo Veteran’s Hospital
Collingsworth County
Pikesville
Tenn
Snyder
Oklo
Sam Norwood
American Legion
Bertha
Gene Lowe
Muleshoe
Norman DeBord
Omaha, Neb
Rites Set for E A Moores longtime Lubbock Resident
Funeral services for E A Moores 87 of 1908 9th Street are scheduled for 2 p m today at Pioneer Park Church of Christ with Mack Greenway and Henry Seidmeyer officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction. Moores died Monday at his daughter's home and is survived by three daughters seven grandchildren seven great grandchildren and a nephew. Pallbearers named.
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E. A. Moores
9Th St
Lubbock
Pioneer Park Church of Christ
Mack Greenway
Henry Seidmeyer
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Moores
H. Y. Rhodes
37Th St
Pioneer Park
Richard Coccoran
Craig Bond
Clyde Paschall
Butch Ray
Charles Benge
Mrs. Lila Zumwalt Services Are Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Lila Zumwalt 80 of Lubbock will be held at 4 p.m. in the W W Rix Chapel with burial at Englewood Cemetery Slaton under Rix Funeral direction. She died Sunday in Sweeney Texas while visiting relatives. Survivors include two daughters a sister three brothers ten grandchildren and twenty neun great grandchildren.
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Lila Zumwailt
Rt. 2
Lubbock
W. W. Rix
Englewood
Slaton
Rix Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Mrs Annie Sharpless in Waco
Funeral services for 86 year old Mrs Annie Sharpless mother of Mrs K L Hunt and Mrs J M O'Rear both of Lubbock will be at 4 pm today in Waco Burial will follow in a Waco area cemetery under Connally Funeral Home direction She died about 4 pm Monday in a Waco convalescent home
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Annie Sharpless
K. L. Hunt
J. M. O'‘Rear
Lubbock
Waco
Connally Funneral Home
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Tom Clinton
Travis Shelton
W. L. Davis
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Barry Barker
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Roy Baxter
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L. H. Blum
Albert Harris
Jimmy Seay
Charlie Boedeker
Roosevelt King
Te Charge
Edward Bedford
Baltimore
Bill Watson
Willie Bolden
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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W. A
Mac
McMullen
West Texas Hospital
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Bob Hearn
Second Baptist Church
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Resthaven Memorial Park
Katie Ellen
Mack Wilson Land
Rt. 1
Gilson
Pasadena
F.R. Land
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Phoenix
Ariz
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Mallow
Phyllis Diller
Warde Donovan Tatum
Hollywood
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Tatum
U.S
Defense Department
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Hhelp Hollums
Houston, Beaumont
Mrs. Young
Lindley
Kenneth Young
Lubbock Power & Lkght
Brady
George DeBord
E. A. Moores Rites
Lila Zumwalt
Coogan
Hnollywood
Jerkie
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Dodge
Chrysler
Dodge Truck Center
East Broadway
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock Dodge, Inc
Texas Ave
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