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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1969
Page
2
Reports describe a Viet Cong ambush near Saigon with 12 paratroopers killed or captured and a second engagement by US Army and Brown Water Fleet forces at a Saigon River crossing where nine Viet Cong were slain. Meanwhile 2200 Marines from the 2nd Division are to be withdrawn this week, marking a shift in deployment.
Funeral services for Fred E. Pitts, 44, of Rt.1 Idalou, will be held at 2 pm today at Resthaven Hospital Amarillo. A World War I veteran and Abernathy native, survivors include son Dennie of Lubbock and daughters Lou Ann and Pitts of Lubbock, along with relatives in Red Worth and Worth area.
Norman Wailing, 55, of ROT 2nd St, died Tuesday at 9 30 in Methodist Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by two sons Rohate and Dennis, a daughter, a wife Mrs. Frank Petera, three brothers J B Forrest Oli, a sister Mrs. Pete Burks, and a grandchild. Funeral arrangements pending at the local funeral home.
Felipe Lomas Garcia 83 farm laborer died Monday at Lovington Lea General Hospital. Rosary tonight at 7 at Smith Rogers Funeral Home. services Thursday 10 at Thomas Catholic Church with Rev. Timothy Burns officiating. Burial in Lovington Cemetery. Survived by four sons Felix and Denecio. Lanighter Matilde Sanchez. others listed.
Slaton funeral arrangements are planned for D B Kiser 48 longtime resident with services pending at a local church and cemetery.
Jack Kerouac died at age 47 in St. Petersburg Florida after a hospital stay for a massive gastric hemorrhage. His wife Stella said he drank heavily in recent days and that he lived a lonely life, largely out of the public eye in his later years. The author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums rose to prominence in the 1950s as a central figure of the Beat movement, famed for roaming the United States and challenging materialism with a freewheeling life.
The excerpt presents Phil describing contenment as rank above all men, a composed and serene state. The speaker asks for the recipe and Phil replies that one must cooperate with the condition that is inevitable, test it and run one’s course without rebellion, doing what is right.
A fragmented reminiscence describes Jack Kerouac’s influence on the beat movement and hippie era. It notes his use of beat as sacred, his link to Allen Ginsberg, and his role in introducing Buddhist thought to America.
Seminole special report states Melvin T. Waldrop died at 6 a.m. Tuesday in a Lamesa nursing home after a long illness. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church in Seminole with Rev. Leor Snelson of Odessa officiating. Burial in Seminole Cemetery under Serina Memorial Funeral Directors of Han Alaska and Clyde of Baird.
Several funeral services and death notices are listed for residents in Lubbock and surrounding areas. Mrs. Robbins dies after illness at Highland Hospital. services in Lubbock and Snyder. George Ar Arden of Tokyo and C. T. Yeary memorials announced. Tim Leftwich and other youths noted with local school and hospital references. Community assistance drives and high school Homecoming event also mentioned along with traffic court settlement updates.
Services are set for Mrs Bertha G Sharp a 90 year old Clovis resident who died Monday in a Methodist Nursing Home Funeral will be at 2 pm today in the Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Dr Edward E Hamilton pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating Burial will be in Mission Garden Cemetery under Sherwood Mortuary direction Survivors include six sons Lowell Loyd both of Hereford Vernon of Clovis W A G of Andrews L of Salt Lake City G M of Muskages Okla five daughters Mrs Ruth Coleman of Carlsbad and Mrs TF Davis of Bartlesville Okla 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren pallbearers will be sons
Funeral services for Lavoné Ray Welch infant nephew of Douglas Kent Welch are planned for 11 a.m. today at Plains Cemetery with Rev Don Stovall officiating. Burial follows at Plains Cemetery. The infant died Monday evening at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after birth at 5:46 a.m. Survivors include two brothers Tracy Kent and Royce Donnell. grandparents Mr and Mrs Welch and Mr and Mrs R G Hartman. great grandparents Mr and Mrs H Bevers and Mr and Mrs Jessy Hartman. also Mrs Fy Welch of Tarzan.
Mrs M L Sanderson of Electra reports grandchildren and two great grandchildren in a brief notice about Vernon and Truman Ted of Dallas.
Henry Sims of Birmingham died Tuesday at St Luke's Hospital Houston after a viral pneumonia caused by the same herpes virus that triggers fever blisters. Sims received his new heart on September 2 in an operation led by Dr Denton Cheley. Cooley's 71st heart transplant. A separate recipient at St Luke's remains in stable condition.
Edward Nickerson 69 of 1804 E Zath died after a short illness Sunday at local nursing home. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev A L Guan officiating. Burial in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. Survivors include wife two daughters Ethel Mae Alexander and Hattie Fan of Fort Worth and a son Edward Jr. of Labbeck.
A report indicates Jack R Sanders, age 57, died at Rock Hospital. The obituary notes he was a pharmacist by trade and lists pending details at his home.
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