Fizzled Out in Texas Tornadoes REPORT
Tornadoes struck parts of Oklahoma and Texas with hail and high winds. A tornado four miles northwest of a Crean Maer tee location damaged a haybarn and a fuel tank. other sightings occurred near Guyman and Willacy County. Storms weakened with no widespread rain reported in some areas.
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Jay “ Okla
Mor- South Plains
Panhandle
Panhandle. Tion Forecast Through Today. Haybarn
Guyman
San Perlita
Porat Gora
Mansfield
Willacy County
Rio Grande Valley
Grandma's Flying Habit Costs Grandson Grand Trip
Amsterdam reports Sarah Krasnoff and her 4 year old grandson Howard Gelfand made frequent round trips New York Amsterdam on KLM jets over five months. Officials say costs may be inflated but flights occurred often. Krasnoff avoided comment as doctors ordered rest after a minor heart issue. Police found nothing improper in their arrivals at Schiphol.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Sarah
Krasnoff
Atlantic
Schipho
KLM
Royal Dutch
New York
Howard
Local crime and service notices span court bonds and deaths
District Attorney charges filed Tuesday against Derral Hern Johnson 25 in Reno Nevada for auto theft from James Doe at 2105 Dth St Att 21 Elmer Burnaell 48 of Plainview remains jailed on a 31000 bond. Dozens of burglary arrests in Slaton with bonds set 5000 each for Thames Cotton Johnny Deobbing Mike Maldonado and Joe Lee Williams. Robbery by assault charges with 50000 bond for Wilbert Deary. Funeral notices include Farvin Rambo Beulah Foster Eva Souders Boh Ball Jack Gregory and John Adkins with services across Brownfield Snyder Hobbs Lubbock and Olton. Weather reports warn of tornadoes Willacy and Kenedy counties under warning with a waterspout at Galveston. Highs near 90s and lows mid 60s forecast for South Plains through Thursday.
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Omethee
Derral Hern Johnson
Ain Reno
Nes
Johnson
James
Bomen
Boman
Justice of the Peace
Charlies Smith
Slaton
Thames Cotton
Johnny Bo Deobbing
Mike Maldonado
Joe Lee Willams
Harlingen
Raymondville
Port Mansfield
National Weather Service
Willacy
Kenedy
Galveston
Gulf Coast
NWS
Amarillo
Hereford
South Plains
Lubbock
Dack Bryant
Seagraves
First Baptist Church
Seagraves Cemetery
Webb Funeral
Bryant
Oool Anonat Wag
Seagraves Clinic
End of August Cool in Midland as Heat Dies
Midland Odessa Regional Air Terminal records show August averaging 74.2 degrees, eight degrees below normal, with daily readings below normal since July 22. Severe storms hit Houston area with hail and rain, while Texas forecasts call for storms eastward and continued drought relief in the Rolling Plains.
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Midland
Midland-Odessa
Midland Nws
Greater
Houston
Texas
Robert Orton
Plains
Rites Set for Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Quain
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. F. J. Alexander 81 in Plainview at Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Plainview Cemetery. In San Saba, Mrs. Veda Seletin Quain 59 dies after illness. services at Howell-Doran Funeral Home with burial in Varga Chapel Cemetery. Survivors named for both families include children and grandchildren. Local drought and weather notes accompany the notices.
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San Saba
Veda Seletin Quain
Richland Springs
San Saba Memorial Hospital
Howell - Doran
Nand
Maureen Awalt
Plainview
Donnie Grege
Littlefield
Marilyn Cates
Flovdada
William
Erie
Cole
Fredge
Gar
Nets
Homer, Edmondson
Peene
San Angelo
Beulah Anderson
Salinas
Calif
Clar
Orton
Anan
Pomamornd
Orlacen
Rockies
Plains
Redwood Falls
Minn
Gulf Coast
Upper
Great Lakes
Imperial
Salem
Ore
Unidentified Man Burned In Amarillo Incinerator
Police in Amarillo report a charred man found in a city incinerator Sunday. Heat damaged all identifying features and investigators seek to determine whether death occurred in the flames or elsewhere. Blood and tissue samples were sent to Austin for analysis as officers consider the victim a possible transient between 60 and 73. The body was buried in Liano Cemetery despite the ongoing mystery.
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Amarillo
Amarilla
Austin
Liano
Starrett Rites Pending for 99 Year Old S H Starrett
Stacy H Starrett 99 of 3916 E Bates died about 645 p m Wednesday at St Mary of the Plains Hospital. Born in Crosby County he moved to Lubbock in 1940 where he worked as a steelworker. Survived by wife Faye one daughter Valene of Glendale Calif two brothers four sisters and three grandchildren. Services pending Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home.
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Stacy HH. Starrett
E. Bates
P.mesday
St Mary of the Plains Hospital
Crosby County
Lubbock
Church of Christ
Faye
Valene Starret
Glendale
Calif
Conda
Kalpary
Ss. P
Crosbyton
Clarence Rathea
Southwest Bell Cancels Planned Texas Rate Changes
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. said it will not change intrastate Texas rates as announced. An operator assisted person-to-person rate increase and a direct distance dialing station-to-station decrease were paused by the Nixon wage price freeze and will likely take effect once the freeze is lifted.
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Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas
Nixon
Sam Valencia Rites Thursday in Temple Sinai Assembly of God
Services for Samuel M. Valencia 24 of 2209 2nd Place will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Temple Sinai Assembly of God Church with Rev. George Guerrero officiating. Burial in Resthaven. Valencia found dead about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at 823 Use Ave. Autopsy ordered. report pending. He was a Crowell native who lived in Lubbock 15 years and worked as a welder for Harrison Thrush Manufacturing. Survivors include two sons Samuel Jr and Paul, daughter Sonya, parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Valencia, two brothers Johnny and Paul Valencia Jr., and two sisters Nellie Mora and Mary Valencia.
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Samuel M. Valencia
Temple Sinai Assembly of God Church
George Guerrero
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven
Singleton - Wilson Funeral Home
Valencia
Use Ave
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Crowell
Lubbock
Harrison-Thrush Manufacturing Co
Samuel Jr
Paul
Sonya
Paul Valencia
Johnny
Paul Valencia Jr
Nellie Mora
Mary Valencia
Mrs Benham Rites Set At Seagraves Church
Susie Benham 84 died after brief illness at Seagraves moving to live with daughter Mrs. Howard Floyd. Services 11 a.m. Thursday at Church of the Nazarene with Rev Burle DeBord officiating. Burial 4 p.m. Afton Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, a sister, 22 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. grandsons pallbearers. Burial arranged by Webb Funeral Home of Seagraves.
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Seagraves
Susie Benham
Church of the Nazarene
Burle DeBord
Afton
Webb Funeral Home
Benham
Howard Floyd
Gurdon
Ark
Floyd
Howard Clark
Gudon
Bobbie Chipman
Leachville
Funeral services for Eduardo C. Alvarado to be held
Services will be at 3 30 p m Thursday in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church with Rev Curtis Halfmann officiating Burial will be in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park directed by Henderson Funeral Directors Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Eduardo C Alvarado a brother Edward of 1825 E Colgate and three sisters Josie of the home Mrs Eula Alonzo of 308 Ave T and Mrs Elida Ramirez of San Angelo
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Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Curtis Halfmann
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral Directors
Eduardo C
Lubbock Man's Father Dies in Mississippi
R. B. Riley, 81, of Kosciusko Mississippi, father of Ralph A. Riley of Lubbock, died about 7 p.m. Monday in Columbus Mississippi. A Mississippi native and World War I veteran, he will have services at 2 p.m. today at New Hope Baptist Church in Kosciusko with burial in New Hope Cemetery under Nowell Funeral Home.
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J.C. Simith
Snyder
New Hope Baptist Church
Buriag
Bell-Seale Funeradem
Smith
Cogdel
Memnorial Hospital
Alford Elza
Jack” Gregory
Lam
Fourth
Bedford Church of Christ
West Lawn Cemetery
Dennis
R. B. Riley
Kosciusko
Miss
Ralph A. Riley
Lubbock
Columbus
Riley
New Hope Cemetery
Nowell Funeral Home
Worry and the idle mind in Hyer’s early reflections
The excerpt argues that constant busy days distract from worry, while idle nights breed anxiety. It declares worry feeds on an idle mind and, if unchecked, becomes the Devil’s workshop, fueling tension and apprehension.
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Julien C. Hyer
Bridgeport Man Dies In Amarillo
Ira n Herbert Burris 81 of Bridgeport was found dead in his pickup in Amarillo possibly from a heart attack. An autopsy is ordered. He lived in Wildorado and various South Plains communities before moving to Amarillo, then Bridgeport. Services set for Thursday in Amarillo with burial at Beckton Cemetery. Surviving wife Et ta, three sons, six daughters, a brother, four sisters, 25 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren.
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Amarillo
Iran
Herbert Burris
Bridgeport
Justice of the Peace
Cliff Roberts
Burris
Polk County
Ark
Wildorado
South Plains
Panhandle
Primitive Baptist Church
Beckton Cemetery
N.&. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors
Etta
Harding
Elida
I.m
Calvin J
George Rex
Paul Ingram
Sunset
Earl Moore
Springville
Calif
J. W. Bradley
Mrs. Norma Louise Johnson Mass Service at Christ the King
Mrs. Norma Louise Johnson of 3312 45th St died Monday night after a long illness. Her funeral Mass is today at 10 a.m. at Christ the King Church with Msgr. James E. Fitzgerald and Rev. Tom Irlbek officiating, entombment at Resthaven Mausoleum. Survivors include son A T Johnson Jr of Fort Worth and daughter Mrs. Quinn Connelley of Lubbock plus seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers named A T Johnson Jr, Quinn Connelley, and others.
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Norma Louise Johnson
45Th St
Christ the King Catholic Church
James E. Fitzgerald
Cocelebrant
Tom Irlbek
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Resthaven
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
West Texas Hospital
Cotton Port
Johnson
A. T. Johnson
A. T. Johnson Jr
Fort Worth
Quinn Connelley
Lubboel
L. C. Merrel
Port Arthur
J. §. Normand
Homer Bailey
T. BK. McCeasty
Hale Center Woman Dies At Age 71 Today
Mary Ann Mitchener McMennamy, 71, a Hale Center resident since 1901, died at Hi-Plains Hospital after a short illness. Services at Hale Center First United Methodist Church with Rev. Elton Wyatt and Rev. Woodrow Aycock officiating. Burial in Hale Center Cemetery. Survived by husband Carl. two sons Joe and Jerry. two daughters Mrs. C. G. McMurtrey and Mrs. Bill Woelfel. brother Walter Mitchener. four sisters. 11 grandchildren. two great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Hale Center
Carl McMennamy
Hi-Plains Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Elton Wyatt
Woodrow Aycock
Amarillo
Freeman Funeral Home
Freeman Funeral Home. Mrs. McMennamy, the Former Mary Ann Mitchener
Chickasha
Oklo
Womens Circle of the
Woodsmen of the World
Joe
Arlington
Jerry
Fred Hubbard
R. L. Burgess
Tom Morrison
E. F. Woelfel
Services Pending For S. H. Lebow
S. H. Lebow 82 died about 3 30 pm Tuesday at his Abernathy home after a heart attack. Services are pending with Chambers Funeral Home. A native of Cairo he settled in Bosque County in 1892, moved to Lubbock in 1913, and lived in Abernathy since 1932. He served as a school crossing guard for 14 years after retiring in 1951. He is survived by his wife, four sons Leo Abernathy Curtis Amarillo Cleatusmien Floyd Kingsland five daughters and 30 grandchildren.
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Abernathy
H. Lebow
Chambers Funeral Home
Cairo
Lebow
Bosque County
Lubbock
Ile
Abernathy Police Department
Campbell recalls vegetarian soup over botulism concerns
Campbell Soup Co pulls 53 280 cans of vegetarian vegetable soup from shelves after a prior botulism tainted chicken vegetable recall at the Paris Texas plant. FDA inspectors found abnormal cans during warehouse inspections and are running tests to confirm risk.
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Camden
Campbell Soup Co
America
Texas
Campbell
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Paris
Tex
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kansas
Florida
Doyle Conner
FDA
Soup Company
Rites Held for Floyd C Widener in Jennings
Memorial services were held for Floyd C Widener 68 brother of William Clifford Widener of Lubbock at 3 30 p m Tuesday in Jennings. He died at 4 a m Monday in a Houston hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p m today at South Park Funeral Home Houston with burial in South Park Cemetery. Widener longtime Jennings resident survived by wife Jenny a son two daughters three sisters and another brother.
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Jennings
Floyd C. Widener
William Clifford Widener
Lubbock
Widener
Houston
South Park
Jenny
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Photolith Magazine
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Othe Lube
Boek Art Association
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
University Ave
Lonnie Mason
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Freddy Colin Cooper
North Lubbock
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Topeka
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Olton
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N.M
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W. W. Rix
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Bovina
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Lovington
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Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
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Tommy Mears
Plainview Cemetery
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
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Charles Alexander
Denver
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Freeze
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Sam Valencia
David Alvarado
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34Th Street
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