Holiday Deaths Mount in Spur Area
The notice reports a September 2, 1863 holiday death toll in Spur with burial planned at Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home. Pallbearers include Don and Jack Condron and Clarence Smith. Survivors: parents, a sister Donna, and grandparents Buck Thompson Girard Pete Gannon Spur, along with great grandmothers Ceci Alexander and W. R. Gannon of Spur.
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Spur First Methodist Church
Spur
Campbell Funeral Home
Spur Cemetery
Lubbock Brothers
Don
Jack Condron
Clarence Smith
Edgar Witt
Donna
Buck Thompson
Girard
Pete Gannon
Ceci Alexander
W. R. Gannon
Three Lubbock Brothers Hurt In Freight Train Crash
A car driver Esiquiel Nava 28 and his brothers Andrew 26 Guadalupe 30 were injured in a collision with a freight train at FM Road 40 near Fort Worth and Denver Railway tracks east of Lubbock. They were taken to West Texas Hospital by ambulance. A woman passenger was checked and released.
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Harwell
Girard
Lubbock
Acuff
Fort Worth & Denver Railway Co
West Texas Hospital
Franklin Bartley
Henderson-Wilson Funeral Home
Ambujlances
Esiquiel Nava
Andrew
Guadalupe
Baylor St
Auto
Calvin MclKnight
Nava
Checke
Ward Store Revival in Texas Opens Under Ward Name
The Ward department store plans a Texas opening after breaking ground on a nine acre site near Broadway and Texas Ave. The downtown store since 1933 will close as the new structure includes a partial second floor for warehouse space and a 12 car auto service center. Located in the Caprock Monterey area, the new Ward will feature air conditioning and extensive parking for about 700 cars.
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Broadway
Texas Ave
Has Auto Service Center
Caprock-Monterey
W. R. Grimshaw
Tulsa
Temple
Helena
Ark
Jim T. Badgwell
Montgomier Ward
Fayetteville
70Th St
J. E. Cornwell
Wards
Lubbock
Cornwell
40Th St
Joy Ride Ends In Drowning Of Four Teens
A joy ride in a car carrying seven youths ended in tragedy when the vehicle veered off a curve into Stevens Creek Reservoir near San Jose at 4 a.m. Four teens died and a survivor clung to a 20 foot deep water to reach shore. Ronald Perry, 19, described speeds near 70 miles per hour as the crash occurred amid a large early morning party. About 20 to 25 youths reportedly joined the reckless ride into the hills.
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Wessies
Uray
Tran
Stevens Crees Reservoir
Ronald Perry
San Jose
Upertina
Births by Haynes Simons Landreth Knighten Gurus Todd
Multiple notices record the births of seven babies at various clinics and hospitals. Parents include Odis Haynes, Andrews Simins, Lonnie Landreth, Charles Knighten, Jews Gurus, Joe Grayson, and John Todd, with fathers employed by Southwestern Bell, Brown Furniture, Ser Restaurant, a service station, and Le Dock Transit Corp. Each entry lists weight and birth time, reflecting a local births roundup.
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Andrews Simins
Lonnie Landreth
Duke
Joe Grayson
John Todd
Ave
le Dock ‘Transit ‘Corp
Police clash with students in Seaside Oregon riot
About 1,000 youths ignored a midnight curfew in Seaside as police and firemen fought them on the beach and streets. Firecrackers and bottles flew, ax handles swung, a lifeguard tower was toppled, benches smashed, and police cleared the main street toward the Pacific shore. No injuries were reported. The town previously faced a riot with mass arrests last year.
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Ore
I Beach
Ken Helen
Heten
Pacific Beach
Nobel Prize Winner Hospitalized in Montevideo for Surgery
Nobel laureate Selman Waksman, a Russian-born microbiologist and 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine winner, was rushed to a Montevideo hospital Sunday for surgery after acute appendicitis progressed to peritonitis. He had given lectures at the School of Medicine here.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Selman Waksman
Waksman
School of Medicine
Fort Worth Bowling Alley Hit By Fire
A three alarm fire at Berry Bowl in Fort Worth caused 100000 dollars in damage as workers were finishing resurfacing. The explosion shattered windows and lifted the roof from brick walls but no injuries occurred. Firemen reported the crew was leaving when the blaze started.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Girl Missing After March Returns Home
Ann Arbor Michigan AP reports 6 year old Jackie Wilson the daughter of a University of Michigan professor returned to her Dexter home Sunday night. A family friend said Jackie had been persuaded by her older sister to come back from New York City where she went to seek work as a waitress. Jackie was an honor student and senior at Ann Arbor University High School and had been reported missing after failing to return home following a civil rights demonstration in Washington Wednesday.
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Tacqueline Wilson
University of Michigan
Dexter
Paul Lutzier
Jackie
Patricia
New York City
Ann Arbor University High School
Russell Wilson
Washington
Sisters Enter Beauty Contests Across Headlines
The report blends multiple briefs as Miss USA Michelle Metrinko from New York City aims for Miss America. Berlin guards reinforce the border near the Wall while an 18 year old blue eyed contestant stands out. a British Eye linked nuclear bomb rumor also appears in the clashing clippings.
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UPI
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Daily Mail
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America
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Border
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Marcia
New
Berlin Wall
York City
West Berlin
Nocnani
Atlantic City
TEXAS BUSINESSMAN DIES IN CORSICANA
J C West a prominent area businessman and rancher and longtime Georgetown graduate who attended the Miss Universe contest was found dead Sunday in Corsicana He headed the Cadda West sun at Maryland and held extensive ranch properties The district of Columbia connection and his Georgetown ties are noted with his death marking a local business figure.
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District of Columbia
Corsicana
J. C. West
Georgetown
Marcia
Cadda West Sun
Maryland
Rand Ranch Properties
Pakistan Airport Loan Still Slated
United States plans to grant Pakistan a 4.3 million airport construction loan, suspended Friday after Pakistan signed a land air agreement with Communist China. Sources said the loan will be restored once technical issues are solved. State Dept indicated loan deferred, not suspended.
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China
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Paki
Shar Curve
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Washington
State Department
North Koreans Blast U S In Propaganda
Tokyo reports North Korea marked the 18th anniversary of North Viet Nam independence with a radio broadcast denouncing U S imperialists in South Viet Nam and praising Hanoi for socialist work. China created a shrine in Peking for Buddhist priests who died protesting discrimination in South Viet Nam.
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UPI
North Korea
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Sun Day
United States
Reds Halt Escape At Berlin Border Area
In Berlin a border clash near the Frot hay district ended with East Berlin police firing four shots from machine pistols and two aerial flares as East Germans attempted an escape. Western sources noted two small explosions likely from escapees touching barbed wire.
Coroner Identifies Three Drowned Youths in San Jose
Deputy coroner identified three of the drowned youths whose bodies were recovered as Patricia Turner sixteen, Richard James Daley no pany, Lee Adams twenty, all searchers still sought the fourth youngster tentatively Ricky Stevens also of San Jose. Perry Robert Blanchard nineteen and Mickey Testa nineteen both of San Jose swam to shore.
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Hd No Pany
Lee Adams
Ricky Stevens
San Jose
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Robert Blanchard
Mickey Testa
School Boycott Set Over Integration Tilf
A group of Brooklyn ministers plans to open churches as freedom schools if the Board of Education does not present a timetable for school integration. Civil rights groups threaten a boycott unless a school by school plan is offered. Milton A. Galamison chairs the effort and says a mass rally will back the boycott.
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Rail Settlement Won't Work, Says Mansfield
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield warned that a government imposed settlement of the railroad dispute may fail to solve the problem. The Montana Democrat told supporters in Sidney that he hopes he is wrong about the outcome.
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UPI
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Israeli Cabinet Rejects Chinese Nuclear Disarmament Plan
Reports say the Israeli cabinet rejected a Communist Chinese proposal for Middle East nuclear disarmament. Sources indicated Israel preferred alternatives offered by Washington and international bodies.
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UPI
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Digger Dan Escapes the Motley County Gallows
In Matador and Spur-Post country a famed well digger known as Digger Dan avoided the gallows after a jail sentence. He fled from a rope and frame set for him, rode off with a horse, and vanished from Matador, leaving the county jail’s gallows unused and rumors of a new life westward with many wells to dig.
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Labor Day Speeches Focus on Civil Rights and Jobs
Labor Day messages from AFL CIO leaders and officials emphasize civil rights, unemployment, and the need to expand job opportunities. Meany calls for a three hour work week, tax cuts, and broader social security amid rising joblessness. Wirtz urges expanded training to prepare more workers, tying education to opportunity.
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University of Houston Joins State System
University of Houston officially joins the Texas system of higher education. The move lowers costs and is expected to boost enrollment, with projected fall figures topping 15,500 from last year’s 13,820. President Dr. Phillip G. Hoffman said a new enrollment policy will be needed to manage demand.
Sleepwalking Marine Roams Lindbergh Field in Shorts
Benny Thurman a 20 year old student at the Marine electronics school awakened from a nightmare to find himself roaming Lindbergh Field runway in underwear. He wandered nearly two miles from his quarters at the Marine Corps recruit depot and climbed an eight foot barbed wire fence to reach the airport. Police said Thurman has a history of sleepwalking and he finally woke when a harbor patrolman shook him.
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Benny Thurman
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Tex
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