Festivals Blare To Close Amid No Major Problems
Festival crowds from Texas to Washington and Louisiana wrapped up three days of loud rock shows with tens of thousands attending each event. Police reported arrests for drug offenses but no major incidents, while heat and traffic accidents caused several injuries and deaths. A Lewisville official halted nude swimming at a nearby campsite, and Dylan’s Isle of Wight set drew mixed reactions as fans endured long waits and a brief exit.
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New Orleans
Prairieville
Dylan
England
Isle of Wight
Bob Dylan
Garza-Little Elm Lake
Lewisville
Sam Houston
Girl Coffs
Sky River
U.S. 61
Janis Joplin
the Iron Butterfly
County Joe and the Fish
Canned Heat
Clearwater Revival
The
Grateful Dead
Ralph Adams
Houston
Wreck Victim's Services Set Today In Alvin
Warren Glen Meschkat 18 of 3105 25th St died Sunday morning in an auto crash on Interstate 45 near Centerville while en route to a rock music festival in Lewisville. He skidded and rolled his car after leaving the newly completed freeway. Services will be at 4 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church in Alvin with burial in Manvel Cemetery.
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Warren Glen Meschkat
25Th St
Centerville
Lewisville
Highway Patrol
Meschkat
Justice of the Peace
Coronado High School
Houston
Lubbock
South Plains Bible Chapel
Southwest Water Color Society
First Presbyterian Church
Alvin
Herschel Martindale
William McRae
Manvel
Froberg
Former Lubbock Farmer Olen E Connell Dies at 79
Olen E. Connell 79 of Imperial retired Lubbock County farmer died at 11 p.m. Sunday. He came to Lubbock from Crowell in 1939 and moved to Imperial two years ago. He was a Southside Baptist Church member. Survivors include four sons Melton O of Waco J W of 4103 E 1st Place C G of 2213 38th and Kenneth.
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Olen E. Connell
Imperial
Lubbock
Connell
Crowell
Southside Baptist Church
Melton O
Waco
J. W
C. G. of
Kenneth
Miss America Rules Draw Harsh Rules At Atlantic City Pageant
Contestants in Atlantic City register under strict guidance from Mildred Brick with chaperones, no smoking or drinking, and limited hotel dining. Judi Anne Ard offers encouragement as 50 entrants prepare for the crowning night amid rehearsals and a boardwalk parade expected to draw large crowds.
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Judi Anneard
Illinois
Judi
Worries Do Not Bring Peace Says Julien Hyer
Quote stresses that worry yields no peace or progress and harms happiness. It admonishes readers that anxiety does not solve problems, citing Job 4:5 as contextual proof. The short verse framing emphasizes emotional restraint and hopeful action over fretful rumination.
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Julien C. Hyer
Funeral set for Raymond Dunn in Levelland
Services for Raymond Curtis Dunn 40 will be held at Park Drive Baptist Church with Rev. James A. Kelley officiating. Burial follows at Levelland Cemetery. Dunn was found dead in his pickup on a country road with exhaust directing into the cab. He worked as a repairman for General Telephone Co and leaves a wife Charlene, two sons Curtis Wayne and Randy Joe, a daughter Valerie, his parents, four brothers and a sister.
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Levelland
Raymond Curtis
Bud) Dunn
Park Drive
James A. Kelley
First Baptist Church
Smyer
Levelland Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Dunn
Here
Weir Clem
General Telephone Co
Wortham
Charlene
Curtis Wayne
Randy Joe
California
Valerie Dunn
Arthur Dunn
Lubbock
Edith Dunn
Robert
Frank
J. C
Arthur R
Pete Currington
Dawson
Mrs Beatrice McRae Rites Set In Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs Beatrice McRae sister of W W Anthony of 3005 Mesa Road will be at 10 am today in Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Chapel Amarillo She died Saturday in an Amarillo convalescent home She was married in 1924 to T E McRae who died in 1966 They lived near Southland for many years Survivors include a son Tommy and her brother W W Anthony
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Beatrice McRae
W. W. Anthony
Mesa Road
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Amarillo
McRae
T. E. McRae
Southland
Tommy
Services Today For Jim Lopez
Services for Jim Lopez 68 will be at 4 p.m. today in Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev. Paul Mendoza officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under Lemons Funeral Home. Lopez died Sunday in a local convalescent home and had lived in Plainview ten years after moving from Lockney. He is survived by his wife Antonio seven sons three daughters and many grandchildren.
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Plainview
Jim Lopez
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Paul Mendoza
Spanish Baptist Church
Lockney
Parklawn Memorial Gardens
Lemons
Antonio
Marie Angelina
Selly Lopez
Raymond Quintana
Daniel
New York
Thomas
San Diego
Calif
Roberto
Colton
Eddie Lopez
U.S. Air Force
Pasadena
J Santiago Jr
Lancaster
iCalif
Odes
Irving
Lupe Lopez
Wichita
Kans
Adriano
San Antonio
Pablo
Waco
Linda Quintones
Anita Morales
Susie Lopez
Cuban IOC Member Angel Moenck Dies at 78
Angel Moenck aged 78 and long time Cuban member of the International Olympic Committee died on Sunday. The obituary notes his prominent role in Cuban sports circles and his tenure with the IOC beginning in 1938.
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Havana
Angel Moenck
International Olympic Committee
Funeral for one of five Guardsmen killed in Vietnam
In Manchester New Hampshire Army Spec 5 Richard E Genest lies in a simple casket at a Mass funeral with the song Where Have All The Flowers Gone The five Guardsmen from Manchester killed when their truck hit a land mine are to be buried Tuesday The fallen include Roger E Robischaud 24 Richard P Raymond 27 Guy A Blanchette 22 and Gaston J Beaudoin 20 all from the 2nd Battalion 197th Artillery The service avoided military overtones and no flag draped the coffin or taps was given Genest leaves a widow and a 14 month old son with the unit due home from Vietnam Thursday. The church is St Catherine s Roman Catholic Church.
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Manchester
Vietnam
Army
Richard E. Genest
Batttalion
Thomas Bartlett
Genest
Tina Genest
Jill Cavanaugh
Philip Kenney
St. Catherine's
2Rd ‘Batallion
Mrs. Presley Dies After Brief Illness at 71
Mrs. Lomie B. Presley, 71, longtime Levelland resident, died Sunday night after a brief illness at Heritage Manor. Funeral services are today at 11 a.m. at Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. A. Corley officiating. Burial will follow in City of Levelland Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Troy, a son J. W. Presley of Fort Worth, and a daughter Mrs. Billie Louis Funk of Bledsoe Dowdy.
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Levelland
Lomie B. Presley
Smith Funeral Home
W. A. Corley
Fifth Street Baptist Church
City of Levelland Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home of
Presley
Heritage Manor
Milam County
Levelland First
Widow Odella Noland Dies After One Car Wreck Near Farwell
Mrs. Odella Ross Noland 54 of West Camp Community died after a single vehicle rollover on U S 84 1.3 miles southeast of Farwell. Services pending at Singleton Funeral Home. Born in Mexia she lived in Plainview and West Camp with husband and five remaining family members including two sons Roger and C Ray, a daughter Ethel Hampton, two sisters Jessie Hall Adlissie Johnson and two brothers Berniece Ross Robert Ross.
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Odella Ross Noland
West Camp
U.S. 84
Farwell
Singleton Funeral Home
Plainview
Mexia
Robert
Roger
C. Ray Noland
Ethel Hampton
Jessie Hall
Adlissie Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Berniece Ross
Sweetwater
Robert Ross
Labor Day Traffic Toll Rises in Lubbock Injures 23
Labor Day weekend traffic left Lubbock with 23 injuries after a series of crashes. A 19 year old motorcyclist Douglas Hallett was listed in fair condition after a noon collision on 50th Street. Other city crashes injured multiple people and a 60 year old man Jimmie Scott was killed near Reese AFB on Texas 116.
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Douglas Lee Hallett
35Th St
50Th Street
Avenue Q
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
E. 24Th Street
Weber Drive
William T. Brooking
Ave. L
Rae L. Harris III
Louisville
Bishap
Lilian Weir O'Conner
21St St
Willie John
Lewis
E. 28Th St
Apt
Larry Wee
Apt. B
Terry
Wayne. Knowlton
Muleshoe
Jimmie B. Scott
Carlisle
Reese Afb
Texas 116
Services Today For Mrs. R. W. Allen In Shallowater
Funeral services for Mrs. R. W. Allen 85 of Shallowater are set for 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Roscoe Trostle and Rev. Homer Salley assisting. Burial follows at Tahoka Cemetery. Survivors include her son Clyde Allen, daughter Mrs. M. J. Williams, a sister Mrs. France Beeman, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Allen Memorial Fund at Shallowater First United Methodist Church.
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R. W. Allen
Shallowater
First United Methodist Church
Roscoe Trostle
Parkview United
Allen
Lakeview
Lynn County
Lakeview - Petty United Methodist Church
Clyde Allen
Rt. 1
Tahoka
M. J. Williams
France Beeman
DeRidder
Edwin Nettles
Harold Nettles
Liz Moore Jr
W. T. Knight
D. D. Hancock
George Blackmon
Roy P. Baccus Services Slated
SUDAN Special Services for Roy P. Baccus 82 retired Lamb County farmer will be at 4 p m today in the First Baptist Church with Rev J R Manning officiating Burial will be in Littlefield Memorial Park under Payne Funeral Home Masonic graveside rites Raccus died at 9 30 p m Sunday in South Plains Hospital Amherst following a brief illness He came to Sudan in 1946 from Estelline He was a Mason Delia a daughter Mrs Nettie Faye Segrest of Lubbock two sons M W of Brownfield and Roy D of Lockney 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild Grandsons will be pallbearers
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Sudan
Roy P. Baccus
Lamb County
First Baptist Church
J. R. Manning
Littlefield Memorial Park
Payne Funeral Home
Raccus
South Plains Hospital
Amherst
Estelline
Delia
Nettie Faye Segrest
Lubbock
M. W
Brownfield
Roy D
Lockney
Seagraves Girl Margarita Cantu Dies Rites Set
Seagraves remembers Margarita Cantu nine year old daughter of Mrs. Paulina Cantu. Services planned for 3 p m Wednesday at Joe H Webb Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Cornelius Ramirez. She was found dead Monday morning after stomach cramps the prior night. Sheriff Gammel says probable natural causes with inquest pending. Burial in Seagraves Cemetery under Webb Funeral Home direction. Margarita born in Seagraves and survived by six sisters. Farm produce prices noted rising from 1.00 to 2.63 since 1910.
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Seagraves
Margarita Cantu
Paulina Cantu
Joe H.webb
Cornelius Ramirez
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Bill Gammel
Seagraves Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Margarita
Terry DeLaCruz
Saromie
Mary
Janie
Mercedes
Elvara
Former Motley County resident to be buried in East Mound Cemetery
A memorial service was held at 11 am Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Heard presiding. Burial in East Mound Cemetery to be directed by Seigler Funeral Home. The deceased had lived in Motley County since 1920 and left behind six sons and daughters, including James of Matador and Walter of Dexter New Mexico, plus five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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First Baptist Church
Larry Heard
East Mound Cemetery
Seigler Funeral Home
Motley County
James
Matador
Walter
Dexter
N.M
Clyde
Hereford
Harold
Plainview
A. B. McCaghren
R. E. Campbell Sr
Breed Hurst
Carroll Edwards Service Today
Carroll Edwards 76 a Tahoka resident will have services at 3 p m today at First Baptist Church. Rev Jim Turner and Rev Wayland Edwards will officiate burial will be in Tahoka Cemetery. He moved from McLennan to a Tahoka farm in 1933 and was a longtime deacon. Survived by Nellie his wife four daughters a son eight grandchildren and one great grandchild with brothers J Wright Troy W Oz Bill and Travis across Texas.
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Tahoka
Carroll Edwards
Tohoka
Lynn County
First Baptist Church
Jim Turner
I Wayland Edwards
Artesia
Num
White
McLennan
Edwards
Troy
32Nd St
Lubbock
W. Oz
Bill
Fort Worth
Travis
Dallas
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Atlantic City
Kansas
Margo Sue Schroeder
Missouri
Frances Elaine Bissemeyer
Ohio
Kathy Lynn Baumann
Judith Claire Mandenhall
Farmer
N.J
Mildred Brick
Bord Grasmyre
Washington
Resthaven Singleton - Wilson Funeral Home
Nancy Conrad
Lamesa I
Grace J Lutheran Church
Lamesa
Fred Neumann
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
T. J. Fry
Hunt County
American Legion Hall
Hugh K. Fry
Jack Williams
John Cole
Jerry Thomas
28Th St
Danny Spies
Gene Spies
Littlefield
Felipe Christian
Joe Christian
Texas Tech
University Avenue
Erskine Road
West Texas Hospital
Harold Meason
Marcy Roberts
Hockley County Community Action Committee
Ae McDonnell
Ernest Robert Molden
Keith Molden
Ave. J
Henderson Funeral Chapel
City of Lubbock
Fred R. Scott
Rt. 2
Wilson
Tahoka Church of ‘Christ
Scott
Mercy Hospital
Slaton
Willie Collier
Apt. D
Helen Miller
United Baptist Church of
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Happy Union Baptist Church
Plainview Cemetery
Alof
Burden
Citizens For American Cancer Society
Raymond Dunn
Mrs. Presley
Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Renfro
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