Weather front brings scattered rain across Texas Panhandle
A stationary front over Texas today triggers light drizzle in Angelo and Wichita Falls with chances of rain in Matador. Thunderstorms develop this afternoon through the Panhandle and South Plains as the front moves in, bringing unsettled weather and roofers.
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Wichita Falls
Angelo
Marfa
Panhandle
Dar
Aie
Quitaque
Sudan
Plainview
Roaring Springs
Paducah
Texas
Alice
McAllen
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
San Angelo
el Paso
Midland
Mineral Wells
The
Weather Service
Panhandle-South Plains
Tex
Canada
Midwest
Plains
Great Lakes
Beta Sigma Phi Omega fundraiser basketball bounds on
Beta Sigma chapter of Alpha Phi Omega at Texas Tech continues the basketball bounding initiation begun at 5:20 p.m. Friday to raise funds for the national muscular dystrophy trophy drive. The day’s events support the national charity as volunteers host games and activities for students.
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Beta Sigma Chapter
Alpha’ Phi Omega
National Service Fraternity
Texas Tech
August rainfall leaders across South Plains led by Jayton Post and Tahoka
National Weather Service Lubbock reports August totals show Jayton 12.63 inches Post 11.49 inches and Tahoka 10.11 inches as the top rain stations. Hereford logged 1.17 inches while Lubbock set a 5.4 inch monthly total the second wettest August since 1914.
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Jayton
Post and
Tahoka
South Plains
National Weather Service
Lubbock
Post
Hereford
Aspermont
Paducah
Dimmitt
Abernathy
Big Spring
Brownfield
Crosbyton
Floydada
Friona
Lamesa
Levelland
Littlefield
Lockerville
Matador
Morton
Muleshoe
Muleshoe Refuge
Orton
Plains
Plainview
Seminole
Silverton
Spur
Tulia
Ralph Murphrey Dies Rites Set
Ralph Murphrey 77 of Mabank died Friday in St Josephs Hospital. Services will be at 2 PM Sunday at Elm Grove Community Church with burial in the church cemetery under Hilliard Funeral Home Canton. Survivors include his wife four sons three daughters a sister 21 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
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Fort Worth
Elm Grove
Ralph ‘Buddy" Murphrey
Mabank
St. Josephs Hospital
Hilliard Funeral Home
Canton
van Zandt
Murphrey
Crosbyton
Alvarado
J. H. Murphrey
Don. Murphrey
Irving
W. C. Murphrey
Nacogdoches
Kenneth Murphrey
Hampton, Va
O. P. Williams
Seagraves
Harold Hoffman
Kathryn Haney
Luther Gee
Kaufman
Services for Bobby R. Foster Pend
Funeral services are pending at Rankin funeral home for Bobby Ray Foster 22 of Traan who died Friday at Medical Center Hospital from injuries in a one car rollover on U S 67 near Iraan. Dennis E Hall 21 of Traan remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after the same accident. Their westbound car reportedly ran off the road struck a reflector and overturned three times.
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Odessa
Bobby Ray Foster
Traan
Rankin Funeral Home
Foster
Medical Center Hospital
U.S. 67
Iraan
Dennis E. Hall
Mrs L D Wall dies after extended illness
Mrs L D Wall 54 of 5515 Brownfield Road died about 2 20 p m Friday at St Mary of the Plains Hospital after an extended illness. Services pending at Mason Funeral Home in Post. Survivors include husband Leon Wall and a son.
Trial In Murder Of Girls Moved To Hidalgo County
Cameron County deputies moved 19 year old Antonios Rios Zepeda Jr. to Hidalgo County jail for a trial on murder with malice in the deaths of Maria Delgado and Patricia Segura, whose bodies were found in irrigation canals near San Benito in April. Judge J R Alamia will set a trial date next week after a change of venue granted due to publicity concerns.
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Edinburg
Cameron County
San Benito
Hidalgo County
Antonios Rios Zepeda Jr
Dist
H. A. ‘Garcia
Rios Zepeda
Maria Norma Delgado
Patricia Segura
J. R.alamia
Brownsville
Montreal Nightclub Blast Kills At Least 10, Injures Dozens
A bomb and ensuing fire at the Blue Bird Cafe in Montreal killed at least 10 people and left up to 60 injured. Police launched a citywide alert, with three suspects detained as investigators search for the explosive device used.
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Montreal
UPI
Blue Bird Cafe
Woolcn Opening Winners Named
Winners announced at the Woolen Department store opening on August 23 include Van D. Alsup Sr. for a color television set Janice Payton for a dishwasher machine and Régee Thomasson for a camp trailer.
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van D. Alsup Sr
39Th St
Janice Payton
Weber
Eason Services Slated Tuesday
Hale Center remembers Mrs. W. P. Eason 83 of Hale Center mother of County Commissioner Jack Eason who died Friday in Lubbock. Funeral set at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church Hale Center with Rev. Elston Wyatt officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Freeman Funeral Home direction.
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Hale Center
W. P. Eason
Hale County
Jack Eason
Methodist
Lubbock
United Methodist
Mrs. Aileen Crabtree rites set in Amarillo
Mrs. Aileen Crabtree, 53, hairdresser and cosmetology teacher, died at her home Thursday. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Schooler Gordon Funeral Chapel, Amarillo, with burial in Amarillo. She moved from Tulia 11 years ago, taught in Dimmitt, and belonged to the Eastern Star in Tulsa and First Baptist Church in Amarillo. Survived by husband Ray, a brother Leslie Wright, and sister Addie Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Aileen Crabtree
Schooler-Gordon Funeral
Order of the Eastern Star
Tulsa
First Baptist Church
Ray Crabtree
Leslie Wright
Plainview
Addie Sanders
San Diego
Calif
Man indicted in murder of milling plant supervisor
A 119th District Court grand jury indicted Rodolfo Dominguez, 25, on murder with malice charges for the August 12 fatal shooting of James DeBerry, 34, superintendent of the Alderman Cave Milling and Grain operation in Winters. DeBerry was killed in his employer’s parking lot.
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Ballinger
UPI
119Th District Court
Rodolfo Dominguez
James DeBerry
DeBerry
Aldermar-Cave
Winters Jand
Rites Pending for Mrs. Barrett of Cotton Center
Mrs. J W Barrett 72 longtime Cotton Center resident died Friday night at Methodist Hospital Lubbock Funeral services are pending Freeman Funeral Home Hale Center She married in Montague County Aug 27 1918 and lived in Plainview Earth before settling in Cotton Center Survivors include husband three sons six daughters a brother 30 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren
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Hale Center
J. W. Barrett
Cotton Center
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Freeman Funeral Home
Hale’ Center
Montague County
Barrett
Plainview
Earth
Foursquare Gospel Church
Mrs Brogden’s Services Pending in Lubbock
Lub bock resident Marcie Brogden 85 died about 9 p m Friday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after a long illness. Services at Rix Funeral Directors. She was born Poolville and moved to Lub bock in 1930 from Crosbyton. Surviving five sons Dee Jack Pete Homer Alton and a daughter Allene Reeves, a sister Alma Morgan, 22 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Marcie Brogden
Lubbock
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Rix
Brogden
Poolville
Crosbyton
Primitive Baptist Church
Dee
Route 6
Jack Fat New Deal
Pete
29Th St
Homer
Irving
Alton
Amarillo
Allene Reeves
Rt. 6
Alma Morgan
Portales
N.M
Campaign Posts Filled At Roswell
Rep. Harold Runnels named Penrod Toles as campaign chairman in Roswell to lead the second district reelection bid. He also appointed James T. Jennings as campaign treasurer, with both men expressing commitment to supporting Runnels in Washington.
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Roswell
UPI
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
Democratic Party
Penrod Toles
Toles
Runnels
State Senate
James T. Jennings
Jennings
New Mexico Bar Association
New
Mexico
Seene Mobs and the Call to Duty in Work
A short exhortation on fulfilling daily tasks with sincerity and enthusiasm. It urges loyalty to one’s boss and to give full effort in the job chosen, noting personal change follows when work is embraced with gratitude and integrity.
Marceleno Rites Scheduled Today for 18-Year-Old
Services for Jesus R. Marceleno 18 of 1304 32nd St plan 2 p.m. at St Elizabeth Catholic Church. Burial at Lorenzo Cemetery with Henderson Federal Directors handling arrangements. Marceleno died 12:10 a.m. Thursday at Methodist Hospital after a wreck at HE Brown St and Zenith Ave. He was Odessa native, Lubbock resident three years, Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. employee, member of St Elizabeth Church. Survivors: parents Mr. and Mrs. Ines Marceleno of Lubbock, three brothers Ines Jr Juan Jose, and grandparents Jesus T Marceleno Altus Okla and Santiago Rubalcado Odessa.
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Jesus R. Marceleno
32Nd St
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Lorenzo Cemetery
Henderson Federal
Marceleno
Methodist Hospital
HE. Brown Street
Zenith Avenue
Odessa
Marco Meno
Lubbock
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Ines Marceleno
Ines Jr
Juan
Jose
Jesus T. Marceleno
Altus
Okla
Santiago Rubalcado
Reagan Lee Joy Services Slated
Day-old son Reagan Lee Joy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney G. Joy of 3321 55th St., died about 10 a.m. Friday at West Texas Hospital. Funeral services are 2 p.m. today at the Broadway Church of Christ with Floyd Stumbo officiating. graveside rites 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elmwood Memorial Cemetery in Abilene. Survivors include a brother, the Joy and Bright families, and the Merkel and Rallings families.
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Reagan Lee Joy
Rodney G. Jay
55Th St
West Texas Hospital
Broadyway Church of Christ
Floyd Stumbo
Lubbock Childrens
Elmwood Memorial Cemetery
Abilene
Rix
William Craig Joy
Zed Bright
Oral Joy
Cross Plains
W. C. Merkel
Merkel
George Rallings
Eastland
Mrs McDonald Rites Scheduled in Burkburnett
Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Owens-Brumley Funeral Home Chapel in Burkburnett for Elizabeth McDonald 71 of 121 Uvalde who died Thursday night in Methodist Hospital. Burial in Burkburnett under Owens-Brumley direction. The body will remain in Lubbock at Rix Funeral Directors through Sunday. A retired nurse she worked at Methodist Hospital and moved to the area in 1939 from Burkburnett. Survivors include two sisters Kathryn Wilson Littlefield and Dorothy Smith Santa Rosa Calif.
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Owens-Brumley Funeral Home
Burkburnett
Elizabeth McDonald
Uvalde
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Rix Funeral Directors
McDonald
John Woodall Jr. of Sundown Dies
Services are pending with Smith Funeral Home for John Marvin Woodall Jr. 33 who died Friday morning in Oklahoma City Hospital. He had lived in Sundown 20 years. Survivors include his wife three daughters Kathy Janette and Marva Lynn all of the home a son Johnny Woodall of Colorado and his mother Besa Woodall of Sandown.
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Smith Funeral Home
Levelland
John Marvin
Woodall Jr
Oklahoma City Hospital
Oklahoma
Sundown
Kathy
Janette
Marva Lynn
Johnny Woodall
Colorado
Besa Woodall
Sandown
Former Wife Charged in Newton Homicide Case
A jury declared Weymond E F Newton dead from homicide after a July 31 shooting. His former wife Leslie Gene Faber Newton faces murder with malice charges and was released on a $5,000 bond.
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Weymond
EF. Newton
Lubbock
Leslie Gene Faber Newton
16Th St
Apt. 1
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Newton
LeCroy
49Th St
Highland Hospital
Ohio Vets to Destroy Eight Hog Herds to Stop Cholera
Ohio veterinarians will depopulate eight more herds of about 1,500 hogs to eradicate hog cholera. The herds were imported from Horsecave Kentucky on August 10 and no native cases have occurred. A 323 hog herd was destroyed in Darke County, raising total depopulated swine to 971 after 400 killed earlier in northwest Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Ohio
Harry Goldstein
State Department of Agriculture
Horsecave
U.S. Department’ of Agriculture
Goldstein
Darke County
Northwest Ohio
Burglar Makes Clean Getaway in Vineland Home
A Vineland teacher Frances Miller returned home from a five day vacation to find her house burglarized of $142. Police noted the intruder left after taking a shower, indicating a clean getaway.
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Vineland
N. J
Frances Miller
Morning Edition Announcements From Lubbock Area
Fragmented text from a Lubbock newspaper appears to list morning and Sunday editions, shop hours, and contact numbers for reading services and local advertisements. Names and addresses are incomplete, with many OCR errors.
Columbus Floyd Dies Rites Set
Columbus Floyd 80 of Smyer Texas died about 2 45 p m Friday in Highland Hospital Lubbock after a brief illness Funeral services will be at 3 p m today in Smyer Baptist Church with Rev James Kelley and Ernest West assisting Burial will be in Smyer Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home Survivors include wife two sons Welda and Loreta Hag gard five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Pallbearers listed are Dwight Floyd Doyle Hoggard Troy Witherspoon Jim Berry Woodie Scott and Floyd Brown
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D. D
Buck” Thompson
Girard
First Baptist Church
Girard Cemetery
Campbell Funeral Home
Thompson
West Texas Medical Center
Abilene
Jessie Elmore
Hurlwood
Macedonia Baptist Church
Smyer
South Plains Funeral Home
Lubbock
Elmore
Levelland
Columbus M. Floyd
Rt. 5
Highland Hospital
Smyer Baptist Church
James Kelley
Ernest West
Floydada
Floyd
Hockley County
Jones County
Ora Bell Smith
W. C. Floyd
Roy Lee Floyd
Welda Floyd
Loreta Haggard
Mattison Floyd
Houston Floyd
Nathan
Jessie Clements
Mineral Springs
Ark
Myrtle Cornish
Murfreesboro
Dwight Floyd
Doyle Hoggard
Troy Witherspoon
Jim Berry
Woodie Scott
Floyd Brown
Johnson Child's Funeral Slated
Graveside services for Shomon Johnson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Johnson of Odessa set for 10 a.m. today at Odessa Cemetery. Hubbard Keller Funeral Home in charge. Survived by parents a sister Eva Jorene and grandparents Mr and Mrs T D Conneley and Mrs Gordon Johnson all of Odessa.
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Odessa
Shomon Johnson
James Johnson
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Eva Jorene
T. D. Conneley
Gordon Johnson
Clovis Woman Ginnie Stephenson Feted in Services
Services for Mrs. Ginnie M. Stephenson 84 were held Friday in Sherwood Mortuary Chapel. Survivors include sons Keeneth Henry of Silas Mich Edward Henry of Key Largo Fla and Melvin Henry of San Jose Calif five grandchildren 45 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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Clovis
Ginnie M. Stephenson
Sherwood Mortuary Chapel
A. Hlefiy
Keenneth Henry
Silas Mich
Edward Henry
Key Largo
Fra
Melvin Henry
San Jose
Calif
Explosion at Freeport Rhodia plant kills two workers
A Friday blast at the Rhodia Inc plant in Freeport killed David Elliott Laughlin and Milton Hood, injuring eight others. A foreman said the reactor started a chemical reaction for perfume aromatics. windows shattered miles away as fire spread around the unit. The plant is a Rhone-Poulenc subsidiary near Dow Chemical, amid a nearby 10 week Dow strike. Investigators found no link between the explosion and the strike.
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Freeport
Chemical Company
Rhodfs Inc
David’ Elliott
Laughlin
Angion
Milton Hood
Mussa
Biant
France
Rhone-Poulenc
Dow Chemical Co
Dow
Services for Lonnie Copeland Set at First Baptist Spur
Lonnie Francis Copeland, 56, dies after long illness in Crosbyton Hospital. Funeral at 3 p m Sunday at First Baptist Spur with Rev Norris Taylor. Burial in Spur Cemetery. Copeland, a Hale County native, moved to Dickens County in 1950, later to California, returned to Spur in 1971. Survived by four sons Billy Francis Copeland Minnesota Darrell Copeland Hillsboro Lonnie Copeland Spur Danny Copeland Spur. four daughters Linda Abbott Fort Stockton Pat Hall Westmorland Calif. five brothers Sylvester Copeland Brawley Calif Dencil Copeland Farmers Branch A J Copeland Irving Charles Copeland Lubbock R L Copeland Roaring Springs. two sisters Mary Butcher Aquilla Alice Hartes Aquilla. mother Donnie Copeland Roaring Springs. 22 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPUR
Lonnie Francis Copeland
First Baptist Church
Norris Taylor
Campbell Funeral Home
Copeland
Hale County
Crosbyton Hospital
Dickens County
California
Billy Francis Copeland
Minnesota
Darrell Copeland
Hillsboro
Lonnie Copeland
Danny Copeland
Linda Abbott
Fort Stockton
Pat Hall
Westmorland
Calif
Charlie Scoggins
Jack Scoggins
Dallas
Richard Scoggins
Carollton
W. L. Scoggins
Tampa
Fla
Mrs Patterson Funeral Planned in Plains
Mrs Lilie Jo Patterson 53 died Thursday night at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Services set for 4 p m today at First Baptist Church Plains with Rev John Ferguson officiating. Burial Plains Barrett Funeral Home. Native of Wellington she moved to Plains in 1934 and was a member of First Baptist Denver City. Survivors include Alva Copeland Nocona and Mildred Bently Shamrock two brothers Rev Calvin Beach Plains and Jim Beach North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Lillie Jo Patterson
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
First Baptist Church of
John Ferguson
First Baptist Church
Denver City
Plains Cemetery
Barrett Funeral Home
Wellington
Alva Copeland
Nocona
Mildred. Bently
Shamrock
Calvin Beach
Jim Beach i
North Carolina
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Harry F. ‘Lytle
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Resthaven’ ‘Memorial Park
Brownfield Funeral Home
Ola Johnson Powell
Dreamland Cemetery
Turkey
Renee Ball
Albuquerque
French Mortuary
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Miss Ball
Bernalillo County Hospital
Martha Prather
Immanuel Baptist Church
Prather
Matia Perez
Ave. D
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Rachel Edna Nugent
Pendleton
Ore
Hudman Funeral Home Chapel
Terrace Cemetery
E. ST. Richards
Church of the Incarnation
Sam Smith
Orlando Avenue
Adam Rubalcado
Hope Madrid
N. Ave
Gabriel Ramos
E. &Th St
St. Mary of ‘the Plains Hospital
David J. McDaniel
Lubhbock’s Methodist Hospital
Young Mc‘Daniel
Ruth Davis
Orville McDaniel
Plainsview
NWS
Blythe
Needles
Buckeye
Ariz
Gila Bend
Casper
Wyo
Denver
Ralph Murphrey
Bobby R. Foster
Pend
L. D. Wall
Pends
Woolcn
Eason
Temple
Ea[son
Dublin
Lemond
Ruth Fisher
Pat Bonne
Modesto
Sadie Shanks
Florida
Molden Hall
Texas Tech Museum
Texas Tech College of Arts and Sciences
Sec. A
Jon Thompson
Julien C. Hyer
Reagan Lee Joy Services
John Woodall Jr
Lubbock Avalanches Journal
Tibbock
Ibbock
Texen
Columbus Floyd
Johnson Child
Clovis Woman’s Services
Onan
Rey
Bernie
Lal Jackson
Jess Hollands
Hitchcock
J. A. McDougal
Brazoria
Billy Willams
Rhodia
L. F. Copeland
Mrs. Patterson
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