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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1971

Page

3

Mass killings in Australia shock Hope Forest area

A mass shooting at a 1400 acre Hope Forest farm in Australia left Heather Bartholomew and her seven children dead along with her sister in law and her baby. Clifford Bartholomew, husband of Heather, is charged with murder and held for court. Neighbors describe the Bartholomews as a struggling, private family living on the rural property.

Adelaide Australia Caplen Heather Barpolice Winnie Keane Bar Histholomew Clifford Bartholomew Neville Christine Sharon Pejon Gre Bartholomew Ny Sindra Watt Thelwas Daniel Rodney Giles Adelaide Criminal Investigation Branch Keane Smith Hope Forest

Auto Crash in Jayton Kills 75 Year Old Man

A late afternoon two car collision on Farm Road 1083 west of Jayton killed 75 year old Albert Ab Gallagher. Three Jayton youths were injured Aleck Browning 14 Les Browning 13 and Bobby Kelly 13. Gallagher died at Rotan Callan Hospital after surgery. Gallagher survived by three sons and three daughters. He was Jayton resident with several siblings and grandchildren.

Jayton Dayton Kathy Owen Albert Ab" Gallagher Gallagher Rotan Callan Aleck Browning Les Browning L. Ki. Browning Bobby Kelly John A. Welly Lubbock Methodist Hospital Les Aleck Kelly Browning South Plains Hamlin Buddy Bill Midland Den Med Wade Heh Wade Reno Nev George Brandon Fort Stockton Ted Girard C. C Kermit O. P. Tate Sr Snyder Fred Jones Denton

Wednesday Rites Set In Hereford

Services for Curtis Alen Roach seventy of RL 2 Hereford who died Monday in Lubbock West Texas Hospital will be held at 10 a m Wednesday in Rose Chapel of Gilisland Funeral Home Hereford with Rev Gene Brink of First Christian Church officiating Burial will be in Perryton cemetery Roach a native of St Joseph Missouri married Minta Butts in 1930 at Pueblo Colorado came to Texas in 1907 from Missouri He moved to Deaf Smith County in 1952 from Amarillo A World War II veteran he is survived by his wife a daughter Patty of Lubbock and a sister Mrs Viola Blossom of Richmond Virginia

Hereford Curtis Alen Roach Lubbock West Texas Hospital Rose Chapel Gilisland Gene Brink First Christian Church Roach Perryton St. Joseph Rovweh Minta Butts Pueblo Colo Texas Missouri Deaf Smith County Amarillo Patty Viola Blossom Richmond

J. J. Handley’s Funeral Today in Lamesa

Dawson County resident J. J. Handley Jr. died Monday in Medical Arts Hospital at 58. Funeral services set for 4 p.m. at Branon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dorman Kinard officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. Survived by wife Marta daughter Eula Maude Bath of Ulysses Kansas mother Maude Handley and a grandchild.

Lamesa J. J. Handley Jr Dawson County Medical Arts Hospital Handley Branon Funeral Home Dorman Kinard Crestview Baptist Church Robert Grosline Lamesa Memorial Park Civil Air Patrol

Services Planned in Ford Memorial Church and City of Lubbock

Funeral services set for today in Ford Memorial Church for Mabray who died Friday at a national park from heart ailment with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. A separate service at Cooper Methodist Church will honor Gail Bordon Ma pray with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Grace Dickson, 79, longtime Dickens County resident, will be laid to rest at Spur Cemetery after services at First United Methodist Church Spur.

Sanders Ford Memorial Church Mabray Donnelly National Park Davis Fresno Calif Methodist Hospital City of Lubbock South Plains Funeral Home Gail Bordon Mapray Slide Cooper Methodist Church Resthaven Memorial Parks Botvices Grace Dickson Dickens County First United Methodist Church Spur Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home Dickson Lubbock West Texas Hospital

Funeral Pending for Mrs Alphaeus Hereford After Fatal Parking Lot Shooting

Mrs Alphaeus Hereford 38 of 1018 Ave A died after a Monday shooting in a parking lot at Fir Avenue and 23rd Street. Emitt Dedrick 27 of 2304 Fir Ave was wounded, treated and released. Police report she confronted her husband Mike Hereford before gunfire. No arrests made as services for Hereford are pending at South Plains Funeral Home.

Alphaeus Hereford Ave. A South Plains Funeral Home West Texas Hospital FE. 23Rd Sty Fir Avenue Emitt Dedrick Fir Ave Methodist Hospital Hereford South Plains Funeral Homie

Plainview Rites And Local Notices From Area Churches

Multiple funeral services listed for residents and former Plainview area figures including Johnny Joe Ha jeck 21 Paducah city manager two years with services at First Baptist Paducah and Sacred Heart Seymour. Also notices for Mrs J W Donahoe 79 and Mrs Mary Alice Wood 65. A. W. Estrada and others referenced. Local civic meeting on storm defense planned at Lubbock Bank Building. 7 month old Della Man Griffith pronounced dead on arrival at Methodist Hospital.

Della Man Griffith Willie Griffith Beach St Methodist Hospital Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy

Two Mexican Border Car Crash Kills Corpus Christi Children

In Tampico, Mexico, a Corpus Christi family lost two young daughters when their car struck a bridge about ten miles north of the port city. The deceased are Yolanda Saenz, 2, and Concepcion Saenz, 1, daughters of driver Fred Saenz.

Corpus Christi Tampico Mexico Toma Yolanda Saenz Maria Concepcion Saenz Fred Saenz

Tobacco costs heavy to grow for U S farmers

Louisville report notes high production costs for American tobacco place it at a disadvantage in the global market. It takes 400 to 450 man hours to produce an acre, or about 38 hours per 100 dollars of value.

Louisville

Tech ticket sales and holiday service reopenings noted

Seven thousand tickets were allocated with one third to faculty staff and students one third to exes and the rest to the public. Ex-students and public sales began Aug 10 and sold out soon after, mostly by mail. Last 1 214 student tickets sold in under three hours on Monday. City county and state offices resumed after a partial holiday with DPS licensing and postal services back to full operation, and stores reopening. Outdoor recreation areas drew crowds while Texas Tech prepared for the September 25 game in Austin.

Tech Tech Exes Tech Band Lubbock Department of Public Safety DPS Lubbock Retail Merchants Association South Plains Jim Segrest Buffalo Springs Lake Segrest Buffalo Lakes Mackenzie Park Texas Tech

Funeral services set for Eva Salazar 19 crash victim

Eva Salazar 19 of 304 N Ave P will be buried at City of Lubbock Cemetery after a 5 49 p m two car crash at South U S 87 and Loop 289. Funeral services are at 4 p m today at St Josephs Catholic Church Henderson Funeral Directors handle arrangements. Miss Salazar a native of Lubbock and member of St Josephs is survived by her mother eight sisters and six brothers with relatives in Lubbock Amarillo and Dallas.

Eva Salazar N. Ave St. Josephs Catholic Church City of Lubbock Henderson Funeral Directors Miss Salazar South U.S. 87 Loop 289 U.S. 87 Salazar South Plains Lubbock St. Joseph's Catholic Church Nora Salazar N. Ave. P Dulce Fiores Amarillo Delia Garcia Priscela Guerrero Mary Mojica Jesse Flores Rita Salazar Rosa Salazar Betty Salazar Vince Raymond Ernest Phillip Edward Dallas Joe

Services Slated For Mrs. Dunn

Services for Mrs. D. H. Dunn 90 will be at Dickens Baptist Church at 4 p.m. with Rev. Alvin Petty and Rev. Victor Crabtree officiating. Burial in Dickens Cemetery will be by Campbell Funeral Home. A native of McMinn County Tennessee she moved to Dickens County in 1908 and died Sunday at Crosbyton Hospital. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Jo Perrin Las Cruces New Mexico and brother Robert Reynolds Dickens. Pallbearers are Alton Lawson J C Porter Bill Scott Virgil Hawley Buck Partridge Tom Green.

Spur D. H. Dunn Dickens Baptist Church Alvin Petty Victor Crabtree Dickens Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home McMinn County Tenn Donn Dickens County Crosbyton Hospital Jo Perrin Las Cruces N.M Robert Reynolds Dickens Alton Lawson J. C. Porter Bill Scott Virgil Hawley Buck Partridge Tom Green

Alton Jenkins Services Pending in Marietta

Alton P. Jenkins 62 a former Lubbock resident died Monday morning in a Marietta hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was a retired chef who worked at the Plainsman and Pioneer hotels in Lubbock and moved to Oklahoma from Lubbock in 1963. A World War II navy veteran he is survived by a stepson Art Gatts of Redding Calif a brother Doyle Jenkins of New Deal and a sister Mrs Julia McLaughlin of Douglas Ariz.

Marietta Okla Alton P. Jenkins Lubbock Jenkins Plainsman Pioneer Oklahoma iAnn Art Gatts Redding Calif Doyle Jenkins New Deal Julia Mclaughlin Douglas, Ariz

Louie McFarland Services Pending

Louie KE McFarland 59 of 3301 25th St. died Monday after a lengthy illness. A Lubbock resident since 1926 he worked as a bookkeeper for a local trucking firm and earlier lived in Ladonia. He attended Texas Tech and was a First Christian Church member. Survivors include his wife a daughter and two brothers. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home.

Louie KE McFarland 25Th St Sanders Funeral Home Lubbock Ladonia Lubbock High School Texas Tech First Christian Church Johnanna

Law and Liberty Poem Paraphrase by Julien C Hyer

A quoted verse advocates obeying laws as democracy's test and warns against open rebellion. It cautions that lawful repeal is acceptable, but public defiance or demonstrations undermine legal order.

Mrs. Drucilla Thompson Rites Set for Wednesday

Services for 39 year old Mrs. Drucilla Thompson will be held at 3 30 p m Wednesday at Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev L F Phillips officiating Burial will follow at East Mound Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Home direction She died of a gunshot wound suffered at 1040 a m Sunday at her home in Matador Survivors include her husband Lucius six sons Ernest Richardson Stanley Helms Robert Thompson Herbert Thompson all of Matador James Nelms of Amarillo and Johnny Nelms of Snyder three daughters Patricia Anderson and Doris Thompson both of Matador and Eiileen Thompson two brothers Clifton Smith of Amarillo James Smith of Seaside California Roscoe and Jimmie Smith of Matador three sisters Mrs Virginia Askew of Lubbock Mrs Mable Bailey of Wichita Falls and Mrs Gertrude Thompson of Phoenix Ariz and three grandchildren

Fred Theodore Plainview Voight Lubbock Mary Alice Estrada Jesse Fort Worth Hospital Estrada Yojrht A. W Guadalupes the Red Cross Lupback Rex Nicholl Plainview Cemetery Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Corpus Elmo Johnny Joe Danny Jesse Jr Frances Rodriguez Rosemary Nunez Rita Yolanda Lupe Estrada Plaintview Mary Ayala Corpus Christi Matador Drucilla Thompson Macedonia Baptist Church L. F. Phillips East Mound Seigler Thompson Lucius Ernest Richardson Stanley Helms Robert Thompson Herbert Thompson James Nelms Amarillo Johnny Nelms Snyder Patricia Anderson Doris Thompson Eiileen Thompson Clifton Smith James Smith Seaside Calif Roscoe Jimmie Smith Virginia Askew Mable Bailey Wichita Falls Gertrude}. Thompson Phoenix, Ariz

Rites Planned for Mrs. Walter J. Smith Sr.

Mrs. Walter J. Smith Sr., 82, of Lamesa died Monday. Funeral set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Downtown Church of Christ with O. H. Tabor and Bill Allen officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors include two sons, four daughters, eight grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and several brothers.

Lamesa Walter J. Smith Sr Anenitel Hara Sa aEeris Anc Ant Lof Christ O. H. Tabor Bill Allen Lamesa Memorial Park Branon Funeral Home Bell County Smith Robert H Walter Smith Jr L. R. Simon San Angelo J. B. Tarlton Jr E. H. Stelling

Noble Morgan's Rites Today

Noble William Morgan 64 died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Big Spring. Services set for 3 p.m. today at Stanton First Baptist Church with Rev. Warren G. Hall and Rev. D. D. Smith. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Morgan a WWI veteran and former farmer, moved to Stanton in 1928 from Beaumont. Survivors include four brothers and five sisters.

Stanton Noble William Morgan Veterans Hospital Big Spring Stanton First Baptist Church Warren G. Hall D. D. Smith Greenwood Evergreen Cemetery Gilbreath Alvin Tilman Joy Morgan Johnny Morgan Midland Clyde Geurin Jane Grizzell Grant's Pass Ore Robert Needham Seattle Wash Lavern Cheatham Alton Turner

Hot Pants Debate Shapes Miss America Pageant

Atlantic City pageant organizers clash with contestants over hot pants as hostesses enforce dress taste rules. Miss Indiana Pat Patterson, the sole Black contestant, asserts progress toward racial inclusion while others discuss fashion and expectations amid renewed scrutiny.

Atlantic City Nevada Joan Burachio Delaware Paula Kum Kusmer Vermont Sue Glover Pennsylvania Maureen Wimmer Montana Nancy Harper Missouri Deborah Duff Oregon Lynn Grenz Virginia Linda Moyer Indiana Pat Patterson N.J UPI Miss Inman Hot Springs S.D al Marks Jr Nebraska Sally Warner Nike Maine Allyn Wargek J Florida Barbara Joe Iwney Gary Pat Patterson Cheryl Brown Town Miss Brown

Houston Lad Drowns in Local Lake

Steven Dellarossa, 8, of Houston was found drowned in Dodson Lake after friends saw him go missing. A neighborhood resident pulled the boy from the lake Sunday.

Houston Steven Dellarossa Dodson Lake

Tiling Project Lifts Nile Delta Drainage Effort

The United Arab Republic will launch the world’s largest tile drainage scheme for nearly a million acres in the Nile Delta with 26 million dollars in development assistance from the International Development Association, a World Bank affiliate.

Cairo International Development Association World Bank United Arab Republic Nile Delta

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