Contract Totals Increased for Defense Prime Awards in 1966
The Defense Department reports Texas rose to 2.29 billion in prime contracts for fiscal 1966, up 850 million from 1965, trailing only California and New York. California and New York totals were 5.8 and 2.8 billion, with three states other than the top three exceeding 1 billion. Wyoming and Montana posted 11.1 million and 13.8 million. The Pentagon notes these figures reflect processing and assembly locations, not final production sites.
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Washington
Texas
California
New York
Defense Department
Pentagon
Viet Nam
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Montana
John Glenn Sr dies of cancer in Ohio home at 71
John H. Glenn Sr., father of astronaut John Glenn Jr., died Friday at his New Concord home after a battle with cancer. He was 71, a long time Guernsey County resident and former plumber. Survivors include wife Clara and children John Jr. and Jean Pinkston. Funeral Monday at Westminister United Presbyterian Church.
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New Concord
Ohio
John H. Glenn Sr
United States
Clara
John Jr
Jean Pinkston
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Westland Township
U.S Army
France
Westminister United Presbyterian Church
John Glenn
France Cuts France NATO Cost Share Shift
Paris reports France will no longer contribute its 17.1 percent share to NATO military costs from 1967 onward. Pierre de Lousse announced the move at NATO Permanent Council in Paris while keeping ties to some alliance activities. France’s action follows President de Gaulle’s drives to distance Paris from NATO.
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Paris
UPI
France
Pierre de Lousse
NATO Permanent Council
NATO
Medical Center
Natospital
Stanton Alliance
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Stanton Youth Dies After Traffic Mishap
Odessa special report says 14 year old Thomas Earl Walker son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Walker of Stanton died Friday after a traffic incident.
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Stanton
Odessa
Thomas Earl
Tommy) Walker
Floyd Walker
Robert Johnson Funeral Today in Lubbock Church
Funeral services for Robert Johnson, 38, of 2634 Railroad Ave in Lubbock, will be held at 2 pm at St. John Baptist Church with Rev. A C Collins officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. he died Tuesday in Grand Junction Colorado. Survivors include wife Sallie Pearl, four children, two stepchildren, mother Mrs Rosanne Johnson, sister Mrs Ruby Hartman, and brother Freddy, all of Lubbock.
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Robert Johnson
Railroad Ave
Lubbock
St. John Baptist Church
A. C. Collins
New Light Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
South Plains Funeral Home
Johnson
Grand Junction
Colo
Sallie Pearl
Robert Jr
Edward Earl
Rosemary
Attris
Lachars Glen
Emma Lee
Rosanne Johnson
Ruby B. Hartman
Jacksboro
Freddy
Lubck
Ernest Goodwin Burial Set in Paducah
Ernest Bentley Goodwin 65 of Paducah died Friday morning after a long illness. A retired gin owner operator he will be buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery with services at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church Paducah. He was born February 26 1901 and moved from San Augustine Texas to Call County. Survivors include wife Edna A D Goodwin Paducah sister Mamie Scott Antioch California brother V V Goodwin Paducah.
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Paducah
Ernest Bentley Goodwin
First Methodist
Robert Beck
Garden of Memories
Norris Funeral Home
Goodwin
Cottie County
San Augustine
Tex
Edna
Ason
A. D. Goodwin
Mamie Scott
Antioch
Calif
V. V. Goodwin
Retired Farmer Roy Smalley Dies in Lubbock City
Roy Smalley 92 died 8 57 p m Friday at University Hospital in Lubbock after moving there in 1942 from Shallowater where he had lived since 1920. A retired farmer and St John s Methodist Church member he leaves two sons H C Smalley Ada Oklahoma and H E Smalley Alameda California a daughter Mrs Dale Akins Fort Worth and sister Miss Edith Smalley of 2412 8th St.
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Rix
Roy Smalley
8Th St
University Hospital
Smalley
Lubbock
Shallowater
Olney
Texas
St. John’s Methodist Church
H. C
Ada
Okla
H. E
Alameda
Calif
Dale Akins
Fort Worth
Edith Smalley
Speck sanity panel named to decide trial fitness
A Cook County judge formed a six week panel of five psychiatrists and a physician to determine if Richard Speck is sane and fit to stand trial for the slaying of eight nurses. The panel must select two psychologists to assist in examining the 24 year old Texas seaman and drifter.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Criminal Court
Herbert C. Paschen
Speck
Gerald Getty
Texas
Cook County
Vaughn Buys Story for First Independent Film
Actor Robert Vaughn acquires the original story Bridge on the River Hudson as his initial independent film project. The purchase marks Vaughn's move into production with the UPI report noting Hollywood interest.
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Vaughn
Story Hollywood
UPI
Robert Vaughn
Bridge On the River Hudson
Stanton youth Walker dies in wreck. Dr. J. M. Shy uninjured
Stanton police report Walker died in a crash with Dr. J. M. Shy of Stanton, who was not badly hurt. Walker, born in Dallas and longtime resident of Stanton, was to begin as a Stanton High School freshman. Church services set for 9 a.m. at First Methodist. burial at Crown Hill Memorial Park. Survivors include Tim and Sue Lynn Walker and maternal grandparents Earl and Daniel.
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Stanton
Walker
J. M. Shy
Dallas
Lubbock
First Methodist Church
Stanton High School
Richard Payne
Crown Hill Memorial Park
Tim Walker
Sue Lynn Walker
Earl Daniel
Langford Rites Slated Sunday
George A. Langford 80 died in Santa Fe Hospital Albuquerque and will be buried at Lawn Haven Cemetery. Services Sunday at 2 30 p m at Church of Christ 16th and Pyle with Robert Hawkins officiating. Survivors include wife Etta two sons and several step children and daughters. Pallbearers listed.
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Clovis
George A. Langford
Hickory St
16Th
Pyle
Church of Christ
Robert Hawkins
Lawn Haven Cemetery
Sherwood Mortuary
Langford
Santa Fe Hospital
Albuquerque
Santa Fe Railway
Etta
G. A
Huntington Beach
Calif
B. D
Albert Curnett
Finis Curnett
Tucumcari
N.M
Mary Lee Fain
Rudell Woods
Sunset
Tex
Creao Shiplet
Logan, N.M
Louise Seiple
Gardenia
Rachel Mack
Hubert Beevers
Raymond Boone
Wayne Martin
Northern Ashley
Floyd Talley
Ben Fietcher
Reed Rites Scheduled Today in Plainview
Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Floydada Cemetery for Wilson Reed 73 of 1220 Isthm St Lubbock. Reed died about 7:45 a.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital after a fall from the fourth floor wing under construction. Burial under Lemons Funeral Home. He is survived by a son C P Reed of Plainview and other relatives in Florida.
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Plainview
Floydada
Wilson Reed
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Lemons Funeral Home
Reed
C. P. Reed
Florida
Ernest Moyer Rites Pending In Clovis
Rites for Ernest Moyer 45 of 3101 Main are pending at Sherwood Mortuary Clovis. The Navy recruiter, who died after a heart attack Thursday night at Cannon AFB Hospital, is survived by his wife Loretta, a son Ernest Jr and four daughters including Carol Ann Schnares of Philadelphia, and sisters, brothers, and his mother Emma Moyer of Stevens Point Wisconsin.
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Clovis
Ernest Moyer
Sherwood Mortuary
Moyer
Navy
Cannon Afb Hospital
Loretta Carol Moyer
Ernest Jr
Carol Ann Sch‘nares
Philadelphia
June
Debra
Sharon
Emma Moyer
Stevens’ Point
Wisc
Curtis Jessie Bell Services Set Today
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. in City of Lubbock Cemetery for Curtis Jessie Bell 53 found dead Aug 31 in the Plaza Hotel He was a World War II veteran born in Memphis Texas and survived by a sister Mrs Bill Hawthorn of Pampa Officiating will be Capt Neal Keeton of the Lubbock Salvation Army Arrangements under Henderson Funeral Directors.
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City of Lubbock
Curtis Jessie Bell
Plaza Hotel
Bell
Memphis
Tex
Bill Hawthorn
Pampa
Neal Keeton
The
Lab
Bock Salvation Army
Henderson Funeral Directors
Kilpatrick Services Planned For A H Kilpatrick
A H Kilpatrick 82 of 2516 Ast St died at 3 40 a m Friday at Methodist Hospital after a two week admission Burial is set for 3 p m today at Pioneer Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Oran D Smith and Rev Wayne Cook assisting Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park Henderson Funeral Home in charge He was born February 12 1884 in Waco moved to Lubbock 20 years ago and was a member of Yellowhouse Lodge 841 Masonry the Carpenters Union and the Methodist Church Surviving are his widow Fannie two sons R E Gene Kilpatrick and James H Kilpatrick a daughter Mrs Daisy Ramner and seven grandchildren Pallbearers include Carpenters Union members W W Taylor A E Davis Bain Mc Carroll Pete Parnell C N Wilborn and J G Wilhite.
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Ambass H. Kilpatrick
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Pioneer Memorial
Methodist Church
Oran D. Smith
Wayne Cook
Resthaven Memorial Park
Henderson Funeral Home
Kilpatrick
Waco
Yellowhouse Lodge
Carpenters Union
Fannie
R. E
Gene) Kilpatrick
1St St
James H. Kilpatrick
Albuquerque
N. M
Daisy Ramner
Spokane
Wash
The
W. W. Taylor
A. E. Davis
Bain McCarroll
Pete Parnell
C. N. Wilborn
J. G. Wilhite
Robert L. Taylor 94 Laid to Rest in Seagraves
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at the Twelfth St. Church of Christ for Robert L. Taylor 94 long time local grocer who died recently in a Brownfield hospital Virgil Cullum minister. Burial followed at Seagraves Cemetery under Webb Funeral Home direction. He came from Quanah in 1939 and ran a grocery here until four years ago Survived by wife Josephine four daughters Mrs L E Treadaway Tyler Mrs Joan Hale Dallas Mrs Mable Miller Fort Worth and Mrs Novell Reed Seagraves a son Sgt Robert L Taylor Jr in Da Nang Viet Nam six grandchildren and six great grandchildren Pallbearers were James Belcher Joe Grimes R M Gentry W L Willingham Jr Harry Grimes and Brice Cook
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Seagraves
Twelfth St
Church of Christ
Robert L. Taylor
Brownfield
Virgil Cullum
Seagraves Cemetery
Webb Funeral Home
Georgia
Quanah
Josephine
L. E. Treadaway
Tyler
Joan Hale
Dallas
Mable Miller
Fort Worth
Novell Reed
Sgt
Robert L. Taylor Jr
da Nang
Viet Nam
James Belcher
Joe Grimes
R. M. Gentry
W. L. Willingham Jr
Harry Grimes
Brice Cook
Funeral services for Donald Blevins in Plainview
Donald Ray Blevins, 36, died at 2 a.m. Friday in Amarillo Veterans Hospital from injuries suffered in a wreck August 20 south of Plainview. Services at 2 p.m. today at Second and Beech Street Church of Christ, burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include wife, daughter Donna, two stepdaughters Sharon and Vickie Vernon, three stepsons Max Randy and Ralph Vernon, and brother Walter Lee Blevins of Los Angeles.
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Plainview
Donald Ray Blevins
Veteran's Hospital
Amarillo
Beech Street Church of Christ
Floyd Moore
Hubert Setliff
Plainview Memorial Park
Lemons Funeral Home
Blevins
Henrettta
Morning Edition pricing page for Lubbock paper
The page lists home delivery subscription rates for morning, evening, Sunday and combined options. Rates are shown for monthly and multi month plans, with separate prices for mailing and local delivery in Lubbock. Note references include Morning Only Evening Only and Morning & Sunday combinations.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche
Journal
8Th
Avenue J
Lubbock
Texas
Sun
Rites Set Today For C. R. Moore
Services for 94 year old C. R. Moore of Rt 5 Lubbock die at Methodist Hospital. Funeral at Hurlwood Baptist Church led by Rev Weldon R Drake. Burial at Resthaven of Rix Funeral Home. Moore lived in Potter County fifty years as a farmer. Survived by three sons Hugh Kerr Long Beach Calif. daughters Mrs Starr Big Banks Boyd Uvalde Locust S D. Mrs W C Will. 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
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C. R. Moore
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Hurlwood Baptist Church
Weldon R. Drake
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Moore
Pubtork
Hugh of Kerr
Lata
Services Slated In Crosbyton For Mrs Ada Snider
Mrs Lollie Ada Snider 82 died Friday at Nichols Manor Nursing Home Crosbyton resident since 1919 born Palo Pinto County Baptist member Services at First Baptist Church Crosbyton at 4 p m with Rev Carl Grissom of Andrews and Rev Ernest Stewart officiating Burial in Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home Also surviving husband H T Snider two daughters Ruth Snider Santa Fe New Mexico and Mrs R E Anderson Denning New Mexico a foster son Everett Lockadoo Muleshoe a sister Mrs W S Tirey Tulsa three brothers Bart Stokes Lovington New Mexico George Stokes eae Grove Ark Clayton Stokes Morton plus other named individuals
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Crosbyton
Palo Pinto County
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Carl Grissom
Andrews
Ernest Stewart
Crosbyton Cemetery
King Funeral Home
H. T. Snider
Ruth Snider
Santa Fe
N.M
R. E. Anderson
Denning
N. M
Everett Lockadoo
Muleshoe
W. S. Tirey
Tulsa
Bart Stokes
Lovington
George Stokes
Eae Grove
Ark
Clayton Stokes
Morton
W. W. Robertson
Joe Boles
Roy Lee Ellis
Joe Farris
Cliff Robertson to Lecture on Adapting Classics at Yale Drama
Hollywood actor Cliff Robertson will deliver a guest lecture at the Yale Drama School this fall focusing on turning classic stage plays into films. He will discuss adaptation techniques and the challenges of translating theatre to cinema.
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Hollywood
UPI
Cliff Robertson
Yale Drama School
Curiosity and Wisdom in a New Light by Julien C Hyer
A devotional urging inquiry as a path to knowledge. The piece asserts that study and exploration open unknown doors and foster wisdom, encouraging persistent curiosity to cultivate positive thinking and mental growth.
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Julien C. Hyer
Spur man Hubert Howell dies after sudden illness
Hubert Thomas Howell 59 of Spur died Friday at a Crosbyton hospital after a sudden illness. He operated the Finn service station in Spur and was a lifelong Dickens County resident. Services pending at Campbell Funeral Home Spur. Survived by wife H T Howell. six sons in Spur Amarillo Friona Vernon and others. father W P Howell Crosbyton. four sisters in Pasadena Crosbyton Calgary and other towns.
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Crosbyton
Hubert Thomas Howell
Spur
Dickens County
Finn
Campbell
H. T. Howell
Edd Howell
Joe Howell
Gary Howell
Vaughn Howell
Amarillo
W. P. Howell
Mabel Moody
Pasadena
Calif
Med McCelroy
Thelma Hinson
Kalgary
Tex
Mrs. A. Keller Funeral At Hale Center
Hale Center mourns 83 year old Mrs. Albert Keller who died Friday after a long illness. She leaves three sons Elmer Dallas J C San Angelo and Raymond Hale Center, three daughters and 17 grandchildren plus 36 great grandchildren. Services at 2 30 p m at First Baptist Church Hale Center with Rev. Charles Broadhurst officiating. Burial Hale Center Cemetery under Hale Center Funeral Home direction. Survivors include two brothers Jim and Bob Fort and sister Lizzie Bellah with several in California New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma.
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Hale Center
Albert Keller
High Plains Hospital
Brown County
Keller
First Baptist Church
Charles Broadhurst
Hale Center Funeral Home
Elmer
Dallas
J. C
San Angelo
Raymond
Lloyd Stambaugh
Plainview
Myrtie Harper
Lynwood
Calif
C. L. Bandy
Fort Worth
Bob Fort
Fence Lake
N.M
Jim Fort
Los Lunas
Lizzie Bellah
Riverside
John E. Lynn Burial Today in Littlefield
John Ebert Lynn 88 longtime Lamb County farmer died at 1 30 a m Friday at Amherst Manor where he lived nine months Funeral services set for 4 p m today at the Church of the Nazarene Littlefield with the Rev C A Mosley and the Rev Hillis Herrin officiating Burial will be in Littlefield Memorial Park Hammons Funeral Home in charge Born January 21 1879 in Phenix City Alabama he moved to Lamb County in 1924 farming near Bula until retirement Survivors include three sons Elbert Lynn Lovington New Mexico Orta Lynn Phoenix Arizona Kenneth Lynn Littlefield three daughters Mrs Vonnie Lawrence Wingate Mrs Cecil Gray Post and Mrs Ethleen Evans Muleshoe a brother Tom Lynn Big Spring 17 grandchildren and 15 great
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield
John Ebert Lynn
Amherst Manor
Church of the Nazarene
C. A. Mosley
Seagraves
Hillis Herrin
Littlefield Memorial Park
Hammons
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Glenn
Glenns
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Ernest Goodwin
Langford Rites
W. Reed
A. H. Kilpatrick
Robert Taylor Services Today
Donald Blevins
Charles R. Moore
Ada Snider
Lollie Ada Snider
Nichols Manor
Sears
Hubert Howell
Pend
Mrs. A. Keller
Bert Robinett, Smyer, Tex
Inine
John E. Lynn
Ladies
Rayon
Sears and
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