Dunbar High School Shooting Leaves Student Dead
A Dunbar High School student died after a Thursday morning shooting in a south hallway near Room 126. Witnesses saw a dispute over cigarettes escalate to a stabbing with a crayer blade and a .22 caliber revolver recovered from the shooter. The victim, Collier, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital after being taken to Jamison Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
South
Don Davidson
Carver
Collier
Davidson
Capt
Jamison
Tome
Methodist Hospital
Carey Stafford
Young Collier
Dunbar
Six Detroit area men charged in bus bombing plot
Six men including a former Michigan Klan grand dragon were arrested in Detroit on conspiracy to bomb 10 Pontiac school buses Aug 20. Names include Robert Miles of Howell and Wallace Fruit of Drayton Plains. other defendants are Dennis Claxton Ramsey, Raymond Quick Jr, Edmund Reimer, and Alexander Disteldr. The group allegedly planned attacks after a 4th of July Klan picnic near Lake Odessa.
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Detroit
CPD
FBL
Michigan
Ku Klux Klan
Pontiac
Robert Miles
Howell
Ralph Guyer
U.S
Wallace Elwood Fruit
Drayton Plains
Alexander Distel
Clarkston
Distel
Guy
FBI
Washington
Dennis Claxton Ramsey
Drayton
Plains
Raymond Quick Jr
Edmund Reimer
Rites Planned for Mrs Lakey of Lamesa
Mrs Hathie Lakey 1 of Lamesa died Wednesday at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa. Services set at Spontas Day in Branon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jones of Muleshoe officiating. burial in Memorial Park. She was born in Stevens County and lived in Lamesa four years. Survivors include her husband Boe two daughters Mrs Leatherwood and Mrs Boatment two sons Howard Cole and Everett two sisters and one brother Wright Russell. She also leaves ten grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Hathie Lakey
Medical Arts
Spontasday
Branon Funeral Home
Ws TP. Jones
Muleshoe
Memorial Park
Stevens County
Boe
Custer Leatherwood
Mrs. Crawford's Rites Saturday
Mrs. Faye Gist Crawford 70 of Dallas died at St Pauls Hospital Dallas after a three week illness. Services are set for 10 am Saturday at Sparkman Hillcrest Northwest Funeral Chapel and 3 pm Sunday at Lockney Main Street Church of Christ with Minister Bobby Hise officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery. Survivors include three brothers C J Bennett Clovis and Irving Hestand both of Lockney and three sisters Mae Bryant Fountain Colo Ilah Thornton and Barney Manning both of Lockney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockney
Faye Gist
Crawford
Dallas
St. Paul's Hospital
Sparkman- Hillcrest Northwest
Lockney Main Street Church of
Swafford R. F. Swat services and civic notes
The brief notes funeral services for Mrs. Fiesta Swafford were held at First United Methodist Church in Slaton with burial at Southland Cemetery. Also reported are the swearing in of Philip Allen Scruggs as bailiff of the U S District Court in Lubbock, a naturalization celebration at El Capitan, and fundraising by United Citizens Club for immigrant financial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Allen Scruggs
Lubbock
U. S. District Court
Halbert C. Woodward
Scruggs
U. S
el Capitan Restaraint
Broadway
Tex
United Citizens Club
Rites Saturday For Mrs Cross Amid Ralls Obituary Notices
Funeral notices occur for Delbert A. Dowell in Amarillo, Albert Luther Vinson in Plainview, drolmsten in Lubbock, Reed in Abilene, and Cross in Ralls. Services span multiple churches and cemeteries with planed burials at Memorial Park Cemetery, Plainview Cemetery, City of Lubbock Cemetery, Parkway Manor Nursing Home, and Ralls Cemetery. Survivors include children in California and Texas, seven grandchildren, great grandchildren, and at least one great great grandchild.
Taylor Rites Saturday for H D Taylor in Post
H D Taylor 64 of Post died at home around 12 15 am Thursday. Services set at Southland Baptist Church Saturday with Rev C T Jordan and others officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery Slaton. Survived by wife Grady three daughters two of Tulsa and Post four sisters and one grandchild. Burial under England Funeral Home direction.
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Post
Yab' Taylor
Taylor
Southland Baptist Chirteh Afl
C. T. Jordin
J.B. Sharp
New Deal
George L. Miller
Englewood
Slaton
England Funeral Home
Southland
Grady
Oteo
Sharla Kang
Tulsa
Sherri Josey
Lilie Dickinson
Anton
Earl Lancaster
H. 10
Foster
Paducah
Velma Smotherman
Claude
Prandchild
Funeral Today for C K Lightfoot in Odessa
C K Lightfoot 67 formerly of Monahans and Gulf Oil retiree died after a heart attack. Services at Vine Avenue Baptist Church at 10 a.m. burial in San Angelo Cemetery. Survived by wife Mable, two daughters, four sons, sisters and many relatives. He moved to Odessa in 1970 from Monahans. He was a Mason. Long list of local legal notices and community items follow.
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Odessa
Crystal Kenneth Lightfoot
Vine Avenue Baptist Church
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
San Angelo
Lightfoot
Medical Center Hospital
Plano
Monahans
Ars
Masonic Lodge
Gulf Oil Company
Mable
John Kuykendall
Emmett Thomas
Kenneth
Richard
Bill
Clifford Ow Andrews
Raymond Knox Funeral Slated
Raymond Knox 63 of Hill County native and Economy Mills partner dies. Funeral at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. W A Dorough and Rev. Murray Lee Brewer officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park. He leaves Naomi Gailey his mother Mrs W F Knox two brothers Leighton and Murray three sisters Beauna Treadwell Olympia WA and Melvin Patterson plus two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Knox
25Th St
Methodist Hospital
Church of the Nazarene
W. A. Dorough
Murray Lee Brewer
Abernathy
First Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin Bartley
Lubbock
First Church of the Nazarene
Naomi
Wendell Gailey
70Th St
W. F. Knox
Amarillo
Murray
40Th St
Leighton
Tohoka
Beauna Milligan
Lewis Treadwell
Olympia
Wash
Melvin Patterson
59Th St
Luther McKinley Funeral Today
Luther Rodney McKinley 32 dies after being thrown from a truck cab on East Texas Freeway. Services set for 10 a m today at Hub Bard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. He worked for J H Rose Trucking and leaves a large Odessa area family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Luther Rodney McKinley
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
McKinley
Houston
al Goard
East Texas
J. H. Rose Trucking Company
Gladewater
Seminole
Reba
Rodney Jdr
Terry
Donald
Dewyane
Denise
Luther
Wynniewood
Oklo
Willie Moulder
Hattie Whampler
Robber Strikes Bank In Plano
A man dressed in blue jeans and a White T shirt robbed The First National Bank of Plano of an undetermined amount of cash on Thursday. Witnesses saw no weapon and police search for a man driving a yellow car.
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Plano, Tex
First National Bank of
Plano
Automatioa Bowls Production in West Germany in 1970 Half
Production in West Germany during the first half of 1970 totaled 2.01 million vehicles a 9 percent rise from late 1969. Car exports stood at about 1.07 million with a similar uptick. A San Diego report notes a tuna boat launched locally uses rocket foam insulation in its construction.
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San Diego
Calif
NASA scientist menaces with ultra thin hair-splitting knife
A NASA researcher claims to have invented a dissecting knife that can split a human hair into lengthwise strips measuring up to 0 length.
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Washington
NASA
Mrs. Bryans Rites Slated In Ralls
Mrs. Tiney Bryan 58 of Ralls dies at Methodist Hospital Lubbock after long residence in Ralls since 1929 born in Hill County. Funeral at First Baptist Church Ralls conducted by Rev. Floyd Haddock with burial in Ralls Cemetery. She leaves daughter Cynthia Poulson three brothers JC Miller JV Miller and T G Miller sisters Corine Miller and Mrs J H Taylor and two grandchildren.
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Ralls
Tiney Bryan
First Baptist Church
Andy
Cynthia Poulson
JC C. Miller
Marble Falls
JV. Go
T. G. Miller
Rails
Corine Miller
J. H. Taylor
Spur
Love and Truth in a Moral Verse by Julien C Hyer
The passage states that love rejoices in right and truth over gossip and scandal. It asserts love does not delight in others' misfortune or misery and condemns gleeful behavior toward wrongdoing. The piece reflects on love as a steady, uplifting moral standard.
Odessa Rites Set For Mrs Boyd
Mrs Katie Matilda Boyd 81 dies after lengthy illness. Services set at 4 p m today at Sixth and Jackson Street Church of Christ with burial at Odessa Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Born Pocahontas she moved to Odessa in 1937 from Moran. Survived by four sons Jewel Midland Theo Rising Star Raymond Mingus Ottus Ira and four daughters in Odessa plus 21 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Odessa
Katie Matilda Boyd
Jackson Street
Church of Christ
Hubbard Kelly
Boyd
Pocahontas
Moran
Jewel
Midland
Theo
Rising Star
Raymond
Mingus
Ottus
Ira
Clarence Wallum
J. R. Scott
Services Pending For L W Taylor
Lorenzo obituary for Leroy Witt Taylor 74 who died of an apparent heart attack while driving home from Lorenzo. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carter Funeral Home in Ralls. He was born in Mills County and moved to Lorenzo from San Saba. He is survived by his wife Lula a son John of Lubbock a daughter Mrs Mack Holmcomb of Lorenzo a sister Mrs Very Mumford of Tyler seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Claude Keaton
Collier
Roy Roberts
Dunbar
Dunbar High
Ed Trons
Lubbock
Irons
Lubbock High
Jamison Funeral Home
Lorenzo
Leroy Witt Taylor
Lorenzo Area
Carter Funeral Home
Ralls
Taylor
Mills County
San Saba
Vic
Lula
John
Mack Holcombe
Very Mumford
Tyler
Fleeger Services Pending for World War II Veteran Thomas F Fleeger
T. F. Fleeger's Services Pending for Thomas Francis Fleeger aged 1. He died after a short illness at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Big Spring. Born in Woodsfield Ohio, he came to Odessa in 1936 from Ohio. He was a World War II veteran and member of the American Legion. He was employed as a custodian in the Texas Employment Service. Ann,
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Odessa
Thomas Francis Fleeger
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Fleeger
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Woodsfield
Ohio
American Legion
Texas Employment Service
Ann
Services for 6 month old Della Griffin today
Funeral services for Della Mae Griffin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie L Griffin will be held at 2 p m at the South Plains Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Joel Mann officiating. Burial will follow in City of Lubbock cemetery. Survived by parents and four sisters Tricia Ann Stacy Marie Henrietta and Lisa.
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Della Mae Griffin
Willie L. Griffin
Beach Ave
South Plains
Joel Mann
City of Lubbock
Tricia Ann
Stacy Marie
Henrietta
Lisa
Funeral set today for NTSA coed Beverly Blocker
Beverly Lou Blocker 20 of Andrews was found dead in her car from carbon monoxide poisoning after a hose was attached to the exhaust. Services at 4 p.m. at Means Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Allen Forbis officiating. Burial in Andrews Cemetery. Survivors include her parents, two sisters in Andrews and Irving, and two brothers in Midland.
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Andrews
Beverly Lou Blocker
Justice of the Peace
Owen Doggett
Miss Blocker
Means Memorial United Methodist Church
Allen Forbis
Wesley United Methodist Church
Andrews Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Midland
North Texas State University
Roland Blocker
J. R. Scarbrough
James Turner
Irving
Roland
Larry
Mrs Stewart Rites Scheduled in Lovington
Lucy Pearl Stewart 58 of Hobbs died after an apparent heart attack and was pronounced dead at Lovington Lea General Hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel in Lovington with Rev Edwin Chappel officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Midland. Survivors: son Jimmy of Lovington. sisters Verna Ward Medford Oregon and W D Worley Shamrock. brother H L Collins Enid. four grandchildren.
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Lovington
Lucy Pearl Stewart
Hobbs
Lovington Lea
General Hospital
Smith-Rogers Funeral Home
Edwin Chappel
First United Methodist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Midland
Stewart
Texas
Jimmy
Funeral services for W L Shannon today
William L Shannon 49 of 1501 37th St will be buried in Lubbock City Cemetery after services at Trinity Baptist Church conducted by Rev Francis Wilson. He died at Methodist Hospital after a year of illness. He was a Texas Tech biology lab supervisor and leaves a wife, his father the Rev R L Shannon of Amarillo, a sister Lavada Andrews of Hereford, and a brother Le Roy of Midland. Pallbearers listed.
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William L. Shannon
37Th St
Trinity Baptist Church
Francis Wilson
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Shannon
Texas Tech
Methodist
R. L. Shannon
Amarillo
Lavada Andrews
Hereford
le Roy
Midland
Carrol Garner
Robert Brooks
Larelle Phifer
Kenneth B. McBride
Otis Rogers
Leroy Snider
Odessa Funeral Mass Planned
Rosary for Mrs. Marietta Ann Albritton 28 is set for 7 30 p m today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be 2 p m Saturday at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in Sunset. Native of Brooklyn NY died after a six month illness she had lived here since 1964. Survived by daughter Barbara son Steven mother Mrs Carolina Valinte sister Pat Valinte brother Sonny Valinte of Rutherford N J.
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Odessa
Marietta Ann Albritton
Hubbard-Kelly
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Albritton
Brooklyn
N.Y
George
Barbara
Steven
Carolina Valinte
Pat Valinte
Sonny Valinte
Rutherford
Services Slated For Mrs Ellis
Funeral services for Virginia Lee Ellis 41 will be at 10 a m Saturday at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Chapel with Rev B H Harris of Memorial Baptist Church officiating Burial follows in Resthaven Memorial Park Ellis died about 445 am Tuesday in Rock Hill South Carolina after a long illness She had moved from Lubbock to Rock Hill two months ago Surviving are her two sons Lonnie Wayne Mira Loma California and Ronnie Lynn Lubbock three daughters Linda Kaye Deborah Ellis and Connie Carrol Ellis all at home her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Y Yeager Lubbock three sisters Mrs Barbara Spears Bovina Mrs Guilda Teague Lubbock and Mrs Patsy Parker Rock Hill S C and four brothers Lee Roy Yeager Chester California Clarence Billy and Jimmy Yeager all of Lubbock North Carolina has about 300 half courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lee Ellis
Resthaven
Singleton-Wilson Chapel
B. H. Harris
Memorial Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Ellis
Rock Hill
S. C
Lubbock
Lonnie
Lonnie Wayne
Mira Loma
Calif
Ronnie Lynn
Linda Kaye
Deborah Fllis
Connie Carrol Ellis
Joe Y. Yeager
Barbara Spears
Bovina
Guilda Teague
Patsy Parker
S.C
Lee Roy Yeager
Chester, Calif
Clarence
Billy and
Jimmy Yeager
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Vassar
IIN
Miles
Dontiae
Mrs. Lakey
Mrs. Crawford
Monica Tarpenning
Tacoma
Miami Beach
Valerie Howsley
Waco
Jennifer Childers
Satellite Beach
Fla
Cap Wirephotos
Sford
First United In Art
South Plains Circuit Methodist Church
England Tev
WS University
Swafford
Tal
R. FF. Swat
Mrs. Cross
Delbert A. Dowell
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Albert Luther Vinson
Hale County
Garland Street Church of Christ
Plainview
Lemons Funeral Home
Central Plains General Hospital
Drolmsten
Ave
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Johnston
West Texas Hospital
William Walter Ralls
Need
Herod Ann Cross
Burizil J
Parkway Manor
Cedar Hill Coirie
Abilene
Jonethy Hiness
Resthaven - Singleton - Wilson
Reed
Hirst
H. D. ‘Taylor
D. Gi. Burdett
Asbury United Methodist Church
Arthur Allen Wickersham
Hubbard - Kelly
C. K. Lightfoot
Denzil Bevers
Adolfo G. Castro
N. Ave. M
Dorothy
Rodney Barton
35Th St
Hardin - Simmons University
Wagner Park
26Th St
Flint Ave
Wanda Yae Monsey
Pearce
Wayne LeCroy
Jackie North
Sherman Sr
Young Republicans Club
Patricia Zuder
Muskegon
Curtis M. Zuder
Lake Michigan
Muskegon Beach
Zuder
Luther McKinley
Mrs. Bryan
Mrs. Boyd
L. W. Taylor
T. F. Fleeger
Pend
Feathaven
19Th St. Lubbock, Texas
Ntsa Coed
Mrs. Stewart
W. L. Shannon
North Carolina
Veteran's Notice
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park
Veteran's Department
P.O. Box
Lubbock, Texas
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