First Fatal Traffic Deaths Marked in 1899 to 1968 Toll
Overview of traffic fatalities since 1899 beginning with HLH Bliss in New York City. Notes 1710,876 injuries and 55,550 deaths in 1968, comparing to World Wars totals and U.S. population scales. Traces evolution of vehicle laws, signals, and safety standards leading to Ralph Nader’s influence and calls for safer car design.
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Chicago
Hlh. Bliss
Central Park West
Th Street
New York City
Bliss
Cago
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
Atlanta
Baltimore
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Seattle
Detroit
America
U.S
New England
Cleveland
Bahamas
Houston
Chicago Loop
Conumer
Ralph Nader
Nader
Four Nabbed On Narcotics Charges In El Paso
In El Paso four people were arrested on federal narcotics charges after authorities seized between $65,000 and $75,009 worth of heroin. An agent bought about 11 ounces of high grade heroin from a suspect. searches yielded 44 diluted heroin papers. Arraignments included Ramiro Ramirez Evangelina Lopez Hernandez Jose Hinojosa and Lucia Esparza with bonds set at 15000 for the first three and 1500 for Esparza.
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Rick Staton
West Texas
el Paso
Staton
U.S
Ramiro Ramirez
Evangelina Lopez Hernandez
Jose Hinojosa
Lucia Esparza
Ramirez
Hinojosa
Hernandez
Esparza
Funeral Monday for Hale Man
Floyd Compton 76 a Plainview resident since 1941 will lie in state at 2 p m Monday at Seth Ward Baptist Church burial follows at Parklawn Memorial Gardens Plainview directed by Wood Dunning Funeral Home Compton a Merkel native died Saturday morning at Plainview Hospital after a long illness He was a retired farmer Survivors include his wife Zora a son L A of Clovis two daughters Mrs L W Johnson and Mrs Virginia Smith a sister Mrs T L Bynum of Albuquerque three brothers W M of Sweetwater E M and W L both of Seymour six grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Plainview
Floyd Compton
Seth Ward Baptist Church
Parklawn Memorial Gardens
Wood-Dunning Funeral
Compton
Merkel
Plainview Hospital
Zora
L. A
Clovis
L. W. Johnson
Virginia Smith
T. L. Bynum
Albuquerque
W. M
Sweetwater
E. M
W. IL
Seymour
Pope Plans Trip to Honor Saint Mari
Pope Paul VI will travel from Castel Gandolfo in four days to pay homage to a 12 year old girl proclaimed a saint in 1950. The Vatican announced the visit on Saturday.
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Vatican. City
Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican
Hruska enters three way race for Dirksen seat
Nebraska Senator Hruska joins Sen. Hugh Scott and Sen. Howard Baker Jr. in a Republican bid to succeed the late Dirksen. The race includes potential fourth candidate Allott. Hruska mounts a loyalty to Nixon and cites 15 years in the Senate as his record.
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Washington
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
GOP
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Dirksen
Gordon Alott
Colorado
Allott
Hruska
Ilinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Republican Party
Scott
Baker
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Roy E Phillips Services Slated
Roy E Phillips 71 died about 0200 in a Midland hospital after a brief illness. Services will be Monday 10 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church with Rev Odell Moore and Rev Don Noble officiating. Burial in Andrews Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include four daughters Marie Barnett Midland Bernice Messer La Puente Virginia Viel Utica Margaret Church Diamond Bar a son Robert W Phillips Midland a sister Rose Niles St Petersburg a brother Guy Phillips Cambridge City 20 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren
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Andrews
Ray Edgar Phillips
Midland
Grace Baptist Church
Odell Moore
Second Baptist Church
Don Noble
Singleton Funeral Home
Phillips
First National Bank
Rose Niles
St. Petersburg
Flac
Guy Phillips
Cambridge City
Ind
London Beauty Captures Title Miss International 1969
Valerie Susan Holmes, 22, of London, was crowned Miss International 1969 Saturday night in Tokyo. The brown-eyed, brown-haired clerk, described as having gamete aspirations, stood out in the pageant with her poised performance and notable measurements 37-23.
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Tokyo
UPI
Valerie Susan Holmes
London
Texas Traffic Deaths Reach 2,297 This Year
AUSTIN AP Texas traffic accidents killed 2,297 persons this year, the Department of Public Safety reported Saturday, versus 2,180 at this time in 1968. Fatal accidents total 1,869 year to date, up from 1,822 last year.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Weaver Rites Pending Here
E. N. Weaver 73 of 3109 28th St died Saturday while visiting a son in Pittsburgh. Services are pending at Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home. He moved to Lubbock in 1950 from Dallas and is survived by two sons, a brother, two sisters, and five grandchildren.
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E. N. Weaver
28Th St
Pittsburgh
Resthaven-Singleton - Wilson Funeral Home
Weaver
Lubbock
Dallas
Charles Weaver
Eldon N. Weaver Jr
Bethesda
Forrest Weaver
Eunice McCombs
Greenville
Joe Garner
Private Funeral Held For Bridge Champ Helen Sobel Smith
DETROIT UP I private funeral services were held for Helen Sobel Smith a renowned bridge player known for her intuition at the table She died Thursday at Harper Hospital at age 59 She is survived by her husband Stanley She first won an ACBL event in 1934 and her last win came in 1968
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Detoit
UPI
Helen Sobel Smith
San Angelo Pioneer Dies At Crosbyton
Joseph N. Brister 87 of San Angelo died at his son O W Brister s Crosbyton home at 3 30 am Saturday after an apparent heart attack. Services set for 3 pm Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev Ernest Stewart and Rev Wayne Grizzle. Burial Crosbyton Cemetery. Brister born Round Rosie, resident of San Angelo since 1916. Survived by wife Pearl, a son, a daughter in Shamrock, two daughters in Hobbs NM, six grandchildren and two sisters.
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Crosbyton
Joseph N. Brister
San Angelo
O. W. Brister
First Baptist
Ernest Stewart
Wayne Grizzle
Brister
Round Rosie
Abilene Christian College names graduate assistant in communications
At 2004 19th St St the graduate from 6 25 to 9 30 p m assistant in the communications department will teach drama classes and work with drama productions including the homecoming musical West Side Story Registration continues through Monday for the second annual session of Lubbock Evening High School Adults may enroll for tuition courses during the day at the school central
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19Th St.,St
Abilene Christian College
West
Lubbock Evening High School
Lubbock groups schedule luncheons and district court sessions
The Lubbock Association of Credit Management plans a Food Products Group luncheon at Raider Land Convention Center near the Tohoka Traffic Circle. Civil juries begin Monday in the 99th and 137th District Courts with panels reporting at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively. The Delta County reunion is today at Mackenzie Terrace Party House with a 10 a.m. start and 12:50 p.m. basket lunch, prizes for oldest, youngest, and farthest traveler. Multiple local clubs meet Monday evening including South Plains Stamp Club and Westerner Booster Club. Obituaries note Bruce Mullin and Mrs. J. S. Stanley passing, with services and survivors listed. Michael Allan Isaacs, 17, injured in a two-car crash near Fordham Ave.. treated and released.
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Lubbock Association of Credit Management
Food Products
Raider Land Convention Center
Tohoka Traffic Circle
99Th
137Th District Courts
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
James A. Ellis
137Th District Court
Delta County
Mackenzie Terrace Party House
E. Broadway
Leonard Harlin
Erskine St
Reuniion
One Critically Wreck Rash Injures Six Here
A Saturday rash of traffic accidents on wet streets injured six people. Mrs Mollie D Cox 77 of Idalou was listed in very critical condition at West Tex as Hospital after a two car crash at 19th Street and Weber Drive involving Mary Sustsita Mata 31 of 219 Beech. Mata was in fair condition at Methodist. A three car pileup at 40th Street and Memphis Avenue injured Mrs J L Starkey 74 of 3907 E Duke Street. Mickey Chapman 21 of 2716 40th St hurt in a two car crash at 19th Street and Flint Avenue. Robert Hurst 28 of Staten injured when his pickup overturned on U S 87 near Woodrow. Wayne Speegle 49 of 1815 East Ist Pl treated for minor injuries at Methodist after a Mishap at North University Drive and Farm Road 1289.
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Mollie D. Cox
Idalou
West Texas Hospital
19Th Street
Weber Drive
Cox
Mary Sustsita Mata
Beech
Mata
Methodist Hospital
Ioth
40Th St
Flint Avenue
Highland Hospital
Robert Hurst
Staten
U.S
Woodrow
Wayne Speegle
East Ist Pl
Archbishop Sheil Dies After Attack in Tucson at 83
Archbishop Bernard J. Sheil auxiliary of Chicago and founder of the Catholic Youth Organization died in a Tucson hospital of congestive heart failure aged 83. He had lived in Tucson since 1966 and led the CYO from 1930 to 1954, guiding a wide network of youth events and international boxing tournaments in the 1930s.
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Tucson
Ariz
UPD
Bernard J. Sheil
Chicago
The
Catholic Youth Organization
CYO
Sheil
United States
Canada
Europe
Opera tenor Tom Burke dies at 73 in England
CARSHALTON England UPI Tom Burke a renowned operatic tenor died Saturday night at 73 after a stroke six months earlier Burke starred in British and U S opera half a century ago and was chosen for leading tenor roles in two Puccini operettas at Covent Garden in the 1920s His notable moment came in 1919 at Covent Garden sharing triumph with Dame Nellie Melba before King George V
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Carshalton
England
UPI
Tom Burke
Burke
Stari
Britain
United States
London
Covent Garden
Melba
George V
John H. Shimek of Olney Dies After Illness
Olney special report states John H. Shimek died about 8:50 p.m. Friday at a Temple hospital after a long illness. Services pending at Olney. He was a Catholic and a past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus. He was brother to A. J. Shimek of 5216 West 8th Street, Lubbock. The Weather Bureau has used girls names to identify hurricanes since 1953.
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Olney
John H. Shimek
Temple Hospital
Knights of Columbus Fraternal Order
A. J. Shimek
8Th St
Lubbock
The
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Clinic At Tahoka Still In Operation
An Avalanche Journal report correcting an earlier notice states Tahoka’s hospital portion was closed only on July 1, 1966. Doctors kept clinics in the building and the Lynn County Hospital District plans a new 24 bed hospital costing $750,000 to start late 1969 or early 1970 per W Garland Thornton Jr.
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Avalanche Journal
Tahoka
Tahoka Hospital
W. Garland Thornton Jr
Lynn County Hospital District
Pretoria S A tourist rise tied to 12 percent gain
A brief market blip notes that Pretoria S A sees a 12 percent increase in tourist arrivals, signaling improved travel interest and potential spending growth for local services and attractions.
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Pretoria
S. A
Midland knife threat thwarted man nabbed
A Midland field search by Texas Highway Patrols on Saturday night aimed at a man who allegedly held a knife to his stomach while en route to Big Sprig State. He tried to threaten to kill the driver if returned. After occupants fled to a field and returned, authorities searched until about 9 20 p m before firing the man who offered no resistance. No charges were filed by late Saturday night.
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Midland
Texas Highway Patrol
Midla-Odessa
Big Sprig State Hospital
Texas Highway
James Ifi
Big Sting
Kinkir
Big Spice
Scurry Pioner Rites Set for Mrs Hammit at Snyder
Mrs. W C Hammit 83 longtime Scurry County regent died Saturday after a long illness at Midland Irkview Hospital. Services set at Bell Seale Chapel with burial in Snyder. Born in Erath County she lived in Snyder and Scurry County before moving to Midland. Survived by husband W C, a daughter, four sons, and ten grandchildren.
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Morris Sanders
Snyer
J. D
Brownwod
O. L
W. C. Jr
Midland
S. E
Waco
Mrs Hamblin Dies. Services in Shallowater Church
Mrs. Mabel Hamblin, 68, of Shallowater died Friday night in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo. Funeral services will be held Monday at First United Methodist Church Shallowater with Rev Homer Salley officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery under Rix Funeral direction. Survived by son David of Memphis daughter Darrell Boyd of Amarillo five brothers and several relatives. Pallbearers listed as Tow Gates Billy Reed Don Thompson Billy Mathew Gerald Clifton H L Gentry.
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Shallowater
Mabel Hamblin
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Dam
First United Methodist Church
Shdowater
Homer Salley
Burle
City of Lubbockemetery
Rixfuneral
Amblin
Tow, Gates
Billy Reed
Don Thompson
Billy Mathew
Gerald Clifton
H. L.fjentry
City Woman Rebuilds After Funeral for Arkansas Father
Mrs Thomas Lawson returns to her Sed St home after funding funeral services Wednesday in Arkansas for her father Ed Scott 89 of Searcy. Scott lived with his family near Shallowater from 1949 to 1929 and died last Sunday at a Little Rock rest home after a yearlong illness. Survivors include her son Bill of Shallowater and a sister Sam Hulme of Colorado City.
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Thomas Lawson
Sed St
Arkansas
Ed Scott
Searcy
Scott
Shallowater
Little Rock
Bill
Sam Hulme
Colorado Ty
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Jerry L. Willams
George P. Gonzales
San Antonio
Williams
Hale
St. Mari
Roy E. Phillips
Special Agent
Secret Service
Phebia
Philadelpha
Bridge Champ
Rani Idi
Gary Mann
Children's Zoo
Rani II
Thailand
South Plains Stamp Club
University Ave
F. A. Kleinschmidt
U. S
E. QO. Reis
Westerner
Lubbock High School
LHS
Midland Lee
Jerry Crawford
Rip Griffin
C. Dick Mullin
37Th St
Lubibock
Wills Point
Mullin
Bruce Mullin
J. S. Stanley
65Th Place
Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home
Algoma
Marshall
Stanley
Maggie Bagwell
Myra
O. G. Bates
38Th St
Gainesville
George K. Carroll and Son Funeral Home
Michael Allan Isaacs
U.S. Hwy
Fordham Ave
Olney Services
Broadway
AVENUE S / PO
Nabied
Scurry Pioner
Tony
Buiid
Mackenzie
East Broadway
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
34Th Street
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