Met Opens New Lincoln Center Home With Antony and Cleopatra
The Metropolitan Opera inaugurated its Lincoln Center home with a world premiere of Antony and Cleopatra by Samuel Barber starring Leontyne Price. The gala featured Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and Ferdinand Marcos as guests. ticket sales reached about 400000 in a 3800-seat, $45.7 million venue.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
George Stavropoulis
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
United States
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Vanessa
Swisher County Fair Ends Run In Tulsa Today
Swisher County Fair concludes its second and final day in Tulsa with livestock judging and Friday results in community educational and homemaking exhibits. Elkins Home Demonstration Club led the community division with Vigo Park Lakeview and Kress clubs following.
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Elkins Home Demonstration Club
Vigo Park
Lakeview
Kress
Tulsa High School
Tulsa High
Alexander Home
Darlena Dixon
Linda Love
Love
Zane Stark
Claytonville
Cathy Parker
Happy
Vaughn Services Scheduled Today
W M Vaughn 92 longtime Mot ley and Dickens Counties resident dies in Crosbyton nursing home. Funeral 10 a m First Methodist Church Roaring Springs with Rev John Fitzgerald and graveside 2 p m Sunday LaFeria Cemetery. Survived by seven sons, three daughters, a sister, 20 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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Roaring Springs
W. M. Vaughn
Motley
Dickens
First Methodist
John Fitzgerald
Matador
LaFeria
Tex
Vaughn
Crosbyton
Lonnie Vaughn
Roswell
N. M
Vernon Vaughn
Burnet
A. C. Vaughn
Earl Vaughn
Lubbock
Troy Vaughn
Artie Vaughn
Houston
Horace Vaughn
Nacogdoches
Pearl Dunn
Kingsville
Clyde Gilbert
Cecil Burns
Harlingen
George O'Neal
Roby, Tex
Transpacific Cable Completed Under Roosevelt Era
The first transpacific cable completed in 1905 during Theodore Roosevelt's administration marked a milestone in global communications. This feat connected continents, enabling faster telegraphic links and shaping future international networks.
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Thedore Roosevelt
Spur cafe operator James Fletcher killed in two-vehicle crash
James Fletcher 70, longtime Dickens County resident and Spur cafe opera tor, died after a pickup collided with a truck trailer at U S 82 and U S 70 in Dickens. He died about 4 45 p m at Crosby County Clinic. Services pending at Campbell Funeral Home. Survivor details and annual traffic fatalities noted.
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Jessie James Fletcher
U. S. 82
U. S. 70
Dickens
Fletcher
Crosby County
Campbell Funeral Home
Texas Highway
James Johns
Crosbyton
Ommer Melburn Short
Pottsboro
Johns
U.S.70
Dickens County
Spur
Masonic Lodge
First Baptist Church
B. G
Fort Worth
Jack M
San Antonio
Jessie J. Jr
Inglewood
Calif
Clan Daugherty
James Daugherty
Joyce Arrington
South Plains
Alice Denton Funeral Today in Brownfield Texas
Mrs. Alice Denton aged 77 of Brownfield died Friday in a local hospital. She was born in Mountain Home moved from Trinidad in 1940 and was a member of First Baptist Church Brownfield. Services 10 a.m. at Brownfield Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Crow officiating. Burial Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survived by husband K F Denton five sons four daughters a brother a sister 27 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A Michigan man wrote the words to the Missouri Waltz.
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Alice Denton
Brownfield
Mountain Home
Trinidad
Tex
Denton
First Baptist Church
Ed Crow
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Iva Lee Pickett
Larence Blevins
Montrose
Colo
Luna Willett
Escapees From Gaines Jail Nabbed Near Brownfield
Two men escaped Gaines County jail here Friday night and were recaptured about 10 p.m. near Brownfield after a high speed pursuit. Ted Valentine of Lubbock, 26, charged with burglary, and 25 year old Charles Ty Son of Seminole were held in lieu of bonds. A deputy reported the jail door was securely locked and a trustee may have had the keys.
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Gaines County
Brownfield
Ted Valentine
Lubbock
Charles Ty
Texas
Terry County
Seagraves Highway
U.S. 62
Wellman
Jayton Resident Cheyne Dies at 53 on Farm Road
Jayton resident Cheyne Cheyne Joe Mc Farland Cheyne 53 died Friday afternoon while working on a farm road 12 miles northeast of Jayton He suffered a heart attack He was born in Red River County Texas lived in Jayton 49 years a farmer and Kent County Road Department worker He attended Jayton Baptist Church Services set for 2 30 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church Jayton Rev Murry Brewer will officiate Burial in Jayton Cemetery Littlepage Funeral Home Aspermont Texas Surviving wife Velma six sons Olen Roy Jayton James in Fort Bliss Marvin in Highland AFB N Y Leslie Keith Ronnie all at home four brothers Tom Guy John Gordon all Jayton one half brother Clarence Annona four sisters Opal McCurry Zelphia Jayton Inez Chisum Girard Nina Faye Taylor Tahoka and three grandchildren
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Joe McFarland Cheyne
Here
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Red River County
Texas
Kent County
First Baptist Church
Murry Brewer
Littlepage Funeral Home
Aspermont
Tex
Velma Cheyne
Olen Roy Cheyne
James Cheyne
U. S. Army
Fort Bliss
Marvin Cheyne
Army
Highland Air Force Base
N.Y
Leslie Cheyne
Sam C Long Funeral to be Held in Amherst
Sam C Long 74 of Amherst died Friday in a local nursing home. Born in Mount Pleasant Texas he moved to Amherst in 1925 and was a retired farmer. Services Sunday at 2 30 p m at First Baptist Church Amherst with Rev Raymond Quick, assisted by Leonard Pittle. Burial in Amherst Cemetery. Payne Funeral Home handling arrangements. Surviving wife two sons Laverne and Alvin two daughters Dorotha Nichols and Juanita Allensworth five brothers two sisters 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Amherst
Sam C. Long
Mount Pleasant
Tex
Long
First Baptist Church
Raymond Quick
Leonard Pittle
Amherst Church of Christ
Amherst Cemetery
Payne Funeral Home
Laverne Long
Alvin Long
Dorotha Nichols
Juanita Allensworth
Rites Slated Today For Levelland Airman
Funeral services for Airman 1-C Wilber Dean Adkisson 25 a Levelland native killed Sept 7 in Viet Nam are set for 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church Levelland with Rev W H Cook officiating. Burial will be in Norris Til local arrangements by George Price Funeral Home Levelland Surviving are his wife a son two daughters his parents four brothers and three sisters.
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Wilber Dean Adkisson
Viet Nam
lFirst Baptist Church
W. H. Cook
Norris
Til
George Price
Stanley Woodall Rites Slated At Sundown
Sundown Texas funeral services for 54 year old Stanley Woodall will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the Sundown High School auditorium with Rev. David Carrington officiating. Burial follows in Sundown Cemetery under the George Price Funeral Home direction. survived by wife two sons a brother five sisters and two grandchildren.
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Sundown
Sundown High School
David Carrington
United Pentacostal Church
Levelland
Sundown J
iGeorge Price Funeral Home
Quick-Tempered Julien Hyer Urged to Slow Down
A verse poem profiles Julien C Hyer as a rapid worker who rushes through tasks, causes tension, and risks health. The reader is asked to consider if this speed brings any real gain or merely ulcers and pace.
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Julien C. Hyer
Rites Pend For Cecil H. Tate
Services are pending at Singleton Funeral Home in Muleshoe for Cecil H. Tate 64 longtime and widely known local lawyer who died Thursday in Green Memorial Hospital He had lived in Muleshoe since 1929 born in Giddings and was active in law church and civic groups Survivors include his wife Jackie two sons Howard Rui doso and Gaylord serving in Korea a sister Mrs Forrest Bouchier Taylor Tex two brothers Edward Tate Baytown and Milton Tate Giddings and three grandchildren
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Singleton Funeral Home
Cecil H. Tate
Green Memorial Hospital
Tate
Muleshoe
Lubbock
Giddings
First Baptist Church
J F McCrary Rites Pending
James F. McCrary 85 of 4420 32nd Street died Friday at St Mary of the Plains Hospital. He was a retired Lubbock County farmer and a member of Arnett Benson Baptist Church. Services pending at Rix Funeral Home. Survived by two sons Cecil and Frank two daughters Lora Vaughn and Ora Higgs, two brothers Ernest and Bee, 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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James F. McCrary
32Nd Street
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Lubbock County
McCrary
Comanche County
Texas
Roby
Arnett-Benson Baptist Church
Rix Funeral Home
Cecil McCrary
Frank McCrary
Arlington
Tex
Lora Vaughn
Sid Street
Ora Higgs
Mansfield
Ohio
Ernest McCrary
Fort Worth
Bee McCrary
de Leon
Services Slated Today For Nicewarner Infant
Rebecca Lynn Nicewarner infant daughter of Don and Mrs Nicewarner of Littlefield died Thursday at Children s Clinic. Services are at 10 a m today at Littlefield Missionary Baptist Church with Rev J B Cagle and Rev Bill Penland officiating. Burial in Muleshoe Memorial Park under Hammons Funeral Home. Surviving are a brother Ricky Nicewarner of the home paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W D Nicewarner Morton Tex and maternal grandmother Mrs Myrtle Puckett Muleshoe.
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Rebecca Lynn Nicewarner
Don Nicewarner
Littlefield
Children’s Clinic
Littlefield Missionary Baptist Church
J. B. Cagle
Bill Penland
Parkview Baptist Church
Muleshoe Memorial Park
Hammons
Ricky Nicewarner
W. D. Nicowarner
Morton, Tex
Myrtle Puckett
Muleshoe
Newspaperwoman Louise Hollingsworth Dies in Honolulu
Louise J. Hollingsworth a 71 year old veteran journalist who served 44 years died Friday at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu She was the dean of Hawaii court reporters and retired in 1963 after eight years with the Honolulu Star Bulletin She was a past president of Theta Sigma Phi the national association for women journalists.
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Honolulu
Louise J. Hollingsworth
Queen's Hospital
Albuquerque Resident Dies in Canyon Shooting
Rafael Griego 56 a Sandia Base warehouseman was shot dead at his Tijeras Canyon home east of Albuquerque. Two Texas men 32 attacked the home fled and were later captured near Manzano Base as a third man remains sought. A murder charge was approved and arraignment set for McFerran and Mapys.
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Tijeras Canyon
Rafael Griego
Defense Atomic Support Agency
Sandia
Griego
Manzano Base
Asst. Dist
Don Wilson
Joe Wilson
John L. McFerran
Alameda St
el Paso
Allen Ray Mapys
San Angelo
Lubbock
Mapys
Justice of the Peace
Robert Salazer
Nivens Services Scheduled Today in Muleshoe
Funeral services for Neely Nivens 90 longtime Muleshoe resident will be at 2 50 p m today in the Assembly of God Church Rev R V Luna pastor of the Andrews Assembly of God Church will officiate Burial will be in the Muleshoe Cemetery under direction of Singleton Funeral Home Nivens a retired farmer had lived in Muleshoe since 1931 born in Cook County Texas He is survived by Berlie a daughter Mrs C M McMath Muleshoe a son Claude F E Nivens Artesia New Mexico a sister Mrs Mittie Pol son Alvard five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
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Neely Nivens
Assembly of God Church
R. V. Luna
Andrews Assembly of God Church
Muleshoe Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Nivens
Alvard
Tex
Cook County
Berlie
C. M. McMath
Claude FE. Nivens
Artesia
N. M
Mittie Polson
Mexico Development Group expands border industrial program
The Industrial Development Advisory Committee in Ciudad Juarez said it will extend its border operations beyond Juarez along the U S Mexico line, excluding the Tijuana and Mexicali areas. It has an established plan for Juarez and will carry work to other border cities.
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Ciudad Juarez
U.S
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Tijuana
Mexicali
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Mrs Pankersley Dies. Rites Set In Colorado City
Martha Ann Pankersley 72 of Denver City died Friday at Yoakum County Hospital. She moved from Colorado City after 42 years and will be buried at Dorn Cemetery after services Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Riker Funeral Home Colorado City. Survived by son Otho and five daughters including J Cleo Taylor Pauline Simmons Annita Butler Billie Ruth and Shirley Lesler plus 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
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Martha Ann Pankersley
Yoakum County Hospital
Colorado City
Tex
Riker Funeral Home
Dorn Cemetery
Otho Pankersley
J Cleo Taylor
Pauline Simmons
Odessa
Annita Butler
Billie Ruth
Hiawatha
Kan
Shirley Lesler
Hobbs
N.M
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