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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1967
Page
2
The fragment compares honesty and virtue in business to sacred duty, urging that integrity be visible in both shop and temple. It mirrors call to saints, linking moral conduct in trade with divine sight and ecclesiastical virtue.
The report shows Britain, Austria, and much of Western Europe posting weak tourist totals in 1967. Portugal and Spain rise modestly while Italy and Finland show mixed gains. The Arab-Israeli war, Greece political turmoil, and Britain’s vacation caps depress travel, with Russia and the United States contributing divergent visitor patterns.
W C Ragsdale owner and operator of a Shamrock service station died at 11:15 p m Wednesday in a hospital from a heart attack. A native of Sulphur Springs he had lived in Seminole 11 years and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Surviving sons William Dale Jesse Edward Earl reside in Seminole and Naomi Hill.
Washington AP report says the insurance industry via the House backed a program to mobilize 1 billion in mortgage funds into slum housing. Joseph A Califano Jr notes 7.7 million of mortgages have been issued for eight projects, with units spread across Cleveland Pittsburgh Pasco Heights Albuquerque Florida Sumter South Carolina and Lake City Florida totaling 695 housing units.
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie C. Lee 82, patient at Plains Nursing Home for three years, will be held at 2 p.m. in Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Chapel Lovington. Rev. Homer Akers will officiate. Burial follows in Lovington Cemetery. Mrs. Lee died Wednesday in a Denver City hospital. Survivors include her husband J. J. Lee two daughters Mae Calhoun Sheridan Tex and Maudine Yarbrough Jal a brother Lawrence Baxter Art Tex six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren pallbearers listed.
Helicopter view shows the liner Queen Mary nearing New York on the first leg of her 500th and final transatlantic voyage. The United States is visible in the background docked at a pier as the ship passes the Hudson River.
Raymond Self 69 died at Memorial Hospital Tulsa from injuries in a Sept. 13 traffic crash. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Earl Cantwell of Rock Creek Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Tulsa. Self survived by a wife, son, daughter, and several grandchildren.
A toy pushing child and two cyclists were involved in separate traffic incidents. The child pushed across 12th Street and was clipped by a car driven by Harvey Brock. he suffered a concussion but was not believed seriously hurt. Another rider and two youths received treatment at Methodist Hospital after a two car collision near Bates Street and North Elgin Avenue.
Flames caused by a gas explosion gutted a five room house at 2409 6th St. on Thursday night. Elderly resident Mrs. Martha Smith, about 75, was evacuated to University Hospital with burns to about 40 percent of her body. Firemen termed the home a total loss and noted the interior was charred.
Mrs. Ernest L. Smith 61 a Rotan resident since 1921 died at Callan Hospital after illness. Final rites at 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with burial in Rotan Cemetery under Weathersby Funeral Home. Survived by husband two sons Alton and Bobby both of Rotan four sisters Lillian Perkins Elrena Deel Lizzie Young Mildred Brown Roby and five grandchildren.
Mrs Brown of Littlefield died at noon Wednesday at Littlefield Hospitality Home after living in the town since 1932. She was survived by her son J R Brown of Olton, four daughters Maude Boyles of Pampa Mattie Perking of Littlefield and Lorene Perkins of Littlefield and Grace Underwood of Divine two sisters W A Grandsons will be pallbearers with burial at Lubbock City Cemetery directed by Hammons Funeral Home.
Elder H. Norris 79 longtime Scurry County resident who organized the Norris Church of God in Christ in 1934. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Norris Chapel with Bishop J. E. Alexander officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include wife Lillie Norris daughter Jessie Lee Westbrook brother Washington Norris four grandchildren eight great grandchildren.
John L. Wallace 72 a Garza County resident for 64 years died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Graham. A World War I veteran and Church of Christ member, he is survived by two sons Harold and Ada Mas Tucker of Post and 11 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with Hudman Funeral Home.
Services for Mrs. Katie Stauffer, 85, mother of Mrs. Leroy Waggoner of Lubbock, will be held at 4 p.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Graveside rites follow at Memorial Park Cemetery with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors in charge. Mrs. Stauffer died Wednesday night at St. Anthony's Hospital. She was born in Illinois, married Jacob W. Stauffer in 1908, moved to Wheeler County, Texas in 1909, later lived in Amarillo, and died in 1964. Survivors include a son, Paul W. Stauffer of Compton, California. a daughter, Miss May Stauffer of Amarillo. two sisters, Elsie Scawn of Iola, Kansas, and Mrs. William Schultz of Tonica, Illinois. and two brothers, John Schultz of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Frank Schultz of Mission, Kansas.
A partial Hollywood notice mentions individuals by name in a fragmentary context, suggesting a legal or entertainment industry filing. Readable details are scarce, with no clear action date or jurisdiction present in the text snippet.
W. J. Jeff Shook, 75, longtime area resident and wholesale jail and gas dealer, died Thursday night at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa after a short illness. Born in Coke County, he lived in O'Donnell since 1921 and was a Mason, Eastern Star member, and Methodist. Survived by three daughters, three brothers, and numerous grandchildren. Services pending at Branon-Phillips Funeral Home in Lamesa.
Anouk Aimée will make her first English speaking screen appearance in Lake Lugano to be produced by Columbia. The project marks a departure for the French star and ties her to a major Hollywood studio.
Special notice from Tulia announces funeral services for Army man Robert Garcia 19 of Tulia killed in Vietnam. Rites set for 4 p.m. at St Williams Catholic Church with Rev J J Duddy officiating. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Rosary at Wallace Funeral Home tonight.
Services for Zack C. Thompson 74 of 2702 24th St are pending at Franklin Bartley. He died on arrival Wednesday at a Stafford Kansas hospital of an apparent heart attack. Thompson a retired seed broker had lived in Lubbock six years and was a Church of Christ member. He previously lived in Wichita and Amarillo and was on a business trip when stricken. Survivors include his wife Catherine two daughters Melba Petty Kensington Md and Kathryn Schleyer Odessa two sons James R Studios City Calif and Maj Jack E stationed with the U S Air Force in Tokyo three brothers five sisters and nine grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are set for Mrs Ella Mae Allen who died Thursday. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. Mrs Allen, a 25 year resident of Scurry County, is survived by two sons Claud E Allen and Thurman Allen both of Snyder, four sisters and three brothers including Jordan Allen of Snyder and Robert E Allen of Palmer.
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