Sainthood Approved for 22 Uganda Martyrs
Pope Paul VI and cardinals approve the canonization of 22 Uganda martyrs executed by Uganda's king between 1885 and 1887. The ceremony is set for Oct. 18 at St. Peter's Basilica with 2,500 bishops attending. The move highlights the church stance against racial discrimination.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter's Basilica
Ecumenical Council
Benedict XV
Uganda
Vatican
Apostolic Palace
Rome
Megro
Paul
United States
Martin Luther King
King
King Mwanga
Charles Lwanga
Mattia Kalenba
UN talks set on Cypriot road control by UN forces
General Thimayya to meet with Makarios and Fraruk Sahinbash as UN plans to take exclusive control of the Nicosia Kyrenia road proceed. Thant says Turkish Cypriots and Turks had agreed to transfer control and no armed Greek or Turkish Cypriots would be allowed on the route.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
K. S. Thimayya
Makarios
Fraruk Sahinbash
Nicosia- Kyrenia
U Thant
Security Council
United Nations
Kyrenia
Osman Orek
Stella Souliotou
Turkey
Thant
Orek
Wagon theft reported at 3001 E 1st St
Clif ford Conner told police a little red four wheeler was taken from his yard on Saturday morning. The toy was valued at 7.95 dollars and has not been recovered. Conner said the wagon had been on his property in the 3001 east first street area.
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Clifford Conner
Conner
E. 1St St
Mrs Belva Moffatt Services Set Today
Mrs Belva Moffatt 80 dies after brief illness in Medical Arts Hospital. She moved to Dawson County in 1920 and lived in Key Community. Funeral at Branon Philips chapel with burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. survived by husband two daughters two sons a sister seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Lamesa
Belva Moffatt
Branon - Philips Funeral Home
Lamesa Memorial Park
Two-Week Marriage Ends In Two Deaths
In Fort Worth a two week marriage ended in a tavern murder suicide. Edward Norman 36 shot his wife Hester 42 three times then killed himself, witnesses told police. A justice of the peace ruled the deaths as murder and death by own action.
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Fort Worth
UPI
North Side
Justice of the Peace
Edward Norman
Hester
Vatican urged to exon erate Jews in crucifixion debate
Archbishop Heenan urged the Ecumenical Council delegates to adopt a strong document exonerating Jews for Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Cardinal Bea and American cardinals pressed for a firmer text while concerns about conversion of Jews and ecumenism were debated amid liberal and conservative factions.
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Vatican City
UPID
England
Ecumenical Council
John Carmel Heenan
Westminster
Vatican
Secretariat For Christian Unity
Council
Heenan
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Cardinal Bea
Bea
Richards Cushing
Boston
Joseph Ritter
St. Louis
Albert Meyer
Chicago
Church of Rome
Secretariat For
Christian i Unity
Abernathy Voters Approve $300000 Water Bond Issue
Abernathy voters approved a $300000 bond issue to upgrade the water system. The tally was 351 for and 57 against with funds to pipe water from city wells four miles east, build a 500000 gallon reservoir, a booster station, and related facilities. Election judge Lister Ragland oversaw the poll.
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Abernathy
Hale County
City of
Here
Charles Norwood
Lister Ragland
Actor Spencer Charged With Police Gear Theft Impersonation
London reports Robert Albert Spencer an actor known for playing a policeman was charged with stealing a police helmet a tunic and cape two truncheons police notebooks and a ramcoat He was also accused of impersonating an officer.
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London
UPI
Robert Albert Spencer
Burglary at Buck's Food Market Reported
Police investigated a Saturday burglary in which about 10 cents was taken from a Buck's Food Market cash register after burglars broke a front window at 2012 North Ash. No suspects named.
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Buck’s Food Market
North Ash
Panel Proposes Plan to Avert Dock Strike
A presidential panel in New York urged reducing work gangs from 20 to 17 over three years to avert a potential strike by 60,000 dock workers. It also proposed a guaranteed annual wage set at 75 percent of average earnings from 1963-65 to offset union objections.
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New York
Maine
Texas
International Longshoremen’s Association
New York Shippers Association
Atlantic
Gulf
James Reynolds
Rustler Loose in Lubbock Behind 36 Bullwhips Theft
Police probe a cattle rustling case at Roland Gordon Farm in Lubbock involving 36 bullwhips stolen from 419 13th Street. Investigators note the large haul suggests a slick theft and warn cowmen to be vigilant.
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Lubbock
Roland Gordon Farmeinige Inc
13Th T
Elevator Rising in Capetown Grain Complex
South Africa builds a new grain elevator to be completed by year end. The facility will boost cargo handling capacity and support local agriculture with modern storage and transfer systems.
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Capetown
South Africa
Miller raps Humphrey oil vote in Hobbs talk
Rep. William Miller attacked Hubert Humphrey’s oil depletion tax vote record during a Hobbs New Mexico campaign stop. He cited 1958 1959 1962 and 1964 votes and warned Humphrey faced trouble in Texas. The remarks came as Miller spoke to about 1 000 at Hobbs Municipal Airport and a crowd of thousands gathered in Las Cruces.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
William E. Miller
Miller
Stephanie
Eastern Airlines
New Mexico
Peterson Field
Garden of the Gods Club
Millers
Oklahoma City
San Francisco
Las Cruces
Hobbs
N. M
Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Texas
Polli
W H Carter Dies In City
W Hollis Carter 45 longtime Littlefield resident died Saturday in Lubbock after two weeksillness Services set 2 pm Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev J Henry Cox and Rev Robert Longshore Masonic graveside at Memorial Cemetery under Hammons Funeral Home He was a World War II veteran farmer and county chairman of Lamb County Republican Party Survivors include his wife two sons Larry and Michael a daughter Dixie parents four brothers and four sisters
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W. Hollis Carter
First Baptist Church
J. Henry Cox
Lums Chapel Baptist Church
Robert Longshore
Hammons
Carter
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Crowell
Masonic Lodge
Optimist Club
Lamb County
Larry
Michael
Dixie
Funeral services for G. C. Hillis in city
G C Hillis 76 resident of Lubbock for past 12 years will receive 2 p m services Monday at W W Rix Chapel Rev Curtis Simpson pastor of Southside Baptist Church will officiate Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home direction Hillis died after arriving at West Texas Hospital at 125 am Saturday Survived by wife two sons A C Clovis and Ralph Baltimore Md three daughters Mrs Marion Thigpen Mrs Forrest Powell and Mrs Travis Pryor a brother Arthur Shawnee Okla two sisters both of Oklahoma 14 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren Pallbearers include Steve Burkett Woodrow Hillis Bedford Buckner N E Holloway G F Stewart and Joe Brecheen
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G. C. Hillis
Lubbock
W. W. Rix Chapel
Curtis Simpson
Southside Baptist Church
Resthaven
Memorial Park
Rix
Steve Burkett
Woodrow Hillis
Bedford Buckner
N. E. Holloway
G. F. Stewart
Joe Brecheen
Services Set For Mrs Slagle Friona
Friona Texas Mrs Corda Ruth Slagle 66 longtime Friona resident will be buried in Friona Cemetery following a 230 pm service at Friona First Methodist Church The Rev Herschel L Thurston and Rev Russell McAnaly officiate Surviving relatives include husband Roy a daughter a son a sister six grandchildren and a great grandchild She was former president of the Friona PTA and Friona Women’s Club and member of the Friona Methodist Church Palmer County Community Hospital Auxiliary and other groups
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Friona
Friona First Methodist Church
Corda Ruth
Slagle
Herschel L. Thurston
Hereford First
Palmer County Community Hospital
Friona Parent- Teachers Assn
Friona Women's Club
Friona Methodist Church
Friona Rebecca Lodge
Women's Society of Christian Service
Roy
Miss Cleo Neill Dies In Clovis
Miss Cleo Neill 42 of Clovis died Friday night in a Los Lunas hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at United Pentacostal Church with Rev. Jack N. Tedford officiating. Burial at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery with C. V. Steed Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include her mother Mrs. E. O. Neill of Clovis, a brother Ralph E. Neill of Lina, New Mexico, five sisters Mrs. J. C. Petersburg George Bryant Palmdale Calif Mrs. L. G. Brewer Los Alamos N. M Mrs. J. R. Callahan Amarillo and Miss Bell Neill Los Lunas.
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Clovis
Cleo Neill
Los Lunas
United Pentacostal Church
Jack N. Tedford
Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery
C. V. Steed Funeral Home
E. O. Neill
Ralph E
Lina
N.M
J. C
Petersburg Way
Amarillo
Bell Neill
Russell Pogue
Jimmy Reynolds
Burisl
Petersburg Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Ralls
Williams
Petersburg
Billy Scott
Darwin Scott
Kenneth
Ralph
L. D
Jackie Williams
Rites For Flomot Resident Due Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Della Bural 83 of Flomot are set for 3 p.m. today at Flomot Church of Christ with Jeff Browning officiating. Burial will follow in Flomot Cemetery under Siegler Funeral Home Matador direction. Survivors include four daughters a son a sister a brother two half brothers seven grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Matador
Della Bural
Flomot
Flomot Church of Christ
Jeff Browning
Siegler
James Stauffer Rites Due Monday
Funeral services for 61 year old James Nelson Stauffer set for 10 a m Monday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Charles Wood and B C Coper officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery Amarillo. He died Friday in a Temple hospital after a long illness. He previously operated a Slaton motel. Survivors include his wife a step daughter a step son a sister two brothers and three grandchildren.
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Slaton
James Nelson Stauffer
Williams
Charles Wood
First Baptist Church
B. C. Coper
Slaton Church of God
Llano
Amarillo
Stauffer
Temple Hospital
Case Dismissed After Vodka Mix-Up in England
In Frome England a drunken driving case against Reginald Starr was dismissed after a colleague testified the vodka shots were slipped into his glass. Starr had reportedly consumed beer and six vodkas prior to the incident.
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Frome
England
UPI
Reginald
Starr
William Gartin Services Slated
Funeral services are scheduled for William Milton Gartin 60 who died Saturday morning at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after a short illness. Rev W H Hughes and Rev Russell Pogue will officiate at First Baptist Church Petersburg with entombment at Resthaven Mausoleum in Lubbock. Gartin a retired farmer born May 17 1904 moved to Petersburg in 1981 and is survived by wife Monizia a son Donald two brothers a sister and three grandchildren.
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Petersburg
First Baptist Church
William Milton Gartin
Methodist
Lubsbock
W. H. Hughes
Levelland
Russell Pogue
Petersburg First Baptist Church
Resthaven Mausoleum
Lubbock
Chambers Funeral Home
Abernathy
Gartin
Canyon
Old Becton School
Monizia
Donald
Cecil
Clyde
E. T. Anderson
Midland
Harry L Marsh Dies In Slaton
Harry L Marsh railroad dispatcher died Saturday morning in Mercy Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at First Methodist Church with Rev John Floyd officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife three sons Don and Harry Jr both of Amarillo James Wesley of Springfield VA two daughters Mrs R A Paci of New Jersey Mrs Glenn Fry of Roswell three brothers and nine grandchildren.
Rites Planned Today for Mrs Artie Macon
Services for Mrs. Artie Macon 77 of 4317 40th Street take place at 2 p m in Franklin Bartley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R L Porter and Dr C Melvin Ratheal officiating Burial follows at Ralls Cemetery under Franklin Bartley direction Mrs Macon native of Pine Bluff Arkansas lived in Ralls 30 years before moving to Lubbock nine years ago Survived by son three daughters two brothers a sister three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers named J R Kimbrell O E McMillan L R Cone Jimmy Stephenson Forest White and J D Keener
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Artie Macon
40Th St
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
R. L. Porter
Antioch Baptist Church
C. Melvin Ratheal
Trinity Baptist Church
Ralls Cemetery
Ralls
Franklin Bartley
Macon
Pine Bluff
Ark
Lubbock
J. R. Kimbrell
O. E. McMillan
L. R. Cone
Jimmy Stephenson
Forest White
J. D. Keener
City Resident Due Rites In Oklahoma City Resident
Mrs Fannie B Mc Allister 81 of 1314 9th St Mangum Okla died Friday after a lengthy illness Burial will be in Mangum Cemetery under Greer Funeral Home direction Survivors include son Roy of the home
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Mangum
Okla
Fannie B. McAllister
9Th St
Mangum Cemetery
Greer Funeral Home
Roy
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