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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1966
Page
2
Atlanta AP report says Lillian Smith 638 a Southern novelist and integrationist died in an Atlanta hospital. She helped launch the civil rights movement and was a longtime eloquent spokesman for racial desegregation.
Funeral services for Burley F Morris RS 42M dist St will be held Friday at Second Baptist Church with Rev Robert Hearn and associates officiating followed by graveside rites at Lamesa Cemetery under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. Morris died after two years of illness. survivors include his wife Maurine three sons daughters and eight grandchildren. Memorials requested to Second Baptist Church library.
Mrs Anne Pursley 66 resident here for 15 years died Wednesday in Andrews Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services pending at Singleton Funeral Home. Survived by husband L P Pursley of Andrews, daughter Mrs W A Beyers Andrews, son C A Pursley Andrews, three sisters and three brothers, two grandchildren.
A rally against a Negro slaying broke up into bands of vandals throwing rocks and smashing windows near City Hall. A white couple reported by flying glass when a street sign was hurled into their car. One man injured at a downtown fire station. Police said about 100 people may have dispersed from a downtown Negro housing project.
Mrs. R H Springer 74 of Roaring Springs died early Wednesday in a local hospital. Born in Palo Pinto County she lived in Motley and Dickens Counties. Services conducted at First Methodist Church Roaring Springs by Rev E R McGreggor with burial in Roaring Springs Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Home Matador. She is survived by her husband and a brother William M Harvey of Carlsbad New Mexico.
Services for Willie Newton 50 of 1114 Oak Ave will be at 2 p.m. Friday at New Hope Church with Rev. A. L. Dunn officiating. Burial will be in City of Laib hock Cemetery under the direction of South Plains Funeral Home. Newton was killed early Sunday after a collision east of Lubbock. Survivors include wife Lalie Bell Newton of the home, two brothers Arthur and Henry of Lubbock, and two sisters Mabel Rolinson of Texarkana and Thelma Irving of Texarkana Ark.
Ennis Jernigan 62 of 4824 38th St a lifelong Lubbock resident died at home Wednesday Services pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home He belonged to the Knights of Pythias Survivors include his wife a son Wan of 1607 27th St a daughter Mrs Margaret Miller of Portland Ore his mother Mrs Sarah Jernigan of Vera a brother Poss of Vera four sisters and five grandchildren
Graveside services for 7 month old Helen Carol Covington daughter of Mr and Mrs S P Covington Jr will be at 10 a m today at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery Brownwood under Sanders Funeral Home Dr Lloyd Hermilton pastor of Saint Luke's Methodist Church will officiate The child died Tuesday at Peaceful Valley Children's Clinic Remembrances suggested as March of Dimes contributions Survivors include her parents a brother Sammy and grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Crews Las Vegas New Mexico and Mr and Mrs S P Covington Vista California
Mrs. W. E. Vernon, 54, died after a lengthy illness at Methodist Hospital, Lubbock. She moved to Levelland from Morton in 1943 and previously lived in Sudan and Littlefield. Survived by six daughters including Elta Jean Black and Linda Sue Sparks, two sons? none listed, a father T. J. Stanley, two brothers Eugene Stanley and T. J. Stanley, two sisters Opal Myers and Hulon Brown, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral services at George C. Price Funeral Home are pending.
Private funeral services for Kenneth Fred Albright 61 of Paducah will be held at Norris Funeral Home chapel. Masonic graveside rites follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery. He died Wednesday in Auckland Memorial Hospital. He is survived by wife Pauline a son Kenneth Fred Albright Jr Guthrie a daughter Jane Trent Enterprise Ala a brother Earl Albright Channing and three grandchildren
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A student essay contrasts party loyalty and personal integrity, noting a father’s office as a factor. The piece cites John 13 1 and implies a partisan bias, concluding that allegiance dictates whether a politician is friend or foe.
Alvin Author Taylor 72 longtime Brownfield resident dies in Denver City hospital. Services at Brownfield Church of the Nazarene at 2 p.m. burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. Survived by a brother and two sisters. A second item notes a Hague dog beauty shop offering a free dog treatment for dogs from the local pound to promote humane homes.
Air Force Lieutenant Fred A. Wilson of Mobile Alabama and Karl Richter of Holly Michigan describe at a Saigon news conference how they each shot down a MIG17 near Haiphong North Vietnam. Both pilots are stationed in Thailand and have six months of combat. their first aerial victories are shown with a MIG17 photo.
Charles H. Tennyson of the Texas State Teachers Association cites a survey showing 15,492 fully qualified teachers needed in public schools. Of 1,303 districts, 82 percent responded. 1,092 vacancies and 4,400 positions filled by underqualified teachers were reported, with over 10,000 teachers working on emergency permits.
Galena Kansas faces a city hall standoff as Mav Williams, 32, the ousted city clerk, camps in her office after a 6 0 firing vote. Mayor Moeller and council refer to ouster options while Williams defends her year long tenure. County and state officials seek action, with a grand jury convening next Tuesday to investigate city officials.
A Peruvian sky diver, Daphne Rasulto de Risso, 24, may be released from a San Antonio hospital within days after a leg fracture. She was treated after complications from a June jump with the Peruvian Army Parachuting supervision. She has been parachuting six years and is the country’s only woman sky diver.
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