Sea-Going Hearse Offers New Service
In San Rafael California The Seaway a new firm offers sea burial of cremated remains aboard a 44 foot yacht three miles offshore with family and minister present The service costs about 600 to 1500 dollars depending on mortuary arrangements The partners include two former naval officers and a former Navy pilot The service began seven months ago and averages one burial per week Families choose a brief sea ceremony before scattering ashes over the Pacific off the Golden Gate Bridge
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San Rafael
Calif
Nina Adele Hone
Huband
Kahlil Gibran
Seaway
Golden Gate Bridge
Pacific
California
Alex Coutts
James Magee
Navy
Adele
Hone
Student Transforms Odessa Home Into Tudor Residence
Odessa College alum Leonard Fisher is converting 709 North Dotsy into a Tudor period home for owner Mrs. Marjorie Morris, founder of Globe Theater. He plans to finish the front during Christmas vacation and decorates a den as a Shakespeare Room with England trip mementos. Morris, retiring English teacher, envisions an English tea room in Odessa.
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North Dotsy
Marjorie Morris
Leonard Fisher
Odessa College
Chicago Institute of Art
Morris
Odessa
Globe Theater
Fisher
Shakespeare Room
England
Odessa High School
Odessa Art Association
Two Men Held As 3rd Killed
In Lake Charles Louisiana two brothers were jailed after aggravated burglary charges linked to a Friday night incident in which a third man, John W. Rice, 40, was killed when shot by a sheriff's deputy at Martin GMC Trucks on U.S. 90 east of the city. Rodney Wheeler, 25, and David D. Wheeler, 22, both of Beaumont, Texas, were also arrested. Deputies said they staged the stakeout after a report of a planned safe burglary. Rice allegedly pointed a pistol at deputies before being shot.
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Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
John W. Rice
Beaumont
Tex
U.S. 90
Rodney Wheeler
Houston
David D. Wheeler
Henry A. Reid Jr
Rice
Demos To Receive Election Payment
Ector County Democratic Chairman Bob Watson will get 965.25 from the state to help cover May and June primary debts. The aid ends state funding to party chairmen until the 63rd Legislature acts. Watson owes 1,559.75 after this payment. Secretary of State Bob Bullock says funds are nearly exhausted, with 325,000 more needed statewide. Disbursement will be pro rata, about 26.66 percent of remaining bills, to be sent before the weekend. Watson expects partial payment, then bills the computer company in Berkley. Republicans in Ector County report 4,325 from state funds covered their May and June costs of 5,027.09 total. Watson's total primary cost was 21,260 with 16,866 already received.
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Ector County
Democratic
Bob Watson
Watson
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Election Computer Systems
Berkley
Calif
Thomas Hirsch
Hirsch
Two Killed In Ship Collision Off Le Havre
In Le Havre France two people died when two ships collided in the English Channel on Saturday. Nine crew members from the German coaster Stade remained missing as the search was halted at night.
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LE Havre
France
Stade
Seek Identity Of Victim In Houston Auto Crash
Houston police sought the identity of a woman in her early 20s killed after stepping in front of a passing car on the LaPorte Freeway. The victim bore tattoos reading SWS on the lower abdomen, J on the shoulder, and the words male and female on the feet. No charges were filed against the driver.
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Houston
LaPorte
Seed Spitting Title Claimed By Oklahoman
Jerry Eagger a 23 year old Pawhuskan won the Universal Watermelon Seed Spitting title with a seed propelled 46 feet 1 inch earning 49 99 first prize and a silver plated spitoon An Irish entrant won maiden class with a 20 feet 5 inch spit In attendance about 175 participants including the Pauls Valley champion who did not place Pauls Valley claims seed spitting capitol while Pawhuska touts its own official rule book and home grown watermelons.
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Ireland
Pauls Valley
Pawhuska
Capitol
Charleston
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West Texas
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Normandy
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