The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 36

Dtcemter 19, If77 TU IES i Tri-Sfafe Area Amos Phippi WELLINGTON Amos Phipps, 72, died yesterday. Smicet will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Raymond Vaughan, pastor, assisted by the Rev. J.E Burkhaiter of San Jacinlo Assembly of God Church of Amariilc, officiating.

Burial will be In North Fairview Cemetery by Guy Owens Funeral Home. Mr. Phipps, born in Lamar County, had lived in Collings worth County since 1W4. He married Addie Mae Phipps Dec. 31, 1922, in Lamar County.

He had lived in Delta County before moving bo Collingsworth County. He was a retired fanner and truck driver. Survivors include his wife, Addle Mae; four wni, A J. of Irving, Deen of Luther, and Peat and Euris, both of Amarillo; three daughters, Sylva Burdic of Oklahoma City, Loretla Ewlng and Zenith Harvey, both of AmariUo, two brothers, Murl of Wellington and Manuel Lee of Cooper; two sisters, Ruby Smith of Paris, Texas, and Stella Suggs of Norman, 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs.

Tempest Adams SKELLYTOWN Mrs. Tempest Adams, 72, of Edgwood, postmaster of Skellylnwn for 23 years, died yesterday In Dallas Swviees wilJ be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Kugene Brand of Hurst officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens of Pampa by Carmichad-Whalley Funeral Directors of Pampa Mrs.

Adams, born In Clayton, N.M., had lived in Skellytown -Ki years before moving to months ago. She was ter at Skeliytown from 1944 until her retirement In 1967. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Order of Eastern Stsr. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joyce Lyon of Edgewood; two brothers, Jack Tlnsley of Juneau, Alnska, and George Tlnsley of Oregon, two sisters, Mrs.

Thelmn Morrbon of Oklahoma City. Okla and Mrs Lee Slankard of Amarillo; and two granddaughters. Mrs. Ella Wilton LITTLEFIELD Mrs. Ella Mte Tubbs Wilson, 83, died yesterday.

Services were to be at 3 p.m. today In Hemphill Chapel of First Baptist Church with the Rev John Tubbs, assisted by the Rev. Charles Broadhurst, officiating. BunaJ was be in IJttlefield Cemetery by Hammons Funeral Home. Mrs.

Wilson was born In Enders, Ark. She was a longtime resident of Littlefield who moved to Garland two years ago Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Verma Merrian of Conway, Mrs. Myrtle Rollins of Sheboygan, Marie Knox of San Angelo, Oleta Perry of Garland, Betty Jo of Midland, and Bonnie Barefoot of Aubrey, six sons, Alvis and Nowlin. both of Littlefield, Cecil and both of Amarillo, and Carless and Earl W.iyne, both of Lawton, 39 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren and five grandchildren.

Amariilo Thomas W. Duffel Services for Thomas W. Duffel, 81, of 726 N. Cleveland, who died Saturday, were to be at 4 p.m. today In Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel, with the Re 1 Carl Oglesby, par.tor of Buchanan Street Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev.

Mike Sheffield, pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was to be In Llano Cemetery. Mr. Duffel, born in Denton County, had lived in Amarilio 30 years. He was a retired, self-employed used car salesman, ills wife, Iva, died on Oct.

30. He was member of Buchanan Sir eel United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, tnree grandchildren and three great-grandchildren Mrs. Myrtle Hickenbortom Mrs. Myrtle HickenboUom, K3, 906 N.

Grunt, died Saturday. Services will be 10 a.m. tomorrow in Bizu'kburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ray Wade, pastor of Christian Heritage Church, officiating. Burial will be In Llano Cemetery.

Mrs. Hlckenbottom, bom in Fannin County, moved to Amarillo in 1930. Slio wiis a hnusevrife. Survivors include three daughters. Miss Nettie Hickenbotlom of the home, Mrs.

J.C. He trick of Keyes, and Mrs. Elbert Savage of Oklahoma City, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mn. Sarah Lanford Mrs.

Sarah Louise Lanford, 69 of 1519 NE 20th. died todav. Crash Kills Children, Leaves Parents Critical A Claude couple was reported In critical condition today at High Plains Bapclit Hospital from burns suffered In a two-car accident tluu killed their two siml! children Roger Hart, 30, his wife. Carolyn, 30, were severely hurnod -Hart over 40 percent of his body ami his wife over 60 percent of har body In the accident whlrh occurred 7 30 p.m. yesterday on Texas 201 Killed were their children, Tyien, ti, and Clay Powell, 4, by (he mishap on the west edge of Coll ings worth County.

TV driver of the other cm-, Goldy Galloway. 49 of Clarendon, was re- poried in ntnrne condition today at Collingsworth Genw.il Hospitei in Wellington. Texas Department of Public Safely officers 4 the Harts were towing a trailer when the head-on iKrurred ar.il Ihe Hart ve-hi- rle into S'TMa'o ll children prid mjj win viuy O'Avrut Homo in DPS Attempts Victims' Identification Texas Department of Public Safety officers said today no Identification has been made of the bodies of two persons burned to death in car-semi collision 3 miles east of the New Mexico Stale lino that also killed two Oklahoma City men The two unidentified persons were in a small foreign car, suld DPS officers. Th? accident occurred about 6: SO a.m. Saturday on Interstate Officers said the vehicles apparently exploded upon Impact.

The two persons arv believed to be from Nrw York i'lty. officers Mid The Oklahoma City men killed in the truck WPTY Identified Saiuniav a 43. and W.L. Arnold. 58 Their were identified by the trucking a)mjany tlicy worked for.

Officers the tnick struck, the re.ir of ihe small car as both vehicle', wore traveling on 1-40 The bcxlies In the car were so badly fnirnod it Is not known if they were nule or female, officers said. A check of the car's license pUle rt 1 who owntxi vehicle but further check indicated the car owner is traveling by bus between California New York. Officers were to con- iitm are pending with BlacX- burn-Shaw Martin Road Chapel, Mrs Lanford was born in Gainesville, was a Presbyterian and a charter member of the Wichita Falls J.A. Kemp Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband.

Jess: two brothers, Charles 1'rlddy Jr. of Gainesville and Lawrence Priddy of Fort Worth; and three sisters, Mary E. Wright of Gainesville, Virginia King of Dallas and Annie Lamb of Van Nuys, Calif. Aubrey Freeman Aubrey Freeman, 56, of 1407 W. 20tii, died yesterday.

Services, previously set, have been postponed Arrangements will be announced by Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Mr. Freeman, born in Little, came to AmariUo in 1961. He was an Army veteran of World War and a member of VFW. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.

Debbie Sines of Clifton, and Mrs. Pamala Mathls of Grand Junction, his mother, Mrs. Artie Freeman of the home; two brothers, Kenneth and BiUy, both of Amarillo, a sister, Mrs. Dorothy of Albuquerque, N.M.; and six grandchildren. Republican May Join Attorney General's Race AUSTIN, Texas (AP) James baker III, who directed Gerald Ford's presidential campaign last year, said Sunday he has made us n'ind Jo run for attorney general if he can do it "right" which means with plenty of money to campaign.

I wnocnits Price Daniel former House speaker, and Mark White, former secretary of state, already are campaigning for the job. Baker told interviewers on the weekly television show "Capital Eye" that a "credible statewide race" would require at least $1 million. To ran, said Baker, a Republican lawyer from Houston, he would need approximately 1250,000 in pledges. He said he has about $200,000. "I'm getting close," he said, "to making a decision." Asked If he had heard one GOP theory that Baker wu beiag "prepped" for the 1982 governor's race, Baker said he had not.

"1 have heard some people say," added Baker, "that they think I have perhaps thought about rurming for governor, maybe friends, people like that But the truth of the matter is, I want to be attorney general I think that's an extremely Important office, and I think I'm uniquely qualified to be attorney general. Officials Investigate Potter Grass Firs Tlie catue of a grass fire that consumed about 3 miles of land northeast of AmariUo was being Li- vostignted today by Potter County Investigators. npputles said the fire 20 miles nurtht-ast of the city limits destroyed unut five sections" of ranchland ownxl by James I. Williams. Williams, a rancher, said grazing cattle horses were not injured In the fire.

i'mler County fire units were ass- at scene by the Amarillo Oopartinent shortly after 3:30 in yesterday. Firemen said the blaze was whipped by strong easterly winds. Man Serious After Shooting Jaiv.es McCarm, 19, of Wellington, was reported in satisfactory condition Unl.iv at High PLmw Baptist Hospital uiJi injuries suffered during an ilental shooting incident. Hospital officials Mcvann was shot in the neck about 7:30 p.m. yes- imUy when a gun was dropped.

struck Moor and discharged Law enforcement officers said tin 1 incident occurred at the homt: of Md'ann's brother GM Weakness Spoils Mart YORK AP'. The siock market showed a slight loss today in a session marked by weakness in General Motors The noon Dow Jones average cu 30 ip.dusiriaU was off at 814.35 Declines outnumbered advances by aa 3-2 margin New York Stock Exchange-listed issues. GM shares led the active List, down at a new 1977 low of 61V Last week the company reported a decline of more than 13 per cent in early-December auto sales. Today slate presetutors announced a $40 million settlement of cases involving thousands of 1977 moda-year car buyers who received Chevrolet engines in other GM makes. Analysts said continued weakness in the dollar was keeping the market on the defensive.

Wall Street is unhappy about the dollar's recent slump against the Japanese yen and several key European currencies because of tendency to deter foreign buying of U.S. stocks. The NYSE's composite index of more than 1,500 common stocks was down .11 at 51.50. On the American Stock Exchange, the market value lex save up .21 to 125.38. Volume on the Big Board totaled 9.17 million shares by noontime against 8.80 million at the same point Fridav.

4 Churches urn; 3 Held MARKETS By UnludPrMilrrttrrullOful A i Bern S'ee B'ueBP' Star iii Ce'inie i i jortiii DclloAir Dow Ch a J'Aij Gc.Foeo C.nMo 1 i -r 2Vx 13 5' ii -T 46 3 I5U AJV. 2Tfi J'4, J1.1 i 'I 4u A V. PUBLISHER, WIFE INJURED RENO, Nev. (AP) Publisher William Loeb, best known for his conservative editorials In the Manchester uN.H.) Union Leader, and his wife were badiy injured in a (raffit- accident, police say. Loeb, 72, suffered multiple injuries and was listed in fair condition at Washoe Medical Center in Reno.

His wife, Nacky, 53, was listed in serious but stable condition with multiple injuries. The state highway patrol said the Loebs' Jeep wagon struck a patch of ice, skidded off the road and overturned. WASHINGTON, Ga. (AP- Three white teen-agers are being held in with fires that broke out minutes of each orner and gat- ted four black churches in rural east Georgia. The wooden frame churches were unoccupied and there were no injuries in ihe blazes night.

"The fires were all within 20 miles and all in the same direction," Wilkes County Sheriff Cecil Moore said. "They started from the east out of Lincoln County and went west into Wilkes (County)." Moore said there has been no trouble between blacks and whites in the area. Albert Rucker, a deacon of the Mulberry Baptist Church, said that the burning of his and three other churches had nothing to do with race. "It bad none whatsoever to do with that," he said. "It's the same reason, other things happen in the world.

There was just no point in it." The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and state fire marshal's office reportedly were investigating. The suspects, unidentified because they are juveniles, were all about 18 years oid, Moore All are from Lincoln County and were arrested there. Moore said the youths had "been drinking that's all." The first blaze pjupted at about 8:30 p.m. EST at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Lincoln County, and fires started later in the other chuiches.

Moore The other churches were identified as the Mulbrry Baptist Church and CME Church in County and the Antioch CME Church in Lincoln County. Moore said heaters inside ihe churches apparently had been tamp- e-red with and used to ignite the fires. Barner Gartrell, an official the Zora church, said he received a call abcut 9 p.m. that the 90-year-old church building was on fire. "By the time I got there 10 min- utes later it was burned to the ground," he said.

"I don't know if we'll rebuild," Gartrell said. "We haven't got anything except about $3,000 insurance on the building." He said the Zora congregation has between 20 and 30 members. Saliie Ramsey, a member of the Antioch Church, said her church -which has about 50 members had burned the ground by the time she got to the site. Gunman Wounds 2 At Police Station BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A black man quoted as saying he was looking for "any white man" entered the city police station, the desk sergeant and a ball bondiman and beat up a telephone operator before being fatally wounded by another officer, police said.

The gunman, described as a young man, carried no Identification and police were unsure of his name today. Police Chief Howard Kldder said the gunman told him before he died that he had entered the station Sunday night "looking for any white man, and God sent me." The wounded sergeant, Robert Wayne Cupit, and the bondsman, August Arnold, 44, were in critical condition Arnold with a chest wound and Cupit with a wound in his abdomen and a grazed forehead. The telephone operator, Nell Anderman, was not seriously hurt The shooting occurred at the police station's booking desk, on the ground floor near a side door which IB used at night when the building'i main entrance Is locked. Police said the gunman walked up to Cupit and said he wanted to bail out a jail prisoner. When Cupit began looking through the arrest docket, the man pulled a pistol and shot him twice, officers said.

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