County Votes Aid To Rail Battle In Texas
Lubbock records show County Commissioners approving an $800 contribution to a legal fund opposing Southern Pacific abandonment of rail service between Ynp akum and Cuero and Cuero and Yorktown. They also approved the 1969 financial report by Auditor Lawrence Henneke and authorized his attendance at the Texas Public Affairs Institute in Austin May 14-15.
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DeWitt County
Southern Pacific
Yorktown
Lawrence Henneke
Henneke
County Auditors’ Institute
Austin
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Cording
IPA
Lynn Anderson
Joe E. Kelly
Victoria
Cypress Valley
Thomaston
Troop 243 Cleans Out Fish Pond
Eighteen members of Boy Scout Troop 243 with adult Secouters and Game Warden Bill Drehr spent hours removing fish from tanks in the Mustang Mott and Nepal area to restock ponds with bass later. The wildlife merit badge activity drew about 30 spectators as readings noted in local county auditing discussions and upcoming government funding for rail service preservation.
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Bill Drehr
Mustang Mott
Nepal
Drehr
Kent State shooting details spark widening question
A doctor, an Army surgeon from World War II, said a student wounded at Kent State was hit by a small caliber non military gun from behind. The physician warned a 30 or 45 caliber round could have shattered his spinal column and head, suggesting a deliberate shooter amid the crowd.
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Kent State University
United Press International
Houston Post
National Guard
Mortia
Ticket Sale Extension for Sports Banquet
Gobbler Booster Club president Joe Sheppard announced today that ticket sales for the annual sports banquet on Friday night have been extended through Thursday May 1. Tickets cost $1.00 and are available at Koesters on East Main or from booster club members or coaching staff.
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Gobbler Booster Club
Joe Sheppard
Koesters
East Main
Booster Club
Bank Aide On Job Full Time Buchel Bank & Trust Co
Robert J. Pickens serves as vice president and advisory director after moving his family into a new home at 307 Benton Street. He was elected to the bank post April 22, with Mrs Pickens delivering a baby daughter in Corpus Christi. The family, including Paige, 4, relocated to Cuero. Pickens, a UT business admin and law graduate, has Texas Bar credentials and previously practiced in Beeville and Corpus Christi before joining Sun Oil Company and then Buchel Bank.
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Buchel Bank & Trust Co
Benton Street
Mr. Pickens
Pickens
Corpus Christi
South Texas
University of Texas
State Bar of
Texas
Beeville
Sun Oil Company
Buchel Bank
Downtown Lubbock lights up as storm rages
An eyewitness recalls a dramatic downtown flash during a heavy storm in Lubbock. He and his wife, returning from a movie, heard hail on the roof and saw lightning and rainbow-like arcs as power lines shorted, with rain lashing streets and little drainage.
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Lubbock
Tex
Upti
Sherry Griggs
West Texas
New Justice Is Confirmed
The Senate confirmed Harry A. Blackmun of Minnesota to the Supreme Court on the eve of Abe Fortas’ resignation anniversary. Unlike Fortas and Nixon’s early nominees, Blackmun’s confirmation proceeded smoothly and quickly.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Senate
Harry A. Blackmun
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Fortas
Nixon
Blackmun
Pecan Spray Time Here Says Wright
DeWitt County Agricultural Agent Orval Wright urges pecan growers to spray for the pecan nut case bearer in a narrow window around May 16 to 18. He warns a single larva can spoil a whole cluster and notes the spray must thoroughly wet nut clusters and may include three pounds of zinc sulfate per 100 gallons of water for better tree health. Homeowners with few trees are advised to use Levin or Malathion and to follow label directions.
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DeWitt County
Orval Wright
Wright
Jane Fonda Seized at Fort Hood for Antiwar Leaflets
Actress Jane Fonda was arrested at Fort Hood in Texas for distributing antiwar leaflets. She arrived in Killeen to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam and conditions for soldiers, facing arrest after being stopped at the East gate.
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Jane Fonda
Texas
Killeen
Tex
UPI
Ft. Hood
Miss Fonds
Paul Newman
Marlon Brando
Burt Janesaster
Alcatraz
Seattle
Denver
Albuquerque
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Bobby Seale
Kent State
John T Hoffman
Hoffman
Correction lists Bea Stevo as auxiliary awardee
A correction notes Mrs Bea Stevo was inadvertently omitted from auxiliary members receiving awards in yesterday's Record. Mrs Steen was presented an award for 100 hours service as a member of the Burns Hospital Ladies Auxiliary.
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Steen
Burns Hospital Ladies Ausiliary
Lubbock Tornado Leaves At Least 26 Dead In Devastation
A deadly tornado cut an eight mile path through Lubbock Texas injuring up to 1000 people and causing widespread damage across 2500 blocks. City officials vow review as the disaster ranks among Texas worst with street flooding and potential building collapses.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas
Lubbock Tornado Leaves City Desolate After Outage
Mayor Jim Granberry described Lubbock as a dead city after a devastating tornado cut electricity and water, with hospitals on backup power and emergency supplies rushed from Mule Shoe 85 miles away. Destruction was widespread and dramatic as downtown water lines broke.
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Jim Granberry
Lubbock
Granberry
Muleshoe
Tex
Lubbock Tornado Strikes Downtown Causing Deaths and Destruction
Officials report water reserves at four million gallons as a 2 1 story Great Plains Life Building loses windows and bricks while downtown stores are looted. Lt Gov Barnes orders National Guard to prevent more looting and a morgue is set at Smiley Wilson Junior High School after a deadly twister devastates the city.
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Lubbock
J. M. Alley
Great Plains Life
Ben Barnes
Preston Smith
Barnes
National Guard
Mike Reed
The
Kenneth
Mary Jean Medlin
Alan Ray
Dusty
Smiley Wilson Junior High School
Twister
Special Services Planned at Our Lady of Guadalupe
A Fatima apparition observance will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Fatima hymns at 6 30 p m Rosary at 7 p m Mass with flowers by children at 7 15 p m and Fatima slides at 7 45 p m. Rev Francis Kunz notes miraculous cures and pilgrims visiting the Fatima shrine.
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Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Fatima
Church of Fatima
Francis Kunz
Pacs
Kunz
Patma
Fom
Leroy Joe Campos
Ruben Garza
Henry Hernanitz
George Rivera
Robert Alexander Orosco
Leandro Queseco
Adam Steve Ramires
Ser
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Ynpakum
Cuero
Yoakum City Commission
Walter Coldewey
Yoakum
Coldewey
D. Lo
Prentice Record
Tiis
Cleveand State University
Robert J. Pickens
Memot
Cambodia
By Mike Wester
Sherry
Bea Stevo
Bill Blackwell
Waco
Avalanche-Journal
Amarillo
University of Minnesota, Cambodia
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