Double Contracting Bill Heads To Senate Committee Test
Lubbock legislator joins Senator Blanchard to press Parsley’s bill in the Senate Jurisprudence Committee. The measure targets false statements in real estate contracts, with punishments escalating to felonies for injurious misrepresentations. The Texas Home Builders Association opposes, promising a fight Tuesday in committee.
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Austin
UPI
Parsley
Bill Parsley
Senate
Blanchard
Ution
Blan
Texas Home Builders Association
Lubbock
Meadow Dominates District Literary Meet Honors
Meadow captured the majority of awards in District B literary contests held Saturday. In high school division points Meadow led with 114, Whiteface 88, Wellman 50, Sundown 35, Union and New Home 20 each, and Ropesville 10. Elementary division totals put Sundown 151, Meadow 34, New Home 30, Union 25, Whiteface 24, Wellman 17. Individual results include Meadow wins in Persuasive Speaking and various poetry and reading events with multiple Meadow competitors placing in top positions across gendered categories.
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Meadow
Eee
Whiteface
Wellman
Sundown
Union
New Home
Land Ropesville
Poe Ixtemp Apeauling
Dealn Etter
Linda Horton
Kenneth McClung
Ela
Wilson
Boye
Zanel Wright
Scotty Hamm
Wid
James Seward
Kenneth Cheatham
Trion
Richard, Kissinger
Carl. Sohn
Paul Aay
Penderarass
Ronnie’ ‘Mull
Linda Jordan
Jan” McCullough
Janie Golden
Buddy "Douglas
David Ihary
Danny’ Clark
Bobbie Fianna
Kon
Tootsie Henson
Sea
Jdon
Fariene ‘Moux
Exe
Goode
Rae Sen
Judy ‘Turner
Pat Sean
Aoery Mensame
Cherol Toler
Belay Saris
Penna
Lee
British French discuss joint supersonic aircraft plan
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Charles de Gaulle prepared the way for a joint British French program to develop supersonic warplanes possibly including rockets. They agreed ministers will meet soon to study cooperation in aeronautics amid talks on broader East-West relations and the Viet Nam crisis. The discussions were described as frank and robust with little arguing.
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Paris
Britain
Wilson
Harold Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
Ding
Willison
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Africa
Middle East
Viet
Viet Nam
Witenndanta
Dawson Talent Winters Named at Mesa High School Event
Winners crowned in the element division include The Dead Beats taking first place in music. Second place went to a vocal and piano solo by others while Jody War earned third. Norris Barron hosted with Bob Crawley as master of ceremonies.
Burglaries and Vandalism Probe Reported in Lubbock
Lubbock Police are investigating burglaries and vandalism reported Saturday. The incidents include auto thefts of a car stereo and about 130 records, vehicle window smashings, a theft at Acme Freight, a coin collection and cash stolen from a residence, a flashlight and battery taken from a car, and vandalism to multiple cars. A large tractor blade was stolen from Mitchell Construction.
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Lubbock
Jerry Donahoe
Avenue A
Donahoo
Alvin Robinson
Avene A
Acme Freight Office
Ave. M
A. T. Jones
47Th St
Poice
Charles Ray McCoy
5Th St
Leonard Hobbs
Avenue U
Edwin Gloyna
Avenue J
Chicago
Mitchell Construction
Lubbock Girl Hit By Car Involving Four Year Old Critical
A four year old Lubbock girl, Xane Beck, was critically injured when struck by a car at Broadway and Ave W. The driver, Karl Whitsell Northern, 63, claimed the girl was running across the street. Police termed the incident unavoidable after witnesses noted the girl’s path. Two others were treated for injuries in separate crashes.
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Lubbock
Xane Beck
Oscar Beck
Methodist Hospital
Broadway
Ave. W
Karl Whitsell Northern
Main St
Gary Davis
George Parramore
Northern
Henderson Funeral Directors
J. H. Manning Jr
Erskine
St.rand Collage Ave
Mary Jo Hoot
Robert V. Hoot
Colgate
Ave. Q
Helen L. Anderson
Route 2
Bette Davis Starts 7th Film The Nanny in London
American actress Bette Davis begins her seventh movie The Nanny on her 57th birthday in London. A small birthday celebration is planned on the set at Elstree Studios.
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London
Bette Davis
Elstree Studios
Interscholastic League Sweepstakes Winners Named
Plainview and Monterey High Schools led AAA honors while Lubbock High claimed a plaque for concert and sight reading. Brownfield Levelland and Levelland tied for sweepstakes in AAA. Olton and Dimmitt shared Class AA top honors. Whitparral board renews all teacher contracts and accepts resignation of fourth grade teacher Elva Crank.
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Seagraves
Seasa High School
Plainview High School
Monterey High School
Lubbockigh School
Saturd, Brownfield, Levelland and
Literetiers
Olton
Dimmitt
Whitparral
Elva T. Crank
Three Strong Quakes Reported in Mexico City
Three powerful earthquakes were felt in Mexico City early Saturday. The Tacubaya Observatory logged shocks at 5 30 16 and 7 48 13 a.m. CST with a second tremor lasting about a minute. The quakes originated in the Pacific roughly 300 miles southeast of the capital.
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Mexico City
Tacubaya Observatory
Heaid
Pacific
Fire destroys pool equipment at Farr home in Lubbock
A Saturday blaze consumed a building housing a swimming pool heater and filter at Roy Farr Jr. s residence, damaging about five feet of fence. Five Lubbock fire units responded. overheating water heater listed as the cause. Kimberly Leverett, four, was treated and released at Methodist Hospital for facial dog bites from an incident in the 3200 block of 31st Street.
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Roy Farr Jr
21St St
Lubbock
Kimberly Leverett
Kenneth Leverett
Sth
Methodist Hospital
31St St
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Doc) Blanchard
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Avalanche Journal
Svat
Southeast Asia
Dawson
LHS
Plainview
Monterey
Mexico
Zale
Diamond Elgins
Sau Hea
Seanist
Syle
Mate
Brashear Furniture
Elgin
Phus
Azale's Freedneyend Ceprock Shopping Center
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