City cleanup drive launches as Lubbock volunteers mobilize
Environmental activists from across Lubbock join a month long campaign to remove litter and ugliness. Boy Scouts Girl Scouts students and private citizens gather Saturday to scour alleys vacant lots roadsides and highways with nine collection points for recycling efforts to fund Earth Day activities. Contest prize money totals 200 and entries feature litter pollution and environmental issues from the South Plains.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche Journal
Texas Tech Journalism Department
South Plains
Texas Tech
Rotary Officers Elected in Slaton Club
The Slaton Rotary Club chose new officers at a weekly luncheon. O. G. Nieman was named president with Ansil O Nealf as vice president M. G. Davis as secretary treasurer T J. Wallace and Howard Hoffman as directors. Holdover directors are Rush Wheeler and Wayne Yearout.
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Slaton
Incursion in Laos Dominates Saigon Politics
In Saigon the Laos raid becomes a central political issue as President Thieu touts Lam Son 719 as a major war effort. He tours the country, pledges peace and reform, while critics split over efficacy and motives amid rallies and opposition crackdowns.
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J. T. Wokerstorfer
Saigon
Laos
Nguyen van Thieu
Dong Ha
Quang Tri Province
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Thieu
U.S
Long Xuyen
Mekong Delta
Lam Son
Khe Sanh
National Salvation Front
Tran van Don
Minh
Don
Duong Vang Big
Front
Vietnam
Lubbockites Set for H-SU Founders Day Ceremony
Five Lubbock residents will attend Hardin-Simmons Founders Day in Abilene sponsored by the H-SU Alumni Association. The event honors graduates from fifty years ago and will present bronze University medallions to the honorees. Scheduled attendees include Mrs. B. W. Baker Dr. C. W. Babe English Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Irvin and Joseph Warren Reid.
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55Th St
Bronze University
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Ho Ngoc Nhuan
Tin Sang
Duc
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Hong Kong
Custom Tailors
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