Schools Given More Time To Desegregate Faculties
Lubbock public school officials welcomed a federal court order granting until September 1 to desegregate faculties based on district wide racial percentages. U.S. District Judge H C Woodward required a plan by June 15 to meet the 1970 Supreme Court rule, while federal lawyers urged immediate action. Supt. Ed Irons welcomed the extra time to craft compliance.
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Lubbock
U.S. Dist
H. C. Woodward
Supreme Court
Supt
Ed Irons
Woodward
Jackson
Singleton
See City Schools
City Council weighs containerized garbage plan amid costs
Lubbock officials face a noon work session to decide on a $700,000 container installation funded from reserves. Projections show a 33 percent rise in costs if automated collection begins by 1976, or possibly a doubling if hand pickup continues, prompting questions on funding and long term savings.
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Vaughn Hendrif
avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Mgr
State And Nation MOVE to revitalize subversive activities
Inaugurated by a senator the page notes a federal move to revitalize subversive activities and highlights a call for FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to resign. It references a broad editorial context across sections including world politics and internal affairs.
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HOUSE
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Lubbock Public Schools $5.6 Million Bond Election Opens Today
A $5.6 million capital improvements proposal for Lubbock Public Schools opens at 7 a.m. with 43,010 eligible voters across 20 polling places. The plan covers four new elementary schools, additions to two junior highs, relocatable classrooms, playgrounds, tennis courts, and $1.28 million for books. Superintendent Irons cites a “positive response” despite concerns over bond spending for books and unused rooms.
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Eune Smith Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Fd Irons
The
Bee
Prayer of gratitude and guidance for service to God
A reader offers a prayer thanking God for wisdom kindness and goodness. The speaker asks for guidance to serve better and invest life in God's service. Amen.
Easter Pets Face High Mortality After Gift Shop Day
About 70 percent of Easter chicks bunnies and ducks perish within a week of entering homes. Major J P Lowe of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates only 5 percent of baby chicks survive the first week while 25 percent of ducks live beyond that point. Bunny care problems arise from improper feeding and lettuce caused diarrhea, the American Rabbit Breeders Association says.
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United Press Internationa
Houston
J. P. Lowe
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Peter Rabbits
Mr. MacGregor
American Rabbit Breeders Association
ARBA
Odessa Soldier Dies In Vietnam and Rock Festival Ban Move
Special report from Odessa notes Soldier Spec. 4 Roger D. Whirlow, 20, killed in action March 28 in Vietnam. Services today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Memory Garden. In Austin, Texas, House approved county power to ban large rock festivals and to tighten Sunday closing laws, while Senate adjourned after brief filibuster on usury and tax proposals.
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Odessa
Roger D. Whirlow
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memory Garden
Whirlow
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Maurice E. Whirlow
Ruth N. Yorke
Tommy O'Dell
Arkansas
Judy Whirlow
Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Dallas
Mike McKool
State Affairs Committee
McKool
Paper” Corporation
Solons Page
Hijackers Take Plane To Cuba From Key West
A small four passenger American Air Taxi plane was hijacked on a night flight from Key West to Miami and redirected to Cuba. A Cuban man and a dark haired young woman were suspected. Key West deputies questioned a man at a hotel. this marks the fifth hijacking of a U.S. commercial flight this year.
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Miami
UPI
Cuba
Key West
U.S
Vana
U.S. Forces Cut in Vietnam to 300,000 as Nixon Speech Looms
The United States in Saigon announced another troop reduction to about 300,000, the lowest since 1966, with 4,600 fewer troops this week and another cutback anticipated. President Nixon is slated to address the nation on Wednesday about the next phase of withdrawals, amid ongoing reductions toward May 1. Current totals show Army 227,600, Air Force 40,500, Marines 18,500, Navy 15,200, Coast Guard 100, with 23,800 sailors and 200 Coast Guard aboard offshore. Free World forces slipped to 67,500. Senate Democrats urged the administration to avoid influence in South Vietnam elections.
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the Journal
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Thhe
Nixon
Army
Air Force
Marines
Navy
Coast Guard
Korea
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Washington
Senate Democrats
Baum's Bow as Demos Chief Seen by UPI
Dr Elmer C Baum a top Democrat who admitted quick profits from 1969 stock deals agreed to resign as state Democratic Party chief after May 7 He told Gay Preston Smith who secured him the party post that he would step aside shortly after that date The Senate may not confirm him for a State Banking Board post and Baum indicated resignation regardless of confirmation.
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United Press Internation
Austin
Elmer C. Baum
Democratic Party
Baum
Gay Preston Smith
State Banking Board
State Senate
Baim
Senate
UPI
Raum
Smith
Snow North of Here Flurries Hit Texas Panhandle
Cold front swept through the northern Panhandle and Lubbock area with gusts up to 41 mph. Temperatures plunged from the 50s to the 30s within an hour as scattered rain and snow flurries moved through. Rain coverage shrank to a 35 mile wide band from west of Paducah to northeast of Tucumcari New Mexico.
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Mother Nature
South Plains
Panhandle
Lubbock
Mercury
Paducah
Tucumcari
N.M
Weather Map Report Tracks Snow and Rain Across Panhandle
Clouds lingered north and west of Amarillo bringing snow to Borger and Plainview with little moisture overall. Light rain covered about 40 percent of the Panhandle while Spur to Tucumcari saw scattered rain or snow. The mix, aided by an upper air disturbance and fog, moved southeast as an east wind of up to 30 mph dried surfaces.
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Amarillo
Borger
Plainview
Panhandle
Spur
Tucumcari
Oklahomas Panhandle
National Weather Service
Seat
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