Mahon and wife honored at Dawson County banquet
The Dawson County banquet featured remarks by Mahon praising policy shifts toward peace and stability. He urged shared responsibility among homes churches and communities to support the government. Entertainment by Linesa Stumtown Svm Funny accompanied by Mayor Lloyd E. Chine and Rev. Newton Starnes. Special guests included Helen Mahon and daughter Duncan Holt.
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United States
Ship of State
Mahon
Liinesa Stumtown
Svm- Funny
Lloyd E. Chine
Newton Starnes
First United Methodist Church
Thomas J. Conner
Hielen
Duncan Holt
Oklahoma City
Motel Roof Rescue: Teen Threats Jump From Hotel Ledge
A Dimmitt junior high student threatened to jump from a hotel ledge as wind gusts reached 40 mph. Police and fire crews deployed rescue nets while her companion, jailed for school loitering, helped subdue her until officers could restore custody and reunite her with her mother.
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Atkins
Avenue U
Dimmitt
Villa Inn
Four Fires Keep Hereford Volunteers Busy
Hereford volunteer firefighters battled four fires in three hours Thursday. A vacant house at 500 Block Second Street was saved with light damage to a water heater area. A blaze at 345 Grand Street damaged an area around a water heater. An unoccupied storage trailer behind a residence on Avenue D was destroyed, and a pickup camper in a yard at 319 Avenue A was also lost. The department has seven units. few volunteers were in town, yet they logged intense effort in a short period.
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Hereford
B. Second Street
Avenue D
319
Ave
Hereford Volunteer Fire Department
Jceman
Death penalty sought in Odessa murder cases
Odessa special district attorney John Green announced plans to seek the death penalty for Johnny Meadows and Tammy Lee Jones, both 24, charged with murder with malice. Meadows is accused of killing Gloria Sue Nix Green, whose skeletal remains were found January 20 near an Odessa junior high. Jones is charged in the January 31 shootings of Billie Jean Hart and Wilma Delfin Stevenson, Odessa residents. A venue change ruling for Meadows was expected Monday.
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Odessa
John Green
Johnny Meadows
Tammy Lee Jones
Meadows
Gloria Sue Nix Green
Green
Oan Odessa
Settegs
Targets Hit On Both Sides Of Border In Vietnam Front
U S warplanes and ships pounded targets across North and South Vietnam as the eight day northern front offensive pressed toward Quang Tri. South Vietnamese reinforcements arrived while U S air power remained focused on the north and DMZ area.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Quang Tri
North Vietnam
Nixon
Quang Binh
Hoang Xuan Lam
Sition
Dong Ha
Dmz
US bombs North Vietnam as Saigon battles Loc Ninh
War report details U S air strikes across the DMZ targeting fuel depots missiles and truck parks. North Vietnamese units push toward Loc Ninh while An Loc faces threats as clashes erupt near Lai Khe and Khiem Cuong. Three destroyers join offshore bombardment as U S carriers and bases fuel the effort. casualties described as heavy on both sides with ongoing artillery and sapper attacks.
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Panhandle
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Dmz
Hanoi Radio
U.S
Indochina
Laos
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Republic of
Idemilitarized Zone
Loc Ninh
An Loc
Binh Long
Loc Sinh
Lai Khe
5Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Khiem Cuong
Hau. Nghia
Nguyen van Minh
Iran and Moscow ties improve amid trade push and oil power
Iran maintains a constitutional monarchy under the shah while expanding relations with the European Communist bloc and CENTO partners. Tehran benefits from growing GNP in a decade of reform with Tran producing four million barrels of oil daily and exporting caviar and fish.
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Moscow
Tran
United States
CENTO
Pakistan
Turkey
Tehran
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Middle East
Alaska
Asia
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Caspian Sea
Two Plead Guilty in Lubbock County Courts-at-Law
In Lubbock County, Ivy Walton and Felix Reyes Tovar pleaded guilty Thursday. Walton, 54, was fined 75 dollars plus costs and jailed three days for DWI. Tovar, 21, was fined 100 dollars plus costs for carrying a prohibited weapon.
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Lubbock
Ivy Walton
26Th St
Edwin H. Boedeker
DWI
Felix Reyes Tovar
New Deal
Denzil Bevers
Bevers
Mary Henderson
Rt. 2
Mark Schwab
21St St
Gary L. Nace
Littlefield
Jewelry Heist Hits Local Homes. Jewelry, Papers Stolen
Henry Luckey of 205 Cherry Ave reports burglars broke in and stole jewelry valued at 320 dollars including a watch earrings and a wedding ring set. At Carl Page's home on 5213 28th St intruders took a safe with personal papers and 26 cuff links and tie bars worth about 380 dollars.
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Henry Luckey
Cherry Ave
Carl Page
28Th St
Heat Marks Fall Across West Texas Amid Warm Front
National Weather Service station in Lubbock reports highs near 80 today and gusty winds as a frontal system moves east. Readings hit 100 in Wink and San Angelo, Midland 99, Amarillo 93, with other West TX towns near 90s. dust and hot, springlike conditions prevail.
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National Weather Service
Lubbock Regional Airport
Nebraska
Arizona
Texas
Lubbock
West Texas
Wink
San Angelo
Midland Seta
Amarillo
Great Plains
Gulf
Omaha
Grand Island
Neb
Phillip
Northwest
Pacific
Canadian
Melvena
Nixon pledges rescue of nonpublic schools in Pennsylvania
President Nixon spoke to the National Catholic Education Association and urged aid for nonpublic schools while warning a state subsidy would violate church state separation. He warned of higher public school costs if nonpublic options disappear and praised Catholic education as a beacon in cities.
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Nixon
Pennsylvania
America
National Catholic Education Association
Key Biscayne, Fla
California
New York
Ilinois
Ohio
New Jersey
Michigan
Center
Rev. C
Albert Koob
The
Association
John Cardinalrol
Philadelphia
THREE BALLOTS City Voters Get Bonus At Polls
City voters will obtain two ballots on election day one for City Council and a straw vote on financing while a second roster covers a county election for or against the sale of mixed alcohol within the city Voters may use two lines to speed registration with all ballots obtainable at the same location.
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Cording
Lavenia Lowe
Commissioners Court
F105 Squadron Boosts Air Campaign in Vietnam War
Kansas based F105 squadron joins about 600 allied attack aircraft deployed across South Vietnam Thailand and four Navy carriers. Some 400 planes struck North Vietnamese targets as Saigon seeks added air and naval support. The F105s, capable of 16 750 pound bombs at 1400 mph, extend operations in poor weather over the northern front.
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South Vietnam
Thailand
North Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Southeast Asia
Motorist Shot In Neck On Clovis Road
Charles Lovato 25 of Lubbock was shot in the neck around midnight Thursday while riding in a car on Clovis Road. He did not realize he had been shot until the vehicle pulled into a service station on North 4th Street. Police seek a suspect believed to be in another car with several persons. Lovato was taken to Methodist Hospital. his condition was not determined early today.
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Charles Lovato
Lubbock
Clovis Road
Lovato
N. 4Th Street
Methodist Hospital
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