Texas lawmakers schedule pre Easter tax and spending showdown
State senators moved toward final action on a $19 million bigger appropriations bill as House members prep a $32.4 million tax measure. Debate may shift to Thursday with possible conference over the Easter weekend. Sen Moore and Sen Spears led filibusters on education funds and a flag display bill. An aid to loans act prompted discussion of licensing limits and borrowing as a disease. See LAWMAKERS Page 10.
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University of Houston
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San Antonio
United Nations
Spears
House Banks and ‘Banking Committee
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George Cook
Odessa
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Lawmakers
Soviet Notes Warn NATO Against Polaris Armed Fleet
The Soviet Union presented notes to the United States Britain and West Germany protesting Western plans for a multi nation missile armed surface fleet to defend NATO calling it piracy and an undeclared sea war. Tass released a 5000 word note denouncing U S plans for a 5 billion Polaris armed fleet and warning of masking ships as merchant vessels.
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Avalanhhe-Journal News Services
Poscowe
Soviet Union
NATO
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
Tass
U.S
U.S. Sec
Dean Rusk
60 000 Volts Area Man Is Shock Victim
Robert Lee von Roeder 32 top lineman for Texas Electric Service was electrocuted about four miles south of Snyder Tuesday while raising a line pole to serve an irrigation well. He died at 12 58 p m. He was a deacon in the First Christian Church and active nine years in Snyder Volunteer Fire. Survived by wife Billie Jean two sons Johnny and Bill a daughter Eleta Kay his parents Dr and Mrs Hubert S von Roeder of San Antonio and a brother Marion of Monroe Louisiana Services were pending at Bell Funeral Home.
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Eleta Kay
Johnny
Bill
Hubert S. von Roeder
San Antonio
Marion
Monroe
von Roeder
Bell Funeral Home
Fort Worth Inmates Escape Terrell Hospital
Fort Worth police identified two escapees from Terrell Hospital as Howard Hazelwood 20 of Fort Worth and Ray King 19 of Ir ee. They escaped Monday, authorities said, prompting a manhunt in the area.
Body found in dry ice at O'Hare linked to missing Minneapolis driver
FBI agents discovered a man packed in dry ice and insulation inside a car at O'Hare Airport, two months in the lot. The victim, tentatively Lloyd Richard Danielson, a Minneapolis bus driver missing four months, faced police-linked foul play with uncertain death details after an alleged Feb. 7 gun battle outside Davenport. The body was taken to Cook County Morgue as investigators examined the scene.
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O'Hare International Airport
Joennies
Lloyd Richard Danielson
Minneapolis
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Daven
Port
Doe
Beekles
FBI
Cook County
Robert Fitzgerald J
Drilling accident Fatal for Girard Man near Crosbyton
James Campbell Wallace 47 of Girard was killed Tuesday afternoon when his body became caught in a rope while working on an irrigation well northeast of Crosbyton. Sheriff Fletcher Stark said the mangled body showed a spinning motion. Justice of the Peace Carl In gram conducted an inquest. Wallace, a Mc Cutcheon Drilling Co. employee of Wichita Falls, is survived by a brother W. F. Wallace of Garland. Services pending at King Funeral Home.
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Here
James Campbell Wallace
Crosby County
Fletcher Stark
Carl Ingram
Austin Man Sentenced 30 Years for Jan 2 Murder
Stephen Zerschansky of Austin received a 30 year prison term after being convicted of murder in the killing of Houston panderer Michael Said Coury on January 2. The sentence followed a formal ruling Tuesday in San Antonio.
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Stephen Zerschansky
Austin
Houston
Michael
Coury
Alee
Teens Nabbed In $70,200 Bank Heist In Baton Rouge
Two teenagers, a 19 year old and a 17 year old girl, were captured after a brief chase following a branch bank robbery at Capitol Bank and Trust Co. In Baton Rouge. About $68,000 was found in the getaway car and $3,200 in a department store lot.
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United Frese International
Aton Rouge
Robert E. Leonard
Linda Nbiesioe
Leonard
John Kennley
Bon Marche
Capitol Bank and Trust Co
Kennley
Robert Williamson
Baton Renee
Williamson
Gossip and Meals Dominate a Candid Community Page
A regional paper notes neighbors gathering for meals and chatter. The piece highlights social chatter, local routines, and everyday life in a small town setting. No formal events or individuals are named.
East Asia powers plan show of force as France eyes own nuke path
ISEATO nations vow massive displays in Thailand and South China Sea to deter new Communist ventures while France pushes ahead with an independent nuclear program. Advisers urge De Gaulle to join a US British NATO led nuclear force as tensions rise with Beijing and Moscow.
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South China Sea
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Laredo, Texas Sees 107 Degree Heat Wave Across State
Persistent heat drives record highs in Texas with Laredo at 107 degrees and Lubbock, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco and San Antonio posting notable readings. forecasters expect little change, with low 80s expected and light, scattered showers possible from a Pacific front moving through the Panhandle.
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Adventurers recount life in Cuban prisons and raft to Florida
Nine Americans and a California missionary, freed from Cuba, described isolation and rice and beans in Cuban cells after claims their shipwreck was used to discredit them as CIA agents. Lawyer James Donovan secured their release and hinted at freeing 22 more Americans held in Cuba.
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Miami
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John R. Klinner
Decatur
James Brown
Chester
Donovan
Robert C. Moran
Lockport
N.Y
Charles Booker
Alexandria
Iami
Fla
California
Florida
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James B. Donovan
New York
Fidel Castro
Adventuren
Cuba
Secret Service
Dominican Republic
Jack W. Browne
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I Y
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Daily Prayer for Forgiveness and Grace
A short devotional prayer asks Jesus for ongoing forgiveness and daily grace to resist temptation. Anonymous offers thanks for past sins forgiven and for divine help throughout each day and hour.
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Lord Jesus
Churchill Receives Honorary U S Citizenship
Britain's wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill is named an honorary U S citizen in a White House ceremony. He spoke via live TV from London as Randolph Churchill read his gratitude letter, praising Anglo American ties and the future of Britain.
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White House Rose Garden
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London
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Winston
Death In Car Crash Near Slaton
Lucado, a Santa Fe Railway Co. employee and Slaton resident, died after a car veered and struck a parked vehicle. A physician suggested possible heart attack as the cause. Justice of the Peace George Hyle reported the accident occurred shortly after 4 pm. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery, with services at 2 pm Friday. Survivors include four sisters.
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Justice of the Peace
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Motar
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Lucado
Perez Montes
Raylee
Vandella
Coe Lubbock
Bob Hoov
Englewood Cemetery
Itaton
Rix Iineral Home
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H. Blum
Ploydada
Weather Map Lubbock area mild with upper 70s forecast
Partly cloudy conditions persist in the Lubbock vicinity with a slight chance of readings reaching the upper 70s. The map page notes light wind and no significant precipitation.
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