Bank closes as $500,000 believed missing in Alvarado
Citizens State Bank in Alvarado closed after the state Banking Commissioner reported about $500,000 unaccounted for. Bank board including Mayor Jack Park voted to shut down amid a failing condition. Depositors and locals crowded the town square as officials investigated irregularities and signature discrepancies surfaced by examiners.
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Fate of Sirhan Sirhan Lies With Jury in Kennedy Case
A Los Angeles jury of 12 deliberates Sirhan B. Sirhan's fate after a 15 week trial for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The panel considered first degree murder, second degree murder, or manslaughter with closing instructions from Superior Court Judge Herbert Walker.
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Lubbock area cancer drive continues house to house
Community fundraiser ongoing in Lubbock as volunteers push door to door for cancer relief efforts across the area. The drive targets broader local support and awareness while coordinating with health groups.
Nixon reveals broad domestic program with tax, welfare focus
President Nixon outlined a high level domestic plan to Congress including continued high taxes, bigger Social Security benefits, crime crackdown, and a two stage tax reform. He promised details this week and began agency by agency budget disclosures shaved to just over 192 billion dollars. He listed 10 recommendations aimed at fighting hunger and malnutrition and praised welfare reform beyond tinkering with existing programs.
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Prayer Exalts Kindness From The Faithful
The prayer thanks the Holy Father for kindness and gentle people and asks for continued blessing and mercy. Lila Rasor from Lubbock signs the devotion praising intimate knowledge of God and radiant mercy.
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Tax and vehicle inspection deadlines loom for Texas residents
Tonight is the cutoff for filing 1968 income tax returns and obtaining 1969 vehicle inspections. IRS penalties include 5 percent per month and 6 percent annual interest on taxes due, while failing to display an inspection sticker can incur fines from 1 to 200 dollars. The note warns that missing the inspection deadline may trigger penalties stronger than a late tax return, if the car is driven on city streets.
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Thirteen Fined in Chicago Disorderly Conduct Case
The Associated Press reports Chicago officials fined thirteen persons, five delegates to the Democratic National Convention, from two hundred to four hundred dollars each for a march to the convention hall in August. Magistrate Arthur L. Dunne presided without a jury, declaring all thirteen defendants guilty.
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Oliver and Charly dominate Oscars amid year of ties
The 1968 Oscars featured a rare acting tie with Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand sharing best actress. Cliff Robertson won best actor for Charly, Oliver! won best picture, Carol Reed earned best director for Oliver! Ruth Gordon and Jack Albertson were top supporting players, and Windmills of Your Mind won best song. The ceremony also honored War and Peace as best foreign language film.
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Armstrong to become first American on the moon
NASA plans place Neil Armstrong as the first American to step on the moon during Apollo 11. Aldrin will follow on July 20 with Collins orbiting, after a July 16 launch. Armstrong and Aldrin will stay about two hours and forty minutes on the surface, then spend a total of 22 hours on the moon, collecting lunar dirt for return to Earth.
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Stage Set For Compromise and Rubber Stamp Accusations
A Texas House spending bill of 5.72 billion dollars cleared the chamber after an angry rebuke by Rep. Curtis Graves of Houston accusing Appropriations Chairman W. S. Heatly of a one man stranglehold. Heatly claimed the measure could be funded with existing tax revenue. The vote followed tense debate over amendments and a plan for local option liquor by the drink.
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Two Police Officers Die After Shootout With Gunman
In Chicago a gunman fired from a South Side apartment for six hours injuring three officers. Frank Kulak 42 barricaded himself until his capture at 9 15 p m after a week old Goldblatt s bombing that killed one and injured eight.
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Harvard Students Vote To Extend Sit-in Protest
About 10,000 Harvard students debated continuing a three day boycott after police were called to disperse a sit-in at the admissions office. At Boston University students seized an administration office in an antimilitary demonstration.
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Weather Map Page 3 A Lubbock and Vicinity
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High temperatures not specified in text. Forecast focuses on regional weather conditions for Lubbock area and surroundings.
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