Smith To Sign Liquor Bill and Segregation Deal
Readers react to a Supreme Court ruling on desegregation busing with optimism or fear. Gov. Linwood Holton says he is optimistic about public schools as integration expands. The ruling, written by Chief Justice Warren Burger, allows court ordered busing to eliminate segregated schools.
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Offievds
Cavalrechts
Secnad
Animes
Linwood T Holton
Virginia
Iam
Myomen
Holton
Richmond
Supreme Court
Warren Burzer
Julius
Chambers
Hereford Declared Disaster After Tornado Strikes
SBA sets up headquarters in Hereford as officials declare the town a disaster area after a tornado. City streets reopen and utilities slowly restored while SBA and FHA coordinate loans and aid. officials report record long-distance calls and underground line repairs continuing.
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Hereford
Small Business Administration
Mer Tudiey
Bayne
SBA
Mike Patrick
Bell Telephone Co
Patrick
Muleshoe
Supreme Court Expands Power to End School Segregation
The unanimous Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Warren Burger empowers federal judges to desegregate public schools using tools like busing and pupil pairing. The Charlotte Mecklenburg case highlights a broad scope for court remedies to achieve integration, permitting interim measures and tailored racial balance plans.
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United Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Warren FE
Burger Miosis
Mos Vie Roth
Peart
Nixon
Yer - Barger
Naxon Administration
Yes Statik
Onoblitie Ibeamiten Ordans
Meine County
Ala
Char Cormty
Gia
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
North Carolina
Tystriet
Texas Senate OKs liquor by the drink bill for June sales
The Texas Senate voted 21 to 10 to accept House changes on liquor by the drink after the House approved the companion bill 104 to 44. Gov. Preston Smith pledged to sign before noon. The measure allows May 18 local option elections in wet counties including Houston, El Paso, Galveston, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Laredo, Brownsville, Austin and downtown Dallas, with fees totaling up to 1000 annually for licenses.
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Mouston
el Paso
Galveston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Laredo
Brownsville
Doohlas
Ben Barnes
Trey Sen
Tique
Becare
Texas
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Labhoel
EL Snelson
Midbune
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Davi Rathiy
Stamford
Mas Sherman
Amarillo
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Saion Joors
Liquor
Todays Prayer Dear Goo
A reader signs a reflective note urging truth and mental discipline as paths to achievement. The message extols clean minds and strong souls as foundations for excitement and life success.
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Goo
Amon
El Diablo Seeks Shelter From Wind After Tornado
Avalinche Journal profiles El Diablo, a weather scarred resident nicknamed Davila, now in his eighties seeking a safe place as West Texas storm season nears. He and his wife mourn a lost home after the May 11, 1970 tornado and fear the wind.
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Toaysia
Mas
Pdawila
Agapite Dasiia
el Diablo
Lubbock
West Texas
Davila
Speedup program under urban renewal eyed for Guadalupe district
Urban renewal officials led by Orville Alderson plan to accelerate property purchases and resale in Guadalupe. The firm will hire two more attorneys to smooth procedures, aiming to complete 80 percent of year one workload by project year end.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche Journal
Guadalupe
Prielden
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Alderson
Flying Rain Barrel dumps water on Everglades fires
Two French Canadian pilots used a whaleshaped air craft to drop six tons of water from 30 feet above Everglades fires near Lake Okeechobee. The CL-215, borrowed from Quebec, aimed to curb a drought‑driven blaze that had scorched 500000 acres as officials weighed the early impact of this water bombing effort.
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Associated Press
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Everglades
Florida
Quebec
Lake Okeechobee
General Dynamics
Montreal
Hughes
Canada
France
Spain
Robert Miller
Chinese Table Tennis Team Invited to Visit United States
The U S Table Tennis Association announced that Chinese players accepted an invitation to visit the United States, signaling a thaw in 22 years of U S China tensions. Graham Steenhoven, president, noted the invite was extended during American players’ recent trip to China. State Dept officials pressed visas and Rogers voiced satisfaction with the improving ties.
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United Press
Detroit
China
United States
Graham Steenhoven
U.S
Table Tennis Association
Steenhoven
State Department
William P. Rogers
Panel Approves Social Security Benefits Boost
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a $1.5 billion package expanding Social Security benefits. It cuts free hospital care for Medicare patients to 29 days and adds automatic cost of living escalator for future payments. The plan raises monthly widow benefits and extends coverage for disabled beneficiaries.
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Washington
Veterans cheer pleas as Senate hearing on Vietnam war takes shape
About 1,000 Veterans Against the War attend a three hour Senate hearing on seven bills to hasten U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Cheers greet remarks by Sen George McGovern and others as veterans clap and chant during the session in Washington.
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Senate
Southeimi
Sen. George &. Menovern
Indochina
Capitol
South Dakota
W. Fulbright
Psark
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Vance Hartke
PhInd
U.S
Vietnam
Chilean quake rattles northern regions without damage
A strong tremor struck sections of northern Chile on Tuesday. Police reported no property damage and no injuries.
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Chile
Santiago
Earth Day Photography Winners Named
The Avalanche-Journal and Texas Tech journalism department sponsor a 1971 Earth Day photo contest. Senior division winner depicts a Panhandle South Plains fairgrounds scene. Junior winner is a 16 year old Lubbee youth capturing rusting ruins beside Silver Falls and litter.
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Perry
Flippin Avalanche-Journal
Panhandle
South Plains
Fairgrounds
Avalanche Journal
Texas Tech Journalism Department
Lubbeeck
Open Sundays Sign Sparks Hub City Yard Winners
Kathy Hinson of 2117 20th St and Jon Thompson son of Mr and Mrs DeWitt Thompson of 5414 28th St won in a contest for amateur shutterbugs. Hinson, a former Tech coed who studied advertising art, said she photographed the fairgrounds last fall for an art class and recalled the deserted scene and visible evidence of a man’s presence. Her honorable mention was taken near Crosbyton where she noted the location.
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20Th St
Jon Thompson
DeWitt Thompson
28Th St
Miss Hinson
Tech
Fairgrounds
Crosbyton
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