Bid guidelines set for Lubbock garbage plant
City council on Wednesday afternoon directed Public Works Director Sam Wahl to draft bid guidelines for a new disposal plant with 20 dumping stalls divided by private haulers and municipal trucks. Officials rejected a unproven baling machine from Concentric Engineering of Dallas and favor sanitary landfill amid cost and risk concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubbock
Public Works
Sam Wahl
Wahl
Concentric Engineering
Dallas
Washi
Fred Senter
Council
Consumer prices rise sharply in March 1969
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the Consumer Price Index up eight tenths the largest monthly rise in years. Major increases come from home ownership costs, used cars and food clothing and gasoline. The index stands 5.1 percent above a year ago with wholesale prices up 3.2 percent year over year. Details to follow in a briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
City Council work session ends in clash over news info
A Shelby Hager Avalanche Journal report notes a Wednesday night work session erupted into a dispute over information sharing by staff. The council's 10 a.m. meeting includes a public hearing on film and entertainment controls and actions on traffic medians on 50th Street. The mayor criticized Traffic Director Wayne Sherrell for releasing safety data to reporters about median removals. City Manager Bill Blackwell defended open information policy. The agenda highlights a 12:30 p.m. session in council chambers and a movie hearing set for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
50Th Street
Cornell
Rogers
Wayne Sherrell
Sherrell
Bill Blackwell
Plains Museum Displays Old Wooden Page
A fragmented notice indicates the Plains Museum will display an old wooden page. Details on date and exhibit context are unclear from the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains Museum
Volcano erupts near San JoseCosta Rica no injuries reported
A daylight volcanic eruption near San Jose Costa Rica sent lava and smoke skyward. Authorities reported no injuries though residents witnessed fiery outbursts and ash in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Costa Rica
Bucher Returns to Boys Town in Ovation
About 900 residents of Boys Town Nebraska gathered Wednesday to welcome back one of their famous former citizens Pete Bucher. Flags and signs reading Welcome Home Pete Pueblo Forever and You re Back Home filled the crowd as Bucher disembarked amid loud cheers, with plans once aimed at restraining him discussed earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
Town
Neb
Pete
Pueblo Forever
Little i
Pat
Sirhan Sirhan condemned to death in Kennedy assassination
Arthur Everett notes Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was sentenced to death in California for the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. The 25 year old Christian Arab told his lawyers he could not be saved by Jesus Christ. The seven man five woman jury rejected mercy, ordering the death penalty over a life term with parole unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Everett
Los. Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
California
Robert F. Kennedy
Jesus Christ
Kel
Sev
SiGe Stitzel
Helicopter crashes kill and injure dozens in Vietnam
Ups and downs in South Vietnam as more than 40 allied soldiers are killed or wounded in a spate of helicopter mishaps. Eight American and eight South Vietnamese soldiers die in a collision northwest of Saigon, the worst air force disaster since early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Atl
Oes
Targeted Reentry Difficulties With Vehicle Smaks
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a report on targeted reentry issues and vehicle problems. Specific details, names, dates, or locations are absent, leaving only generalized references to challenges in reentry or vehicle behavior.
Thunderstorms Hit South Plains With Heavy Hail and Rain
Storms lashed the South Plains late Wednesday night with hail up to three quarters of an inch and rain totals ranging to .75 inch in Bovina. Reports listed Hereford Friona Whiteface Muleshoe Morton Sudan Littlefield Dimmitt Amherst Farwell and Clovis among affected areas as a radar indicated system moved southeast. In Washington the U.S. Navy said the Sea of Japan intelligence flight fleet rose from 23 to 29 warships with six new destroyers added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Knapp
Ceeneling
Clovis
South Plains
Lubbock
U. Ss. ‘Weather Bureau
Farwell
Midland
Lea County
N.M
Gaines County
Tatum
Seagraves
Dixie
Bovina
Hereford
Friona
White‘face
Muleshoe
Morton
Sudan
Littlefield
Dimmitt
Amherst
GUARD
Washington
UPI
U.S
Sea of Japan
Pentagon
Nixon boosts antitrust push against organized crime
President Nixon proposed a 61 million anti crime package to Congress targeting the Cosa Nostra with antitrust actions. He urged wiretaps, new immunity for witnesses, racketeering offices in major cities, and higher professional gambling taxes to cripple mob control. He also urged federal crime penalties for police bribery and gambling promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Nipon
Sal Nixon
Nixon
Johns
Nix
Rjor
Sca
State meeting opens amid sounds of times and nations
A fragmented report describes a state meeting opening with muffled sounds and references to time and national concerns. Details are vague but indicate ceremonial proceedings and a focus on broader issues.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uideline
Shelby Hager
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock 2
Ae Mayne
Bucher
Boys Town
Nat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!