Memorial Center seen as catalyst for regional conventions
Memorial Civic Center and its Disaster Recovery Package are pitched as a convention hub to draw 1000 delegates for a three day event, potentially generating 102000 in local spending, boosting hotels, restaurants and employment while restoring tax bases and energizing central city revival. Proponents cite regional centers in Fort Worth Dallas Amarillo El Paso San Antonio as proof. Critics say Lubbock lacks adequate facilities and competing centers siphon dollars away.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche Journal
Memorial Civic Center
Lubbock
Spinagph
Socia Gy
Memorial Center
Conta Company
Point Fort Worth
Dallas
Amarillo
el Paso
San Antonio
House Passes Farm Bill Sets 55000 Subsidy Ceiling
The House approved a three year farm bill with a 55000 cap on payments to cotton wheat and feed grains producers after a long debate. The measure, costing about 4.5 billion dollars yearly, covers subsidies and Food for Peace continuation, and now moves to the Senate for action.
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Associated Prep
Washington
Senate
Agriculture, Committee On
Texas officials push back as Panhandle elites clash with press
Lubbock officials urge restraint amid tense coverage of state and national issues. The Texas Air Control Board tightens rules as two militant Protestant groups vow to defy a government ban and march. The paper notes commentary on Manson remarks and the Born Free author’s views on animal laughter imagery.
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Texas Air Control Board
Panhandle
Londonderry
Pera
Bectha E
Post-Storm Profiteers Denounced by Corpus Christi Mayor
Corpus Christi faces Celia after the hurricane battered the city with 100 mph winds. Mayor Jack Blackmon denounces gas stations selling fuel at 75 cents a gallon and vows to use emergency powers to curb profiteering while recovery begins.
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Iby United
Corpus Christi
Celia
Jack Blackmon
Christi
Miami
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Blackmon
Prayer Note Blesses Gratitude and Forgiveness
A reader offers a brief daytime prayer thanking God for His goodness and asking forgiveness for limited compassion toward others. The votive prayer ends with a petition for mercy and guidance.
Sydney boy flies to Paris first class on 10 cents
A 14 year old Australian boy ran through customs to reach Paris after a family trip and boarded a jet in Sydney with only ten cents. He enjoyed first class meals and three movies, saying airlines and police were dumb while explaining his plans to return. He spoke of his parents’ emigration and his effort to understand Australia and Paris.
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Paris
Sydney
Airlines
Charles Semo-Tordjman
Charles
Australia
England
Celty
Aus
Kennedy Cousins Charged With Marijuana Offenses
Two 16 year old Kennedy relatives Robert F Kennedy Jr and R Sargent Shriver III faced charges in Hyannisport Mass including juvenile delinquency by presence where narcotics were kept illegal possession of marijuana and conspiracy Parents released statements expressing distress over the case noting their family ties and the youths legal scrutiny
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Associated Press
Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
R. Sargent Shriver III
U.S
New York
Shriver
France
Ethel Kennedy
California
FDA Sets Steps to Curb Amphetamine Abuse
The FDA announced measures to limit production and sale of amphetamines or pep pills, aiming to reduce drug abuse. Commissioner Charles O. Bivard urged agencies to restrict prescriptions used mainly for obesity and short term treatment.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles O. Bivards Gail
Hiss Agency
Manhattan Project kept atom bomb secrets during World War II
A recollection recalls the 1945 secrecy surrounding the Manhattan Project and the first atomic bomb detonation. The piece notes widespread public ignorance and the quiet Washington newsroom mood as President Truman attended the Potsdam Conference.
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Chiles Coleman
United Press International
United. Press
Washington News
Truman
Potsdam
Family appeals after Bobby Kennedy Jr faces marijuana charge
In Hyannis Bobby Kennedy Jr is charged with marijuana possession. His family defends him calling him a fine boy and pledges help while noting the matter rests with authorities. Senator Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy Shriver issue statements of distress.
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Bobby
Shriver
Eunice Kenedy
Aesipter
Sen
Edward M. Regnedy
Hyannis
Edward M. Kennedy
Dsee
JFK
Pill Cancer Suit Seeks 355 379 In Big Spring Case
A Texas woman files a civil action in Big Spring alleging failure to warn about oral contraceptives linked to cervical cancer risks. The complaint seeks 355 379 dollars for medical expenses and damages claiming improper testing and disclosure.
Ballot Box Change Set for Lubbock Bond Election
Voters will use separate ballot boxes for property owners and non property owners in the Saturday bond election. The $13.6 million Disaster Recovery Package requires majorities from both groups to pass. Ballots and procedures stay the same as previous elections, with eligibility limited to residents who have lived in Lubbock six months and in Texas one year.
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Lubbock
Texas
Arabs threaten to fight on in Middle East cease-fire talks
In Tripoli five Arab defense ministers met to discuss a cease-fire while two guerrilla groups AL APECAN and Palestine Popular Front declared they would attack UN observers and fight to liberate Israel. Abu Nedal of Al Fatah and Bashar Abu Garbiah of the Popular Front insisted they would continue hostilities despite mediation efforts.
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Middle East
U.N
Tripoli
Libya
U.S
Evence
al A Pecan
Palestine Pepee Struggle Front
Urs Geight Agate
Abu Nedal
al Fatah
Bashar Abu Garbiah
Palestine Popular Front
Israel
Iraq
Algeria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Joran
Moscow
Kirill Mazurov
Mazurov
United Nations
Gunnar V. Jarring
U.N. SecGen
U — Thant
Jarting
Hickel Would Favor Grants If Texas Bond Issue Passes
Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel said he would consider a special grant from the land and water conservation fund contingent on voters approving a $2.8 million Canyon Lakes bond issue in Lubbock. He stated support could cover part of recreation facilities if the project succeeds and serves as a model for others.
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Ayelandhe-journal
Washington Bureau
Washington— Secretary of the “Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Land and Water’ Conservation Fund
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Hickel
West Texas
Weather map page reports hot Friday with near records
A weather map page for Lubbock and vicinity shows fair conditions with a Friday high near the upper 90s and a low tonight in the upper 60s. Southerly winds at 5 to 15 mph today.
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Lubbock and
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