Lubbock man dies in overpass crash near southeast area
Kenneth Earl Minner 41 dies when his auto roars through a guard rail on a southeast Lubbock overpass, sails under a second car and overturns three times. The crash fatally wounds Minner and injuries small, several others in additional Saturday wrecks. Autopsy ordered. driver may have died of natural causes before impact.
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Lane Arthur
Avalanche-Journal
Lubibock
Kenneth Earl Minner
Zith St
Justice of the Peace
Wayne ‘LeCroy
LeCroy
Minner
A. L. McMinn
19Th Street
Avenue F
East Lubbock
Parkway Drive
Quirt Avenue
18Th Street
Avenue NX
Southeast
iDrive
Spur 331
James Burfield
35Th St
John D. Jones
Main St
Feliciano Gallegas Jr
Robstown
Lubbock
Miss Aussie Quits First Grade After 63 Years Teaching
Junction Texas AP says Miss Austin Durst known as Miss Aussie retires from first grade after 63 years. She reflects she learned more than she taught and will miss four generations of pupils. She notes highway construction reshaping the hills near her longtime home.
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Aussie
Integration efforts stalled in 26 Texas districts
Federal officials report frustration as the Justice Department seeks court action to force integration in 26 Texas districts. Judges limited further moves, delaying decisions beyond the upcoming school term. Some districts oppose OUITA actions while 11 districts gained HEW approval for unitary plans to be in place by September.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Justieee
Texas
Justice Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Fatal car truck crash kills three near Amarillo
Three people died and two injured in a fiery crash on the northeastern edge of Amarillo. Victims are truck driver Robert D. Gouge 48 and passengers Faye Weatherly 60 and her grandson Allen Dean Weatherly 12. All residents of Amarillo Texas.
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Amarillad
Amarillo
Robert D. Gouge
Faye Weatherly
Allen Dean Weatherly
Texas Panhandle
Prayer Card Invocation for Faith and God’s Presence
A short prayer asks for God to hear prayers and affirm that faith makes Christians good. It emphasizes God’s constant presence, ending with Amen and a reader’s sign-off.
Safety Aids Green Street Signs Go Up Citywide
Bright green overhead signs with simple arrows are being installed at 28 busy intersections in Labbock to reduce split second driver confusion and improve safety on high speed approaches. City officials say the city council approved $3,240 in October for installation along Loop 289 and at University intersections as two experimental models were tested.
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19Th Street
University
Coy Funderburk
Leonard Kitten
Pauline Warner
Perry Flippin
Avalanche-Journal
Labbock
Texas Highway Department
Green Street
Israeli warns cease-fire flop could spark bitter Middle East war
Former Israeli intelligence chief predicts breakdown of the cease-fire may trigger a bitter struggle and an Egyptian attempt to cross the Suez Canal. He says Israel must be ready to respond and ensure missiles and air defenses cover any crossing, as Jordan accuses Israel of undermining peace efforts.
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Israel
Middle East
Egypt
Suez
Jordan
Canal
Haim Herzog
Herzog
Tus
Gamal
Ben Barnes Emerges as Johnson Praises Texas Demo Revival
Lyndon Johnson backs Ben Barnes at a $100 dinner as he returns to Texas politics. The event, with 2000 paid attendees, frames Barnes as a future leader and signals possible Democratic coalitions for 1972 races for governor or the Senate. Fullerton and Bush loom as Republican contrasts.
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Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Ben Barnes
Johnson
Chicago
Barnes
Byron Fullerton
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Gov
Preston Smith
Allan Shivers
John Connally
Robert Strauss
National Democratic Party
Lloyd Bentsen
Senate
George Bush
Relex
John Tower
R-Tex
Fullerton
Bomb Blasts Injure Shoppers At Two Columbus Stores
Bombs rocked Penney's and Zayre's department stores on a Saturday night in Whitehall Ohio injuring at least 16. One man critical, another with a broken leg under guard. Unexploded dynamite found near four East Side locations. suspect arrested after pursuit by motorcycle. Authorities cite two nearby blasts two miles apart.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Jlee
Penney's
Zayre’s Department
Penney’s
Zayre’s
Whitehall
Partial Eclipse Of Moon Visible In Lubbock Area
A partial lunar eclipse will be visible over Lubbock tonight from 8 pm to 1 am Monday. Retired Texas Tech professor R S Underwood says the moon enters Earth shadow at 8:07 pm and reaches 41.3 percent immersion at 10:23 pm before exiting at 12:41 am.
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Lubbock
R.S. Underwood
Texas Tech
Underwood
Umbra
Bombing Swarms North Vietnam as U S Reaches O Reilly Base
American B52s pound Communist positions around the O Reilly artillery base while North Vietnamese and Cambodian troops mass near Phnom Penh. More than 750 tons of bombs are dropped along the Laos border toward the DMZ, with fresh Viet Cong incursions reported around Ou Dong and Saang.
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Saigon
O’reilly
Cambodia
UPI
Frank Frosch
Phnom Pehn
Teporieu
A Shau
O'Reilly
Bes
1St Infantry
Barnett
U.S
Phnom Penh
Ou Dong
Saang
Viet Nam
Vinh
Lubbock property owners weigh taxable value hikes this week
Local residents in the Lubbock area prepare to argue against increases in taxable values this week while notices direct readers to employment and school coverage. The edition notes teachers report to assigned schools Monday for the upcoming year as broader national events and sections are listed.
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Lubbock
Sec
Navy delayed voyage of nerve gas ship by Burger order
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ordered a pause in the sailing of a World War II freighter carrying 418 steel-jacketed vaults of obsolete Army nerve gas to a disposal site off Florida. The delay lasts until at least noon as the U.S. Court of Appeals considers a temporary injunction.
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Sunny Point
N. C
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
Navy
Florida
Burger
Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Fla
A. G. Hamilton
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