Navy Officer Addresses VEW Delegates at VFW Convention
Admiral John McCain Jr told the VFW convention that the United States must not abruptly pull back forces in Vietnam as critical months lie ahead for Indochina. The event also honored Charles A. King for Mutual Broadcasting System and Col Wilson E. Speir of the Texas Department of Public Safety with Hoover and Gold Medal awards respectively. A drum and bugle corps pageant highlighted the convention's Million Dollar Page competition.
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U.S
Vietnam
United States
Indochina
McCain
Defense Department
VFW
Dallas
UPI
John Armed Forces
McCain Jr
Southeast Asia
Meltop
Cain
Pacific
Arthur J. Water
VFW i
Charles A. King
Mutual Broadcasting System
King
J. Edgar Hoover
Col
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Speir
Birth announcements from Lubbock area hospitals
A series of birth notices lists families from Lubbock and area, naming parents, addresses, and newborns with weights and delivery times at Methodist, University, and St Mary of the Plains hospitals. Fathers’ occupations include heating service, construction, farming, service work, teaching, and plant supervision.
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Me Air
Roger J. Mitchell
Dist St
Lubbock Osteonathic Hospital
Ji. Mitchell
Joe Nathan Stephenson
Anderson Road
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
James Don Armstrong
Ave. T
Jesse Garza
Jury Deliberations Resume in 1968 Lamesa Malpractice Suit
A federal jury will resume deliberations at 9:30 a.m. in a medical malpractice case over the 1968 death of 8 year old Freddie Rodriguez at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa. The suit names Dr. David N. Smiley and nurse anesthetist Suzannel Carpenter seeking 101000 in damages. Smiley testified about the operation and anesthesia as the boy’s heart stopped under the anesthetic. Judge Woodward did not rule on an instructed verdict and the jury had deliberated about an hour the previous day.
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Medical Arts Hospital
Lamesa
Freddie Rodriguez
David N. Smiley
Suzannel
Carpenter
Smiley
Halbert O. Woodward
Kermit Youth Receives Merit Who's Who Honor
Kermit student James E. Sage son of Mr and Mrs W H Sage has been chosen for Merit's Who's Who Among American High School Students 1970 1971. His Texas Boys State leadership and participation earned him a biography in this edition representing a small national elite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit
James E. Sage
W. H. Sage
Sage
Bull Town Days Kick Off In Bovina With Opry Show
A grand ole Opry stage show at 8 p.m. opens Bovina Bull Town Days led by Floyd Lions Club. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for children in the school auditorium. Friday features roping events, a 6 p.m. barbecue and square dance, plus a downtown carnival with civic booth sponsors.
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Bovina
New Mexico
Floyd
N.M
Lions Club
New Technology Program Slated at Texas Tech College
Associate Dean A J Gully announces a new four year BS in engineering technology at Texas Tech College of Engineering. The program emphasizes practical results from established design procedures rather than creating new technology and advanced mathematics.
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A. J. Gully
Texas Tech College of Engineering
Tech
Gully
Hospital District Eyes Land Tract for New Facility
Randall County Hospital District negotiates long term lease with West Texas State University for a 10 acre tract in east Canyon to build a 50 bed hospital. Board aims for a 50 year lease at $1 annually, with Ray Grimes named administrator. budget hearing set for Sept 27 at 7 30 p m in the Farm Bureau Building. depositories named West Texas State Bank and First National Bank.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Randall County Hospital District
University
Board of ‘Regents
Bill Sternenberg
Ray Grimes
Neblett Memorial Hospital
West Texas State Bank l
First National Bank
Farm Bureau
Inmates Sue Over Morris the Supermouse Death
Suffolk County attorneys defend jail officials in a federal suit over Morris the Supermouse. Inmates claim the killing violated constitutional rights and warned of disease risk from pests in tier 4. Warden Curta faced criticism for death sentence on the pet and lack of rodent control. Judge Hill expected to rule next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverhead
N.Y
UPD
Suffolk County Attorney’s Office
Morris
Michael P. Bazell
Supreme Court
Hill
WTSU Receives 20,000 Special Funds for Nursing Degree
West Texas State University earned a 20000 dollar special appropriation for tuition scholarships supporting its new baccalaureate nursing program. Dr. Ray A. Malzahn announced the Texas Legislature approved the funding and coordination with Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo. Eunice M. King was named acting head of the program. The one year grant follows a veto of the second year by Governor Preston Smith.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Ray A. Malzahn
College of Arts and Sciences
Texas
University and
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Eunice M. King
West Texas State Board of Regents
Malzahn
Preston Smith
Flooding and unsettled weather across South Plains region
As rains move through Texas, South Plains communities like Lubbock face rising flood risk with the Nueces and Frio rivers swelling. Displaced families in Tilden and Three Rivers brace for days of high water while temperatures reach the 70s and 80s, and drying begins after a rare rainy spell with hazy conditions lingering.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Twolsky
South Texas
Nueces
Wink
New Cotulla
Tilden
Frio
Mexico Plains
Tilde
Corpus
Calliham
Reading
Kerr County
Ben
UfacMullen
Melvin
Callibham
National Weather Service
Texas
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Navy
John Allen
Brownfield Highway
Methodist Hospital
Farr's, Inc
Everett Mayhall
Auburn
Sands
William Coberly
66Th St
Kenneth Pitman
Shallowater
University Hospital
Gifford Hill
James Cox
Rt. 4
James Warren
St. Mary of the Plain Hospital
Benny Charles Shaw
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Charles Nelson Electric Co
Bull Town
Hospital District
Supermouse Bites
WTSU
Uns
Bonanza
Caprock Shopping
Che
Boston
Broadway
Wengel
THUR
Your Neighborhood Paint and Decorating Center
Sherwin-Williams
William
34Th Street
34Th St
Levelland
Austin Street
Brownfield
W. Broadway
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