No Changes In Zones Seen As Integration Shifts In Lubbock
U S Justice Department and Department of Health Education and Welfare rules keep zones for Dunbar High School and Struggs Junior High westward. Over 100 black students move to O L Slaton Junior High while Dunbar enrollment may reach 663 with 334 Negro 209 Anglo and 120 Mexican American. Registration will reveal if white flight occurred as area housing remains tight and no black faculty majority is yet achieved under Singleton-based desegregation.
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U.S. Justice Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dunbar High School
Struggs Junior High
O. L. Slaton Junior High
Dunbar
Leslie
Lubbock
19Th Street
Woodward
U.S. Supreme Court
Racial balance changes shift teachers across Lubbock schools
In a district wide move to match faculty makeup with the system eight percent black the Lubbock order shifted 83 positions in June with nine later leaving or dying. Notable moves include Mae Simmons from Ties school to Hodges and George Bond from Monterey to Dunbar, along with principals and staff reassignment across Dunbar Coronado Estacado and Estacado. Roy Roberts returns to DHS as principal, replacing William Powell as Dunbar begins a new school year with a third principal in four years.
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Lubbock
Leslie
Dunbar
Mae Simmons
Ties School
Hodges
George Bond
Monterey
Lubbock Classroom Teachers Association
Dunbar and
Coronado
Percy Hines
Thomas McBrayer
Roy Roberts
Panther Band
Estacado
DHS
William Powell
Cuban Doctor Seeks Citizenship After Emigrating to Levelland
Cuesta, a Cuban physician, finished medical school in 1943 and later moved to the United States with his family. He settled in Levelland after stints in Clinton Oklahoma and Texas, earning citizenship for himself and his wife and daughter. Son Jose pursues citizenship while Manuel studies medicine in Spain.
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Cuba
B. J. Cuesta
Elena Cuesta
U.S
Cuesta
Magey
Camaguey
Clinton
Okla
Texas Board
Levelland
Jose
South Plains College
Manuel
Spain
Local Court Records Bond Outcomes For Ten Defendants
Ten defendants pleaded innocent to misdemeanor drunken driving and other charges in county court. Bonds ranged from 250 to 500 dollars for individuals from Slaton and Arlington with addresses on Bates Street Colgate Street and Emory Street. One defendant faced a 300 dollar bond on lodging by trick. Admiral Peary is noted as discovering the North Pole in 1909.
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Denzil Bevers
Jimmy W. Walker
Slaton
Travis W. Clemmer
Daniel F. Arnold
Bates St
Vincent OQ. Franco
Colgate St
Alfred Castillo
Emory St
Joe L. Bunton
E. 29Th St
Iris Whitehead
E. 8Th St
Earl E. Hill
E. Baylor
Schools TRL enrollment climbs toward 400
Initial indicators show St Christopher's Episcopal and Texas Tech open Monday while LCC starts Friday. Predictions point to as many as 56,700 students settling into classes this week, with overall enrollments well above last year's 128.
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St. Christopher's Episcopal
Schoo
Texas Tech
LCC
IRS Receives Wage Price Freeze Inquiries in Lubbock
IRS officials in Lubbock report a few Monday inquiries about President Nixon’s wage price freeze and administration of the program. John Sloan says inquiries are informational with no violations. Edith Johnston assists at 1205 Texas Ave and an investigative team will review complaints locally.
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Internal Revenue Service
Lubbock
Nixon
John Sloan
Edith Johnston
IRS
Federal Building
Texas Ave
Sloan
Dallas
Treasury Sec
John Connally
Bond Forfeiture Hearing Set for 36 Cases This Week
Edwin H. Boedeker, judge of County Court-at-Law No. 1, presides over about 36 bond forfeiture cases this week. The cases stem from over a year of misdemeanor proceedings in which defendants posted bonds and failed to appear. Some involve lost bail company records due to the May 11, 1970 tornado.
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Edwin H. Boedeker
Inspection Team Reviews Medical School Plans in Lubbock
A visiting inspection team from Buesseler Barnett and Hinchey reviewed the proposed medical school in Lubbock. They discussed regents appointments and state financing, educational ideology, and physical planning with Tech deans, hospital leaders, and medical staff. An afternoon meeting gauged local support. Mayors and city representatives joined the session.
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Buesseler
Barnett
Lubbock
Jim Granberry
Maurice Richards
Francisco Gonzales
Jose Ramirez
T. J. Richardson
W. T. Snodgrass
Work Sessions Begin Today for Citizens Grievance Commission
Work sessions start at 7 p.m. at city hall to draft a report for the city council by Sept. 19. The Citizens Grievance Commission was formed in June after alleged police discrimination and will hear complaints ranging from dog control to ambulance service, emphasis on police mistreatment and job discrimination.
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Citizens Grievance Commission
City Hall
Theity Council
Lubbock
Commission
Reception Fetes Museum Employ Dorothy Rylander
More than 300 attendees gathered at the Texas Tech Museum Monday to honor Dorothy Rylander retiring this month as administrative assistant. She joined the museum as a secretary in 1953 and became administrative assistant in 1962, with her duties centered on office work since the move to the current location.
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Texas Tech Museum
Dorothy Rylander
West Texas Museum Assn
Women’s Council
Miss Rylander
Arguments Set In Drug Trial
A jury in Judge Robert C. Wright's 137th District Court will hear arguments today in the heroin sale trial of Joe Luna of 507 E. 35th St. The trial began Monday with testimony including Edward Hernandez Jr. a Lubbock policeman. Luna is charged with selling two containers of heroin to Hernandez on Feb. 19, 1970 while Hernandez acted as an undercover agent.
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Robert C. Wright
137Th District Court
Joe Luna
E. 35Th St
Edward Hernandez Jr
Lubbock
Luna
Hernandez
Man in Rhodesia Ten Months For Marijuana Receives Extra Three Months
A man serving nine months for possession of marijuana was given an additional three months at hard labor after officials said they found more marijuana in his prison cell.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
One in Five MDs Leaves for the U.S. Yearly
A London report notes that about twenty percent of medical doctors relocate to the United States each year, reflecting trends in professional migration, training opportunities, and better compensation across borders.
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London
U.S
World's oldest man becomes great grandfather of triplets
Moscow reports Shirali Mislimov aged 166 is now great grandfather to three girls. The family, including the 35 year old Shinanaz Farzieva, adds to his claimed 220 descendants. Farzieva holds the Mother Heroine award for mothers with ten or more children.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Shirali Mislimov
Azerbaijan
Shinanaz Farzieva
Lamb County Pioneers Reunion Opens In Littlefield
The 22nd Lamb County Pioneers Reunion begins at 2 p.m. today in the Littlefield Community Center. Mrs. G. I. Shaw of Jacksonville Fla. is guest of honor. Activities include a welcome by Bill Payne and a response from Louis Hair. A quartet will perform and a memorial service will honor pioneers who have died. Prizes will go to oldest pioneer, longest resident, and farthest traveler. Gold ribbons mark pioneers in Lamb County over 30 years. The event kicks off Lamb County Festivities Days with Miss Lamb County Pageant, art festival, teen dance, races, fiddlers contests, square dance, and youth events.
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Littlefield
Lamb County Pioneers
G. IM. Shaw
Jacksonville
Fla
Lamb County Pioneers Association
Bill Payne
Chamber of Commerce
Louis Hair
Olton
The
Pioneers Association
John Clayton
Jean Parkman
Marcie Brinson
Jane Shipley
Carl McMaster
Lamb County
Pioneer
W. M. Petersman
Fred Lichie
F. E. Yohner
Bill Jeffries
Buc
Ross
Doc" Holt
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Berton Miracle
Lubbock Fl Covering Co
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