Lawyer Challenges Death Reports Linked to Student on Tracks
Texas Tech Pi Kappa Alpha adviser Tommy Turner disputed reports framing Samuel Mark Click’s death at railroad tracks as an initiation ritual. Turner, once a state prosecutor, said interviews with multiple witnesses show the incident was not an initiation and cited numerous rumors and misperceptions.
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Samuel Mark Click
Texas Tech
Pi ‘Kappa Alpha
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Click
Initiation Rituals and Car Accident Reported
The article notes Pi Kappa Alpha rituals described as ceremonial and harmless by Justice Turner. It mentions a bus driver word that a car parked on railroad tracks led to an accident and possible tow involvement, with uncertain details about how a vehicle came to be on the tracks.
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Pi Kappa: Alpha
Justic
Wayne LeCroy Turner
Turner
Fabri
Ford’s Campaign Shuffles Top Staff and Debates Plans
President Ford named Texan James Baker to replace Rogers Morton as chairman of the Ford campaign and restructured leadership responsibilities. Morton becomes steering-committee chair as Baker, ex-undersecretary of commerce, leads the campaign. Ford plans to meet with Dole Rockefeller and Connally in Vail to discuss roles while Dean Burch and William Ruckelshaus handle debate negotiations with Carter. Carter spoke at the Iowa State Fair criticizing Butz and pledging farm support, while Dole addressed the American Legion about draft policies and pardons.
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Rogers C.B. Morton
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Kansas City
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Houston
Houston Corporation
Ronald Reagan
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Bob Dole
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Texas
John Connally
Vail
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Dean Burch
William Ruckelshaus
GOP
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Iowa State Fair
Earl Butz
Butz
Alan Grant
American Farm Bureau Federation
Grant
Washington
Dole
American Legion
Legionaires
Ford Administration
Visiting Gold Medalist Looks Forward To 1980
Harvey Glance, 19, Auburn sophomore from Phoenix City Alabama, savors Olympic gold and eyes 1980. He plans uphill running and weight lifting to improve, recalling his win and the sprint showdown with McTear en route to Olympic trials.
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Harvey Glance
Sgt
Wheeler Glance
Reese Air Force Base
Auburn University
Gerry Burton
Phenix City
Ala
Reese Village
Iro
Houston McTear
Glance
McTear
Bing
Wet and Warm South Plains Outlook With Scattered Showers
National Weather Service forecasts a warm dry spell for the South Plains with isolated showers and thundershowers mainly in the extreme south and east. Lubbock area may see a brief shower. highs in the 70s, lows in the 60s, southerly winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Lubbock and Seay
Elevere
South Plains
Lubbock
The
National Weather Service
New Mexico
West Texas
Texas
Midland
Ace
Comic Dictionary Radical Those with political beliefs differing from our own
Comic dictionary entry defines radical as those with political beliefs far from the reader. It portrays the term as a pejorative label used in opinion pages and jokes. Readers are reminded to consider context before labeling others as radicals.
Platform committee member previews 1976 party plank
A platform committee member said the group likely would not submit a final document before Friday. He predicted the 1976 platform would closely resemble the 1972 AIP platform, favoring an end to foreign aid and federal mandates in industrial areas. He noted a plank against foreign plant location by American firms could be more popular.
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