Audit set for reconsideration at city council meeting
The Lubbock city council debated an increase in telephone rates, with Mayor Tidmore urging reconsideration and Councilmen Medlock Simpson and Eastman weighing the proposal. The vote was unanimous to revisit the issue after disputes over phrasing and potential future rate hikes.
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Tidmore
Rolan Simpson
W. E. Medlock
Simpson
Lubbock
Jack Eastman
Ed Bray
Weldon George
Louisville Ave
48Th St
Bray
Louisville
50Th St
Teague
Hayne
Water and Light Office
Corporation Court
Mackenzie Hall
Parks Commission
Eastman
Kastman
A. C
Stumpy) Hamilton
Parks and Recreation
Park Commission
Hamilton
Modern Chevrolet Co
Lubbock Auto Co
Lubbock Dodge, Inc
Deal
Graybar Electric Co
Amarillo
Southwestern Electric Supply
Morrison Supply Co
Medlock
Alderson
R. W. James
Charles Cathey
Cathey-Ames
Quaker Ave
Cathey
City Hall
Harold Harriger
R. P. Fuller
Bill Whitwell
Roy Middleton
Winston Brummett
Alabaman Admits Killing Policeman Over Dog
Frankie Lee George, 21, reportedly confessed to killing Patrolman Leon Hurst after dogs from Kilby Prison led officers to his home. Col. Al Lingo and Sheriff Luke Brewer said he made the admission after a lie detector test, claiming anger at Hurst for killing his dog seven years earlier. Hurst, 51, was found with two beagles guarding the scene.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frankie Lee George
Kilby
Col
al Lingo
Luke Brewer
George
Leon Hurst
Hurst
Talladega
John Fariss
Christmas Tree Lost In Residence Blaze In Lubbock
Firemen counted Lubbock's first Christmas tree ablaze at the Bill Hays home on 2nd Place shortly before 10:30 p.m. The wiring set fire to the tree, destroying the tree, curtains, and presents, with damage to an adjoining wall and carpeting. Belgrade reports nuclear research underway in Europe.
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Lubbock
Bill Hays
Boundaries dispute eyed by Louisiana and Texas officials
Louisiana Register of State Land Office head Ellen Bryan Moore said a meeting with Texas officials is needed to settle the Sabine River area boundary dispute. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler had urged talks to avoid court action, with plans for February talks to include Gov. John McKeithen and Attorney General Jack Gremillion. The conflict centers on land to Sabine River and Sabine Lake up to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Sabine River
Sabine Lake
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf
Moore
Louisiana
John J.mckeithen
Jack Gremillion
State Mineral Board
Sadler
Three zoning requests approved by Lubbock board
The Lubbock Zoning Board of Adjustment approved three requests for variances and special exceptions and denied two others. The panel backed a Cranbrook Corp recreation center near Brownfield Hwy and Chicago with potential courts. it rejected a small clinic employee parking plan and a curbside sign near 34th Street.
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Everett
Groseclose
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Roddy Stargel
Cranbrook Corp
Brownfield Hwy
Chicago
L. J. Lauf
Lauf Clinic
H. C. Bruckner
34Th St
Bruckner
Savings and Loan
Wilson B. Holden
Max Dodson
Holden-Dodson Nursery
Ave. Q South
Dodson
Official Portrait Is Unveiled At Labor Department
President Johnson witnessed the unveiling of Justice Arthur J. Goldberg’s official Supreme Court portrait in a State Department room. The portrait by Gardner Cox will hang in the Labor Department’s hall of honor, honoring Goldberg’s service as secretary and later justice. Dorothy Goldberg unveiled the work. Johnson praised balance of powers among branches.
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Washington
Johnson
State Department
Arthur J.” Goldberg
Supreme Court
Labor Department
Goldberg
Dorothy
Gardner Cox
Peron Die-Hards Ignite Violence in Buenos Aires
Die hard Peronists and labor groups attempted a 48 hour general strike to topple President Ilia in Argentina. Gangs attacked trains and buses, clashes with police erupted in an industrial district, with more than a dozen wounded as youths pelted officers and terrorized pedestrians during the unrest.
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Buenos. Aires
Juan’ D. Peron
Argentina
General Confederation of Labor
Arturo
Illia
Lafayette's Earth Interred at Picpus Cemetery Paris
Virginia sent earth from home to France so the Marquis de Lafayette could lie eternally beneath American soil at Picpus Cemetery in Paris, honoring his memory after his death.
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Marquis’ de" Lafayett
Picpus
Paris
France
Virginia
Half Cent Coins Struck by Philadelphia Mint Through 1857
It notes that between 1793 and 1857 the Philadelphia mint produced nearly eight million half cent coins. The timeline spans the early coinage era with intermittent minting during the period.
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United States
Philadelphia
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Rector
Max
Knox, Gailey & Meador
Weather Bureau
FAA
Ed Elliott
Airport Board
Ed Colby
Colby
Alabaman
Man
Belgrade
Colombo
Ceylon
UPI
William Gopallawa
Siramavo Bandaranaike
20Th Street
Carl D. Mountz
20Th St
H. .C. Morris
Antwerp
Belgium
Tammy
Barbie
Ken
Midge
Pice
Strombecker
Milton Bradley
Hubley
HOT Rod
Remco
Barracuda
Remco Showboat
Mattel's
Violet
Caprock Center
Swift
Peron
Lafayette
Kings Jewelers
Broadway
Caprock
Mattel
Charmin
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