Governor studies shorter range Texas water plan shift
Governor signals restudy of the $3.5 billion Texas water bond and a pivot to shorter term water management goals. Officials discuss immediate actions to improve water resources, potential state bond use for city sewage purification, and possible import of Mississippi River water from Louisiana. Talks cover Arkansas water imports but a Texas expert questions availability. June 19 dedication of DeCordova Bend Reservoir cited as turning point.
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Water Development Board
Smith
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Shurbet
Polish Riots Hit Baltic Coast Gdansk Gdynia Szczecin
Riots spread from Gdansk to Gdynia and Szczecin amid price protests and a government crackdown. Premier Cyrankiewicz ordered militiamen to shoot at demonstrators and imposed a curfew in Szczecin while warning of violent elements. Deputy Premier Stanislaw Kociolek, Gomulka ally, was sent to Gdansk as unrest grew and the regime touted a signed friendship pact with West Germany in explanation of the measures.
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Warsaw
Poland
Jozef Cyrarkiewicz
Szczecin
Kociolek
Golmulka
Gdansk
Arison
Baltic
Gdynia
Sopot
West Germany
Bonn
Cyrankiewicz
Security Service
Stettin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Stanislaw “Kociolek
Politburo
Christmas lights tour ends with Santa Land in City drive
Page one recounts a Christmas ride featuring fourteen homes, Santa’s workshop, star of Bethlehem, and Santa’s rooftop arrival. Bus-carolers pervade the hour long tour ending with a Garden Room reception at St John’s United Methodist Church and a Santa visit for children welcomed by Mayor and Mrs Granberry and others.
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Donna Davis
W. J. Davis
28Th St
Diane McNeil
Buck W. McNeil
54Th St
Perry Gott
The
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Story
Sec. A
Milton Adams
Santa
R&view of
Santa Land
City Parks and Recreation Department
Yule
St. John’s United
Methodist Church
Santa Claus
James H. Granberry
John A. Logan
Lubbock
Com- Loa i
Crash near Brenham Kills Tech student
A car truck collision near Brenham on SH 36 killed Texas Tech University freshman Travis Kenneth Wintree, 18 year old Marshall Lawrence Goodwin was seriously injured and taken to hospitals. Wintree died on arrival at St. Jude's Hospital. Goodwin was moved to Methodist Hospital in Houston in serious condition.
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Brenham
Here
Texas Tech University
Travis Kenneth Wintree
Wintree
Lawrence Goodwin
St. Jude’s Hopital
Methodist Hospital
Oae
Houston
Saigon Terror Plot Leaves Assemblyman Dead in Robbery
In Saigon, two men demanded 7000 dollars from Dr Ngo Van Hieu at his cosmetic surgery and fashion boutique near the central market. When his brother intervened one assailant killed Hieu and another attacker fled after a grenade injuring three bystanders. Police killed one intruder. the other escaped.
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Ngo van Hieu
Hieu
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Indochina
Fierce Action In Cambodia Reaches Kompong Cham
Reports say communist gunners fired rockets into Kompong Cham while U S jets bombed around Prey Totung near Phnom Penh. South Vietnamese troops reported significant enemy casualties as medical helicopters began evacuations and fighting left much of Prey Totung in ruins.
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Phnom Penh
API
U.S
Prey Totung
Kompong Cham
Cambodia
26Th Infantry Division
I Svay Rieng
Parrot’s Beak
Sangon
Pang
Francis Bailly
Canadians Sweep For Laporte Killers In Blizzard Barricade
In Montreal a large-scale police and Army search sealed a suburban district as 350 troops guarded a four block area with dogs and bayonets. Police checked 100 houses after an anonymous tip while snowplows struggled to keep routes open. no arrests were made.
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Montreal
UPS
Parkas
Buraday
Quebec Liberation Front
James Cross
Cuba
Cross
Meas
Switzerand
Dust storms sweep South Plains with warnings of more
A severe dust event hit the South Plains with 30 mph gusts reducing visibility to four miles. Forecasters warn of a similar or stronger dust storm today as a low pressure system stalls over the Panhandle, bringing 20 to 35 mph winds. Snow blanketed Utah with record 24 hour totals in Salt Lake City and caused accidents and airport delays.
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South Plains
National Weather Service
Panhandle
Utah
Plains
Salt Lake City
Unclear Weather Event Sparks Reported UFO Sighting
Fragmentary text describes a Westchester display of colored sparks over a George Washington area and mentions flying saucer reports. It also notes heavy snow in Booneville and Concord with inches claimed, including Worcester Massachusetts.
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Westchester
George ‘Washington
Booneville
Concord
Medina Defense Claims Orders From Superior Officers
Attorney Lee Bailey contends Army Capt. Ernest Medina ordered the My Lai massacre under orders from above. The two day Article 32 hearing at Fort Benning will decide if Medina faces court martial alongside co defendant Lt. William L. Calley Jr. for the 1968 killings.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
Army
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Lee Bailey
Bailey
Medina
My One
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Montrose
Colo
Calley
Congressional
My Lal
Edina
Earier
Cw Bailey
Christmas Robberies Rise in Hub City to 114 This Year
Nine of 13 robberies in Lub bock since Oct 22 occurred east of Avenue A. Police note a Christmas spike with December showing a vast increase in robberies and losses. Lt. Claude Keaton says 114 robberies have been reported, with four cases in four days and only one unsolved.
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Love
Avenue A
Lubbock
Claude Keaton
Goodfellows Ay MD Canes Santa Helpers Sought
The Merry Masked Men begin deliveries around 5 a.m. to visit children before they wake and let volunteers return for their own celebrations. Goodfellows volunteers wear identification tags for cars and Santas at doors and ask anyone who can help to call 763-4666.
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Goodfellows
Mishap Injures Three Persons In Head On Collision West of Lubbock
A two car head on crash about two miles west of Lubbock on Farm Road 2255 before 7:30 p.m. injures three. Richard P. Keenan 22 of 2411 45th St. is admitted at Reese Air Force Base Hospital for observation. Christine Potts 26 of Town and Country Mobile Estates treated and released at Methodist Hospital. Bert Medders 13 of Rt 2 Lubbock hospitalized at Methodist in fair condition.
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Lubbock
Richard P. Keenan
45Th St
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Christine Potts
Town and Country Mobile Estates
Methodist Hospital
Bert .Medders
One Man Detained in Cape Kennedy Bomb Threat
Space agency security tightened at Cape Kennedy after a telephone warning to the FBI about an attack on the moonport. Brevard County deputies arrested a man after he asked guards for directions at the gate. two suspects were being sought. The caller cited a Louisiana tagged car and warned the attack would occur between 10 and 11 p.m. and that the Weather Man was involved.
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Cocoa
Fla
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
FBI
Moonport
Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space ‘Administration
Brevard County
Teigh Wilson
Céer
Louisiana
Wilson
Cape
Wild
Melbourne
Iff
Nid
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Mociolek
Gomulka
Crash
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Madan
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