Vision Restored After Corneal Transplant Surgery
Mike Crow recounts urgent corneal transplant in Austin after a Galveston Eye Bank supply. The operation involved a 45 minute flight, 30 small stitches and four large ones, immediate postoperative care, and a risky path with potential rejection. He describes temporary pain relief, cortizone treatment, a rash from steroids, and gradual vision improvement, while noting the ongoing risk of future rejection.
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Mike
Austin
St. David's
Rock
Harvey Austin Honored for Long Service as City Tax Official
A feature on Harvey Austin, longtime Slaton and Lubbock tax official, detailing his start in public service, career milestones, and plans after retirement. The piece notes valuation growth from 52 million to 586 million, Austin’s honesty, community involvement, and hobbies including golf, gardening, and bridge.
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Downs
Austin
Pecan Gap
Dawson County
Slaton
Simmons University
Hardin- Simmons
D. O. Wiley
Simmons
Dan Moody
Hurley Carpenter
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
Independent Grocers Fall Short in New Trial Bid
A group led by Jimmy L. Gentry sought a temporary injunction in U.S. District Court against West Texas supermarket chains and a distributor, claiming Sherman Act violations. Judge Hal O. Woodward denied the motion but set May 26, 1969 for a trial on a permanent injunction amid 28 affidavits from distressed small grocers.
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West ‘Texas
U.S. District Court
Hal O. Woodward
Jimmy L. Gentry
Hobbs, N. A
Longshoremen Walkout Resumes Amid Mediation Collapse
In a renewed strike on the East and Gulf coast ports, ILA leader Thomas W. Gleason announced the resumption after a final closed door meeting with David L. Cole, chairman of a presidential panel. The walkout risks a $5 million daily loss for shipping operations.
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New York
Gulf Coast
Thomas W. Gleason
Men's Association
Afl-Cio
David L
Washington
Johnson
Association of American Railroads
Atlantic
Gulf
Local Option Liquor Vote Sidetracked in Precinct 6
Attorney General reports efforts to trigger a local option liquor election stalled in Precinct 6 as supporters hesitate. The group needs signatures equal to 25 percent of governor votes in the latest presidential elector election. using the November 5 results that would require 4,186 signatures from precinct residents to proceed.
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Lubbock
Mammoth
Tom Purdom
Mary Helen Yeagy
Gardeners Gift Guide Highlights Tools And Trees
A festive guide urges giving garden tools such as fertilizer spreaders, axes, crowbars, turf edgers, spades, long-handled cultivators, hoes, pruners, and rakes. It suggests large trees or greenhouses as unusual gifts and notes varied equipment for home plant rooms and artificial lighting setups.
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King
Terbaer
Perls
Japanese garden landscape shapes a city family home
The Rev. and Mrs. Dudley Strain of 3216 42nd Street created a low maintenance rear yard with a modern Japanese garden theme. A features include a natural pool and stream with a miniature foot bridge and a real Japanese lantern. The setting uses evergreen background plants, a weeping mulberry with Japanese character, and terrace dining patios with broken tile patterns to relate memory and life interests.
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Terrace Garden
Dudley Strain
42Nd Street
ED Zukauckas
Japan
South Plains
Strain
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Levelland
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U.S
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30Th St
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Dorrance
Jane) Guy
Victoria
Phyllis
el Paso
John Harvey
Jill
45Th St
First Methodist
The
Texas Assn
Texas League of Municipalities
International Assn. of Assessing Officers
Tures
Lubbock Auto Glass, Inc
Draughon
Business College
Texas Tel
Bob Hassell
Lorenzo
Bar Bank
Lubbock Floor Covering CO
Porn
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