Texas Tech coed killed in skydiving fall near Brownfield
Ruth Kathleen Davis, a Texas Tech University coed from Albuquerque, fell about 5000 feet after a planned five second delay during a static line jump near Izy County Airport. She did not deploy both chutes until impact in a plowed cotton field. Funeral arrangements set for Albuquerque with survivors including two sisters and parents.
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Brownfield
Texas Tech University
Miss Davis
Justice of the Peace George
Albuquerque
Fitzgerald Funeral Home
Kathryn Davis
Los Alamos
Robert Goves
W. H. Brecht
Sapulpa
Okla
Olive Davis
Lubbock Woman Naomi Martin Fatally Stabbed at Home
Avalanche Journal reports 54 year old Naomi Miller Martin found dead at 4511 42nd St in Lubbock after sister failed to reach her. Police detained a man in his 40s for questioning. Autopsy planned. no signs of struggle, two ornamental sticks possibly used as weapons. Detective notes many fingerprints found. investigation ongoing.
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Naomi Martin
Bill Morgan
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
42Nd St
Naomi Miller Martin
James Enger
31St St
Martin I
George Parramore
Ueare
Juniper Ave
East 19Th
O. E. Spencer
Mead
Lot St. Mary of the Plains
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Spencer
Perkins
Sedberry Funeral Home
Hevis
Christine
Austin
Lot
E. Th. St. In
Det
Frank Wiley
Wiley
Martin
Aare
Pas Inger
Laat Domiane
Ley
Sadie
Kiel
Notable reads in Lubbock daily news roundup
Area residents engage in pre-convention work for the National Cotton Council with Scout officials assisting deposits. A feature notes a woman stating aviation is not difficult for women. A comic dictionary and a psychiatry piece appear alongside local society items and page references.
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National Cotton Council
Early Days Rules Strict Tasks Many For Teacher Av
The piece notes George R. Bean, once a Red Mud schoolteacher below Caprock, who later became an early Lubbock attorney. It reflects on the strong emphasis on discipline and the numerous reforms in teaching across years, contrasting pioneer methods with modern advances in education.
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George R. Bean
Red Mud
Caprock
Lubbock
Wife's parting gesture hello not goodbye at Apollo 14 start
At Cape Kennedy families bid farewell to Apollo 14 crew as Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa prepare for liftoff. Port Louise Mitchell and two nieces share tender moments before launch while astronauts endure emotional goodbyes beneath space helmets.
Docking Hope Saves Apollo Lunar Mission
Three Americans roared from Earth orbit and fought a docking crisis to link the command module and lunar lander on the fifth try. Roosa, Shepard, and Mitchell faced a probe latches failure, considered external repairs, then achieved a secure docking enabling the moon mission to proceed.
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Earth Orbit
Stuart A. Roosa
Roosa
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Mission Control
Stu
Houston
Mitchell
Shepard
Moon
Lunar
Earth
NASA
Spacemen
Gun Battle Ends With Officer and Bandit Slain in Houston
An early Sunday gunfight on Houston's Gulf Freeway left a police officer and a bandit dead after a robbery in progress. Witnesses reported the suspect attempting to flee the scene as officers exchanged shots near a station.
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Houston
Lee
Suny
Gulf Freeway
Prayer Prayer Mignone Strength Sources
Fragmentary text mentions prayer and strength with unclear names and places. No coherent event, date, or identifiable organizations present to anchor a proper news summary.
Nixon heartily wishes Apollo 14 crew Godspeed
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon expressed strong support for the Apollo 14 mission. They offered good luck, prayers for safety, and praise to astronauts Shepard Roosa and others, noting national pride and unity as the rocket lifted from Cape Kennedy bound for the moon.
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Moon
Cape Kennedy Pad
Re- Cruz Bay
V.S
Earth
Richard Nixon
Air Force
Stuart A
Roosa
Ameri
Caribbean
Coker
Nixon
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Penas
Speeds Astronaut
Janette Aoa
Kar- It
Sundey
Astronauts
Tion
Haris
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