Tech To Build Six Dorms Spurs Campus Growth
The Texas Tech Board approved completing three 12 story dormitories by September 1967 as the first phase of a six dorm complex to house 3,432 students. The plan includes a common dining hall, temporary classrooms, and new engineering and law school programs, with final contracts expected in May.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
19Th St
Flint Ave
Texas Tech Board of Directors
Grover E. Murray
Richard B. Amandes
San Francisco
Tech
School of Law
School of Engineering
Lubbock
Howard Schmidt and Associates
Stiles, Roberts and Messersmith
See Tech
Texas Tech
Meningitis List Grows at U S Air Bases
A new case of spinal meningitis at Lackland Air Force Base joins a growing outbreak that has already claimed four lives at four military installations. Amarillo AFB prepares to host about 9 000 recruits diverted from Lackland and all trainees will be screened. Several bases report hospitalizations while officials say the outbreak is controlled with preventive measures.
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United Press International
San Antonio
Lackland Air Force Base
Ft. Ord
Calif
Amarillo
Amarillo Afb
Lackland
Amarilo
Ft. Gordon
Hall Usaf Hospital
Lee Meningitis
Session to Feature Political Oratory in Texas Legislature
Texas lawmakers meet in a special session called by Gev John Connally to consider voter registration legislation as the poll tax repeal fight looms. With primaries under three months away, candidates flood the field, while Speaker Barnes warns against using the House floor for politics. Connally will advise in a joint session as debates focus on annual versus permanent registration and related provisions.
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ASTIN
Texas
Gev
John Connally
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
House
Connally
Bares
Barnes
Preston Smith
Smith
Lubbock permits top million for second week this year
City records show building permits exceeding one million dollars for a second straight week in Lubbock. The surge highlights continued construction activity in the area as officials monitor growth trends through early the year.
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Lubbock
Sec. F
Soldier’s Homecoming Desires Fulfilled In Tex Tech Gift
Infantryman Larry Hoyle of Matador wrote from South Vietnam asking for a new car and two Texas Tech basketball tickets. His parents finally secured both after efforts with the Tech Athletic Department. tickets were initially sold out. Hoyle will return home soon to find his new car and game seats waiting.
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Texas Tech
Mike Hoyle
Texas Tech Athletic Dept
Larry
Viet Nam
Tech
Texas
Prayer Card Note of Gratitude and Faith
A brief anonymous prayer expresses belief in God to aid friends and enemies. The writer thanks God with heartfelt sincerity and ends with a simple Amen.
North Viet Nam Warned On Trials Of American POWs
The State Department warned Hanoi not to conduct war crime trials of captured U S airmen. About 60 Americans are believed in North Vietnamese custody, with 46 300 Air Force and 16 Navy listed as missing but alive. Cairo reports say Hanoi plans trials as war criminals, while Washington disputes official details and stresses Geneva Convention protections.
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Tlanta
Viet Nam
Lee
Dean Rusk
U.S
Atlanta
Lowell Conner
State Department of Public Safety
United States
Rusk
Hanoi
Washington
Nguyen Duy- Lien
Republic of
Ashington
State Department
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Navy
Eland
Cieir
Cairo
al Ahram
North
Irsand
Nguyen Xuan
Mahmoud Riad
Robert Jo McCloskey
McCloskey
Texas Brigade Led by Ross Ayers Pins High Hope on Training
Brig. Gen. Ross Ayers 55, veteran of 35 years and a former Lubbock educator, heads the 36th Infantry Brigade a Texas Guard unit built for rapid sharper fighting. The brigade will train intensively at home with full mobilization not required to peak. It aims to fight tomorrow in a major operation. The unit is nicknamed the Texas Brigade and rests under the 36th National Guard Division. See GEN. AYERS Page 10.
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Lee Jones Astin
Texas’ National Guard
Ross
Ayers
South Plains
Machine Ayers
Lubbock
High Plains
National Guard
Department of Defense
Texas
49Th Armored Division
Berlin
36Th Infantry Brigade
36Th National Guard
Defense
Robert McNamara
Weather Map Page 3 A Lubbock and Vicinity Update
Partly cloudy and windy this afternoon with a drop in temperatures later today. Highs in the low 50s and a low tonight in the low 20s. Winds from the west to northwest at 26 to 30 mph.
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Lubbock
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