Weather Lubbock Clears and Warms This Week
Lubbock and vicinity expect clearing skies and soot today with warmer conditions forecast for Wednesday. Highs in the low 50s and a low around 30 tonight.
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1977
Page
1
Architect Proposes Jail Construction For Lubbock County
Archite ct Arnold Macker tells county commissioners that meeting Texas jail standards likely requires a new detention facility possibly connected by a tunnel to the existing jail. A remote site could also be considered while the current jail is remodeled as a holding and administrative complex. Manpower costs and staffing will drive long term expenses, potentially outweighing upfront construction savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff South
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Arnold Macker
Macker
Maeker
Commissioners Court
Avalanche Journal
Sherif
TCJS
Snyder Woman Seeks Snyder ISD Place 4 Board Seat
Paula Gilbert comptroller for Snyder Broadcasting and Snyder Community Antenna Television announces candidacy for place 4 on Snyder school board. Ball Eeland the incumbent has not said if he will run again. Mel Gilbert would become the second woman member on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ass Corresponatin Snyder
Paula Gilbert
Snyder Broadcasting Co
Snyder Community
Antenna Television
Snyder
Ball Eeland
Mel Gilbert
Cold Front Drops Temperatures Across Panhandle Texas
An early week cold front and high pressure ridge push cool dry air into the Panhandle and South Plains. Readings fall up to twenty degrees with a 20 percent chance of light rain or snow mixing before sunrise. A warming trend starts today as a surface trough moves east over New Mexico and West Texas.
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Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Lufkin, del Rio
Shallowater Man Held In Alleged Exposure
Arturo Hernandez 19 of Shallowater is jailed on 2500 bond after a 13 year old complainant said he exposed himself at a Shallowater elementary school playground during a bicycle race. Also charged were James Peter Benning 20 with possession of a controlled substance and two men with marijuana possession after a traffic stop on US 62 near Lubbock. Mackety Avington Paxton 23 faced attempted burglary charges for trying to break into a residence in the 4000 block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shallowater
Arturo Hernandez
Shadewater
James Peter Benning
Vth St. Apt 1
Benning
13Th Street
Mackety Avington Paxton
Purdue St
Multiparty marriage licenses and court notices in Lubbock area
A jumbled legal notice lists numerous marriage licenses and associated parties across Lubbock and surrounding areas, naming individuals, spouses, and residences. It also covers probate filings, district and county court actions, and property subdivision deeds involving many names and locations in the region.
County Commission Delays Voting Machine Bid Decision
Commissioners defer calling for bids on voting machines despite talk of an April 1 deadline and confirm CES pricing would rise after that date. A city county liaison plan is endorsed while health service contracts and fire service concerns occupy the agenda.
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Commissioners Court
Rod Shaw
Computer Electric Systems
Shaw
Max Arrants
Alton Brazell
Roy Bass
Computer Electric Services
CES
Fiddler and Chambers
Precinct 2
Allen Meurer
Arrants
Grandfather slaying case stalled as suspect hospitalized
Snyder resident 18 year old Jerry Mac Dennis facing murder charges in the death of Jesse Clyde Dennis in Snyder. Second suspect Danny Ray West, also 18, arraigned on auto theft and released on 5000 dollar bond. Authorities say the elder Dennis was murdered with a .22 revolver. car and wallet missing. Dennis had been on felony probation for burglary. probation revocation motion filed before the shooting.
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A-J
Snyder
Lubbock
Jerry Mac Dennis
Methodist Hospital
Scurry County
Keith Collier
Dennis
Jesse Clyde Dennis
Danny Ray West
West
Helen Bolin
Colorado City
Statement Introduced In Local Murder Trial
Bobbie Ruth Watson 21 testified she shot her husband Kenneth 37 during a quarrel on February 8 1976 in their apartment at 2001 E 28th St Apt 7 claiming self defense The signed statement introduced by Prosecutor Zant Woodul details the couple’s beer run to a cafe the buildup to the argument and the shooting with Watson saying her husband fired a shotgun first and she retrieved a pistol from the apartment closet for defense in a trial in Judge Denzil Bevers 72nd Dist Court
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Bobbie Ruth Watson
Mrs. Watson
Denzil Bevers
Kenneth
E. 28Th St
Apt
Zant Woodul
Polwe
George White
Fund-Raisers Press On For Heart Association Drive
Door to door campaigns continue in Lubbock to raise funds for cardiovascular research and education. Regional director Sydney Baker notes CPR training reached over 30,000 people in the county last year, while committee chair Mrs Patrick Cunniff emphasizes cardiovascular disease as America's leading killer.
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American Heart Association
Lubbock
Heart Association
Momes
Sydney Baker
Texas
Lubbock County
Patrick Cunniff
Heart Sunday
America
Lea County Fair Chairman Renamed
Edwin Johnston of Monument was re elected chairman and Joe McKown of McDonald named vice chairman of the Lea County Fair Board. At the next meeting on March 21 drawings for five food booths a rodeo concession and carnival rides will be made. The rodeo concession will be bid.
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A-J
Lovington
Edwin Johnston
Monument
Lea County Fair Board
Joe McKown
McDonald
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