Water Board Refuses Rainmaker Permit for Berry Project
Homer Berry, self styled rainmaker, plans to fulfill Stonewall County contract despite Texas Water Development Board denial. Board cites lack of qualification and incomplete, unethical, or false documentation. Berry says permit refusal does not bother him and defends rainmaking as dangerous but lawful.
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Water Development Board
Homer Berry
Stonewall County Aphne
Texas Water Development Board
Stonewall
Everett
Berry
Zoning Questions Spur City Study On Districts
Lubbock officials order a detailed review of zoning ordinances to decide if motorcycle and auto body shops should move to a higher zoning class. The council discussed the matter amid questions raised for a second time in two months and noted other potential changes to commercial uses in local districts.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Saigon
Sayira Saigh
Marion Key
Lee Christian
Dexter
Congress
U.S
Penland
Pentagon
Warrick Carriers Enterprises, Inc
Carr
40Th Street
C-4
Vietnamese Outposts Hit By Foe
The Defense Department said the drive into Laos to disrupt enemy supply lines is bogged down but proceeding. Melvin Laird and a top general said the operation, tied to shifting Communist movements, may extend if needed. Sources report 59 Americans killed in action and 42 noncombat deaths in the week ending midnight Saturday.
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Cava Sec. OF Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
Laird
Pentagon
Washington News
South Plains Cotton Conference on Campus Today
Lubbock notes announce TAS in the ae ANNUAL South Plains Cotton Production Conference set for today with regional youth conferences in Amarillo. City Council reviews Canyon civic center projects while state and national briefs touch on a murder trial storyline and Dallas police seeking leads in a case linked to a killer.
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Lubbock
Area
South Plains
City Council
Personalized Auto Tags Grow in County New Year Draw
Lubbock County residents purchase 1971 personalized license plates with nicknames and sympathies visible on the tags. Hardin, the tax assessor collector, says the program started in 1967 and has expanded with nearly 300 owners’ tags this year, representing about one fourth of all vehicles. An estimated 130,000 vehicles will sport 1970 plates, with a two to three percent rise expected for 1971.
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Guy Marble
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Texas
Hardin
Smith at Washington breakfast on revenue sharing plan
Governor Preston Smith met with Texas lawmakers and John Connally in Washington to discuss President Nixon's revenue sharing proposal. Smith voiced pessimism that federal money would come with no strings attached as taxes and revenues are used to fund states.
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Washington
Preston Sr Smith
Texas
Sec
John B. Connally
Smith
Nixon
Economic Signs Spur Optimism
Washington reports leading U. S. indicators rose sharply in January, with a 1 percent gain to 118.1 on the index base 1967, signaling continued economic expansion. In New York, Mayor Lindsay filed suit against the federal government over welfare standards, as Smith and others debated shifting welfare costs to the federal level.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Department
New York
John V. Lindsay
Smith
Ne Y Sasa
County shootout over library size sparks council decision
Fragmented text notes a dispute over the planned central library and memorial at Rouplee downtown Lib. book. City, county officials debate the scope and funding, with page reference to Page 11 for details.
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Rouplee
Defense rests case in My Lai trial Calley speaks
United Press report from Benning Gepla rk notes Calley defended actions at My Lai during questioning. The defense rested after Calley described Vietnamese as wonderful people and disputed prosecutors' allegations. The article reflects trial details and remarks from Calley and attorneys.
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My Lai
Calley
United Press Inerwauean
Daniel
Benning
Geaplback
UPI
Aubrey M. Peniel
Spaniel
Supreme Court expands press freedom on reporting candidates
The Supreme Court on Wednesday broadened libel rules, allowing coverage of private and public lives of political candidates even with old or false charges, as long as a newspaper does not knowingly lie and is not reckless in fact checking. This aligns with the Times v. Sullivan standard and could spur more investigative reporting.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
New York Times
Texas House weighs sales tax package to raise 600 million
Texas House Tax Committee outlined a revenue package aiming for better than 600 million. Rep. Ben Atwell said action could come Monday to send it to the House floor, with potential drafting delays. He noted a need to raise 600 to 700 million to fund schools and prisons, proposing taxes on corporate franchise, repairs, amusements, hotels, and telephone bills.
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Toe Associated Press
Austin
House Tax Committee
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Iit
Atwellee
Mutscher
Atwell
Gus Mutscher
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