Reagan threatens firing of San Francisco State professors
California Governor Ronald Reagan warns striking professors they will be fired if picketing exceeds five days. Demonstrations spread from San Francisco State to San Jose and San Fernando Valley State, with police clashing using sticks stones and fireworks. A Superior Court order temporarily restrains picketing while hearings set on a permanent injunction.
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California
Ronald Reagan
San Francisco State College
San Francisco State
San Jose
San Fernando Valley
State College System
San Francisco
College
FBI Agents Slain as Bank Robbery Suspect Captured
Two FBI agents were shot and killed while investigating bank robberies in Washington. A 29 year old prison escapee, Billie Austin Bryant, was captured hours later and charged with murder and bank robbery. Bryant had been on the FBI top ten most wanted list.
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United Preas
Mauues
Washington
FBI
Billie Austin Bryant
Prince Georges County
Bryant
District of Columbia-Maryland
Hall
Mt. Olive
N.C
Savage battle north of Saigon kills 27 Communists
U.S. infantry north of Saigon report a four hour clash in which 27 Communist soldiers were killed and three militiamen died in shelling of Lai Thieu. Additional reports note 33 tons of food seized from enemy caches and mortar fire on three U.S. positions.
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United Prevent
Saigon
U.S
Lai Thieu
Lubbock officer deemed justified in shooting suspect
A Lubbock County grand jury found Patrolman Charley Joe Pierson acted reasonably when he shot Donell Darius Whitter during an off duty security arrest at Montgomery Ward. Whitter, a Dallas resident, was wounded and in critical condition at Methodist Hospital. Witnesses named include store staffers Khalid Hamdan and H L Betts.
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Lubbock County
Charley Joe Pierson
14Th District Court
Pierson
Montgomery Ward & Co
50Th Street
Boston Avenue
Donel
Darius Whitter
Grand Jury
Joe Pierson
Charles S. Carter
H. L. Betts
40Th St
Khalid
Traffic Plan Heard In Marathon Lubbock Council Session
The Lubbock city council approved most of a six hour paving package and a 42 block alley project after a detailed downtown traffic plan. Wayne Sherrell outlined five programs including parallel parking expansion and a new signal system with work slated through 1971. Mayor Rogers urged decisive action to implement the plan.
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Bert Neelley
Cael
Lubbock
Wayne Sherrell
W. D. Rogers Jr
Morris W. Turner
Lubbock Area High School Bands Set Joint Concert
Five local high school bands join for an inaugural trip and concert tonight in Lubbock. The event highlights school talent and community support across the district amid upcoming state coverage.
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Lubbock
Area City
Record 82 Precedes Cold Front
A swift norther churned into Texas behind gale winds and a dust cloud, ending a January heat wave with record highs in Lubbock and across the Panhandle. Temperatures fell from 82 to 39 as the front crossed, with 10,000 acres burnt by grass fires and a major blaze at Acuff Co-Op Gin and Butane.
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Dave Knapf
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Boulder
Colo
Iit
Lubbock
Mercury
West Texas
Department of Public Safety
Prayer Blesses Doctors Nurses and Aides
A lines from A Reder offer a prayer to Eternal God of Love asking blessings for doctors nurses and aides who daily minister to the nation s sick and afflicted.
Banks plan higher consumer loan rates in New York
Two major New York banks plan to raise unsecured personal loan rates to 6 per 100 and auto loan rates to 5.75 per 100, with discount terms. The move follows a nationwide prime rate hike to 7 percent and could be announced within a week.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Patmen
USS
Pueblo
Ife
Almody
Ainnum
Corpo Watshington
Defense Department
Renervi
Bankers Help Mother Fails Kidnappers in Florida
Two gunmen posing as magazine salesmen kidnapped a Florida mother’s four children and forced her to withdraw ransom. Police in plain clothes trapped the bandits at a bank after an alert teller notified authorities, but one kidnapper disarmed the police chief and officers during the confrontation. The mother and children were rescued. the assailants were captured.
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Associated Press
Deerfield Beach
Fla
Charles Stubbs
Wind swept fire destroys gun and cotton site
A late Wednesday wind swept blaze gutted a gun and an unknown amount of cotton with a butane tank explosion scattering debris over a quarter mile. Three Acuff men narrowly escaped injuries though no one was hurt.
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Howard Swindle
Avalanche-Journal
Acuff
Lubbock
Roy Gonzales
Gene Thomas
Gonzales
South Viet Nam Suffers More War Deaths Than U S in 1968
Saigon reports say 17,486 South Vietnamese troops were killed and 57,718 wounded in 1968, while American forces had 2,800 fewer combat deaths and 92,000 wounded. Communist casualties were 191,387 killed and 21,050 captured.
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United Press
Saigon
United States
United Press International
U.S
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Bee
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Comic Dictionary
Solon
Charles Redgate
Janet Harley
Wiliam Neal
South Vietnam
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