Texas to fight organized crime with new plan
Gov. Preston Smith and council director Joe Frazier Brown unveil a Texas Criminal Justice Plan aimed at cutting crime by 10 percent in five years. The program would fund organized crime control units, investigative agencies, and prosecuting power with federal Omnibus funds. The report notes organized crime touches illegal gambling, drugs, loan sharking, auto theft, and prostitution across major cities.
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Austin
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Texas
Gram
Preston
Smith
Council
Joe Frazier Brown
Department of Public Safety
Con
Poena
National Crime — Con-Local Grand Juries
Horney Geta
Tornado Leviathan Strikes San Justo Argentina
A powerful tornado ripped through San Justo near Buenos Aires causing extensive damage. Officials report communications outages delaying aid as firemen doctors and Red Cross workers move to assist victims with emergency lines and blood donations.
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Santa FE
Argentina
San
Justo
Ciites
Red Cross
San Justo
Pampas
Buenos Aires
Entel
San’ Justo
Knife and Fork Club Meeting Canceled in Lubbock
The monthly Knife and Fork Club gathering in Lubbock was canceled due to weather and a small reservation list. Secretary Thord Dockray cited these factors. Lyle Jerstad was to be guest speaker. The next meeting is planned for February.
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Lubbock
Knife and Fork Club
Thord Dockray
Lyle Jerstad
Slain New Orleans Policeman Eulogized For Youth Ties
Funeral services for Deputy Police Superintendent Louis Sirge held at Heart of Mary Church in New Orleans with Archbishop Hannan delivering the eulogy. Police officials and municipal leaders attended as Sirge, noted for his compassion and youth work, was remembered as a fatherly officer despite a fatal sniper attack.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louis Sirge
Aisien
Sirgo
Philip Hannan
Heart of Mary RC Church
Clarence Giarrusso
Louis Turner
New York
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Houston
Jersey City
Dallas
Fort Worth
Louisiana
Moon Landrien
Hannan
Louis. J. Sligo
Paul Persigo
Regents Take Over Duties In Midland
Midland specials report the Midland College Board of Regents assumed administrative duties for the new two year institution. They named officers, drew lots for terms, and appointed committees to study campus site, personnel, and architect selection. Dr. Al Langford remains president. Reagan Loge is board president. J F Doyle vice president. Hoyle McCright secretary.
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Midland
Midland College Board of Re‘nents
Dist
Perry Pickett
Reagan Loge
J. F. Doyles
Legg, Doyle
Fred Wright
McCright
Murry Faskin
Gloria Hinjosa
Jack Huff
Robert Leibrock
Ken Pealer
Lubbockites Take Part in Daehe College Program
Five natives of Lubbock join Austin College January programs. Richard Arnold studies Renaissance art in Italy and the Netherlands. Patricia Carlock studies pre Columbian art in Mexico. Tamara Chauncey serves as a teacher's aide at Rigel School in Alaska. Camilla Vincenti studies abnormal psychology at Terrell State School. David Marquis works as a teacher's aide in Sherman area schools.
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Austin College
Lubbock
Singing Group Appears Today in Memphis and London
London Parris and the Apostles from Memphis Tenn will sing at the First Assembly of God at Fourth Street and Avenue S at 7 30 p m today. Parris formerly with the Blackwater Brothers Quartet and later formed his own group. No admission charged says Rev Tommy G Crider host pastor.
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London Parris
Apostles
Memphis
Tenn
Assembly of God
4Th St
Ave. S
Parris
Blackwaot Brothers Quartet
Tommy G. Crider
Hope Storm Strikes Hope New Mexico Knocking Out Services
The ice storm felled nearly 50 utility poles and cut power, phone, water, and motor fuel access in Hope Eddy County. Mayor Dolph Young organized aid, bringing generators, water, and emergency communications from Artesia and Mountain Bell. By midday Wednesday, water was being distributed to about 100 families as a warming trend was forecast.
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Hope
N.M
Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Eddy
Dolph Young
Istore
Artesia
Eddy County Res Q
Young
Jia
Mountain Bell Telephone Co
Levelland Scouts Report District's Rapid Growth
In Levelland special meeting Boy Scouts of America leaders report the district rose from eighth to first in council goals. Membership grew from 538 to 14082, units from 128 to 47, and trained leaders from nine to 27. 5000 boys eligible. goal 1660 by 1976.
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Levelland
George White
Boy [Scouts of America
B. BP. Robinson
South Plains
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Argentine City
Sidney M.cates
Cates
Hell
Jback
Louis Sligo
la National Honor Fraternity
Lubbockites
Daehe College
James A. Pappas
S'exarkana
Kathryn Allen
Stephanie
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