State Vote Amendment Void Bandit Gets $500
Jerry McCarthy reports on a state vote amendment in a sweeping tech city land study. A bandit received a $500 payoff and eluded authorities as officials seek details of the land project.
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1967
Page
1
City approves sweeping campus study and appoints acting manager
Lubbock council advances a two year joint Texas Tech study of the campus area and surrounding 1 to 14 miles at a cost of 119854 dollars as interim city manager Dan S Petty departs, N B McCullough named acting city manager and city staff okays raises and housing and welfare measures while planning and zoning changes are debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
ITV Council
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas
50Th St
Elo J. Urbanovsky
Department of Park Administration
Planning and Zoning Commission
50Th Street
Memphis Avenue
B. McCullough
City of
Dan S. Petty
William J. Pitstick
Texas Council of Governments
Regional Planning Commission
Arlington
Petty
N. B. McCullough
Lubbock Power & Light Co
Green Fair Manor
Dub) Rogers Jr
Urbanovsky
Hunt Snags In Liquor Store Heist
Fleet footed gunman robs The Pay-Less Package Store on Slaton Highway and flees with about 500 dollars. A 50 man hunt through farmlands east of the city tracked footprints to Buffalo Lakes before the suspect vanished. Victim Mrs. V. O. Williams described a young man armed with a pistol who demanded whisky and money during a daylight robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Slaton Highway
Buffalo Lakes
V. O. Williams
Turner
Senate approves Alan Boyd as first Transportation Secretary
The Senate on Thursday OK'd the nomination of Alan S. Boyd to head the new Department of Transportation becoming the nation s first transportation secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Donny Anderson Ordered to Active Duty in Reserves
Announcement lists Donny Anderson called to active duty with the U S Army Reserves as part of a Page 1 notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donny Anderson
U. S. Army
Gentlemen Gunmen Strike Palm Island Jewel Haul
Three attackers looted Mrs. Walter Jacobs's Palm Island home of more than 100000 in jewels including a 35000 diamond ring and a 35000 necklace. They bound the wife and a 72 year old witness with improvised cords and vanished in her new car near the water. The crime follows a separate Wells Fargo armored car robbery nearby with 123000 winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
UPI
Florida
Gold Coast
Walter Jacobs
Hertz
Ray Brown
Hertz Car Rental Agency
Chicago
Friday the 13th feared as a date of bad luck
The article notes Friday the 13th as ominous for superstitious readers and explains the unlucky connotations of the number 13 in myth and history, citing cultural beliefs from Norse legend to Christian tradition. It mentions the Last Supper and the superstition surrounding room numbers in hotels.
Texas House Adopts Rules Amid Senate Tension For Weekend
The Texas House passed a bill to cover session costs and adopted joint rules aimed at limiting conference committee rewrites, risking a dispute with the Senate. Lawmakers commended Gov. Connally after sharp criticism of the Death of a President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astin
House
Senate
John Connally
William Manchester
Ben Barnes
State Affairs
Rep
W. S. Heatly
Appropriations
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Preston Smith
Barnes
Finance
House Appropriations
Senate Finance
Connally
John F. Kennedy
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Texas
Cigarette Labels Urged to Show Tar and Nicotine Levels
Secretary John W. Gardner urged that cigarette makers disclose tar and nicotine levels on packages and in ads. Senator Warren Magnuson plans to sponsor legislation to require these disclosures. Gardner cited a Public Health Service report saying lower tar and nicotine in smoke would lessen harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sec
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Public
Soviet Composer Becomes Pen Pal To Maryland Boy
Ten year old Lonny Gorban of Pikesville Maryland writes to renowned Russian Dimitri Kabalevsky expressing admiration and desire to become a composer. Kabalevsky replies in Russian praising practice and suggesting duet practice and future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altimore
Lonny Gorban
Pikesville
Dimitri Kabalevsky
Kabalevsky
Sonny Gorban
U.S. A
Maryland
D. Kabalevsky
Anonymous Prayer for Safe Driving
A brief prayer asks for a steady hand and watchful eye while driving to prevent harm. The note credits life as a gift and urges that no careless act endanger others or the giver. Anonymity preserved.
Ballot Amendment Struck Down by Texas Judge
USTIN District Judge Herman Jones invalidated a Texas constitutional amendment that would replace annual voter registration with permanent registration. The ruling, likely to be appealed by Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin, could erase 642 441 yes votes. 454 136 no votes were cast. The decision leaves the legislature to shift to a permanent system unless reversed, with a Martin statement expected on 1967 effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ustin — Dist
Herman Jones
Texas
Crawford Martin
Jones
Texas ‘Supreme Court
Martin
Afl-Cio
Roy R. Evans
Allen C. Matthews
Austin Labor Council
League of Women Voters
Atty
Martin Crawford
Reservoir Approved for Johnson City Pedernales River Plan
Johnson City wins swift approval from the Texas Water Rights Commission to build a 345 acre foot reservoir on the Pedernales River, enabling the Austin area water project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Johnson City
Pedernales River
Texas Water Rights Commission
Sudden illness ends life of Dr Joseph Chatman in Lubbock
Dr Joseph Alvin Chatman founder of Chatman Hospital Clinic died after chest pains on Thursday night in Highland Hospital at age 63. A Meharry Medical College graduate in 1926 he moved to Lubbock in 1939 and led civic and political work while earning renown for Negro advancement. He served on the Texas Southern University board, named by Gov. Connally, and left a legacy of community leadership. Funeral plans were with South Plains Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Alvin Chatman
Chatman Hospital Clinic
Lubbock
Chatman
Highland Hospital
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Tenn
Solons Deny Campaign Contribution In Baker Trial
United Press International reports that senators and a representative testified they did not receive a $66,300 contribution alleged to have been given by California savings and loan officials to Robert G. Baker for 1962 campaigns. Prosecutors say about $100,000 was diverted by Baker for personal use, including $80,000 to cover Carousel Motel losses in Ocean City Maryland. Baker faces nine counts of larceny fraud and income tax evasion with possible penalties up to 48 years in prison and $47,000 in fines. Six legislators denied ever receiving funds on their behalf and testified via Baker's attorney. See BAKER TRIAL Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Scaricron
California Savings and Loan
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Baker
Ocean City
U.S. District Court
Congress
Justice Department
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
J. William Fulbright
William O. Bittman
Weather Map Page 10 D covers Lubbock vicinity
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today and tonight. Winds mainly southwest 20 to 30 mph this afternoon. Highs around the middle 60s. Lows in the low to mid 30s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
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