Peking Affirms Army Strife Heavy Wet-Dry Vote Due Today
Voters in Lubbock County Precinct 2 head to six polling places for a dry or wet liquor referendum with about 3 000 potential voters. Absentee ballots total 518 with six times the December 1960 figure. ballots read for or against off premise sale of all alcoholic beverages. County Attorney West confirms any resident of Precinct 2 may vote.
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Lubbock County
Lubbock
Justice Precinct
Woodrow Gin
Woodrow
Posey School
Posey
Slaton
Fred E. West
Reversal On Vote Ruling Predicted In Texas
Attorney General Crawford Martin said the Texas ruling voiding the November 8 vote on a poll tax amendment was clearly erroneous and the state will appeal. The decision could require lengthy ballot texts and affect future constitutional amendments, with a contested liberal conservative split over voter registration.
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Associated Press
Astin
Crawford Martin
Dist
Herman Jones
Austin
Martin
Jones
Prayer text for daily devotion and intercession
A brief devotional request asking for unity, compassion, and forgiveness. It seeks blessings for sisters and brothers, families, the sick and needy, orphans, the sinful, the lonely, the aged, and the afflicted. It asks for strength to do Thy will and to avoid harming others.
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Shallowater
Lions meet in Littlefield for midwinter gathering
In the Lubbock A-J the Lions International district holds a midwinter meeting today in Littlefield. The front page notes other items across sections including community ambassador applications and national and international briefs.
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Lubbock
Area
Lions International
Littlefield
LBJ Aide Weighs Departure Amid White House Uncertainty
Washington AP reports Esther Feterson, adviser for consumer affairs and assistant secretary of labor earning $27 30 a year, may leave her post. Labor Department sources say she does not plan to quit that job. No White House comment.
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Washington
Esther Feterson
Consumer Affairs
Labor Department
White House
Chilly Job Artist Puts Tech Scene On Canvas
Polish born, French raised artist Jean Richard, a Dal las resident since 1962, found inspiration in holiday lights. After a one man show in Lubbock in 1966, he moved his studio to 3507 49th Pl and has been taking private commissions as the season ends.
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Jean Richard
Lubbock
Texas Tech
France
Dallas
United States
49Th Pl
Self surrender arrests 26-year-old robbery suspect
Lubbock police took R. M. Abney into custody Friday after a tip he would surrender. Abney, tied to a Pay-Less Package Store robbery on Slaton Highway, faced firearms robbery charges. He was identified by victim Mrs. V. O. Williams and held on a $10,000 bond.
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Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Jim Fereerson
R. M. Abney
Route 1
1St Street
Abney
Slaton Highway
V. O. Williams
Williams
Kde
Lubbock County
Justice of the Peace
George McClesky
Ballot Issue BCD Series Begins With City Charter Change
Lubbock voters face a special election on Tuesday January 24 to decide changing the City Charter and ending city funding for the BCD. Avalanche Journal reporter Kenneth May outlines the BCD’s past and planned work in a four article series, with the first installment in the Morning Avalanche and three follow ups on successive days.
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Lubbock
Board of City Development
BCD
Avalanche Journal
Kenneth May
Avalanche
Not Camera Shy Cool Bank Robbers Take 60000
Three masked bandits robbed a New Orleans National Bank of Commerce branch on Friday. They took about 60000 in cash, with a bag of 10000 in tens. A white and green car fled. police found a matching vehicle blocks away.
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Abney
FE. 19Th Street
Buffalo Lakes
New Orleans
Eleanor Petrossi
National Bank of Commerce
Lani Bird II Nears Critical Geostationary Position
COMSAT announced that the Lani Bird II satellite will fire its rockets at 5 a.m. EST to reach a stationary orbit over the Gilbert Islands. If successful at 22,300 miles above the Equator at 176 degrees east, it will establish a 24 hour North America to Far East telephone and television link.
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Washington
UPI
Communications Satellite Corporation
Comsat
Gilbert Islands
Pacific
Equator
North America
Far East
Purge in Peking as Anti Mao Foes Face Crackdown
Peking radio said a small anti Mao group exists within the army and is mounting a counterattack amid a broader purge of party leaders. Reports claim rebels rally behind Mao while the army backs his reorganization of the Military Cultural Revolution Committee.
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Associated Press
KYO
Peking Radio
Red China
Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tsetung
People’s Liberation Army
Military Cultural Revolution Committee
Marshal Chu Teh
Army
Liberation Daily
Marshal Chu
Liu Shaochi
Wall
Marshal
Chu Teh
Ho Lung
Yomiuri
Mao
Cedar Falls Toll Rises in Iron Triangle Sweep
U.S. forces report mounting Viet Cong casualties in Operation Cedar Falls as about 30 000 troops press the Iron Triangle. 286 VC killed 68 captured 105 surrendered with U.S. reporting a base camp in the Mekong delta and plans to deploy a 15 000 man infantry division to support Vietnamese units.
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Associated Press
AIGON
U. S
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
Delta
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Mekong
My Tho
Plainview Plans High School Consolidation No Problem
Plainview officials say closing the high school portion of Booker T. Washington School will pose no problems. The School Board consolidated Washington High with Plainview High, affecting about 110 ninth through twelfth graders and citing guidance from the U.S. Office of Education. The board voted to transfer Washington students to Plainview High for the new term starting Sept. 1, with all six present in favor after discussion. See NO SCHOOL Page 10.
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Avalanched Journal
Lainview
Booker T. Washington School
Plainview
Iight
Plainview School Board
Washington High
Plainview High School
Washington
United States Office of Education
Harold Howes
U.S. Commissoner of Education
Plainview Schools
Glenn Harrison
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