Auto Surety Hot Issue For Texas
Four Lubbock legislators call rising car insurance rates the major hot topic of the Texas Legislature with disagreements on solutions. They debate state rate setting versus protecting small firms and consider abolishing the driver responsibility act while urging clear standard coverage for all policies.
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H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Delwin Jones
Texas
R. B. McAlister
Lubbock
Blanchard
Jones
Lubbock Mayor outlines revenue need and projects
Mayor James H. Granberry told Lubbock Rotarians the city must find more revenue next year whether by higher property taxes or another source. He defended recent city employee pay raises and a proposed garbage charge while detailing capital projects including Civic Center plans, land acquisitions for University and 4th Street widening, Indiana Avenue extensions, and Guadalupe Neighborhood housing.
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James H. Granberry
Lubbock
University Avenue
University
Fourth Street
4Th Street
Avenue K
3Rd
Indiana Avenue
$1.6 Million Boosts Lubbock Civic Center Funds
The federal Urban Renewal boost of $1.611 million raises total HUD support for the Lubbock civic center project to about $10.247 million. City officials plan to supply an extra $800,000 in matching funds as land costs rise and to cover land acquisition and relocation costs for the nine block site between Avenue K and Avenue M.
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Lubbock
Civic Center
Washington
James H. Granberry
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Avenue K
Avenue M
4Th Street
10Th Street
6Th Street
Urban Renewal Agency
HUD
Granberry
Lubbock J Urban Renewal
Orville
Alderson Considers Timeline for Matching Fund Provision
The mayor indicated a decision on how the matching fund would be provided should come within two or three weeks as reported on page 18 See U.S. BOOSTS.
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Alderson
U.S
Prayer Invocation Rights The Reader Seeks Mercy
A reader offers a short daytime prayer asking for mercy protection from perils and dangers, invoking Jesus name and closing with Amen as a personal devotional supplication.
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Jesus
Far West blizzards close schools and stall highways
Blizzards battered the Far West with up to 40 inches of snow closing hundreds of schools and blocking highways. Freezing rain icy roads stretched from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Central Appalachians while Texas Panhandle and South Plains enjoyed unseasonable warmth with wind gusts to 35 mph and a 70 degree high. National Weather Service at Lubbock noted winter readings remain common in January.
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Mississippi Valley
Central
Appalachians
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Lubbock
National Weather Service
Governor and adviser clash over Texas water strategy
Gov. Preston Smith and ex-chair Marvin Shurbet spar over water policy with Shurbet criticizing reliance on imported water while Smith defends developing local resources. Shurbet will remain on the Water Development Board through 1973 as Bracewell succeeds him.
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Avalanche-Journal
Preston Smith
Texas Water Development Board
Marvin Shurbet
Petersburg
Smith
Lalauie
Fort Worth
Shurbet
East Texas
Avalanche Journal
Austin
Mississippi River
Sharbet
WDB
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Marvin
Carrier of the Year Reggie Coleman Honored at A J Banquet
Reggie Coleman 16 was named The Avalanche Journal Carrier of the Year at the 12th annual banquet held at the Kobo Palace. About 130 carriers and parents attended as Coleman received a $200 savings bond an engraved wrist watch a trophy and a lobby plaque. Runners up Danny Musil and Mike Goodnough each won a $25 savings bond and orchid for their mothers.
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Lane Arthur
Avalanche Journal
Bob McVay
Avalanche ~ Journal
Reggie Coleman
Kobo Palace
Young Coleman
Woodle Coleman
23Rd St
Musil and
Goodnough
Coleman
Bob Nash
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Randy
Cole
Carrier
Aldrin to leave astronaut corps return to Air Force duty
Colonel Edwin E. Aldrin Jr the second man to walk on the moon will retire from the astronaut corps and resume active Air Force duty He will command the Aerospace Research Pilots School at Edwards Air Force Base California Aldrin who is 41 will leave soon after being passed over for brigadier general and has announced a press conference in Washington next Tuesday He flew Gemini 12 in 1966 with James Lovell and Apollo 11 in 1969 with Neil Armstrong making the first manned moon landing
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Houston
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Astronaut Corps
Air Force
Aldrin
Washington
Aerospace Research Pilots School
Edwards Afb
Calif
James Lovell
Earth
Neil Armstrong
That's Life Says Signal Scoffer
Ivan Dale Hetland a 36 year old traffic offender from Portland was jailed after a red light violation but his case escalated to a life sentence at Oregon State Penitentiary He was an escapee serving concurrent five year terms for receiving stolen property and threatening to commit a felony He was also wanted for a December robbery raising his total felony convictions to seven and a circuit court judge sentenced him to life as an habitual criminal
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Portland
Ore
Ivan Dale Hetland
Oregon State Penitentiary
Metland
John J. Murchison
Smith Speech Moved Ahead Amid Welfare Crisis Debate
Gov Preston Smith agreed to advance by five days his address to a joint legislature session to outline his 62nd term program as leaders consider welfare funding options. The plan weighs deficit spending against a near 56 million tax increase while protecting pay as you go rules. See WELFARE Page 18.
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avalanche-Journal News Services
Austin
Preston Smith
Gus Mutscher
Smith
Texas
Heatly
Ed in the Lubbock Area
A brief community notice from the Lubbock area highlights local events and conditions with emphasis on area residents and nearby venues. The text is fragmentary but centers on civic matters and neighborhood happenings.
Rolan Simpson Installed Khiva Shrine Temple Potentate
Lubbock man Rolan Simpson takes office as new potentate of the Khiva Shrine Temple. The paper notes other local items across sections including a marker dedication deferral and a West Lubbock park purchase recommendation.
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Lubbock
Rolan Simpson
Khiva Shrine
Seaport Route Clash Looms In Indochina Brinkmanship
A 13 000 strong Cambodian and South Vietnamese force presses along Highway 4 toward two passes in the Elephant Mountains 60 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. North Vietnamese 1st Division troops hold key heights above the passes as heavy fighting is anticipated to regain the 115 mile sea route.
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Phnom Penh
Elephant Mountains
South Vietnam
Weather forecast for Lubbock area today and tonight
Northwesterly winds up to 25 mph today. High near 60 degrees this afternoon and a low near 20 degrees tonight.
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Lubbock
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