Nixon urges youth to shape future with new service alliance
In a nationally televised speech President Nixon appeals to 18 to 21 year olds for a cross generation alliance. He cites 1970 voting rights law and urges youth to seize power to mold the world they will live in. He proposes merging the Peace Corps with VISTA and placing Joseph Blatchford in charge.
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Nixon
Peace Corps
Lincoln
Washington
San Clemente
Congress
VISTA
Joseph Blatchford
United States
Republic
Verdict Declares Innocence in Trial of Enlisted Man
The court panel found the enlisted man innocent, believing the wrong person stood trial and that it was unjust to hold him accountable for the offense. The record suggests procedural or identification concerns led to the acquittal.
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Hutto
Long career of Truett Smith highlighted in Tahoka tribute
Retired judge Truett Smith of the 106th Judicial District is remembered for a life from New Home to Lubbock High and Texas Tech. Speakers praise his service as district clerk, county attorney, district attorney and judge, noting his resilience after 1967 injuries and later roles in legal and educational work.
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Smith
Will
Nelson
Truett Smith
High Center
Tohoka
Lubbock High School
Wayland Baptist College
Texas Tech
G. H. Nelson
State Senate
Lynn
Garza
Dawson
Gaines
Terry
Yoakum
Supreme Court
State Judicial Qualification Commission
Texas’ Tech Law School Foundation
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lucille
Baylor University
Gordon Smith
First Baptist Church
Windermere
Fla
Carol
Texans Enter Long Weekend After Brief Legislative Session
Texas legislators adjourned for a three to fifteen day weekend after brief sessions, with governor and lieutenant governor election results to be canvassed Monday and inaugural ceremonies set for Tuesday. Governor-elect Smith plans a two year program with new taxes. Speaker Mutscher opposes suspending the pay as you go rule. Committees named. King memory resolution adopted by the House.
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Austin
Texas
Ed Tors
Smith
Gus Mutscher
Sid W. Richardson
University of Texas
John Connally
House
Mutscher
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Senate
Henry Gonzalez
D-Tex
San Antonio
Martin Luther King
Town debate on funding bonds stirs tax and garbage fee talk
Council members clash over revenue options to retire bonds. Some push a garbage service charge as a principal source while others favor a tax hike or oppose new charges. Leaders urge unity and clear plan to fund obligations.
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Blackwell
Hollingsworth
Fred Timberlake
Warrick Carr
Timberlake
Wayne Finnell
Clem Beverie
L. Edwin Smith
Carr
Wester Students Give Up Holiday Cleanup at Wester Elementary
Public school students enjoy a holiday break while 21 fifth graders in Mrs. Bonnie Gober's class give up part of the day to clean a four block area around Wester Elementary between 9 and 11 30 a m. The effort starts on school grounds and expands to nearby streets and alleys with all students except the teacher expected to join.
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Lubbock Public School
Wester Elementary
Bonnie Gober
Winter Storms Drench Nation Forcing Closures
A powerful storm system battered the Northeast and Far West while a Pacific cold front pushed into the Panhandle and South Plains. Lubbock hit 66 then fell 12 in an hour as arctic air arrived. Schools closed from Oregon to Maine amid flooding and heavy travel hazards across multiple states.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Lubbock
Texas
Alice
Laredo
Marfa
Davis Mountains
West Texas
Beaumont
Edwards Plateau
Pacific Northwest
Marylland
Maine
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Oregon
California
Intermountain West
Portland
Battle for Cambodia Seaport Seizure Intensifies
South Vietnamese rang ers and armored columns with U S air support seized Stung Chhay pass and pushed toward Pich Nil pass on Highway 4 toward Kompong Som but faced strong Communist resistance. Eight thousand South Vietnamese and 5 000 Cambodian troops were in the drive amid 41 Communist casualties and American losses from a mortar incident. U S forces used B 52 bombers on suspected routes as officials discussed possible airlift and aid to finance Cambodian operations in 1971.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
Stung Chhay
Kompong Som
South Vietnam
U.S
Americal
da Nang
ILS
Khe Sanh
Highway 4
Washingon
Pentagon
United States
Saigon
America
Stung Chhay Pass
U.S. Air Force
Kirirom
Pich Wil
Ngoc
Washington
Lakes Board Reorganizes amid bid dispute and park upgrades
Lakes Board reorganizes with Burl Kizer as president and officers named. It awarded a $21 856 contract for two new sewage lift stations, approved a $5 000 used garbage truck purchase, and authorized lease forfeiture notices for nonpaying lot renters by February 1.
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Burl Kizer
Wiser
W. G. Browning
Gordon H. Rose
Sims
Ed Lampe Construction Co
Segrest
Collision Kills City Resident Near Slaton
An 18 year old Lubbock youth Israel Reyna died in a head on crash about one mile west of Slaton on Farm Road 41 around 1 pm Thursday. Reyna was pinned in his car and died at the scene. The pickup driver survived with non serious injuries. Both vehicles were demolished and the body was taken to England Funeral Home in Slaton.
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Slaton
Lubbock
Israel Reyna
Reyna
Justice of the Peace
Alvin Stafford
Methodist Hospital
England
South Plains
Lubbock County
Thieves Rob City Street in Port Elizabeth
A man named Jacobus de Beer was assaulted on a city street in Port Elizabeth as thieves robbed him of $238 hidden in a sock. He was hit on the head and his shoes were taken during the robbery.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Jacobus de Beer
Romney suspends part of housing program over fraud risk
Housing Secretary George Romney halted indefinitely the section helping buyers with older homes amid alleged profiteering and shoddy construction. He cited overpricing and costly repairs as victims of quick buck artists and said a later decision would address new construction.
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United Press International
Washington
George Romney
Romney
House Banking Committee
Congress
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