Pueblo crewman recalls captivity and resolve after return
A former USS Pueblo crew member, Hodges, reflects on captivity in North Korea, praising Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher for handling the crisis. He recalls six months of hope, interrogations, and the unlikely belief that Americans endure better, and notes his wartime memories and a post release life with wife Maria and their child at 2905 Earl Baylor Avenue.
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Hodges
Uss.s. Pueblo
Pueblo
Paday
Ous
United Press International
Panmunjom
Korea
Escamill
Bucher
Escamilla
Maria
Maria Ines
E. Baylor
New Mexico Budget Plan Pushes Education and Prison Funds
King seeks a general appropriation of 212.5 million with 50 million for higher education and 12.8 million for public schools. He also requests 750,000 more for corrections, half for the state prison, amid a recent prison disturbance. He backs a truck tax to raise highway revenue and favors a special session after the regular meeting to pursue reapportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
King
Corrections Department
New Mexico
Runnels Fund Dinner Delayed to February 1 in Hobbs
U S Rep Harold Runnels announced a fund raising dinner for his campaign moved from January 27 to February 1 at the Hobbs Holiday Inn. The $100 plate event was rescheduled due to guest speaker Wilbur Mills of Arkansas facing a back ailment.
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Hobbs
U.S
Harold Runnels
Hobbs Holiday Inn
Runnels
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Pecan Grove Planting Honors Texas Republic Pioneers
The ceremony honors Texas pioneer families linked to the Republic era. Members recount ancestors who moved west from Indiana Territory to Texas in the 1800s, including Wood, Ward, and Arnett lines. The group preserves history with a tree plantings, a $2,000 Presidio La Bahia Award, and a Spanish Texas Microfilm Center at Goliad.
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Horace B. Wood
Texas
Indiana Territory
Dand Grand
Nacogdoches County
Travis County
Wood
Lubbock
Robertson
Moss
Frank E. Ward
Elijah Bailey
Alabama
Congress of
Republic of Texas
Sons
Presidio
Presidio de Bahia
Goliad
Republic
Gaslight Square Decline Ends Era of Saloon Charm in St Louis
Abandoned and vandalized Gaslight Square along Olive Street marks the end of its saloon era once famed for river town music and Bohemian culture. Former owner George Edick recalls chaotic growth, with 65 clubs by 1965 and heavy police pressure, while Jack Parker of O Connell's Pub hopes the corner can endure amid widespread decline.
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ST. Louis
Gaslight Square
Olive Street
Midtown
George Edick
Speakeasy
Olive
Edick
Bohemia
Boyle Avenue
Greenwich Corners
Helen ‘Traubel
William Inge
Left Bank
Boyle
Woody Allen
Phyllis Diller
Lenny Bruce
the Smothers Brothers
Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Alan Arkin
Dick Gregory
Allen Ginsberg
Miles Davis
Barbra Streisand
Jack Parker
O’connell
Enrollment at Lubbock Adult Evening High School Reaches 100
The Lubbock Adult Evening High School reports 100 enrolled for the semester. Registration continues through the month. Classes began Monday night. Tuition is 22.50 in district and 32.74 elsewhere. World Affairs class has 22 students. Registration at 610 Ave Q from 9 to 3 daily and at Lubbock High evenings.
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Lubbock
Y W. E. Owen
Lubbock Independent School District
Jewel
Lubbock High
Famous Madonna with Child painting stolen from Italian convent
Police reported the theft of a 13th century Madonna with Child from the Convent of the Cells in Cortona Italy. The 35 by 71 inch work by an unknown Tuscan painter was kept in a cell once used by St. Francis of Assisi who prayed before it.
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Cortona
Italy
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis
Prisoners Escape Using Lasso From Forgotten Keys
Two inmates at Nolin County jail fashioned a crude lasso from shirt strips to snare a jailer’s keys late Monday night and fled. Prisoners Raymond Cyril Johnson 26 of Atlanta and J Manuel Barrera Jr 23 of Spring Lake Tex were missing when jailer Slim Hawkins found the device and keys abandoned near their cell. Johnson faced armed robbery charges and wanted in Georgia on multiple counts plus military absence. Barrera awaited a probation violation hearing. Hawkins was reprimanded after the escape. he was treated at a hospital for nerves.
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Sweetwater
Nolin County
Joe Slater
Raymond Cyril Johnson
Atlanta
J. Manuel Barrera Jr
Spring Lake
Tex
Barrera
Johnson
Slater
Georgia
Slim Hawke
Ins
Hawkins
Water Cost Suit Filed in Hutchinson County
Panhandle cities sue over water cost method noting that operation and maintenance expenses were fixed by a unanimous vote in 1967. They challenge a 1970 resolution allowing year end adjustments based on actual O M expenses, filed in Stinnett with Borger as a principal city. Defendants must answer by February 7.
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Board of Directors
Lubbock
O&m
Panhandle
Stinnett
Hutchinson
Lake Meredith
CRMWA
Borger
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Mee
Modges
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Runnels Fund
Biscayne Bay
Miami Beach
Ashford
Grant
Wis Sord Carroll A. McMurry
Tennessee
Temple
McClellan County
Robertson County
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W. Victor l Womach
Stroud
Owen
University of Georgia
University of Pennsylvania
Womack
Washington
Bracos
Clifford B. Jones
Jones
Sons of the ‘American Revolution
Kansas City
Swensons
New York
Dickens
Kent
Crosby
Garza Counties
Charles A. Signor
Robert Sellars
Isaac
Samuel C. Arnett Jr
Samuel II
Cullen Arnett
Austin
Arnett
Arnetts
Ben Hutchinson
Tom
James B. Wootten
Wilkes County
Red River County
B. Ratliff
Charles Hampton
Jesse Cage Pace
Pace
David W
Old South
Hampton
Bonham
Bois D'Arc
David
Walker
Brazos River
Ivestibule
Chislight
Parker
Aan
Mila
Loop
Brownfield
Palm Room
Wilburn Roach
Jimmy Blakley
Jimmy Blahiey
Interstate Securites Company
D. W. Green
Avenue J
Lavelland
Austin Giltiefield
Prelps
Harlem Jokers
Funmekers of Basketball
ALL
Corenede High School
34Th & Vicksburg
Devier's Pharmacy
1719 Ave
A Fure's Family Center
B&b Sporting Goods Sports Center
Sears
Feu
K—Smin
Dte
EIN
LaFonda
Town & Country
Mene Center
Park Center
Famiy
Soth & Canton Vt
Law
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34Th
Avenue 4
Bewstown
Chjoy
Daily Pure
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4Th & University Family Perk 34Th St
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Okra
Baker
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