TRA Approves 438.5 Million Houston Lake Livingston Dam Project
The Trinity River Authority board approved plans and specifications Friday for the proposed 438.5 million Lake Livingston dam project. The facility is a joint TRA and City of Houston venture with an administrative committee authorized to set an advertisement date for bids.
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Ben H. Carpenter
Forrest and Cotton
Dallas
City of
Camilla
Coldspring
Wolf Creek
Paul Horton Memorial
Point Blank
Patrick’s Ferry
Staley
Riverside
Trinity
County Line
Glendale
White Rock
Caney Creek
Carlisle
Onalaska
Kickapoo
Blanchard
Tigerville
Livingston
TRA
TA Board
P. HH. Cauthan
Lake Livingston
Albert Hail
Strikes at All Time Low Says Teamster Head
Washington says union leader Hoffa announced strikes by Teamsters were at a record low and local officials should not go it alone in labor conflicts. He noted 8,249 members benefited from strikes in December across 55 disputes while 1965 membership reached 1,772,194.
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Washington
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Supreme Court
Teamsters
International Union
David and Goliath
Protestants Protest Westminster Visit by Catholic Priest
At Westminster Abbey a Roman Catholic priest preached for Christian unity provoking protests from about 50 pickets. Matthew Arnold Perkins was ejected by police after challenging Rev. Thomas Corbishley, leader of the Jesuit group invited for ecumenical outreach. Demonstrators from Northern Ireland and Ulster Protestant groups joined in outside the Abbey while the sermon continued.
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London
Matthew Arnold Perkins
West
Minster Abney
Thomas Corbishley
Jesuit Fathers
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Perkins
National Union of Protestants
Father Corbishley
Northern Ireland
Jan Paisley
Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
Paisley
Jan Green
Audi
Rome
Corbhishley
Meningitis Strikes Second Fort Bliss Soldier
Fort Bliss Texas soldier Pvt. Clarence E. Lay 20 of Newcombe Tennessee remains in critical condition with spinal meningitis after arriving from Fort Gordon Georgia for missile training. Lay is in B Battery 1st Training Battalion 1st Air Defense Training Brigade. A Pentagon spokesman noted sporadic meningitis outbreaks at large training centers this season.
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EL Paso
Ft. Bliss
Army
Clarence E. Lay
Newcombe
Tenn
Lay
William Beaumont General Hospital
Robert M. Mason
Camden
Mason
Ft. Gordon
1St Air Defense Training Brigade
Pentagon
Washington
Public Health Service
Atlanta
UT approves Klan leader speech in university facility
UT Austin overruled Dean Price and allowed Royce McPhail Texas Ku Klux Klan leader to speak in the Texas Union ballroom February 22. University officials emphasized the move does not endorse the speaker’s views.
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Price
Norman Hackerman
Jack Holland
MacPhail
Hackerman
Treasurer Will Seek New Term in Lubbock County
Mrs. Jane Rieger announces intent to seek re election as Lubbock County treasurer ahead of the May Democratic primary. A West Texas resident since 1921 and Lubbock resident since 1930, she was elected treasurer in 1958 after earlier work in the abstract business and as deputy county clerk from 1945 to 1952 with a hiatus during her husband Odell Rieger’s illness.
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Jane Rieger
Lubbock
Ralph Breck
Rieger
West Texas
Bomb Cleaned From Austin Street After Timely Discovery
Air Force bomb disposal experts in Austin thwarted a dynamite device snaking in a red shoe box placed inside an auto garage. Clint Call moved the ticking box after spotting a clock inside and alerted police who called the Bergstrom base squad.
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Austin
Air Force
Clint Call
Austin Automatic Transmission Sales and Service
Carl
Call
Bergstrom Air Force Base
50Th
Hunger Crisis Threatens 12 Million in Western India
AP reports more than 12 million Indians face starvation as government says relief stocks must feed them in the coming hungry months. Kerala protests widen as food scarcity sparks demonstrations led by Communists and students. U.S. aid and experts assist efforts to avert famine recurrence.
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Delati
India
Food Ministry
Kerala
Samyukta (United) Socialist Party
Trivandrum
Orissa
Indira Gandhi
Bombay
U.S
Johnson
United States
U. S
Water Board to Provide Depletion Data for Plains Taxpayers
The Texas Water Development Board agreed to supply water depletion data to about 10,000 Southern High Plains taxpayers outside the High Plains District for 1962 1963 and 1964 tax refunds. The effort, linked to irrigation from the Ogallala formation, faces uncertain methods and may require up to 10,000 man hours.
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Austin
Texas Water Development Board
High Plains
Internal Revenue Service
High Plains Water District
Ogallala
Amarillo man with $10,000 bond for fatal postol slaving at Wilson club
Justice of the Peace set a $10,000 bond for Joe Guerra an 18 year old Amarillo man charged in the Christmas Day postol slaving of Raul Rios Route 2 Wilson during a disturbance at a night club Leroy Fields 24 Slaton was held on a $2,000 bond for bhur flars Both men remanded to the sheriff's deputies custody C Y P Weathershee former Rotan funeral director in fair condition after surgery at Methodist Hospital His sons Mae and Doug operate Weathershee Funeral Home in Rotan
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Justice of the
George H. MacCleskey
Joe Guerra
Amarillo
Raul Rios
Wilson
Leroy Fields
Slaton
C. Y P. Weathershee
Lonzitine
Rotan
Methodist Hospital
Mawr
Weathershee
Mae
Doug
Weathershee Funeral Home
Year Of The Bible Proclaimed By States
More than half of the state governors proclaimed 1986 as The Year of the Bible to honor the 150th anniversary of the American Bible Society. Governor Frank Clement of Tennessee praised old Bibles as prized state archives and family possessions.
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New York
UPD
American Bible Society
Frank Clements
Tennessee
Area I Jaycees Winter Convention Opens at Koko Palace
The Area I Junior Chamber of Commerce winter convention at Koko Palace opens with a three day agenda including a directors meeting and three contests. Expected attendance could reach 600 delegates and guests despite slow Friday registration due to bad weather. A. J. Carribue of Pampa and Rob Honts of Lubbock Jaycees attend as officials.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Koko Palace
Knoko Palace
A. J. Carribue
Pampa
Jaycee
Lubbock
Rob Honts
Lubbock Jaycees
Morning Edition Subscriptions in Lubbock Paper Rates
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal advertises Home Delivery options with pricing for Morning, Evening, Sunday, and combinations. Rates show annual and multi month plans, with separate costs for Morning Only, Evening Only, Sunday, and bundled Morning & Sunday plus Evening & Sunday.
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Lubbock
Eauna
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
8Th and
Avenue J
Texas
Sun
Rich socialite loses half a million in Miami jewel heist
Frederica Emert, 56, reported a jewel theft at her oceanfront villa while she was at Hialeah Race Track. Thieves cut a screen and a jalousie door to take a feather box and valuables, with official estimates of total jewels near 1.5 million. Emert and party returned from the track around 4 30 p m and later aided investigators.
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Miami
New York
Hialeah Race Track
Frederica Emert
Detence
FBI
New York City
Emert
Philadelphia
Dick Shelton
Florida
Carlyle Hotel
Colorfast Dyes Extend Life of Colored Fabrics
New York report notes improved colorfast dyes allow washing colored fabrics with chlorine bleach and still maintain appeal beyond their usual wearing span. The bulletin highlights advances in dye chemistry for basic cottons and linens.
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New York
UPI
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