Dr Clifford B Jones Honored At Arbor Day Ceremony
Local event honors Dr Clifford B Jones dubbed No 1 Citizen as speakers praise his community service and leadership. Attendees include regional officials and neighbors who celebrate his decades of service and contributions to local growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Jones
Lubbock
Jim Graneberry
Jones
Nolin Atchley
Livingston
Texas Forestry Association
Texas
Kramer
U.S
George Marie Kramer
Nebrask
Coronado
Joyce Kilmer
Kenneth Alsbrooks
Alderson Junior High School
Preston Smith
Lubbock Memorial Arboretum
Nat Williams
West Texas
Jim Granberry
Paul R. Kramer
Texas Forest Service
Pauline Warner
Cheating scandal at Air Force Academy grows to twenty cadets
The Air Force Academy reports twenty cadets found guilty on the third cheating scan day within a decade, with four more implicated and leaving campus. An honor board disclosed questions to seventy five cadets, forty ordered before boards, and half by noon Friday adjudicated guilty. others resigned. Only one cadet admitted cheating on an economics exam. others faced possible future discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force Academy
Colo
Cal. Arthur Mation Directay
Bus Crash on Atlantic Coast Kills Hundreds. Burned Bodies Recovered
A bus collided with a fuel truck north of Tunja on the Atlantic Coast, causing a fire that killed about 200 people and injured 17. Officials reported most of the 20 aboard were badly burned. Community leaders urged preservation of Nig Thicket and forests, stressing environmental responsibility and historic conservation. Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Bridges from Amarillo spoke on preservation and Texas forest heritage.
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Here
Tunja
Atlantic
the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Texas Forest Service
Texas
Nixon seeks law to halt dock strike and rush talks
Nixon seeks congressional action to end the longshoremen strike as talks with ILWU and PMA resume before January 31. Senator Williams plans hearings next week. Rep. Thompson cautions on speed. Officials warn the stoppage harms farmers, commerce, and exports across Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
Harrison A. Williams, Jr
D-N.j
Chiman
Senate Labor Committee
Williams
Frank Thompson Jr
D- N.J
House Labor Subcommittee
Thompson
Earl L. Butz
Denver
Butz
American National Cattlemen's Association
Nixon Nixon
Congress
Robert Packwood
R-Ore
Jacob Javits
R-N.y. Would Introduce Nixon's Legislation. Packwood
Senate
Key Biscayne
Laurence Silberman
Secretary of Labor
Florida
White House
U.S
Federal Judges Huddle Over Redistricting Plan in Dallas
Three federal judges gathered in Dallas on a Friday to decide if the state legislature's bill creating new canal districts is legal. They left open the possibility of a quick ruling and arranged a rapid reassembly if needed. With February 7 as the filing date for candidates, the court prepares for potential action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tig No Memon
Beretunt Foundation Inc
Canon
J. Sterling Crumpler
The
Daughters of the American Evolution
DAR
Texas
Iter Dallas
Lulu
DAT
Jasper
East Tex ‘Texas
Texas District Court
R. K. Seales
Bertha Louise Ioman
Dallas
Afl-Cio Sns
New York
Gulf Coast
Teenager probated after forged prescription case
A Lubbock teen, Janis Marie Wolffarth, 9, received four probated sentences and nine months probation after pleading guilty to attempting to pass a forged prescription. Judge Edwin H. Boedeker fined her and court costs and noted 0 days in county jail. Bond set for Termon Doyle Whipple, who pleaded innocent to a check law violation. Several others faced misdemeanor charges with fines and jail terms, including DWI convictions. A separate court session discussed redistricting efforts and a class-action bid by voters seeking new district maps managed by Secretary of State Bob Bullock.
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Lubbock
Vnj
Edwin H. Boedeker
42Nd St
Denzil Bevers
Lircuit
John Ingraham
Houston
Washington
U.S. District Court
Judes William M. Taylor Jr
Robert M. Mi
New Baw
State of Texas
Bob Bullo
Don Weiser
John J. Edwards
Dallas
Donald Coleman
John W. Flet
Cher
Benjamin Newcomb
John R. Karr
Irr
Marvin Z
Henry Archer Jr
Bexar County
Republican Party
School Boards Chide Uphold Hair Based Dismissal
Edgar ruled Friday in the case of Sammy Sawyer a 24 year old high school mathematics chemistry and physics teacher fired Oct 4 for long hair Sawyer challenged the dress code arguing a constitutional equal protection issue and his attorney warned of further appeals Sawyer cited stamps of world figures to argue long hair is common among leaders while the board cited a grooming rule aimed at preventing long hair in district schools and noted prior related cases in Kerrville and Littlefield with varying outcomes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
State Board of Education
Edgar
Sammy Sawyer
Sawyer
Tne
U.S. District Court
Halbert Woodward
Lubbocks
Woodward
Mussolini
Hitler
Littlefield
Connie Black
Sedell Black
Seven Perish as Manila Airport Fire Destroys Terminal
A massive blaze at Manila International Airport gutted a five story terminal, killed at least seven, and sent workers leaping to safety. About 19 were hospitalized, with damage estimated around 200 million pesos. Fire officials noted explosions near the Quantas office and the fire was under control after four hours.
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Manila
National Bureau of Investigation
NBC
FBI
Customs
Domingo Baccay
Claro Tagle
Pasay City
Quantas Airways
Manila Bay
UPI
Patrick J. Killen
Tagle
Manila Fire Department
Paratrooper Former GI Charged As Air Pirate
A former Army paratrooper and Vietnam veteran named LaPoint, already facing bail on car theft and narcotics charges in Massachusetts towns Amesbury Salisbury and Newburyport, hijacked a plane near Akron Colorado and surrendered five hours later. FBI and local officers found him in tall grass thirteen miles from Akron, unarmed and wearing cowboy boots. He claimed motive as a $50,000 bailout.
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LaPoint
Seabrook
Massachusetts
Amesbury
Salisbury
Newburyport
New Hampshire
New England
Raymeold Perkins
Sterling
Logan County
Vince Bianco
Southeast Asia
FBI
Colorado
Akron
December cost rise slows to 3.4 percent in 19 months
The Commerce Department reports December 1971 consumer prices up 3.4 percent from a year earlier, the smallest December rise since 1967. Food costs grew 1.1 percent, while rent and transportation nudged overall inflation higher amid a weak year for used car prices. A separate report notes a 6.1 percent yearly rise in gross national product for 1971. Hospital injuries from a crash at 19th Street and Totail Food Up Street are under investigation as police assess the incident.
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Jump Street
Quirt Avenue
Iman
Togethel
Lodist Hospital
Mondesto Delasantos
Methodist Hospital
Bureau of Vabor
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Clifford J. Jones
W.W. Bridges
Amarillo
the Daughters of the Republic
Philip A. Carpenter
Burkburnett
Texas Society of the Dar
Guy
Air Force
Texas Tech
Forest Service
Federation of Women's Clubs
Con
Edwin M. Scott
San Francisco
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
ILWU
PMA
Hawaii
California
Oregon
Charles Brown
Rochester
N.Y
Jodie Asberry
20Th St
Elzardo Valdez
Jimmy D. Hull
John S. Ers
Laubbock
Dwi
Fischman
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