Good Folks Help Ailing City Youth
Lt Ed Weitz a Reese Air Force Base instructor pilot and private flyer assisted 17 year old Jerry Robison a lupus sufferer by airlifting his stretcher in a Comanche Six to John Sealy Hospital. Anonymous donors provided fuel funds for the flight The gesture was the fifth of seven children in the Robison family from 2008 E 8th St.
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Galveston
Ed Weitz
Reese Air Force Base
Jerry Robison
Weitz
Eddie Robison
E. 8Th St
Judge Carrillo Impeached and Barred from Office
Texas Senate convicts South Texas District Judge O P Carrillo on one article of impeachment and bans him from holding public office again. Vote 23 to 5 for conviction and 22 to 5 to bar future elective office. Jury acquits on a second article regarding welfare funds but eight remaining articles were dropped. See SENATE Page 14.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas Senate
South Texas
O.P. Carrillo
Arthur Mitchell
Carrillo
Mitchell
Senate
Duval County
Terry Doyle
Public Hearing On US 87 Access Roads Change
A public hearing Friday discussed whether to alter the one way traffic pattern on access roads south of Lubbock along US 87. Local officials gathered to hear community input and assess potential impacts.
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Lubbock
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
98Th Street
FM 1585
Highway Department
Highway District
Slaton Road
J.C. Roberts
W.M. Pope
Districting In County Approved
The Justice Department approved redistricting plans for Lubbock and six Texas counties, while rejecting others to protect minority voting rights. Lubbock's plan divides District 75 into 75A and 75B along an east west axis, with a zig zag split in the city noted in a forwarded state proposal.
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A-J News
Washington
Justice Department
Lubbock
Texas
University
Quaker Avenues
Austin
Weather Map Page 6 Lubbock and vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Sunrise 7 40 a m sunset 6 tpm. Maximum humidity 10 percent, minimum 26 percent, afternoon humidity 68 percent. Southwest weather city Abilene Amarillo Houston Hobbs Dallas Wile listed with values.
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Lubbock
Mdaught
Paul
Abilene
Amarillo
Houston
Hobbes
Fabla City
Dallas
Clovis UFO Photo Shows Cigar Shaped Object
A Clovis reporter and police observers chronicled multiple sightings of cigar shaped white objects over eastern New Mexico. Scott Price captured black and white and color photos with a telescope, noting an elliptical craft with two dark end areas and moon reflection.
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Clovis
UPI
New Mexico
Scott Price
Clovis News-Journal
Price
Randy Johnson
Johnson
Bank Robber James Clement Charged in Odessa Gunpoint Heist
James Richard Clement, 17, of Odessa was charged Friday with the January 16 Texas Bank robbery and placed under a $50,000 bond by Justice of the Peace Charles E. Smith. A parallel charge was filed Thursday in Midland for the December 16 Western State Bank holdup.
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James Richard Clement
Odessa
Texas Bank
Justice of the Peace
Charles E. Smith
Clement
Midland
Western State Bank
R.H. Pine
Midland City
Lubbock
FBI
Texas
Fran Fagan
Suspect Charged in Midland Bank Robbery and Car Theft Case
The suspect faced charges in Midland on a Texas Bank robbery tied to a car theft, with $7,000 seized from the Midland bank. Police and FBI traced the suspect to Odessa, recovered $1,200, and arranged fingerprint comparisons from the recovered stolen car. The bank holdup victim identified the suspect in a photo taken by an Avalanche-Journal reporter.
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Clement
FBI
Texas Bank
Midland
Odessa
Craig Motor Co
Texas
20Th Street
Avenue S
Avalanche-Journal
Kissinger reports Soviet proposal to cut nuclear arms
Secretary of State Kissinger told NATO ministers in Brussels that the Soviet Union proposed about a 10 percent reduction in total U S and Soviet strategic weapons to break the deadlock in a new treaty. He cited progress with Brezhnev and Gromyko but warned substantial work remains.
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Brussels
Belgium
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Madrid
Spain
Market posts heaviest week on New York Stock Exchange
The Dow Jones average rose 10.47 points to 953.95 finishing the week as the heaviest in trading. Gainers outnumbered losers 1,171 to 400 among 1,902 issues, with volume at 33.64 million shares marking the seventh-largest in exchange history.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Lubbock ISD Place 6 and 7 Board Seats Filed
Ronald Rogers 4 year old Lubbock jeweler filed for Place 6 on the Lubbock Independent School District board to fill Byron Martins seat. Rogers is a 1963 ENMU graduate with a degree in economics and says he aims to help make proper decisions as a Christian citizen. Emory Cassell Evans High Cotton Co Inc co owner filed for Place 7 vacated by Joe Harkey. Cassell, father of three, graduated Tech in 1960 with a personnel management degree.
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Ronald Rogers
Lubbock
Friday
Lubbock Independent School District Board
Byron Martin
Rogers
Eastern New Mexico Univer
Sity
Portales
Emory Cassell
Place 7
Joe Harkey
Cassell
Evans High Cotton Co. Inc
Texas Tech
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Jerry
John Sealy Hospital
House
Cannon Air Force Base
Cannon
Prince George
B.C
Pup
Jim McFadler
F.C. Hargrave
Lubbock FBI
Avalanche Journal
Kissinger
Moscow
Ter Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Lubbock School Board
A-J
Tiénses
Thosteson
Hipure Oil
TC Envoneccors
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